“So that’s how it is…” After quickly scanning the effects of these four skills, Hua Jian thought, “With this kind of combat power… it wasn’t for naught that I transformed into such an ugly appearance.”

“Ahem… Hua Jian-daren,” At this moment, Ukyo Tachibana, seeing Hua Jian's change, asked suspiciously, “You are…”

“What’s with all the fuss?” Before Hua Jian could reply, Kurogane Jin'e from the other end of the alley spoke first, “Just a transformation ability, in this different dimension… have you seen little of it?”

Hearing this, Ukyo Tachibana thought: What he said also made sense. It was just changing appearance and increasing strength. There were plenty of people who could use such tricks. Hua Jian-daren was all-powerful and had this ability, so it wasn't strange.

Thus, the two kenpou masters didn't say anything more about it, and continued to concentrate and immerse themselves in the battle.

And Hua Jian… also began to take action.

“Hmm… as expected, I still have to take care of Xiao Tan first…” After a moment's thought, she decided to attack Wang Tanzhi first.

This wasn't out of spite (she didn’t have any objection to Xiao Tan's attempt to assassinate her), nor was it to bully her own people (thinking Xiao Tan was easy to deal with), but a calm judgment based on the actual situation.

First, Hua Jian knew more about Xiao Tan's strength. She roughly knew what skills and equipment he had and how he might respond. This was the advantage of intelligence.

Secondly, Xiao Tan's speed was very fast. If he ran away with all his might, probably none of the people here could keep him. If Hua Jian killed Qisha first, Xiao Tan would probably retreat, then she would have missed this opportunity to kill Xiao Tan.

Thirdly, in terms of overall combat strength, Qisha's defense ability was obviously stronger. To put it bluntly… he was more difficult to kill.

In summary, Hua Jian's choice was undoubtedly reasonable and correct.

Shua shua shua shua…

In the blink of an eye! With a series of sounds of wind breaking, the "rock golem" that Hua Jian had transformed into, floating in mid-air, suddenly accelerated, clinging to the ground, and flew towards Xiao Tan's location.

【岩切】(rock_polish), polish the body, reduce air resistance, and quickly increase its own speed.

"So fast!" Xiao Tan was shocked when he saw the rock golem rushing towards him like a giant cannonball.

At this moment, Kurogane Jin'e had already launched a surprise attack from his side, and the other two sides were dead ends of the wall. To retreat… there was only the way "up." But… in front of "Killer of Thousands," jumping high or using moves like 【天地逆转神诀】 (Tiandi Nìzhuǎn Shénjué - Heaven and Earth Reversal Divine Skill) that went straight up and down had a very high probability of being seen through and killed… Anyone who knew something about fighting games understood that when facing masters, it was best to do "jumping" as little as possible, because many times, when you jumped up and then landed, half of your health would be gone…

“Tch…” Xiao Tan spat and reluctantly faced the rock golem, using the 【恶魔蝙蝠鬼影】(Èmó Biānfú Guǐyǐng - Devil Bat Phantom Shadow) that he had wanted to save for his life; In the blink of an eye, Wang Tanzhi split into two, dividing into two afterimages, bypassing on both sides of the opponent, and flashed behind the rock golem.

Bang!

Immediately afterwards, behind Hua Jian, there was a sound of gunfire.

It turned out that when Xiao Tan was using evasion techniques, he had already thought of a counterattack plan in his mind… When he came behind the opponent, the 【温彻斯特霰弹枪】(Winchester xiǎndànqiāng - Winchester Shotgun) was already ready to fire.

Unexpectedly… the shotgun bullets only left a few shallow black spots on the rock golem's stone shell, and didn't even blast open a single crack.

“Hmph… You should give up on attacks of this level early.” Hua Jian smiled slightly, “To be honest, this gun… only made me lose 2% of my survival value. Even if we set aside the ammunition, loading speed, and my healing ability… do you think you can create fifty such close-range firing opportunities?”

“Sister Qin… Reverse psychology is useless.” Xiao Tan wasn't stupid, and immediately saw through that the other party was trying to provoke him, “You want to trick me into using the 【魔贯光杀炮】(Mó Guàn Guāng Shā Pào - Makankosappo)…” He paused, “There must be some conspiracy…”

Indeed, Hua Jian's purpose was to induce Xiao Tan to use the amazingly destructive 【魔贯光杀炮】(Mó Guàn Guāng Shā Pào - Makankosappo)… In this way, she could use another skill in her current state—【魔装反射】(magic_Coat) to directly kill Xiao Tan.

