Gaining a tiny bit of weight every day, my weight is a billion tons.

The noise gradually faded away.

Shen Qingci's world fell into an eerie silence.

She stared intently at the bare-chested figure that appeared incredibly small in the dark red light.

My heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

She should rush up.

She should draw her sword.

She should do something.

But her legs felt like they were nailed to the ground.

She didn't dare go over.

She was afraid to see that scene.

……

So this is what fear is.

The emotion of "fear"

It actually can override all tactical instincts and martial spirit.

He could have withdrawn.

He could have chosen not to come.

A guy with a bright future who's taking the college entrance exam tomorrow.

Why risk your life to protect a defense line that has nothing to do with you?

It's all because of her!

this moment,

For the first time, Shen Qingci felt disgusted with her own rationality.

In her memory, the shrewish boy who asked her for medicine and settled scores with her was frantically overlapping with the figure standing in front of death.

From the first time we met at my doorstep

To withstand the heavy blow from the rock.

The wolf pack's cry, "Dare to touch my people and dogs,"

Then there's his grinning call of her "senior," his shameless attempts to sneak into her tent, and his serious declaration that he's a "top-tier foot massage therapist"...

The little things that have happened these past few days,

It's like someone pressed the replay button.

Frame by frame, they surged wildly through her mind.

She suddenly realized something.

She didn't want him to die.

This thought was like a red-hot, dull knife.

He thrust it hard into her chest cavity.

Not fatal.

But the pain was so intense that she could barely hold the knife.

She discovered for the first time,

It turns out that when one person truly enters another person's heart,

No need for years,

Just a few moments of sharing life and death,

Will suffice.

Before meeting Su Ming

Her life was a harsh and cold ordeal.

All emotions were suppressed by the goal of "the pinnacle of martial arts".

But this man,

With his unreasonable strength and wicked grin,

It ripped open her frozen world.

It pierced a hole in her heart.

Then they moved in without any qualms.

This inexplicable feeling,

It is hotter than any other energy source.

Her eyes stung from the heat.

She was burning with desire and wanted to rush over no matter what.

"Su Ming...you can't die..."

Her heart, which never fades,

In the instant he witnessed that dark red afterimage rushing towards Su Ming,

It had already melted.

After melting,

It suddenly started burning wildly.

That was the most fervent obsession that rebounded from the coldest point!

"Buzz—!!!"

An unprecedented surge of golden energy erupted from Shen Qingci's body.

The Tang-style horizontal sword [Cold Edge] in her hand trembled violently.

The dark golden Geng metal energy was no longer coiled like silk threads.

Instead, it transformed into towering crimson waves of fire!

This is... a third-order fluctuation!

Heart-wrenching emotional turmoil,

Like a key,

It forcefully broke through the bottleneck that had kept her stuck at the peak of the second tier for so long.

It wasn't a step-by-step cultivation process.

It is not a sediment accumulated over time,

It was that reckless fool who...

It was forced out of me with my life!

Tier 3 - Silver!

Every cell in her body was cheering.

Every inch of its bones is singing.

from now on,

She was no longer a genius student who needed protection.

from now on,

She can stand beside him

Fight side by side!

The metallic aftershocks from the breakthrough instantly pulverized the surrounding gravel.

Shen Qingci's long hair danced wildly in the golden light.

Her eyes changed from clear and cold to a dazzling dark gold.

Advancing to the third tier brings not only a surge in energy,

It was a qualitative leap in her control over power!

The originally aloof and icy aura of Geng metal,

It felt like being thrown into a furnace.

It transformed into a viscous, crimson liquid, radiating extreme heat and a dark golden hue.

Pumped from the heart to every part of the body.

This is the ultimate state of Geng Metal power!

Supercritical metallic plasma!

The metal blade was humming.

The honey syrup boiled in the blood vessels.

The pagoda's shadow flashed and disappeared behind them.

