Ark Chess Player

It's likely that Garson is indeed dead.

Lin Lu, who was walking towards the direction of the king killer, stopped and slowly turned around to look at the place where the gunshot had come from.

"Oh, don't look at me like that. If it's because I ruined your special interests, I apologize. Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually the type to respect personal desires. This way of drowning someone in long despair isn't bad at all. But I don't want to step into the Blood Demon's hunting grounds like this. His spells won't end until this guy is completely dead. You don't mind stepping into this sticky, smelly pool of blood?"

The woman standing on the high platform spoke leisurely, her voice sounding like she had just woken up, her languid tone making people feel sleepy.

With bright red horns, short white hair, and scarlet eyes, the Sarkaz girl looked down at him with a chilling smile. Her greyish-white shirt was stretched taut by her towering breasts, and she wore a black sports jacket, a dark black scarf covering her neck, the fluttering end of the scarf like a burning flame.

She had a gun sling slung over her left shoulder and was holding a short-barreled melee rifle in both hands; it was this gun that ended Garsen's life.

"Long time no see, nothing to say?"

A Sarkaz girl's seductive voice rang out, her black pleated skirt swaying as she casually adjusted her stance, revealing a glimpse of the red lining beneath to Lin Lu, who stood below. Her voluptuous thighs were somewhat alluring beneath her tight black stockings, but Lin Lu's attention was primarily drawn to the platform insoles of her tactical boots.

Such thick insoles...

Lin Lu withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and turned to walk towards the king killer, but the sudden gunshot and the mud splashed around him forced him to stop.

"You're as indifferent as ever. But to think you can leave so easily, you really don't respect me at all, Doctor!"

The Sarkaz girl's voice suddenly rose, her high spirits masking a maniacal laugh.

She slapped her hand on the gun, pouted playfully, and made a "pop" sound like blowing bubbles.

"Boom!"

An unusual heat condensed where Lawyer Lin stood, instantly erupting into a terrifying explosion. Bloodstains mixed with dirt and debris sprayed into the sky. It turned out that the several shots the girl had fired defiantly at the ground were actually special bullets imbued with Originium Arts. From the beginning, she had no intention of warning Lawyer Lin, but rather of killing him.

She was serious.

As the metallic black smoke dissipated, the Sarkaz girl squinted slightly.

The werewolf hunter, who was expected to be half-dead even if he didn't die, disappeared, and a girl named Felin appeared in the same spot.

“Ark Rrive”

"Guard"

“Ark Ride Melantha”

Her waist-length purple hair flowed like clouds, her fluffy cat ears twitched slightly, and her bright pink eyes exuded a coldness.

The dark purple fitted dress fluttered in the wind, and black stockings wrapped around her slender, long legs, highlighting her exquisite and beautiful figure.

Lin Lu, transformed into the melee operator Melantha, slowly narrowed his eyes. Initially, he only intended to use the invincibility frames during the class-change process to evade the Sarkaz girl's sneak attack. However, he hadn't anticipated an unexpected development. Melantha's indescribably powerful perception instantly reactivated her over-consumed spiritual domain. Lin Lu's mind was now clear, and his perception of his surroundings had reached a new level of detail.

"This power... is 1000% stronger than the Guard's."

Lin Lu opened his eyes wide, clenched his delicate palm, and felt the potential within his body.

The newly unfolded spiritual domain rapidly fed Lin Lu's mind with information from the surroundings, but the area covered by the spiritual domain was reduced to a radius of only 500 meters.

Lin Lu focused his mind. The first thing he did upon regaining control of the digitized spiritual domain was not to scan for enemy information or gather intelligence on the battle. Instead, he quickly checked the unconscious Kingslayer to confirm the girl's condition.

The next moment, the air around them suddenly cooled down, so cold that it seemed to freeze the bloodstains on the ground into ice.

The Kingkiller is currently suffering from blood loss and concussion, multiple bruises, severe physical exhaustion, and a worsening infection rate in the Originium lesion in his throat.

