Chapter 148
Chapter 148
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 148
Chapter Title: No Retreat
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There's no such thing as running away.
It seals off every last possibility, every path of retreat.
Even a cornered rat will bite a cat, but that doesn't matter.
The faces of the hundred masters paled, but none compared to their sect leader, Wu Zun.
Sweat poured down in streams, pupils trembled wildly, and at the end of their gazes loomed a massive scale.
Wakamo Inarizushi had staked everything she had.
──He was that kind of man from the start.
From the moment he decided he had to become a [VTuber], he possessed the resolve to boldly abandon every record of his past life—aside from [merch]—his home, everything he'd collected.
A bold choice wagering his entire life without a thought for the future!! Courage to step forward fearlessly, without terror or dread!!
The world would call it madness.
For a climber, defeat meant death anyway.
A VTuber was no different—one major mistake, disappointing everyone and plummeting, was as good as death.
Even graduating with blessings and farewell words meant never meeting again, no different from death.
So he feared no death.
Hesitation, wavering, anxiety—any such moment would cause Wakamo's path as a VTuber, shrouded in darkness, to collapse under fear and dread.
Push forward.
Keep pushing endlessly, relentlessly.
Smash through walls, leap over cliffs, swim across oceans if needed—never stop, burn through everything, charge ahead.
Stake your life on what you love!!
And those who threaten the things he stakes his life on, unforgivable villains──if the law can't handle them, then judge them as a VTuber.
Wakamo Inarizushi's first 【backdoor stream】 time.
Believers would grieve and wonder, but revealing everything on stream meant the enemy stayed ignorant if she didn't.
That's why she hadn't turned on 『Broadcast』 on the way up, so Wu Zun couldn't grasp what Wakamo... Mei had comprehended.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made the foolish choice to stall with mere hundred masters.
"Charge──!!"
With that shout, the hundred masters rushed at Mei. And Xiao Liang's ambush reflected in the camera.
She stared in shock at her body moving on its own, eyes wide with panic.
Mei lightly deflected the black-qi-infused sword flying from behind, hurling herself into the masters' midst.
Boom──!
Lightning struck.
Casting [Idol's Thunder] at maximum output, Mei kicked the aerial camera and soared.
The masters used footwork to follow, but their level was worlds apart.
"My body is moving on its own...!!"
Hearing Xiao Liang's belated cry, Mei understood the confidence behind Wu Zun raising "handpicked disciples." Some unknown method forced his subordinates to obey commands.
Twisting midair with acrobatic flair to dodge incoming arrows, Mei spun her three tails to reorient, then dove straight for the main hall, detonating an explosion.
The heart of the blazing main hall.
Wu Zun, clad in black robes, black armor, and gauntlets of black dragon scales—not even sitting on the patriarch's chair—glared in displeasure.
Craving the dignity of an absolute ruler? What a fool drunk on appearances.
Mei kicked off the floor, closing distance as [Temple of Nyx] deployed from her hand, unleashing Shaolin's [Six Harmonies Fist] at Wu Zun.
Shadows and tails converged, sprouting eight arms that unleashed varied fist techniques simultaneously, catching Wu Zun mid-draw. He countered with fists as well.
Lesser Evil Arts and Blood Evil Arts clashed—opposing forces exploding in steam.
"Impossible!! How do you know that technique!!"
Mei surpassed Wu Zun's Lesser Evil Arts in proficiency.
As he demanded how she'd mastered the same [Skill], Mei grabbed his wrist, flash-freezing his arm with [Idol's Freeze]. Flames erupted from his frozen arms as he roared, expelling qi to shove Mei back hard.
Shifting stance, arms spread wide—a massive muscular ghost apparition rose behind him, then vanished.
Skin prickling from the manifested Asura presence alone, Mei plunged fearlessly into the blade-sharp space.
Qi deployed from his core expanded his domain; his fist ballooned dozens of times larger, thrusting at Mei.
An illusion from intimidation.
Mei spread mana to read the attack's true form, flowing it with Taiji Fist—disrupting the force flow. Yet the Asura strike hammered her shoulder.
Wu Zun unleashed [Asura Fist], barraging with ghostly relentless fury.
