I said you are all war criminals

"Use Yin Yi, cool!"

Hong Xia's voice was also trembling under the heavy pressure, and it sounded like the tone of a phone with poor communication.

"Ah-ah!"

Ryo was no stranger to war. After twenty years of fighting, she'd already become thoroughly familiar with Hongxia's ulterior motives. Kita had slashed thirty swordsmen? How many more had Ryo defeated in battle over the years?

Heat surged endlessly from Liang's body, far exceeding the heat generated by extreme exercise. Steam-like gases emanated from the armor's surface, creating a violent white mist in the cold weather. This almost violent extraction of heat revealed the ultimate power of the sword armor, surpassing all other weapons—the Yin Yi! The essence of the sword armor!

"Creative Qi controls and creates all things!"

In ancient times, humans believed that there were three major source energies in the world, namely magnetic energy, celestial energy, and creative energy.

Magnetism is the force that causes magnets to attract and repel each other.

Chen Qi. All objects have it, and it is the force that attracts other objects, which is a manifestation of gravity and gravitation.

Creative Qi is the force that binds elements together and creates objects, that is, the binding force at the molecular level.

Twenty-five years ago, when the unmanned Hong Xia used this Yin Yi, she partially neutralized the force coming from Kita's blade and created a grenade that could bring extreme cold.

And now, after twenty-five years of evolution, Liang and Hongxia can do much more than that!

——A flash of sword light.

Kita had to put away his sword and step back to avoid the sword.

However, there should have been only two sword riders present. Kita's first-generation Kanesada had already used his sword to suppress Hongxia, who was piloted by Ryo. Where did the third sword come from?

"...The second Rainbow Summer?"

After retreating ten meters, Kita finally came to a stop. She looked at the two identical sword helmets in front of her with a hint of surprise.

She understood almost immediately what Liang and Hongxia had done.

"Using Yin Yi to create a second self? What a bold idea."

Standing in front of Kita's left, the Nijika flashed and vanished. It was a sword armor created by Ryo, and after its initial movement, it was motionless—the control of creative energy could create a sword armor from thin air, but it couldn't imbue it with soul. After the intended attack, the sword armor was a living corpse, no longer meaningful, and Ryo dismissed its existence.

This Yin Yi is not as omnipotent as its name suggests.

Even so, this is a powerful enough force.

Kita didn't take any more risks, but instead cautiously kept a distance from Liang.

Seeing this, Liang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ahem..." Liang coughed twice inside the sword helmet. "I almost died the first time. It was so scary."

"Xiduo is stronger than before." Hongxia's voice was slightly emotional.

"Aren't we the same?"

Ryo repositioned himself to face Kita head-on.

The storm is getting stronger.

The previously cleared dust-free land gradually disappeared, and the snowstorm swept in again.

Neither of the two sword helmets deliberately fought against the natural disaster, but tacitly turned on the thrusters, flew into the sky, and used the snowstorm to cover each other's figures.

No one was in a hurry to make the first move.

The power of the sword helmet is not the power of monsters or demons, it is just a steel helmet controlled by humans.

Since it is a weapon operated by humans, it will naturally have human flaws.

In Japanese kendo, striking first is considered "unwise swordplay." This is because there's no perfect swordsmanship, nor is there a perfect method for striking first. The first striker will be seen through by the opponent, who can then counter their strikes... Unless the difference in skill between the two is so great that this restraint is negligible, in kendo competition, the one striking last will always have the upper hand.

It's like rock-paper-scissors.

The side that strikes last will win.

So... this is a test of who can endure more.

The wind and snow got stronger, and visibility was less than five meters.

Liang tried hard to stay calm.

Hongxia's cockpit is sealed, which can isolate the low temperature outside, but Liang can feel that something is leaking out bit by bit from her fingertips and her toes.

It's the temperature.

No, perhaps "calories" would be a more accurate word.

The controllers of the sword armor, known as warrior pilots, were indeed capable of controlling the sword armor for extended flight or combat. However, they could not engage in prolonged aerial combat, much less perform "Yin Yi" repeatedly. Often, even a brief battle would lead to insufficient body heat.

Body heat is to Jian Zhou what fuel is to an airplane.

And its source is the life of the warrior.

Nuclear energy won’t work, electricity won’t work, and heat from other animals won’t work. It must be heat from humans that can power the sword.

...And now, how long can Liang's body heat support her fighting?

In the snowstorm, Kita forced a smile.

I won this battle.

Chapter 17: Yamada Ryo ( years old) joins the battlefield

Liang hid in the blizzard.

Now Liang is not just looking at the simulator, but feels as if he is actually there, wearing the sword and helmet of Hong Xia's incarnation and being in the blizzard.

Is it the simulator's over-scaling that's causing the effect, or is it simply the simulator's inherent functionality?

Liang didn't know the answer.

Ultimately, this simulator itself is something that exists in a dream. Even if it reveals various supernatural phenomena, it may simply be a dream.

but.

no difference.

Whether it is a dream, reality, the future or something else, it makes no difference what Liang has to do.

"Where will Kita attack from next?"

Liang thought calmly.

She knew very well that her body heat was weaker than Kita's.

Just looking at their appearance, you can tell that Kita still looks like a fiery high school student, while Ryo looks like an old woman in the simulator. Even without considering the reasons behind it, the difference in heat between a young girl and an old man is huge.

In a sense, as long as Kita stays at a safe distance, he can wait until Liang is forced to take off his armor and leave the cabin due to lack of heat.

This is a rational choice.

But Kita wouldn't do that.

It’s not that Liang “thinks” the other party won’t do that, but that Liang “knows” the other party won’t do that.

