Infinite Anime Strategy Guide

"Ice meteorite!"

The terrifying shockwave blew everything around it away as the meteorite fell. For Esdeath, attacking by altering the terrain was second nature to her. In this respect, she and Lin Yu were very similar, both using brute force to crush everything!

Esdeath's fighting style is just like that: magnificent, grand, and unrestrained!

Her battles were a display of her immense power, relentlessly crushing her opponents. Intelligence and strength were perfectly combined in Esdeath, leaving even the members of the Selection Team, who had already retreated far away, speechless with awe...

291. Shattering

"Ice meteorite!"

The intense friction with the air caused the originally crystal clear surface of the huge ice meteorite to be engulfed in flames. In front of such a behemoth, Gozchi, as the only target, appeared particularly small. It was like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito!

"Come on!"

After only a moment of stunned silence, Nahash, who had stopped thinking he had reached a safe zone, realized that he had seriously underestimated the strength of the Empire's strongest man. With such a large ice meteorite crashing down, not to mention the devastating impact on its coverage area, the shockwave alone would absolutely tear these fragile 'ordinary people' into pieces, so pieces that they couldn't even be pieced back together.

Almost at the same time Nahashu shouted, Bonnie and Tsukushi, the two energetic girls, jumped up and ran away as fast as they could. Now they probably understood what it meant for gods to fight and mortals to suffer. They were just innocent bystanders. Esdeath, who was clearly an ally, should have considered the possibility of being accidentally injured!

"Isn't this level of fighting a bit too unfair?"

While running, Bonnie kept shouting. Her speed and physical fitness were the best, so she ran without any pressure and even had time to talk.

"Shut up, you piece of trash!"

Nahashu glared at the girl. Although he had a three-minute power burst phase after activating the special ability of the Water Dragon Sword, the three minutes had now passed, and he was now the slowest among them. He only scolded Bonnie once before sprinting away.

Although Esdeath's attack was incredibly powerful, and even if Gozchi were still alive, he probably couldn't withstand such a massive ice meteorite, he instinctively felt that this move probably wouldn't have much effect on Gozchi in his current state!

"Hehe, let me show you what kind of potential this body has, but don't be too scared!"

'Gozchi' had a smile on his lips, and he didn't dodge or evade the rapidly falling ice meteorite. He even had time to talk to Esdeath.

"Oh? Then I'd really like to see for myself."

After kicking the ice meteorite to accelerate it, Esdeath did not leave the ice meteorite. Instead, she stood on top of it and, upon hearing 'Gozuchi's' words, immediately kicked it several more times, making the already fast ice meteorite even faster!

"Hey!"

With his legs bent to the limit and his body arched to unleash maximum power, Gozchi surprisingly advanced instead of retreating in the next second, leaping up to face the ice meteorite!

Bang!

The force of his legs pushing off the ground shattered a large area of ​​the ground, and Gozchi's body shot towards the ice meteorite at an incredible speed!

Clang!

The sound of a blade being drawn rang out, and the sharp edge flashed instantly, even scattering the clouds in the sky. Under Esdeath's surprised gaze, a crack appeared on the ice meteorite!

Click! Click! Click!

Cracking sounds rang out one after another. What was originally just a single crack seemed to have formed a domino effect, with countless dense cracks instantly covering the entire ice meteorite. The next second, this huge man-made meteorite shattered with a bang in the reflection of Esdeath's ice-blue eyes!

Wow, so beautiful!

Bonney, who had absolute confidence in his speed and wasn't very bright, still had time to look around while fleeing. One day, he happened to turn around and saw the scene of countless fragments falling like a meteor shower after the ice meteorite shattered.

"pretty?"

Cornelia turned around with some confusion, and the countless 'shooting stars' trailing orange-red tails behind her almost made her jump.

"Bonnie, you idiot! Everyone run! It's dangerous behind us!"

Cornelia wanted to strangle her incompetent teammate. It was clearly a major crisis, but this guy was treating it like a scenic view.

That's right, it's a crisis. How huge is the ice meteorite? This behemoth shattered completely, and each fragment was moving at an astonishing speed. The force of the fragments hitting the ground was definitely no less than that of a missile. It was a complete saturation bombardment!

As soon as Cornelia finished speaking, Guy, who was standing next to her, picked up his boss and charged forward.

