Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 373 Chips
"Kaija the Shadow!" Li Xiaoyi roared through gritted teeth. A shadow carrying a dark aura was swung out by his left arm, seemingly blocking in front of him, or perhaps attaching itself to him.

But before he could launch a counterattack using his usual methods, Mu Xiang kicked him in the left arm.

The second damage reduction skill, Ghostly Shadow of Keja, was instantly destroyed. Li Xiaoyi felt a sweet taste in his throat, and his left arm, which was blocking his chest, felt an excruciating pain that was almost like it was being severed. He was sent flying backward.

A phantom rune sword descended from the sky. Mu Xiang pointed upwards, and the boundless sword energy erupted, shattering the rune sword.

Four more surviving blood witches appeared behind him. Without turning his head, Mu Xiang picked up Ji Yue and walked towards Li Xiaoyi. A suffocating pressure and killing intent surged up, transforming into a protective force field that repelled the four blood witches.

"What external force did you rely on..." Mu Xiang said calmly, "Judging from your formation, it doesn't seem difficult to obtain the energy of others...that's why your strength can easily reach the third level or even higher."

Upon hearing this, Peng Qiu's pupils contracted slightly. She could indeed absorb dissipated energy for her own use through array formations. Although it couldn't enhance her physical attributes, her energy absorption and release had increased significantly, and even her protective magic artifacts had become much stronger. This allowed her to unleash power far exceeding her own rank.

But Li Xiaoyi's increase in power... is not so easy to detect.

After Mu Xiang said that, the two knew they no longer needed to hide it. In fact, their orders were to hold Mu Xiang back, using their seemingly weak squad to contain one of the enemy's focal points. Although they were badly beaten, their objective seemed to have been achieved.

But after hearing this, the doubts that had been hidden in his heart were confirmed... Mu Xiang was fully capable, and he knew he could handle this arrangement.

Li Xiaoyi and Peng Qiu couldn't have imagined it, but it was enough for someone further back to ponder... Being able to cope doesn't mean you have to cope. Since you have plenty of strength, why not break through directly, or use force to kill the two of them?

There are many possibilities involved. Perhaps he is bluffing, perhaps the rest of the Zhongzhou team has a chance of winning, perhaps the Zhongzhou team is hiding its strength, or perhaps Mu Xiang is waiting for Li Xiaoyi and Peng Qiu to come up with some tricks... All of these need to be taken into consideration.

After observing Mu Xiang, the clone Chu Xuan knew that he must understand what was behind the Demon Team and what extent that power could achieve.

Trying to use a bug to retaliate against the author is certainly feasible, but this kind of game is unbalanced from beginning to end... At worst, the author will simply eliminate you, or other forces will intervene and directly merge the two Zheng Zha. Even if you are severely criticized by readers and it flops, even if it is too far-fetched, there are ways to write a flop and there are ways to write something far-fetched, but the Central Continent Team is really going to be gone.

While plot-driven deaths of enemies may be criticized, they're never a fatal flaw. To put it extremely, any victory the protagonist achieves can be a plot-driven death, can't it?

It's not surprising that the original character would have his story retconned. According to the clone Chu Xuan, in a script called the original work, the original Chu Xuan's character was retconned in terms of his personality.

As a genetically modified human, Chu Xuan, who has no emotions or feelings... actually became afraid and terrified in front of the alien, which is ridiculous.

So the clone Chu Xuan was still pondering a question: How dare Mu Xiang be so arrogant? This is a thousand times more insane than a gambler who bets 50%!
"Is it a bluff or are they really confident..." The clone Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses. "Zhao Zhuikong lost, and there's an 80% chance that the Central Continent Team has hidden a fourth-tier combatant." "The first possibility is that the guide of the Central Continent Team is still alive and has retained the abilities granted by the main god... In that case, the mental controller who was fighting Tom to a draw on the surface was just a decoy."

"The second possibility is that my true self is still alive and has not been recognized by 'him' and 'him'... But this is a risky move. Extra wisdom is not enough to resist the power from a higher level, and will instead come at a heavy price. If it were me, I would definitely avoid this battle."

"The third possibility is that the girl was a fourth-tier combatant and perished together with Zhao Zhuikong... No, considering the possibility of faking her death, whether she was a fourth-tier combatant or not is no longer important."

"Could the scheme involve faking Zhao Zhuikong's death to deprive him of his freedom, then sending a non-core team member to their death around the same time, using a resurrection item to confuse the deceased, and then using them as an unplanned point of attack to return to the battlefield? This possibility can coexist with any of the above."

The clone Chu Xuan stood up, ignoring Kane's respectful posture behind him: "But the arrangements on this battlefield are still not enough to give you such confidence... In the end, it's just a facade. Until now, only Zhang Heng, who uses telekinetic floating cannons, is involved in a higher-level game of strategy..."

"Let me see what your trump card is... You can't afford to lose on the surface battlefield, nor can you fail in the higher-level game, and I only need to win the latter, then all your victories will be in vain."

"Or rather, all your superficial victories are merely chips that will lead you to defeat!"

Without any visible movement from the clone Chu Xuan, he naturally stepped into the air and departed from the high place of the Umbrella Corporation. In the air he stepped on, strange colors and energy fluctuations flashed by.

At the same time, a streak of light pierced the night sky and then fell towards the southern part of Raccoon City.

The first nuclear missile was launched. After confirming that Zhao Zhuikong was missing, the clone Chu Xuan ordered Kane to activate the first nuclear missile without hesitation... This was not for the purpose of killing, but for confirmation.

"Has a nuclear missile already been launched?" Mu Xiang glanced at the blinding light in the southern sky. "Aren't you afraid of accidentally harming your own people? I wonder if nuclear weapons will fall from the sky when you fail?"

His answer was a full, purplish-black moon. Li Xiaoyi roared, two spirits swirling around him. He didn't believe Mu Xiang had such spare power. If he insisted on toying with him and Peng Qiu, he would either have to show even greater skill or pay the price for being disrespected!
Ji Yue unleashed a blade of light, shattering the full moon. Noticing that Li Xiaoyi's strength had weakened, Mu Xiang adjusted his glasses: "As expected, your weapon must hit its target to provide the boost... Although the logic behind the judgment is still unclear, weapon collision alone shouldn't trigger this effect."

"There's even a backlash..."

A burst of sword energy, seemingly directed at Li Xiaoyi, shot out from her hand, but the attack was actually aimed at Peng Qiu in mid-air. Her aura was concealed by the array and darkness, but as the sword energy tore through space, she felt all the concealment shatter.

Even if Mu Xiang didn't determine the location when he launched his attack, this strike is now aimed directly at her!
"Sword Qi Thunder Sound!"

(End of this chapter)