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Chapter 163 I can teleport, can you? (7k)

Looking at the remaining sword energy of his own that was like the scorching sun, carving deep scars on the enemy's body that were visible to the bone, which seemed to indicate that he was about to win, Liao Lin smiled at the right time.

Then, these scars recovered like a waterfall under the injection of some kind of energy from the other party, and Liao Lin also deliberately made a solemn expression.

He used his hand gripping the hilt of the sword to show that he was becoming somewhat frustrated or nervous, attempting to use this "performance" to reveal his "flaws" and encourage his opponent to advance.

Seeing Fang Yi just standing there regulating his breathing, staring at his sword-holding hand, observing his next sword strike, Liao Lin couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"What a tough enemy, and as I expected, it has healing abilities.

"It's really not that easy to kill this 'genius'."

In fact, he had already anticipated the opponent's ability, but when he saw that the damage he caused by using 90% of his strength was recovered in an instant by the opponent's ability, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

The fact that he could leisurely stay upstairs in Huajie and drink tea before the final battle meant that he was already prepared for the battle.

He was not surprised by the enemy's tenacious performance. If his sword could kill the opponent, Liao Lin would feel it was unreal.

Because from the various movies or TV dramas he has been cramming, there are always some twists and turns when a "mediocrity" kills a "genius" or a "protagonist" kills some famous supporting characters.

Before killing this talented swordsman, he had already prepared himself mentally.

In these works, the "villain" has a big enough advantage, but when facing a "genius", the opponent can always break through the limit, or pull out an unknown trump card to complete a shocking comeback.

He had seen enough of these plots and scenes in various entertainment works, so he was not surprised when his enemies came up with some new and unusual abilities.

He understood very well, but as he had initially believed, this was a battle he would definitely win.

He had already anticipated that the enemy had the ability to recover or heal. Rather, the shock caused by the effect of the opponent's skill was far less than the annoyance caused by forcing the opponent to use this skill now.

He originally expected that the opponent would use this ability under his 70% attack.

The opponent's temporary followers were seriously injured many times and recovered quickly, and the two "pillars" of the Demon Slayer Corps recovered quickly from their injuries. Even a person with an average mind like Liao Lin could guess that the opponent probably had extraordinary supplies or treatment abilities.

Moreover, he deliberately held back and severely injured Kasumi with a sword. In addition to using Naruto's clone to find the new base of the Demon Slayer Corps, he also meant to test the other party's healing ability.

The opponent's healing ability is so powerful, so there must be some kind of limitation. The healing time? The treatment target? Or maybe a limit on the number of times a mission world can be used.

After watching Fang Yi take a few breaths, his breathing gradually returned to rhythm, and he once again urged his body to turn into a flash of lightning, attacking him at an astonishing speed.

Liao Lin swung the sword tightly in his hand again. The endless power in his body, like the boundless sea, once again intertwined on his sword to form several deadly sword auras, blocking Fang Yi's entire route of advance.

After launching this attack, he ignored the slight burning sensation in his meridians and spoke loudly to Fang Yi who was enveloped by sword energy.

"How much energy do you need to consume to recover from this sword energy formation move of mine, which is at 100% of my strength?
"How many times can you maintain this time-traveling [recovery]?
"I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of wonderful performance you, this talented swordsman, can show me."

In response to him, the sword energy bloomed like a lotus, turning into a solid wall to protect his body. Several wounds on his body caused by scattered sword energy healed instantly. Fang Yi, who launched a desperate charge towards him again, and the cold words of this talented swordsman.

“I said, I’m already getting used to your sword energy.

"If you disperse your sword energy, the threat to me will be even smaller.

"Also, although I don't have much of this energy, it's enough to kill you before it's exhausted!"

Liao Lin stood still, watching Fang Yi gradually approaching him. He simply swung out his ordinary sword again, and with his immense power, he condensed a powerful sword energy, and forced the opponent back like a rogue.

He had already completed the information collection and relevant analysis of Fang Yi's healing ability and knew how to quickly end this battle whose outcome was already decided.
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Liao Lin's three attributes that are close to the extreme values ​​have brought him a stronger perception ability. Through these two fights, he has gradually been able to sense the energy flow that appeared out of thin air on the opponent's body. Obviously, this healing ability of the opponent should be brought by the relics in the portable space.

Judging from the dead pillar of smoke, although this relic has excellent healing effects, it is obviously unable to cure serious injuries.

