novelraw Chapter 63 : Death Magic
Chapter 63 : Death Magic
Chapter 63: Death Magic
Inside the command vehicle, Chen Mo was also quietly watching the screen.
The Bureau 869 had paid a painful price, which had already made him understand this truth.
They were not qualified to participate in this “Game of Gods”.
Where this game would ultimately lead was simply not something they could decide.
……
On the battlefield, Gao Yuan’s situation had already become extremely perilous.
Chu Hanyue’s ice spike storm had almost covered the entire area.
In a single exchange, more than a dozen of his illusions were torn apart.
Each shattering of an illusion consumed what little mental energy he had left.
He could only flash about miserably through the gaps between the ice spikes, narrowly avoiding fatal attacks time and time again.
“Useless.”
Chu Hanyue’s voice echoed over the battlefield. “Within this land of eternal frost, you cannot escape.”
As her words fell, the mud on the ground mixed with rainwater instantly froze into a hard layer of ice.
Immediately after, countless sharp ice spikes burst out from the ground, like an inverted forest of blades, completely sealing off all of Gao Yuan’s dodging space on the ground.
Gao Yuan was forced to continue flashing in midair, but his face had already grown increasingly pale.
Finally, at the landing point of one of his flashes, Chu Hanyue had long since laid out a massive net woven from frigid air.
The moment Gao Yuan appeared, he felt his body instantly bound by an extremely cold force, a numbing sensation of freezing spreading through every limb and bone.
“Got you.”
Chu Hanyue slowly walked up to him, extended her slender finger, and gently tapped his forehead.
Bone-chilling cold instantly invaded Gao Yuan’s body. His eyebrows, hair, and even his eyelashes rapidly condensed with a layer of white frost.
He lost.
Before absolute power and a favorable environment, the magic he took pride in ultimately could not save him.
A victor’s smile appeared on Chu Hanyue’s face as she prepared to deliver the fatal blow.
Yet the man frozen stiff all over suddenly flashed with a strange glint in his eyes.
“Beautiful… lady…”
Gao Yuan mustered all his strength and spoke with difficulty. His voice had become broken due to the extreme cold, yet it still carried that roguish tone.
“Do you… know…”
“In the world of magic… what is the greatest magic…?”
Chu Hanyue frowned. She did not like this kind of meaningless talk before death.
“It is… death magic.”
Gao Yuan continued talking to himself. The corner of his mouth even curved upward into a tiny arc.
“Because they… are not merely tricks…”
“Before the appearance of the Transcendent… they became part of modern mythology…”
“Proving to the world… that humanity can, with wisdom, courage, and perseverance, under the gaze of death… create… the radiance of life…”
“Annoying.”
Chu Hanyue lost her last shred of patience.
She brought her five fingers together, forming a sharp ice blade, and stabbed it without hesitation toward Gao Yuan’s heart.
“Pffft!”
The ice blade precisely pierced through Gao Yuan’s chest.
However, at the instant the ice blade entered his body, the smile on Chu Hanyue’s face suddenly froze.
An equally sharp, equally cold, excruciating pain violently surged from her own chest!
She lowered her head in disbelief.
There, an identical ice blade had somehow also pierced through her own heart.
And the end of that ice blade was gripped in her own hand.
How… was this possible?
Chu Hanyue’s mind went completely blank.
She suddenly raised her head and looked forward.
The Gao Yuan she had “killed” was shattering inch by inch like a broken mirror, turning into countless points of light and dissipating.
And not far away, another completely uninjured Gao Yuan stood there elegantly, tipping his top hat toward her, his face wearing the perfect smile of a magician taking his final bow.
“Thank you, beautiful lady.”
Gao Yuan’s voice rang out clearly, no longer showing the slightest hint of weakness.
“Thank you… for cooperating with me to complete this performance.”
“I named this magic—【The Lethal Moment】.”
“Because I need my true body to withstand an attack that is sufficient to be fatal.”
“At the instant the enemy delivers a lethal blow to my true body, I activate this ‘magic’, replacing my true body with an illusion.”
“Once successful, the enemy’s lethal strike will be returned to her own body at the same moment.”
“However, this magic is extremely dangerous. With even the slightest mistake, the one who truly dies would be me.”
“But fortunately, this time I succeeded.”
Gao Yuan patted his chest, making a relieved expression.
“This… is impossible…”
Chu Hanyue murmured. She could feel her vitality rapidly draining away along with the blood flowing from her chest.
She was unwilling to accept it.
She had clearly already won!
Why… why did it turn out like this?!
She looked at the man smiling and bowing to her, her eyes filled with endless resentment and unwillingness.
In the end, her body slowly collapsed to the ground.
【Radiance】 faction player 【Frost Whisperer】 has been slain.
【Current remaining players: 【Radiance】 2, 【Shadow】 4】
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On the cold, rainy night, within the abandoned industrial park, only 【Magician】 Gao Yuan remained alone.
He adjusted the top hat soaked by rain, glanced at Chu Hanyue’s corpse with eyes still open in death, and the iconic smile on his face finally slowly faded.
Replacing it was a near-indifferent calm.
He raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through the thick curtain of rain, looking toward the two groups observing from afar—Bureau 869 and the “Ascension Alliance”.
He could feel those gazes hidden in the darkness, greedily yet reverently watching him.
Gao Yuan let out a soft chuckle. His figure flashed, and he vanished from the spot.
……
Inside the command vehicle, Chen Mo stared at the figure that had disappeared into thin air on the screen, remaining silent for a long time.
“Director, should we… pursue him?” a subordinate asked cautiously.
“Pursue?”
Chen Mo laughed at himself. “With what?”
“We can’t even understand how he killed Chu Hanyue.”
Chen Mo issued a new order. “From now on, pull back all forces, seal off the base. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will.”
“Our mission has already been completed.”
Yes, completed.
They had successfully “acquired” 【Apothecary】 Wang Jingyi. For the upper echelons, this was already sufficient.
As for Mo Fan, someone would deal with him.
……
“Boss, Gao Yuan… got away.”
On the cruise ship, Zhao Yuan looked at the pitch-black screen, with no trace of disappointment on his face.
“If he got away, then so be it.”
He waved his hand, signaling his subordinate to withdraw. “Send people to clean up the battlefield.”
“Remember, bring Miss Chu Hanyue’s body back.”
“Yes!”
“Oh, right,” Zhao Yuan added, “starting today, all of the alliance’s industries in Hai City are fully open to Mr. Gao Yuan.”
“No matter what requests he has, they must be unconditionally satisfied.”
“Also, tell everyone below not to provoke him.”
“Yes, boss!”
After the subordinate withdrew, Zhao Yuan walked alone to the window, gazing at the turbulent sea outside, a shrewd glint flickering in his eyes.