Quadruple split.

Chapter 2297 Ukiyoe

【?! ?! 】

Almost at the moment when those skeleton berserkers were instantly crushed by some unknown force and turned into flying dust, countless spectators seemed to see a kind of "field" unfolding like a scroll with Guo Shi Wushuang as the center, and then layers of green waves rippled out, and the tranquility was suddenly broken after a certain point in time, not only making the remote and peaceful aura become violent and turbulent, but also "incidentally" crushing the undead creatures that were rushing towards the four people of [Card Master] like a tide.

[High-speed reconstruction: Golden Dragon]

This is not the end, Guo Shi Wushuang slightly raised his hands and actually summoned a golden dragon from the illusory water waves below him. Unlike Xinglong's blue dragon with the kingly majesty of Emperor Canglong, this golden dragon was wide enough for three people to hug and was full of hostility. The moment it appeared, it dived under the green waves, stirring up hundreds of huge waves, and directly smashed a large number of undead creatures that had avoided the previous round of waves and were trying to stop the four people from above, and directly blasted those resentful undead into pieces.

  What was even more shocking was that, most of the undead souls that would have gradually recovered after their bodies collapsed were actually swallowed up by the golden dragon that suddenly rose from under Guo Shi Wushuang's feet, making its already huge body even more sturdy, and its originally vague sense of existence became heavy and condensed!

The tests and difficulties that were originally intertwined in front of the road were washed away and turned into a smooth road in an instant!

……

"Wow!"

Seeing Guo Shi Wushuang change his position in an instant, Xue Yin in the commentary booth couldn't help but let out a cry. As she watched the latter replace the Flowing Slam on the screen to become the arrow, leading his teammates to rush to the fifth floor, she exclaimed in surprise: "Could this be..."

"Inherent barrier."

The beautiful woman casually took over Xue Yin's words and said with great emotion: "And it is a complete inherent barrier. In terms of completion alone, it is already the highest in this competition."

The handsome guy nodded slightly and agreed, "That's right. So far, there are only a handful of players who can clearly use the inherent barrier and domain. Not only did Guo Shi Wushuang appear to have used the same power in the match against [Joker], but now he has fully deployed it without reservation, directly helping his teammates resolve the dilemma."

"It's awesome."

The virtuous wife, who knew very well that this kind of power was hard-won and that most people would never be able to reach it in their entire lives, couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaimed, "It's really amazing!"

"anyway--"

Xiaomian turned to Xinglong with a mischievous tone and said happily, "I remember that the reason why [Red Constellation] failed in the semi-finals was because of the incomprehensible speed of Lusail, right? As the person who was restrained by that person for quite a long time, I wonder if Xinglong has anything to share with us? For example, the nature of that power?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Mian was booed by many people both inside and outside the game. After all, even people who usually don't pay attention to the gaming circle knew that mentioning the previous match between [Red Constellation] and [Wind-Breaking Bird] at this time was simply rubbing salt into Xinglong's wounds. In fact, although he was voted as the MVP of that match in the voting on major websites, the reason why [Red Constellation] lost was ultimately because Xinglong was restrained by Lussel to the point where all his teammates were killed.

The tactics were tailor-made for him, but he, the core of the tactics, was restricted. Although any normal person would know that the reason for the defeat of [Red Constellation] was their over-reliance on Xinglong, as a responsible captain, the person involved would probably not forgive himself easily, which made the lethality of Xiaomian's words just now become extremely huge.

but--

Although most of the audience would think so, Xinglong did not feel shocked at all, and answered seriously: "As the person involved, I guarantee that Lusel definitely used the power of the domain at that time."

"Tsk, tsk."

Smiling Face smacked his lips with some regret, and then continued to ask: "In the field of speed?"

"I think so, but I don't know more."

Xinglong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I was basically thinking about how to break through the constraints and support my teammates. Although I analyzed it from the perspective of the opponent, I didn't see anything from a macro perspective. If I have to say... I think about it, although it's just intuition, I agree with the beautiful commentator that Guo Shi Wushuang's inherent barrier should be more complete than Lusel."

Beauty: “Thank you!”

Xinglong: “……?”