Vast inner power surged with blazing life force, like hellfire flames.
He parried Mei's eight arms with just two, resembling a three-headed, six-armed Asura as he swung wildly.
Arms arced in massive semicircles, merging into a circle—eight arms caught in the wind, tangled and flung back. Exposed chest open, Wu Zun stomped forward with full force.
"Fallen Heaven Asura Demonic Art!!"
The palm strike pierced mana-reinforced skin, shattering one [Mana Core] and crumbling her balance.
Wu Zun's qi flooded her body, rampaging wildly within—were she alive, organs would pulp into instant death.
Chest split; roots burst from the gap, flames spewing as her body froze. Tri-dantian imbalance recoiled, staggering her.
But she hadn't just taken it.
Bubbling from below, [Liquid Mercury] surged.
[VTuber Assets]-summoned mercury shifted forms freely, manifesting weapons to threaten Wu Zun.
Even as he burst qi through the flowing liquid, relentless mercury assaults scorched flames on his arms.
Whumm whumm whumm──!!!
Wu Zun's body shuddered.
Like a massive warship engine revving—air trembled, faint vibrations built into a heavy aura radiating as glow from his form.
His inhaling breath rivaled a roaring bike.
"Can you imitate this!! Idol!! My [Ice Blood Hand Heavenly Demon Palm]!!"
Burning yet freezing!!
Harmonized dual energies coexisted without repulsion.
Mercury lunging at it rebounded, shredding apart—splattering ceiling and walls, freezing or incinerating away.
Impossible.
Coexisting ice and flame—Sadako couldn't either. Elemental fusion for [magic] backlash, maybe. But sustaining it? Wu Zun's domain alone.
Krrrnggg──!!!
Dragon Claw Hands raked Wu Zun's fist and backhand, but Mei's nails shattered. Even sharpened solely with [Idol's Minerals], destroying his [Black Dragon Heavenly Hard Gauntlets] was futile.
Infusing [qi], the gauntlets sprouted dragon-like claws. Wu Zun matched exchanges evenly.
Mei flowed attacks with Taiji Fist, striking openings—but armor and robes resisted tearing.
Each top-grade item!! 【Wu Zun】 class exclusives!!
Thud! Thud! Thud!!
Clawing with sharp fingers, slamming palms, gripping and smashing fists, swinging hand-blades like famed swords.
Beyond protean—Mei's motions flaunted bizarre shifts and unpredictability, fusing every technique learned ascending.
Wu Zun countered heavier, unshaken, steadfast.
Pride in martial arts befitting Legendary class—true master's might.
Parrying only vital strikes amid flashiness, each clash infused [qi] transmitted through Mei's body.
Trembling impacts were issue enough, but [Ice Blood Hand Heavenly Demon Palm] aftershocks seeped deep with every hit, disrupting her qi flow.
Meridians and nerves burned; bones and skin froze—demonic fist art.
Wood roots inside blackened to char; [Five Elements] balance crumbled like sandcastle under waves, [Fire] and [Ice] chaotically surging.
"You monster, I know!! But remember!! 4,000 years of Chinese martial arts culmination!! This is the power of a man devoted to the Way!!!"
Fist vanished—arm below elbow seemed gone. Mei turned her head, eyes open.
Closing to impossible range, her knee and elbow strike deflected snake-like by his emerging arm.
Then, fist halted at abdomen—expanding qi with killing intent detonated.
One-Inch Punch.
Finger-width gap, supersonic thrust shattered her last [Mana Core]; flames leaked from Mei's mouth.
Instantly distancing, Yao Fang drew [Nine Dragon Divine Spear] etched with nine dragon heads.
"Behold! [King Yama Spear Art]!!"
Spear tip spat dragonfire; nine flame slashes raced through space, enveloping and hurling Mei outward.
Tumbling down stairs, masters' combined assault targeted her.
Crunch!!
Weapons stabbed stairs.
Then Mei vanished like a mirage.
Perched weightless atop a master's head, she fluttered like a butterfly, landing before Wu Zun.
Daggers from behind, swords incoming—[Idol's Reality] deflected all. Wu Zun speared away weapons aimed at him.
"Right, those fixated on talent and success versus lifelong toil and pioneering—which stronger? No question."