In other words, as long as you deal enough lethal damage, the opponent will instantly become dead and unable to use this skill to continue fighting. Or, you can deal enough damage to the opponent that they have to heal repeatedly, and use up all the energy they have stored.

Liao Lin was not completely sure about anything else, but he was extremely confident in the immense power within his body that was about to overflow.

In this "war of attrition" that he saw, his identity as the winner had been anchored from the very beginning.

For this kind of opponent, if one sword doesn't work, use two swords. With the help of space teleportation, I can make countless mistakes. The opponent's tolerance for mistakes is obviously much lower than mine.

Now that I have 'severed' the other party's 'connection', the other party has only one utterly rotten option left in this duel arena that I have planned in advance: to fight with me until they run out of ammunition and food.

Before choosing to use the [Duelers' List] to launch a [Bloody Duel] to kill the swordsman, Liao Lin, despite having a great advantage, still followed the killing techniques he learned in the previous mission world and completed a perfect preparation for the killing.

In the previous world, the techniques that assassin instructor taught him, although they would not become skills on the panel, he still used killing that instructor as a perfect assassin practice, and he memorized a few of the complicated rules.

The first rule of killing that he learned, and the one that was firmly imprinted in his mind, was:
【We must cut off the other party's 'connection'. 】

Liao Lin thought to himself that he had done well enough in this battle, and no one else could have done better than him.

He chose to attack Fang Yi when he was at his weakest. After he fought against Muzan Kibutsuji, he placed the enemy on this high platform without any help.

Before he teleported here, all the 'pillars' of the Demon Slayer Corps had already started fighting the enemy, and the enemy would not have any physical help to interfere with this battle.

He specifically instructed Mingnu, the steward of the Infinite Castle, to control Muzan Kibutsuji's Infinite Castle and leave a platform like this that could be moved in all directions and required an extremely long run-up to increase speed in order to escape, so that he could fight a life-and-death battle with the swordsman.

After dealing with Muzan Kibutsuji, he teleported General Yoshihiko and himself to this "death duel arena".

If the opponent wants to escape, he needs to take a run-up to dodge his sword attack, and at the same time, he will have to accept several attacks of his sword energy without any room to dodge or operate in the air.

It can be said that in the battlefield he chose, he has "severed" all the opponent's "connections" and maximized his own advantages.

Even in this place, if he didn't have Mingnu's space transfer to assist him, it would be difficult for him to escape.

Here, you only have the options of winning or drawing, and the option of losing absolutely does not exist.

Even a draw occurs when the opponent is able to withstand your attacks and poses a fatal threat to you, forcing you to use space transfer to escape.

But how is that possible? This is even more outrageous than Mingnu's space transfer failing.

Liao Lin looked at Fang Yi who had recovered from the injuries caused by his sword energy, and sensed that the energy in the other party was no longer abundant. He realized that this was an opportunity.

He sent out the secret signal that he and Mingnu had agreed upon to the ghost clones of Mingnu that were gradually spreading in the air.

Liao Lin decided to use Mingnu's space transfer to use the No. 1 tactic he had rehearsed in advance, take the initiative to attack and quickly end the battle.

[The next sword will determine the outcome]
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From the [Extra Mana Source] in his personal space, like a traveler pouring the last drop of water from a dry mineral water bottle in the desert, he took out the last bit of positive energy stored in the [Reversal Spell·Strengthening] and recovered from his physical injuries. However, Fang Yi had obviously lost this "trump card" he had displayed.

Just as the other party had judged, his mana was indeed unable to support the high-frequency use of [Reversal Spell·Strength].

At the same time, despite the effect of reducing sword energy consumption brought by [Breath of the Sun·Strength], after repeatedly resolving Liao Lin's sword energy attacks, his mana was as clean as the balance in the account of a gambler who had lost all his chips and was about to be "gifted" out.

That means that next, he will need to dodge or use his body to withstand the opponent's sword energy, and at the same time he can only try to attack the opponent with the blade in his hand.

[This is really embarrassing. Let's play a few more 'trump cards' to keep this fight going.]

Along with Fang Yi's thoughts came Liao Lin's monotonous but powerful sword energy, but this time the sword energy was obviously more condensed and regular than before.

This time, the opponent's sword energy turned into several long snakes, rushing towards Fang Yi accompanied by a sharp sound of wind. Every wisp of sword energy seemed to have life, attacking from various tricky angles in different categories, like several ferocious beasts with bloody mouths wide open, ready to devour people.

