Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 639: Awakening of Marlenya
Strictly speaking, this was Li You's first time fighting alongside the Simulated Teardrop.

Unlike in the game where one has to worry about the IQ of the big brother, Li You and his replica Teardrop are truly in tune with each other at this moment, just like one person split into two, without the drawback of doing two things at once.

The air blades whirled, the air whistled, and Marenia's Water Bird Dance was also only performed for a while before retracting and retreating quickly. Seeing this, the imitation teardrop flew up again, then suddenly fell down, chasing Marenia and slashing with the knife!

“Ding ding ding——!!”

The knife in the Fake Teardrop's hand collided rapidly with the sharp blade of Marlennia, and the Qi and magic power infused into the weapons of both sides were also in fierce conflict. Then Li You suddenly discovered that "he" was at a disadvantage in both swordsmanship and Qi.

The Valkyrie Marlennia, like Latan, has the reputation of being the strongest. Her prosthetic arm is regarded as an invincible flying wing with heroic will, which is indeed worthy of the name.

However, even if it was suppressed, the replica teardrop would not collapse so quickly. Li You took this opportunity to hold the sword with both hands, condensed the magic power, and swung it with all his strength!
"call out--"

There was no obvious sound, but an exceptionally dazzling cold light burst out as he swung his sword!
To this day, Li You has become extremely familiar with all the moves he learned in the past, and even if he changes his weapon, he can still exert its strongest power.

For example, although the foundation of this move is still the secret sword technique, what is actually infused into it is Li You's own sword intent. From this perspective, perhaps this move should be called the secret sword technique Li...

Li You: ...No, forget it.

Naming a move after himself was extremely awkward even for Li You, who was thick-skinned.

Putting aside the issue of naming, this knife continued the momentum of the previous spatial flash and went a step further. Even Malenia had to give it her all.

Sensing the momentum of the knife, Marennia was startled, and then she swung the knife without hesitation, and at the cost of her prosthetic hand being scratched, she forcibly broke free from the entanglement of the replica teardrop, and then the energy and magic power in her body surged like a tide, and she quickly retreated!

This is not surprising, as Marlenya's swordsmanship is superb, but correspondingly, her innate limitations also make her not good at the kind of fighting style that can defeat the enemy with one blow.

With Marlenya's experience, she could almost see at a glance the power and even the essence of Li You's sword. However, seeing through it is one thing, and whether or not one has the means to resist it is another.

Considering the presence of the teardrop array, it was not surprising that Malenia chose to retreat.

However, Li You, who knew her very well, probably guessed that she would make this choice, so this move was also a bait. As Marlennia retreated, the teardrop flew into the air, and the knife in his hand ignited with blazing flames, smashing down on her like a falling star!
Marenia: “!”

"Boom——"

And the smash was not the end, the teardrop imitating body stabbed into the ground with a long knife upside down, flames began to spread along his body, and then suddenly burst out!

"Roar--!!"

Eight fire dragons entwined the teardrop-like body, and then exploded like fireworks!
Although Marenia dodged the blow, she was not able to completely avoid the explosion. She looked at the eight fire dragons dancing around the teardrop and said in surprise: "What on earth are you..."

The move of Imitation Teardrop is actually a copy of the Valkyrie's second stage blossoming. The release method is exactly the same. It is normal for her to be surprised when she saw it.

But Li You didn't intend to explain at all. What's copying? That's called reference!

"you guess?"

As he spoke, Li You had already rushed forward quickly, stabbing out with the knife in his hand!

"clang--!!"

Marennia fought with Li You himself, and she was still better than him in swordsmanship. The ability of the imitation teardrop came entirely from him, so there would be no change in this area.

But there was also a difference. At this moment, Li You's body was flowing with brilliant flames, and the blade was wrapped with golden lightning. As the two blades crossed, the surging power continued to impact Marennia's prosthetic knife!

Beile's form of power gave Li You a lot of inspiration. The combined power of the spiral sword fire and the cherry dragon thunder was difficult for even Malenia to resist.

