Chapter 1085
The Golden Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda
Having already experienced several horror movies, Saito Hajime was perfectly aware of what was happening.
In that instant when my vision blurred.
"Enter overclocking mode!"
The blurred vision froze in the air and then became clear again.
With his neck craned upwards, Saito could even see the smug smiles on the faces of the two breeders from the Morizu team and the transparent "barrier" that was slowly rolling up in front of them.
"Damn it, those two bastards can't wait a second longer. They started before I even finished my lines. I thought they'd at least let me perform for a bit!"
After he finished complaining, another voice rang in Saito's mind.
"It's obvious that even if he's a villain, he still watches TV and movies, and knows what it means to die from talking too much."
"They probably didn't expect that we would have such a powerful weapon as overclocking mode."
"Even so, there is still plenty of time to discuss it."
Listen to what Chen Zilong said.
Li Xiao said, "It seems you guessed right about Chu Xuan. They don't intend to come out; instead, they'll tear open a passage and let them go in."
Zhu Wen chimed in, "I bet they did the same. They came in twice and both died. It was just too risky."
This way, they can carry out a sneak attack while ensuring their own safety, which aligns perfectly with their mindset.
Cheng Xiao: "That's true, but is this really a good idea?"
Discussing plans in overclocking mode right in front of the Demon Team, and you're not even taking them along?
Li Xiao casually replied, "It's nothing. The two Chu Xuans probably already planned it out a long time ago."
"But Saito, don't relax. You've been selected for the space displacement now. Nijabin is holding something in his hand, which should be some kind of space artifact."
Saito Hajime: "I understand, everyone, but this isn't a chat room, can we please stop with the nonsense?!"
And Colonel Chu, what exactly is your plan?
"How did you discuss this with the Demon Team?"
"Tell me quickly so I can deal with this!"
The passively accelerated world is not a world where time stands still. In the short time it took to chat, Saito Hajime noticed that the space in front of him was fluctuating significantly.
Clearly, he won't be able to stay here for very long.
Zhang Jie seemed to know what Saito was thinking.
He then said, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, because once Saito gets there, the overclocking mode and mind link won't work."
At this moment, Chu Xuan's voice finally rang out, as calm as ever.
"Saito Hajime is enough as I said at the beginning. The others should be ready!"
Li Xiao: "What preparations?"
Chu Xuan: "Prepare for teleportation, we're going out!"
Everyone who heard this heard it clearly, but none of them understood it.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
Saito Hajime was unaware of the underlying principles behind the changes in the space in front of him; it was possible that he had temporarily opened a portal to another dimension.
It could also be some other special skill.
In the end, Saito Hajime activated the Heart Protection Mirror with almost instinctive speed, even after losing the overclocking mode.
Before you could even get a good look at your surroundings, a thick light screen with no blind spots appeared all around you.
next moment.
The scene freezes.
Four silver arrows appeared out of thin air and were embedded in the light screen.
At the same time, Saito saw a crack appear in the protective mirror in front of him.
But before he could even feel relieved that there were no space-type enchanted arrows, he belatedly felt a sharp pain all over his body.
Looking down, Saito's expression instantly turned to horror.
It turned out that just moments before, almost immediately after the scene changed.
The little girl Shirley, who had been standing quietly beside him, suddenly rolled her eyes back, the movement quick and precise.
A hand pulled a triangular military dagger from Carlos's body and stabbed it into Saito's waist.
His other hand reached directly into the gun holster on Carlos's abdomen. Without even pulling it out, he simply turned it slightly and skillfully disengaged the safety and pulled the trigger.
"Oh!"
The bullet pierced Carlos's jaw and ripped his skull off.
Because of her height, even if Sherry used both hands at the same time, she could only poke around Saito's waist.
Realizing she had been discovered, Sherry drew her triangular bayonet with her left hand and aimed her right hand at Saito Hajime's neck.
But no matter what, Shirley was just a little girl, and one who had been ill for a long time.
Even with the first-strike advantage, their reaction speed was caught up at this moment.
Upon feeling the pain, Saito immediately raised his hand and slashed.
Sherry's arm, which was holding the gun, was snapped in half by the blow, and the broken bone pierced her skin, spurting out a large amount of blood.
Saito Hajime didn't care about anything else anymore, and used his other hand to hold the purple-gold bowl over Sherry.
A burst of purple-gold light erupted and the button was pressed down.
However, just as Saito Hajime completed this step, the gene lock suddenly activated without warning.
