Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
While Puppeteer darted towards the highest god, Lin Sanjiu made her move as well. But unlike Puppeteer, she went in another direction.
Of course, with her abysmal swimming skills, it went without saying that she was busted by Puppeteer before she could swim far. Ignoring his accusation, she continued to paddle towards the crowd of “Lin Sanjius” that stood woodenly in the distance. Nevertheless, no matter how hard she flopped across the water, without any reference frame, she was unable to determine how far away she was from the group of “Lin Sanjius”.
Flailing her tail, Soulsqn shouted, “Hey! You cannot desert us like that!” She seemed to have not realized that the group of “Lin Sanjius” in the distance as she stared fixedly at the highest god. “Since you did not want to wear clothes, I will wear you as my human pouch!”
As Soulsqn shouted, Puppeteer began his fight with the highest god.
“Just hold out for a little longer! I will be back soon!” Lin Sanjiu yelled out through her labored voice as she kicked the water as hard as she could. She was not a great swimmer in the first place, so when the two were in combat, she was unable to move even one inch forward. The sea roared menacingly like a giant beast throwing tantrums. It caught Lin Sanjiu in its great maw, pushing her high up into the sky before crashing her down. The impact was so huge, she was unable to come out of the sea, and she was sent back to where she started.
“She is smart.”
After a few minutes, when she took her first breath, the highest god’s fleeting laugh slid into her ears from an unknown direction. His breathing was calm, and there was a huge grin plastered on his face. He seemed more like he was taking a bath than fighting Puppeteer.
“She knew it was useless to attack me, so she ran away.”
His opponent did not reply, perhaps he was too occupied.
Lin Sanjiu wiped her face. Her eyes were half-closed, as the seawater stung her eyes. She rubbed her eyes hard, set her jaw tight, and continued to swim towards her destination.
All of the corpses were sprawled about the sea after the huge waves. Lin Sanjiu looked around through squinted eyes, yet she could not find the body that she was looking for. She chided herself inwardly. Of all the colors in the world, why did she choose to wear a black tank top? Now that there were so many corpses bobbing around her, she found it extremely hard to pinpoint the one that she was looking for.
Nevertheless, she struck it lucky this time. After swimming around for a while, Lin Sanjiu found the body.
Two “Lin Sanjius” that looked exactly like her peeled their eyes open. They jerked up and leaped out of the sea as if they were jumping out of a hole. They seemed to have forgone their attempt at feigning being the real Lin Sanjiu as well. Riding on top of waves, they charged headlong at Lin Sanjiu without any expression on their faces.
‘Damn it!’
Lin Sanjiu darted a glance at the corpse through the slit between the two Lin Sanjius. Just before she could get a clear look at the corpse’s neck, one of them stretched out her arm towards her.
“You seem to have totally given up on trying to become me,” Lin Sanjiu sighed.
The woman remained reticence towards Lin Sanjiu’s claim. She had a cold expression fixed on her face, and she looked no different from a dead body. Nevertheless, the swirling gust of air in her palm that went straight for Lin Sanjiu’s head suggested otherwise.
Although the leechers no longer contained Lin Sanjiu’s memories, they could use her ability to a devastating effect.
The air seemed to have been sucked into the woman’s palm, leaving a trail of vacuum behind. The last thing Lin Sanjiu wanted was to get vacuumed by the woman, so she ducked her head and went underwater again.
However, she seemed to have forgotten that she was facing two enemies.
The sea was so dark, it was impossible to see through. Everything seemed to have been drowned out by the black emptiness that surrounded Lin Sanjiu. The sounds and lights… All she could see and hear was nothing but endless darkness and meaningless muffled noise. It was also because of her current state that when she realized somebody was behind her, it was already too late.
“Watch out!” Mrs. Manas warned. Just as she circulated Lin Sanjiu’s Higher Consciousness to put up a barrier, two massive things rammed into Lin Sanjiu from both sides and trapped her inside.
[Defense Forcefield] could block some of the attacks, but it was useless against something like this. The two huge pincers were about two meters long. It caught Lin Sanjiu in their jagged teeth, squeezing oxygen out of her lungs and her head swim. She could not move no matter how hard she tried. In her desperation, she pressed her right hand on the pair cold pincers and activated the [Planar World].
‘Since this is a Special Item, then I will gladly… Hmm?’
