Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

MASKING started to wipe her tears again. CHU? glanced at LAYER who was comforting her and said to Phil: "You mean you want us to help her get rid of her?"

Phil nodded: "That's it. I won't treat you unfairly, this is the reward--" She raised her hands, a light flashed, and a golden spear appeared. "The one that Beru left me back then is called Rhongomyniad, and it has the same effect as the 'rain' worn by this lady." She obviously recognized the spiritual sword worn by LAYER.

"Rho...what?" Kita looked confused.

Yazi was very excited. It would be more accurate to say that her excitement had never stopped since she entered the city: "The Spear of Faraway Glory!"

"What should we do specifically? Kill her directly?" Youxina asked.

The girl shook her head gently. "No need. Her soul is now completely infiltrated by filth, but there is still a trace of brilliance in her heart. As long as we can temporarily suppress the filth with external force and then resonate with her brilliance, her soul can be freed. This gun is not enough to suppress the filth, and my brilliance cannot resonate with her, so I have been unable to do this."

Kita understood quickly: "What you mean is, we should use my guitar, senior sister LAYER's sword, and this gun to suppress her together?" The flames in her hands gathered to form a golden and white guitar.

Phil seemed a little curious: "What is this object...is it a musical instrument? Forget it, it's all the same. Indeed, this will be able to suppress her. And the one in your body, try to help as much as possible." The second half of the sentence was said to the remnant soul in Kita's body. The tone was not cold, but there was also some vague resentment.

"(What is your relationship with her...)" Kita asked quietly inside his body.

"(It's a bit contradictory.)" The remnant soul didn't explain much.

"What about resonance?" Chu asked, "How do we do it?"

Phil's gaze passed through the armored shell and fell on CHU?: "I need your help with this, little girl."

ps: I wanted to write something more erotic, but Shen He wouldn’t let me…

Chapter 51: The Power of the Guardian

"Huh?" Chu pointed at himself. It looked a bit funny to do this in the cool armor.

Phil's expression was filled with genuine apology: "I'm sorry, I don't want to ask a child to do this, but you are the only one who has the ability to do it."

"What did you say—" Being treated as a child was one of CHU?'s pet peeves, but the other party's second half of the sentence still calmed her down, "Tell me more."

Phil seemed to have noticed that the child had a bad temper, and his tone became much gentler: "Belue is a devout Catholic, and her brilliance is also strongly related to her faith. Only brilliance of similar nature can resonate."

"Other people's shining has nothing to do with Catholicism, but in your shining, I saw a little bit of the essence of the Book of Revelation, so it can be done." Hearing this, CHU? understood. Apocalypse is the apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation, so it makes sense that it has some Catholic characteristics. But if this is all counted... She looked at Kita. She remembered that Kita also had a skill that was intercepted from the original book of Daniel.

Kita apparently thought of this as well and began to recite a prayer, trying to summon the fire of Nebuchadnezzar, but there was no response.

Phil saw her efforts and said, "The power of magic comes from the shining power that fills the heaven and earth. There is only filth here, so magic is useless."

In this case, it goes without saying that we must help, not to mention the benefits. We are all good children, and no one would be so cold-blooded as to remain indifferent after hearing this story.

"Also, apart from these few people, please try to stay away from the battlefield. The filth will definitely go berserk before it is completely suppressed. Without protective measures, it will be easy to get hurt." Phil reminded.

The musical notes on Shizi's body were jumping, indicating the end of the band. Several people in the band had this measure.

"Then let CHU hold the gun first, okay?" Yukina asked.

"Of course." Phil hurried over and handed the gun to Chu?, not worrying that they would turn against him. "Just stab her body, then concentrate on your own shining, and try to communicate with Belle in the soul."

"Stab her body..." Kita looked at his guitar, then at Rikka, "Asahi-san, can you teach me how you usually use your guitar to slash people?"

"Huh? I don't usually hack people..." Rikka held the guitar and tried to explain hurriedly.

LAYER drew out her spirit sword and swung it a few times in the air. She had never used this sword before, so she didn't know its power. The same was true for the many skills she had just acquired. This was just a test.

"Why don't we go now? Time is money!" Chu? called out to everyone. With the spear in hand, she seemed to have gained some confidence, "Where is the location?" She looked at Phil.

Phil closed his eyes and felt carefully: "She is on her way back... Please hurry up, if she goes back to the tower, it will take several days for her to come out again. It is not impossible to break into the tower, but I don’t know what the situation is inside." She spoke a lot faster.