Her swordsmanship is indeed one level higher than Li You's, but in terms of her own strength, Li You is not necessarily much weaker even if he faces Latan in his prime, and he even leaves the corrupted Valkyrie far behind.

Yes, that's right. Li You was actually relying on his strong physique to bully Malenia because she was disabled... Oh, he was definitely not implying Latan, those are two different things.

Under the repeated attacks of fire and thunder, after fighting with Li You for more than ten moves, Marennia had to retreat again. Her body could not withstand such a collision.

But as she stepped back, the tears on her body rushed up again!
First, eight fire dragons rushed out, but after being dodged by Malenia, the imitation teardrop also flew out and rushed forward like Li You!

Marenia swung her knife to block the attack, but she was helplessly caught up in Li You's rhythm. However, she was also decisive. Seeing that she would gradually lose the initiative if she continued like this, she immediately took a blow from the imitation teardrop, then jumped up with the knife in her hand, and the artificial knife instantly swung out a dazzling knife light!
Water birds are dancing!

"Well--!!"

Not to mention the imitation teardrop, which could only barely hold on, even Li You, who wanted to encircle him, was forced back and could not get close. The Valkyrie's Water Bird Dance has high damage, high attack speed, and attack recovery. At the same time, she also infuses her whole body with Qi, making it almost impossible to be interrupted.

Although it does not have the secret of cutting enemies in half with one blow, Malenia's special skills also have terrifying lethality, and the more enemies there are, the more destructive power they have.

This is also the obvious difference between her and Latan. General Starshatter is an outstanding swordsman and also practices magic. His Great Wilderness Starfall is almost invincible. However, Marlennia can only work harder on skills and choose a completely different fighting style.

If it was Li You who was unable to dodge and was surrounded by the frenzy of water birds, he would have only one choice except to use the system props to legally cheat. Although the imitation teardrop could support itself with its own advantages, it also made the same choice at this time.

The flames on his body suddenly condensed into a storm, and the burning wind swept through, and the teardrop on his body instantly transformed into a dragon man!
"boom--!!"

The magic power suddenly erupted like a tsunami, hitting Malenia who was close at hand. Malenia was also startled, and immediately determined that this move could not be resisted. She moved her feet, flew back nimbly and gracefully, and avoided the explosion of the imitation teardrop.

However, immediately afterwards, the dragon-like replica of Teardrop and Li You himself rushed up at the same time!

The speed of the replica teardrop was naturally much faster. It arrived in front of Malenia in an instant and slashed down with a knife as fast as lightning!

Because the replica teardrop cannot benefit from the item bonus in the system backpack, its physical fitness is not as good as Li You's. But after transforming into a dragon man, the original gap is basically eliminated. It also has the peak combat power of Li You. The torrential combo it launches at this moment is fast, heavy and accurate!

Everything else would have been fine, but this increasingly heavy attack was really hard for Marennia to withstand. However, when she wanted to play to her strengths, she would be entangled by Li You. The chance to break the deadlock that she had just gained by resisting the attack was broken by Li You's transformation into a dragon man.

In this situation, even if Marlenia is an expert swordsman, it is difficult to counterattack. Not to mention that the teardrop attack of the dragon-human clone is extremely heavy, it is difficult for her to replicate the previous countermeasure. Marlenia can also see the origin of Li You's clone, so she naturally knows that Li You himself must be able to transform, so she can't take risks easily.

"clang--!!"

The teardrop struck another heavy blow, and Marenia swung her knife to block it, while trying to use the force to retreat, but Li You did not give her this opportunity at all, and had already accumulated strength and was ready to strike with the knife. If Marenia dared to retreat, she would be greeted by the flash of knife light that could tear through space.

Realizing that this was not going to work, Marenia made a decision. She suddenly drew her knife and fought hard with the teardrops, then used the force to turn around and rushed towards Li You himself!

The Fake Teardrop seized the opportunity and slashed back with a knife, tearing the cloak on the back of Malenia and cutting open her battle robe, leaving an exaggerated wound on her back.

