Apocalypse: Launching a Counterattack Against the Villainess

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He immediately gripped Cheng Yuqiu's shoulder tightly and loudly reminded him:

"above!"

Cheng Yuqiu was already on high alert. Upon hearing the prompt, he raised the shield above his head without even looking at it.

The next second, a red fire axe landed on the shield, producing a loud clang of metal striking metal.

Liu Chengyuan also revealed himself at this moment. Before his body even hit the ground, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he tilted the fire axe in his hand.

The side of the axe blade instantly drew a spark along the surface of the kite-shaped shield, then slashed towards Nie Qingyun's legs.

This sneak attack was clearly premeditated, taking Cheng Yuqiu's defenses into account.

Nie Qingyun reacted quickly. Seeing that there were people in front of and behind him, he jumped more than a meter up and dodged the slash.

"It's not over yet!" The moment the fire axe was embedded in the solid wood floor, Liu Chengyuan summoned a short knife, gripped it in his backhand, and slashed at Nie Qingyun's waist.

However, the strike missed completely!

Liu Chengyuan's eyes widened in brief astonishment.

Just now, Nie Qingyun was in mid-air with nowhere to grab onto. Even if he forcibly twisted his body to avoid vital points, he should have been injured.

Suddenly, he raised his head.

Nie Qingyun was seen holding an axe handle in one hand, his body curled up in mid-air, the other end of the axe hanging from the chandelier on the ceiling.

At that moment, a hand emitting a pale blue light reached out to him.

"Hmph, your tricks won't work on me anymore!"

Liu Chengyuan revealed a cold smile, swung his axe, and attacked Nie Qingyun, who had nowhere to hide, amidst flying wood chips.

However, the next second, his face darkened instantly, and he released the fire axe after only half of his attack.

It jumped backward, and after landing, it rolled to the side several times before stopping.

As he stood still, a thin layer of crystal-like ice stretched from where he had been standing all the way to his feet before finally stopping.

"so close……"

Isn't that flashing blue light effect the skill for drawing [Primal Crystal]?

How did it turn into an ice-attribute attack?!

The thought flashed through Liu Chengyuan's mind, for at that moment, his terrified pupils reflected a fireball that was gradually enlarging.

A tremendous force, accompanied by scorching heat waves, surged forth.

Liu Chengyuan was so shocked that he turned pale.

Only one thought remained in my mind.

Being calculated.

This enormous fireball was launched in advance.

The ice-attribute spells on the ground were just a feint, designed to force him to where he was standing.

At the critical moment, Liu Chengyuan roared and concentrated all his strength in his legs, veering to the left.

At the same time, a huge explosion echoed throughout the tennis court.

Liu Chengyuan's figure was blown away by the air blast before he even landed.

The burning area left by the Fireball spell ignited the floor, instantly sending up billowing black smoke.

Nie Qingyun did not let his guard down after landing. He shifted his position away from Cheng Yuqiu, who was holding up a shield. With a flash of light, he summoned a black pistol from the [Data Space] and pointed it at the area covered by black smoke.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the black smoke.

At the same time, Nie Qingyun pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang!"

Continuous gunfire rang out.

But Liu Chengyuan moved very quickly. Almost before the bullet left the barrel, he had already prepared to dodge while running. In the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of Nie Qingyun and smashed down the heavy axe with the force of splitting a mountain.

Nie Qingyun, however, kept his gun raised and pointed it at Liu Chengyuan once again.

"Danger!"

Cheng Yuqiu was shocked.

Because she knew that the gun Nie Qingyun was holding was fake, and even if it hit, it wouldn't cause any real damage.

But the axe in Liu Chengyuan's hand was indeed incredibly sharp; if someone were hit by it, they would at least be torn apart.

Although Cheng Yuqiu had high defense, he was not good at fighting. It was too late to come to his aid now, so he immediately put his body in front of Nie Qingyun without regard for the consequences.

But in the end, we were still a step too late.

Chapter 113: Do you remember how many loaves of bread you've eaten? (2.6k)

"boom!"

Gunfire rang out.

Liu Chengyuan's chest was instantly soaked with a bright red stain.

But a cold smile appeared on his face.

"All you do is play petty tricks, just die!"

If Nie Qingyun hadn't fired that final shot, he would have had a chance to dodge that heavy blow.

But it's too late to dodge now.

Being able to fire a shot before being hit is already the limit of what his current attributes can achieve.