Phil turned into a white dove again and flew in front of everyone, acting as a guide. Everyone ran out of the alley and ran on the ruined streets again. Phil knew a lot of shortcuts, and led everyone through various paths, explaining Belle's abilities as they walked, and soon they approached the central tower.

The closer they got to the tower, the darker it became, and they even needed the light from Hongxia and Kita. More and more amethysts grew in the cracks between the floor tiles, and even began to turn red.

They finally arrived at the entrance of the tower. There was only a wide stone road leading to the tower, and the stone seemed different from other places and better preserved.

All around were withered flowers and plants. From this position, the tower in front of them reached into the sky, and the broken spire pointed stubbornly at the filthy sky. The dark color of the tower spread from the bottom of the tower to at least fifty meters away, and then gradually diluted, finally revealing the original stone slab. Everyone stopped at this position.

"We can't go any further. To enter the tower, we need at least five holy artifacts like the Rhongomyniad," Phil said. Shizi smacked her lips. Things like the Corrosion Armor are hard to come by. If "The Flow of Time, Triangle Day and Night" is counted as one, they only have four in total now. It seems that the map inside the tower cannot be unlocked.

"It looks like she hasn't arrived yet." MASKING looked towards the other end of the long road.

"No, it's already here." Yukina said. As she finished speaking, a figure seemed to appear at the end of the road.

First, the black air was around her, then her head, upper body, and then her whole body. The former guardian of Saint Neil City, Belu, walked towards them step by step. She paused with each step, and her basket was filled with various sundries she had found, and she seemed unaware of the crowd.

Following Phil's previous advice, the crowd added buffs to the band members, LAYER, and CHU?, and stepped back, leaving the venue to them. Phil also transformed into a human form again, floating beside them, and looked at them nervously.

"Let's just play the three of us," Layer said to Hongxia and the others, "Your music can only protect you, not attack you." They naturally understood this and nodded. They had only intended to be good support.

Belle approached. She still had no reaction to the people blocking her way, and her lifeless eyes reflected nothing.

Liang flicked the bass, and the [Honkai Impact 3rd] was activated, and the invisible sound waves instantly froze Beilu's body!

Now! CHU?, LAYER, and Kita each held their own weapons and attacked Belle. Kita followed the move that Rikka had just taught him, lowered his body, swung his guitar, and swept it across Belle's hem. CHU? jumped high, his foot armor erupted with flames, and the tip of his gun dived towards Belle. LAYER locked onto Belle's aura, and suddenly moved, his figure disappeared from the spot, and reappeared behind Belle, leaving a bright trail in the middle.

According to Phil's description, Belu uses holy light as energy, which can strengthen the body, increase reaction, improve intelligence, and even directly use various spells. It can be said to be omnipotent. Facing such an opponent, even if you are already in a weak period, you must strive to win with one strike!

Belu's figure was cut in half!

Do not!

Only the armor on her body was cut open, and the skin underneath only had a slight flesh wound!

However, at this time, Kita and CHU?'s attacks also arrived! Ice cones and flying swords followed!

At this time, Belle moved.

She suddenly jumped up with a loud bang, breaking the sound barrier, and was about to avoid Kita's attack! Kita heard the residual soul in her body sigh, and Belu's movement seemed to freeze for a moment, allowing Kita's guitar to hit her ankle. However, Kita was not good at muscles. Although the guitar was attached with the flame of breaking magic, it could only leave a scorch mark on Belu's ankle. She seemed to be unaware and continued to jump up, facing CHU? head-on, without dodging or avoiding! In the part without armor protection, the tip of the gun instantly pierced her head, but no blood flowed out, but her eyes flashed red, becoming more and more ferocious! In the air, Belu threw down the basket and grabbed CHU?'s gun-holding hand with both hands. With her arm strength, she was unable to break free for a while. Black air surged on Belu's body, and she rushed up in the air, taking CHU? to fly towards the tower!

CHU? He struggled desperately, but was completely unable to break free from the control! The power of the guardian is so terrifying!

If they were allowed to fly in like this, with the concentration of filth inside, CHU? would be dead! Phil flew up, ignoring the increasing concentration of filth in the environment, and blocked in front of Belle. CHU? came to help her, and she couldn't watch him die in front of her!

