manynovel Chapter 1311 Sparring
Chapter 1311 Sparring
An hour later, a makeshift camp appeared near the main base of the Reincarnation Paradise spaceship.
The campsite was small, with a simple wall about half a person's height around the edge made of alloy plates. Every few meters on the outside of the wall, a stake was driven into the ground to firmly fix the alloy plates in place.
Inside the wall, boxes of supplies were piled up, including ammunition, medicine, food, and water, all unloaded from the spaceship.
There were no paved roads in the campsite, and the grass was trampled into crooked shapes, exposing the grayish-brown soil underneath.
The soil was covered with deep and shallow footprints and wheel tracks, mixed with crushed grass juice, and the air was filled with the bitter smell of crushed grass.
All the contractors are busy.
King Kong carried four alloy beams from the direction of the camp entrance. Each beam was as thick as an adult's waist, over six meters long, and weighed more than a ton in total.
He carried those beams on his shoulders as easily as carrying a bundle of firewood.
His boots left a deep indentation with each step on the grass, piling up into small mounds among the grass roots.
He delivered the beam to the supply storage area on the north side of the camp, put it down, and then turned and walked back towards the camp entrance.
Others, due to their size, can only carry a portion of the building materials at a time, but he alone is equivalent to ten people.
Lin Yi wasn't idle either.
Because the number of people to be summoned this time might be too large, he had to ask Su Xiao and several other summoners to come and inscribe a magic circle to expand the summoned creatures.
After all, if you summon them in batches, given Lin Yi's summoning speed, it would probably take several days. By then, the war might be over before Lin Yi is even finished.
Su Xiao squatted on the open ground in the center of the camp, holding an open alchemy array manual in her left hand and a white alchemy pen in her right hand.
The pen tip grazed the grass, leaving behind fine, silvery streaks.
The patterns extended outwards from where he was squatting, weaving together to form a circular magic circle with a diameter of about thirty meters.
The edge of the magic circle consists of three concentric circles, each circle covered with densely packed runes. The size and spacing of the runes are precisely calculated, with each stroke accurate to the millimeter level.
Several summoners crouched around the magic circle, adding auxiliary patterns to specific nodes as instructed by Su Xiao.
Their movements were not as skillful as Su Xiao's. Sometimes their pen tips would pause to confirm the position before continuing to write, and the lines they drew were also thicker than Su Xiao's. The silver light occasionally flickered slightly as it flowed through the patterns, indicating that the energy flow was not as smooth as in the parts Su Xiao had depicted.
After an hour, Su Xiao threw the white alchemy pen in his hand into his storage space.
He stood up, took two steps back, and looked down at the huge alchemical array on the ground.
This alchemical array can significantly reduce the mana cost of summoning creatures and increase the number of creatures that can be summoned, but most people probably don't have this.
The cost of this alchemical array is equivalent to half a Saint-level equipment, and most summoners don't even need it.
As for necromancers, they follow a different summoning method and don't need this at all, so this is the first time Su Xiao has created this type of magic circle.
After confirming that the thing was working properly, wouldn't explode, wouldn't throw people into another dimension for no reason, and wouldn't suddenly summon any strange creatures, Lin Yi stood in the very center of the magic circle.
The patterns of the magic circle unfolded beneath his feet, and silvery-white light surged from the patterns, climbing up his ankles and forming a thin film of light on his body.
The temperature of the light film is not high; it feels slightly warm when it comes into contact with the skin, like the feeling of taking a hot bath in winter when the water temperature is just above the instep.
As Lin Yi began to summon, the magic circle beneath his feet began to glow with a faint black light.
The black color spreads from the center of the magic circle to the edges, like a drop of ink spreading on rice paper after being dropped into clear water.
The two forces collided and merged at the nodes of the magic array, producing an extremely faint hissing sound, like the faint noise produced when an electric current travels through a wire.
The power of the abyss directly filled the entire magic array, and the entire area of the Samsara Paradise headquarters subtly changed.
The temperature in the air dropped a few degrees, and the humidity also decreased, so the damp, humid smell faded a bit.
Many people stopped what they were doing and looked towards the direction of the magic circle, wanting to see how powerful the summoned creatures Lin Yi had summoned were.
The next second, five thousand students from Kivotos appeared simultaneously beside Lin Yi.
A few seconds later, those outlines became physical entities, standing on the open ground in the center of the magic circle, around Lin Yi.
The moment they opened their eyes, the halos above their heads all lit up.