We can't delay any longer; he needs to be sent to Rhodes Island for treatment as soon as possible.

"Doctor, the information on Guard Operator Melantha has been circulated via data transfer."

A chibi-style anemone, shrunk to the size of a head, floated in mid-air. To reduce the burden of processing data in the spirit realm, the anemone was undergoing various optimization processes. Even if the Ark Driver could be amplified through the power of will, it couldn't be sustained for long without the support of Originium energy, which has a material basis.

"Doctor, your Originium balance is less than ten points. Please recharge in time."

"Oh, I see."

"Doctor, please try to avoid strenuous movements, given your physical condition..."

Anemone said with concern, it was rare to see her put aside her joking nature and become so serious that one would suspect she was a fake artificial idiot.

"Let's talk about this after we survive."

Lin Lu said calmly, slowly drawing a slender but extremely sharp straight-bladed longsword from its scabbard.

The sword's surface, as clear as a mirror, reflected Melantha's stunningly beautiful face.

"It's coming...W!!"

Chapter Forty-Two: Mei Ming Yi Xin

"It's an honor that you still remember my code name, Doctor."

W laughed wildly, raised his tactical musket, and opened fire on the oncoming Lin Lu.

Without hesitation, Lin Lu charged into W's barrage of bullets. His spiritual domain focused before him, and time seemed to slow down as a result, marking the trajectory of each bullet.

“铛铛铛铛铛——！！”

The bullets fired from the gun were blocked by Lin Lu's sword. It was hard to imagine where those slender, jade-like arms came from, and the impact from the straight-bladed longsword did not even make his hands feel sore.

Lin Lu's running speed did not decrease but increased. During his sprint, he skillfully flipped his body to avoid the bullets containing various special Originium Arts. The etched bullets landed behind Lin Lu, and the resulting explosive force hit his back. Lin Lu used this force to increase his movement speed.

The combined power of ultra-precise calculations and ultra-precise swordsmanship is far more than just one plus one.

"Hey, that's really amazing, such monstrous reflexes." W couldn't help but exclaim, although she hadn't originally intended to hit the Doctor; she just wanted to slow him down.

After all... within the Reunion Movement, she was perhaps the person who understood the Doctor best.

Lin Lu held the knife in both hands, pressing it against his waist, his breathing steady and without any disturbance.

Meiming Wuxin Style - Ultimate Technique: Thrust!

The distance between the two closed instantly, the straight-bladed longsword gleamed with a bloody light, and a hurricane swept up.

W showed no panic, but instead smiled and opened her arms, like a wife embracing her returning husband.

Unfortunately, she is a yandere type of wife who, in addition to a warm embrace, also brings a burning bomb to her husband when he comes home.

"Bang! Hahaha—"

W flipped her empty right hand, revealing an electronic pulse trigger device, and pressed the red button without hesitation.

The pre-deployed "face to the enemy" mines received a signal a mere second later, triggering a massive explosion!

These landmines can be manually triggered, but only within 20 to 30 meters, while the blast radius is a full 50 meters!

W knew the Doctor's power; she knew he could detect the landmines buried among the rubble beforehand, so she was gambling with her life. Was it her own Sarkaz heritage that made her so resilient, or the Doctor's thick-skinned body, scarred and battered from countless battles?

Even if a landmine spreads in a fan-shaped area with a 60-degree angle, fragments of the mine casing will still fly backward and cause damage upon detonation.

Moreover, the flames ignited by the active Originium explosives are merely the most basic form of damage; the truly lethal aspect lies in the countless Originium fragments contained within. These highly radioactive fragments not only lacerate human skin, sever blood vessels, and shred flesh, but also implant Oripathy—a disease with a 100% fatality rate—into the enemy's body, ensuring that even if the enemy survives the explosion, they will be on the verge of death.

But W didn't expect that he had underestimated the doctor's abilities.

