You're Full of Shit

I was careless.

Why would I jump down?

Lu Xiu noticed the gazes directed at her from around her and finally realized that she had gotten too caught up in the excitement of fighting that mechanical monster—and in a moment of impulsiveness, she had charged down.

But he shouldn't have come down.

Isn't this like inviting someone into a den of thieves?

--never mind.

It's over now.

Lu Xiu hesitated for a second, feeling that turning back now would be too embarrassing.

Let's fight it out. If we get surrounded, we can just grab someone and make them our Audience.

I might as well try out the role-playing mode with the Immersion Function.

I hadn't had a chance to try it before, partly because my character's stats weren't high enough, and partly because there weren't suitable scenarios to test it out.

However, thanks to the three-person challenge from that guild group a while ago, Sword Saint 'One Mind accumulated points have become quite high, and the current situation is also suitable.

Let's just think of the apartment behind us as Ashina Castle that has been breached.

That concludes the discussion.

Lu Xiu stopped thinking about it and directly activated the Immersion Function.

The instant the function is activated.

Under the gaze of all the other players in the Prison Rock area.

Lu Xiu's slender body, which had been slightly tense due to being in battle, suddenly relaxed.

She stood there casually, her shoulders slightly slumped, and the fingers gripping the long sword and halberd no longer exerted force; even her breathing became long and even.

It seems so.

She's like an ordinary girl taking a walk in her own backyard, full of flaws.

However, as her body relaxed, an extremely terrifying invisible pressure suddenly descended upon her like a tangible mountain.

Her aura also changed. The eerie feeling brought by the red child dissipated, and instead she exuded a desolate and heavy aura. It was the domineering aura of someone who had experienced countless battles, crossed countless Corpse Mountain, Blood Sea, and reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Lu Xiu suddenly raised his halberd and swung it forward again.

A strong wind whipped up the thick fog that filled the air.

The faint trace of impulsive regret that had lingered on her exquisitely beautiful face had completely vanished without a trace.

Take Their Place, there is a kind of magnanimity and composure that Mikiri Counter life and death and reaching the ultimate purity.

The original brilliance in her beautiful crimson eyes gradually faded, Take Their Place by a deep, still pool.

She held a long, slender sword in one hand and a heavy, fierce Loathing Halberd upside down in the other.

She still looked like that slender and charming girl, but in the eyes of all the players in Prison Rock, she seemed like a completely different person.

It is as deep as a pool and as imposing as a mountain, unshakeable.

--Actually, it's pretty much the same for Nine Provinces players.

They noticed a change in Lu Xiu's demeanor, and that she was gradually becoming like a certain old acquaintance from a previous life.

Wei Yidong reacted as if he had triggered PTSD, and he immediately took a step back instinctively.

Cheng Xiu's expression froze as he recalled some very unpleasant memories.

Fan Lixin simply turned his head away and Don't Look.

The expressions of the other members of the Strategy Group also became quite subtle.

Any player of Nine Provinces is very familiar with the role Lu Xiu is playing right now. You could say they would recognize her even if she were reduced to ashes. The moment that aura comes out, you know what's going on.

--That damn One Mind from Sekiro! The Sword Saint with the long spear!!!

But soon...

Wei Yidong reacted first, taking another step forward and shouting, "Wait, Lu Xiu, this isn't a dungeon—"

He wanted to remind Lu Xiu.

This isn't a dungeon!

Players are no longer playing as wolves; they can now utilize their own attributes and skills.

But he hadn't finished speaking.

Lu Xiu had already moved. Her deep, beautiful eyes, like an ancient pool, swept over the silent enemy formation in front of her. She stomped her foot on the ground, and with a cloud of dust rising, looked at the fallen Zane.

"My blood is boiling!"

A young girl's voice rang out across the battlefield, no longer carrying the previous mocking indifference, but instead radiating arrogance and disdain. "Let's go! Let me see your resolve!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

Lu Xiu, holding the extremely heavy Loathing Halberd upside down, charged forward with a sudden thrust.