It seems that in this battle where he couldn't kill the enemy with one sword, Liao Lin finally made progress in controlling energy by using sword energy frequently against the enemy.

Because, at this moment, the world in Fang Yi's eyes slowed down.

Liao Lin's attack triggered Fang Yi's skill [Preemptive Strike], which would only be triggered when he felt threatened.

After evaluating the opponent's technique, Fang Yi gripped the knife tightly, and relying on the bullet time brought by [Preemptive Strategy], he looked at the sword energy in his eyes that slowed down, and began to look for the flaws in the opponent's attack.

It took half a second for seven solutions to emerge in Fang Yi's mind.

Although the opponent's intertwined sword energy carried an unavoidable killing intent, to Fang Yi's keen observation, the gaps between the sword energy were as eye-catching as graffiti sprayed on a white wall.

He easily found the flaws in the opponent's sword energy and prepared several plans to threaten the opponent, ready to force Mingnu to focus her attention here, use space transfer to assist Liao Lin, and create opportunities for Yushiro to control Mingnu.

After he chose the one that posed the greatest threat to the other party, the world in his eyes returned to normal as if time had stopped.

[This battle is drawing to a close. I'm tired of your sword energy.]

It’s time to find a new opponent for me.

Fang Yi dodged the opponent's intertwined sword energy as if strolling leisurely, and swung the increasingly powerful [California Clear Light] in his hand towards Liao Lin's neck.
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What items are in the other person’s personal space?

When Liao Lin swung the sword, he was imagining killing Fang Yi and randomly selecting items from his personal space.

I guess the other party is not as "poor" as me. I have used all the items on me to trade camp contribution and points with other reincarnations.

He has been trying to bring out a stronger female ghost as a follower, but the price of Muzan Kibutsuji is too expensive, and now his friendship level has directly become -99, so it is obviously impossible.

Because of Mingnu's ability to transfer space, although she has tried her best to collect points and camp contributions, it is obviously not enough.

As a result, now all that was left in his personal space were defective poisonous insects and the handwritten copy of the "Secret Book of Poisonous Insects" that Yuan Zhongli had lent him. If he was killed, there was a 100% chance that the poison would be exposed.

But how could he die here? Ever since his last mission, the world had begun to change, just as Yuan Zhongli had said, he had officially embarked on the path of great fortune, and his journey had been smooth sailing ever since.

As for the opponent's personal space, there must be a lot of good things in it. The opponent has killed so many ghosts, there should be unused skill scrolls and unbound relics.

For example, the opponent's relic that is suspected to have a healing effect is good, but it still depends on luck.

Looking at his intertwined sword energy biting Fang Yi like a beast hunting its prey, Liao Lin couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

This is a new move he developed by utilizing Mingnu's spatial transfer. By performing spatial transfer at the moment of swinging the sword, he can attack the opponent from different angles without blind spots, thus greatly blocking the opponent's space for dodging.

If the opponent rushes forward, the sword energy from the side will cut his wrists; if he retreats backward, the sword energy from the front will pierce his chest. No matter how he dodges, facing the sword energy coming from completely different directions at almost the same time, the opponent can only choose one cup of poison to drink.

Of course, if the opponent's reaction was too slow, he would be brutally dismembered by the sword energy like chopping ribs. After this sword strike, the opponent would surely be seriously injured.

Looking at Fang Yi who was surrounded by his attack, Liao Lin's curiosity reached its peak.

[So, my enemy, which option will you choose? ]

However, Fang Yi's action exceeded Liao Lin's expectations of the outcome of this sword. It was as if the opponent had forcibly created a completely new option from the four options abcd.

He directly jumped out of the ending he had planned for himself, used his strange body skills to dodge all attacks, and broke his sword energy that was like a cage.

Then the opponent stomped his feet heavily, and with a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, an astonishing wave of air burst out, and he swung a fatal knife at himself like a tiger out of a cage.

Until the knife in Fang Yi's hand was about to touch Liao Lin's neck and he could already feel the biting chill attached to the opponent's knife, Mingnu's space transfer was activated to the extreme, transferring Liao Lin to the other end of the platform.

The opponent's knife really scared Liao Lin and almost made his heart stop.

If there hadn't been space transfer, or if Mingnu's space transfer had been slower by half a second, she would have become a corpse with her head and body separated.

