Chapter 223: Let's Have a Fight / Chapter 223

"Wheel Jewel."

The next second, one of the spheres on the halo suddenly disappeared, and then the Vermilion Bird in the sky exploded with a bang, as if it had collided with some kind of wall.

Countless sparks, like raindrops, fell from the sky, resembling a meteor shower.

Suzaku Himejima felt that the spirit beast Vermilion Bird she had summoned had been severely injured, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

What exactly happened just now?

Why was her spirit beast suddenly destroyed?

"First is the Wheel Jewel, one of the Seven Treasures. Its ability is to destroy weapons. Although you are controlling a spirit beast, it is still essentially a weapon. Only an extremely powerful expert could withstand it. Unfortunately..."

The rest is self-evident.

In Cao Cao's eyes, Suzaku Himejima was not a particularly formidable opponent.

"I won't let you succeed!"

Vermilion Bird is temporarily unavailable. Suzaku Himejima continues to form hand seals, preparing to launch an attack using Yin-Yang techniques.

However, Cao Cao launched another sphere towards Suzaku Himejima. The girl reacted and created a defensive formation, but the sphere shattered before the collision and burst into golden light, enveloping Suzaku Himejima in its radiance.

There was no pain or other discomfort.

Suzaku Himejima realized what was happening and was about to continue her attack when she discovered that no matter how she formed hand seals, the Five Elements Formation would no longer appear.

He couldn't even draw upon a single trace of his own spiritual energy.

"This is the Woman Jewel's ability, specifically designed for women with superpowers. It can completely seal off all power for a short period of time, and only extremely powerful experts can resist it."

Cao Cao explained with a faint smile.

"In this way, all my opponents have lost their fighting ability."

Cao Cao slung the sacred spear back over his shoulder.

Meanwhile, news also came from other battlefields.

Siegfried, Heracles, Georg, and Jeanne's chosen opponents were all defeated, and they didn't even have any wounds on their bodies, only slightly disheveled clothes.

Leonardo's team also successfully ambushed the allied forces of the Five Great Houses at the subway station. Under Ren's guidance, the "Kyrieloid" created by Leonardo stormed into the allied forces and wreaked havoc. If Cao Cao hadn't ordered that no one be killed, Leonardo would have dealt with the allied forces even faster.

"That's fantastic! Mr. Ren, your guidance saved me from many detours! It's a pity I'm still too weak, otherwise I would definitely be able to create magical beasts that can defeat even gods and demons!"

After Leonardo returned to the team, he immediately shared the good news with Ren.

"Make persistent efforts."

"Yes, Mr. Ren!"

Cao Cao had no idea what Ren had instructed Leonardo, nor did he understand why the usually taciturn Leonardo was being so friendly to someone he had just met.

However, he didn't have time to find out the details right now. Instead, he looked at Georg and asked, "How is the magic circle doing?"

"It's running smoothly, I can summon the Great Red soon... wait, Nine-Tails... why is it awake?!"

It only took a second for Georg's voice to go from calm to panicked.

By the time he realized what was happening, Yasaka, who had been placed in the center of the formation, had already broken free of it, and the demonic energy emanating from her body had completely destroyed the magic circuits gathered nearby.

"Impossible! Why did the seal on the Nine-Tails disappear?!"

Just as the experiment was about to begin, an unexpected situation arose, and Georg panicked more than anyone else.

"No, I checked the seal I made several times before handing it over to them. There couldn't be a problem, so something must have gone wrong during the sealing process."

As a top-tier mage, Georg quickly realized the problem.

He shouted immediately.

"Cao Cao, the seal on the Nine-Tails was broken by someone!"

Was it man-made?

After a brief moment of contemplation, Cao Cao looked up at Ren, who had been standing by watching the show.

After all, it was Ren who handled the Nine-Tails matter from beginning to end.

To test Ren's attitude, he specifically entrusted him with the task of kidnapping the Nine-Tails.

The result was that the other party successfully brought back the Nine-Tails, Georg also checked the seal to confirm that there were no problems.

The only possibility is that it occurred within a short period of time before the operation began.

What Cao Cao could think of, others could naturally think of as well.

Only Heracles was still scratching his head, not understanding who the mole was.

"Siegfried, did you do this?! I always knew you were full of tricks, but I never expected you to betray our Hero Faction!"

"Idiot, use your muscle brain and think about it properly! How could I possibly be a traitor?!"

Siegfried cursed at Heracles.

The latter, with a displeased expression, said, "Why are you suddenly yelling at me? Can't we just talk things out?"

Meanwhile, Ren, who had already been exposed, fanned the flames from the side, saying, "Yes, yes, Heracles, Siegfried is a traitor! Quickly punish him with your Flame Fist!"

Heracles's Sacred Gear is a gauntlet-like exoskeleton that can unleash violent explosions and flames when swung.

Hearing this, Heracles was immediately bewildered.

Who exactly is the traitor?

"Mr. Ren, you actually betrayed us?!"

Leonardo, with his exceptional intelligence, immediately guessed who the mole was, though a hint of resentment lingered in his eyes as he looked at Ren.

After all, he had already regarded Ren as his mentor in terms of creativity, but before he could properly explore the academic issues of Warcraft with his mentor for a few days, he learned of this cruel truth.

Chapter 223 Let's have a fight!

Chapter 223

"I was just a mercenary to begin with, so how could I be accused of betrayal?"

Now that he'd been exposed, Ren dropped the pretense and declared righteously to the others, "It's not too late for you to abandon your allegiance to the light. Following Cao Cao has no future. Join my New Hero Faction, and the benefits will be immense!"

