Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

A strong murderous intent continued to spread in this space.

Chi Yu has always been good at concealing his own emotions, but there is only one situation in which he will choose not to hide it anymore - the person who makes him want to kill must die.

The originally empty underground space was thus filled with intricate and gorgeous spells, becoming a battleground between two masters of spells. The representative object placed at the center of this contention was Xie Yuchen's life.

Compared with the two humanoid creatures who can be classified as "non-human", Xie Yuchen is indeed still in the category of "mortal". He does not understand "spells" and does not know "techniques". Everything he has learned is a means of attack against ordinary people on the material level.

Even if Chi Yu could break through the Stone-faced Man's attack without any flaws, the Stone-faced Man could still force him to create a new flaw.

The stone-faced man chanted the ancient language, and new mud drops dripped from the black rock. This time, they did not turn into winged creatures that could fly, but turned into winding insects, crawling on the ground.

Part of the earth-colored insect tide rushed towards Xie Yuchen, and part rushed towards Chi Yu. The never-ending wind on the surface of the earth also swept over and turned into an invisible blade, pointing directly at the two of them.

Damage from the material level can be easily resisted, but when the target of attack becomes an invisible object, how should he defend himself?

As the sharp blade cut through the surface, ruthlessly slicing the flesh of the human body, Xie Yuchen thought calmly: He had no way to defend himself.

That is a strange magic from a mysterious world, which cannot be captured by normal human eyes. Common sense of human society is of no use in a battle of this level.

Vision will affect his judgment, and the spells that constantly appear in the space will divert his attention, so from now on - don't look.

Xie Yuchen closed his eyes.

"Ha, choosing to close his eyes in this situation, should I say that boy is smart... or stupid?"

The stone-faced man sneered, and his malicious eyes swept over Xie Yuchen. His withered hands formed a hand seal in the air, and at the same time, he struck towards Chi Yu who was standing beside him.

The disturbed space began to ripple more obviously. The attacks of nothingness came in layers, like waves, but were easily smoothed out by the golden spell written by the bone pen.

Chi Yu's light-colored eyes had completely transformed into sharp snake pupils at this time. Black branches climbed and grew between his hair, quickly passing through the fragile growth period and growing into hard horns. Black, satin-like crow feathers stretched out from the horns.

It is a "crown" unique to the banshees, and also the "curtain" that covers their faces when fighting.

Chi Yu stared at the distorted enemy indifferently from behind the curtain, and said coldly: "You have no right to comment on his choice."

The target identified by the banshee is destined to die, and the tune played by the bone whistle is a merciful requiem, leading the dead souls on their way home, but Chi Yu will not mourn for his enemies, even for a moment.

The cursed power flowing in the blood became stronger through the evolution of vocabulary, and the increase in erosion pushed this power to a peak.

Spells need to be restrained, and so do enemies.

The precisely expressed spells would never fall into vain; the surging witchcraft exuded a faint blue glow, occupying most of the space with an overwhelming advantage.

The deadly gale was thus suppressed and transformed. Its attack targets were no longer locked on Chi Yu and Jie Yuchen. Instead, its momentum changed and it rushed towards the stone-faced man.

Under this overwhelming attack, the stone-faced man looked at Chi Yu's drastically changed appearance and suddenly widened his eyes: "You! You too——!"

The curse of apoptosis has erupted.

The attack from the mysterious side was always inevitable. It took away another part of the Stone-faced Man's blood, and after repeated consumption, the Stone-faced Man's blood bar became precarious.

The earth-colored light that was protecting the stone-faced man disappeared without anyone noticing.

Every attack from Chi Yu penetrated deep into the bone marrow. The spells appeared and squirmed on the stone-faced man's skin, as if they wanted to penetrate this withered body and touch and corrode its soul.

The stone-faced man wailed again.

At this moment, it seemed to have lost all its strength and was about to collapse to the ground, but soon, that feeling of powerlessness was replaced by endless anger.

——"Your power, your body, you have completed the transformation and fully realized immortality, right?!"