The halos hovered about ten centimeters above their heads, and each had a different shape.
Hina Sorasaki stood in the front row, her long, silver-white hair cascading over her shoulders, and a deep purple halo above her head.
She wore a dark military-style coat over a white shirt with a deep red ribbon tied at the collar. The hem of her pleated skirt fell just above her knees, and she wore a pair of black boots that reached her calves.
The moment they saw the halo, many contractors recognized it as a new deity-based class system that had recently emerged in the Paradise of Reincarnation.
This kind of aura is only possessed by professionals of the divine class. It is the manifestation of divinity on the outside of the body and the embodiment of divine power at the soul level.
The shape and color of the halo represent the divine inclination and divine power attribute of a divine profession. Each color and shape has a specific meaning, and only divine professions can decipher the information within them.
Unexpectedly, all of Lin Yi's summoned creatures were divine beings.
This immediately dispelled the doubts of the other contractors about the combat power of Lin Yi's summoned creatures.
Even if Lin Yi summons only ordinary creatures later, these five thousand divine beings are enough for the contractors of the Paradise of Reincarnation to make the most of this area.
The gods in the divine system are not ordinary summoned creatures; they possess intelligence, consciousness, and their own fighting styles and tactical judgments.
Moreover, they will continuously grow stronger in battle; the more you fight with them, the stronger they become.
The more you let them experience, the more reliable they become.
Hina Soraki opened her eyes and found herself in an unfamiliar camp, with Lin Yi standing directly in front of her.
She was surrounded by people she didn't recognize, dressed in clothes she'd never seen before, and emanating an aura that instinctively made her wary.
That wasn't murderous intent or hostility, but rather the instinctive assessment of a predator when facing its own kind. You're sizing me up, and I'm sizing you up too; we're weighing each other's strengths and weaknesses.
Lin Yi looked at her and briefly explained the current situation.
Alien species, the continent of ten thousand beasts, the battle for the Five Paradises, the base camp of the Reincarnation Paradise, the expansion of the camp, and what they need to do next.
After Lin Yi explained, Soraki Hina quickly accepted the fact and began arranging for the students to start armed patrols, while also joining in the construction of the camp.
The first group was responsible for armed patrols. Five hundred students set off from the camp and dispersed to the perimeter of the camp, forming teams of ten, with each team responsible for guarding one direction.
They formed a loose defensive line around the camp, with the furthest point about one kilometer away from the camp and the closest point just at the edge of the camp's wall.
The second group was responsible for camp construction. Three thousand students joined the contractors' construction team. Some carried supplies, some set up tents, some laid the ground, and some erected fences.
Their movements were not as brutal and efficient as the contractors', but their advantage lay in their numbers. With three thousand people moving at the same time, the expansion of the camp became visibly faster.
The third group was responsible for logistical support. A thousand students entered the tail compartment of the spaceship to begin counting, classifying, and registering supplies, and then moved the supply boxes from the tail compartment to the supply storage area of the camp.
The fourth group was responsible for medical preparations. Five hundred students began to set up a temporary medical station on the north side of the camp, setting up medical tents one by one, laying out folding beds inside the tents, and taking medical supplies out of boxes and placing them on shelves inside the tents according to their categories.
After assigning tasks, Hina Sorasaki stood in the center of the camp near the magic circle, her gaze sweeping across the entire camp like a central processing unit in operation, with every command issued and every response under her control.
Just as Lin Yi was about to continue summoning, King Kong threw the building materials in his hand aside and walked over to Hina Sorasaki.
Hina Sorasaki's height only reached his chest; standing in front of him, she looked like an elementary school student standing in front of a basketball player.
King Kong lowered his head. There was no hostility in his cloudy eyes, only pure curiosity, like a child in a zoo who saw an animal he had never seen before, wanting to get close but not daring to get too close, wanting to touch it but afraid of being bitten.
Looking at King Kong's excited expression, Lin Yi knew that this guy hadn't prepared anything good.
Vajra King doesn't have a good reputation in the cycle of reincarnation, not because he's bad, but because he's too warlike.
He wanted to try anything he could fight, and he wanted to fight any opponent who put him under pressure.
Hina Sorasaki looked at Lin Yi. She didn't speak, but her eyes made it clear—could this person be fought? Lin Yi nodded, indicating that they should just not fight outside the camp, since the camp wasn't very secure.
The camp's walls were made of alloy plates, the stakes were driven into the ground, and the tents were made of canvas. These things couldn't withstand two top-tier fighters fighting in the camp.
