Weird things in the preliminary round (V)
"you!"
Pinkie didn't expect Linyin to be so ruthless with every move, all of which were killing moves, and the oppressive force coming from her weapon... was it clearly an armored weapon?
At the critical moment, she forcibly reversed her charge, the immense pressure causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood. However, before she could find another opportunity, the bizarre weapon followed her like a maggot on her tarsal bone. She could even feel the sharp object pressing against the back of her neck.
What was even more terrifying was that something was seeping through her skin and drilling into her head like tiny needles.
The next second, she suddenly couldn't feel her phantom beast armor.
A buzzing sound echoed deep within her mind, as if some connection had been abruptly severed. Bi Qi froze, and the phantom armor covering her body receded like the tide, dissipating into mist. Trembling, she reached over to herself, only to find that the place where the armor should have been attached was empty.
Linyin used her infinite Qi to block Biqi's phantom beast. The rolling mist before her eyes receded like a tide, revealing the youthful face of a young girl. Her eyes were like those of a wolf, but now the fierceness was diluted by a look of disbelief. The mist transformed into a strange, round-headed animal, which tumbled to the ground with a thud and crouched limply to the side.
"In the abyss of the lunar eclipse, scarlet blossoms bloom. Rose, wake up..."
As the last word fell, the ground cracked and a huge scarlet rose broke through the soil, with its petals spreading out layer by layer. Flora stood on the center of the flower, her black robe fluttering. She was breathtakingly beautiful, but also extremely terrifying.
Countless scarlet vines twisted and squirmed in the air, like living venomous snakes, encircling Song Baiyue and the kitten. The dense barbs on the vines gleamed dangerously, but as if afraid of something, they never dared to approach the kitten, only waving from the periphery.
Song Baiyue knelt on one knee, holding the kitten tightly in her arms. The vines didn't dare to get close to the kitten, so they tightly wrapped around it, trying to weave an airtight cage.
"not good."
Seeing that Song Baiyue and Xiaomao were surrounded, Linyin let go of Pinkie and was about to deal with the vines.
The cone tip separated from the body, and Pinkie began to sense the existence of the Mist Beast again. Although it was in a low state and depressed at the moment, Pinkie still gave it the order to armor it up regardless.
The Mist Beast gurgled and turned into mist again.
“Meow——”
A clear meow echoed from the scarlet vines, and the Mist Beast, upon hearing it, whimpered in despair. It transformed back into its original form, crawling to the ground. Two clear water marks even lingered beneath its round eyes, as if it were crying.
It seems that it has completely lost its combat effectiveness.
“…Come back.”
With a sigh, Flora called back the frustrated Pinkie. She was not upset by Pinkie's failure; the kitten's extraordinary performance made her smile even brighter.
At this time in the stairwell, Pinkie retreated to Flora's side, Song Baiyue and Xiaomao were wrapped in scarlet roses, and only Lin Yin was left to face Flora and Pinkie alone.
Wuji Qi surged through her meridians, and Linyin could feel the throbbing blood vessels in her solar plexus. Sweat soaked her training clothes. She forced herself to curl her lips and subtly adjusted her breathing rhythm.
Although Pinkie Pie can no longer use the phantom beast, the physical fitness of the Shadow Guard is still there, and it is still a very tough opponent; and Flora's ability is almost unknown. In Song Baiyue and her imagination, they never thought that she would come to catch the kitten herself.
Seeing that the vines could only tangle around the outside but couldn't penetrate the interior, Linyin felt relieved for a moment. She took a deep breath, stepped on her toes, and moved like lightning, instantly closing the distance between her and Flora, trying to replicate the effect she had tried on Trancy and Pinkie.
——As long as they can restrict Flora's mythical beast abilities, they might be able to escape today.
In a flash, the golden energy almost overflowed from her body. Flora's eyes moved, and she became more interested.
"Bang!"
Linyin was thrown into the air by an invisible force, slamming heavily to the ground. She slid several meters before she could finally steady herself. She gritted her teeth and pushed herself up. A sweet and fishy taste surged in her throat, which she forced down.