The Loathing Halberd dragged wildly across the hard ground, tearing through the earth and carving a shallow groove, sending up a long trail of extremely bright and violent sparks.

After closing the distance.

Her slender figure was suddenly lifted into the air by the violent momentum.

In mid-air, the girl's high ponytail flew wildly.

She looked down at Zane, who had just managed to get up from the ground, her beautiful crimson eyes reflecting his figure. With a sudden burst of strength in her left arm, the heavy Loathing Halberd, carrying a terrifying aura like Mount Tai pressing down, slammed down on Zane below!

Its imposing momentum is unavoidable!

In the face of death, Zane, who was still coughing up blood, instantly forgot about the pain. His pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints, and he rolled to the side in a desperate scramble.

The Loathing Halberd slammed heavily into the spot where Zane had been standing.

With a deafening roar, the ground shattered as if struck by a meteorite, and a violent shockwave carrying countless fragments of rock shot wildly in all directions.

A sharp piece of gravel grazed Zane's cheek like a bullet, instantly tearing a bloody gash.

But he couldn't care less about the pain on his face at that moment; the shadow of death had already gripped his neck tightly.

"Thunder!!!"

Zane's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared at the top of his lungs.

Just as he finished speaking, a dazzling azure lightning bolt suddenly exploded to Lu Xiu's left.

A player from Prison Rock who was originally engaged in a battle with the Strategy Group was instantly transformed into a bolt of violent lightning.

He completely ignored all physical obstacles, crossed the battlefield at an incredible speed, and suddenly traversed a large distance, appearing in Lu Xiu's blind spot above!

The electric arc moved and leaped.

The lightning instantly reformed into human form.

The Prison Rock named Lei, positioned high above, gripped a heavy Great Axe with electricity tightly in both hands, and with a force capable of tearing everything apart, he brought it down fiercely towards the back of Lu Xiu's neck!

A perfect sneak attack, timed to the absolute perfect.

However.

Faced with the deadly Great Axe falling from his blind spot, Lu Xiu didn't even turn his head.

After briefly closing and opening my eyes.

She turned slightly to the right with remarkable ease, and the Nameless Blade that had been quietly hanging at her side seemed to have a premonition, drawing an arc in mid-air and precisely meeting the thunderous giant Great Axe carrying immense power.

The next moment.

Clang!!

A deafening metallic boom, like the sound of a great bell, exploded in mid-air!

Perfect Deflect.

Sparks and lightning intertwined and flew wildly.

Under the recoil of the Deflect, Lei's seemingly inevitable and ferocious attack was not only completely Neutralize, but he also felt a numbness in his arms, and staggered uncontrollably upon landing, a look of shock flashing in his eyes.

His well-prepared, sneak attack was deflected with a single hand?!

What the heck?

But before Lei could recover from his shock...

Lu Xiu's movements did not pause for even the slightest moment.

At the same moment her right hand Perfect Deflect, her left Loathing Halberd, using the reaction force from the ground impact, swung the halberd horizontally!

It was sweeping and powerful, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The halberd whistled through the air as it swept horizontally towards Zane, who had just gotten up!

That's too fast!

This kind of attack rhythm, where light and heavy weapons are used in both hands respectively, yet the transitions are perfect and there is no stiffness, is simply unreasonable!

In his haste, Zane could only grit his teeth and raise his spear to block the attack.

Bang!

A terrifying blunt force strike rang out, Zane was hit as if by a battering ram. His feet dug two deep furrows in the ground as he was swept away by the halberd.

On the other side...

The player named Lei, Prison Rock, stumbled a bit due to the Deflect.

But he quickly twisted his waist and abdomen, shifted his center of gravity, and managed to stabilize his posture.

The moment he regained his footing, he maintained his slightly crouched posture and immediately swung his Great Axe horizontally, aiming for Lu Xiu's waist.