One punch and the ground will crater; one slash and a section of the wall will collapse. After the battle, the camp will be gone, and everyone will sleep on the grass tonight.
King Kong grinned, his smile filled with excitement, anticipation, and a long-suppressed joy that had finally found an opportunity to be released.
Hina Sorasaki reached out, and a heavy machine gun appeared out of thin air in her hand.
Five minutes later, the guys from the Samsara Paradise were all standing on the high platform watching the show.
Someone climbed onto the spacecraft's landing gear, stood on the landing gear crossbeam, grabbed the landing gear support with one hand, and held up a telescope with the other.
Some people simply moved a chair to the grass at the camp entrance, crossed their legs, and held a cup of coffee they had taken from the cafeteria, drinking it while waiting to watch the show.
The dean stood at the edge of the spaceship's hatch, his hands in his pockets, tilting his head to look towards the open space.
Dr. Lan stood beside him, pushed up his glasses, and a rare hint of curiosity appeared in his gentle eyes.
Hina Sorasaki stood directly opposite King Kong, carrying the heavy machine gun, about fifty meters away from him.
She stood relaxed, her feet shoulder-width apart, the butt of the heavy machine gun resting on her right shoulder, the muzzle pointing towards the ground, her finger resting on the outside of the trigger guard, not pulled.
Her body was slightly turned towards the King of Kings, her weight was between her feet, and her shoulder blades were slightly retracted.
The pair of black wings behind it unfolded in the twilight, with a wingspan of nearly four meters.
King Kong looked at the weapon in Hina Soraki's hand, and his grin widened.
He didn't expect the other party to be going down the firearms route. There aren't many contractors using firearms in the Paradise of Reincarnation, not because firearms are weak, but because their potential is too low.
If you use a pistol to shoot a Tier 6 Contractor, the bullets will only tickle him. After all, Tier 6 Contractors have high physical attributes and their defense is also incredibly strong, unless you're using a sniper rifle.
In the Paradise of Reincarnation, guns are useful at lower levels, but become useless at higher levels.
Upon entering battle mode, Hina Sorasaki's halo above her head lit up at the same time, and the edge of the halo began to rotate rapidly, emitting a faint buzzing sound.
Due to the corruption of the power of the abyss, Hina Sorasaki can now be said to have transformed into an abyss deity.
During the transformation of the divine kingdom, the original divinity and abyssal power within her were fused together. Divinity no longer rejected abyssal power, and abyssal power no longer eroded divinity.
King Kong moved the moment he saw Hina Soraki reveal her wings.
He stomped his foot on the ground, creating a depression nearly a meter in diameter in the grass. Soil and grass roots flew out of the depression, forming a cloud of brown dust in the air.
His body was like a cannonball launched into the air, leaving a deep groove in the ground. He was so fast that he left a blurry afterimage in the air, which trailed nearly two meters behind him before gradually disappearing.
He covered the 50-meter distance in less than a second.
This is purely the extreme speed generated by the instantaneous burst of physical strength.
King Kong's physical attributes rank among the top of the sixth-tier contractors in the Samsara Paradise. Although his agility attribute is not as outstanding as his strength, his short-distance sprint speed is no slower than that of agile contractors with the help of explosive power.
His right hand was clenched into a fist, but there was no radiant energy emanating from it.
He doesn't like those fancy things; there's no need to deliberately channel energy to the surface of the body to create any visual effects.
The fist went straight for Hina Sorasaki's chest. The wind from the punch tore through the air with a sharp whistling sound, like the booming sound of a thick steel plate being torn apart by the air at high speed, dull and piercing.
Hina Sorasaki did not retreat. She lightly touched the ground with her foot and moved her body less than half a meter to the left. Her black wings slightly folded and unfolded during the movement, which helped to maintain her balance.
King Kong's fist grazed past her right shoulder, the force of the punch tearing open the fabric of her coat on the right shoulder, revealing a white shirt underneath.
There was a thin tear on the shoulder of the shirt, and the fabric at the edge of the tear fluttered slightly in the wind, but there was no blood, and the fist did not touch her skin.
As she dodged, her right hand pulled the trigger.
The heavy machine gun spat out a blinding tongue of fire, the flames exploding in the twilight like a blooming orange flower.
