Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 492 Take back the Demon Sword Sparta!
"What idea?" Nero was a little confused.

Li You looked at the magic hub at the stairs. He felt a vaguely familiar fluctuation from it and had an idea in his mind.

"wait for me a while."

Li You turned around and headed back the way they came.

After they arrived at the Ladder to Heaven, the knights behind them did not catch up with them. At most, they just wandered back and forth in the passage without forming a queue.

Considering that they have basically no ability to think, it is obvious that the Pope felt that there is no need to waste energy on them, so he gave up giving them orders.

But Li You set his sights on these lone knights.

He mobilized his magic power to hide his figure and quietly approached a platinum knight in front of him. Taking advantage of the opportunity when it looked back, Li You pounced on it and pierced its chest from behind with the spiral sword!
Then, Li You's right hand, which was wrapped in dark light, stabbed fiercely into the gap in the armor behind its neck, and magic power was instantly injected into its body!

The Platinum Knight's body trembled violently and twisted unnaturally. When it stabilized, two balls of gray-blue light appeared in the peephole of its helmet.

——A moment later, Nero, who was waiting for Li You boredly, saw the platinum knight walking towards him with empty hands. He was also surprised and planned to draw his sword to send it away.

"Wait! It's me!"

Li You's voice rang out immediately, and Nero then noticed him following behind the Platinum Knight: "What is this...?"

"A little trick." Li You patted the platinum knight who was standing obediently beside him and smiled.

One of the secret techniques in the world of Sekiro, the killing ninjutsu and puppetry.

Puppetry can temporarily control the enemy, but because it requires consuming the "paper man" transformed by the power of sin, Li You was unable to use it when he first learned it.

But now, Li You, who has become more and more knowledgeable, has been able to adjust the puppetry based on the original basis.

So what he was performing at this moment was a modified version of puppetry, a secret technique that could consume magic power and simply control the enemy.

After Li You's brief explanation, Nero should have been surprised, but now he seems to have gotten used to it: "I always feel like nothing can stump you."

"It would be great if that's the case." Li You smiled, "I just have some experience in various means. Anyway, let it help us test it out."

Then, under Li You's instructions, the Platinum Knight approached the magic hub of the first floor step by step.

The moment its hand touched the magic hub, the hub immediately shone brightly!

A deep purple magic circle appeared under the feet of the Platinum Knight, and the magic power it emitted formed illusory tentacles and barriers that tightly bound the Platinum Knight!

Li You, Nero: “!!”

"That's..." Nero frowned.

"That magic hub seems to be... absorbing magic power?" Li You noticed something.

"Look up, the barrier!" Nero noticed the other side.

Li You also looked up, and sure enough, after the magic hub bound the Platinum Knight, a layer of magic barrier disappeared.

"So that's how it is..." Both of them understood.

Then, as they watched, the platinum knight didn't hold out for long before his magic power was sucked dry and he turned back into a pile of armor parts. The barrier of the stairs was immediately restored, but it became a little dimmer.

After watching the whole process, Li You and Nero looked at each other, and without saying anything, they turned around tacitly and walked back to the passage they came from.

When Nero saw those wandering knights, his eyes lit up:
“——Don’t run!!”

After a chaos in the passage below, Li You brought three puppetized platinum knights, and Nero also dragged two silver knights with his devil's hand, and they returned to the ladder of heaven.

"bring it on."

After cracking the rules of the Ladder to Heaven, the solution becomes very simple.

Judging from the experimental results, the magic hub of each layer should be a structure that will bind those who touch it and forcibly absorb their magic power. When the mechanism is triggered, the barrier of this layer will be released.

The strength of this binding force is unknown, but based on the results, it should be possible to break the barrier by feeding the magic hub with enough magic power, but if the individual magic power is not enough, they will probably be sucked to death.

From a functional analysis, this ability is very similar to the special ability of Agnus in demon form, so it is obviously his doing.

As for the response methods chosen by Li You and Nero, they were also very simple.

First, it was the first floor. A platinum knight controlled by Li You walked forward and touched the magic hub of the first floor.