Clang!!

Another Perfect Deflect.

"Die!"

Ray's Great Axe was once again thrown backward, but his experience in melee combat was clearly far superior to Zane's.

Despite being shocked, he immediately lifted the weapon upwards the moment it was deflected.

Then, he roared, looking like a madman, and the Great Axe thunder axe in his hand transformed into a violent ball of light and shadow, slashing towards Lu Xiu's head!

Not a single blow!

It's a triple attack!!

Faced with this relentless barrage of attacks.

Lu Xiu stood still, her wrist nimbly flipping.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three crisp metallic clanging sounds rang out in succession in the street in front of the apartment building.

Amidst the flying sparks, Lu Xiu Perfect Deflect Reina's three consecutive, seemingly frenzied, strikes with a single hand, standing still!

"How is this possible--" Lei was exhausted after his three-hit combo. When he realized he had missed once, his mentality instantly collapsed.

But Lu Xiu gave him absolutely no time to catch his breath.

The shift from offense to defense happens in the blink of an eye!

"Drink!"

Lu Xiu let out a clear shout, took a step forward, and slammed her right leg hard on the ground.

The ground cracked.

Her slender waist twisted suddenly, like a strong bow being drawn to its fullest extent.

And by using the strength of the waist and abdomen.

With one hand holding the heavy Loathing Halberd, Lu Xiu turned and unleashed an extremely fierce and powerful sweeping attack!

A fierce wind howled, and the halberd's blade tore through the air.

Lei immediately raised his Great Axe axe in front of him to block the attack.

Bang!

Amidst the sparks and thunder,

Using the recoil from the halberd striking the Great Axe, Lu Xiu smoothly and effortlessly rested the thick shaft of the Loathing Halberd on her slender shoulder.

Then without any pause!

The next instant, she used her left foot as a pivot and leaped forward with great force!

As she leaped into the air, the Nameless Blade in her other hand slashed upwards from the lower right corner with extreme cunning.

The Great Axe blocking his way could stop the halberd, but it couldn't stop the longsword.

The Nameless Blade's sharp edge grazed Lei's abdomen, cutting a deep gash in his skin.

Lei was about to back away.

In mid-air, Lu Xiu flipped her wrist with incredible agility.

The blade of the Nameless Blade spun rapidly in the air, once again drawing an extremely dazzling arc of death.

Then, the moment her feet touched the ground again, Lu Xiu picked up the heavy halberd she was carrying on her shoulder.

Tighten your waist and abdomen, and engage your arms.

With the force of thunder, they swept through the enemy ranks!!!

The entire combo was wide and sweeping, flowing smoothly, with the coordination between the sword and the halberd being extremely precise.

Lei was somewhat bewildered.

He's caught in a dilemma: to retreat is wrong, and not to retreat is also wrong.

The attacks came wave after wave.

He couldn't find even the slightest opening to retaliate, and his space to dodge was completely sealed off.

The more times the Loathing Halberd was swung, the more excruciating the pain became for him.

The halberd swept down once more.

Lei even gave up on finding an opportunity to retaliate, simply holding his Great Axe horizontally in front of him once more.

The raging halberd slammed heavily onto the surface of the Great Axe axe once more.

The combined, devastating kinetic energy erupted with a deafening roar!

Hu Lei's feet instantly left the ground, paused in mid-air for a moment, and then exploded with a circular shockwave.

He was swept away by this extremely violent force! He turned into a white line, flashed by, smashed through two lampposts, and crashed heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

But soon...

With blood at the corner of his mouth, he broke through the smoke and dust once more.

At this moment, Zane, who had been swept away, finally caught his breath.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes turning extremely fierce. He gripped the spear tightly with both hands, activated his skill, and the spear tip once again burst forth with a blinding black light, thrusting wildly towards Lu Xiu from the side!

An axe and a spear.

