Soul power surged from Liu Erlong's body as the entry for the Heart of the Crimson Dragon was slowly activated.
A faint red glow rippled across the surface of the Fire Dragon Battle Armor, appearing like a layer of flowing flames.
She hovered in mid-air, scanning the ground below with rapid intensity.
Although Chu Men's figure was incredibly elusive, he still could not escape her sharp gaze.
As her greatsword carved a beautiful arc through the air, a crimson blade wave whistled toward him, slicing through two large trees before continuing on with undiminished force, carving a deep trench into the ground.
Chu Men dodged with serpentine movements while casting various buffs upon himself.
He kept his eyes on all six directions and his ears open to all eight, keeping Liu Erlong's position in the sky firmly locked in his sights.
Another blade wave tore through the air, heading straight for Chu Men's feet.
Chu Men performed an emergency side-roll, barely dodging the strike, before turning around to fire an RPG!
He didn't wait to check the results, turning and running again!
He knew the effectiveness of the Fire Dragon Battle Armor all too well; a rocket could, at best, serve as a distraction.
But it was a statement, a clarion call for a counterattack!
However, the call only had time to sound once.
Over the next few minutes, Liu Erlong's blade waves became increasingly precise, and their frequency grew ever faster.
Chu Men's figure became even more erratic.
Liu Erlong circled in the air at a leisurely pace, the frequency of her dragon wings' flapping low, consuming minimal soul power.
The Fire Dragon Battle Armor not only provided her with a full-attribute boost but also reduced all forms of consumption, while possessing formidable defensive capabilities—it was truly a divine set of gear tailor-made for the Fire Dragon Martial Soul!
Chu Men darted through the gaps in the forest like a slippery loach, his black silhouette constantly shifting between light and shadow.
"Invert—clothing color!"
"Invert—tree color!"
"Invert—light and shadow here!"
"Invert—body shape..."
Chu Men's figure flickered in and out of existence, changing colors from time to time, or even suddenly appearing pixelated like a glitch, blurring into a mass before vanishing back into the darkness.
Liu Erlong's eyes grew dizzy watching him; eventually, Chu Men was no longer satisfied with just inverting himself, and began inverting the surrounding environment as well.
Just as Liu Erlong began trying to judge Chu Men's position by the environmental anomalies, he started playing a game of delayed inversion.
Soon, the entire forest began to look like a television screen with a poor signal, with color distortions appearing here and abnormal blocks of color popping up there.
Rockets fired out from time to time; although they couldn't break the armor's defense at all, they were incredibly annoying!
Liu Erlong couldn't help but snort coldly, and under the enhancement of the Heart of the Crimson Dragon, she opened her mouth to unleash a heaven-shaking dragon roar!
A wide-range sonic attack!
However, the moment the sound left her lips, it turned into a dainty, "Meow~"
It was exceptionally clear in the silent forest.
The air froze instantly.
The force behind Liu Erlong's voice cut off abruptly, and she stiffened in mid-air.
The rage on her face faded bit by bit, replaced by disbelief... then it turned bright red in an instant, the blood-red hue spreading from her earlobes all the way down her neck!
Sound inversion—the effect was outstanding!
[Hahahaha, I'm rolling on the floor laughing! A dragon roar turning into a cat's meow—this is a legendary moment!]
[Sister Erlong: Do I have no dignity left?]
[This isn't just dimensional reduction; physical attacks don't work, so she went for a full-blown mental assault!]
[Liu Erlong: Silence him, he must be silenced today!]
[Screenshotting this, I'm making it into an emoji pack!]
[Cat-type girlfriend Liu Erlong, the contrast is the best part, I love it!]
Chu Men hid behind a tree, his shoulders shaking violently as he turned red from holding back his laughter.
Using the rocket as a medium to transmit the inversion effect to the target—the experimental results proved that this method was feasible!
Chu Men nodded in satisfaction, his figure immediately fading and disappearing.
The black shadow he had left behind had just dissipated when the tree was sliced in half by sword qi.
Liu Erlong was furious, her hair standing on end as she slashed another blade toward the direction the shadow had fled:
"You little bastard, how dare you ambush me!"