"Don't interrupt."

Smiling Face waved his hand unhappily at the beauty, signaling her to go somewhere else. Then he asked in a slightly more serious tone than before, "Are you serious?"

Xinglong nodded without hesitation: "Of course, what do you think?"

"I?"

Smiling Face blinked, and his tone gradually became cheerful: "I think it's good."

Xinglong did not continue the conversation, but just showed his signature sunny and clean smile and nodded along with his smile.

Obviously, Xinglong was serious about what he said just now, but "serious" does not necessarily mean "honest". In other words, he made it clear that he did not see anything and such words were pure nonsense. But even if there was a lot of competition between these super-large clubs, Xinglong would not expose Lusail's secrets in public. As the saying goes, "leave a way out for others so that we can meet again in the future". There is no deep hatred among them. If they retaliate off the court just because of a loss in a game, it would be too petty.

And Xiaomian's confirmation just now also made Xinglong understand that the former had not been deceived by him from the beginning. However, even so, he still insisted on his decision and had no intention of offending anyone.

Besides, Xinglong had long realized that these commentators were definitely not ordinary people. However, unlike Mo Tan who was certain that these official personnel were "monsters", the pillar of the Red Constellation just thought that these commentators were all super masters, and the seemingly unkempt but actually shameless Xiao Mian sitting next to him was the most unfathomable one. So he asked back "What do you think?", implying that he did not think that Xiao Mian could not see the specific weight of Lussel from a God's perspective.

As a result, Xiaomian's reply was exactly the same as Xinglong's. He did not give a direct answer, but instead chose to laugh it off and change the subject.

However, surprisingly, after revealing the current topic, Xiaomian was still full of malice, and said happily: "But as star players that everyone is familiar with, Lusail and Guoshi Wushuang both have their own domains and inherent barriers. Shouldn't you, who has the largest number of fans, work harder? To be honest, although the upper limit of our game is high, from a personal emotional point of view, I still don't want you to be the one swimming naked."

"Don't talk nonsense."

The handsome guy gave Smiley a cold look and said sternly, “Everyone can see that contestant Xinglong is strong enough, and domain is not a proof of strength. Don’t forget contestant Cordova.”

Before Xiaomian could say anything, Xinglong smiled generously, forgave Xiaomian on behalf of the handsome guy and the excited fans and passers-by, and said seriously: "I am very grateful for Xiaomian's advice. To be honest, I actually vaguely saw a direction not long ago, but I always felt that it was not suitable for me. In the end, I couldn't make up my mind to follow through and chose to give up."

Smiling Face smacked his lips and said in a strange tone: "Are you trying to make amends for yourself?"

The handsome guy's face turned serious: "Just give me some time..."

"No."

Unexpectedly, Xinglong shook his head decisively and said to Xiaomian seriously: "It's just that there are some bottlenecks."

【This kid...】

The handsome guy narrowed his eyes slightly and stopped trying to interrupt.

"How funny." Xiaomian chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I've heard of people worrying about failing exams, but I've never heard of people worrying about not being able to grow a third eye. If you, a great master, have the skills to tease me, you might as well go back and throw 10,000 or 20,000 punches a day to vent your excessive energy."

"Haha, maybe it's because the Guo Shi Wu Shuang player gave me too much pressure, so I just wanted to make a joke to lighten my mood."

Xinglong touched the tip of his nose awkwardly and asked casually, "But why is it boxing?"

"I just said it casually."

Xiaomian shrugged and spread his hands irresponsibly, saying: "If you don't want to fight, you can stand still."

"Haha, that makes sense. I'll try it later."

Xinglong laughed, then looked at the four [Card Masters] on the screen who had already rushed to the middle of the fifth floor. He stared at Guo Shi Wushuang who was controlling the golden dragon with himself as the center in the illusory blue waves and whispered: "The inherent barrier has a very strong endurance, but it is not very suitable for dealing with enemies on this floor."

Xue Yin continued to steadily perform her duties as the atmosphere group, and asked innocently, "Why?"

“It’s too mobile.”