But he had no intention of obediently taking a blow from the axe.

In a flash, Nie Qingyun summoned the triangular dagger from the [Data Space], gripped the hilt with his backhand, and pressed the blade against his forearm.

"Ding!"

Amidst the ear-piercing metallic clang, Nie Qingyun was sent flying by the immense force.

Liu Chengyuan retreated more than ten meters away after his attack, clearly knowing that his previous strike had failed to kill Nie Qingyun, and was therefore on guard against a potential counterattack.

He stood quietly in place, staring into the depths of the passageway.

Behind him, a raging fire burned, and in the firelight, his drooping right arm was a bloody mess.

Although he dodged the direct impact of that huge fireball, it almost destroyed his entire arm.

Therefore, he dared not be careless in the slightest when facing Nie Qingyun.

"Tap!"

Footsteps sounded.

Nie Qingyun walked out of the passageway again.

One arm was hanging down as well.

It's easy to tell from the unnatural bend in the forearm that it's fractured.

Shi Chuanyu, Han Zheng, and the others all rushed out at once.

"Nie Qingyun!"

"How are you? Are you badly hurt...?"

"I, I'll help you right away..."

Cheng Yuqiu was so anxious that he almost dropped his shield and raised his hand to summon the Holy Book to use [Holy Light Flash].

Nie Qingyun quickly raised her hand to stop him, giving him a reassuring look.

On the other side, Liu Chengyuan was still thinking about how to continue the attack.

Upon seeing Shi Chuanyu, Han Zheng, and the others, they immediately froze on the spot.

"What...what are you two doing here?"

"Weren't you two supposed to be dead?!"

The conversation ended abruptly there.

Because only then did he notice that the person standing next to Nie Qingyun with the shield was actually Cheng Yuqiu.

Then, in an instant, I realized what was happening.

That gun was fake, and Cheng Yuqiu's pitiful appearance before was also fake.

Unsurprisingly, the ability to "steal Primal Crystals from other people's bodies" is also fake.

But what's the point of him doing this?

Thinking of this, Liu Chengyuan was suddenly startled.

broken!

He lifted his leg and ran towards another passageway in the distance.

However, the next second, a huge fireball landed at the entrance of the tunnel.

The collapsing rubble and high-temperature lava instantly sealed off the entire entrance.

"Realizing you've been tricked, do you want to retrieve the [Primordial Crystal]?" Nie Qingyun's voice suddenly rang out.

He stepped forward, one arm crossed over the other, a cold smile on his face, and said:

“I wasn’t sure where you hid the Primal Crystal before, but now it’s clear.”

"This tennis court has four exits, one of which leads outside the stadium, and the other three are the main passageways connecting the central bath and the basketball court."

“Aside from the passageway behind me, the one closest to you is the one on the right.”

"If you just want to escape, there's no need to go through all that trouble..."

"let me guess……"

"The passageway I just blew up must be the one closest to the women's fitting rooms, right?"

"The staff offices along this corridor are all still under renovation, so there's nowhere to hide anything."

"Since you didn't hide the [Primal Crystal] in the tennis court, it seems like the only place left is the women's fitting room..."

"But there are over six hundred lockers inside, and none of them have number tags..."

"If you just hide it randomly, it'll probably be hard to find later, right?"

"Hmm... given your intelligence, you probably wouldn't do something as stupid as 'leaving a mark'."

"This is basically equivalent to telling others that there are good things here."

"Thinking about it this way... it's convenient, easy to remember, and it allows you to take the route from the left-hand passageway..."

"It seems that only the lockers near the entrance of the passage are left."

Nie Qingyun deliberately spoke slowly, secretly observing Liu Chengyuan's expression.

Sure enough, when he got to the last sentence, Liu Chengyuan's brows furrowed noticeably, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"oops?"

"Could it be that I guessed right by chance?"

Nie Qingyun's somewhat exaggerated expression of surprise suddenly turned cold:

"That's really unfortunate, now they're mine."

"You bastard!" Liu Chengyuan glared angrily, gritting his teeth, his eyes bloodshot.

He finally understood everything at that moment.

He was outmaneuvered from the very beginning.

The other party's goal was to divert the [Primal Crystal] from his body.

Now that things had come to this, Liu Chengyuan no longer needed to pretend. He looked at everyone present with a sinister gaze:

"never mind……"

"You're all going to die here anyway."