[Unmatched Dance] [Type: Skill Book] [Function: Awaken a unique Unmatched skill that belongs only to you.] [Remark: I am the true Dynasty Warriors! Hahahaha!!!]
Unmatched skill…
Cyan looked at this free skill book and recalled the skill Song Xian had used before.
That was an Unmatched skill. Using this skill book would awaken a unique Unmatched skill that belonged only to her…
Let's see what Unmatched skill I can awaken.
Cyan used the Unmatched Dance skill book with full anticipation.
Suddenly everything went black. Cyan found herself back in the ocean, her body transformed into the form of a peacock mantis shrimp.
This is…
Cyan looked around and discovered that she seemed to be the only living thing in this stretch of sea. There were no other creatures.
Just then, a rapidly swimming flounder opened its mouth and bit toward her. Those sharp teeth made Cyan feel death waving at her!
No! I will not die again! Never!
Although she still did not understand what was happening, facing the flounder that had once killed her again, Cyan did not flee this time. She charged straight at it!
Her fist-like raptorial appendages coiled and prepared. Cyan gathered all her strength into this single punch!
"Boom!"
Dazzling light appeared on the appendage. This punch of unmatched power blasted the flounder apart, and at the same time blasted the entire stretch of sea apart!
[Survivor No. 11766, using the skill book, has awakened the exclusive Unmatched skill · One Punch Annihilation. Obtained 1 Unmatched Gauge.]
[One Punch Annihilation (Unmatched Skill) – Skill Level: None] Consumes 1 Unmatched Gauge. Gathers all strength into the fist and delivers a destructive blow to the enemy. Deals damage equal to STR × 3 plus 300%–1000% of glove-type weapon attack power. Final skill damage depends on charging time. Minimum charge time is 5 seconds. Every additional 5 seconds increases One Punch Annihilation damage by 100%. Movement speed reduced by 30% while charging. Shockwave deals 30% impact damage to hit targets. This skill can be used in mid-air. When used in mid-air it automatically becomes Annihilation Punch. Damage is fixed at 400%. Deals damage equal to STR × 2 plus 400% of glove-type weapon attack power to the hit enemy, and deals 180% impact damage to enemies within a 5-yard range while knocking them airborne.
Unmatched Gauge…
Cyan checked her own status panel. Above Spirit, an empty energy bar had appeared. Small text on the bar read 1/100. This must be the Unmatched Gauge. Only after the Unmatched Gauge was full could she use the Unmatched skill One Punch Annihilation.
"Inquire about the Unmatched Gauge."
[The Unmatched Gauge recovers 1 point every 3 minutes. Killing one enemy recovers 2 points. After the Unmatched Gauge is full, it can be retained into the next Survival Game.]
So that's how it is.
After consulting the survival brand, Cyan understood how the Unmatched Gauge recovered.
Without killing enemies, the Unmatched Gauge would take five hours to fill completely. Killing enemies recovered it much faster. In places with many enemies, One Punch Annihilation could be used more quickly.
"Run faster! Why did you stop?! We're still a long way from Luoyang!"
Lisa was lying on Yasuke's back. Sensing the speed slow down, she tapped his helmet with her staff.
"You… you…"
Yasuke was gasping heavily. His legs were trembling. He had never felt this exhausted even while fighting enemies. Carrying Lisa for a full four or five hours had nearly killed him.
"Hm? What did you want to say?"
Lisa smiled kindly and raised the staff in her hand as if she were about to smash Yasuke's head like a walnut.
"N-nothing, beautiful Lady Lisa. P-please allow me to rest for a moment."
Yasuke set Lisa down, sat heavily on the ground, removed his helmet, and wiped the sweat from his face.
"I can sense it. Master is in Luoyang City."
Through the contract with Cyan, Nishi sensed her general direction, and that direction was exactly Luoyang City.
On the way to the imperial palace, Cyan released the Black Widow Spider from her pet inventory.
The little one stretched, looked around curiously, and—because Cyan had not used the Super Crown's skill to recreate a crown clone—was still in her spider-yōkai form.
"Mas… Master~!"
The Black Widow Spider saw Cyan looking at her with a trace of gentleness in her silver-white eyes and a faint smile at the corner of her mouth. She threw herself onto Cyan's face like a facehugger and rubbed her little head against Cyan's cheek nonstop.
"Master's smile is so pretty~!"
The Black Widow Spider stared at Cyan with hearts in her eyes.
"I… was smiling?"
Hearing the Black Widow Spider's words, Cyan raised a hand and touched her own face. She had not noticed that she had been smiling just now.
"Master, wasn't I dead?"
The Black Widow Spider recalled the pain before death. Her small body trembled in fear.
"You've been revived. From now on, don't do anything dangerous."
Cyan looked at the Black Widow Spider, who was covering her head with both hands, even the spider-body's rear end trembling. She gently stroked the little head with a finger.
"Protecting Master—I don't regret it!"
The Black Widow Spider hugged Cyan's finger with both hands and rubbed her cheek against it.
