Chapter 1959
Chapter 1959
The hands beside the elf's ear stopped moving, the ticking on the clock face disappeared, and only the golden second hand in the dark blue clock face beneath their feet continued to turn.
Yu Xunge waited patiently for the first minute of each day as he closed his eyes in deep thought.
In the second minute of his daily meditation with his eyes closed, Yu Xunge frowned as he looked at the sky, tapping the ground with slightly irritated toes.
In the third minute of Zhu Ri's closed-eye contemplation, Yu Xunge spun around a few times with her hands behind her back, wondering if Zhu Ri was fooling her... but then she thought that since the other party was Zhu Ri, it wouldn't be like that.
As Zhu Ri closed his eyes in deep thought for the fourth minute, seeing that the effect of his "Unrepentant" skill was about to end, Yu Xunge couldn't help but whisper to Zhu Ri, "Zhu Ri, wake up, it's dawn."
However, she was met with silence.
Perhaps he is truly coming to a realization each day. Indeed, the words he thought could adequately summarize his life have suddenly become ineffective, which can be quite moving.
Yu Xunge fell silent again with a serious expression. Although she really wanted to win, the outcome of a match didn't seem to matter as much as the daily quest to comprehend divine talent words.
Moreover, only by rekindling the divine talent words each day and using the ability on oneself can one possibly activate [Wildfire Rekindled] and begin the second stage.
Five minutes passed, and the [Unrepentant] skill ended.
Yu Xunge sighed silently with his hands behind his back. Almost simultaneously, Zhu Ri opened his eyes.
The elf rubbed the corner of her eye and complained, "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Yu Xunge: "………………You can't be serious, can you?"
He twirled the dagger in his hand with a beautiful flourish, and said with a smile, "Apprentice, this is today's lesson: do not bring your knowledge of anyone into the battle."
Yu Xunge was still in shock at Zhu Ri's childish trickery. She said, "No matter who you are, get off Zhu Ri first."
Zhu Ri let out a "Ha," seemingly in a good mood about teasing the apprentice. With a "Continue," the elf charged at Yu Xun Ge, dagger in hand.
Time began to spin rapidly again, accelerating day by day.
Yu Xunge retreated hastily, raising her right hand, and the white petal dagger flew into the sky, quickly turning into a rain of flowers that fell down.
A faint glimmer of lightning connects the two [Crown Murders].
In the blink of an eye, a net of lightning composed of dense lightning threads appeared on the clock face, with a crackling sound of thunder, and both Zhu Ri and Xun Ge were caught in the net.
—【After the funeral】!
Even though it stopped in time, its previous momentum was too fast, and most of its body touched the sensitive lightning net. In the blink of an eye, dozens of golden lightning threads wrapped around and strangled the elf, with two white petals connected to each lightning thread.
The combination of strangulation and drain caused his health to drop by dozens of points instantly.
The Frost Ring exploded, but the lightning net remained unchanged. As the sun gave up its struggle, it vanished from its spot, into the lightning net, and onto the clock face.
Yu Xunge stood quietly in the lightning net, her hands hanging naturally at her sides, waiting for Zhu Ri's sudden attack. While listening to the various sounds, she said in a low voice, "Back in Astrana, I was the one who kept sneaking into the shadows waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack."
"You're always impatient, but when it comes to sparring, you can stand there and wait for as long as you want without getting impatient."
"Letting the opponent attack first seems to be something only the strong have the right and confidence to do. Every time I see you standing still waiting for me to launch an attack, I think to myself, I want to be like that in the future, become stronger than you, and then stand still and wait for your attack, which may come at any time."
The clock face was filled with her own monologue, and there were many outsiders in the stands, but at this moment, Yu Xunge's emotions were overwhelming.
She flipped the gold coin countless times just to see more of Astrana and everything related to Tulan B80 and the others; she never got tired of those memories, no matter how many times she looked at them.
"Once I was taking class on Garbage Street, and you went out for a little while. That day, the teacher asked me if I had some lofty ideals because I was working so hard."
"I told him my ideal was to defeat the sun, but he told me to choose another one, saying that this dream was too common and the success rate was almost zero."
"At that time I didn't understand what it meant. Later I found out that his students were in the same year as you, and all the students' dreams that year were related to you."
With a flick of her fingers, Yu Xunge conjured two long swords from lightning and flowers, which she held in her hands.
"The teachers on Garbage Street seemed to particularly like asking young people what their dreams were, and later someone asked me the same question."
"I gave a less common answer and said I wanted to achieve the Sun Chaser Moment. The response I got this time was still a frown. So I told them beforehand that my last dream was to defeat the Sun Chaser, and then nothing happened."
"In the eyes of those who know you, defeating you is a more unrealistic dream than recreating the moment of the sun."
“In fact, even if I beat you in the ideal of cats, I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished my dream, because I know you won’t stop because of one failure.”
A golden longsword and a dagger shaped like a time pointer passed each other near Yu Xunge's ear.
Zhu Ri's voice rang in her ear: "Finally willing to use your sword?"
"You've found the divine talent word, right?" Yu Xunge said with certainty.
Zhu Ri might genuinely be too lazy to continue fighting because everyone is in a special state and it would be pointless, but she will most likely speak frankly rather than pretending to be asleep.
She must have grasped something, but why didn't she light it up?
The longsword and dagger attacked and blocked nearly a hundred times in a short period of time.
The speed of the sun was extremely fast, and Yu Xunge could only rely on predicting the opponent's attack path to block and defend in advance. This made her look disheveled and hurried, but no matter how disheveled she was, she managed to block it.
Each time weapons clashed, thunder and bells rang out.
Yu Xunge had become accustomed to the speed and rhythm of her opponent's attacks. Zhu Ri was a genius, and wasn't she one too?
With only the golden longsword in her hand, the Flower Crown Murder had completely dispersed and floated around her. Whenever an attack that she couldn't defend against landed on her, the petals near the point of impact would be blown away by a gust of wind, deflecting the attack immediately.
Defensive combat skill - [Crown Pilgrimage].
Zhu Ri did not deny Yu Xunge's words, but instead asked with great interest, "Then what do you think my divine talent word is?"
“Chasing the sun,” Yu Xunge answered firmly.
Nothing sums up her life better than the saying "chasing the sun."
Just as Starry Beaver named the final fairy tale of her life after herself, the divine innate talent of Chasing the Sun should be herself.
It was as if I had walked into the garbage street and everyone was talking about the Sun Chasing, their words filled with a focus that they themselves were unaware of.
Each day represents an era, and regardless of whether one loves or hates her, everyone who knows her or has heard of her cannot forget her.
"Yes, there is no other choice but my name." Zhu Ri replied in a light voice, her dagger dancing faster and faster.
"Then why don't you use it?"
"Because I'm waiting for your divine talent word." Zhu Ri's voice carried a teasing laugh. "Waiting is the privilege of the strong."
coobybook