Just as Lin Lu sensed the fluctuations generated by the source stone energy, Ling Yu also absorbed all the information from the surprise box into his mind.

Lin Lu inhaled and exhaled, the sharp edge of his thrusting blade ending prematurely, the swirling hurricane protecting him. In the digitized world, under intense mental concentration, the flow of time slowed once more, almost to the point of stopping. This wasn't the power of the Guardian Operator Melantha, but Lin Lu's own ability.

The information provided by Anemone is still vivid in my mind.

Mei Mingliu's motto: To seek the meaning behind drawing one's sword.

Meiming Wuxinliu emphasizes continuously absorbing the strengths of various schools of thought, its precept lies in the four words "adaptability", its essence lies in the four words "practicality is all that matters", and its ultimate goal is to win by any means necessary.

Master, I understand.

Meiming Wuxinliu - Secret Technique: Dragon Flash!

Just before the impending explosion, Lin Lu removed the scabbard from the Ark Driver belt and quickly sheathed the sword.

Draw the knife!

The surging sword intent, mixed with Originium Arts, unleashed a fierce, pure white sword aura, seemingly capable of severing even space itself. The dazzling, blazing white sword light split the raging flames in two. Even the scattered Originium fragments were suppressed by the extreme sword intent, and the buzzing hurricane forcefully extinguished the exploding flames.

Although it was not enough to dispel the clouds of disaster, it was enough to make the earth clear and clean.

W, who had assumed a crouching position to minimize the area of ​​damage, prepared for the explosion, but all that came was a gust of wind.

She blinked, peering through the gaps between her fingers to see what was going on.

"Damn, could you be any more perverted?!"

W scrambled over to avoid Lin Lu's relentless attack, cursing loudly!

"Basic procedure, please have a seat."

"Sit down and let me chop your pieces obediently! Do you think I'm stupid?!"

The raging sword intent swept past W's head, startling W so much that he clutched his sensitive horns with both hands and ran around wildly without any regard for his image.

Lin Lu frowned slightly, accelerated to catch up again, and swung his sword to cleave the incoming bullets.

It always seems to be just one step away from catching up, but the opponent just manages to evade it, making it impossible to successfully subdue them.

It seems it wasn't a misperception; the other party was clearly stalling for time.

"How much do you... know about my past?"

Lin Lu stopped and did not blindly chase after them.

The anemone holding up a "Danger" sign stopped him from moving forward. In the data-driven view, the four landmines placed in the area where W was located were specially marked and flashed a dazzling red light.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? It's like you've lost your memory."

W, panting heavily, clutched his tactical rifle and stared wide-eyed at Lin Lu, carefully observing her expression.

"Damn, are you serious? You're just faking it! You remember me... Damn, I almost forgot your skills. Spying on personal information is a piece of cake for you." W's fake smile vanished, leaving all the sarcasm to the Doctor. "But it doesn't matter. Whether you really have amnesia or you're faking it, it's meaningless to me. I want to know the truth, and I'll pry it out of your mouth no matter what it takes!"

"No matter what method you use?"

Lin Lu stared at her, while glancing at the unconscious King Killer.

If she were to truly resort to any means necessary as W suggested, she could simply throw the explosive Originium active material at the Kingkiller. Given Lin Lu's personality, she would definitely fight back desperately to protect the Kingkiller.

But Lin Lu would also retaliate like a madman, just like Garsen did before.

The moment Garsen conceived the idea of ​​taking the Kingslayer hostage, he was punched into the air by the berserk Lin Lu, who was willing to extract the remaining Originium energy from the Ark Driver in order to unleash a powerful attack that would turn him into Garsen.

“...Even I wouldn’t provoke a monster like you.” W seemed to notice Lin Lu’s gaze and clicked his tongue involuntarily. “I’ve experienced firsthand that anyone who dares to touch your people will get their head smashed.”

W recalled being... Ugh! She couldn't help but shudder.

"It seems you really know me."