Seeing the translucent shadow, the red light in Belle's eyes seemed to waver a little. However, she actually kicked in the air, changed direction, bypassed Phil, and smashed towards the tower gate again! Thorns, sound waves and black light also radiated from the ground, but they could not catch up. Before Phil could stop them, with a loud bang, the two of them had already disappeared into the darkness. Phil wanted to chase, but was forced back by the surging darkness and had to return to the crowd.

The tower returned to its calm state, as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 52: PAREO's Reason for Living

MASKING immediately grabbed PAREO's arm to prevent her from doing anything stupid. As expected, the latter stomped her feet and rushed to the tower. It took Rikka and MASKING to hold her back.

"Calm down! PAREO, this may not be the worst possible scenario!" MASKING yelled in PAREO's ear. PAREO's expression had never been so out of control before. She usually looked at CHU with a cute smile or admiration. When she mentioned pappaleo, she showed her fanatical side as an idol otaku.

But now, her face was hideous and she refused to recognize anyone. She just struggled and roared like a wild beast towards the tower.

[Corrosion degree…80%]

"That's right!" Rikka also hugged PAREO's waist tightly, "Isn't it said that the situation inside is still unclear? Maybe classmate CHU can come out!" However, she herself knew how small this possibility was.

LAYER had just used a skill, which consumed a lot of energy. She was holding the scabbard on the ground to catch her breath. Just as she took a breath, the situation suddenly changed. CHU? was taken into the tower, and PAREO went crazy. She had to hold on and work with the other RAS to stabilize PAREO.

The band had already pinned Shizi to the ground. Shizi's eyes were bleeding, but his condition was slightly better than PAREO's. He could still remain calm: "Kitaro, lend me your guitar. With these two pieces of corrosive weapons, I may be able to hold on for a while. Let me bring the people back..."

Kita ignored her. Her guitar was overwhelmed and wailed just by approaching that area. She didn't believe that Shizi, who also had corrosive weapons, couldn't sense it: it was definitely not a place that could be rushed into with just one or two pieces of weapons!

Miss Phil, isn't it the same... She looked up and saw Phil floating in the air, trying to get closer to the tower little by little. The black air quickly infected her white dress, and her face showed pain, but she still kept moving forward little by little.

"Ms. Phil?" Youshina tried to hook out the thorns and bring her back, but the thorns penetrated Phil's body, as if there was only air there. Not only that, the thorns withered quickly as they went deeper, and the withering even spread to the source. Youshina frowned and forcibly cut off the connection. The released thorns soon fell to the ground and turned into black mud.

"I asked you to come... I will take responsibility..." Phil's voice was already intermittent, mixed with noise. However, the darkness in the tower surged again, forming an invisible wave, which instantly knocked her thin figure away. She returned to the crowd and coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

Kita played the guitar to cleanse her from the dirt. The black spots on Phil's face and body gradually faded. She was half buried in the ground, with her head lowered, not daring to look at anyone: "I'm sorry..."

"It's not Miss Phil's fault!" Yazi gritted her teeth and turned to everyone, "There must be a chance! Everyone think of a way!"

However, most of the others fell silent. Hongxia lowered her eyelids, and Youxina turned her head away. It's not that they don't want to save people, but the front is a forbidden area that can't even be approached. There are only three pieces of corrosive weapons now, and the power of one of them is shared among five people, which greatly reduces the effect. Apart from waiting for a miracle, there is really no other way.

Phil glanced at Xiduo, or more precisely, looked inside her body: "If she is at her peak, she can still...but..." She sighed and didn't explain much. The remnant soul didn't make any sound.

Liang didn't believe it and explored the darkness again, but soon had to retreat.

"..."

After a long silence, PAREO's voice suddenly rang out again. After being comforted by others, she had already calmed down and stood silently away from the crowd. However, when everyone else was in despair, she spoke again: "All we need are five pieces of corrosive weapons, right?"

Phil looked up: "Yes, but there are only three of them..."

PAREO interrupted her: "So, just two more will be enough, right?"

Phil's pupils froze, as if he felt a heartbeat he hadn't felt in hundreds of years: "You mean..."

PAREO walked forward, heading straight into the depths of the filth. Kita once told her about his experience in refining [Desire]. So why couldn't she replicate it now? Kita and Shiko's filth at the time came from their bodies, but PAREO was going to take a risk and refine weapons with external filth!

