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The other part of the mercury actively gathered in Beth's hand, eventually turning into a silver 6x6 Rubik's Cube about the size of her head, which she held steadily with her palm facing upwards.

"very good."

Seeing that Beth had transformed into exactly as planned, Emerald nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

"This is your exclusive equipment, [Mercury's Thousand Shapes], Miss Beth. And starting today, you will also receive a new hero title—[Holy Mercury]."

Chapter 301: All battles are fought using equipment.

"Thank you, young lady. From today onwards, I will be your [Holy Mercury]."

Feeling the significantly increased power within her body, Beth was overjoyed and quickly and obediently swore her loyalty to Emerald.

"True gratitude is never in words, but in actions. Doing what you're supposed to do according to your role is the real way to thank me."

Emery's tone, however, was somewhat indifferent:

"Don't blame me for not warning you, this set of equipment you're wearing uses the latest technology, and the materials used are extremely expensive. Even if your father is a somewhat well-known politician, this is something your family simply can't afford... So if you commit any unforgivable mistake, I really will send you to work in a brothel to pay off my debts, understand?"

"I understand, Miss."

Beth shuddered instantly, all the joy of gaining power vanished, leaving only fear of Emerald, and she became even more obedient.

"All right."

Amelie added:

"Now that you have gained power, let's test it in actual combat. If you can handle it in actual combat, you will come with me to Sphinx this afternoon to begin your debut performance. Your father's campaign is already behind schedule. If you still want to be the president's daughter, then you'd better perform well and help your father turn the tide."

After speaking, Emerald first glanced around, then looked at Julia:

“Actually, the combat test should have been conducted by Anna or Flora, but unfortunately Anna is currently working as a teaching assistant at the Lohid Magic Academy, and Flora accompanied her home... so her combat test will be left to you, Julia.”

"Ah I?"

Julia, who was curiously examining the strange silvery-white fabric on Beth's body, paused, then pointed to her own nose:

"Do you really want me to go? With Beth's current skill level, if I just use a little force, one punch and she'll be Beth-chan."

"Idiot, who told you to fight her with all your might? Couldn't you have held back a little?"

Amélie rolled her eyes at Julia, then thought for a moment and said:

"Roughly speaking... well, darling, just suppress your power to the level you had when you first fought Anna, and give it a try."

"...What was it like when you first fought Anna? I remember Anna was really mean and really annoying back then..."

Yulia closed her eyes and recalled for a while, then opened them again, clenching and unclenching her fists while adjusting her breathing.

After adjusting for about 20 seconds, Yulia finally let out a long breath:

"That should be enough, I'm ready... Shall we begin the combat test now?"

"Let's begin."

Emery nodded slightly and immediately stepped aside to make room.

"Wait……"

Beth panicked at the sight. She had only just put on the equipment and didn't even know its specific performance characteristics. Was this supposed to be a combat test? And against Julia no less?

But Yulia wouldn't wait. She rushed to Beth's side in a flash. Even though she had suppressed her strength to the level she had when fighting Viliana, she still had the speed to break the sound barrier, which was beyond Beth's reaction time.

"The truly wicked never give you time to wait! A true hero should always be ready for battle! Ha!"

While lecturing loudly, Julia threw a punch straight at Beth's abdomen.

Boom!

Beth had no way to dodge, but the swift, wind-like fist that struck her seemingly soft, white-silk-clad abdomen didn't produce the expected dull thud; instead, it felt like hitting a steel plate.

The silver-white fabric, which looked no different from a lace dress, suddenly became as solid as a high-performance alloy the moment it was hit, and runes and holy light appeared faintly on its surface.

However, the immense force of Yulia's punch still sent Beth flying, tumbling several times in the air before landing on her back with her legs spread apart. If it weren't for the white stockings under her short skirt, her undergarments would have been visible.

It looked a bit terrible, but Beth quickly got back to her feet, her face full of bewilderment, clearly surprised herself.

"Huh, it doesn't hurt at all? This equipment is amazing! Amazing!"

Yulia glanced at her fist, then stared thoughtfully at Beth's lace dress:

"A passively triggered holy shield? As expected of equipment made by Emeryte, it has such basic defensive capabilities. As her senior, I don't need to worry about you too much."

"but!"

As Yulia spoke, she charged forward again, giving Beth no chance to react:

"As a hero, you can't protect anyone by just defending! The best way to prevent tragedy is to crush the person who's going to cause it before it happens! Now, show us your counter-attack and even your offensive capabilities, little Beth!"

"Waaaaaah..."