There were no vines, nothing, she seemed to be defeated by the air.
Flora stood there calmly, not even breathing irregularly.
"Wuji Zhenqi... The Lan family even taught you this?" She looked at Lin Yin. "Strange... Kate Lan and her granddaughter couldn't learn it themselves, so how did you learn it?"
Linyin wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and slowly stood up.
"I'm almost reluctant to kill you." Flora fiddled with her nails, watching the red light flow across them. "How about this? If you can block three of my attacks, I'll let your cat go this time. How about that?"
"Palace Master!" Bi Qi couldn't believe her ears - could it be that the Palace Master would give up the V plan so easily?
However, Flora turned a deaf ear to her and didn't even look at her. She lowered her head silently like a wolfhound that got no response.
...Okay, maybe... the Palace Master was just being playful and wanted to tease Rin... After all, with the Palace Master's strength, Rin wouldn't be able to survive the third move...
Rinne gasped, looking up into Flora's eyes.
"Look at what I'm doing. Number Nine has told you a lot... You should know how big of a concession this is."
Flora approached slowly, and the wind brought by her black robe brushed against Linyin's cheek, causing a little pain.
"……bring it on."
Linyin sighed inwardly. She had no choice. The gap in strength was too great. With such a huge gap in ability, it would be unwise to refuse such a bet.
Flora raised her left hand, and the ground suddenly cracked. Dozens of scarlet vines burst out of the earth, entwining themselves around Lin Yin like giant pythons. These vines oozed corrosive mucus, dissolving the alloy walls wherever they passed, leaving charred marks.
Linyin's pupils shrank, and she retreated quickly, but the vines were even faster, instantly wrapping around her limbs. The barbs pierced her training uniform and pierced her skin, and the blood that seeped out was greedily absorbed by the vines, causing the entire vine to tremble with excitement.
"First, cripple your hands and feet." Flora's tone was calm, but her eyes were full of interest.
Lin Yin gritted her teeth, and the boundless Qi within her body suddenly erupted! The golden energy burned like a raging fire, and as her slightly paralyzed limbs regained consciousness, the remaining force actually shattered the vines. She rolled to the ground, trembling slightly, but her eyes were sharper.
Flora raised the corners of her lips slightly: "Not bad, as I expected."
She waved her hand gently, and the ground cracked again. Hundreds of vines sprang out, weaving a vast web in the air. Unlike the previous vines, which had bared their fangs and claws like venomous snakes, these vines pulsed like blood vessels, emitting a suffocating sense of oppression.
"Second move." Flora's voice was playful and gave people goosebumps. "Be careful. If you can't block it, you might die."
Linyin concentrated and held her breath, golden energy flowing in her eyes, and her vision suddenly became clear. She could see the trajectory of energy flowing between the vines, eventually converging to a certain point.
With a flash of her body, she rushed straight to the core, concentrated all her true energy into a curved cone, and stabbed the weak point fiercely!
The giant vine web trembled violently, and fine cracks appeared at the core... but it did not shatter.
The next moment, an extremely cold and evil thought flowed up along her inner energy. The cold aura shattered and transformed into a distorted picture.
From a low, huddled perspective in a corner, tiny hands were black, their nails stained with dried blood. The iron bed railings were bent, and the terrified caregivers, holding tranquilizers, dared not approach.
Later, one orphanage after another was willing to pay a large amount of nutrient solution to sell her out, but she was often sold again after a short stay. The caregivers complained bitterly that no orphanage was willing to accept a mentally unstable child with strange powers.
Linyin was trembling all over. What was even more unbearable than the mental strain was the phantom pain brought back by the memories. The feeling of her brain nerves being pulled out and shaking like a diabolo made it impossible for her to concentrate.
"Are you going to give up?" Flora narrowed her eyes. This move hit the heart directly and would make people relive the most painful and embarrassing memories in their lives so far.
"It seems that today's friendly hospitality ends here." She spread out her palm, and a rose on it slowly closed its petals.
