Chapter 163: Let’s Fight, My Best Friend (Part 2)

The next second.

“Boom—!!!”

The blue shell that should have slammed into Seraphine’s face suddenly came to a halt midway, as if it had struck an indestructible wall.

The smoke and dust dispersed.

Lin Yu’s pupils abruptly dilated.

Blocking it there was neither a shield nor a barrier.

But rather…

“…Luo Shaotian?!”

At some point, he had instantaneously moved to Seraphine’s front.

That broad chest of his had forcibly… taken head-on a particle cannon powerful enough to melt steel!

“Zzz—”

Charred smoke billowed from the massive wound in his chest.
The flesh was torn and curled, and one could even see the dark-red bone beneath.

Yet he stood like a statue, not retreating a single step, firmly protecting the woman behind him.

“Aiya ya~”

Seraphine poked half of her little head out from behind that broad back and showed Lin Yu—who had gone completely dumbfounded—a smile so sweet it made one sick.

“Something so rough… it’s better to let a thick-skinned dog take it instead, you know~”

She extended a finger and gently poked Luo Shaotian’s mangled, bloody wound.

“Look, he seems to be… enjoying it~ ♥️”

“Bastard—!!!”

Blood instantly burst from the corners of Lin Yu’s eyes.

The particle cannon was still humming; with just a single command, it could spew destructive fire once more.

But…

Her hand was trembling.

That finger, usually incomparably nimble, now felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead, stiffly hovering in midair.

Reason screamed wildly in her mind:

Fire!

Fire now!

Are you a f—ing idiot?!

That’s no longer a human!

That’s a monster polluted by fear!

According to the contract signed before, according to the executor’s manual, that is a contaminant that must be purified!

But…

A person’s past is like a page of paper—it always flips over at the most inappropriate moment.

And among those gray, gloomy words, Luo Shaotian was her first friend, her only…

Good brother.

Those memories that should never have surfaced at this time—warm to the point of pain—flooded her mind.

“Damn…”

Lin Yu’s eyes reddened, her vision blurring from tears.

However, on the battlefield, even one second of mercy is a one-way ticket to hell.

Just during these few seconds of her inner struggle—

“Roar—!”

A foul wind thick with the stench of rust and sulfur slammed into her face!

“Eh—?!”

Lin Yu snapped back to her senses, only to find that the light above her head had been completely blotted out.

A shadow as massive as a mountain had already enveloped her without any warning.

Too close!

Luo Shaotian’s eyes, burning with savage bloodfire, were less than half a meter from her!

Without any extra movement—

That right fist, still dripping with black blood, smashed down violently!

“Clang—!”

Metal rang against metal!

Da Bai’s left-arm tower shield was forced up at the last possible moment!

But this time, it was no longer as steady as a mountain.

The immense impact instantly overloaded the shield generator. The entire mech let out a strained “creak,” its solid alloy frame trembling violently!

So this is… terrifying brute strength?

This was simply a humanoid tyrannosaurus!

Before Lin Yu could even catch her breath—

“Whoosh—!”

A shrill tearing sound of air rang out again!

Luo Shaotian’s left fist followed immediately after, carrying even more frenzied momentum, slamming straight toward Lin Yu’s completely unguarded right side!

“Bang—!”

Da Bai had no choice but to forcibly interrupt the cannon’s charge, restructuring its right arm into a gigantic steel hand within one second, clamping down tightly on the incoming iron fist!

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Two ultimate forces collided head-on in midair!

“Zzzzz—!”

Da Bai’s electronic eyes flashed red madly, and the hydraulic transmission let out a wail on the brink of collapse.

It was being suppressed.

Even this mech, representing the company’s highest technological achievement, appeared to be tottering in the face of this overwhelming violence!

“Roar—!”

Luo Shaotian let out a bellow.

He didn’t retreat after being blocked; instead, it was as if even more frenzied beastly instincts had been stimulated.

He leaned his massive body forward, relying on his absolute advantage in size and strength, forcibly pressing Da Bai back inch by inch!

That posture…

That posture filled with aggression and oppression…

It was just like a rampaging beast about to brutally tear apart and devour the prey beneath it!

“Hahahah—aaaaaahhhhhhh…”

Scalding, rancid breaths blasted against Lin Yu’s face.

She was forced to tilt her head back, staring at that face from point-blank range.

The skin had turned a strange dark red, like red-hot branding iron;
the canine teeth jutted out, sharp as a wolf’s;
and the two bony protrusions at his temples had already pierced through the skin, growing into two ferocious demon horns.

That face was so unfamiliar, so terrifying.

