Quadruple split.

Chapter 2719 Proliferating G (XL)

"hehe."

In the arena, the beautiful young Onmyoji, who was creating a gentle breeze for herself with her fan, smiled and muttered softly, "I only left the paper doll on there as a precaution, but I didn't expect him to actually be so nervous..."

It has to be said that although she had just appeared invincible with the spiritual energy that filled the entire half of the arena, Gu Xiaole now looked full of flaws. Not to mention her opponent who had already taken a big step into the 'Epic' realm, even if the enemy in front of her were 'Black Brahma', they could probably find several fatal weaknesses in a short time.

The middle-aged swordsman standing not far from her remained unmoved. Although the match had already begun, he completely ignored the flaws that Gu Xiaole had made due to her mental fluctuations, and he didn't even draw the ancient but deadly sword at his waist.

“Ah la la~”

Gu Xiaole slightly raised the [Black Chick - Divination Strategy] in her hand, covered her mouth and laughed, "I really didn't expect that you could hold back from making a move just now, Uncle... That was clearly your best chance to kill me."

The middle-aged human, who had earned the nickname "Instant Severance" in the third-level arena, shook his head slightly and slowly drew his longsword: "That's not an opportunity, it's a trap."

"It's a trap, but also an opportunity."

Gu Xiaole raised her eyebrows slightly and said leisurely, "You should be able to see that even if I deliberately revealed a flaw, you still have a 50% chance of defeating me directly, as long as your 'fast sword' is fast and ruthless enough."

“Yone Yi”.

[Instant Severance] calmly revealed his true name, which he had never spoken before, before slowly saying, "I have never questioned my sword, but as you just said, even if my sword is fast and ruthless enough, there is still only a 50% chance that I can defeat you. That probability is too low for me."

Gu Xiaole smiled knowingly, then casually raised the bat fan in his hand, which was gradually swirling with black energy, and said indifferently, "Since you're so eager to have fun with ghosts, fine."

[Onmyoji Arts - Binding Curse: Thousand Needle Mountain]

Accompanied by a gust of cold wind, the Yin-Yang technique, which originally required blood as a medium in the [Debate on Guilt], instantly condensed into thousands of sharp spikes in mid-air, and then rained down on Yune like a downpour!

The latter, however, seemed to slowly raise his longsword, drawing a circle when the first black curse spike was still about twenty centimeters away from him.

Then, with several blinding flashes of sword light, more than four hundred cursed thorns that could have directly cut Yune into pieces in an instant, while hundreds of other thorns whistled past him along their predetermined routes. Although the closest one was less than half a millimeter away from the hem of Yune's clothes, it still failed to touch his body.

He unleashed two sword strikes. The first, with six strikes, twelve variations, and twenty-four rounds of sword pressure, dispelled all direct attacks that could threaten him. The second, with a single strike and no variations, used the "Heart Slash," directly severing the remaining attacks from the girl.

Without any delay, the voice of the sword spirit appeared in Mo Tan's mind almost the instant Yune drew his sword, directly analyzing the sword path of [Instant Severance].

[Very strong.]

Even now, Mo Tan, who is still most skilled in swordsmanship among all weapons, nodded slightly and gave a brief response.

"Not only strong, but aside from that white-haired girl, he is the most skilled swordsman you've ever met. Unless something unexpected happens, you'll never surpass him in swordsmanship throughout your life."

Sword Soul's voice rang out again, succinctly emphasizing Yune's power, and this conclusion immediately raised Mo Tan's opinion of the middle-aged man in the audience by several notches.

The reason is simple: once the opponent has reached the level of a half-step epic, even the currently extremely strong combat talent of 'Mo' cannot easily see through his strength. Under this premise, Sword Soul directly concluded that this person is second only to Mu Xuejian in sword skills, and that he has no way to surpass him!
If Mo Tan's understanding of the Snow-like Sword was merely superficial, and even fighting alongside her as 'Tan Mo' wouldn't allow her to fully appreciate its talent, then the statement that 'she's' could never surpass it directly demonstrates Yune's level.

After all, Mo Tan knows herself very well and is also very clear about the potential of 'herself' under her current personality.