However, the cruel reality is that I dodged the opponent's fatal blow, which was the result of his entire life's effort and wisdom.

Looking at Fang Yi, whose chest was constantly rising and falling, whose thighs were trembling slightly due to the unprecedented speed he suddenly burst out, and whose knife in his hand was almost uncontrollable, Liao Lin finally laughed wildly.

After confirming that his opponent only had the strength to strike once more, Liao Lin decided to say something to satisfy himself.

"Your intelligence is beyond my imagination. You used your body in a self-destructive way, surpassing your own limits, and swung a nearly fatal blow at me.

"If only I had your intelligence, but I'm so 'unfortunate' that I only have this ordinary sword and a skill as vast as the sea.

"Talent, talent, looks, fighting spirit, you are better than me in every aspect.

"But I'm deeply sorry to tell you that I'm going to win shamelessly."

After Liao Lin finished speaking, he made a gesture to draw his sword and stared at Fang Yi. His previous sword had decided the outcome, and this sword would take his opponent's life.

[Let's use this ordinary sword energy as a farewell gift to the enemy.]

Liao Lin thought so, and then he swung the sword to take the enemy's life.
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Faced with this ordinary sword energy that condensed all the opponent's strength, Fang Yi just gave up and used up the mana that had just recovered. He swung several crescent-shaped sword energies into the sky, and then stood still, as if waiting for the opponent's sword energy to take off his head.

Seeing the enemy's giving-up behavior, Liao Lin's spirit did not relax, but tensed up instead. His attention and vigilance reached the highest point of the battle. He sent a secret signal to Mingnu to transfer space in advance.

Among the killer's rules, the one that I remember clearly and most vividly is:

[Unless you are sure that the enemy is really dead, do not let your guard down. Any action of the enemy may be intended to confuse you and kill you.]

Sure enough, when his sword energy was about to touch Fang Yi's body and take his life, the other party moved.

He used even faster movements and incredible skills than before, like a person who had unloaded a burden and could finally run freely. With an unprecedented speed that broke Liao Lin's cognition, he dodged all the sword energy and raised the knife in his hand towards Liao Lin.

He struck later but arrived first. Before his sword energy reached its destination, the opponent's knife was about to touch his neck, turning him into a warm corpse.

If he had not focused all his attention on his opponent from the very beginning and used a little trick on his hands, he would have been unable to dodge the opponent's knife.

[A temporary item? An item from the Merit Shop? Or is it like a technique that burns blood essence, exchanging future potential for something?]

Looking at the knife that was about to touch him and the enemy's face that was getting closer and closer, Liao Lin dodged the opponent's fatal blow again as Mingnu activated the space transfer. Looking at Fang Yi who was unable to stand and sat on the ground, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Now, I really did win.

He did not rush to swing his sword to kill the enemy, but began to read the suicide note he wrote to the enemy, and explained his "little tricks" so that the enemy would understand.

The first genius he killed was the one from whom he obtained the talent of [Extraordinary Gravity] that would accompany him day and night, but he let this genius die silently. Whenever he thought of this incident in the future, he would always feel a little regretful.

Although life is cruel, it always needs to be embellished with a sense of ritual, otherwise victory will be meaningless.

"Your judgment is correct. The spatial transfer is to cooperate with the clone of that upper-rank demon.

“I can’t communicate with it in real time right now, so you just need to destroy all the ghost clones to deprive me of the ability to transfer space.

“Your sword energy did indeed destroy the ghost clone in mid-air that was monitoring this place.

"Your physical fitness, which seems to be an equivalent exchange obtained in the contract, combined with your sword swing, can indeed kill me, who cannot teleport."

Liao Lin untied the bandage on his hand as if to show off. A huge eyeball with the number 'four' written on it broke free from the bandage and flew freely in the air.

"In order to prevent Mingnu from being unable to gain vision in time, I specifically fixed the two ghost clones in my hands.

"These two clones can quickly help it gain vision around me, so that it can perform precise spatial transfers during combat.

"Your battle sense is exceptionally sharp, and you have seized the only chance of victory.

"If this wasn't the world, I would definitely lose, but..."

As he spoke, Liao Lin said with a smile a sentence that brought his pleasure to its peak.

"I can teleport, can you?"
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Hearing Liao Lin's mocking words, Fang Yi just stood up with difficulty, and briefly regained his ability to move like a person who had a sudden burst of energy after "hitting the jackpot".