Phil flew to her side and tried to stop her. She had tried before, but she was just a dead soul and had long lost the qualification to be granted the holy weapon.

However, she also knew the danger of this behavior. If she was not careful, she would be completely eroded by the filth. If she did not have enough strength, she would end up worse than Belu.

However, ignoring her urgent advice, PAREO took a step into the darkness.

Darkness rolled up around her ankles.

"Ms. Phil." PAREO turned around with a calm expression, "Why are you alive?"

Phil paused for a moment, "I...Belu let me live, and I have lived until now."

Pareo nodded slightly, as if agreeing. Black spots crawled up her thighs, waist, and neck.

"CHU? She hasn't said whether the lady needs Pareo to be alive or not," Pareo said as if it was a matter of course, "You have to ask her."

That's right. Back then, when keyboard maid PAREO didn't exist and there was only the top student Ling Wang, it was Master CHU? who discovered her and let her be herself and become PAREO. From then on, PAREO existed only for Master CHU?.

[Corrosion rate…100%…105%…110%…]

【ehxhus——? ? ?】

Death and despair filled her consciousness. PAREO's consciousness was floating in the black tide. She tried her best to maintain clarity, trying to control the filth around her and condense them into a form. However, it was difficult for her to even stay awake, let alone separate her consciousness to do anything. She could only rely on the wish of "reuniting with Master CHU?" to barely maintain the status quo.

It was as filthy as the sea, completely different from the endogenous filth that had eroded Kita and Shiko!

PAREO gritted her teeth and persisted, she absolutely did not want to give up!

A ray of light shone into the black tide. PAREO's mental pressure was slightly relieved. It was Phil's voice: "I can share the pressure and temporarily replace a holy vessel."

PAREO was unable to reply, but he took silent note in his mind, extending his spirit, trying to control the filth.

Not even close.

Suddenly, a keyboard melody sounded on the sea. PAREO felt another light in the black tide. She looked far away and found that it was Shizi.

Musical notes danced all over Shizi's body, and there was another guitar protecting her. Four more notes came from an invisible place, combining with the notes on her body to form a complete piece of music. With such protection, she barely managed to stabilize her body in the black tide, stretched out one hand forward, and held the dark sea water in her hand!

"PAREO," PAREO seemed to hear Shizi calling her, "I want to protect everyone's feelings - and I will never be weaker than you!"

In Shizi's hand, a dazzling light burst forth, lighting a bright lamp in the dark water. Two points of light, one red and one white, flew out from her side, parted the sea water, and came towards Pareo. Pareo caught them. They were Kita's guitar and a brand new book.

[Mahayana Mahasamghika Sutra of the Ten Wheels of Ksitigarbha]: Filth resistance +10

PAREO looked again and saw that Shizi had escaped from the black tide with the help of the music score.

Another ray of clear light came from another direction and turned into a bright spiritual sword that fell into PAREO's hand.

PAREO gratefully accepted them all, released his spirit, and took the initiative to face the black tide!

Absorb, control, and reshape!

Her wig absorbed a huge amount of filth and changed its shape, turning into black and white, and her pupils turned bright pink.

[Vanbian]: Filth resistance +10

As soon as the weapon was formed, PAREO felt his consciousness rapidly rising and returning to the light.

When she opened her eyes, she had returned to reality. She was wearing a wig and colored contacts, a guitar on her back, a book in her arms, a magic sword on her waist, and a milky white halo wrapped around her body. She was standing safely on the polluted land.

PAREO turned around and was about to thank everyone. However, Phil's urgent voice rang in her ears: "Hurry up, I can't hold on for too long."

PAREO immediately nodded to everyone, turned around and ran towards the towering black tower.

Chapter 53: Inside the Tower

CHU? I only felt dizzy, overweight, and in severe pain. The simulated personality given by PAREO was broken almost instantly. The hand armor was about to be crushed. There were red warning boxes everywhere inside Apocalypse, and the alarm was deafening.

This is the first time.

"What else can be activated! Apocalypse, tell me!" She shouted while holding back the dizziness. Belle's hideous face was still on the display screen, and CHU? felt fear for the first time.

[Hand armor damage rate... 45%... 50%... 60%...] [High-threat individual detected...] [Preparing to activate Genesis protocol... Failed]

"F*** you tell me how to get away from this thing on my face!" CHU? yelled. "Escape! Emergency escape!"

[The concentration of environmental pollution is extremely high, it is recommended to withdraw this operation]