Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 864 "The Fool (Part 2)" [5.0k words]

Reef No. 83, the area where the No. 1 abyss suppression device is located.

"There's a big guy charging down from underground on the right."

"Get out of the way! I'll handle this!!"

Urgent exchanges rang out from the team channel. On the vast battlefield shrouded by elemental barriers, contractors worked in an orderly fashion, taking cover from various high walls and turrets, dealing with the endless stream of abyssal creatures rushing into the defensive line amidst the sounds of battle.

"Ice floes, watch out from above! Another swarm of 'flying insects' is coming!"

"Don't worry, it's all ready!"

Boom—!

The ear-piercing sound of flapping wings came from the horizon, but the next second, it was completely covered by an icy blue halo that bloomed from the sky. Inside the icy barrier that exuded a strong chill, a huge ice goddess stood there, and with each breath, she would take away swarms of abyssal creatures from the battlefield.

"Tsk tsk, the spells I got from the Black Sword Master are really good. Although they consume a lot of mana, they are much more enjoyable to use than those third-rate spells on the market."

Inside the barrier, Liu Bing, wielding a greatsword of ice and serving as the most important main damage dealer on the entire battlefield, glanced at the abyssal creature settlement in the sky that had been instantly wiped out by the statue of the Ice Goddess, his eyes filled with immense satisfaction.

Normally, for someone like him who has received top-tier inheritance, it would be very difficult to integrate non-self-created spells into his own system.

However, the magic called 'Lament of the Ice Goddess' was so compatible with his system that it not only perfectly matched his development path, but its inability to move and high mana consumption also perfectly complemented his Ice Barrier.

If there's anything inappropriate about it, it's probably that many of the magical theories used in it are seriously outdated, and many of the design ideas also have obvious limitations of the times. It took him a whole world plus a whole return time to barely update it to a version that suited his needs, but this still doesn't detract from the genius-level design of the magic itself.

"Doomsday, Bullets, how's it going on your end? Do you need me and Blaze to come over and help?"

Using the sensory advantage provided by the ice barrier to confirm the situation in another direction, Liu Bing communicated on the communication channel, his face full of contentment.

"Well, let's not worry about it for now. We have Yuan and Madman here, so there's not much pressure. But Liu Bing, are you sure you're okay holding such a wide line all by yourself?"

"Haha, relax, relax, didn't you see this thing I'm standing here? I'm so bored that I don't even have to lift a finger."

"Holy crap, there were so many special effects before I didn't notice. When did you come up with something this powerful? Tsk tsk, now that guy who used all his magic to escape in the God Eater world is truly gone forever!"

"Huh? What do you mean you used all your magic to escape in the God Eater world? I did learn a few offensive spells back then, you know? But you, Motian, why are you suddenly saying all this? Are you about to die?"

"Pah! Who do you think you are? I'm the kind of man who can go in and out of Pleasure Street seven times, do you think I'd be no good because of this?"

"Haha, well said, Brother Motian! How can a man say he can't do it? They're just a bunch of uncivilized beasts. Come on, let's join forces and charge out to kill them three more times! Let them see how powerful we are!"

"Uh, forget it then. Madman, you go ahead and charge. I, a slacker from the top tier, will just stay on the front line."

"Hahaha, Motian, you really haven't changed a bit! But the Madman Brothers did make one thing right..."

Inside the barrier, Liu Bing chuckled as she listened to the cheerful sounds coming from the communication channel. At the same time, she looked at the newly arriving abyssal creatures in the distance, her eyes flickered, and she raised her hand, manipulating the giant ice goddess statue behind her to condense hundreds of meters tall ice swords from mid-air.

"That means... it's really time to let these unintelligent beasts see how powerful we are!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a massive ice sword swept down from the sky, unleashing a dazzling icy blue light from the earth, freezing one abyssal creature after another into fragile ice sculptures.

……

Reef No. 76, Abyss Suppression Zone No. 1.

"Sister Zi... Sister Zi Yao, all the abyssal creatures in the east have been dealt with!"

"Hehe, then thank you for your hard work, little cloud. Your undead army has saved us a lot of trouble!"

A mournful, resentful howl echoed continuously from the sky. On the battlefield, which was filled with a dense aura of death, wave after wave of stitched-together undead creatures emerged from the ground, forcefully using their numerical advantage to block a large number of abyssal creatures at the very edge of the battlefield.

"Phew~ I thought it was going to be a tough battle, but it turned out to be quite easy?"

A short-haired man with a long spear, carrying a crimson spear on his shoulder and looking quite pleased with himself after a good fight on the battlefield, walked over. He glanced at the undead army in the distance, which was unable to break through the ensuing mass of enemies, and then looked at the white-haired little girl standing next to Zi Yao, who was patting her head and praising her. He said with a very relaxed expression:

"At this rate, even if those outsiders don't come, we should be able to handle the trouble on our own, right?"