The ammunition belt bounced rapidly on the left side of the gun, the metallic clanging sound as dense as a string of lit firecrackers. The spent cartridges flew out of the ejection port, tumbling through the air before landing on the ground, leaving small dents in the grass. The cartridges were still hot when they hit the ground, scorching the grass blades with a ring of black marks.
King Kong had already begun moving the instant Hina Soraki pulled the trigger.
He forcefully turned his body less than two meters in front of Hina Sorasaki, pushed off the ground with his left foot, and leaped to the right.
His turn was completely unexpected; his left knee almost touched the ground as he turned, and he was like a motorcycle tilting to one side while cornering at high speed, using the tilt of his body and the reaction force of the ground to forcefully change the direction of his sprint.
His physical abilities were fully demonstrated here. If a low-level contractor were to force a turn at this speed, the joints of his knees and ankles would be torn apart in that instant, his muscles would be snapped, and his ligaments would be ripped apart.
However, King Kong's physical and strength attributes make his bone density far higher than that of ordinary people, and his muscle toughness and strength far exceed those of ordinary contractors. This degree of transformation is just commonplace for him.
Several bullets grazed his side, leaving bloody marks as they whizzed past his skin. He had no time to care, as Hina Sorasaki's second round of fire was already underway.
Hina Sorasaki's gun barrel tracked his movements. The heavy machine gun seemed weightless in her hands, and the muzzle's direction adjusted rapidly with King Kong's movements, each turn precisely matching King Kong's positional changes.
Her pupils moved rapidly within their sockets, each movement precisely locking onto King Kong's trajectory.
A string of flames shot out from the muzzle, with each bullet fired less than 0.1 seconds apart. The ammunition belt bounced wildly on the left side of the gun, and spent cartridges flew out of the ejection port, bounced a few times on the grass, and rolled into the bushes.
The density of bullets left King Kong no chance to even look up; he could only rely on high-speed movement to constantly dodge.
Dozens of bullets flew over his back, and one bullet hit the ground and exploded less than half a meter to his side, sending dirt and gravel flying in all directions from the blast point.
King Kong knew he couldn't afford to keep at this disadvantage, so he activated his defensive skills and charged towards Soraki Hina, enduring the storm of bullets.
King Kong's fighting style is unique in the Paradise of Reincarnation. He does not use weapons, not because he does not have suitable weapons, but because he does not need them.
Every part of his body can become a deadly weapon in battle. This is not something he has acquired through skill, but rather an instinct honed through countless close-quarters combats. It is something his body has learned through countless life-or-death battles.
Hina Sorasaki stopped firing when King Kong rushed to within about 1 meter of her.
She gripped the handguard below the barrel with her left hand, released the trigger with her right hand, and held the stock, swinging the entire gun as if it were a melee weapon.
This is her gun-fu, a combat system that combines ranged weapons and close-quarters combat, a unique technique that has been tested and perfected countless times in actual combat in Kivotos.
In her hands, the heavy machine gun was no longer a fire support weapon that could only be fired from a distance, but a multi-functional weapon that could be used for close combat.
The heavy machine gun drew an arc in the air, its butt aimed straight at King Kong's head, targeting his temple.
The force of that smash was considerable; if it had landed squarely, even the Vajra King would have experienced a brief period of confusion.
King Kong raised his left arm to block, and the butt of the gun slammed into his left forearm with a dull thud, like the deep sound of two thick steel plates colliding.
His left arm was slammed down, and two deep footprints were smashed into the ground beneath his feet. The soil around the footprints rolled outwards, revealing a layer of grayish-white sand underneath.
The moment the butt of the gun struck King Kong's left arm, Hina Sorasaki released her left hand, spun her body 180 degrees, raised her right leg, and her black boot went straight for King Kong's abdomen.
The kick was so fast that King Kong only had time to pull his abdomen back and lean back, trying to create distance.
The boot tip grazed his abdomen without making a solid kick, but he could feel the power of the abyss passing from the boot tip to his abdominal skin, like being swept by an iron rod from the side.
His body was pushed back two steps by the force of the kick, the boot carving two shallow furrows in the grass, and soil turned up from both sides of the furrows, piling up at the edges of the footprints.
He steadied himself and looked down at his abdomen.
There was a thin, long scratch on the leather armor, and the leather at the edge of the scratch was rolled up to reveal the white lining underneath.
There was a black mark on the lining, a trace left by the erosion of the power of the abyss.
The Vajra King's Abyss Power has virtually zero resistance to abyss attacks; if he were to be hit, he'd likely suffer greatly. (End of Chapter)