Esper X Family – Chapter 568 – I Don’t Dare

Original World.

Xiao Jing and her team had temporarily set aside their work to seek out Lou Wei and Fu Qi.

At the Countermeasures Bureau, everyone who could see the footage had gathered together.

All except for the few little girls who had crowded into Ye Yao’s dorm room.

Fang Ze hadn’t completely dropped his work; he multitasked by handling some simple electronic documents.

“Lou Wei, who do you think will win?”

Fang Ze’s tone was full of teasing.

The others had subtle expressions in their eyes.

They could certainly tell right from wrong and wouldn’t blame the Lou Wei here for the actions of the one on screen.

Still, seeing that nearly identical face made it hard to keep a straight face.

Xiao Jing certainly wouldn’t publicly criticize the reformed Lou Wei.

But whenever she saw his counterpart on screen, she couldn’t help but recall those old, blood-pressure-spiking incidents.

In short, it was a conditioned reflex.

Even in reality, Xiao Jing’s gaze toward Lou Wei unconsciously carried a hint of irritation.

Do you know any robotic humans like this?

So utterly robotic.

Fu Qi cleared his throat lightly.

“To be honest, the Lou Wei there might actually be stronger than our Lou Wei.

Not only has he seemingly developed the Solar Corona Form, but he’s also gained the power of the Vengeful Spirit.

Leaving aside a certain someone, he could indeed be called unmatched in the world. He could probably even take on the interstellar overlord in single combat.”

At those words, Xiao Jing grew even more irritated.

“Oh? If that’s the case, in this world, if Lou Wei decided to oppose Ye Yao, would he also have a chance to gain such power?”

Stop testing him, big sis!

Lou Wei didn’t dare utter a single word.

Silence was undoubtedly his strength.

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But of course, there had to be someone fanning the flames.

Just then, Tu Sheng’s voice rang out, tinged with amusement.

“Actually, that really is possible. Vengeful Spirits are endless. If Mr. Lou Wei dared to make that choice, he’d eventually find a Vengeful Spirit of his own.”

Lou Wei: “I don’t dare.”

Now, he couldn’t stay silent any longer.

If he didn’t deny it now, even his old comrade Fu Qi might distance himself from him.

The women let Lou Wei off the hook for the time being and turned their attention back to the screen.

Actually, no one was particularly worried about Ye Ge’s condition.

Even though they couldn’t intervene, they had witnessed Ye Ge’s power firsthand.

The Vengeful Spirit had been instantly obliterated by Tong Yao, and the interstellar overlord had been taken out just as fast.

Not to mention Lou Wei in his Solar Corona Form.

So, the combination of the Vengeful Spirit and Lou Wei couldn’t possibly pose a real threat to Ye Ge.

In the end, they were just destined to act as a speed bump.

On screen, parallel Lou Wei didn’t strike immediately.

He still seemed to have something to say.

“I’ll ask only once. Are you truly going to destroy the world?”

“In the near future, something like that will happen.”

That exchange was like lighting a fuse!

“It’s over.”

In the original world, Fu Qi covered his eyes with one hand, unable to watch.

If Ye Ge had been a little gentler and left some room for compromise, perhaps parallel Lou Wei could have regained some rationality.

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But Ye Ge being gentle was unlikely.

She didn’t recognize anyone as family to begin with, and she especially disliked Lou Wei.

She might even take this chance to give parallel Lou Wei a thorough beating.

It would be strange if Ye Ge ever avoided a confrontation!

So, this was an unavoidable clash.

Sure enough.

After Ye Ge said those words, the aura around parallel Lou Wei could no longer be concealed.

“Then… I will annihilate you here and now.”

Parallel Lou Wei soared into the sky.

In that moment, the sky over the Youropean continent lost its original color and order.

Parallel Lou Wei hung beneath the heavens.

What erupted from him was no ordinary radiance, but a searing torrent capable of tearing apart the very fabric of reality.

That light was very familiar to the standard Lou Wei watching the live footage.

It was undoubtedly a precursor to the Solar Corona Form.

Without any tactical probing, perhaps because he had learned of Ye Ge’s true depth from the Vengeful Spirit, parallel Lou Wei decided to go all out for a swift kill.