"Talent has limits. Idol, you don't know human potential. Miracles blooming in trials of kill-or-be-killed!!"
"Wrong. Simpler."
Admiration, effort, progress—still failure possible. Disappointment, frustration. Talent shortfall.
Yet for those who watch you, laugh and play together— even final failure leaves memories.
Villains crushing without chance, deeming failure—unfathomable.
"You're... weak."
"You bastard!!!"
Tiny cotton swab popped from Mei's ear.
It ballooned instantly, massive, engulfing Wu Zun.
Lightly batting the thrusting staff aside, but [Object Interaction] shoved it back—lightning crackled along the staff pinning him.
Leaping from blinding white bolt, he distanced, slashing—but staff shrank to Mei's grasp, thrust again.
Timing to parry? It shrank, evaded, lengthened to pierce and smash.
'Can't gauge weapon length!'
From Mei's hold, staff extended-shrank repeatedly, spinning with Taiji Fist evolving to Taiji Spear. Wu Zun clashed with flaming King Yama Spear Art amid inferno hall.
Parried? Rubber-like rebound. Shrunk handheld, or outsized beyond Wu Zun—frenzied swings ground teeth.
"That's... Ruyi Jingu Bang!! How!!!"
"What's odd about an Idol using it?"
Wu Zun clamped shut, speechless.
Not true Ruyi Staff.
Extended between fingers for ambush smashes, shrank for fist strikes on armor—when slashed at, lengthened, launching Mei ceilingward.
Unpredictable tactical chaos disrupted focus.
Impossible to track grip. Shrinks, lengthens, enlarges—even heavies!!
Clang──!!
[Idol's Minerals]-reinforced staff clash shattered [Nine Dragon Divine Spear]'s tip.
"Ruyi Heavenly Flower Wheel!!"
Wu Zun shouted—floor shattered; twin circular blades sliced Mei's legs.
Grasping hilts, he revealed windfire wheels with flame-shaped blades.
Clang! Clang! Clang!!
Slash. Cleave. Cracks spread.
Staff battered wheel-by-wheel deepened fissures—savage momentum; haze on blades birthed sword aura, slicing staff.
Yet it reformed.
Unknowing staff's nature, Wu Zun sweated coldly at self-repairing miracle. True Ruyi?!
Deceive.
Wakamo's style specialized misleading foes.
Convince gripped item was Ruyi; [Idol's Form] spawned illusions, swinging attacks.
But no deception.
"Strike down!!!"
Rumble──!!
"Endure!!"
Slicing falling thunder with wheel, birthing [Lightning Qi]—Wu Zun pierced Mei's chest with bolt instead.
'Head remains!!'
Hurling twin wheels at Mei, reading qi flow visually, Wu Zun surged inner power.
Any strike on Mei damaged. Hair or tails severed? Same as body.
Yet──no [Critical Hit]. No [Vitals].
Without 【Wu Zun】 job penalty barring 【Magic】/【Mana】, he'd shatter cracks, stabbing [Mana Burn].
Staff swung parried wheels; Wu Zun left afterimage, vanishing.
Kicking ground, full-power footwork—phantom shift like shrinking earth mage into Mei's guard.
Hidden ultimate. Caught rebounding wheels barehanded, qi flowed.
Before Mei's eyes, massive yin-yang swirled fiercely.
Black-white merged; qi stream sucked mana to a point—body tilted.
"Taiji Insight Sword!!"
Even with [Skill], Mei's body tore and twisted by Taiji [Ultimate].
Transcendent motion still corporeal—inescapable beyond speed via Wu Zun's [Will].
Unavoidable certain-hit!! Mei comprehended [Skill] instantly.
Heavy birthing light, fast slow, extremes fused—insight myriad-sword unified subtlety.
Clang──!!
Intense pain wracked Mei soundlessly.
Not flesh—but [Spirit] slashed; body quaked violently.
[Qi] drained in blink.
"It's over, Idol!!"
"──Why didn't I stream!!"
Head bowed, trembling pained whisper from Idol.
Always streaming regardless—why not now?
Ignoring, slashing to end quick.
"Domain Deployment"
[Job-Exclusive Skill 【Virtual World】] deployed—instantly, brutal landscape overwrote space.