Despite always maintaining humility, 'Mo' never underestimated himself, so after Sword Soul's words, he already regarded Yune as a first-rate expert.

This made him even more worried about Gu Xiaole's situation.

Regardless, he had previously vowed not to let the girl suffer any harm, and even in the [Innocent Realm], he wanted to fulfill his promise as much as possible.

Although the wrinkled little girl who looked like a monkey has grown up into a beautiful young woman with powers that Mo Tan couldn't understand, Mo Tan still cherishes the promise she made to her back then.

Even though Xiao Le didn't know that her "online friend" was the kid who made that boast back then, he still wanted to protect her as much as possible.

That's why, if Origami hadn't appeared in time to stop Mo Tan, he probably would have gone to Noyce to ask the [Analyst] to provide extra supervision for the match.

Incidentally, although Noyce Huashao is the star host of the Tianzhushan Grand Arena, he is only one person, so it is impossible for him to host every match. In those matches without him, there is no commentary except for the 'referee' who symbolically announces the start of the match.

Mo Tan believed that if he went to find Noyce, who was probably in the lounge, the high-ranking observer who rarely spoke would be willing to personally preside over the match and prevent any accidents from happening. But to his surprise, as if he had already guessed that this was possible, Gu Xiaole actually left Origami outside the arena to stop him.

It was as if... she knew someone might be worried about her getting hurt.

'You don't need to worry.'

The sword spirit in his mind seemed to misunderstand, mistaking Mo Tan's absent-mindedness for a blow from him. After a brief delay, it awkwardly explained: "Although your talent in swordsmanship is not as great as this person's, nor as great as that white-haired girl's, if we were to fight to the death in the future, I believe you would be the one to survive. Just as I said before, your strength has nothing to do with the sword."

Thank you, I'm fine. Let's continue watching the game.

Faced with Jianpo's rare outburst of words, Mo Tan immediately composed herself, revealing a smile that, though she didn't know if the other could see it, would bring her peace of mind if they did, and continued to focus her attention on the competition.

"Hey~"

Whether it was a misperception or not, just after Mo Tan refocused on the match, Gu Xiaole coincidentally raised her pretty face and revealed a very obvious and dazzling smile on the rune crystal plate.

Then it was cut in two by a strange sword mark!
"Sister Xiaole!"

Ji Xiaoge, who was next to Mo Tan, immediately exclaimed and flapped her wings, ready to rush off the field.

"Damn it, what's going on here!"

Ya Ya's eyes instantly turned red, and she entered a berserk state, ready to rush down with Ji Xiaoge to avenge Sister Xiao Le.

"Don't worry."

"Xiao Le is fine."

Meanwhile, Mo Tan and Jadka each grabbed one of Ji Xiaoge and Ya Ya, respectively. Then—

"Ouch!"

The old mage stumbled, and was dragged forward nearly five meters by Ya Ya. Ya Ya grabbed the old mage's arm and made a subtle and ominous sound, which was probably a dislocation.

"Oh dear, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I forgot you're incredibly fragile right now, Jadka!"

After running for a full three steps, he realized that an old man was hanging on him. He immediately slammed on the brakes, snapped Jadka's arm back into place with a clean 'snap', and chuckled, "I won't do it again next time, um, as long as I remember."

The old man, who was experiencing his first dislocated arm in his life, looked at his arm with great interest and said with a smile, "You know what, it's quite interesting."

"silent?"

On the other side, Ji Xiaoge, who had been pulled down from mid-air by Mo Tan, blinked her eyes and then belatedly looked back at the screen, letting out a rather cute "Eh?"

The reason was simple: Gu Xiaole, who had been split in two by that strange sword light, actually replenished himself, cleverly transforming into two identical Gu Xiaole's, who simultaneously raised their fans in the next moment—

Onmyojutsu - Oni-Haku Mikazuki

The Yin-Yang technique, which had also appeared in the debate, was now twice as numerous. Two ghostly figures swept past Yune in the blink of an eye and then suddenly merged together, seemingly intending to cut him into four pieces.

Bah!
After the ear-piercing clash of swords, Yune calmly escaped the killing range of the two crescent moons, leaped into the air, and unleashed another sword strike.