Two top-tier players from Prison Rock, one on the left and one on the right, formed a deadly pincer attack.

But Lu Xiu, at the center of the storm, remained calm in her beautiful crimson eyes, which shimmered with the luster of ruby.

The long sword met the Great Axe, and the heavy halberd blocked the long spear.

A stunningly beautiful young woman stood amidst the thick fog, her robes fluttering, facing off against two opponents single-handedly!

Meanwhile, on the outer battlefields...

In fact, the other top players in Prison Rock weren't just watching idly.

The moment I saw Zane blasted out of the building, and Ray transform into lightning to attack but was easily deflected.

Their first thought was to get away and go help.

Without exception, they were all stopped by the Strategy Group members, including Wei Yidong and Cheng Xiu.

At this very moment—although both sides were locked in fierce combat, almost everyone on the battlefield had their peripheral vision uncontrollably focused on the eye of the storm of flashing blades and halberds.

Seeing Lu Xiu's terrifyingly powerful yet fluid and overwhelming suppression, all the players in the Prison Rock were filled with disbelief.

Especially the enemies facing Wei Yidong and Cheng Xiu.

Bang! Wei Yidong's opponent, the scarred giant, cleaved Wei Yidong's flaming spear in two.

During a brief lull in the struggle, the giant's gaze passed over Wei Yidong's shoulder and fixed on the girl in the distance who was wielding a heavy Loathing Halberd with one hand, launching a continuous barrage of attacks, and finally sweeping Lei away like trash. His eyes twitched wildly.

He turned around abruptly and looked at Wei Yidong with an extremely strange gaze.

And that look in his eyes was even more painful than if he had killed Wei Yidong.

Because that gaze seemed to be silently questioning, "Why are your Architect more skilled with polearms than a top player like you in this region?"

Wei Yidong instantly understood that look, his face flushed crimson, and he snapped, "What are you looking at! I've been taken down by that combo dozens of times in dungeons! Is it shameful that I'm not as good as her?!"

Oh shit.

I forgot.

The player didn't actually play as the wolf in real life—but her character, One Mind, wouldn't be as simple as in the dungeon.

On the other side...

The otherworldly player who was locked in combat with Cheng Xiu was a man whose muscles were as solid as rocks and who wielded a large sword.

He had just been pushed back half a step by Cheng Xiu using the replica Shinobi Prosthetic and the Kusabimaru when he looked in astonishment in Lu Xiu's direction.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The crisp clanging of metal striking metal, as Lu Xiu Perfect Deflect Lei Na's ferocious triple strike, reached his ears continuously.

The giant glanced at Lu Xiu, who stood casually in the distance, Perfect Deflect with one hand, then turned to look at the frail player in front of him, who was wearing a replica Shinobi Prosthetic and holding a replica Kusabimaru.

It looks so familiar!

It's not about being familiar with the moves, but about the extremely rhythmic Deflect when facing a barrage of attacks!

Isn't this the exact tactic that top-tier player from Nine Provinces just used to annoy me?!

Lu Xiu's movements were even more perfect! More natural! They exuded the aura of a true master who had reached the pinnacle of skill!

The Cheng Xiu before them was like a clumsy imitator, trying to copy someone poorly.

But the problem is!

Why are top players just imitators?! They're practically copying a Architect's moves when they fight! Who's teaching whom to fight?!

What kind of bizarre dungeons has this Architect built?! Do they only Architect Roleplay Instance?! That can't be that insane, right?!

The giant swordsman stared wide-eyed, his face filled with astonishment and absurdity.

The only slightly better situation was the enemy Fan Lixin faced, but even the short-haired woman wielding two dark purple daggers froze when she saw Lu Xiu fighting two opponents alone.

Something's wrong!!!

This Architect's skills are off!!!

The instance he created is absolutely not the same as the instance created by Lord Helag!!!

She's clearly Roleplay Instance right now!

But why is it so strong?

This is wrong!