With a blank look in his eyes, he looked up and saw Rost raising his hands and Nijabin holding a silver longbow directly in front of him.
If that's all there is to it, Saito Hajime feels that he might still be able to struggle a bit with the help of the breastplate and the golden bowl.
but.
A massive surge of mental energy, distorting the air, suddenly erupted from the brain worm beneath them.
As is well known, mental attacks can ignore physical protective gear.
Moreover, Saito saw out of the corner of his eye that at the same moment he was teleported to their side.
A terrifying mental attack also erupted from the other side of the transparent barrier behind them, swirling into a storm.
The instigators were none other than the five brain worms that had just been "escorted" to them.
"Crack!"
The sound of the bronze mirror cracking brought Saito back to his senses.
Then he put his hands together, bowed his head, and began to chant scriptures.
Seeing this, Rost no longer concealed his sinister grin and shouted:
"Haha, is it scared out of its wits?"
"Or should we just wait to die!"
In his line of sight with Niga Yabin.
The veteran from the Central Continent team who was replaced was first attacked by Nijabin, and then injured by a sneak attack from a mind-controlled little girl.
Finally, they faced off directly against the two of them who had been prepared all along.
To be honest, at this moment, Rost couldn't think of any other way the other party could struggle.
To him, waiting to die was a matter of course.
As he spoke, he vaguely grasped an invisible weapon with both hands and swung it towards the transparent light screen in front of him.
He and Niga Yabin both believed it.
It's impossible for a randomly selected veteran to possess defensive items from double A-level side quests.
In other words, this person is destined to die.
Furthermore, once they kill the remaining little girl, their mission will be complete, and they can return to the Main God Space!
Although Rost was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't wipe out both the Middle Continent Team and the Demon Team, it didn't matter.
In the end, they were the ones who won!
The silver arrow and the greatsword simultaneously struck the obstacle in front of them.
This is the end.
The bronze mirror hanging in front of Saito shattered along with the light curtain, finally breaking into two halves.
A silver arrow followed closely from one side, and it looked as if it had already struck Saito Hajime in the heart.
However, it was at this time that...
Another anomaly occurred.
The sounds of morning bells and evening drums rang out simultaneously from the left and right.
The vast, ocean-like Buddhist chanting surrounded Saito Hajime on both sides of his body, spreading outwards.
The morning bell extinguished the mental attack that was stirring up the air.
The evening drum materialized and blocked the advancing heavy sword.
However, this was not the end. A rich golden light descended from the sky with a soft whooshing sound.
Saito, who had been exhausted and withered, straightened his back.
A lotus flower emerged from his mouth, and then his words became the Dharma: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
It was all a dream, fleeting and ephemeral.
The moon reflected in the water, the wind blowing through the trees.
Viewed in this way, nothing is obstructed.
It was at this moment that Rost and Nigaabin suddenly noticed something new in their field of vision.
Upon closer inspection, one would find that next to this senior figure were rows of Buddha statues in various poses.
These Buddha statues come in a wide variety of forms, including golden Arhats, clay Bodhisattvas, wrathful Vajras, and the Ancestor of All Buddhas.
Without exception, these Buddha statues all share a common feature: tears welling up in their eyes.
It's as if they can't bear to see the suffering of all living beings, revealing a sense of compassion.
"Where is this place?"
Niga Yabin suddenly spoke up and shouted sharply.
However, his answer was the sound of Buddhist chants echoing in the enclosed space.
Rost looked around and belatedly realized that the area above and on the ground was no longer the place they knew.
Instead, it is an octagonal space made entirely of pure gold with no doors or windows visible.
The deafening sounds of bells and drums echoed continuously within it.
And the nonsensical Buddhist scriptures chanted by that monk kept getting into their heads.
This made them slow down in both thinking and reaction.
Nigaabin, being a psychic, quickly realized something was wrong.
"Something's wrong! Rost, this isn't the real world, it's a mental attack, it's an illusion!"
Just as he finished speaking, Rost raised his hand and inserted it into the space between his eyebrows.
The next moment, a beam of blazing white light shot out from between his eyebrows, accompanied by a scream.
After observing this scene, the surrounding Buddha statues clasped their hands together and chanted:
"Amitabha."
Then the entire golden space vanished.
Rost and Niga Yabin only felt a blur before their eyes.
When they looked again, they realized they were still in the same place they started in.
Saito Hajime in front of him was still within the light screen of the breastplate.
However, he was in a rather miserable state at that moment.
