novelraw Chapter 199: Silent Understanding, Three-Way Battlefield
Chapter 199: Silent Understanding, Three-Way Battlefield
Pupil quake!
When did he get this close, and when did he get the upper hand?
Everything was so disjointed that Chiyo Eine’s brain felt like it had missed something.
If the world were a movie, then this moment looked like still images.
She saw the enemy. The next second, he appeared right in front of her. Her wrist was grabbed by him.
Three images.
The action linking those images—rushing over, reaching out—it was as if they never existed.
Time itself had been sliced apart, showing her only the result, not the process.
But her combat instincts knew what to do. Even without thinking, she reacted in the very next second.
Her whole body turned into Black Water once again, and in the blink of an eye reappeared on the other side, reforming her body.She glanced over with caution, but froze again—“Sin” seemed to still be holding... a hand...
Blood dripped into the Black Water one drop at a time, not making a single ripple.
The next second, searing pain shot up from her wrist. She looked down—her right hand had been torn off just now!
“Ahhhhhhh!”
The kind of pain no body could endure suddenly surged up, forcing a scream out of her. When—what just happened?!
In her own domain, she was the water, and the water was her. As long as she switched forms in time, she should’ve avoided injury.
Could someone in this world really move faster than thought itself?
No time to think. Tears still stained her face. She clenched her teeth and stopped the bleeding, wrapping her wrist in Black Water.
In the blink of an eye, a Black Water-made right hand formed at her wrist.
But the stabbing pain and the psychological shock of losing a hand made Chiyo Eine feel like she’d fallen into hell.
Is the gap between First and Third really that wide?
What kind of power does he even have?!
“Why aren’t you talking?”
His voice came again from afar. This time, Chiyo Eine learned her lesson. The moment the sound entered her ears, she was already prepared.
By the time the last syllable landed, “Sin” had already finished his move—one sweeping palm strike.
Chiyo Eine’s body was split in two. But between her upper body and her legs, Black Water covered the break—no blood spilled.
Her upper half floated through the air, eyes cold as she stared down at “Sin” beneath her. This time, she saw clearly.
Black Water surged up. Countless black lines exploded forth, wrapping around Lu Ce’s extended arm and tightening in reverse!
Black Ink Vines, entangle!
Lu Ce’s arm twisted in a full 360 degrees, like it was ripped right off.
A hand for a hand!
But... that was thinking too much.
Lu Ce’s expression didn’t change. He kept on laughing eerily. That seemingly torn-off arm spun in the air, his fingers like blades slashing across her face.
Lu Ce’s body no longer even resembled a human body—it was like he was assembled from building blocks. Twisted that badly, and he could still use it.
Blood sprayed everywhere. Chiyo Eine retreated instantly. When she reappeared, her right eye was gushing blood.
Black Water surged up and sealed the wound—but that eye, she could no longer use.
Just a few brief clashes—and in her own domain where she was supposed to be nearly immortal—Chiyo Eine was already this badly hurt.
She stood at a distance, doubting everything. Her mind drifted back to what had been said before the game.
【There might be some variables in this game, but as long as everything’s handled properly, you’re guaranteed to win.】
Before, she thought the “variable” referred to Blank—the one nobody really paid attention to.
But now, she was starting to understand.
This World Number One had zero fluff. You couldn’t even call him difficult—he was beyond that.
Lu Ce wore a smile, about to speak again—when Xie Antong’s voice came through his earpiece.
“Coming in, ten o’clock direction.”
He looked up instinctively. A red streak of light was barreling in from that direction—the first Divine Creation had arrived.
Lu Ce didn’t bother with Chiyo Eine anymore. His whole body turned into black lightning and shot forward to meet the threat.
Like two speeding trains, man and monster brushed past each other—blood exploded into the air.
Lu Ce’s body was instantly punctured, a hole torn clean through, and his arm looked ripped off. But that limp arm gave a light flick to the creature’s jaw.
Its head spun like a top—and dropped clean off.
The Divine Creation wasn’t dead yet. Like a headless fly, it crashed around the ruins. But the next second, its head was stomped into pieces.
Then, eerie laughter echoed across the night sky. The Divine Creation thrashed like a mad thing as Lu Ce stood before it, hands moving in a blur!
Dismembered completely!
Its scattered limbs twitched on the ground, slowly dimming.
Basically a one-hit kill!
Clutching his stomach, blood gushing from the hole in his abdomen, “Sin” still wore that unshakable smile.
“Ugh... that stings a little.”
“So this is your payment for your life?”
Chiyo Eine was dumbfounded. Staring at the dismantled Divine Creation on the ground, she suddenly felt less confident in this game.
“Not bad strength... sigh, but this body really is so fragile...”
Lu Ce kept talking to himself, twisting his shoulder to snap the bone back in place—like assembling a toy.
Then he looked at Xie Antong:
“If this turns into a real siege, things might get tricky.”
“Then I’m out.”
“Alright.” Xie Antong nodded, turned, and injected herself with another dose of Drug, not hesitating at all.
But before she even finished speaking, “Sin” had already turned into black smoke and vanished.
Chiyo Eine didn’t even try to stop him this time!
“Southeast,” Xie Antong said briefly through her Earpiece, then looked across at Chiyo Eine.
“They abandoned you,” Chiyo Eine said, her expression a bit complicated.
“Everyone has their own battlefield. Calling it ‘abandonment’... kinda underestimates you, don’t you think?”
Xie Antong tossed her hair. After that injection, she showed a bit of seductive charm—almost like she was enjoying herself.
“Sun” and “Sin” had both gone off to their own battlegrounds. She knew—she had her own task, too.
Apparently, the simplest one.
—Facing off against No. 3!