Beth only managed to call out a few times before being swept away by Julia's storm-like onslaught.

This time, Yulia didn't stop after just one punch. Instead, she launched a combo, unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks at Beth. She would often kick Beth into the air first, then appear above her at an even faster speed and slam her fists down, knocking Beth back to the ground.

If the training ground in Emerald hadn't been reinforced multiple times to withstand attacks from a third-stage powerhouse, Beth would likely have been driven into the ground by Yulia like a nail driven into a plank.

Although her highly protective dress prevented her from being truly injured, Beth was still overwhelmed by the fierce attack. She was being tossed around like a rag doll, unable to mount any decent counterattack.

...Waaah, as expected, my fighting talent is still too poor. Is there no way I can become a true hero like Miss Yulia? I'm doomed, I'm doomed. Now I really have to go work in a brothel to pay off the young lady's debt... I'm sorry, Father, I have let you down.

Just as Beth, stunned by the beating, was about to give up, she suddenly felt something soft and cool enter her brain, a little scary but also very comfortable—it was that strange mercury.

beep.

Before Beth could figure out what was happening, she suddenly heard a cold, emotionless female voice in her head:

"The user is being subjected to continuous high-intensity kinetic energy impacts, indicating that the user has been drawn into combat... Activate combat assistance module?"

"Start! Start... Awoo!"

Although Beth didn't understand what the combat support module was, she could roughly guess that it was one of the functions of her new equipment and might be able to help her get out of her current predicament, so she shouted "Activate" without hesitation.

"Combat support module successfully activated... Also, users can simply think of commands for the unit in their minds; there's no need to shout them out."

An emotionless female voice echoed in Beth's mind once more:

"Enemy feature analysis initiated... Analysis successful."

"The enemy's style is close-combat assault, with a clear advantage in strength and speed, but no trace of magic power was detected, so there is a high probability that they will be unable to cast spells."

"Initiating the creation of an enemy behavior prediction module and designing countermeasures... Success."

"There are currently 47 ways to retaliate available to users. Among them, 6 methods are highly recommended and 11 methods are very dangerous. Please follow the plan to carry out the counterattack."

As soon as the voice fell, Beth felt her head being filled with a lot of information—a large number of counterattack plans that could be used, including many predictions of Yulia's next attack, as well as defensive and counter-attack methods that Beth could use.

Beth admitted that the solutions all seemed pretty good, but she couldn't implement any of them.

Because she really lacked combat talent, her reaction speed couldn't keep up with Yulia's movements at all. By the time she had chosen a counterattack plan to execute, Yulia had already started a new combo.

As a result, Beth got another beating, from being punched in the air to the ground, then kicked back into the air to continue being beaten.

After discovering that Beth's equipment had excellent defensive capabilities, Yulia seemed to get a little excited and turned Beth into a punching bag, beating her up in all sorts of ways.

About two more minutes passed, and Beth still couldn't keep up with Julia's pace and couldn't make a choice. Then the emotionless female voice in her head spoke again:

"The user has failed to launch a counterattack according to an effective plan, indicating that the user is unable to adapt to the combat rhythm... We recommend that the user switch to auto-battle mode. Do you want to activate auto-battle?"

"Start! Start! Managed startup!"

Although she knew she could just think about it in her head, Beth, who had been repeatedly beaten up by a series of attacks, still shouted it out loud.

"Managed startup successful."

As the voice echoed in her mind, Beth clearly felt something was different.

The feeling was like eating too much ice cream on a hot summer day, causing a nerve spasm. Something soft and cool completely occupied her brain and then took over her body through her brain.

In an instant, the body that was just clumsy became agile, just like the operator behind a game character on Earth changed from a novice to a professional e-sports master.

When Yulia threw another punch, Beth first used a chop to precisely strike Yulia's wrist from the side, deflecting Yulia's punch and leaving Yulia wide open.

Then Beth thrust her chest forward, and her white lace dress instantly transformed into mercury and then into a sharp spike, piercing straight into Julia's heart.

"Huh? That's interesting."

With Yulia's physical abilities, she could have completely ignored the spikes and continued attacking, but that would have surpassed her strength when she fought Viliana... After all, strength and speed can be used to suppress, but physical abilities cannot.

Even if Yulia stood there without fighting back and let Beth attack her, Beth would never be able to leave a single mark on her skin.

"Wait a minute."

So after dodging the spikes and retreating, Julia first stopped Beth from pursuing, then turned to look at Emerald on the sidelines:

“This won’t work, Emerald… This way we can’t test the intensity of her attacks, because no matter how she attacks, it’s all the same to me.”

