Chapter 441: Feixiao Goes Berserk! Hoolay Plays the Mind Game Card?!
"I will never let you… leave the Skysplitter!"
Feixiao's attacks weren't particularly ferocious.
But her turn frequency was incredibly high!
Her speed was also blazing fast!
And most importantly—
This was all while Feixiao hadn't even unleashed any of her special skills yet!
She had been using nothing but basic attacks!
March 7th's voice sounded on the verge of tears: "Oh come on, I thought we could at least stop to catch our breath!"
"What do we do? Are we fighting her, or are we running away~?"
"At this point, is running even an option?" Yanqing said.
Shortly after.
Feixiao's HP bar dropped to 1%.
Yet, she looked as if she had only just finished warming up.
She shouted: "Stop resisting!"
With a wave of her hands!
A violent storm erupted from her body.
It blasted Yanqing, Yunli, and March 7th right off their feet!
Even their weapons were knocked out of their hands.
Yunli gritted her teeth, staring ahead.
"We can't let her leave!"
March 7th lay flat on the ground: "But we're completely outmatched here, aren't we?"
Yunli didn't say anything.
She merely looked back.
Revealing a resolute gaze.
Then.
She charged forward!
March 7th wasn't about to give up either.
Struggling to her feet.
She swapped the sword in her hand back into a bow!
In the sky.
Sparkling lights began to appear.
Immediately after,
Ice sculptures of Pom-Pom in all shapes and sizes came raining down!
This was Preservation March 7th's Ultimate!
However.
An attack of this level was clearly no threat to Feixiao.
She stood right where she was, not even bothering to lift a finger!
Even so!
March 7th's attack still managed to buy a brief moment of delay!
Behind the icy mist.
Yunli launched a surprise assault!
But Feixiao had long anticipated it.
Turning around.
The two of them locked wrists, grappling with each other.
Testing their raw strength!
…
"Wait, March 7th, didn't you leave your bow behind?!"
"March 7th seamlessly swapping Paths, lol."
"I didn't expect Yunli to just charge in and grapple… this kid's physical strength is insane!"
"Yunli is seriously a monster-strength girl. She sent Hoolay flying with one sword strike, and now she's going toe-to-toe with Feixiao…"
"What's actually going on with Feixiao here? Is she hallucinating, or has she completely lost control?"
"It's fine, Feixiao just wants to beat up Yanqing to get an achievement."
…
Yunli could temporarily hold her own against Feixiao.
But it clearly wouldn't last!
Because.
At this moment, Feixiao wore a highly "healthy" smile on her face!
It looked like she could swallow two Yunlis in one bite!
Right then.
It was Yanqing again!
Muttering to himself!
"She said… she's leaving the rest to us."
"She believes we can do it!"
Feixiao had already lifted Yunli completely off the ground.
With a flying kick!
She spun Yunli around and threw her aside.
At that moment.
Yanqing finally finished charging his attack!
He hurled his flying sword!
The moment Feixiao turned around.
It struck her dead-center in the face!
BOOM!!!
A clap of thunder roared.
The screen shifted.
Returning once again to the operating room.
"I will definitely cure you… Feixiao," Jiaoqiu said to Feixiao on the operating table.
"No one can live forever, Jiaoqiu… This time, I have to break my promise."
It's over!
Even Feixiao's life flashback is playing!
Just as the countless players watching thought this.
The scene suddenly shifted again!
This time.
The place they appeared in was even more bizarre!
The surroundings were shrouded in thick mist and crackling lightning.
Feixiao looked around with a bewildered expression.
"Is this… the Skysplitter? Or somewhere else?"
Muffled voices echoed.
"Lieutenant Yanqing, you are to enforce the Cloud Knights' military law. Do you understand?"
"We can't let her leave this place!"
"Wake up, General!"
These…
Were all the voices from the Skysplitter's arena just moments ago.
Feixiao fell into deep thought.
She seemed to realize what had happened.
Right then.
Behind her.
A low, oppressive voice rumbled.
"You always leave the hardest battles for yourself."
"Just like now, never knowing what it means to run away."
Appearing before Feixiao's eyes.
Was that lingering, nightmarish monster—
Hoolay!
He stared at Feixiao and continued: "Strange, isn't it? As your enemy, I know you better than your own comrades do."
"Hoolay…!"
Feixiao's gaze darkened.
Her eyes flared with rage!
"This wrath… how nostalgic. I know that what it seeks has never been victory, but the hunt itself."
"Am I right, Feixiao?"
Feixiao closed her eyes, then opened them again.
Seemingly composing herself.
She spoke: "You shouldn't exist. I saw you die with my own eyes…"
"Then just treat me as a hallucination."
Contrary to his usual self.
Hoolay didn't immediately start a fight. Instead, he seemed intent on having a philosophical debate!
"Before every hunt, I always prepare myself to return in defeat. But this time is different. This time… defeat is the very destination I sought."
"When I learned of your story from Jiaoqiu, I realized he had been hiding a secret… a secret whose true significance even that doctor himself failed to grasp."
"Fate is truly ironic. I have been waiting for this day, but I never expected it to arrive in this form."
"…But I am willing to accept it."
"As for now, let us dig past the ironclad defenses of the Reignbow's Arbiter-General and see what lies hidden in her darkest corner, shall we?"
…
"Huh?"
"???"
"This is Feixiao's inner world, right?"
"Why is Hoolay here? A hallucination? An inner demon?"
"Is it the Crimson Moon? Maybe some memories of the previous Warhead were left behind…"
"I have a feeling… this is a trap within a trap set by Hoolay!"
"The 'fate' mentioned here probably refers to the birth of a new Warhead."
"Feixiao has Borisin blood, so she is qualified to contend for the position of Warhead. That's why Hoolay wants to pass the Crimson Moon to her!"
"For Hoolay, finding a successor is probably more important than his own life…"
"This is bad, he's trying to turn our Arbiter-General to the dark side!"
…
Following Hoolay's gaze.
Ahead.
A series of illusions materialized.
They were all scenes of the Borisin attacking the people of the Xianzhou.
And at the very back.
Was the sight of Feixiao fighting off a horde of Borisin by herself.
Hoolay's voice echoed.
"These familiar scenes, the Xianzhou people must have shown them to you countless times. But all of this is merely what they want you to see."
"They make you fight to save the weak. But did they ever tell you that once you strip away all the warm, hypocritical disguises, this is what the universe truly looks like?"
"When the Xianzhou was weak, they disguised themselves as victims to win your sympathy; when the Xianzhou grew strong, they dubbed you an avenger, demanding you uphold their justice."
"I found it… This is your doubt."
…
"?"
"Hoolay is starting to play psychological warfare now?"
"Wait! I want to ask, when was the Xianzhou ever 'weak'?"
"This is trying to make Feixiao doubt whether she is just like the Borisin, knowing nothing but slaughter. I have to admit, Hoolay is really good at manipulation!"
"Survival of the fittest is indeed a law, but sympathy and unity are also laws. Ignoring either side to look at things from a single perspective will always lead to bias."
"Translation: 'Leaving the facts aside, this is how it should be.'"
"How dare he spout such nonsense in front of our Arbiter-General! He really doesn't know his place!"