Since the beginning of the war, Marlennia has relied on her swordsmanship and agile body movements to avoid all heavy blows. This is the first time she has suffered such a serious injury.

Seeing her rushing towards him, Li You was also slightly startled. Now Malenia was almost completely defenseless. If he used the secret sword, she would probably be seriously injured and dying, which was not the result he wanted.

Although Li You immediately realized that he had made a mistake, how could he hold back when fighting with Malenia? However, in this moment of hesitation, Malenia had already seized the flaw. She flew over, turned around and kicked Li You, forcing him to the side with this heavy blow!

"Well……!!"

Li You immediately prepared to transform into a dragon man in order to deal with Marlenya's pursuit, but he didn't expect that she had no intention of doing so. Instead, her magic power was stimulated, and a certain power that had been suppressed in her body began to be released without hesitation!

That is the scarlet power of corruption that she is born with!

The power of the outer gods soared into the sky, and illusory scarlet flowers began to gradually condense around Malenia's body!

Li You: "!!"

Torina, Millicent: "!!"

The imitation teardrop rushed forward without hesitation - this wouldn't do!
Transformation is prohibited!

It's not just because once Malenia accepts the scarlet power of corruption in her body and transforms into the second-stage Goddess of Corruption, her combat effectiveness will skyrocket, and the problems that originally limited her physical fitness will immediately disappear, but also because if she is transformed into the Goddess of Corruption, Li You's original plan will be completely ruined.

Fortunately, Li You chose to fight against Malenia together with his replica teardrop in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

Originally in the game, she would release the power of corruption and enter the second stage only after being defeated in the first stage. But this time, she took the initiative to transform while she still had strength left. This did surprise Li You, but he was still prepared.

The dragon wings behind the teardrop flapped, using the power of space, and appeared behind Marenia almost instantly. It grabbed Marenia from behind, despite the erosion of the scarlet corrupt flower that was gradually taking shape!

At the same time, it also released all the Sakura Dragon power in its body!
The current replica teardrop was able to evolve to the limit because it swallowed the system props, so its ability was also strengthened to the limit. In addition to the fire essence in the spiral sword, even the power of the cherry dragon can be reproduced.

Of course, the clone's magic power can be recovered by itself once it is consumed, but the divine power is gone once it is gone and it cannot be replenished, so you should use it less and less.

At this moment, the Fake Teardrop released all the remaining divine power in its body without hesitation!

Without the supply of Sakura Dragon's divine power, the dragon-humanization of the Fake Teardrop was instantly eliminated, but it still held on to Malenia tightly, while controlling the Sakura Dragon's divine power, taking advantage of the close contact at this moment to invade Malenia's body!

Marlennia had never thought that someone would dare to rush to her side wearing Scarlet Ionia, but the replicant teardrop was almost immortal, and it just took advantage of this loophole.

At this moment, the scarlet power of corruption released by Malenia should have enveloped her entire body and replaced all the parts of the golden law inherited from her parents with the law of corruption, turning her into a completely corrupt goddess.

However, due to the interference of another kind of external divine power, the operation of the power of corruption became disordered, and the scarlet flower took a long time to take shape.

Marennia immediately activated her magic power without caring about her physical condition. The surging power hit the teardrop that was holding her from behind, and its body was riddled with holes. However, the teardrop didn't know what fear and death were, and had no intention of letting go. Marennia was also a little anxious. Just as she was about to explode again to finish it off, she saw a flash of fire in front of her, and another eight fire dragons were already rushing towards her!

Marenia: “……!! Not good…”

But it was too late, because the divine power released by the imitation teardrop attracted her attention, and Li You had already deployed the Nine-Headed Dragon Formation and pressed down on her head!

"Roar--!!"

At this time, Li You also released the power of the Sakura Dragon without hesitation, and the body of the fire dragon was almost solid!
Four of them did not grow larger, but shrunk a lot. They roared and rolled towards Malenia, biting her body. The other four grew bigger in the wind, surrounded her, and began to tear apart the unformed scarlet flowers around her.