Third-tier power

It circulated completely inside her for the first time.

Shen Qingci ignored the shock around her.

She gripped Leng Feng tightly.

On the blade,

The previously transparent atomic lines suddenly burst forth.

The high-frequency oscillations caused the air to start burning.

Crimson plasma coated the blade.

It resembles a red lotus in full bloom.

Each knife mark is a petal of a red lotus.

Every glint of light from the blade is a vow to sever boundaries.

She looked up.

In the distance, smoke and dust filled the air.

In the heart of that chaos,

A shirtless figure staggered up from the pile of rubble.

He was covered in dust.

His left arm hung limply at his sides.

A gruesome, bloody hole in his shoulder blade was still gushing blood.

But he still stood firm.

Like a gun that would rather break than bend.

He is still alive!

Shen Qingci's eyes welled up with tears.

But the next second...

All his emotions transformed into a soaring killing intent.

She raised her hand, and a cold blade slashed diagonally.

【Crimson Lotus - Severed Boundary】!

There was no loud noise, no dazzling beam of light.

A crimson arc of light flashed and disappeared in the air.

That formation was constructed with all the strength of Chu Feng, a fifth-tier expert.

High-density ice walls capable of withstanding heavy artillery bombardment

It was neatly sliced ​​apart the instant it made contact!

The cut is as smooth as a mirror.

The edges showed charred, melted marks.

Extreme high temperatures instantly sublimate ice.

A large plume of steam rose up.

Chu Feng, who was kneeling in mid-air, witnessed this scene.

I almost couldn't catch my breath.

Damn it,

What kind of monster is this?

Are all my skills just for show?

It came out so easily?!

From now on, we'll all be government employees.

Are you not giving me any face at all?

"Big Yellow! Keep up!"

The two-headed mastiff that had been guarding her suddenly stood up.

At the same time, both ends of the golden fire erupted with a deafening roar.

Its entire body was covered in a layer of metallic sharpness.

It transformed into a golden meteor.

He followed closely behind Shen Qingci.

Shen Qingci flipped over and leaped onto the mastiff's back.

Big Yellow trotted its four hooves against the ground.

With a roar,

He leaped out from a crack in the ice wall.

One person and one dog,

Like a golden-red lightning bolt,

They resolutely charged into that death zone!

Dust and sand rushed towards us.

The heat was scorching.

front,

It was the ferocious roar of that half-turtle-turned-monster.

It was Chu Feng's swaying back.

This is Su Ming's face covered in dust and blood when he crawled out of the pile of rubble.

Shen Qingci gripped the hilt of the knife tightly.

The crimson plasma crackled and popped on the blade.

this moment,

She was no longer doing it for the glory of the Shen family.

It wasn't for the sake of military duty.

She just wanted to get rid of that jerk of a boy...

Live!

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The mercenaries behind the ice shield were dumbfounded.

"Was that...that little girl from earlier?"

"She...she cleaved through a fifth-tier adult's defense with a single strike?"

"Am I seeing things? She rushed in too?"

Zhou Ke gripped the military knife tightly with his one arm.

Looking at that resolute figure going without hesitation,

His lips moved.

In the end, it all turned into a long sigh.

madman.

They're fucking insane!

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In the center of the battlefield.

A cough came from the smoke and dust.

The pile of rubble moved.

Su Ming crawled out of the pile of rubble.

He shook his head.

He spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

The area around his left shoulder was a bloody mess.

There is a penetrating hole in my scapula.

The broken bone fragments at the edges are clearly visible.

His entire left arm hung down at his side.

I can't exert any strength at all.

He stood up.

It wobbled for a moment, then regained its balance.

Then he looked down at the hole in his left shoulder.

"Hiss... Ptooey!"

The wound hurts!

My heart aches even more!

The price for repairing the left arm and internal organs on the system panel has soared to 1200 quality points.

"repair!"

