Live for Yourself

For Yourself, Live On

"Heh, you're on the verge of death yet you still dare use that tone with me?!" Tucker slowly lifted the spiked club from his shoulder, then slammed his feet hard against the ground. His entire figure instantly burst toward Chen Wuming like a swift, sharp arrow as he sneered relentlessly, "You've got some nerve!!!"

The words had barely faded when the spiked club in his hand came crashing heavily down toward the top of Chen Wuming's head!

BOOM—The spiked club smashed heavily into the ground, and the immense force instantly caused the earth to cave deeply inward! It kicked up a cloud of dust, and one could only imagine just how terrifying the power of this blow was. If it landed on a person, tsk tsk, that was truly something too horrible to even contemplate...

Crap! Chen Wuming naturally saw the impact of this blow. While mentally cursing in an expletive, he also felt a continuous, secret surge of relief. Thank goodness he had dodged it just now! Otherwise, things would have gotten huge ~ In Chen Wuming's estimation, if this blow had truly landed on his head, to put aside whether his head would burst open like a watermelon, at the very least, his entire body would definitely not escape the fate of turning into a 'pancake'...

However, this also made him recognize anew the formidable physical strength of his opponent! Such terrifying power—he must absolutely not let himself get grazed or nicked by it even a little!! Otherwise, things would really get serious! Just that sneak attack he had taken a moment ago had already caused considerable damage to his body. Fortunately, the opponent had deliberately held back and didn't use his full strength, or else he would have already lost his combat capability! Although he didn't know why the opponent would do this, Chen Wuming figured it was probably because this bastard thought he had him in the bag, and therefore wanted to show mercy just to toy with him for a bit? However—

Not finishing me off directly with that move just now is the biggest mistake of your life! Chen Wuming sneered inwardly, I will never be as careless as I was just a moment ago! On the contrary, I will seize this greatest flaw of your underestimation of the enemy, find the most suitable opportunity, and then solve you instantly!!!

Thinking of this, Chen Wuming silently chanted Requip in his heart, and a slender magic sword appeared in his hands once more! Quietly putting a certain distance between himself and his opponent, Chen Wuming cautiously observed and sized up the enemy's movements, attempting to find a chance for a one-hit kill! As for the broken half-blade on the ground, he had no intention of picking it up again because in a battle between experts, this would not only hinder his own movements, but would also give the opponent an opening while he was picking things up!

"Yo ~ kid, it looks like your dodging is still somewhat decent!" Seeing that his strike hadn't produced the slightest effect, and looking at the other party's cautious appearance, Tucker laughed indifferently and continued to mock playfully, "However, how many more times can you dodge an attack like this? Besides, don't forget, I can use magic too --" The moment those words fell, circles of golden-yellow magic arrays suddenly popped up from a dozen directions—above, below, left, and right—around Chen Wuming, each radiating a intense magical glow!

Chen Wuming certainly wouldn't forget that this bastard could use magic! He wouldn't be so idiotic as to forget even such important information! Whether it was the opponent's magic lightning from before or the magic soldiers just now, he had secretly noted them all in his heart. It could be said that ever since their formal engagement began just now, he had constantly been keeping a secret watch on the magic the opponent might deploy!

At this moment, although the sudden appearance of the magic arrays startled him quite a bit, it didn't cause him the slightest bit of panic. Right at that moment, the magic arrays also began to unleash their might, and dozens of gorgeous golden-yellow lightning bolts abruptly spewed out from the center of the formations! Just like a string of lightning serpents shining with a brilliant golden light, they hissed and roared from all directions, violently surging and shooting toward Chen Wuming, who was trapped in the center of the magic array!

With a fierce downward bend of his body, he narrowly avoided a dangerous lightning serpent shooting straight from the front. With no time to think, his body immediately executed a rapid sidestep, dodging the several lightning bolts that shot over from the left as well. Yet this wasn't the end; the moment he cleared the lightning serpents on the left, the dozen or so lightning bolts on the right had already bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they lunged toward him!

Helpless, unable to dodge anymore, he had no choice but to raise the magic rapier in his right hand and hack at the lightning serpents that had already lunged right before his eyes! Without exception, the moment the lightning serpents were cleaved apart, his sword-holding right hand was also ravaged by a bout of current-induced numbness. Fortunately, the amount of conducted current seemed rather small, merely making his right hand go numb for a split second without producing the slightest impact on his overall movements! One figured this was probably because the quality of this magic rapier was exceptionally high, right? According to his memories, this magic rapier was a birthday gift given to Achill by his grandfather Albert after his magic first awakened on his tenth birthday...

There was no time to think about other things. After cleaving apart the lightning serpents on the right, Chen Wuming immediately shifted his body again, then abruptly lowered his head forward. The lightning serpents from behind were naturally avoided by him once more! The formidable close-combat ability fused from his memories was undoubtedly pushed to its absolute peak at this moment!!

"Hmm?" Seeing that his own dense magical attack still hadn't managed to do anything to the opponent, Tucker couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly, but it smoothed out again immediately. This was more like it, wasn't it fun! If he was easily played to death in one go, there wouldn't be the slightest bit of fun to speak of.