The mechanism was activated instantly, grabbing it, and the magic barrier leading to the second floor disappeared.

"go!"

Li You and Nero set off immediately and climbed to the second level of the stairs with the remaining four knights.

Then just take the time and repeat this step.

The second and third platinum knights took the lead, followed by the two silver knights captured by Nero. The silver knights were left behind because their magic power was not as good as that of the platinum knights, so as not to lose all their efforts if they were too late.

When the last silver knight was thrown by Nero onto the magic hub of the fifth floor and was tightly bound by the magic circle, the barrier leading to the last floor was also released.

"ha--!"

Nero leaped up with all his strength, using magic to propel himself to the sixth floor. Li You then grabbed the hook and leaped up.

Almost immediately after they reached the sixth floor, a sound of breaking was heard from behind, and the barrier on the stairs took shape again. The two looked back and saw that the knight on the first floor had been drained of his magic power, and all the barriers were restored.

"It turns out that not even one layer can be missing." Nero frowned. "We were almost tricked by that guy. Fortunately, we are more skilled."

Li You laughed. It seemed that Nero had learned some strange sentence patterns from him at some point.

But this is just a small problem. The most important thing is that they have passed the Ladder to Heaven and the Pope's position is right ahead.

At the top of the ladder to the heavenly prison is an entrance that resembles a lava core. The bumpy outer shell cannot conceal the orange-red light shining from inside.

"This is it." Nero looked at Li You, "Are you ready?"

Li You smiled and said, "Is it your turn to ask me this question now? I have no problem with it, how about you?"

Nero wiped his nose and gave his signature smile, "Of course I am. I'm ready!"

He waved his hand, and the Yama Sword appeared in his hand without him knowing. The sword light instantly shattered the rocks at the entrance and completely exposed the light behind.

"Come on, let's go and end this!"

As he spoke, Nero walked in first, holding a knife. Li You showed a somewhat relieved smile and followed closely behind him, entering the core of the Shen Zang Department.

——Outside the savior subject.

Feilong Yuzu, the armed hovercraft driven by the cyborg puppet, and of course Dante, are still fighting with the savior.

Dante is undoubtedly the main output, but under the premise that he does not intend to show his 100% strength, the cover of Yuzu and the cyborg puppet is also very important.

With their cooperation, the magic gems on the savior's legs and back have been shattered one after another. Now only the two most important gems on the chest and forehead are left on his body.

At this point, the Savior's movements had been weakened by nearly 30%, and he looked no different from a clumsy giant.

Dante on this side was running upwards along the Savior's slowly waving right arm with a move that would have made Newton slap his coffin in amazement.

His target was none other than the magic gem on the savior's head. As long as the two gems were broken, the savior's mobility could be weakened to the minimum from the outside. However, Dante's other means of attack did not have enough range, so he approached in this way.

As long as we can reach that...

"boom--!!"

The Savior obviously didn't intend to let Dante get close to him easily, and he slapped him with his other hand!
Compared to the AI ​​of the BOSS in the game, this savior is obviously smarter. He will consciously protect his forehead and chest, making many of Dante and his team's previous attempts in vain.

"Roar--!!"

The Savior roared, but although it slapped itself, it didn't hit Dante at all. The latter was sitting on the back of the hand it had just pressed down with a relaxed look on his face, swaying from side to side with his feet crossed.

"What's wrong? You're a little clumsy?" Dante mocked mercilessly. "What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach? Or do you have a headache?"

“Ahhhh——!!”

The savior, or the manipulator, the Pope, was obviously a little broken. He roared and wanted to do something, but the voice stopped abruptly the next moment.

"Oh?" Dante raised his eyebrows. "It seems that they have finally arrived?"

——The core of the nervous system.

The space here is also larger than it looks from the outside. The interior is decorated in the same style as the Demon Heart Furnace, and is reflected with a dark red light, which is the faint light coming from the core.

Ahead, a lava-like core several meters in diameter, surrounded by a pitted outer shell, was pulsating slowly.

And in the empty space in front of it, stood a figure several meters tall.

