#500Chapter 500: Destiny vs. Reversal of Cause and EffectAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 500: Fate Decided VS Reversing Causality
Gungnir, fabled as the possession of Odin, the Norse Allfather, is a divine spear.
The energy spear Remilia condensed in her hand naturally wasn't the divine artifact itself. Cheng was more inclined to believe it was Remilia's own naming for her technique, but to dare name her technique after a divine artifact, it certainly couldn't be entirely unrelated.
Gungnir also has a series of aliases, such as Gugnir, the Eternal Spear, the Spear of Destiny, and so on.
And Remilia's ability system includes the attribute of "fate."
In the game, this divine spear's hit rate was incredibly unreliable, but now that the person and the spear had truly appeared in the instance, it couldn't be treated the same way.
Just from the vast, sky-obscuring blood mist, some clues were already evident; Remilia's abilities were definitely more pronounced than in a pure game template.
Just as Sakuya Izayoi previously gained a 1-unit energy consumption reduction buff under the enhancement of "Cloudy Sky," foggy weather would also have a field effect on Remilia.
In normal dense fog, Remilia could gain a striking attack lifesteal effect as high as 50%.
However, now it was a blood mist. With a reasonable deduction, this lifesteal effect might even stack to 100%!
So, Cheng Tian's countermeasure was already very clear and obvious.
Cheng Tian spread his fingers, placing them on either side of the Tai Chi True Eye on his forehead, and in an instant, Remilia's arrogant majesty, which had just been superior to the human species, suddenly transformed into an expression of extreme apprehension, even tinged with a hint of fear.
Majesty! Swept! Away!
The speed at which things went wrong far exceeded everyone's imagination... Of course, due to the blood mist's interference, almost no one could truly see what was happening in the center of the arena.
Many spectators who had stayed to watch this third battle were cursing vociferously from the bottom of their hearts.
Having already witnessed Cheng Tian's terrifying light, which at most only made others blind and teary-eyed but was truly a fatal blow to herself, Remilia was clearly getting anxious.
Her vampire bloodline gave her a body and strength far more resilient than her childlike appearance suggested. Her slender, pale arms, where every vein was visible, instantly burst with very distinct muscle lines.
Then, the divine spear Gungnir, which had not yet completed its full charge, was about to be unleashed.
However, it's worth noting that at this moment, Remilia had already closed her eyes.
Cheng Tian's Solar Fist, fused with fragments of the Sun God's gem, inflicted comprehensive damage on vampires, but it was not entirely unbearable for Remilia.
Under the shroud of this vast blood mist, as long as she didn't suffer fatal damage, the striking damage brought by the divine spear Gungnir would be entirely converted into blood, providing her with additional healing.
And even closing her eyes didn't affect Gungnir's hit rate, because before the divine spear was launched, fate was already sealed.
The divine spear Gungnir was destined to pierce Cheng Tian; even if Remilia threw the divine spear towards the back of her head, this predetermined fate would not change.
The outcome is set, the cause follows.
But just as Remilia closed her eyes, preparing to launch the divine spear, almost simultaneously, Cheng Tian, who had already assumed the Solar Fist stance, curved his lips into a smile. There was no trace of him releasing Solar Fist from the position of his Tai Chi True Eye.
Instead, the Image Crystal released by Cheng Tian had already completed a rapid transformation, morphing into two exquisitely crafted short swords in mid-air—
Anyone who had carefully observed and replayed Bazett's fight with Caster would notice that the crystal short swords transformed from Cheng Tian's Image Crystal were almost identical in appearance to the Anti-Light Sword!
Do you remember how Bazett's Anti-Light Sword was made?
By dripping her own blood onto a special ore, she transferred her unique bloodline, inherited from the Knights of the Red Branch, to the ore. After a certain period of refinement, the consumable "Anti-Light Sword" could be created.
And Cheng Tian had once asked Bazett if dripping blood onto his item, then still called "Crystal Eye," could enchant it with the same buff as the Anti-Light Sword.
As everyone can see, Cheng Tian and Bazett, this master and servant pair, achieved it.
Even when transformed into the Image Crystal corresponding to his professional skill, its excellent base material quality remained unchanged.
When used as a "high-quality metal ore" material, its conductivity was even superior to the magical mithril "Clelia Ore." This resulted in it only requiring 1 natural day to be enchanted and formed after Bazett's blood drip and spellcasting.
If it weren't for Bazett's restriction of "only being able to transform 1 Anti-Light Sword at a time," Cheng Tian's side might have been flooded with Anti-Light Swords.
However, because the Anti-Light Sword itself has a consumable property, this enchantment is a one-time use. Once successfully cast, the base material itself will shatter into dust due to magic erosion; even magical mithril is no exception... But the Image Crystal clearly doesn't intend to follow the rules.
Fully inheriting all attributes from the Crystal Eye, the Image Crystal also gained "4 points of Absolute Health."
Theoretically, each 1 point of Absolute Health can resist any type of damage once, including the permanent damage caused by "releasing a Noble Phantasm backlash leading to the base material's collapse."
And even if Absolute Health is consumed, it can be repaired by returning to the space.
In other words, Cheng Tian's Image Crystal itself is a special base material that can be re-enchanted an infinite number of times!
Remilia, completely unaware of this, had already hurled the divine spear Gungnir from her hand!
Carrying an momentum that seemed capable of piercing through everything and a powerful sonic boom, the divine spear whistled past. The spearhead, with its immense destructive energy, struck Cheng Tian's chest mercilessly and with lightning speed!
But at the same time, crimson and orange-gold intersected!
Two crystal Anti-Light Swords, brushing past Gungnir, had already shot towards Remilia's corresponding position in a strange Z-shaped trajectory!
One crimson, two orange-gold, pierced through the bodies of Cheng Tian and Remilia respectively.
The divine spear Gungnir's piercing effect directly ignored the protective barrier distributed on Cheng Tian's body, directly destroying his entire heart. And the same piercing damage also appeared on Remilia's incredibly small chest.
However, it seemed the healing property brought by the blood mist fully converted Gungnir's damage into a lifesteal effect. Coupled with the vampire's own ability to recover quickly through lifesteal, her chest, which could land an airplane, was rapidly mending at a visible rate.
"A-type blood from a man... so unpalatable~"
Remilia, who had been knocked to the ground by the force of the Anti-Light Sword, stood up, sticking out her tongue unhappily, her throat burning.
Because her favorite was B-type blood from pure females, which had the mellow fragrance of the highest grade red tea. But Cheng's A-type blood gave Remilia a stimulating sensation like being doused seven and a half times with fountain-brand peppercorn oil.
But when her gaze fell on Cheng Tian, she couldn't help but freeze.
Because in the bloody hole in Cheng Tian's chest, which should have allowed one to see through to his back, a complete, ethereal heart had appeared.
Its beating frequency was perfectly consistent with the small, exquisite "Main Brain Heart" necklace Bazett wore between her breasts below the stage!
Ch. 500 / 855