The stone-faced man looked at Chi Yu. He anxiously grabbed his robe and rolled it into a ball. The already damaged clothes became wrinkled immediately. However, he did not care about these details at all. He questioned Chi Yu with resentment:

"Now the materials that can be used in the ritual are getting less and less. We are fighting each other to continue to live, but you have transcended it and become a true immortal. Why are you unwilling to leave me a way to survive?"

It was answered with a fierce attack.

Chi Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with this man. Without even raising his eyelids, he launched an attack casually, reducing the stone-faced man's health a little bit.

He calculated the recovery of his skills and the remaining health of his opponent in his mind, and thought casually that this boss battle was much easier than the last one.

Although he can dodge attacks without moving at all, it is more suitable for him to stand and draw casually, and then chant a few spells to end the battle.

The main reason is that fighting, which requires physical effort in everything, is too tiring.

Moreover, the cost of [taking risks] is too high, and he is not the kind of person who has a tendency to self-abuse and likes to stab himself in the back and buff himself when fighting a boss.

But [Youxu Youyan] is indeed a good skill, both in terms of appearance and damage.

Thinking of this, Chi Yu gently stroked the weapon box behind his back with his right hand.

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Xie Yuchen opened his eyes again after the sound of the wind stopped passing by his ears.

Once the main source of crisis is resolved, the rest becomes easy.

The enemy's screams were heard from the other side of the battlefield. All the damage that had been inflicted on Xie Yuchen was now returned to the caster of the spell. Xie Yuchen saw it all, but did not feel happy.

The stone-faced man's words questioning Chi Yu echoed throughout the entire space, and the sound was so loud that even the whistling wind could not cover it.

Xie Yuchen retreated to a temporarily safe place, exhaled a breath, and turned his gaze to the two figures in confrontation.

There were many small wounds on the stone-faced man's body, and he looked extremely miserable, but Chi Yu's clothes were still neat and tidy, and he stood there leisurely, as if he was a large predator who was thinking about how to deal with this noisy prey.

Chi Yu would not care about the words of those dying people, but Xie Yuchen would always try his best to receive the information and analyze the information he wanted from it - like now.

Xie Yuchen will never forget the purpose of his coming here. He is still in the process of seeking an answer, and now, the so-called answer is actually very obvious.

When he was in Tianhu, he once questioned Jie Lianhuan, "Is immortality so important to you?" Jie Yuchen still remembers the complicated expression on Jie Lianhuan's face.

——"You are still young, so you don't understand some people's desire for immortality."

This is what Xie Lianhuan said, so Xie Yuchen also asked: Who are “some people”?

Jie Lianhuan did not answer, but instead made some ambiguous remarks.

"I have always been fighting against that predetermined fate. Sometimes, I feel confused about this: Is the reason why I choose to do this from my own heart, or am I influenced invisibly?"

At that time, Xie Yuchen was not able to understand the meaning of this passage, so he just kept the doubts in his heart, waiting for an opportunity to solve the mystery.

For example, when the stone-faced man roared that he had spent so much effort to manipulate so many people to pave the way for his immortality, Xie Yuchen had a vague guess in his mind:

A person's ability and energy are limited, so is it possible that in a place that Xie Yuchen doesn't know about, there are many people who, in order to pursue the secret of immortality, control more people to search for them or achieve certain things?

As it turned out, Xie Yuchen's guess was correct.

Rituals, props, transformation, longevity, those people extended their lifespans through similar but different methods.

But the process is long and difficult, and the scarcity of materials causes them to kill each other. At the same time, they use their own special means to control many ordinary families to serve them.

Xie Yuchen thought, maybe Xie Lianhuan... no, maybe it was the entire Nine Gates, all of them were controlled in this way, so Xie Lianhuan thought he was under unknown influence and therefore became suspicious.

So Jie Lianhuan chose to fake his death, break away from his own identity, hide in the dark to observe everything, and fight against the person who wanted to control them together with Wu Sansheng, who was supported by the Wu family.

But who could that person be? Is he the same person as this stone-faced man? Or...

Xie Yuchen turned his gaze to Chi Yu.

——Or is it someone like Chi Yu?