"Pony, take Tsukushi with you and run!"

In the urgency of the situation, Nahashu didn't even bother to consider whether Guy had done anything wrong by tucking him under his arm. As the leader, his first thought was the safety of his companion. As for whether there would be any repercussions later, that was hard to say. In any case, Guy, who was still feeling a little smug, was bound to be in big trouble.

"Ah? Oh oh!"

Bonnie was a little taken aback for a moment. He almost burst out laughing when he saw his usually dignified boss being tucked under someone's arm. But under the killer gaze of the other person, he didn't say a word and hoisted Tsukushi onto his shoulder.

Well, it was the kind of position that burly, rough men often use to kidnap respectable women. Although Tsukushi's full breasts were squeezed into an extremely alluring shape after she was suddenly lifted up, it was still very pleasing to the eye no matter how you looked at it.

Leaving aside the selection team members who were relegated to the sidelines in the face of top-tier combat power, even a group of young men and women managed to come up with a whole host of creative ways to escape for their lives. On the other side, things were far less harmonious, as the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"No wonder you're so arrogant. It seems you've really made this body quite powerful."

Face to face, after shattering the ice meteorite, Gozuchi was already beside Esdeath, the Murasame sword in his hand gleaming with a cold light. This ominous cursed sword had the ability to restrain Esdeath; if it grazed her, even Esdeath would die!

"I am not qualified to compete with the General at this level. I am aware of that."

In Esdeath's eyes, Collint was cowardly as a mouse and cunning as a fox, but he was a person with a strong sense of self-awareness. The last sneak attack even forced Esdeath to use a powerful move like Mochapati to win in one blow. However, this move can only be most effective when the opponent is completely unaware of it. Esdeath did not believe that Collint, with his cunning, would not be on guard against this move.

"Since you have the self-awareness to still dare to deliver yourself to our door, you certainly have a lot of guts."

Esdeath's rapier had somehow returned to its scabbard at her waist, and her hands were now folded in front of her chest.

"If you don't have a countermeasure to resist time-space freeze, then this corpse will suffer the same fate as the previous two!"

The two were no longer in a superior or inferior position, but Esdeath's posture remained one of looking down from above. She was a powerful being with absolute strength, looking down at the ants struggling beneath her...

[Sorry, the start of the new book hasn't been going well. I haven't been able to focus on writing at all these past few days. I've already written four versions of the opening, but I'm still not satisfied with any of them. So, I'll be shifting my focus back to this book. I'll work on the new book when I have some inspiration. It's really not a good feeling to be unable to manage both.]

292. Collint!

"Mahāprabhāṣṭa!"

With her hands overlapping in front of her chest, Esdeath unleashed a near-unbeatable technique developed by herself. The ability to freeze even time and space is nothing short of a bug-like power. Such a force could probably only be created by someone like Esdeath, who actively 'conquered' the Imperial Arms.

Imperial Arms have always been the ultimate weapons that cannot be surpassed in this world. More often than not, it is the users who strive to develop the abilities of the Imperial Arms. It can even be said that the Imperial Arms themselves are superior to the Imperial Arms users!

Esdeath's 'Devil's Essence' is extremely special among all Imperial Arms because it is made from the blood of Dangerous Species. After drinking the blood, one can be said to be transformed into a Dangerous Species in human form, and even their mind will be controlled by the blood of the Imperial Arm. This is why so many people go completely insane after drinking Devil's Essence.

But Esdeath is different. From its inception, Devil's Essence was a Teigu that only required drinking a small cup to gain immense power. If there were enough suitable candidates, there could be multiple Teigu users who possessed Devil's Essence!

Esdeath drank all the blood of such a powerful Imperial Arm, and not only that, she even tamed this extremely dangerous Imperial Arm!

That's right, it's about taming. Esdeath didn't just borrow the power of blood; she completely made the power in the blood a part of herself. Strictly speaking, she wasn't a Teigu user at all, because the original Devil Essence had long since disappeared!

This is why Esdeath can manipulate the power of ice to fight at will, and even create a monstrous ability like 'Makabotomo'.

Do you think I would be completely unprepared for this move?

Two powerful corpse puppets have already been lost to Esdeath. If Collint has no solution to this move and recklessly fights Esdeath, he'd be either out of his mind or doesn't want the corpse anymore, but obviously neither is the case.