"Tch, this is called being prepared for a rainy day, how about that? Pretty farsighted, right!"
Chu Men poked his head out to retort cheekily while timing his move perfectly, tossing a high-explosive grenade!
BOOM!!
It was truly worthy of being buffed by a trait; setting aside the lethality, the sheer noise was immense!
Chu Men had deliberately kept his distance and taken precautions, yet his head was still buzzing.
However, what Chu Men hadn't expected was that this commotion actually incited the ferocity of the Horn of Slaughter!
"Hahahaha!!"
Liu Erlong's wild laughter made Chu Men's skin crawl.
This woman, I hope I didn't trigger some kind of mental breakdown.
He had only mocked her a little; it shouldn't have been that serious...
Before Chu Men could even finish his thought, Liu Erlong began a chain of consecutive blade waves!
Every strike precisely sealed off Chu Men's retreat, yet each one was intentionally off by half a foot, leaving just enough room to dodge.
As the maneuvering space grew smaller and smaller, Chu Men raised his hand to throw several anesthetic needles, but they were reduced to ashes by the raging flames before they could even get close.
Watching the ring of fire around him shrink, Chu Men took out a bag of reddish-brown powder mixed with silver-white.
The inverted thermite was scattered evenly, and the heat of the flames began to dissipate rapidly.
Under the cover of the smoke bomb, Chu Men successfully escaped and concealed his tracks once again.
"Damn it!"
Liu Erlong was furious. Walls of fire began to emerge from the forest, as she swore to capture this troublesome little thief.
Puff~~
A white powder pouch exploded in the air, and a large amount of white dust filled the area, instantly extinguishing the raging fire.
The temperature of the forest plummeted along with it, and a thin layer of white frost even formed on the nearby scorched leaves.
A flash of surprise crossed Liu Erlong's eyes: "What on earth is this?"
Her dragon flames were incredibly hot; how could they be extinguished by this tiny pouch of powder?
Just as she was stunned, four high-explosive grenades flew toward her, completely engulfing her.
Boom!
As the smoke cleared, Liu Erlong's exposed hair was covered in dust, making her look quite disheveled.
How could Chu Men resist mocking her: "Sister Erlong, you're not doing so well! What a waste of such good equipment!"
Liu Erlong gritted her teeth in anger and raised her sword:
"What are you laughing at? Just wait until I catch you, and see how I deal with you!"
"Heh, watch me knock you down and make you cry for mercy!"
Chu Men's confidence was overflowing; he stood with his hands on his hips and said triumphantly.
Liu Erlong took a deep breath, pushed her soul power to eighty percent, and fully activated the Heart of the Crimson Dragon trait.
The Fire Dragon Battle Armor emitted a red-gold light as dazzling as the sun, and the dragon pattern on the chest seemed to come alive, flickering incessantly with the flow of soul power.
With a flap of her dragon wings, her speed was now ten times faster than before, leaving only a red afterimage in the sky.
"Good grief, is she getting serious?"
Chu Men's heart tightened, but his fighting spirit surged immediately, and the blood in his veins began to burn!
He had just brought out his indestructible shield when it let out a deafening "crack."
Chu Men was knocked back by the immense force, his feet carving two deep furrows into the ground before he slammed straight into a tree behind him.
A devastating crack appeared on the surface of the shield, and its edges even melted into glowing red molten iron.
A trail of blood spilled from the corner of Chu Men's mouth; his face went pale, then flushed a deep red.
The effect of the potent inversion was still working!
Being injured was nothing!
Liu Erlong knew this too, so she didn't give Chu Men any chance to breathe, her offensive coming like a tidal wave!
The greatsword in her hand flew up and down, and the scattered flames danced across the sky, filling the entire space with scorching heat waves.
"Speed inversion!"
"Direction inversion!"
Because the consumption was too high to use on a Soul Saint like Liu Erlong, Chu Men could only apply these effects to himself.
The frequency grew higher and the magnitude larger; within a few breaths, Chu Men had already swapped in a new Soul Power Battery.
This was already the fourth one!
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