Unlike the Nijigata she was wearing, this was already her twelfth battle with Kita. However, Ryo wasn't in control from the beginning. The earlier swordplay and Yin Yi release were fixed events within the simulation, a bit like a cutscene. Only after the two swords took to the sky did Ryo officially take over the battle.

That is now.

Liang was summarizing her plans in her heart. She would do this before every battle, which would help her organize her battle ideas.

First and foremost, we can't wait for Kita to launch an attack without doing anything. Kita certainly won't wait for Ryo to freeze to death before claiming her body, but that doesn't mean she won't let the cold rob Ryo of her heat. She'll wait until Ryo is sufficiently weakened before launching an attack with all her strength.

If we use a game as an analogy, Kita will only actively attack after Liang's health bar is frozen to half.

That being said, this isn't absolute. As long as Ryo uses his Ichigoku control to create a powerful weapon, Kita will attack.

What a cheat.

In such a blizzard, Liang was basically unable to detect Kita's location by sight, and the snowstorm also greatly reduced the effectiveness of the radar, making it impossible to actively launch an attack. However, on the other hand, Kita seemed to be able to see through the snowstorm and was able to launch an attack with precision.

The difference between good and bad is too great.

It's almost like a game that has no intention of letting players complete it.

But then again.

Isn’t it the romance of gamers to complete an impossible-to-complete game?

"Creative Qi controls and creates all things."

Liang activated Yin Yi and began to extract creative energy from all things, creating what he wanted from nothing.

In the blizzard, several heat sources, imperceptible to the naked eye, appeared out of nowhere, emitting a temperature similar to that of a human body. They drifted in the wind and snow like ghosts, appearing and disappearing, trying to confuse Kita's perception.

After doing all this, Liang didn't stop. She knew that this level of deception would be useless against Kita. This was originally a fake move to cover up her next move.

Tracks composed of pure heat energy emerged from the blizzard, emitting a faint reddish glow, like fiery snakes swimming through the snow. These tracks crisscrossed, forming a vast network that completely sealed off the space around Liang.

These tracks were not fixed; they constantly adjusted their direction and position according to Liang's will, sometimes leaping high, sometimes diving into the snowdrifts, like nimble snakes dancing freely in the blizzard. A considerable number of the tracks were connected to the previously created camouflaged heat sources, injecting a constant stream of heat into these "bait," making their movements even more elusive.

They would float in their own orbits, and once the first generation Kanesada piloted by Kita showed up, these heat sources, which were actually tiny heating machines, would rush towards Kita under the control of a simple program.

This is an extremely simple protective net, which has been tested repeatedly by Liang. It is a moderate protection that will not be regarded as a "threat that must be solved" by Kita, and will not allow Kita to launch an immediate attack.

And what Ryo is going to do next is something that Kita will definitely come to stop immediately.

"One more time... Controlling the Creative Qi and Creating All Things."

Ryo suddenly recalled a habit she had in her Street Fighter days: starting a match with a player using the same character and completing four drinking commands together. As for those unromantic questions like, "Why do you do that?" or "Why not just take advantage of the other player's drinking and then attack them?" Ryo could only answer: We're all the same character, and we need to power up to our full potential together before fighting. That's etiquette.

But then again.

Some people just don't have manners.

——Kit is just an impolite guy.

"boom!"

The first Kanesada, wrapped in the wind and snow, rushed towards Ryou like a dark, ominous star, trailing a long tail of light. It seemed as if he wanted to crush Ryou and everything she had created into a hell of ice and snow.

"It's really this pattern." Liang cursed softly, his hands moving non-stop.

Under her control, the fiery tracks quickly intertwined, weaving into shields that shone with crimson light, blocking the path of the first Kanesada.

"boom!"

The First Kanesada mercilessly slammed into the first thermal shield. A violent explosion echoed through the blizzard, the shockwave scattering the surrounding snowflakes, creating a brief vacuum. The thermal shield, like paper, was instantly shattered, disintegrating into a shower of flying sparks.

Liang was not panicked.

This was to be expected. These thermal shields were intended to buy time rather than stop the First Kanesada.

The Sho Kanesada surged forward with unstoppable force, shattering several thermal shields in quick succession. Each impact was accompanied by a deafening explosion, as if ripping the world apart. However, Ryo remained calm, constantly manipulating the thermal trajectory, placing obstacles in the Sho Kanesada's path, buying time for her ultimate goal.

"It's almost done..." Liang whispered to himself.

Under her control, a huge object gradually took shape in the blizzard... It was a huge sphere, composed of countless tiny thermal energy particles, emitting a light as dazzling as the sun.

That's right.

Liang wants to create a perfect sun in this cold weather!

Chapter 24: Failure and Restart

Yamada Ryo hates the sun.

The sun stung her eyes, making it hard to open them. The sticky sweat made her feel uncomfortable, and her clothes clung to her, making her feel irritated. The cicadas chirped incessantly in her ears, making her feel distracted.

What’s more, all summer discomforts come from the sun.

The sun is the culprit of everything!

Yamada Ryo hates the sun, he hates it from the bottom of his heart.

However, Liang doesn't hate the sun-like Hongxia at all.

...So, she didn't hate creating the sun here with Hongxia at all.

"The Ultimate Star—Vairocana!"

Liang held up the simulated sun he had created.

The original meaning of "Vairocana" is "bright and shining," a direct reference to the sun. The Avatamsaka Sutra, a Buddhist classic, states that all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are incarnations of Vairocana, a mysterious and invisible figure who is omnipresent and intuits all things.

Its light is infinite, its heat is infinite, and its power is also infinite.