The purple-gold bowl on the ground had a large hole, and there were traces of white light corroding it.
The right shoulder and the entire arm were nowhere to be seen.
His left hand held a small golden pagoda that emitted a rainbow of light.
A silver arrow, which had just pierced his skin and was lodged in his bone, was stuck in his chest.
Fresh blood gushed from his mouth and nose, dripping onto the ground and then pooling together.
Saito Hajime was in a terrible state at this moment, not only seriously injured but also seemingly unable to move.
Rost's figure flickered as he touched the blood flowing from his brow, just like his current mood.
Both he and Nijabin possess mental defense items, but they're only worth the price of a double-C level side quest.
It might be able to withstand most mind control skills or illusion attacks.
However, it is still far from enough to face those who are truly strong in terms of mental strength.
Therefore, just in case, and to make up for this fatal weakness.
The captain of the Senzhou team specially redeemed a one-time use item.
It is specifically designed to suppress mental control and illusions, which is the beam of light we just saw.
A one-time use item worth one B-level side quest.
Just now, a B-level side quest was gone.
But at this moment, he felt it was all worthwhile because he was the one who won.
Rost stared intently at the small golden tower in Saito's hand:
"Can it block the light of creation? Another double-A grade item?"
"Great, what a fine Central Continent team!"
"But unfortunately, it ended up being mine!"
After saying that, a gust of wind enveloped Rost and he disappeared from the spot.
The scene from the illusion reappeared.
However, this time the protective mirror shattered into dust when it faced the sword in the stone.
Just as that unseen two-handed greatsword was halfway through its swing.
Saito, who had been looking down, suddenly laughed.
Because his mission was already accomplished.
"clang!"
With a crisp sound, Rost felt a jolt in his hand.
The transparent greatsword sent him flying backwards.
A person appeared out of thin air right in front of Saito.
Who else could this suddenly appearing person be but Chen Zilong?
Moreover, there was a phantom deer shadow above its head at this moment.
After defusing the situation with a single blow, white clouds rolled beneath Chen Zilong's feet.
The figure disappeared again.
Nigabin sensed something and suddenly turned around and fired.
However, the silver arrow had just left the bowstring.
It was struck by a dark gold staff and turned into scattered specks of light.
"Too weak, too slow!"
"Where's the GANTZ Enhancement Suit? Why isn't it activated?"
"Or, why not commit suicide and run back to the Main God Space?"
As he spoke, he twirled the long stick in his hand and struck Niga Yabin horizontally on the head.
A large, transparent, golden clock appeared.
A muffled thud!
Nijabin was very obedient, and as the shockwave appeared, his noble-like clothes were torn to shreds.
As the blue light flickered, the muscle lines beneath the black leather jacket began to bulge.
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"Shrinking the earth to an inch is indeed possible."
"I went in with them, and then what?"
"Won't they just commit suicide and run back to the Main God Space if I make a move?"
"Don't worry, you're not that strong yet. They would only choose such a plan when they see no hope at all."
"Of course, this right is in their hands, which is one of the reasons why they would choose to fight you, since the final outcome is nothing more than dying again."
She was thinking about what Chu Xuan had said before.
That makes a lot of sense, but what do you mean I'm not strong enough?
I'm already very strong, okay? I wouldn't call myself the Great Sage, but I'm comparable to the Monkey King from the time of the Crescent Moon Cave.
As I was thinking this, a sudden gust of wind arose from one side.
The golden armor phantom on Chen Zilong's body emerged.
Having blocked Rost three meters away, Chen Zilong hadn't noticed until he took the second hit and finally realized something was wrong.
That is, it seems that the true energy in my body has decreased out of nowhere.
He pondered for a moment, then the long staff in his hand suddenly grew larger, and he blew on it.
Another version of myself flew out from it.
This time, Rost's GANTZ enhanced suit was also operating at full power.
The two Class A weapons clashed once again.
Chen Zilong vanished instantly, becoming just a hair.
The second Chen Zilong, standing above the white clouds, exclaimed, "Indeed!"
(So the Sword in the Stone's power is to remove energy from the enemy's body?)
(After just two matches, I'm down by about one-tenth.)
As he spoke, Chen Zilong's expression turned strange.
Because this is truly a strange and unique ability!
What Chen Zilong didn't know was...
This is why he acts this way when facing someone dressed in a suit and wielding a magic wand.
If he were to ask Saito Hajime now, he would discover that although the attack of the Sword in the Stone was blocked by the Exquisite Pagoda... (End of Chapter)