"Huh?" Li You and Nero were both stunned. The guy in front of them didn't seem to be the Pope. Could it be that he arranged the final guard...

But then, the figure turned around, and the two were startled again.

The head on top of the tall body was undoubtedly the demonized pope. He had a hideous face, disheveled white hair, a halo behind his head, a pair of large horns pointing upwards from his neck, and even a magic gem similar to the savior's appeared on his forehead.

But supporting the head was a tall and strong body, mixed with various other demon limbs, sickles, claws, wooden skin and scales, three tails of different sizes, and four deformed arms.

A complete demonic patchwork.

Li You was amused: "Whose limb-replacement is Greg?"

The stitched version of the Pope held the magic sword Sparta in one hand, looked at the two with red eyes, and said in a low voice: "...You are finally here."

"Why do you want to stand in the way of our great cause? This world is filthy and only a sincere belief in God can guide this world!"

"You don't really believe what you said, do you?" Nero frowned. "You are obviously acting for your own selfish desires. God is just a sign you use to cover up. Have you been lying for too long and have you even deceived yourself?"

However, the Pope ignored Nero's words and continued to mutter to himself: "The core, the savior's core... the energy supply is not enough, not enough!"

Li You pulled Nero and said, "It seems that he is unconscious again. It's useless to talk to him about this."

"Yeah, it seems so." Nero had already summoned Belial and pulled out the Crimson Queen. A blue light flashed on his body, and the shadow of a huge demon holding the Yama Sword also emerged.

“There’s nothing more to say, let’s get started!” “Ahhhh——!!”

As if sensing Nero's murderous intent, the Pope also reacted. He raised the magic sword Sparta, which had been stretched to its longest length and turned into a strange sickle, and swung the three sickles in a row on his other arm one after another, rushing towards the two men first!

At this point there was naturally no need to conserve his strength anymore. Li You spread his hands and instantly transformed into a dragon man. With the Black Knight Axe in his right hand and the Blood Immortal Slash in his left hand, he spread his dragon wings behind him and soared into the sky!

"Boom-!!"

Nero was a born reckless man, holding three swords and confronting the demon pope head-on. He and the shadow of the demon behind him rushed forward, and the Scarlet Queen, Belial, and Yama Sword crossed and collided with the Pope's Sparta and sickle!
A strong magical shock wave spread out from the two of them, blowing away and crushing all the dust.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while. Although Nero was much smaller than the Pope, with the support of the demon's phantom behind him, he was not inferior in momentum, and his strength was even greater!

At this moment, Nero exerted so much force that he pushed the Pope's legs so hard that they slowly slid backwards.

The Pope also found that he was at a disadvantage in strength and let out an unbelievable roar, but Li You had already appeared behind him with a flap of wings, and swung down the Black Knight Axe and the Blood Undead Slash without mercy!

"Pfft-"

The Pope raised his other two arms to try to resist, but Li You's two weapons, one was a special attack against demons, and the other was simply an immortal slash. These two ferocious killing weapons fell and directly cut off one and a half of the Pope's arms.

“Ahhhh——!!”

The Pope's broken arm fell to the ground. He was distracted and could no longer resist Nero. He was pushed hard by Nero's three swords and almost knocked to the ground!

"Dong dong dong."

The demon pope took several steps back, relying on the support of his three tails to avoid falling to the ground. In front of him, Nero approached him again with a sword in hand, while Li You beside him was still looking for the right opportunity to inflict heavy damage.

“Uhhhh, Aaaaaaaaah!!”

The Pope roared again, swung his left arm, and actually cut off the remaining forearm behind his back.

Li You: "......"

By doing this, have you paid Xiao Ge the copyright fees?
However, the Pope had no intention of catching the dragon's head again. Instead, he used the pain to regain more of his sanity.

The red light in his eyes faded a little, and he stared at Nero and Li You, saying: "In this case, then you will see the power of the magic sword Sparta!"

As he spoke, he swung the magic sword Sparta violently, and a blood-red blade flew out instantly and slashed towards Li You!