Downward slash splashed harmlessly in pooled water.
"
Evil Path Naraka
"
"Grk──!!"
Turning thinking struck— Mei stood behind Wu Zun.
[Job-Exclusive Skill 【Teleport】] space-jumped her; [Idol's Form] spawned dozens illusory afterimages encircling him.
"That's because streaming considers believers──gotta hold back!!"
Lunging kick parried with wheel—but shifted Mei clamped elbow vise-tight.
[Weight of Faith] unendurable; gasping, arm dropped—chin met Mei's kick.
Other leg leaped temple-aimed knee; grabbing? Mei vanished.
Reappearing: Mei spinning midair.
Aerial flipkick slotted precise arm gap.
'....Taekwondo....?'
Unfamiliar amid martial arts—brief bewilderment.
"You dare mock Chinese martial arts too!!!!"
"My specialty's Taekwondo, dude!!!"
Front kick blocked—back heel smashed shoulder; sword swing met side roundhouse tip precisely throat-struck.
Relentless teleport chains, Mei's serial axe-kicks accelerating into chest roundhouse launch.
Wu Zun looked up? Sweeping kick buckled knee reflexively.
Targeting nape descent—wheel swordsmanship countered.
Spinning blades orbited, barring approach.
Gap: Spinning top-like Mei's counter smashed face.
No organs, no acupoints, no vitals.
Limbs burst, shredded—irrelevant.
Fixed impaling wheel rigidly with [Idol's Minerals], embedded—rushing him, he reached waist sword hilt.
"Witness...! [Heavenly Demon Five Swords]!! Awaken, Soul-Stealing Demon Sword!!"
Ominous black-bladed sword resonated master's call.
Onrushing pitch darkness!!
Mei backbent evading; waist spun, leg whip-coiled Wu Zun's arm.
Inhuman slime motion! Idol's body liquification!
Abandoning qi-wielding living flesh enabled monstrous sorcery!!
Parasitic on ultimate-drawing sword-arm.
Shadows wove eight arms pummeling Wu Zun's head mercilessly.
"Graaaah!!!!"
Qi burst, flames across body—yet Mei burrowed closer, [Idol's Freeze] dropping temperature, sluggishifying.
No prior martial artist poise.
Sword drawn, vowing all-out...!!
"Uwooooh....!! Kyaaaaah!!!"
Armor gaps infiltrated—Mei draped like clothing, embracing Wu Zun.
Head doubled in sensation—terror, panic seizures thrashed futilely!! No escape!!
Fused to his flesh!!
Crunchhhh──!!!!
"Kyaaaaaaaah!!!!"
That state, [Idol's Thunder] spewed—zapping self and Wu Zun alike.
[Idol's Flames] spammed inside armor; [Idol's Freeze] iced sword-arm solid.
"Kyaaaaak!!!!"
Torture equivalent—Wu Zun broke, releasing [Millennium Ink Iron Armor]; razor nails tore, twisted Mei off.
"You demonic bitch!!!"
Crisis moment—eyes caught space flow.
"Now space too──is your body!!"
Pain sharpened senses. Adrenaline to endorphins. Battle-hyped, glimpse of chance.
"【Heavenly Demon Supremacy Step】──!!"
Leg hoisted high—pitch-black qi gathered, slamming earth.
[Skill] destroyed alert; mana backlash spewed blood, head wrenched—Wu Zun seized Mei's skull, ripped, slammed ground.
Vivid pain.
Restored form eyed—hand blackened.
[[Demonic Art]'s [Demonic Qi] critically afflicts body and mind!]
Hand unresponsive.
[Idol's Body] screamed irrecoverable against infiltrating demonic qi.
Wakamo's spirit pierced too—needle-torture agony ground teeth.
"──Heh heh.... Damn.... Overuse [Demonic Art], invades marrow, drives insane. Didn't want, but... to kill you, no choice!! Urk...!"
Clang!
Overstrained sword-arm detached shoulder, shattering.
Burn-scarred body surveyed, black blood vomited.
Staff-as-cane rising Mei trembled seizure-like from throat-deep [Demonic Qi], spewing black mana.