Thinking of this, Tucker once again raised the spiked club in his hand with a wicked grin. Then, a large golden magic array appeared above his head. Sneering as he lifted the spiked club to his crest, Tucker let out a perverted, loud roar of amusement, "Let's see if you can block this move! Raging Thunder Hammer!!!" As his voice fell, a thick pillar of thunder and lightning descended straight from the center of the magic array, striking directly down onto the spiked club Tucker held high! In an instant, the spiked club shone with brilliant golden light, lightning danced about, and the constantly flashing, glaring thunder radiance rendered both Tucker and the spiked club into a brilliant golden hue, just like a thunder god holding a huge thunder hammer, preparing to execute divine punishment!!!

Without further hesitation, he swung the spiked club in his hand heavily forward! Immediately, a majestic-looking thunder dragon shot forth from the tip of the spiked club, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it rushed swiftly toward Chen Wuming ahead!

Upon seeing this, Chen Wuming's expression abruptly changed, turning incomparably ugly. He could feel that the immense magical power contained within this thunder dragon was definitely something the present him could not compare to at all!!!

What to do? What to do?! Just what should he do?!! Dodge? It was clearly too late! Resist? He would definitely be struck until not even a shred of him was left!! Yet since he could neither dodge nor resist, what on earth was he supposed to do?! Gazing at that rapidly approaching thunder dragon, Chen Wuming's mind fell into a complete blank, and a deep sense of despair uncontrollably welled up in his heart!

Could it be that it ends right here? In an instant, this thought flashed through Chen Wuming's mind, and he self-deprecatingly scoffed in his heart, Ah, yes, it ends right here... In this world, I'm afraid one could no longer find a transmigration protagonist as tragic as me, right? Before I even had time to make a great achievement in this different world, before I even managed to live out that dream harem life with clouds of beautiful wives I desired in my heart, I'm just going to kick the bucket and go see ghosts...

Aside from helplessness, there was only helplessness. Slowly closing his eyes, he was powerless to resist this powerful magical attack any longer. Up until this moment, Chen Wuming's heart was once again yearning and hoping—if only, if only I could possess an incomparably powerful and unique magic! If only, if only my Requip magic could summon weapons like divine artifacts out of thin air, if only...

In an instant, Chen Wuming thought of many things in his heart, flashing through countless "if-onlys" that seemed absolutely impossible to him... However, if there really was a possibility—at this thought, a trace of desire flashed through Chen Wuming's heart—then I want the Zanpakutō from Bleach to become the weapon of my Requip magic!!!

So-called magic is actually the magic of the heart. As long as one firmly believes in his heart, then everything is possible. The meaning of magic's existence lies in the fact that it is the product of soul resonance and sublimation!

Abruptly, a sentence he couldn't remember who had spoken popped up in his mind. The moment this thought popped up, it immediately took root and sprouted in Chen Wuming's heart!

Achill, even if you cannot use any magic, even if your attainment in magic is extremely poor, as long as you retain faith in your heart, one day the miracle of magic will bloom and bear fruit in your heart...

Not for anything else, but at least solely for yourself, you must live on well...

"Albert... Grandpa, is that so?~~" Chen Wuming muttered to himself, "For yourself, live on?..."

"Ah ~ that's right!" At this thought, a terrifying sharp glint suddenly flashed across the depths of Chen Wuming's eyes. He reopened his eyes, looked at the rapidly approaching thunder dragon, and then looked at the crude fellow Tucker laughing wildly in the distance, saying in a calm tone, "I cannot just die in vain like this, and certainly not die in the hands of worthless trash like you..."

Slowly relaxing the right hand that held his sword, leaving the magic rapier to drop by itself onto the solid ground, Chen Wuming calmly and straightly extended his right hand forward with his palm facing outward, aiming directly at the thunder dragon that had roared close to him! All of this seemed very slow, but in reality, it all happened in the span of a mere instant!

"Ahahahahaha! Have you gone mad?!! You actually delusionally think you can catch my strongest ultimate move—Raging Thunder Hammer—with your bare hands?!! You really are tired of living, you bastard!!!" Chen Wuming's actions were naturally seen by Tucker. After a moment of astonishment, he couldn't help but roar with laughter and loudly mock him! It was as if he had concluded that the opponent would definitely die under this ultimate move of his!

"Grandpa Albert once told me before he died that the existence of magic is a miracle produced by the resonance of the heart and soul. As long as one firmly believes in his heart, there is no magic that cannot be accomplished..." At this moment, the fused memories of Achill in his head seemed to exert an influence on his consciousness. He could no longer tell whether he was Achill, the magical trash who had drowned, or Chen Wuming, the otaku transmigrator. However, none of this mattered anymore at this moment. What mattered was that Chen Wuming's state of mind seemed to have fallen into a wondrous realm. Immersed in the scene as he listened to the final teachings Grandpa Albert gave him before his death, Chen Wuming murmured, seemingly speaking to Tucker, yet seemingly whispering to himself, "Then today, let this miracle be born once more in my hands—"

The words had barely fallen when the thunder dragon had already slammed into the palm of his outstretched right hand!

BOOM—With a loud crash, the violent lightning instantly completely submerged Chen Wuming's figure, leaving not the slightest trace of his existence...