The beauty looked with great interest at the undead creatures on the screen that were made of ice-blue skeletons and roamed around on the ground, walls, and ceiling in the form of various insects and beasts, constantly avoiding the golden dragon and the blue waves. She said leisurely, "This way of moving without blind spots is very restrained. This form is very close to the inherent barrier of 'water', because water has a shape, laws, and traces to follow, while these beast-like undead creatures are completely the opposite. They follow the laws of hunting, which is completely different from the physical laws of the water waves."

Xue Yin thought for a moment and asked, "Then can't the Guo Shi Wushuang contestant artificially change his inherent barrier? For example... well, if the theme of the barrier is water waves, then muddy the water? I sometimes do this when I write songs!"

“He’s been doing it.”

Xinglong immediately responded with even greater professionalism than before, explaining: "That golden dragon is the embodiment of this 'change', but it is still not enough."

  At the same time, as if in response to Xinglong's words, several spider-like bone beasts swooped down from the ceiling at a very counter-intuitive angle. Although they were instantly swallowed by the majestic golden dragon, at the same time, more bone beasts that were waiting for an opportunity attacked at the same time, rushing towards Guo Shi Wushuang and others from all directions. Nearly 70% of them used their companions as cover in the process, perfectly avoiding the impact of the green waves, maintaining an extremely high frequency of displacement, and approaching to less than three meters in front of the four people of Pai Lao!

Then--

In the next two seconds, they were frozen in place one after another, and the fire of their souls was extinguished in an instant.

The golden angry dragon disappeared, the surging green waves disappeared, and at the same time, the soul cores of those bone beasts that were about to pounce on their target also disappeared. The only thing they had in common was a small hole in the center of their skulls.

Although the regular live broadcast of [Questioning the Crime] does not have a slow motion function, so that no normal person including Xinglong can see clearly what happened, we can still get some additional information through the God's perspective——

[Inherent Boundary·Ukiyo-e: Flowers and Birds—Flight of the Wild Bee]

Many people think that the "wild bees" in "Flight of the Bumblebee" should be a "swarm of bees". After all, the piece, which was reinterpreted by Mr. Ma to be completely different from the original opera and has become one of the fastest-paced piano pieces in the world, does sound as bold and crazy as a swarm of bees. But in fact, in the original orchestral version of the piece by the original author (Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov), this stage play of the same name based on the poem "The Tale of Tsar Sadan" (author: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin), there was only one wasp from beginning to end, and there was no so-called swarm of bees.

In other words,

"A point-to-point attack that maximizes speed."

Xinglong stared at the screen intently, and speculated based on his own understanding as best as possible: "But it should not be a regular single attack. If I am not mistaken, Guo Shi Wushuang should be able to freely decide the location of the disappearance and reappearance of that 'attack point' within a certain range."

Xiaomian immediately continued in a brisk tone: "In other words, although I can only complete one attack at a time, I can make this attack disappear instantly after piercing the handsome guy's heart, and then appear next to his head and penetrate his skull?"

"Uh... yes, at least that's how I understand it personally."

“Isn’t this a bit too much?”

"It's awesome."

"Who is better than you?"

"Well... I think given the same situation, I'm afraid it would be hard for me to handle it better than Guo Shi Wushuang."

"Well, well! I want to ask a question--"

"Teacher Xueyin, please tell me."

"Does the Guoshi Wushuang player have a lot of inherent barriers? Just now it was a beautiful water and dragon, but now it has turned into that... um, what kind of point-type assault?"

"I am more inclined to believe that it is an inherent barrier of the same nature and multiple forms, and..."

"And what?"

"And I don't think this is the true strength of the Guo Shi Wu Shuang player. He seems to have been enhanced."

"Good guy."

"Come on guys! Look over there!"

"What's going on over there?"

"Old Wang is dead!"

Chapter 2288: The End

　PS1: In principle, all quoted content that is not original to the author will be marked with the original work and the original author.

  　　PS2: I controlled the length of the article so that the word count did not exceed the next charging node due to the annotation of the two authors' names (*▽)

　　PS3: Theoretically, this will no longer be emphasized in the following text.

  　　PS4: Yes

　　PS5: I want one

　　P6: I want to play it. It would be great if ATLUS could release it soon.

　　(End of this chapter)