"Fuck... real demon lord...."
Mind-shattering torment. Unbearable agony.
Labored breaths, Mei tried [VTuber's Breath] calming mind-body.
Pffft──!
Sword pierced chest protruding.
Xiao Liang et al. masters stabbed wildly.
Betrayed like this? Wu Zun sneered watching.
".....Witness, Idol..!! 【Mara Bloodsuck Great Law】!! Killed the children?! Their deaths had value!! To birth me!! Power rivaling gods!!!"
Horrific aura bloomed across Wu Zun.
Undead-like deathly qi—but denser demonic.
Skin reddening, life force, vigor overflowed.
Law's name implied no post-death rest for slain kids.
Severed shoulder sprouted bone, nerves coiled, muscles sheathed, skin regenerated.
Eyes gleamed purple; [Soul-Stealing Demon Sword] auto-grasped, beast-roar hummed.
Ominous sword wail.
Sky darkened; blood rain poured.
"Blood Heavenly Demon Art's pinnacle. Understand? Transcended climber gains unimaginable power... godlike!!"
More fiend than man—skin crimson, sclera black.
"Farewell!! Phantoms ruling my absent era—return whence you belong!!!"
Endure drivel; tried culturing [Plants] inside—vicious [Demonic Qi] killed mana infusions.
[Mana Core]? Mana dispersed impossibly.
Black demonic qi filled [Idol's Body] replacing mana—breath choked.
Impaled sword trembled through chest.
No strength turn head, but probably weeping.
Ideally [My Worlds] to safe haven.
But climber exit via non-personal skill deemed joint.
Forcing self to kill ancestor—anguish fitting.
"It's fine, Idol (VTuber) won't die."
"Ancestor...?"
"Idol (VTuber) dies──only forgotten by believers (fans)."
Fine, rising Mei cradled Xiao Liang protectively, Mount Tai-steady. Abandoned Wakamo control. Halted all camera ops──poured utmost spirit into sole [Idol's Body], max concentration.
"Heavenly Demon Five Swords!!"
Plain overhead slash, no feints.
Yet heaven-crashing pressure, giant palm-crushing weight, body-ripping demonic qi suffocating.
Head barely lifting, staff to deflect—but [Demonic Qi] dispersed mana; form collapsed.
Sword arc slowed, time-frozen halt.
Demonic qi crumbled mana, necrotized flesh.
'Such hidden move... everything exists....'
Experiencing wuxia demonic qi real—agony hindered motion.
Mana body saved her; hearted flesh? Shock-dead long ago.
How wield [Qi] life to such atrocity? Unfathomable.
Wakamo, as 【Idol】, unusable even postmortem.
Then how.
Staring death-sentence sword wrapped denser than dark.
Pre-death thought: Unseen VTuber concert.
Unclaimed reserved merch.
Fan death graduates oshi welcoming heaven true?
Light... heaven.... faith....
What is faith; pilgrim seeking wandered.
God's form whatever, granting life strength, will, love others.
Unconscious soul-deep epiphany: Beloved VTuber is heart's faith.
[Demonic Qi]-repelling mana [Mana Manipulation] twisted extreme, sucking demonic qi—rebound reshaped form.
Guiding lost fans seeking joy, became joy-giving VTuber (Idol).
I can!!
Do it!!
Kiiiiing──!!!
Demonic-repelling sword tip sparked flames on shoulder—fierce rebound deflected Wu Zun's blade.
Mei-centered vast light swept darkness; blood rain, thunderheads parted.
Sunlight halo rising Mei shed [Demonic Qi].
Only Wu Zun comprehended scene.
Mei Shaolongbao's overflowing light.... that [Mana] form!!
[[Mana Manipulation] Skill adds [Mana Conversion]!]
[[Mana] convertible to [Holy]!]
"You... invincible!! No weaknesses now.... [Mana Burn] useless.. Immortal! Undying! Unkillable!!!
──What have I done!?"
Panic-stricken Wu Zun gasped terror.
[Holy]-coated Mei blinked realization, smiled.
"Happy birthday... maybe?"
Death's brink: [Qi] life turns [Demonic Qi], so [Mana] to [Holy]?