She had activated the [Planar World] a few times in a row, yet the pair of pincers did not get turned into a card. Not only that, the bone-crushing pressure the pincers applied to Lin Sanjiu only became stronger, squeezing her tighter and tighter until her head got dizzier and she saw stars. She tried to turn her head around, and to her surprise, the pincers were not a Special Item, but instead grew out of the Lin Sanjiu’s shoulders. It seemed like the pair of pincers were a part of her body.
“Now is your chance,” Mrs. Manas let out a sigh of relief, “Quick, use the Mosaic…”
But Mrs. Manas did not get to finish her sentence. This was because she realized that Lin Sanjiu could not activate the [Mosaic Censorship] right now.
Earlier on, when Lin Sanjiu was dodging the woman’s attack, her hand was stuck inside the jaw of the left pincer. Even though she had tried her very best, she could not free her hand to reach the pincer. And without both of her hands, she could not activate the [Mosaic Censorship]. All color had drained from her face, her palm was now hanging uselessly in the sea, and her fingers turned bloodless.
As she was attempting for another bout, the first woman thrust her face into the sea.
Lin Sanjiu had lost most of her ability inside the water, and the worst part was that she could not use any of her Special Items without both of her hands. Lin Sanjiu became more and more anxious as the woman got into the sea, soon to join the fray. Running out of the road, she gritted her teeth and sent a gush of Higher Consciousness forward.
She did not send her Higher Consciousness up or down. The Higher Consciousness she sent forth had lost most of its momentum due to the pressure inside of the water. Although she could not use it to attack her enemy, it was more than sufficient to injure herself. Throwing everything into the wind, she wrapped her palm with her Higher Consciousness and snapped the bone in her palm into half.
Even if she was inside the freezing cold seawater, Lin Sanjiu could feel the burning pain that coursed through every nerve ending inside of her body. Without wasting another second, she pushed her wasted palm upward with her Higher Consciousness. This time, she finally pressed both of her palms on the giant pincer.
An explosion occurred, sending a shockwave that spread across the entire ocean. When everything settled down, the sea was full of the remnants of the woman. From this section of debris-strewn and nightmarishly dense and heavy water that was full of blood and body remnants, Lin Sanjiu kicked her feet and thrust herself towards the first woman in the distance. Startled, the woman sent her palm forward, only to be dodged by Lin Sanjiu with feline grace. Riding on the momentum she gained, Lin Sanjiu pressed her hand on the woman’s arm before she could do anything else.
The woman’s luck was much better than the leecher before. At the very least, she did not get blown up. Like a rocket, she shot skyward out of the water towards the fog. It took a considerable amount of time before Lin Sanjiu heard a faint tingling from the distance.
After getting rid of both the leechers, Lin Sanjiu brandished her limbs as fast as she could towards the sea surface. When she got there, she quickly took a few deep breaths, indulging in the great sensation of filling her lungs with fresh air again.
Several “Lin Sanjius” in the distance were shocked to see that even with a two-man team, they failed to contain Lin Sanjiu. Without wasting any time, each of them rode on the waves and began running towards Lin Sanjiu. However, Lin Sanjiu still had some time left. The underwater battle had only lasted 30 seconds at most. Seeing that there was some distance before the crowd of “Lin Sanjius” reached her and Puppeteer could probably still be able to hold off the highest god for some time more, her confidence mounted. Hence, she turned around and went for the corpse to take her choker.
Just as she thought, the hardest thing for her to do was to chop down the leecher’s head.
“I’m sorry,” whispered Lin Sanjiu as she held the corpse with her Higher Consciousness. He had a serene look fixed on his face, and were it not for the blade in his throat, he would look like he was merely taking a nap. The blade cut straight through his skin into his muscle, but there was no blood flowing out.
“You lost your life because of me, but I’m now chopping your head off. Don’t worry, after everything has ended, I will find a place to bury you.”
She closed her eyes. The sloshing of the water was getting louder, and the group of “Lin Sanjius” were gaining fast on her.
“Quick!” Mrs. Manas yelled.
After Lin Sanjiu finally retrieved [Pygmalion Choker], she turned the corpse into two cards: one for his head and another for his body. She quickly put the cards away and put the choker around her neck.
“Puppeteer!”
Lin Sanjiu turned to Puppeteer and shouted, “Now I can—”
She wanted to say that she could use the Veda’s method to deal with the highest god. However, when she turned her head around, she forgot what she wanted to say.
In the distance, Puppeteer laid trembling on the sea surface.