“Heh… pretty smart.” After being exposed, Hua Jian wasn’t angry, “Originally, I wanted to solve you with a trick, so I could reveal less information to that person over there…” As she said that, she glanced at Qisha in the distance, “Now it seems… it won’t work.”

While the two were talking, Hua Jian’s mind moved, and she released another move.

【魔术空间】(magic_room), create a special space in a certain area. When the magic space exists, all players’ equipment in the space will temporarily become ineffective.

Whoosh—

As soon as the skill was released, an orange, invisible force field centered on the rock golem instantly bloomed, covering a range of hundreds of meters.

For the two NPCs, this skill was useless, and for Hua Jian in her current state, it was also meaningless. But… Xiao Tan and Qisha were unlucky… At the moment when the effect of all the equipment was lost, they were shocked that their bodies had sunk… This was undoubtedly a sign of a decline in physical skills.

“Take this!” Hua Jian didn’t give Xiao Tan any room to breathe. After releasing the magic space, she charged up again and used her fourth skill.

【精神切割】(psycho_Cut), cut the opponent with an materialized blade of the mind, with a high probability of triggering a "critical strike".

In an instant, layers of dark red mental blades wrapped around the rock golem, and thorns-shaped blades of light swept around in all directions. Combined with the huge collision volume of the rock golem itself, Xiao Tan, whose speed had been reduced, was forced to retreat in a panic.

“Damn it…” In that flash of lightning, Xiao Tan thought, “It’s huge, has amazing defensive power, and is also so fast… Whether I’m cut by the blades around her or hit directly by her, I’ll be seriously injured.” His toes tapped quickly, his body tilted backwards, like a dragonfly skimming the water, leaping backwards in succession, "If I use a skill to meet it head-on… I'm afraid only the A-level 【剔骨刀法】(Tīgǔ Dāofǎ - Bone Carving Blade Technique) can fight the opponent's offensive, but this skill just happens to be 'ineffective against targets that are too large,' and there is no 'meat' to carve on this rock golem at all. Even if its size is suitable, the skill probably won't be able to exert its full power…"

Thinking of this, he had quickly retreated more than ten meters. At this time, Kurogane Jin'e was still flanking him on his side, preventing him from detouring; Not far behind Xiao Tan was the battle circle between Qisha and Ukyo Tachibana. Continuing to retreat… he would bump into Qisha's back.

On the other hand, Qisha was also suffering unspeakably at this moment. In the few seconds after the 【魔术空间】(magic_room) was activated, Qisha didn't understand exactly what the effect was. His first reaction was—"This is probably a skill that reduces my physical skills." This wrong judgment… quickly made him pay a bloody price.

Because the gauntlets on his hands suddenly lost the original attributes of the equipment, Qisha's hands were bleeding in the next few rounds of confrontation, and he retreated steadily. At this point, he finally came to his senses… It turned out that the effect of this orange domain was to invalidate the equipment on his body.

Just as Qisha was considering how to escape from this domain that was very unfavorable to him, Wang Tanzhi's figure quickly approached.

At this moment, both of them had no way to retreat. Not only were they attacked from both sides, but the opponent with their back against their back was also an untrustworthy opponent.

Thus, the two people who were deeply trapped in despair… used their final means in unison.

“Dance of Death!”

“Fiendish Star Blaze!”

Xiao Tan, who activated his title ability… disappeared from the sight of the other four.

And Qisha, who used his soul intent, suddenly burst into white fierce flames all over his body, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply, forcing Ukyo Tachibana to find it difficult to approach.

“This kid…” Two seconds later, Kurogane Jin'e moved his gaze upward and looked at the sky, “What is he going to do…”

After all, he was a kenpou master known as "Unparalleled Under Heaven." Even if Xiao Tan's speed surpassed his dynamic vision in an instant, he could still judge the direction of his movement based on the last action the opponent made before "disappearing."