Endured supreme counter [Demonic Qi] via [Mana Manipulation]—inverted [Conversion] like Idol's Flame to Freeze.
No Companion aid. Self-comprehended.
Mana drain fatal flaw, but.....
"Feeling the ultimate HIGH!!!"
Flowers bloomed across Mei—desperate Wu Zun swung Heavenly Demon Five Swords, demonic qi wildly scattered, lunging.
Swordless, Mei condensed [Holy] on fist, overlaid [Fist Aura]—clashed Soul-Stealing Demon Sword; sparks exploded space-between.
Light vs. dark collision.
Rebound flung both—stumbling back Wu Zun.
Mei planted feet, stared pushed-back Wu Zun.
[Holy]-coated fully.
[Mana]-born [Plants] birthed life-[Qi].
Three [Mana Cores] proxy-tri-dantian spun furiously.
Whumm whumm──!!
"Our Divine Cult!! Heavenly Demon Reincarnation's dream!! Won't crumble so vainly!!"
Incoming fist met descending sword anew—formless waves rippled space-wide.
Sword tip spread; Mei's hand pulsed body-wide, vibrations transmitted wholly.
"Oshi-beating, ha-a-a-t!!"
[Lightning] + [Ice] in seven attributes—expanding life force doubled.
"Burn-away Super-Chaaaat!!"
'Vibration...?!'
Sword-hilt grip trembled violently.
Full-body [Holy] coating meant [Idol's Body] uncrackable.
Protected exterior, form-stabilized wrap.
"Etch it!! VTuber's ori-cooore!!!"
Rapid jab smashed blade.
Accelerated follow-up four strikes chained.
Four hits compounded sixteen shocks.
Wu Zun clocked [Boxing].
Ultimate for instant max-speed barrage!
Speed + punch fused rhythmic breaths—unshakable legs grounded, punch rush hammered.
Danced to myriad VTubers' ori-song rhythms, drumming Wu Zun instrument!!
"Yubi yubi orayo punch──!!!"
Fast──savage, bold, fierce hammering.
Magic slashes irrelevant—wild fists thrust.
Holy cracked? Mana refill; berserk-warriored.
Brainless, grit-ki filled, fists pounded ceaseless.
Know? VTuber dubbed chick.
100 daily 'Instant Heartbeat' thanks—100 songs in under 7 hours.
Debut half-year tale.
Post-training: voice left behind.
Piercing 'explosive penetration' voice anywhere! Potent roar!!
"Ooooooooh!!!!"
Fist-wielded; blocked? Shockwave organ-hit. Mei unrelenting rush.
Sword halved neck, pierced chest, waist-through, thigh-severed, shoulder-halfed—ignored.
──Anywhere-hit weakness? Ultimate trial ordeal.
Normal climber: vitals struck? Retreat or instant death.
But──Holy-shielded, [Qi]-wielding, mana-rampaging mad monster...?
Worst matchup. Shatter Holy cracks for vitals? But Wu Zun [Magic]-less.
──No related items/consumables!! Subordinates too.
"Yeah, Idol...!! End it!!!!"
Eternal seeming sword-fist exchanges.
【Heavenly Demon Black Clothes】 shredded; qi-infused [Iron Cannon Triple] sleeves tore Mei's chest wide, palm-air repulsion hurled her. Wu Zun inhaled.
Breathed in-out.
Mei too.
Breath-sounds-only silence flowed—subordinates bled, convulsed.
Xiao Liang instant [Idol's Protection] buff; Mei breakwater-blocked Wu Zun's shot [Demonic Qi].
Protected unscathed; others not.
Absorbing.
Draining hundred masters' life force wholesale!!
"【Subduing Demon Soul-Stealing Great Law】!! No further retreat!! Death in defeat? Mutual destruction!! Hundred masters' stats!! Life force!!! Before my body collapses, kill you──!!!"
Truly... clearer why.
'Demonic whatever, power-mad crossed line.'
Wu Zun's origin unknown—but now man-eating monster.
Yong Wei's selfish human fit perfectly.
Pure defamation.
Unfit believer-view.
Rear Xiao Liang smiled reassurance, raised fists stance.
Body blackened, souls swirled aura—【Chinese Tower Apostle】 apt.