Feeling her scarlet flower being gradually devoured, Malenia showed reluctance. She struggled with all her might, but the scarlet corruption was restrained by fire. Even though she was a candidate for the goddess of corruption and could release endless power of corruption, she was still a long way from dying of the eight fire dragons.

Moreover, Li You had already arrived in front of her. Looking at Marlenya, whose power was devoured and who was almost unable to move, Li You showed an evil smile on his face and said:

"No change!"

Marenia: “…”

Li You only had an attack occasionally, and of course he wouldn't be as talkative as a real villain. Malenia was only temporarily suppressed, and there was still a possibility that she could break free, so he immediately took out a small bottle from his backpack, which contained a deep purple secret medicine.

With a "pop", Li You opened the lid and forced Malenia to drink the drink without saying anything.

Seeing that Marennia's resistance was getting weaker and weaker, Li You smiled again: "No one can resist this thing. Sleep peacefully, I will take good care of your body..."

If Marennia's eyes were intact, she would probably skin Li You alive with her eyes. But as Li You said, she couldn't resist the effect of the secret medicine and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Li You finally breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming that Malenia was really asleep, he waved his hand to disperse the fire dragon, and then picked up the teardrop that had returned to its original form due to the severe damage, let it return to his body, and looked at Malenia again.

"So what's next... huh?"

He just picked up the sleeping Marenia, but when he turned around, he felt several eyes locked on him - it was Kara and the others, as well as Millicent and Torina who had come over. However, the way they looked at him was a little strange.

Li You: "?"

No, wait a moment.

What I just said was just a joke, no one took it seriously, right?

Kara and V just stared at him with amused expressions. Millicent had an obviously embarrassed look on her face, while Torina looked at Marlenya in his arms and said, "Considering her physical condition, I don't recommend you do that..."

Li You: "......"

Damn, when I was playing with bad jokes, I forgot that there are people who don’t understand abstraction.

"No, you misunderstood..."

Li You had to persuade Tolina and Millicent with all his might to convince them that he had no strange ideas, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

As for Kara and the others, they didn't react on the surface, but they were actually laughing skillfully in the mental link - still without avoiding Li You.

Li You: "......"

TNND, it’s your own fault!

After the short farce, Li You placed Marlennia under the roots of the Holy Tree. Tolina stepped forward to check her condition and said, "It's better than we expected. She just tried to release the power of corruption, which consumed most of the power stored in her body. Now that she is suppressed by your flame field, the power of corruption cannot be replenished. This is the best time."

Since this is so rare, Li You will naturally not hesitate: "Let's do it now!"

While Li You was fighting with Marennia, his companions also learned the truth from Millicent, so they understood what she and Li You were going to do.

V admired Millicent's character the most, so he asked directly at this time: "You want to merge with Marenia? Are you going to disappear?"

Millicent shook her head. "It's not disappearing, it's just returning. We and she are one, and we are complete only when we are together."

Li You and Tolina watched quietly without saying anything. Millicent and her sisters were indeed equivalent to Marlenya herself to a certain extent, and that was why Gwei, the incarnation of the corrupt followers, would raise them and try to make them bloom.

Marlennia needs to bloom three times to become the Goddess of Corruption. Although according to the currently available records, she has only bloomed once, but the blooming of these special clones of Millicent can also speed up her pace of becoming a goddess, which is why she can become the Goddess of Corruption as long as she blooms successfully just now.

Facing the reluctant looks from others, Millicent actually smiled: "I'm not lying to you, I really won't disappear. Besides, even if I really disappear, there are some things that must be done."

She paused, and said, "...I want to give back to Marlennia the will she had in the past, the self-esteem she had as a human being to fight against the Whisper of Scarlet Corruption... and the rules she was willing to break in order to rival Latarn. This is my mission, my destiny."

As she spoke, Millicent looked at Li You and the others one by one: "Your help is my starting point. Thank you all for allowing me to accomplish what I want to do."