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Amelie agreed with Julia's statement, but this did not stump her.

"Then let's leave it at that..."

As Amelie spoke, her golden right eye flashed, instantly casting a holy light shield around Julia:

"The strength of this shield is roughly equivalent to the life force of a normal master-level mage. As long as Beth can break this shield on you, it means that her attack power has reached the target."

Neither Julia nor Beth had any objections, so the battle resumed.

It was Yulia who took the initiative to charge and attack, but this time Beth didn't just stand there and take the hits.

The mercury cube in her hand instantly transformed into a three-meter-long spear, which she wielded with wide, sweeping motions, gripping the handle tightly with both hands, as she launched an attack on Yulia.

The three-meter-long spear was definitely much more powerful than Yulia's fists, and Yulia's shield was far less sturdy than her body. So Yulia didn't choose to fight head-on, but instead dodged, planning to wait for Beth's spear attack to end and for her to be stunned before charging in to attack.

Unexpectedly, Beth's gunplay, which seemed powerful and unrestrained, actually reserved 3 to 4 parts of her strength for changing moves after each shot. This allowed her gun attacks to come one after another, like an endless tide, temporarily suppressing Yulia. Unless Yulia used more power and speed than she was allowed, it would be very difficult for Beth to break through.

"Impressive skills and moves... But this shouldn't be something you, Beth, know yourself, right? Is it also a result of the new equipment? Wow, that's amazing. I want the new equipment too."

After several attempts to break through but being forced back by the big gun, Yulia sighed and almost explicitly asked Emerald for a new toy.

Amelie found it very funny:

“Baby, do you still need these so-called skills? You just need to empty your mind and let your body completely surrender to your fighting instincts. Even those old guys who have been studying skills for hundreds of years can't beat you.”

Despite saying that, Emerald quickly added indulgently:

"However... if you just think this kind of equipment is fun, I'll make one for you to play with when I get back from Sphinx. Of course, if you really can't wait, you can go to Suzuran and have her design and make one for you based on the data."

"Hehe, I knew you'd spoil me the most, Emily~~"

Yulia smiled smugly and contentedly, then tried again to break through Beth's spear, but was still unable to be forced back, leaving her somewhat speechless:

"What amazing marksmanship! This must be a technique you collected, right, Emery? Where did you get it from? It doesn't seem like something a Federation person would use."

"Yes, this is a set of gun techniques from the Tianyun Empire. It's definitely not used by the Federation. And this set of gun techniques is really strong. Even I had a hard time with it back then."

Amelie smiled and nodded.

This spear technique was none other than the Overlord Spear technique used by her junior sister, Princess Dongge Ji Xinyu, which was recorded by Amelie using lily of the valley during their sparring session.

After Suzuran's calculations and analysis, she concluded that this gun technique was the most powerful melee skill that Emery had collected so far. Therefore, when Suzuran took over Beth's body to fight, she prioritized using this gun technique by transforming the Mercury Cube into a large gun. As it turned out, Suzuran's analysis and judgment were completely correct.

"The magical martial arts of the Eastern country... that's interesting."

Yulia took a deep breath, and after creating some distance again, she became serious.

For Yulia, breaking through Beth's Overlord Spear while suppressing her strength and speed, and being unable to withstand damage with her body, was indeed a challenge.

But Yulia is never afraid of challenges.

She was merely suppressing her own power and speed; she was equipped, specifically the magical artifact cloak she had when she first fought Viliana.

When she launched another charge, facing Beth's sweeping attack with her spear, Yulia neither dodged nor retreated, but instead used her magical cloak to automatically block.

The magical artifact cloak was still very effective, not only blocking the great spear but also binding it in strips of cloth, preventing it from changing its attack.

Taking advantage of the opening, Yulia rushed in front of Beth, while Beth once again puffed out her chest, turning her upper body dress into mercury spikes in an attempt to repel Yulia.

However, the same trick couldn't work on Yulia twice. Yulia easily dodged the attack of the mercury spikes and punched Beth in the waist from the side.

Just as Beth was about to be knocked away again and suffer another combo, Beth panicked, but Suzuran, who was controlling Beth's body, remained calm.

The mercury spear instantly turned into a soft liquid, detached from the magic cloak, split into two wisps, and returned to Beth's side, transforming into two short swords that crossed and blocked Julia's fist aimed at Beth's waist.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Beth quickly retreated to dodge, but the two short swords she used to block were smashed into pieces by Yulia's punch.