Demonic aura-wreathed Wu Zun blood-tear shed, overhead sword-slash cracked layer floor fissure-quake.
Heaven-cleaving strike.
【Combat Legendary Class】 absurd might awe brief.
Now possible.
[Climbers] incl. monsters hold [Mana].
──Self-generate.
That, current me can.
[Stats]
Magic Power: 54,381
[VTuber's Breath] deep inhale—internal plants birthed mana.
Mana births life, life mana, mana life—perfect cycle.
[Stats]
Magic Power: 96,742
[Idol's Body] housed nature; [Holy] warded breakage.
No saintly grandeur. Just generate.
Sufficient.
[Stats]
Magic Power: 153,472
Recover, breaths rapid-mana regen.
Operated three [Mana Cores] overload-more mana.
"Uoooooooh!!!!"
Absorbed [Divine Bird Luan]'s mana wholesale into Idol's Body.
Limits exist, surplus needed.
[Stats]
Magic Power: 3,000,000+(1,892,543)
Surged.
Ignited engine accelerated rampage.
Crack──!
Cheek fissure; golden [Holy] refilled.
[Stats]
Magic Power: 3,000,000+(7,542,712)
Surpassed limits utterly.
"King Kai Fist──!!"
White hair reddened; red aura erupted.
Wakamo Inarizushi's ultimate state—Elixir-less, self-achieved.
Arms/legs burst-ready tremble, body swelled explosion-bound—but cycling mana [Holy]-converted forcibly sustained Idol's Body. Mei kicked floor soaring.
Ascending Idol punch vs. descending demon sword clash shockwave flung screaming Xiao Liang airborne.
"[What is that form!!!]"
Fluttering Heavenly Demon Black Clothes black-snake lunged—[Holy] repelled demonic. Mei clashed Wu Zun.
Fist-sword tremors collapsed buildings, fissured ground.
Demonic-saturated Soul-Stealing Demon Sword wailed ghostly—ignored, fists thrust.
Playlist beloved VTubers max volume ears-plugged; rhythm-timed fist drops only.
No special [Skills].
Heart-led, instinct-guided, full-power punches to sensed points.
Boom! Boom!
Crosses cracked skies, split earth.
Cliff-plunged Xiao Liang sword-wall clung, awestruck gaze only.
Blood rain pour, light-wreathed Idol barrage parried—demonic Wu Zun rampaged.
Full-force drops unscathed blade; Soul-Stealing Demon Sword gleamed eerie.
"[[Heart Instant Kill]!]"
Crimson grudge-hate blade blazed vivid.
Pure kill-Mei intent, Wu Zun will-forged god-slayer sword deep-gashed Mei's waist post-clash.
Spluuuurt!!!
Massive red mana gushed.
Bloodspray-like, but compressed body-mana waterjet-only.
Release shock cracked aura; Wu Zun staggered.
[Holy]-resealed wound, Mei leaped face-punch.
"Power is justice!! Spare me strongman's logic, tireless!!!"
Untiring. Breathless.
Mental blows, pain—VTuber love recovers.
Foe tires. Monster stats bashed? Endure wins.
Beat till exhaustion, smash till shatter, crush till beg.
Boom!!
"Strong define all──!!"
Chest-stomped plummeting Wu Zun beneath; Mei's eyes ferociously red-glowed.
"I define──!!"
"[Urghhh!!]"
Sword jammed ankle twisted—but embedded leg burned; Mei's fist backhanded Wu Zun's face.
Clang!
Hardening. Fists numbed—ignored.
Wu Zun uncontrolled overflowing power. Adapt? His superiority natural.
But won't reach there.
"VTuber squared times 100, got it!? This math!! 3 mil power!! VTuber love ultra plus!!"
"[──This fool.... idiot..?]"
Hoisted hand grasped falling thunder.
Formed: [Extending Staff], Idol's sub-body manifested—full-force head-smash. Wu Zun blade-blocked twisted thrust.
"Don't drop that sword?"
Eerie warning ominous rush.
Sword-parry? Power-overwhelmed, blade grazed chest.
No... not power...
"[52.5 million]'s── believers' power, feel it!!!"
[Weight of Faith] cast; [Holy]-clad staff mana-infused.
