Esper X Family – Chapter 569 – The Advantage Lies with Parallel Lou Wei!

“Oh no…”

Feeling the lingering high temperatures and mental power around him, Parallel Fu Qi suddenly felt unqualified to play the role of a third party.

His【Space-Shattering Flash】might be a Tier 0 ability, and his mental power of up to ten thousand could have made him unmatched.

But in front of these two, all he could feel was an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

Forget being a third party. He probably couldn’t even lock onto them.

Once an Esper’s mental power is overwhelmingly suppressed, they basically lose any chance to compete or even enter the game.

Parallel Fu Qi had originally thought that the uniqueness of his ability would at least let him go all out and cause trouble.

He could just use all his form skills like they cost nothing.

That ought to do something.

For example, teleporting Parallel Lou Wei a thousand miles away on the spot to stop him from getting carried away.

But then the other party suddenly unveiled a new form skill, boosting his strength dramatically.

All Parallel Fu Qi could do was watch from the sidelines, drooling.

What a joke!

“Where did Lullaby go? Didn’t she say she’d make a move? If she comes any later, this might be over!”

In space.

The moment Ye Ge grabbed Parallel Lou Wei’s head, her corresponding output was dealt without hesitation. She poured on the damage fiercely.

After all, she only had about ten million mental power right now, and the other side had the Vengeful Spirit’s trait buff. There was no need to hold back.

After yanking Parallel Lou Wei into space, Ye Ge hurled him away. The moment he crashed into a meteor, it melted completely.

“Hmm?”

Ye Yao glanced at her palm, feeling an inexplicable burning pain.

Before she could figure out why, a blinding burst of light erupted not far away.

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Parallel Lou Wei erupted once more.

He hovered at the core of the energy storm.

His body outline had already been swallowed by the extreme light and heat.

All that remained was an unbearably bright, blazing white sphere whose diameter kept expanding.

The sphere’s surface wasn’t calm. Like a real star’s corona, it spewed plasma streams of astonishing length.

His mental power surged further!

Three million!

The space rocks around Parallel Lou Wei couldn’t withstand the terrifying heat and all turned into molten metal.

At the center, Parallel Lou Wei’s eyes had turned gold, and even his hair rose and burned like flames ¹ .

The Vengeful Spirit’s buff undoubtedly raised Parallel Lou Wei’s ceiling, no less than the buffs “Tong Yao” had given for her family members in the original world!

Parallel Lou Wei didn’t lose his mind from the surge in energy level. Instead, he grew clearer-headed, more determined to slay the enemy before him.

“Sunspot.”

There were no extra words. All Parallel Lou Wei could do was attack.

Dark, jarring spots appeared on the surface of the sphere around him. They seemed harmless but symbolized that his state was simulating real solar activity.

The next moment.

A violent jet stream crashed toward Ye Ge like an overwhelming tide.

In an instant, it swallowed her figure, as if creating a burning sea of stars.

Ye Ge’s form gradually emerged within the cataclysmic flood of mental power.

The mental power shield around her forcefully deflected almost all the damage.

Yet, a hint of surprise appeared in Ye Ge’s eyes.

Interesting.

The combination of the Vengeful Spirit and Parallel Lou Wei wasn’t just a pure punching bag.

Earlier, Ye Ge had thought that with only damage reduction, Parallel Lou Wei couldn’t possibly harm her.

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After all, his output was at most three million mental power.

She could just offset his output with her high mental power and take no damage.

And a ten-million-level attack, reduced to only a million mental power when it hit Parallel Lou Wei, would be easily tanked by his durability, making him a punching bag.

But reality seemed different.

Ten million mental power… might not be enough to beat the current Parallel Lou Wei?

He’s improved!

Just as Ye Ge’s thoughts grew active, Parallel Lou Wei appeared before her, wielding the familiar Solar Storm Sword.

A violent horizontal slash unleashed a magnetic storm that nearly wrecked the satellite equipment near Bluestar’s orbit.

The terrifying “corona layer” quickly dissolved Ye Ge’s defenses, and the slash nearly cut her in half!

This perilous scene shocked everyone watching the live broadcast in the original timeline.

Fu Qi’s eyes widened.

“Lou Wei, is your counterpart really that strong? He can actually push Ye Ge this far?”

“…I don’t know.”

Lou Wei broke out in a cold sweat.

He had never merged with the Vengeful Spirit. How would he know what kind of strange reaction would happen?

Besides, Ye Ge was definitely holding back.

She was certainly capable of more.

Still, Lou Wei couldn’t escape the death glares from his female colleagues.

They said nothing, as if staring him down might affect that impressive counterpart of his.

There was a slight pressure.

Unfortunately, it still wasn’t as intense as Ye Ge’s own gaze.

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Tu Sheng, on the other hand, watched with great interest.

“Not only did he unlock his own potential, but he also further unlocked the Vengeful Spirit’s potential.

He blurred the concept of damage reduction into ‘ignoring mental power,’ which works for both defense and offense.

Mr. Lou Wei, you and the Vengeful Spirit really are a good match.”

Still probing! Still testing!

“Enough. There’s no way I’m cooperating with a Vengeful Spirit.”

Facing his now cold-eyed female colleagues, Lou Wei could only sigh repeatedly.

Back on the battlefield.

Ye Ge, having dodged that sword, understood.

Holy crap, reverse technique ² Reference to JJK’s reverse cursed technique. Long story short, it uses the principle of two negatives turning into positive when multiplied, and the result is turning cursed energy into positive energy that can heal wounds or even regenerate limbs. !

He can actually reverse “damage reduction” into “armor piercing”!

Tanky and still dealing high damage!

Earlier, Ye Ge thought that Parallel Lou Wei’s output wouldn’t be enough. But with this astonishing 90% defense ignore, it was more than enough to hit a ten-million-level her!

That meant, against Parallel Lou Wei, Ye Ge’s ten million mental power would essentially count as only one million.

And he had a full three million!

The advantage lies with Parallel Lou Wei!

“So that’s why you were confident you could beat me.”

Ye Ge glanced at her slightly burned skin and instantly healed it with mental power.

She looked at that sun-like figure again and couldn’t help feeling her blood heat up.

Was this truly the strongest opponent ever?

Even the interstellar stray dog probably wasn’t as strong as the current Parallel Lou Wei!

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With the Vengeful Spirit’s help, both his mechanics and stats were maxed out.

But unfortunately.

His stats still weren’t high enough.

“I underestimated you. From now on, I’ll get a little serious.”

Ye Ge didn’t speak, but her cold voice forcibly reached Parallel Lou Wei’s mind.

As it turned out.

Skill and technique weren’t really Ye Ge’s style.

She had wanted to toy with her skillset Parallel Lou Wei as entertainment.

But then he started cheating.

Ten million stats were still too low.

Upgrade!

Fifty million!

Just pretend she was activating a form skill to pad her technique score.

The moment Ye Ge raised her mental power further, Parallel Lou Wei struck again with his sword.

But this time, Ye Ge didn’t dodge. Instead, she caught the earth-splitting, sky-opening slash with one hand.

Spamming cheap moves.

That was the kind of design Ye Ge hated most.

Boom!

The Solar Storm Sword was crushed with one hand. And her unstoppable punch pierced through the “corona layer” straight to the core!

Author Note

Ice cream and popsicles are so expensive these days. It feels like I have to buy them from wholesalers.

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