The vines around Linyin rustled away and began to join in the encirclement of Song Baiyue and Xiaomao.
"This level... is still far from enough."
Blood was oozing from the corner of Linyin's mouth. She had bitten her teeth so hard that she broke the inner wall of her mouth.
Phew.
The curved cone suddenly pierced her thigh, and blood gushed out. The vivid pain allowed her to struggle out of the phantom pain in her head for a moment. The Wuji true energy was like a ignited fire, sweeping towards the evil cold energy.
Surrounded by the golden incandescence that burned with all its might, as if igniting her life, the energy ball could no longer hold on, melting away like ice on a plate. The incandescence that had devoured the energy ball returned to Rinyin's mind, revealing a scene she would never forget.
The shackled girl was pressed on the laboratory table.
"Be good and make our Flora more perfect."
The man in the white robe had a handsome but sinister face. He stroked the girl's hair while the needle in the mobile phone mercilessly pierced her spine.
The fluorescent green liquid was slowly injected, and the girl's whole body was convulsing in pain, and an inhuman sound came from her throat.
There was a lot of pity and intoxication in the man's eyes, as if he knew the girl was in pain, but he had no intention of letting her go.
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The next scene showed the girl, like a pet, wearing a jeweled collar, kneeling beside the man in a white robe. He lifted her chin with the toe of his boot, causing the bell on her collar to jingle.
"The guest rewards you with wine." His voice seemed to come from the horizon, pressing down from all corners.
The girl's eyes were red as she knelt on the cool marble floor, licking the spilled wine. A wave of praise echoed from all around: "She's truly worthy of Electra's meticulous training."
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The scene shifts to another place, with a background of piles of paper files.
A young man sat slumped in the corner, his work badge slung askew across his chest. It read, "Archives Department, Sailun Hans." His throat was entangled in slender, dark-red vines, which greedily sucked blood from the barbs. His face paled at a visible rate.
"I didn't see anything..." He struggled to squeeze out a voice, "Even if I saw it, I wouldn't remember anything... Please... let me go... I am loyal to you..."
The girl stood in the shadows, she was also trembling a little, but she didn't make a sound, she just tightened the vines further.
The young man's eyes bulged out, and after realizing that begging for mercy was useless, he cursed hoarsely:
"Flora... you will... die a miserable death if you treat the people who work for you like this..."
The vines twisted violently, and his curses came to an abrupt end. His body shrank rapidly like a dead tree drained of moisture, his skin clinging to his bones, his eye sockets sunken, and he finally became a mummy, falling crookedly to the ground.
As he fell, the girl also stumbled to the ground, her fingers shaking so much that she could barely hold the documents. She pulled out a stack of medical examination reports and hurriedly stuffed them into the shredder. She then took out a new stack of files from her pocket and stuffed them into the original location. The new files were neatly printed with the words:
【Pregnancy test: positive (5 weeks)】
flutter.
The cold energy was completely devoured, and Linyin opened her eyes.
"You!" Flora felt a chill down her spine. At that moment, she felt as if she had been scanned by something penetrating. This feeling made her extremely uneasy. For the first time, a slight tremor appeared in her voice. "What did you see?"
Linyin slowly stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her eyes held a kind of understanding that was particularly cruel to Flora.
"Next move, please."
"I asked, what did you see?" Flora's long hair moved without wind, and tiny barbs began to grow at the ends of her hair.
Rinne just silently took a fighting stance.
"Answer me!"
The only answer she got was silence.
At this moment, Flora felt her sanity crumbling. Her pupils dilated crimson, and fragments of her deeply buried memories surged wildly. Her unbearable past was magnified infinitely in Rin's silence.
Countless scarlet branches sprouted from her body, each vine blossoming with eerie, blood-red roses. The stamens at the center of the flowers twisted and deformed, gradually revealing the anguished faces of human beings. Their mouths gaped wide, emitting silent screams, and the entire space reverberated with horrifying mental fluctuations.
The vines that were originally besieging Song Baiyue all changed direction and rushed towards Linyin.
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