Next second,

A surge of scalding heat flowed from his chest into his left arm and internal organs.

"What a loss! This is a huge loss..."

He muttered something under his breath.

That collision just now,

He used the [Mass Cannon] to offset some of the impact force.

However, the overwhelming power of a pseudo-fifth-tier opponent is still too unreasonable.

If he hadn't advanced to the third rank...

The strength of the internal organs increased several times.

This wasn't a serious injury.

Instead, he died on the spot.

opposite,

The pseudo-fifth-tier Ironspined Rhinoceros shook the blood off its horns.

A hint of human-like doubt lingered in his purple pupils.

It doesn't understand.

Why did this collision happen?

We couldn't completely crush the little bug.

Su Ming moved his perfectly healed right hand.

His eyes turned crazed again.

Just as he was plotting how to fight this beast to the death,

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a familiar golden-red color.

A figure was seen riding a two-headed giant dog.

Breaking through the billowing dust,

It was rushing towards him at high speed.

The newcomer was dressed in black, with long, flowing hair.

The long sword in his hand was engulfed in crimson flames.

That resolute killing intent,

Even he was alarmed.

It is Shen Qingci.

Su Ming was stunned.

Those long legs...

Why does something feel different?

That aura... is it at the third rank?

She broke through too?

Looking in the direction she was rushing from,

Su Ming instantly understood what was going on.

It felt like something had gently bumped into me somewhere inside.

It's a little warm, and a little numb.

He grinned.

His face was covered in blood.

His smile was so bright it made him look like a fool.

"Tsk, what a big fuss."

He muttered a complaint under his breath.

His gaze, however, was brighter than ever before.

The Ironback Rhinoceros has clearly taken notice of this new disruptor.

It even sensed a hint of danger.

The Ironback Rhinoceros let out an impatient growl.

The massive body turned around.

We're going to crush this new target who's charging in recklessly.

However, as soon as it moved,

Su Ming then made a move.

[Quality Engine] Ignition!

He slammed his right leg into the ground.

He was launched out like a cannonball.

Instead of charging towards the Iron-backed Rhinoceros,

Instead, it moves laterally.

Using his intact right side

It slammed hard into the side of the Ironback Rhinoceros!

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

The massive body of the Iron-backed Rhinoceros was jolted and staggered.

The momentum of the charge was abruptly interrupted.

"Your opponent,"

Su Ming wiped the blood off his face.

He pointed to his nose.

hoarse voice

Yet it carried with it a wildness that ran deep in its bones.

"It's me!"

"roar!"

Enraged by the repeated provocations, the Iron-Spine Rhinoceros finally snapped.

They gave up on Shen Qingci.

Turning his head, he unleashed a powerful dragon tail sweep.

It swept towards Su Ming with immense force!

at this time,

Shen Qingci made a move.

Big Yellow roared,

It bit down on the hind leg of the Iron-backed Rhinoceros from another direction.

The golden teeth sparked blindingly.

And Shen Qingci,

Then, when leaping into the air,

Man and sword become one.

It transformed into a stunning rainbow.

Towards the neck of the Ironback Rhinoceros,

He slashed down fiercely!

"To war?"

Her cool voice

The sound echoed across the battlefield.

Su Ming looked at the stunningly beautiful figure standing beside him.

He grinned.

He roared back with all his might.

"Fight!"

"So cringey..."

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng, standing some distance away, felt goosebumps all over his body.

He watched this incredibly exciting scene, which even seemed to have its own background music.

The corner of his eye twitched violently.

Silently dissipating the chilling aura of the ice spear that had only partially condensed...

no……

You young people are fighting now,

Do they really have to read the lines in such an embarrassing way?

Why did it suddenly catch fire?

It's making me, a dignified fifth-tier platinum player,...

Standing here now, I look like a giant atmosphere group.

or……

Should I give you a round of applause?

Shall we put on a figure skating dance to liven things up?

……