my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 109
  Wang Shui, who took the initiative to attack, was injured.

To release a spell, you need to return to reality. Although he switches extremely quickly, casting a spell takes time.

Even if it is an instant spell, there must be time to channel the model and energy.

Aqua Regia's casting and jumping phase took about 0.4 seconds.

This time may not be long, but it may not be short.

During this time, Sylvia completed a textbook overload maneuver and dodged a high-damage spell that had no tracking ability.

They even locked onto the location where Aqua Regia appeared, and after maneuvering closer, they fought back.

The long sword that kept the [Anti-Magic] module charged directly invaded the energy shield, leaving sword marks on Aqua Regia's body.

However, Sylvia can judge the effect of the attack by the feel of the hand, so the gain from this attack is not great.

Sylvia remained vigilant, and Wang Shui did not stay in the [Shadow Realm] all the time.

After all, he is not a transcendent who specializes in using [Shadow Energy]. A plane filled with a single powerful energy will corrode him, and then this erosion will be converted into continuous damage by [The Master].

Wang Shui left the shadow world, but he didn't jump directly back to reality.

He used the effect of the secret card to slowly adjust his phase state, slowly changing from [Scale 1] to [Scale 0].

1 is the special plane adjacent to reality, 0 is the depth of space where reality is located, and these numbers are the readings on the [three-phase meter].

Before returning to reality 0, he was invisible.

During this short buffer time, Wang Shui let the mobile armor fully open all modules and enter the highest output mode, but he turned off the [Energy Shield] module, which was of no use anymore.

The returning energy fluctuations begin to affect the real world.

Sylvia, who was maintaining slow and irregular maneuvers, suddenly touched her waist with her left hand, where there was a rough-looking revolver.

boom--

The 20mm heavy warhead flew out of the gun barrel with a rocket-assisted tail flame, and the impact point of the bullet gradually overlapped with the newly revealed aqua regia.

But the fire control system is not blind.

Even if there is no energy shield, there is still an [Active Instantaneous Force Field] to protect against projectiles.

The upper limit of interception of this force field is 100 projectiles in different directions per second, and the interception effect is extremely strong.

The flames from the explosion of the heavy warhead instantly engulfed the aqua regia, but his eyes never left Sylvia - until Sylvia disappeared into a purple glow, and another overload maneuver was performed.

At this time, Wang Shui suddenly clenched his left hand.

A crisp crackling sound immediately came from the air. Wang Shui jumped slightly to the side, easily dodged the sword that had exhausted its strength, and then pushed the force field blade forward.

The energy blade that could only be seen from the fire control perspective forced Sylvia to end the maneuver early, and she smiled even more as she jumped back.

Wang Shui finally wasn't beaten unilaterally.

Sylvia's killing sword just now became ineffective because Aqua Regia set up magic crystal clusters on her maneuvering route.

The crystal clusters fixed in space did block some of Sylvia's offensive, but what made Sylvia even more happy was that Wang Shui understood her maneuvering route.

It seems that the battle lessons have not been forgotten.

"You can't jump into the air."

The voice of Aqua Regia in the public channel arrived together with his bullets. Six heavy warheads blocked Sylvia's avoidance space.

Aqua Regia, who was changing bombs at high speed on the ground, had a good habit of keeping observation.

So he was lucky enough to see the spectacle of a third-level mobile armor equipped with a second-level pilot and three swords blasting six heavy warheads.

For ordinary awakened people, even if they can fight hard, their mobile armor will still be damaged...

Amidst the dense metal collision, six flying knives and six paper cards quietly flew out from Wang Shui's side, and Wang Shui also pulled out the two-handed sword at his waist.

"Don't use the standards I teach you to understand what I do."

Sylvia hovers in the air. This is the basic function of the [Super Mobility] module, but people who do not have the ability to fly themselves or are not good at aerial combat will basically not use it.

It is really difficult for ordinary people to exert force in the air.

"Then let me test the limits of Mr. Hill's operation."

The tacit dialogue gap is the time for both parties to adjust their status.

During this fleeting opportunity, whoever launches an attack regardless of his status will definitely suffer.

But the side that recovers first and attacks in advance will have an advantage. This situation cannot be dealt with rigidly. Mecha combat is not a simple battle of guns and swords.

However, this time it was still Wang Shui who made the first move. He held the long sword in his right hand and pulled it back, then pushed forward a normal sword finger with his left hand, and then immediately started a sneak attack.

Hey, that's right, the sword point is a sneak attack!
  The energy rising from the swords in both hands covered up the glow of the ring on his left hand.

The six flying knives he had just projected around the room began to respond, and six silver-white metal whips were thrown at Sylvia at the same time.

Sylvia chose to dodge by landing on the ground. She twisted her body with her sword and carefully cut off only two metal whips.

Sure enough, the whip tip automatically fixed itself on the floor after landing and continued to "grow".

Sylvia knew that aqua regia would not be consumed by meaningless means. This metal whip would definitely hit more and more in a short period of time, restricting her movement.

Moreover, she also noticed the six cards rising on the sidelines.