This was not the end, the second and third sword lights followed immediately! The three sword lights flew in from different angles, as if they had the ability to track each other.

Li You: "!"

The Demon Sword Sparta's slash at this time was much faster than when it acted alone before, so Li You immediately threw away the Black Knight's axe, grasped the Blood Immortal Slash with both hands, and swung the sword with all his strength to meet the attack!

"boom--!!"

The light blades swung by the magic sword Sparta collided with the Blood Undead Slash one after another, and finally disappeared into thin air. The Blood Undead Slash was not damaged, but a faint dragon roar came from the blade, and the guy living in it was awakened.

After the Pope struck three times with the magic sword Sparta, he did not sit idle either. He turned around and pounced on Nero again.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Compared to before, the Pope at this time mobilized more of Sparta's own magic power. A faint whistling sound came from the legendary magic sword shrouded in red light, and even its slashing blows became as heavy as a mountain!
“Ding! Ding! Ding!!”

The Pope swung the Sparta and struck three times in a row. With the accumulation of magic power, each strike was heavier than the previous one!
Even with Nero's natural strength, he was unable to hold out after blocking twice, and when the Pope's third sword fell, the Crimson Queen he used to defend himself was directly knocked away!
The Crimson Queen flew far away, and while still in midair, a crisp cracking sound was heard from the sword. The weapon made of ordinary iron could not withstand the impact of this level of battle, and it suffered a similar fate as in the original world.

"what!!!"

Removed Nero a weapon, the Pope lifted up Sparta, and cut down heavily!

"Nero!"

Li You, who blocked the three sword lights of Sparta, was about to pounce on the Pope's back, trying to distract the Pope, but he didn't expect that the Pope ignored him at all and attacked Nero with all his strength!
"Don't underestimate me!" Nero shouted at this moment, Belial passed it to his left hand, and used all his strength in his right arm to punch out! Following his action, the shadow of the demon behind him also raised his fist to meet the falling magic sword Sparta!
"Boom-!!"

The blue-green shadow of the devil's hand collided with Sparta, which was shrouded in dark red sword light, and an incredibly strong magic storm erupted!
The violent gale swept in all directions, and Li You, who had transformed into a dragon, felt a noticeable push. He immediately mobilized the power of the storm in his dragon wings, and only then did he eliminate that force into nothingness.

Nero and the Pope, who were in the center of the conflict, were in a stalemate for only a moment before they bounced away and flew backwards!

This time, not only Nero, but also the huge body of the Pope flew up and smashed to the back. Li You, who was behind him, dodged quickly and used the Blood Undying Slash to hit him.

The Demon Pope slammed heavily into the core of the divine organ at the back, and the Savior's huge body jumped as well, and obvious vibrations were felt both inside and outside.

The Pope quickly got up, but stumbled again and almost fell.

Over there, Nero had just stretched out his devil's hand, grabbed the edge of the platform and climbed up. Before he could rush up to finish him off, Li You had already flashed in front of the Pope and struck him with the Blood Immortal Slash!
"Pfft-"

The blood blade easily cut open the Pope's demonic body, and the demonic blood that spilled out was mixed with drops of bright red, which was the blood that originally flowed from the Pope's body.

“Ahhh, ahhhhhh!!”

After suffering another severe blow, and his main body was injured, the Pope found it difficult to control his huge body. He was staggering at this moment. One hand wanted to push Li You away, and the other hand wanted to attack with the magic sword Sparta. His body and will were in conflict.

"Nero!"

Li You did not retreat, but increased the strength in his hands, pressing the Blood Immortal Slash deeper, while calling out loudly.

Nero had already climbed up. Hearing Li You's call, he strode forward, holding Belial in his hand, and the shadow of the demon appeared again!

He quickly rushed to the back of the Pope, and he and the demon shadow put away their swords and gathered their strength. Then, they both drew their swords together, wielding the Belial and Yama Swords at a speed that was dazzling!

Kill the demons in succession!

The two magic swords were emitting completely different lights, but the magic power contained in them was real. The sword lights crisscrossed and almost connected into one, all falling on the Pope who was in a stalemate with Li You!