“Flying into the sky at super high speed, is he trying to run away…” Kurogane's mind flashed, predicting the enemy's opportunity, "No… Judging from the shifting momentum of his knees and shoulders, he wants to use something…"

His deduction was correct. Xiao Tan, who had obtained the "Dark Speed ​​Force," was no longer worried about being cut down after jumping high. Therefore, Xiao Tan decisively used the combo of 【天地逆转神诀】(Tiandi Nìzhuǎn Shénjué - Heaven and Earth Reversal Divine Skill) and 【怖影追魂】(Bùyǐng Zhuīhún - Shadow Fear Chasing Soul). With his current speed, the damage this strike would cause to a single target would definitely not be inferior to Brother Jue's 【气功炮】(Qìgōng Pào - Spirit Energy Cannon).

"It's over!" Just as Xiao Tan's killing move was about to descend, Qisha also twisted his body and shouted out.

He abandoned Ukyo Tachibana in front of him, and instead used his ultimate move on Hua Jian, who was rushing from behind. Although there were no equipment attribute bonuses, the power of the S-level skill was there, and with the power of soul intent… Qisha’s move 【无式】(Wúshì - No Style) could be said to be certain to succeed.

In an instant, the battle situation reversed.

The two fighting game-specialized players who were forced to the limit each used their trump cards, launching attacks from above and in front of Hua Jian respectively.

Not to mention the rock golem, even if a script Boss (of course, this refers to those general script Bosses that need to be killed, the three monsters in this script are not included) was hit by these two moves together, it would probably be in dire straits.

“Heh… Fine.” But Hua Jian showed a smile again.

Boom—

A moment later, dark shadows fell from the sky, and white flames exploded on the ground.

At the moment when the explosion sounded, the effect of 【魔术空间】(magic_room) was also lifted.

However…

The system notification declaring Hua Jian's death was late in coming.

After the collision of darkness and light, what finally appeared in the dissipating smoke… were Wang Tanzhi and Qisha, who were both defeated and injured, and… a pile of broken rocks.

The result of this move was—the fused rock golem was shattered, but before it shattered, the effect of 【魔装反射】(magic_Coat) had reflected part of the power of Xiao Tan and Qisha's two moves back.

“Heh… as expected…” Xiao Tan, kneeling on one knee and panting, smiled bitterly, “Presumably… you already used ‘that’ before we even set our sights on you, right?”

“Hey… what are you talking about?” At this time, Qisha was lying on the ground with his limbs spread out and couldn’t even sit up, so he simply started chatting with Xiao Tan.

“He’s not talking to you.” The next second, Hua Jian’s voice came from not far away.

Xiao Tan and Qisha turned their heads when they heard the sound, but saw… Hua Jian had returned to her original human appearance, standing a few meters away, looking unscathed.

“That’s right, I used ‘that’ a long time ago (because Qisha, an outsider, was present, neither of them spoke very clearly).” Hua Jian looked at Xiao Tan and continued, “As soon as I entered the script, I used it on myself.” She shrugged, “In other words… wanting to kill me, ‘once’ is not enough.” She sighed, “Of course, I still have to praise you two. In my original plan, I didn’t plan to die even once. It’s a pity… you still killed me once. Alas… Next, when dealing with Bu Jue and Sister Yu, I’ll probably be walking on thin ice…”

“Hahaha…” Qisha shook his head and laughed, “You guys from the Inferno Front… are really more terrifying than the last…” He took a long breath, “If possible… I really don’t want to meet you in the competition.”

“Don’t worry…” Xiao Tan also sat down on the ground, “I don’t want to meet you either…”

At this point, the two of them had also conceded defeat. Neither of them had the idea of “taking a bottle of survival value supplement and fighting another hundred rounds” because at the moment their moves were exhausted, the sword intent of Kurogane Jin'e and Ukyo Tachibana had already enveloped them. As long as they had even a trace of resistance, the two of them would definitely notice it and kill them with one sword.

“You are an exception, Wang Tanzhi.” Qisha continued, “You are a relatively down-to-earth person. I’m looking forward to… next time I can have a one-on-one, fair fight with you.”

“Keep looking forward to it slowly…” Xiao Tan said with narrowed eyes, “I’m still looking forward to finding a cure for cancer.”

As they were saying this, Hua Jian on the other side had very efficiently taken out a handgun from her baggage, pulled the safety, and aimed it at them…