Those are not secret cards, just ordinary extraordinary cards filled with alchemical arrays.

But those alchemy arrays were made by master alchemists, so whether they were traps or not, Sylvia had to pay attention to them.

While clicking her sword to repel the metal whip, Sylvia used her left hand to empty the bullets in the revolver, and then replaced it with powerful special bullets.

She swung her sword fiercely, and the blade wind of pure swordsmanship swayed the metal whip away. Then she took the opportunity to quickly leave the encirclement and rushed towards Wang Shui who was preparing a spell.

The long sword that Wang Shui had only used to pose before lit up with silver-white flames. The pure black outline made the flames look a little solemn. At this time, Wang Shui's expression was also quite serious. The spell he had just prepared improved his physical fitness.

Testing Sylvia's limits, he didn't just say it casually.

The solemn silver-white line of fire drew out the attack trajectory of the long sword.

The silver line directly met the lavender line. Both of them used the most powerful and heavy maneuvers. There was no room to dodge in this collision!

Ding!
  The sharp sound of metal clashing suddenly stopped because the vibrations of the two long swords immediately disappeared when they were fighting.

The black and white [Death Fire] spread onto Sylvia's sword. She understood this flame, which was an eternal fire that could decompose her body.

But she didn't abandon the sword, she still had ten seconds.

This was a rare opportunity for Wang Shui to have a sword duel with Sylvia. He subconsciously returned the sword and attacked again, taking a half step back to control the distance of the attack.

At this time, Sylvia suddenly lowered her body and rushed into Wang Shui's arms. Wang Shui reacted quickly and immediately blocked it with his left hand.

But Sylvia turned her sword upside down, stabbed backwards, and with the help of turning around, she raised her hand and fired, hitting the special bullet into the alchemy card floating in the air.

When Wang Shui passively closed his hand to defend, four cards had been knocked out, and he only had time to control the last two to fly away.

Now he could only pull back the sword to make room for him, and then slashed diagonally at Sylvia who was approaching.

In fact, he can attack with his left hand here. This time is enough for him to take out the pistol at his waist with his left hand.

But Aqua Regia's choice is - [Apparition]!
  Maintaining the diagonal chopping posture, Aqua Regia disappeared in a burst of explosions, and then like a distorted picture, he instantly came to the front of Sylvia, his posture was still diagonal chopping.

With this continuous sword strike, most people would be hit without being able to react in time.

Sylvia calmly raised the long sword. She was holding the long sword backwards, so in order to lift the sword to counter the attack of Aqua Regia, her arm movements would be very large.

In order to maintain her posture, she chose to lift her sword while doing a low body somersault, and gave Wang Shui two extra kicks.

Wang Shui's teleportation sword was easily resolved, and judging from the scene, it was Sylvia's initiative.

But after a few seconds of close combat, it was time to finish. The remaining two alchemy cards burst out with dark red light.

The light with the locking ability projected some words and patterns on Sylvia's mobile armor.

And Aqua Regia also stuck to it. He wanted to restrict Sylvia's movement and prevent her from overloading and maneuvering to escape the lock.

It was indeed time to end. Sylvia glanced at the information inside the mecha, and then issued a large number of thinking instructions.

In an instant, the [Anti-Demon Sting] mecha exploded with a lavender glow. It turned out that she had never let the mobile armor explode at full power.

The suddenly increased strength was used by her to push away the aqua regia.

But instead of avoiding the lock, she threw the long sword in her hand - her long sword was on the verge of shattering under the entanglement of dead fire.

Wang Shui disappeared and reappeared in an instant, dodging the thrown sword at will.

He also has a lot of space cards in his hand. If he simply avoids this kind of non-melee attack, he may never be hit.

Sylvia naturally knew about it. To be honest, Wang Shui's [Traveler] secret card and unlimited [Apparition] gave her a very headache.

What she hates most is this kind of enemy that can be avoided infinitely.

So, fuck him!

Before Aqua Regia and his fire control system could adapt to the speed of his burst, Sylvia quickly approached Aqua Regia with a straight-line overload maneuver.

She quickly suppressed him with five fingers, making it impossible for Wang Shui to lift his sword or draw his gun.

After that, she turned on the active switch of the [Anti-Magic] module, and short gray spikes popped out from the front and rear ends of the two arm armors, the front under the wrist and the back at the elbow.

At the same time, the lavender energy field spread out and enveloped the aqua regia.

Next is the personalization technique.

Sylvia went up to hit him with a knee, and then took the initiative to create a small space. When Shui Wang took the opportunity to resist, she returned her elbow and stabbed through Wang Shui's belly armor.

It's not that Wang Shui doesn't want to move, it's that the lavender anti-magic field disrupts the casting environment, making Wang Shui dare not use space abilities easily.

Non-space spells are also directly shielded by this force field. Only second-level aqua regia cannot even construct general spell models in the surrounding environment.

Wang Shui's biggest shortcoming now is still his level. This level of shielding makes it impossible for him to counterattack.

Compared to the environment where he couldn't cast spells and the suppressed body, the severe pain in his abdomen was actually less severe.