First came a blinding beam of pale white light that shot from his body straight through the clouds, like a giant sky-piercing sword splitting the twilight.

The sky was no longer just a backdrop.

The once lead-gray or azure sky was crudely dyed and boiled away by this dominant, blazing golden-red light.

Heat waves swept across the land.

The vegetation below wilted rapidly from the searing temperature.

Intense thermal radiation erupted, then quickly subsided.

Parallel Lou Wei had controlled it.

This wasn’t a self-destructive super-nuclear detonation, but a controllable release of power.

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The traits of the Vengeful Spirit bore nearly all the burden.

This left parallel Lou Wei with the surplus capacity to control his surging power with greater precision.

Solar winds swirled around parallel Lou Wei, making him a second sun in the sky.

“Solar Corona Form.”

To the superstitious, this form of parallel Lou Wei was nothing less than the manifestation of a modern-era sun god.

Even the power that resembled a solar eruption was enough to drive anyone to despair.

No matter how far humanity had progressed at this stage, it couldn’t contend with the energy of a star.

Putting aside Ye Ge, the current parallel Lou Wei could easily obliterate Bluestar.

Ye Ge sensed it briefly.

“About two million mental power?”

Where did this roadside stray come from?

Although it was slightly stronger than standard Lou Wei’s first use of the Solar Corona Form, it was still completely out of step with the times.

After fusing with a Vengeful Spirit, this was all he had?

Not to mention a second day, Ye Ge would forget all about this within a minute after the fight.

No strength! No excitement!

Just then, parallel Fu Qi caught wind of the situation and came looking.

When he saw that dazzling figure in the sky, he was utterly shocked.

“Is that Lou Wei? What kind of form skill is this? Why didn’t he teach me first!?”

But parallel Fu Qi had no time to ponder these questions.

He could tell that parallel Lou Wei was serious.

This time, that man would absolutely go all out to defeat Ye Ge.

“Stop, Lou Wei, don’t be impulsive! Force isn’t the first solution to a problem!”

But his voice didn’t reach parallel Lou Wei’s ears.

In his eyes, there was only one target: Ye Ge.

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The underlying logic of the Vengeful Spirit had begun to influence him.

Ye Ge rose to the same height as parallel Lou Wei, completely unafraid of the terrifying temperature he radiated.

“How many times do I have to say it? I’m invincible. There’s no point in making me your opponent.”

She couldn’t be bothered with more nonsense. She would take this chance to give parallel Lou Wei a thorough beating.

How dare he collude with a Vengeful Spirit?

Looks like he wanted a taste of Frostmourne ¹ Explained in chapter 21. Long story short it’s a World of Warcraft sword that was used to kill a father. and the Signal Axe ² Also called Shingou-Ax. Kamen Rider Drive reference. It’s Kamen Rider Chaser’s weapon, but it’s also used Kamen Rider Mach to kill his father. .

In Ye Ge’s view, dealing with the current parallel Lou Wei didn’t require using her full strength.

Just a simple test with about ten million mental power was enough.

It wouldn’t be any fun if she instakilled the other party.

“Attribute Fission.”

Under Ye Ge’s precise control, her mental power was capped at around ten million.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a round number. There was no way to prevent the extra seventy or eighty thousand.

She always felt that this kind of heaven-and-earth-shattering stat really belonged on the grand stage of some other universe.

Sigh, stat inflation.

Sigh, powercreep.

Ye Ge let out a silent, soft sigh.

The next moment, she appeared right in front of the human-shaped furnace that was parallel Lou Wei.

Her hand ignored the astounding heat and destructive power, grabbing parallel Lou Wei by the head and blasting through the atmosphere at a terrifying speed.

Boom!!!

“I don’t need you to hold back your power. Use every means at your disposal. Let me see if you’re worthy to face me.”

Since the battlefield was the distant reaches of space, they could finally go all out.

Author Note

I’m thinking about buying some ice cream and popsicles to put in the freezer. Feels like the whole summer won’t be complete without them.

Text: (sound effect) Beep

Turned off your aircon.