However, the Hero Faction remained unmoved.

They all had their own reasons for choosing to follow Cao Cao. Most of them were people who had not lived a good life in the past and developed a rebellious mentality after being verbally attacked by Cao Cao.

In this world, gaining power is not always a good thing; one is often envied, hated, resentful, and feared.

The remaining group consisted of people who had been coerced or lured there. However, most of them were assigned to other teams as vanguards to attack the divine forces. Some were captured alive, while others died due to the overload of the Sacred Gear.

At least the group led by Cao Cao could be considered his confidants, and they couldn't be easily turned against him by Ren with just a few words.

Besides, they currently have the upper hand; Ren is only one person, how could they possibly lose?

"I knew you were a traitor!"

Siegfried had never liked Ren, and even though they had been comrades before, there was no sign of his favor improving. Therefore, after Ren's undercover identity was exposed, he stopped talking and started fighting immediately.

"Balance Breaker!"

With a roar from Siegfried, two more arms covered in dragon scales grew from his back, and then he drew two new demonic swords from his waist.

Seeing Siegfried like this, Ren was immediately reminded of an old friend named Tien Shinhan.

Facing Ren, he wore an arrogant smile and said, "This is my Sacred Gear, the Dragon Hand. It's a fairly common Sacred Gear, and mine is a subspecies. After being transformed into Balance Breaker, it can grow two arms and increase its strength several times over. That's why I said in the last competition that I didn't even use a third of my strength."

"Take this! Wash away my shame with your defeat!"

The next second, Siegfried rushed towards Ren at an extremely fast speed, and instantly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Those who had fought him earlier, including Kouryu Hyakki, were even more astonished.

In his previous battles with them, Siegfried only revealed his third arm; he didn't even use the Balance Breaker transformation?!

They were determined to rise again, but they were severely wounded in their battle with Siegfried.

It wasn't fatal, but he no longer had the strength to stand up.

Just as they were feeling hopeless about the situation, Siegfried had already closed in on Ren.

Knowing that his opponent was also skilled in speed, Siegfried decided to strike first, not giving Ren any chance to react, and planned to force him into his rhythm with a barrage of attacks.

Four-Sword Style!

To date, apart from Cao Cao, no one has been able to keep up with his attack frequency!

But the next second, as he was attacked from four different directions simultaneously, he suddenly heard a shout, "Sleep spell!"

"He can do magic?"

Upon hearing this, Siegfried was startled and immediately prepared to defend himself.

A flash of white light, Ren' longsword struck Siegfried's head in an extremely tricky direction. However, because of the deliberate use of the blade, Siegfried's head was not severed and turned into Louis- style head.

Siegfried was struck and immediately fell into a deep sleep. Ren showed no mercy and used the blade of his sword to cast a dozen more sleeping spells on him.

The battle ended instantly.

The entire process took less than five seconds.

He grabbed the fallen Siegfried and threw him at Heracles: "I told you that was only one percent of my strength before, but he didn't believe me. Now you believe me, right?"

The outcome deeply shocked the Hero Faction.

However, as a top-tier mage, Georg wanted to complain even more: what you just used wasn't some kind of sleep spell, it was clearly just swinging your sword like a club!

However, Siegfried naturally fell asleep.

Therefore, in a sense, it's not entirely wrong to call it a form of sedation, although it's rather unconventional.

After throwing Siegfried away, Ren's muscle memory automatically triggered, picking up the several magic swords that had been scattered on the ground and putting them into his storage space.

While not a particularly precious divine Sacred Gear, it is still considered rare.

Now his storage room is filled with more and more treasures. Maybe in the future he can even cosplay Gilgamesh and enjoy the thrill of throwing these divine weapons like stones.

"Traitor to the Hero Faction! How could you have beaten Siegfried to this state!"

Heracles was furious when he saw Siegfried's face swollen like a pig's head. The two-meter-tall giant was about to attack, but Cao Cao stopped him.

"Step back, Heracles, you are no match for him."

After speaking, Cao Cao ignored the gazes of others and walked to the opposite side of Ren.

A look of regret crossed his face.

"What a pity, I thought we would become close comrades-in-arms."

Then he looked at Jeanne and said, "I just didn't expect that even you, Jeanne, would betray me."

Upon hearing this, Heracles and Georg wore expressions of disbelief.

"Jeanne? How could that be? Wasn't she an older member of the Hero Faction, much earlier than us?"

Jeanne of Arc, her identity exposed, sighed helplessly, leaped away from the Hero Faction's camp, and landed lightly beside Ren.

A hint of sorrow and reluctance lingered on the saintess's face. "Cao Cao, I haven't betrayed the Hero Faction, but you."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's expression showed some surprise.

"I don't think I did anything particularly special."

Cao Cao thought it over carefully, and indeed there wasn't one.

However, after seeing that Cao Cao still showed no sign of repentance, Jeanne completely gave up any hope for Cao Cao.

"Cao Cao, your constant orders to attack other mythical forces are completely contrary to the definition of a hero. A true hero exists for peace and for others. Our attacks on various forces have only brought more chaos to the world and have done nothing to benefit us. A true hero would never commit such heinous acts that incite war!"

"But I found the meaning of heroism in Ren. He also told me that the moment you want to become a hero, you lose the right to be a hero!"

Upon hearing this, many members of the Hero Faction were deeply shaken.

After all, they had always considered themselves "heroes" and taken it upon themselves to slay gods, Buddhas, and demons, but now, after hearing Jeanne's words, their long-held beliefs began to waver.

"I didn't expect even you to say that. It seems he does indeed have some skill."

Cao Cao appeared unconcerned and smiled easily.