Although Midou Ban and Amano Ginji could not see Mo Yi's expression through the Comical Mask, his tone was unusually serious and sincere.
"To put out the fire at home sooner, I've decided to unleash an insanely awesome attack!"
"You'd better be careful. Don't die."
As soon as he finished speaking, pitch-black energy spheres began appearing around Mo Yi. In barely two seconds, more than a hundred had formed. They were rather small, though, each only the size of a fist.
These energy spheres were Dark Sovereign Syndra's specialty spell, Dark Sphere. Syndra's Dark Spheres were a full meter in diameter, whereas Mo Yi's were miniature versions. Precisely because they were miniaturized, Mo Yi could conjure so many in two seconds.
If they had been full-sized Dark Spheres, making that many would have exhausted Mo Yi to death—and still been impossible.
He had made miniature Dark Spheres partly to create a dense barrage and restrict Phantom Duo's room to dodge, and partly because safety came first. If the spheres were too large and actually killed someone, Mo Yi would be in serious trouble. He might even have to pay for it with his life.
After all, they were not bad people. He definitely could not go around killing friendly forces!
"Hey, hey—"
Even though this was merely the opening attack, the sight of miniature Dark Spheres filling the sky made Amano Ginji swallow hard. He turned to his companion Midou Ban and asked, "Ban, do you think those black things might explode?"
After a brief silence, Midou Ban murmured:
"I think they probably will—"
"Don't get hit. I don't want to pay another medical bill. This month's budget is already nearly over."
The moment Midou Ban finished speaking, the two sprinted off in opposite directions without any prior coordination. Their goal was simple: spread out Mo Yi's attack density and force him to attack in two directions at once.
Then they charged toward Mo Yi, launching their signature attacks.
"Thunderstorm—"
Amano Ginji spread his hands toward Mo Yi, and a violent web of lightning shot at him.
"Snake Bite—"
Midou Ban, meanwhile, unleashed Snake Bite against the ground. With a powerful grab, he lifted a massive boulder and hurled it violently at Mo Yi—Road roller da!
"My energy is limitless—"
Facing Phantom Duo's attacks, Mo Yi stopped forming spheres and directly unleashed Dark Sovereign Syndra's ultimate—Energy Barrage.
"Energy Barrage!"
Accompanied by a powerful telekinetic wave, more than a hundred miniature Dark Spheres scattered in every direction. Their main targets, naturally, were Amano Ginji and Midou Ban.
"BOOM—"
Just as Midou Ban had suspected, the Dark Spheres exploded. A single one might not have been terribly powerful, but with more than a hundred detonating at once, the resulting blast could be heard across Changkong City's eastern suburbs. Some nearby residents suddenly felt the ground shake violently. Forget those who had been asleep—even those still working hard for the continuation of humanity abandoned everything and ran outside to open ground.
After all, running to an open area during an earthquake was common sense. Changkong City was an island city located in an earthquake zone, where tremors large and small occurred often, so its residents had plenty of experience.
"Earthquake! Run!"
At the center of the explosion, the Energy Barrage that had consumed nearly half of Mo Yi's mana proved immensely powerful. Amano Ginji's lightning and the giant boulder Midou Ban had thrown were instantly destroyed by telekinesis and Dark Spheres.
As for those two, Mo Yi figured they would be fine. With such dispersed attacks, they would suffer at most minor injuries. As for staying behind to check on their condition—that was out of the question. After a clash of attacks was the best time for a strategic retreat.
"Tahm Kench, the River King—"
After switching to Tahm Kench, the River King's Character Card, Mo Yi immediately used his remaining mana to activate Tahm Kench, the River King's ultimate—Abyssal Dive.
In the game, Tahm Kench, the River King could use this move to dive together with an ally. Of course, he carried them by swallowing them, earning him the nickname Tam's Death Bus—once you got on my bus, you thought you could get off?!
That would not work for Mo Yi, of course. His mouth was too small to swallow a person unless he activated the card and transformed himself into a gigantic frog-man.
As the saying went, looks were justice. Mo Yi, who considered himself a Justice Partner, had never transformed into a frog-man after his first attempt with this Character Card. Being ugly lowered one's luck value, especially in a game world. Only cannon fodder and minor bosses were ugly, because the protagonist team and charismatic villains needed fans. Otherwise, how could players scream "So-and-so is my wife!" while spending money like mad?
"Abyssal Dive."
The instant the Dark Spheres fired out, triggering a massive explosion that blasted back Phantom Duo and "accidentally" caught Akashi Kurado in its wake, Mo Yi immediately performed three and a half midair split spins before diving into the ground, which had turned into water. He did not splash up a single drop. If this had been the Olympics, it would have been a perfect dive worthy of a Chinese athlete. He vanished in an instant.
PS: Has anyone read about traveling through ninety-nine worlds at once?
But I See You Enjoyed Licking It
The world was a river, and I was its king—Tahm Kench, the River King.
Although Tahm Kench, the River King's model was a gigantic frog, it had absolutely no relation to the frog sages of Mount Myoboku. Its true identity was a powerful demon. Otherwise, it would not have dared say something as arrogant as calling itself the king of the world—and then avoided getting beaten to death afterward.
After using Tahm Kench, the River King's Character Card, Mo Yi's greatest feeling was that he had gained an extra "hand."
Tahm's main method of attack in the game was his long tongue. Having used its abilities, Mo Yi naturally gained a tongue technique shocking enough to stun the world. It could be soft or hard, long or short; blades could not cut it, and fire could not hurt it. It was even more formidable than the legendary folding stool, first among the ten great weapons.
After all, a folding stool still had to be carried around, while a tongue was far more discreet and convenient.
Tahm's abilities were useful, but Mo Yi had to consider one problem: this world had little monsters like Honkai Beasts. Forget transforming into a frog-man—simply sticking his tongue out everywhere like Orochimaru from the neighboring set would send people's favorability toward him plummeting like a stock-market crash.
A specific example was Saitama from One-Punch Man. He had done so many good deeds, yet no one thanked him. He was even blamed by others.
Besides, other Character Cards could replace Tahm. Unless he needed Tahm's ultimate, Abyssal Dive, Mo Yi truly had few opportunities to use this card.
Because Mo Yi had long ago planted a Scout Ward at home, he did not need to worry about lacking a spatial marker when he used teleportation or skills with Spatial Shift effects, such as Spatial Transfer, to return home from outside.
"BOOM—"
The explosions from more than a hundred miniature Dark Spheres plowed through the surrounding environment. Since this had been an uninhabited suburb to begin with, there was no need to worry about casualties.
"Bang—"
Two people crawled out from beneath the rubble, stones, and mud. They were Midou Ban and Amano Ginji.
Midou Ban looked at the devastated surroundings and felt a headache coming on. Only when he spotted Akashi Kurado standing not far away did he breathe a sigh of relief. "Doctor Wolf, you have to testify for us. We weren't the ones who destroyed this place, or the Cultivator Association might dock our pay again."
"No problem—"
Akashi Kurado licked his lips, stared at the place where Mo Yi had vanished beneath the water, and smiled. "I look forward to our next meeting."
With that, he vanished directly from Midou Ban and Amano Ginji's sight.
"What a headache. How are we supposed to write the mission report later?"
Midou Ban and Amano Ginji had accepted an investigation mission, yet they had ended up in a fierce battle, damaged who knew how much public property, and still did not know what their opponent looked like. Even the names he had given were mostly aliases.
After taking that insanely powerful attack, Midou Ban had been too busy defending himself to see how the other party had left. Akashi Kurado was probably the only one who had seen it.
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