To be honest, Esdeath herself was somewhat looking forward to seeing how Collint would counter this move.

Mahapadma freezes time and space completely. Even Esdeath herself couldn't think of any way to resist this attack. In her opinion, only her own strength, which could even transcend the constraints of time and space, might be able to make her immune to Mahapadma. She couldn't think of any other way.

No matter what preparations Collint has made, Esdeath will not show any mercy. In a real battle, Esdeath is not the kind of fool who would give the enemy hope of victory. What she wants is to fight to her heart's content. If the opponent still needs her to hold back, then what is the point of fighting to her heart's content?

My body felt a momentary stagnation, as if I had suddenly been placed in water, except that the obstacle was not water, but space itself!

"Now!"

Gozchi's lips curled up, and the runes engraved on his exposed skin glowed slightly. The next moment, his body vanished from the spot!

"what!"

Almost immediately, the entire spacetime was frozen solid, and even the tiniest dust particles in the air were frozen in place. At this moment, only Esdeath was able to move freely!

However, at this moment, Gozuchi was no longer in front of Esdeath!

"A spatial Imperial Arms? Doesn't a corpse have to abide by the rule that it can't use two Imperial Arms?"

Esdeath's brows furrowed tightly, and her sharp, hawk-like gaze swept across her surroundings in an instant, but she still couldn't find any trace of Gozchi.

Time and space resumed their flow. Esdeath's Makopotmo could only freeze time and space for a maximum of 5 seconds. In battle, these 5 seconds were undoubtedly enough to turn the tide of a battle. However, if the target could not be found, it would only last for 5 seconds.

"No, it shouldn't be an Imperial Arms. Could it be those strange runes?"

Recalling the details of the last battle, Esdeath suddenly realized that it was those strange runes that forced her to use the Mahapadma. If it was the power of those runes, then it would make sense.

"Judging from your expression, you must have guessed the reason."

Gozchi appeared before Esdeath once again. Although the runes written in small seal script possessed peculiar power, they also had considerable limitations and were not a convenient power that could be used infinitely.

"I think I've got the gist of it, but it seems like this ability has some kind of limitation. Is it the number of times it can be used? The amount of power it consumes? Or something else?"

Despite one of her trump cards failing to work, Esdeath showed no sign of discouragement and began analyzing the situation right in front of Gozuchi.

"Trade secrets cannot be disclosed."

Gozci grinned, making no attempt to hide his smugness.

"Since your trump card has proven ineffective, how about trying mine?"

Clearly, Gozi was not seeking Esdeath's opinion; regardless of her answer, he would only have one choice.

scoff!

The sharp blade pierced Esdeath's arm, but to Esdeath's surprise, Gozuchi did not attack her. Instead, he stabbed the Murasame sword in his hand into his own arm!

"Using a cursed blade to mutilate oneself? The corpse won't die again, so what's the purpose of doing this?"

Murasame possesses the ability to kill with a single blow, but Gozchi is already dead, so there's no question of him dying again. Collint must have some reason for doing this.

Soon, dark red patterns began to spread from his arm to Gozchi's entire body, and the originally golden runes turned a deep purplish-red, looking extremely eerie.

"Surprised?"

Seeing that Esdeath had no intention of taking the opportunity to attack, Gozuchi said leisurely.

"This was an unexpected discovery. I never imagined that the curse on this knife could react with my runes, and even..."

Halfway through her sentence, Gozchi abruptly disappeared from Esdeath's sight without warning.

"It allows an ability that could only be used once to be used without limit!"

The sound came from behind, followed by a fierce gust of wind. Esdeath didn't need to turn around to understand that it was the force of Gozuchi's attack!

"You've been on my lookout for ages!"

These words were not spoken to Esdeath, nor to Gorzuki. Esdeath and Gorzuki were not even in a position to hear them. All she could see was the drastic change in Gorzuki's expression after she turned around.

At this moment, in a house some distance from the battlefield, an uninvited guest engulfed in black flames was facing a withered old man whose face was filled with horror, with a mocking expression.

The old man's name was Collint!

293. The Netherworld Army

Enveloped in black flames, Lin Yu watched the old man before him with a mocking gaze. The expressions on his face changed rapidly, eventually cooling down as he calmly faced this uninvited 'guest'.