You absolutely must kill her!!! Otherwise, it feels like the new version--

She had only just had that thought.

"Hey, getting distracted during a fight can kill you."

Fan Lixin Lixin's slow, deliberate voice rang out in front of the short-haired woman.

As he spoke casually, a terrifying white aura once again condensed on his right fist.

It's not just them.

The other players in Prison Rock all had expressions that said, "Are you kidding me?"

Not to mention Zane and Lei, who are currently locked in combat with Lu Xiu!

As Lu Xiu Loathing Halberd halberd more and more, the Loathing Halberd's characteristics began to come into play, with each strike increasing the physical destructive power and kinetic energy of the next strike.

With the added momentum, the swing of the halberd was virtually impossible to interrupt!

Even more outrageous!

The moment the number of swings exceeds the threshold, each swing of that ferocious halberd will generate high-pressure wind blades with substantial destructive power.

With Lu Xiu's sweeping and powerful movements, it transformed into a scythe of death, flying wildly in all directions and slicing the surrounding thick fog into pieces!

The extremely heavy thuds of impact continued to ring out.

A tremendous kinetic energy surged forth, like a tidal wave.

Lei felt as if he was facing not a young girl, but a series of towering snow-capped Snow Mountain collapsing and crushing him. Every time he resisted, the terrifying recoil tore at his tiger's mouth, almost shattering the bones in his arms.

The high-pressure wind blades emanating from the surrounding area were all-pervasive, cutting countless shocking bloody gashes into his heavy armor.

Riding on the momentum of her previous sweeping attack, Lu Xiu twisted her waist and abdomen, slamming the halberd down once more in an utterly unreasonable manner.

Boom!!

This final, powerful blow slammed into the axe that Lei had barely managed to raise.

This time, the terrifying kinetic energy, capable of destroying everything in its path, directly pierced through Lei's defenses.

He couldn't even hold on for a second; he was instantly slammed straight to the ground by the overwhelming force.

Bang! Bang!

Lei's body was like an out-of-control cannonball, repeatedly slamming and bouncing off the hard ground.

Every collision between flesh and blood and the earth leaves behind huge craters of varying depths on the asphalt road.

After rolling for dozens of meters, its hands plowed a long furrow in the ground in an attempt to stop.

He finally stopped, looking utterly disheveled.

"Cough--cough cough"

Lei was covered in blood, and his health had plummeted into the extremely dangerous red zone.

He coughed violently, as if his internal organs had shifted. His hands trembled as he supported himself on the ground, struggling to sit up. He ate Consumable as he raised his head.

Through the pervasive fog and the howling wind.

He looked at the architect in front of him, who was wielding a long sword in one hand and a heavy, fierce Loathing Halberd in the other. His attacks were wide and powerful, and the coordination between the sword and the halberd was so tight and fluid that there was not even the slightest gap for a counterattack. Even if someone could counterattack, they would be easily Architect.

An unprecedented sense of absurdity welled up within him, completely shattering his psychological defenses.

Is this Architect?!

Ray couldn't help but raise his head and roar at his equally battered companion on the other side, his voice cracking with rage, "Zane!!! Who are we fighting?!"

A fierce wind howled.

Zane had no chance to attack at this moment. While he was dodging the halberd and longsword in a somewhat disheveled manner, he was frantically drawing in the surrounding dense fog, constantly condensing layer upon layer of thick fog shields in front of him to block the high-pressure wind blades that Lu Xiu brought over when he swung his halberd.

Hearing Ray's question, Zane's forehead veins bulged. While desperately maintaining his shield, he screamed in utter despair, "Architect!!!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

Covered in blood, Lei picked up the Thunder Great Axe that hadn't even touched the enemy, and slowly straightened up.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the monstrous girl before him, who resembled a war goddess descended from heaven. His eyes twitched wildly, and he roared out the most genuine thoughts of all the players in Prison Rock at that moment, "You're talking nonsense!!!!"