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Chapter 430 The Death of Vega and the Mental Force Warfare
Vega, who has died more than once in previous works but has been resurrected time and again due to the immortality of his soul, is facing a true crisis of annihilation for the first time.

Although he didn't know what the Demon Gauntlet was, his soul instinct told him that once he entered it, he would no longer be himself.

This is even harder to accept than the eternal annihilation of the soul.

With this in mind, Vega chose to resist the suction of the Demon Gauntlet while recklessly activating the spiritual power that was originally used to fix the soul's form and maintain the soul's consciousness. Under its manipulation, the power quickly took shape, preparing to construct a new spatial teleportation channel.

The consequences of doing so are very serious. It will lead to confusion, memory loss, and a sharp drop in mental strength during the subsequent resurrection. It may even cause the soul to be torn apart during the transfer, eventually weakening it to the point that it is invaded and assimilated by the original soul that is about to occupy the body. But Vega no longer cares about these things.

If we cannot escape this perilous situation, then everything else is meaningless!
I must survive!
The intense will to survive even prevented the Demon Gauntlet's specialized absorption power of souls from shaking Vega at this moment, and Vega knew that the Stand world, which was still on the ground, had no chance to stop him.

But at that moment, the world, which had been frozen in place, opened its arms, and Cheng Tian once again uttered the name of the technique that signified Vega's impending annihilation—

"Smash! Varudo!"

A special barrier, representing the freezing of time, directly enveloped the entire instance scene.

Even Vega, in his soul form, was frozen in time by the unreasonable time stop at the moment when space was forcibly torn apart and spatial transfer occurred.

Vega's soul, rendered powerless by the time stop, was instantly pulled into the hands of the Oni Cage during that mere one second of time stop, making intimate contact with the Oni Eye that stored his soul.

And then, time continued to flow.

At that moment, Vega finally realized what Cheng Tian's abilities were, but it was too late.

Vega's soul vanished completely within the Demon Gauntlet.

"Vega, Soul! GET☆DAZE!"

Despite the throbbing pain in his head, Cheng raised his Demon Gauntlet and persevered to complete the final step of the capture process.

You killed Vega, the leader of the Shadow Organization.

You successfully captured the "Immortal Spirit of Vega" using the special item "Demon Gauntlet".

[Your bonus skill 'Soul Salvation' increases the maximum number of innocent souls you can store by 100, currently at 299.]

Due to the evil nature of the "Undying Spirit of Vega," it cannot currently be directly converted into a "Guardian Spirit," but it will occupy your Guardian Spirit slot. You can try to split its soul later.

The "immortal spirit of Vega" fits the description of "extremely heinous".

The progress of collecting the most heinous souls is 1/36.

Because of your killing of Vega, the Shadow Organization, which is built around Vega, will inevitably experience internal strife and division. Neither the Four Heavenly Kings nor the most powerful SIN branch will be able to truly take over Vega's legacy.

You and your teammates will gain special permission to loot up to 3 items from either the "Shadowlord Base" or the "SIN Division," until the looting is discovered by the Shadowlords and their leader, Vega, is killed, and a full-scale relocation begins.

If you have the assistance and guidance of "Red-haired Research Ape Utan" during your looting, the probability of looting items related to his area of ​​expertise will be greatly increased.

[Since you have successfully captured the "Undying Spirit of Vega," the "Mental Erosion Marks" cast by Vega during his lifetime and left on others will dissipate.] [You have been detected to possess the superior alternative skill to "Mental Erosion," "Domination"—]

[You can try to take over Shadow's "Puppet Squad". This action will consume one item looting opportunity. If the takeover is successful, the remaining "Puppet Squad" can be moved into "Hamond's Innovation Lab" through a "Cooperation Contract".]

[You committed acts of killing during the KOF97 tournament qualifiers and within the designated event area. Even if it was a theoretical defensive counterattack, you will still receive extra attention from the organizers. Please be mindful of your words and actions in the future.]

Due to Vega's unique status, you can choose to proactively announce his death later, or wait for the subsequent events to unfold naturally. These different choices will lead to significant fluctuations in your personal reputation and social standing within the instance, and these changes will also greatly impact the future save files of other players currently in the same instance.

As a series of notifications flashed by, after the transformation spell ended, the scattered duck carcasses returned to their human-like limbs and torsos. A golden treasure chest appeared on the chest, and the winged golden skull emblem representing the Shadow Banner was hung on the chest's keyhole.

There was only a box; no additional soul fragments appeared.

That's normal, though. After all, his entire soul couldn't escape from Cheng Tian's grasp. If even a fragment had escaped, Vega could have survived and been resurrected.

According to the information provided, transforming Vega into a Guardian Spirit will likely require a more detailed breakdown.

Vega, a powerful character who appeared as a boss in every Street Fighter series, died quietly at Cheng Tian's hands.

While Cheng Tian's cunning was partly due to his own ulterior motives and his deep understanding of Vega, the fact that Vega only had a superficial understanding of Cheng Tian was largely due to Vega's own overconfidence.

How dare he venture alone into Cheng Tian's stronghold? Then don't blame Cheng Tian for using every trick in the book to crush him!

After this round of executions, Cheng Tian's mana bar was down to just over a hundred. He could no longer use Time Stop, and he could only use the smaller skills sparingly.

However, Vega's death did not mean that the Four Heavenly Kings' attack had stopped.

Cheng Tian even had an additional timed raiding mission: to find an opportunity to visit Yingluo or the SIN department and make sure he didn't leave empty-handed.

The safest approach would be to stall or eliminate the Four Heavenly Kings and Han Zhuli before plundering. In that case, the only enemies left would be the Puppet Army and the head of the SIN department.

At this moment, Cheng Tian's head was still a little throbbing. Although Zavarudo did not have a strict cooling effect and could be released as long as there was enough MP, it had a hidden negative effect, which was to increase the burden on his body and mind. The headache he was experiencing was one of the manifestations of this.

Even Dio's body would struggle to withstand brief, continuous time stops, so Cheng Tian's body, which only had a little over 30 points of strength even with the support of equipment like the Sun Mask and dual swords, was clearly insufficient.

"A sound soul must reside in a sound body."

A sentence flashed through Cheng Tian's swollen mind.

Perhaps to distract himself, Cheng Tian, ​​under Bazett's supervision, directly opened the box that Vega had dropped.

A dark purple crystal ball popped out, looking like the kind witches use.

As soon as he touched it, Cheng Tian knew exactly what it was.

This is a skill stone that embodies Vega's inherited techniques for developing and utilizing his spiritual power during his lifetime.

Mental combat tactics!
(End of this chapter)