"Extend──!!!"
"[Uoooooooh!!!]"
No push, no escape.
[Object Interaction] gripped Wu Zun tight; staff enlarged. Mei stacked [Weight of Faith] self/staff, full-kick atop.
Cruuuunch!!!!
Excessive overload fissured staff/Mei—ignored.
Mana-backflow mouth-blood spew; unrelenting extension.
"Ancestor!!"
Cliff-hanging Xiao Liang desperate call—but plummeting staff took Mei cliff-down.
Thud──
Echoing heavy thud.
Fading.
Thud.
Again.
....Thud..
Farther...
Distant impacts... Xiao Liang clueless, resolved climb cliff.
Before layer collapse.
"[Idol's Flames]!!!!"
Shoulder-flame explosion thrusted acceleration; Mei boosted descent.
More more──all mana max output limit-break!
[[Acquired [Idol's Conflagration] Skill!]]
[Idol's Conflagration]
-Consumes held mana for massive blaze.
"20x King Kai Fist!!! [Idol's Conflagration]!!!"
Erupting flames phoenix-wing gorgeous bloom.
Radiant blaze color-shifted white──
Vertical scenery blurred; indiscernible acceleration, Mei staff-pinned ground-slammed continuous.
Thud── thud── thud──!!
Shatter, demolish.
Till un-shatterable!!
"....What's happening?"
Outside Sichuan, clueless beyond Black Society boss tower-entry—Yong Wei/Yu Ying eyed violently shaking 100th-floor Sichuan Tower.
Cracks spidered from top.
Worsening.
Tower groaned unbearable, bending pained.
Rumbleee──
"Tower collapsing!!!"
Memories triggered Yu Ying's terrified shout. Yong Wei hugged Yu Ying, Black Society men evacuating—
Boommmm!!!
Tower shell shattered, fragments torn—Yao Fang sky-crossed flung.
"....Yao Fang?"
Staff-mounted, hands-behind-back pursuing.
Staff-launched, demonic-faced shocked Wu Zun arm-wrench-behind; Mei gripped earth-plunged extending staff.
Midair twist aimed exposed tower innards.
Shattered one arm.
Half-broken sword unendurable.
Leg-twisted joint-locked Mei stomped head—blood-spewing Wu Zun.
"VTuber Inferno!!!"
Boom──!!
Remaining tower midsection head-impaled.
Immense durability cracked; waist severed, upper plunged inverted ground-spiked.
"Guh... erk..."
"100 masters' strength...? My subscribed VTubers multiples thereof."
Collapsed tower rubble, ground-crash fallen Wu Zun Yao Fang.
"....Impossible...."
Blue-sky sun-backed, red-flaming hair fluttered Mei overlooked; he despaired.
──All efforts so futile.... to mere past phantom....!!
".....Don't mistake... your world endless... Idol... Stronger than me... plenty...."
"Defeat-speak ugly, you know?"
Arm extended, lightly caught falling Xiao Liang princess-carried.
"Believers'd cheer catharsis. But... can't show this."
".....Showing might earn more respect... no?"
".....Maybe?"
[Mei Shaolongbao victorious in layer conquest vs. Yao Fang!]
[Chinese Tower bankrupted by massive loss!! Expels all climbers!!]
[Korean Tower claims Chinese Tower control!]
[Russian Tower acknowledges Korean Tower victory]
[Korean Tower forms massive alliance. Japan, Russia, China now under Korean Tower influence!]
[Korean Tower influence grants [Tower of Babel Language] benefits! Cross-border communication possible!]
Phewww──!!
Pop. Pop.
Chengdu skies fireworks spectacular burst.
Celebrating Wakamo's win; one-day resolution of perilous [Martial World]—Yong Wei applauded.
Unforeseen layer-collapse to tower-busting breakout; Yu Ying pitied inverted tower top.
Black-cracked tower looked dead.
[Mei Shaolongbao acquires 95 layers as conquest reward]
"Hmm?"
Acknowledged 95-layer clear.
Tower that state... climbable...?
Clunk.
Sudden exhaustion flood.
[[Idol's Body] halted by overload!]
[Recovery: 5 days]
"Urk"
"Ancestor?"