"Then, this... I hope you can keep it for her and return it to her after Marennia wakes up."

Millicent gently lifted a corner of her robe, pulled out the pure golden needle, wiped it, and handed it to Li You.

Sweat beads oozed from her forehead, and it was obvious that after the golden needle was pulled out, the scarlet corruption swept again. However, the scimitar at her waist flashed with light, and Millicent's face immediately improved a lot.

"...Everything is ready, let's get started." There was still a hint of weakness in Millicent's voice, but her words were firm without any wavering.

Everyone respected her will, so no one spoke. Yuzu had just used her tentacles to carry the four Mary sisters into the garden, and now she put them on the ground. Including Li You, everyone stepped back and waited quietly.

Millicent squatted down gently, and together with the four sisters who were also unconscious, surrounded the sleeping Marlena.

Tolina did not retreat. She used her own power and the connection between blood to connect Millicent and the other five to Marlenia.

As mentioned before, Millicent and the others were special clones. Now that they were reunited with Malenia and their powers were connected, they naturally reacted.

An illusory vein emerged from Marlenia's body, connecting her to Millicent and the other four. Marlenia was still sleeping, but the four sisters woke up.

Not to mention Mary and Amy, the eyes of Jasmine and Pollyanna also became distant and deep, just like Millicent before.

The five of them no longer had any barriers between them. They reached a consensus without any need for verbal communication and all looked at Torina.

Tolina understood, sighed softly, and waved her hand.

A large flower then emerged from the void, but it was not a scarlet flower, but a beautiful purple flower. The petals of the flower closed, wrapping up Millicent, the other five, and Marenia.

Tolina pointed again, and a branch of moderate thickness extended from the root of the holy tree and connected to the base of the purple flower. The nutrients of the holy tree began to be supplied to the flower.

After doing all this, Tolina seemed to be exhausted, and her petite body fell backwards. However, Li You was prepared. Kara immediately stepped forward and gently caught her.

"...With my remaining strength, it's still too much of a burden to do these things." Tolina smiled weakly, "But it's done. Next... just wait."

Li You nodded and handed his medicine gourd to Kara, who then fed it to Tolina.

After being strengthened with a large amount of gold seeds and holy grail drops, the wound medicine gourd has now been transformed. Not only can it heal injuries and restore magic power, it can even replenish physical strength and cheer people up, even for demigods like Torina.

Although it is still unable to bring the dead back to life, it is worthy of the name of the elixir gourd.

After drinking the potion, Tolina was obviously much better and was able to sit up and slowly recover. As for Li You and others, they did not relax their vigilance, but instead stood ready to surround the purple flower.

Li You was in front with a knife in hand, and the flame field had not been withdrawn. V stood on the left, and Kara stood behind Li You. Even Yuzu and Aggie, although they did not step forward, were also vigilantly protecting Torina.

Millicent and the others returned, and Malenia was her complete self again. If nothing else, her fighting power would be restored, so everyone was just in case.

They didn't have to wait long before the purple flowers summoned by Tolina began to wither piece by piece, a sign that its power was exhausted.

The dried petals drooped down, and in the center of the flower, Malenia stood there quietly with her back to everyone.

The garden was suddenly very quiet, with only the slight sound of fallen leaves being stirred by the breeze.

After a moment, Marenia sighed softly: "Michaela, brother...you failed."

Hearing this, everyone, including Li You, tightened their weapons and stared at Marennia.

The first person to open the conversation was Michaela... Was I really so unlucky that my plan failed?

Marennia could naturally sense everyone's vigilant gazes. She turned back leisurely and faced them. After a moment, she spoke: "Don't be nervous. There is no need for us to fight..."

Everyone was startled, and then they saw a familiar smile on Marennia's face, and continued:
"Didn't I tell you that I won't disappear...my friends."

Hearing this, everyone, including Tolina, breathed a sigh of relief. Li You smiled with relief and bumped fists with his friend: "Welcome back!"

(End of this chapter)