There was no trace left… of that honest, simple young man.

But no matter how much he had become a monster, Lin Yu still recognized that face.

It was a contour etched deep into her soul.

“Shaotian! It’s me!”

Lin Yu shouted at Luo Shaotian, her voice hoarse with desperation.

“Look at me! Look at me properly! Do you still remember who I am?!”

“Roar…”

The only response she received was Luo Shaotian’s bone-chilling growl.

“You… how did you end up like this?”

Tears welled up in her eyes. The overwhelming fear left Lin Yu speaking incoherently.

“Look at you… you’re not even wearing clothes… what kind of state is this…”

Roar—!!!

As if enraged by her incessant voice.

Luo Shaotian suddenly exerted force, that iron fist burning with bloodfire pressing down heavily!

“Crack—!”

The already overloaded energy shield on Da Bai’s left arm finally gave way, completely shattering into countless motes of light!

All that remained was the alloy shield body, reddened by extreme heat, still emitting dying groans as it struggled to hold on.

The distance closed once more.

The shadow of death had already brushed against her nose.

At this critical moment—

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Lin Yu’s mind.

Since he was so obsessed with that false illusion…

“Then I’ll gamble everything!”

She clenched her teeth and silently recited that command in her heart:

“Transformation ☆ Time Up!!!”

“Wong—”

Pink psionic light instantly enveloped her.

The pink dress, blackened by gun smoke, disappeared, replaced by that familiar sailor uniform.

Her twin ponytails cascaded down like a waterfall, transforming into smooth, straight black hair.

At this moment, she returned to the version of herself who once cooked for him—

“Black-Haired Lulu.”

“Shaotian! Look! Look clearly!!!”

Lin Yu lifted her tear-streaked little face and cried out tremblingly.

“I… I’m Lulu! No, wait…”

Suppressing her shame, she imitated the tone of that illusion and shouted out that form of address through sobs:

“You old jerk! Open your eyes and look! I’m the real Lulu!!!”

“—”

Whether it was because of that familiar nickname, or because of the purifying effect of Li Qing’s blood earlier—

It seemed that Lin Yu had guessed right.

In that instant, a trace of confusion actually flashed across Luo Shaotian’s frenzied blood-red pupils.

The arm pressing down on her paused slightly, and pain and hesitation surfaced on that twisted, ferocious face.

Lulu…?

However—

“Aiya ya, uncle! Don’t let a bad woman trick you~”

From afar, that malicious voice rang out like a parasite clinging to bone.

“How could that kind of fake ever be Lulu? Come on… accept a little friendly reminder from the authentic Lulu~ ♥”

Seraphine stood atop the ruins, a cruel smile hanging at the corner of her mouth.

She raised her hand and blew a seductive flying kiss toward Luo Shaotian.

Pop~

A heart-shaped bubble glowing with pink light actually flew out from between her lips!

It drifted slowly over, like a steel needle coated with deadly poison…

Pff!

It stabbed viciously into the back of Luo Shaotian’s head!

“Uaaaargh——!!!”

Luo Shaotian let out an extremely shrill howl!

That fleeting confusion was instantly swallowed up by even crazier, more turbid bloodlight!

“Roar————!”

The next moment.

Crash————!

Da Bai’s tower shield, already at its absolute limit, was smashed into scrap metal with a single punch!

Immediately after, the iron fist continued onward without losing momentum, slamming viciously into the mech’s chest!

Clang————!

This mech that carried the last hope was sent flying like a casually discarded soda can, smashing heavily into the ground, billowing thick black smoke, falling completely silent.

“Ah—”

Without the mech’s protection, Lin Yu no longer had any means of counterattack. She was even easily shaken off and thrown to the ground.

Before she could get back up—

A suffocating shadow pressed down once more.

Luo Shaotian’s massive body directly straddled her, pinning her firmly to the muddy, rubble-strewn ground.

At this moment, she was as fragile as a little girl about to suffer violence.

“Hahahaah…”

An overpowering, nauseating stench of blood mixed with constantly dripping sticky saliva splashed onto Lin Yu’s pale face.

Her whole body trembled as she looked at the completely bestial face above her and pleaded in despair:

“Shaotian… you… calm down…”

However, the only response was the panting of a beast.

Luo Shaotian’s face was twisted, his eyes filled with nothing but the desire to destroy everything.

The next moment.

Rip————!

Accompanied by a piercing sound of tearing cloth—

That sailor uniform, symbolizing the identity of “Lulu,” carrying their earliest memories—

Was mercilessly—

Torn to shreds by those brutal hands.

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