'Don't be fooled by the sound. Those were four high-frequency slashes. There was no technique involved; he simply used pure power and speed to deflect them.'

The voice of the sword spirit rang in Mo Tan's mind again. At the same time, Gu Xiaole on the left suddenly trembled and turned into two Gu Xiaole.

That's right, just now, another strange sword light slashed down from above at the beautiful female Onmyoji, literally splitting her in two.

"!?!?!"

A violent commotion immediately erupted in the audience. If the exchange of blows between the two was still reasonable and not enough to make these audience members, who had seen many big scenes in the world of swords and magic, lose their composure, then Gu Xiaole's method of turning into two after being hit by a sword and into three after being hit by another sword was truly chilling.

After all, in most cases, a "strange" enemy is more troublesome than a "powerful" one. For example, now that people have put themselves in Yone's shoes, many viewers with some skills are at a loss for what to do.

If you hit the opponent and get no damage, you get zero benefit at most. But if you attack the opponent and the enemy increases by one every time you attack, then you definitely get a negative benefit!

However, Yune himself did not hesitate at all. After literally splitting Gu Xiaole on the left in two, he immediately rushed forward at high speed in mid-air. After dodging several malevolent ghosts, he passed by Gu Xiaole on the right and left a deep penetrating wound on his neck.

'He didn't use any external force; rather, he threw the scabbard out momentarily, then retracted it after two powerful stomps, using a very small amount of thrust to charge downwards. Furthermore, when swinging the scabbard, he didn't immediately return it to his waist, but instead swung it horizontally to his other side, the reason being to cut away any resistance that could hinder his charge speed.'

Although Mo Tan saw it as a simple instance of borrowing strength, it was only after Jian Po's explanation that he truly understood how many details were involved in Yune's charge.

then……

Gu Xiaole's head rolled down and then a body grew out.

Gu Xiaole, who had lost his head, actually grew a new one.

[Yin-Yang Arts - Fasting, Nameless, and Nothingness]

All four Gu Xiaole's knelt down on one knee at the same time, placed the [Black Chick - Divination Techniques] on their thumbs, clasped their hands together, and closed their eyes.

The next moment, Yune, who was about to make a move, was suddenly shaken violently. He was forced to kneel on the ground by a strange, cold force. Just as he mustered his strength to get up, the force that had been binding him suddenly quadrupled, pressing him down onto the ground.

"Ah la ah la~"

At the same time, Gu Xiaole and the others, who had single-handedly completed the quadruple split, raised their pretty faces and laughed in unison: "You didn't think that because I became four, my power would be weakened to four parts, did you? Sorry, when four people are together, the power is undoubtedly four times greater!"

"Is it……"

The next moment, the taciturn Yune slowly stood up, raised his neck where several veins were clearly bulging, and said, word by word, "If that's the case, then I'll just have to deal with it with a slash that's more than four times stronger!"

Then, just as he had said, he unleashed a strike at the four Gu Xiaole's not far away, which contained four times the power of the previous sword techniques, instantly doubling the number of the beautiful female Onmyoji!
Onmyoji Arts - Blood Prison: Kusanagi

All eight Gu Xiaole's simultaneously coughed up blood, and at the same time raised their hands to grasp the long sword that had already transformed into a vicious weapon in mid-air, exuding a sinister and evil aura, and slashed down at Yune.

Thus, eight waves of blood poured out like a flood bursting its banks, blocking all of the opponent's escape routes.

'The sword is excellent, but the person wielding it... is an amateur.'

After a subtle silence that wasn't delayed, Jianpo gave a sharp critique of Gu Xiaole's Eightfold Heavenly Cloud Technique.

As for the outcome of this move—

【Sword Draws, Invincible】

Yune, who had somehow appeared behind Gu Xiaole, casually flicked the blood off his longsword.

The beautiful female Onmyoji immediately fell like flowers withering, and then fell silent.

Since it's a contest between laymen and experts, there can only be one outcome.

Then, all sixteen Gu Xiaole stretched in unison and slowly got up from the ground.

Chapter 2710: The End