He held the knife like a crutch, supported his body with [California Clear Light], and took a fighting stance facing Liao Lin.

Looking at the embarrassed and combat-deprived enemy, Liao Lin stopped talking and just looked at the enemy with respect.

"It's rare to find an enemy with such a tenacious fighting spirit and amazing intelligence. I might as well just kill him and give him a quick death. I've already had enough of it.

"It's a pity that I have to kill you here, otherwise someone like you would be a great learning object. I have a feeling that I would benefit greatly from just standing on the same page with you.

"You have what I lack, and I feel ashamed when I see you.

"So people like you should just die."

Liao Lin swung the last sword energy of this mission towards Fang Yi. This sword energy was not strong, but it was enough to face Fang Yi who was struggling to stand.

A few seconds later, Fang Yi, who still chose to stand and wanted to take a fighting stance at the last moment, was ruthlessly split into two halves by the sword energy swung by Liao Lin. His upper body fell to the ground and there was no sound.

Looking at the dead enemy, Liao Lin shook his head. After defeating such a genius, he always felt a sense of loss.

In this battle, his sword-release skills in life and death have greatly improved. After obtaining the opponent's [Supernatural Gravity] talent, his own road to great fortune will officially begin.

"As expected, Yuan Zhongli didn't lie to me. After signing a contract with him and taking that strange poisonous insect, my luck changed."

【But why haven't you announced that I won the duel yet? 】

[Could it be? Oh no! The other party has a resurrection item!]

Liao Lin reacted quickly and immediately sent a secret signal for space transfer to the ghost clone flying in the space.

However, Liao Lin did not wait for the next space transfer. The moment he issued the command, the ghost clone flying in the air suddenly "crashed" as if it had lost power.

When he turned around and wanted to swing his sword to die together, what he was faced with was only the sword energy that cut his body into pieces, and he heard the last words of the enemy.

“Then you can’t teleport now.

"This boring battle is finally over."

Liao Lin's consciousness instantly sank into darkness. He didn't even have time to express surprise on his face. Only doubts echoed in his mind.

"I'm dead? The enemy isn't dead? I'm dead despite the huge advantage of teleportation?"

"If the opponent can resurrect, why did he fight as if he had no resurrection ability before? Isn't he afraid of exposing this ability in advance? Or can the resurrection item be used multiple times?

"If it's a gadget that allows multiple resurrections, shouldn't he be relying on it to quickly kill his enemies? How did he manage to endure so many battles before?

"How could the enemy, even with the ability to resurrect, fight so insidiously and cowardly in front of me? Why?"

As his body disappeared, the last item of the killer's code emerged in Liao Lin's mind. It was a rule that he had disdained at first, but now he finally remembered it.

[Being a killer rarely leads to a good ending. Whenever you harbor murderous intent and attempt to take your enemy's life, one day you will be killed instead.]

He thought about it and still felt that he was not wrong.

"But ultimately, I don't regret attacking him, I just regret not winning. He was a really great opponent, and getting killed by him was a good outcome for me.

"You can take all of my [Favored by the Evil] and [Uncommon Talent], as well as the defective Gu worm and [Secret Book of Gu Poison] in my personal space.

"Maybe if you become a big shot like the 'protagonist', I'll be able to get mentioned and feel a sense of accomplishment. I really want to be the 'protagonist'.

"But with these things, you will eventually follow the same path of evil as me. This is the final 'curse' I leave for you."

After thinking about this, he made an instruction to smile in his mind, but his thoughts no longer continued to spread like wildfire, he could no longer make a smiling expression on his face, and his brain no longer worked.

Because he is already dead.

Seven hours and forty-seven minutes until the return of this mission. Liao Lin died.
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With Liao Lin's death and the sound of victory in the [Bloody Duel], Infinite City began to emerge from the ground.

It seems that Muzan Kibutsuji has regained control of Naruto. After finding that he could not compete with Yushiro for control of Naruto, he directly killed the Upper Four, changed the battlefield and intended to absorb the vitality of passers-by.

Fang Yi relied on the crow's vision to run towards Muzan Kibutsuji's direction, but unexpectedly encountered a monster covered with blades and with a hideous face.

The words that appeared in his eyeballs revealed the identity of his opponent, who was none other than Kokushibo, one of the Upper Moons who had entered the third stage.

Fang Yi clenched the knife in his hand.

(End of this chapter)