Esper X Family – Chapter 438 – Xia Lian: Fine, I’ll Charge!

【Family member Mu Luo has forged his own path. Reward: 5 attribute points】

【Unallocated Attribute Points: 100】

It seemed like the system was really trying hard to find excuses to give out attribute points.

Ye Yao curled her lip.

Only 5 points?

The system is as stingy as ever.

But it didn’t matter.

The final piece of the puzzle for “Ye Ge’s” debut was now in place.

Now, she only needed to wait for the perfect moment!

These guys crashing down from the sky were all small fry.

Not worthy of “Ye Ge” personally making a move.

The duel between Mu Luo and the Light Chaser continued.

There were no earth-shattering explosions, nor was there the scene of mountains and rivers shattering.

For a warrior, wrecking the surrounding terrain might showcase one’s destructive power, but it absolutely wouldn’t prove that one was stronger than another warrior.

Both the Light Chaser and Mu Luo could level the city to the ground in a short time.

But that wouldn’t determine the final victor. Instead, it would waste energy and allow the opponent to find an opening.

Defeating the opponent is the ultimate goal.

This is a duel between warriors.

The Light Chaser’s Destructive Light Cannon was locked solely onto Mu Luo.

In terms of pure impact, if Mu Luo couldn’t withstand it, the light cannon would instantly pierce through him, dissolving everything in its path along the way.

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The mere temperature and shockwave emitted from the beam had already melted nearby buildings into red-yellow lava!

Yet, when it struck Mu Luo, it met unprecedented resistance.

“WrOo—!?”

The Light Chaser felt panic for the first time.

The light it relied on for survival and outbursts was being ruthlessly stripped away and devoured by that black mass!

Extremely sensitive to light energy, the Light Chaser could even feel this pitch-black domain digesting its “light”.

The area shrouded in shadow was growing larger, and the inky black color was growing thicker and thicker!

It even began to rise, blotting out the sky and sun!

How could this be?

Not only had the light failed to dispel the darkness, but it had become nourishment for it instead?

If this continued, not only the light, but it too would be swallowed by this darkness!

This wouldn’t do.

It must replenish its light energy!

The light simply wasn’t bright enough yet!

The Light Chaser instinctively rushed toward the edge of this shadow domain, attempting to absorb the residual light to replenish itself.

However, how could Mu Luo let this crucial moment in the life-or-death battle slip by?

Mu Luo’s figure abruptly vanished from the spot, as if merging into the flowing shadow itself.

In the next instant, he coalesced like a phantom from the shadows within the Light Chaser’s charging path.

His right hand reached out, and what entwined between his five fingers were no longer ordinary shadows, but “Shadow Tentacles” that had condensed the characteristic of “Devouring” into an almost liquid state.

“This ends here.”

Amidst the cold declaration, the shadow tendrils silently wrapped around the Light Chaser’s brightest core.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a “sizzling” sound like ice thrown into a furnace.

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Darkness and light, two extreme forces, engaged in the cruelest struggle at the point of contact!

The Light Chaser let out an unprecedented, shrill screech.

The light within its body erupted madly, trying to melt this fatal binding.

Dazzling beams shot out in all directions, scouring patches of emptiness in the surrounding shadows.

They even instantly vaporized the tops of several nearby tall buildings!

The explosive power of the light was suppressed within the shadow domain, yet it still caused horrific destruction, demonstrating its terrifying amplification after absorbing light energy.

But Mu Luo’s shadow tendrils clung like a festering sore, incredibly tenacious!

The bloodthirsty spectators stared wide-eyed at this overwhelming scene.

After that mysterious shadowy man used some unknown technique, this fight could no longer be called a battle; it had transformed into a “predation”!

A predation of light by darkness!

“Are the fights of the strong… always this bizarre?”

At the center of the mid-daylight shadow domain, the primal struggle and consumption between light and darkness played out.

Mu Luo’s figure flickered in and out of the shadows, controlling the boundless darkness that covered the city, dragging the “Light Chaser” into the abyss it feared most.

Every burst of light was suppressed by deeper shadows.

Every struggle caused the shadow tendrils to tighten further.

The city trembled in the eerie gloom.

In this life-or-death battle, every squirm of the shadow was slowly but surely tilting the scales of victory.

The city’s ground seemed to open like a massive shadowy maw.

The Light Chaser was forcibly dragged inside and completely devoured, its dimming light indicating its inability to resist.

Its light might dispel ordinary darkness, but unfortunately, the darkness Mu Luo brought was not pure darkness.

The shadows covering the city gradually contracted, finally vanishing beneath Mu Luo’s feet.

The man simply wiped the corner of his mouth casually, as if he had completed an elegant dining ritual.

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The city fell silent for an instant, then was completely drowned out by a tsunami-like roar of voices.

The live combat feed in the sky had clearly recorded Mu Luo’s reality-defying victory.

The seemingly alive shadows had devoured the terrifying being of blazing light.

When the eerie darkness covering the entire city receded like the tide, the whole city erupted!

“Holy crap! He… He ’ate’ the monster?!!”

A young man squeezed in front of the large screen in the square screamed, his voice cracking from extreme shock, as if unable to believe his own eyes.

“Heavens! Lord Mu Luo! Lord Mysterious Wriggly Man!”

“Blasphemy! Is ’Mysterious Wriggly Man’ something you can call him? He’s our savior!”

The fast-paced battle brought by Mu Luo dispelled the despair and panic of most people.

It made them realize that the so-called enemies from above the heavens weren’t all that impressive after all.

Bluestar’s native powerhouses could keep up in terms of power level!

Mu Luo of Sequence Zero was living proof of that!

He even crushed his opponent, showing no signs of a difficult struggle.

Much better than the Director of the Countermeasures Bureau, who was still fighting hard in space!

Of course, it was also possible that the Director was fighting in a high-tier battle.

But that didn’t diminish the fervent morale brought by this victory at all!

And just as Mu Luo’s prestige was skyrocketing like a rocket, the system’s voice echoed in Ye Yao’s mind simultaneously.

【Family member Mu Luo has earned public recognition through personal effort. Personal prestige greatly increased. Sequence Zero’s prestige slightly increased. Reward: 10 attribute points】

【Unallocated Attribute Points: 110】

Ye Yao’s eyes lit up. She suddenly thought of a great idea to farm attribute points.

She quickly contacted the other members of Sequence Zero.

“Brothers and sisters! The situation is urgent now! Kill these villains invading Bluestar! We can’t let these alien bumpkins look down on us!”

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“White Catty, should I go too?”

Xia Lian’s hesitant voice reached Ye Yao’s ears.

“Yes.”

Ye Yao responded with absolute certainty.

“What if I die?”

“Serves you right.”

Xia Lian still hadn’t broken through to S-rank. She was just too pathetic!

She needed a whip cracked at her to make her push herself.

Otherwise, who would make up for the attribute points Ye Yao was missing?

“Fine! I’ll charge!”

Under Ye Yao’s “encouragement”, Xia Lian decided to go all out!

Author Note

Let’s surrender first. I’ll stop the bounty for now, and focus on paying back these forty chapters first!

Text: What time is it? You guys are still not damn asleep, you’re just waiting to die of overwork!

Translator Note

The comment section is filled with “区” (weak) and “杂鱼~” (small fry~).

But I guess it’s reasonable for the author to surrender for now.

After all, we don’t want the author to be pressured to death.

Still,

Small fry~ Small fry~

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