Cyan's face turned cold. She said with absolute seriousness, "If you act recklessly again next time, I will lock you in the pet inventory."
"No! I don't want to be locked in there…"
The Black Widow Spider burrowed into the fluff of Cyan's collar and covered herself with the fur, as if that would make Cyan unable to see her.
"If you don't want to be locked up, then behave and listen."
Cyan glanced at the Black Widow Spider hiding in the fluff and sped up toward the imperial palace.
The special mission was complete. It was time to kill Dong Zhuo.
To keep Dong Zhuo from being tortured to death before Cyan returned, Diaochan had stopped after venting her anger. Blood had soaked the bed. Dong Zhuo's body twitched slightly. Those eyes filled with hatred had been dug out and stuffed into his mouth that could no longer close.
Even the two balls and the sausage below had been bitten off alive by the straw-man "Diaochan," chewed, and swallowed.
Although the bedchamber matters had been endured by the straw man in her place, in ordinary times this pig had still groped her. For the greater plan she could only endure it.
Now that the overall situation was settled, there was no need to continue enduring. The long-suppressed rage in her heart surged out like a tide and could not be stopped.
The sound of the multi-section whip soon attracted the surrounding soldiers. Because of Dong Zhuo's fierce reputation, no one dared push the door open. They only dared to ask quietly from outside.
Diaochan gripped the multi-section whip and looked at Dong Zhuo, whose entire body was a bloody mess yet still had one breath left. She silently waited for the moment when the soldiers outside would break the door open.
In the world of Dynasty Warriors 7, Diaochan was also an officer of not-weak strength. If not for the greater plan and completing the entrustment of her foster father Wang Yun, she would never have submitted to this fat pig Dong Zhuo. If not for the straw man granted by an immortal, she might already have been a withered flower.
The soldiers asked several times and received no answer from Dong Zhuo.
With Dong Zhuo's temper, after they had asked so many times he should long ago have angrily rebuked them. Yet now there was not even a sound.
Realizing that something might have happened to Dong Zhuo, the soldiers hurriedly went to notify the officers. They did not dare break the door themselves, but that did not mean the officers would not.
Have they gone to notify the officers?
Two choices lay before Diaochan.
First: kill Dong Zhuo, free the imprisoned emperor. With the merit of killing Dong Zhuo, the emperor would surely reward her heavily, and Wang Yun's kindness toward her would also be wiped clean.
Second: stay here and wait for those officers to arrive, fighting them until that mysterious girl returned.
With the first choice, Diaochan could not only escape completely unharmed but also thoroughly free herself from Wang Yun's control and no longer be his puppet.
The second choice was far more dangerous. Facing numerous officers, Diaochan was not certain how long she could hold out.
"Bang!"
Receiving the soldiers' report, Guo Si, who had rushed over, slammed his shoulder into the door and forced it open. He smelled the thick scent of blood, stepped inside, and saw the bed with its curtains drawn. He paused briefly in place, then hurried over. The instant he reached out to pull the curtain aside—
Crack!
The multi-section whip lashed across his body.
Diaochan charged out, kicked Guo Si in the chest, and swung the multi-section whip in her hand. Seizing the initiative, she forced Guo Si to retreat again and again.
"Diaochan! What have you done to Lord Dong Zhuo?!"
Guo Si saw the bloody mess that was Dong Zhuo on the bed and glared at Diaochan in uncontrollable rage.
"What have I done? Exactly what you see. This little one has merely taken good care of Lord Dong Zhuo~!" Diaochan smiled brightly and increased the speed of her multi-section whip.
"Diaochan! How dare you betray Lord Dong Zhuo!"
Guo Si extended his weapon and wrapped it around the multi-section whip Diaochan swung at him, intending to seize her weapon in the process—only to fall right into Diaochan's trap!
Diaochan leaped into the air, grabbed Guo Si's head, and pink flower petals and pink wind appeared, swirling around her.
[Wooden Flower Form!]
Diaochan's mid-air Unmatched skill.
Diaochan performed continuous somersaults in the air. Accompanied by bang after bang of impact, Guo Si was slammed into the ground several times until he was dizzy and disoriented, then thrown toward the window.
"Bang!"
The entire window shattered. Diaochan jumped out through it, rolled once on the ground, and charged into the midst of the soldiers, swinging her multi-section whip with great force.
The officers who were rushing over heard the sounds of combat and thought an enemy had launched a surprise attack. They quickened their pace and charged forward—only to see Diaochan opening her Unmatched skill in the middle of the crowd!
This… is this still that delicate, weak woman?! Who is this female hero?!
Is this really the soft and weak Diaochan who used to come and go at Dong Zhuo's beck and call?!
The officers who arrived were all stunned. They had never imagined that Diaochan, whom they had always regarded as a vase, actually possessed such strength!
"Diaochan has betrayed Lord Dong Zhuo! Lord Dong Zhuo… Lord Dong Zhuo is… Traitor, die!"
Guo Si saw the others arriving, recalled Dong Zhuo's miserable state, and roared as he charged at Diaochan.