Moreover, a hole was clearly opened in Wang Shui's abdomen, but no blood flowed out.

After two seconds of stalemate, Sylvia did not pursue, but Wang Shui had already seen the situation clearly.

"Okay, I admit defeat."

Under this situation of being suppressed by the anti-magic, he could only compete with Sylvia with his spellcasting ability, and there was basically no hope of breaking the situation.

Sylvia, who remained suppressed, had many ways to crush him.

The red light above the battle laboratory turned green, the door to the observation room opened, and the sisters rushed to the field with medical equipment.

Compared to the aqua regia that gave in, Sylvia's injuries were more terrifying.

Aqua regia only had an obvious wound on his abdomen, and the mental loss was a bit serious. He was now a little dizzy.

Sylvia's body was covered with dense injuries.

Her leg muscles were severely strained, and there were some cracks in the bones all over her body. This was the price of forcibly using overload maneuvers. Even [Overload Gel] could not protect this kind of extraordinary damage.

In addition, the most obvious injuries were on her hands, right shoulder and chest. The mobile armor in these places had been shattered and she had completely lost her ability to work.

Under the shattered mecha, Sylvia's hands were covered with regular cracks, which were traces of being burned by [Dead Fire].

Wang Shui showed no mercy, he only allowed the death flame to be extinguished after admitting defeat.

There wasn't much armor left on Sylvia's chest and right shoulder. Even the mobile armor made of [Anti-Demon] material couldn't withstand the decomposition effect of [Alchemy of Truth].

Also decomposed along with the armor was part of Sylvia's flesh.

Now the sisters are still rescuing Sylvia who is bleeding heavily from her chest. And Wang Shui has repaired the wound on his abdomen.

Although he has not researched "bioalchemy" and "alchemical medicine" recently, he has not fallen behind on the knowledge he needs to read.

A mere fatal injury, easily repairable.

After a burst of not-so-intense blue light, the wound on Wang Shui's abdomen had healed and disappeared, leaving not even a scar.

"No, let's get a spare body."

The sister in charge of medical treatment made a calm judgment.

Sylvia, who had long since left her body and entered the aqua regia soul, also agreed that this body was indeed useless.

Leaving his sisters to pack up two mobile armors that were about to be scrapped, Wang Shui strolled back to the lounge while looking at the battle records and various real-time data.

Although he lost, he was still a little happy to be able to "die together" with Sylvia.

Moreover, the performance of these two mechas was excellent, and the coordination of various parameters exceeded everyone's expectations.

This shows that the research work has made new progress.

In the lounge, there are several fighting-type Hill sisters watching the battle. Everyone is still watching the battle replay. They are also Sylvia's students and need to learn.

"Hey, why don't you weaponize [Death Fire] and [Alchemy of Truth]? The market will be great."

The only people who would directly address Aqua Regia with "Hey" were the cub "Yue", Sylvia herself, and the big man "Nephrite" in front of him now.

Even sister Zhan Feng, who is usually a cold motorcycle fanatic, will also call her Brother Shui.

Nephrite, who has long since changed to a gel body, is still growing and developing, and this body can fully exert her characteristics.

Her height has reached about [-] meters, her figure is well-proportioned and harmonious, and her not-so-obvious muscles have terrifying explosive power.

There is no mobile armor suitable for her now, but she can reach the limit of a conventional third-level transcendent by relying only on her physical strength.

What's even more amazing is that not only is her physical fitness growing, but her soul is also growing. At the same time, she also has quite good alchemy talents and spellcasting talents.

His personal qualities were so good that even Sylvia was impressed.

The only problem now is that she seems to be getting lazy. Nephrite's favorite things are eating and reading, followed by sleeping.

She used to help in "Luo"'s laboratory, but later she was kicked out because she insisted on holding "Luo" to rest.

"There are many reasons. In short, it is not very convenient. This decomposition property comes from my [Alchemy of Truth]. If it is not controlled by me, it will be difficult to exert such an obvious effect."

Wang Shui answered Nephew's question nonchalantly, then sat down and watched the replay.

In fact, as Wang Shui's knowledge increased, he discovered that the main world did not seem to have a way to prevent this decomposition ability.

This made him even more reluctant to reveal this ability. It would be great to use it to trick people at critical moments.

"Instead of worrying about making money, how are you getting your work done?"

"Well, I've looked at the masters in this world, but they don't have particularly outstanding combat prowess. Some of them can mobilize extremely powerful magic and use magic with special effects, but they all have extremely fragile bodies."

After Nephrite left the laboratory, he was sent by Aqua Regia to travel around the world. While tasting the delicacies of various places, he also looked for those strong people based on energy fluctuations.

Sure enough, it was pretty much what Wang Shui expected.

"Okay, continue the silent research and expand production. Although the mobile armor produced with local materials is not convenient to take away, it is important for us to verify the reliability of the production line."

Wang Shui said and looked at Nephrite, who looked a bit quiet and locked Shui Wang at an extremely fast speed.

"Don't look at me, I don't want to work-"

　Um, Chapter 108 has been blocked and may need to be rewritten, so don’t worry, I can just worry myself...

　　
  　
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