"Hey handsome young man from Death Park, you'd better not make any too many promises!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yao chuckled softly, her alluring eyes lowered slightly, and she squinted as she scanned a notification message that had been there for quite some time on the branding interface. A subtle, unfathomable glint flashed in her deep purple, seductive pupils.

"Based on other people's experience, problems tend to arise more easily at crucial moments in such important events!"

……

Reef No. 102, Abyss Suppression Zone No. 1.

"Bard, what are you worried about?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little worried about the situation of the sunken reef No. 57."

The pungent smell of blood quietly permeated the tower-like abyss suppression device. On the mountain of corpses, which was hundreds of meters high, sat a burly man with a scarred face covered in black bloodstains, his eyes slightly narrowed, his expression seemingly very solemn.

"Sinking Reef No. 57... is that the outpost that took an hour to make a sound?"

A man with numerous stitches covering his body, his face looking as if it had been pieced together, glanced at the other man with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Although the scarred, burly man in front of him gave off the impression of a brute, he, as the man's long-term partner, knew very well that in terms of quick thinking, the man was at least in the top five in their class in the amusement park.

"Yes, if I remember correctly, the leader in charge of that outpost is the Holy Domain's Netherworld Prison. I've inquired about his situation. Given his level, it's unlikely that he would have delayed responding to the bridging for so long unless something serious had happened."

Bard spoke, glancing at the Paradise Contractors in the distance, who were laughing maniacally, completely immersed in the joy of fighting the abyssal creatures, and his gaze narrowed slightly.

"Oh, now that you mention it, I remember you? You mean the guy who got into a fight with Ghost Dragon, right?" The stitching man looked enlightened, then asked, "But since they've already responded, it means the matter is settled, right?"

“No, that’s precisely why I’m even more worried.” Bard shook his head, his gaze growing increasingly grave, and spoke in his deep, hoarse voice:

"If the information about that guy named Mingyu is correct, then the reason he delayed for so long before choosing to proceed with the bridging is likely not because he had already resolved the issue, but rather..."

[WARNING: Elemental bridging failure detected in area 57 of the submerged reef; current elemental interlayer stability is decreasing!]

Before Bard could finish speaking, a cold warning suddenly rang out in front of him and the stitched man, causing the stitched man to widen his eyes in surprise, while Bard closed his eyes slightly and murmured in a heavy tone:

"What I feared most really did come to pass..."

……

Reef No. 57, near the No. 3 abyss suppression device.

Tick-tock, tick-tock—!

"Huff...huff...huff...!!"

The heavy breathing sounded in my ears along with the dripping of blood.

On the battlefield where the terrain had been completely altered, Mingyu, dressed in a tattered robe, his right arm missing, and looking utterly on the verge of death, supported himself with only half a staff remaining. Behind him was the Abyss Suppression Device, broken in two. "I've encountered many who wield the power of death, but to have something like this hold up in my hands for so long, human... you're the first."

As the murky words, like two voices mingling together, fell, Mingyu, upon hearing them, struggled to raise his head and looked at the succubus woman's figure slowly rising from the mountain of corpses, rapidly regenerating her injuries amidst the interwoven black lines as if she were a host body. He weakly sneered:
"Heh, really? Then your knowledge... cough cough... is really quite limited, isn't it?"

As Mingyu spoke, he wiped the black blood from the corner of his mouth, slowly raised his staff, and pointed the broken end at the other party once more, his mental power, which had already been squeezed to the limit, surging once more.

"Say what you will, human. I thought destroying that device would be enough, but now it seems that it's safer to make you disappear from this world permanently than to turn you into a familia."

A cold, murky voice fell, and the succubus woman, whose body was half-undisturbed in a spawning form, calmly spoke, took a step forward, and with a thud, charged towards the Netherworld, which was now devoid of any undead creatures.

Boom—!

Slower than at the beginning, but still too fast to be caught, the pitch-black maw swept through the air and devoured the head of the Underworld at an extremely fast speed, attempting to kill it completely with the power of the Gluttonous Hand.

As Mingyu watched the alluring female race member suddenly disappear from his sight, his pupils contracted slightly. His brain's computing power was at its limit, instantly calculating the most likely path of the attack. Just as he was about to use the undead he had just created as the price to launch a necromancy spell, an extremely strong spatial fluctuation suddenly erupted from behind him.

From behind?!

No, that's not right, this aura is...

"Roar--!!"

In an instant, the jet-black dragon-shaped spear roared, and with an incredibly violent spatial fluctuation, it slammed heavily into the bewitching female clansman, sending her flying as she rushed towards the Netherworld, crashing into the far distance of the battlefield.

"Heh, all that bragging and bragging, but in the end he still needs me to save the day."

The next second, a wild and arrogant laugh fell, causing Mingyu's pupils to contract sharply. He turned around abruptly, about to scold the other party for being so stupid as to come at this time, but he was stunned when he saw the figures walking out of the spatial rift.

"At a time like this, Ghost Dragon, you should tone it down. Can't you see that Mingyu is almost dead?"

"Ha, why should I? I'm about to kick the bucket anyway, why should I be polite to this creepy bastard?"

"Peace is precious, cough cough, peace is precious, everyone."

Amidst the cacophony of conversations and complaints, figures led by a tattooed burly man emerged from the spatial rift on the battlefield, seemingly oblivious to the situation before them.

"you……"

Staring at the figures chatting casually as if on a picnic, Mingyu paused, his thoughts seemingly frozen for a moment. He appeared not to understand what these people were doing, and just as he was about to speak…

[Note: Bridge successful. The current element's interlayer bridge target is: Reef No. 61, Abyss Suppression Device No. 1]

[Note: Transfer complete, element layer repair in progress...]

Boom——! !

As the cold notification sound faded, an incredibly dazzling pure white beam of light shot into the sky from afar, covering the entire battlefield from the edge of the earth in a mere instant, causing Mingyu to catch his breath.

"Don't be so surprised. Glasses has been using his abilities to keep an eye on your situation. But honestly... Old Ming, you knelt down faster than we expected. We thought you could at least hold on for half an hour."

As if a burden had been lifted, a lighthearted, teasing voice fell. Despite being beyond saving due to the corruption of the abyss curse, Xie Kuang's aura was still incredibly flamboyant and vigorous. He glanced at Ming Yu, shrugged, and joked.

"Hey, that thing looks like it's almost back. Anyone want to come with me and hold her off?"

"I'll go. As long as Ghost Dragon and Evil Madman are there, the matter at hand, right?"

"Huh?! Why should I be the one staying behind to explain to this guy?"

"Who told you to use up your full strength right from the start just to show off? Besides, this method was your idea, so it's not very appropriate for you to execute it..."

"Tsk, this is such a pain in the ass, well then..."

What is this... saying?
Familiar, slightly noisy voices kept ringing in Mingyu's ears. On the battlefield, Mingyu watched as the figures passed over his shoulders and walked behind him, feeling as if his consciousness had been ripped out, and he was getting further and further away from the world.

I can't hear you clearly...

Was it because the relaxation earlier caused the tension in my mind to break down, or were the side effects of overusing 'bullet time' starting to kick in...?

Strange, what are these guys doing here? A chance to go all out? A method devised by Guilong? What is all this...?

"Hey! Hey! What the hell are you daydreaming about?!"

"Damn it, Ghost Dragon, what's going on over there?! This monster is freaking powerful! Quickly wake up Netherworld Prison and make him f***ing (ear-piercing static)!"

'Netherworld! Netherworld! Damn it, it's a side effect of his power! You all shut up (piercing noise)!'

"Damn it, I can't take this anymore! What the hell is this bastard doing? Get out of here!" (Harsh background noise)

In a daze, Mingyu felt as if he heard someone calling his name.

But when he tries to think about these things carefully, a heavy sense of confusion and emptiness will uncontrollably surge into his mind, leaving him to watch helplessly as his consciousness drifts further and further away from the scene before him, as if his body is instinctively resisting what he is about to understand.

Just as the scene before him was about to be completely swallowed by the cold darkness, an enormous shadow suddenly appeared uncontrollably in his field of vision and was rapidly growing larger.

That was... a fist the size of a clay pot.

Bang——! !

In an instant, a violent impact erupted in Mingyu's mind, followed by a dizzying, intense sense of disorientation. As this intense sense of imbalance appeared, the scene before his eyes shattered as if stimulated by something, causing his pupils to contract sharply and him to snap back to reality with a whoosh.

"Huff...huff...huff...! What...what was that just now...!!"

"Haha! See? My method works after all!"

As the loud, triumphant laughter subsided, outside the hemispherical barrier shrouded in dark red energy, Mingyu, who had suddenly snapped out of his daze, gasped for breath like a drowning person pulled ashore, his pupils contracting and dilating unnaturally.

"You... and what is this now..."

"Alright, stop talking nonsense and get your ass up and get down to business!"

Serious business? Wait, what exactly is this...?

As Guilong's voice rang out, the tattooed burly man yanked Mingyu up from the ground. Upon hearing this, Mingyu instinctively pressed his forehead, about to ask what the others had said while he was unconscious, when their next words stunned him:
"Hey, you surnamed Ming, you seemed to have passed out just now, so you probably didn't hear what I was saying. Therefore, I'll keep it short and sweet."

boom! ! !
A deafening roar accompanied Guilong's words, and several cracks spread from the dark red barrier beside them, reminding everyone that it was enduring unimaginable destruction and attack.

"In short, that bitch is desperately trying to break free from the seal placed upon her by Xie Kuang and the cripple, and with our current strength, there's only one way to kill her—"

"You bastard surnamed Ming, use your necromancy to turn me and them all into undead!!"

……

(End of this chapter)