“Ahhhh——!!”

The Pope screamed in pain, but was unable to stop or resist Nero's attack. Li You even took this opportunity to infuse magic power into the Blood Undying Slash, exerted force again, and blood flames rose from the blade, and he also slashed to the bottom!

"call out--"

Li You released his dragon-human transformation and fell back to the ground. The blue shadow behind Nero also disappeared. He and Nero stood in front of and behind the Pope, both still maintaining the last moment of movement, while the Pope was also motionless, as if petrified.

But the next moment, large amounts of blood suddenly spurted out from his spliced-together tall body, and lines of wounds appeared all over his body!

His pieced-together demon body could no longer hold together, and pieces fell off, revealing the Pope's true form. It turned out that he had stuffed the demon's flesh and organs into his previous wounds in order to maintain his dying body.

At this moment, the Pope's body also fell to the ground. He was still holding the magic sword Sparta tightly, but he no longer had the strength to wield it.

"You lose, old man." Nero resumed his natural movements. He took two steps forward, and Belial pointed at the Pope: "Give up honestly and hand over Sparta."

Unexpectedly, the Pope went crazy after hearing this.

“No, no no no, no—!!”

He yelled and held the magic sword Sparta with both hands, then turned around and stabbed it into his chest!

Nero was shocked: "You..."

Li You also raised his eyebrows: Do you still want to learn the Spartan family tradition?

Although he felt it was impossible, Li You still took a step forward, wanting to take back the magic sword Sparta, just in case.

It is obvious that it is impossible for the Pope to break through the desperate situation with this trick. He and the magic swordsman Sparta himself, if not to say that they are not related at all, it can only be said that they have nothing to do with each other.

But what Li You didn't expect was that the magic sword Sparta was still activated by the Pope's move. It released its magic power and took the Pope with it, drilling into the core of the divine organ department at the back!

Li You, Nero: “!?”

This happened so suddenly that Li You and Nero didn't have time to react. After the Pope entered the core, the ground beneath their feet immediately shook!

——In the outside world, the gem on the savior’s chest had already been shattered, and it seemed that the incident was about to end without any danger.

Dante was already thinking about the pizza after the battle, but suddenly the savior's eyes opened, and the halo behind his head began to gather a large amount of magic power!
Dante: “!?”

As an experienced person, he could tell at a glance that the savior was about to unleash a powerful attack and put on a spectacular show. It would be no problem for him to dodge the attack, but in the distance in front of the savior were the remains of the forest where the citizens took refuge!
"What are they doing!?"

Dante didn't have time to think about it. The magic power around him surged, and he instantly transformed into a demon! His pair of wings spread out, and he rushed out like an explosion, flying straight towards the front of the savior!

He quickly landed not far in front of the forest ruins, and the magic power in the halo above the savior's head had already accumulated.

The next moment, a platinum-colored beam of magic power shot out from the halo above its head and headed straight for Dante!

"We have to stop it, right?"

The devil Dante's face was serious, "Then I'll block it for you to see!"

On the basis of his transformation into a demon, the magic power in his body surged out again in large quantities, and this time it condensed directly on his body surface into a layer of dark magic heavy armor!
Dante took a stance, and faced the incoming magic beam with this posture!
"boom--!!"

It seemed incredible that Dante, who seemed so small compared to the savior and the beam of light shot out from its head, could withstand this terrifying attack.

Even more than that, Dante was still using his own magic to gather the aftermath of the light beam so that it would not pass over him and hit the ruins behind him.

Dante's body was covered, and his feet slid backwards involuntarily, plowing two deep grooves on the ground.

But he maintained his movements without any relaxation until the continuous beam of magic power finally ran out and the light dissipated.

Dante still stood there, the black magic heavy armor on his body dissipated first, and then the demon transformation was also lifted.

"…It hurts a little bit, this move."

He bared his teeth and said, "I have to ask Nero to provide me with pizza for a month... huh?"

Dante looked up and saw the halo above the savior's head lit up again!

“Hey, come on, there’s a second batch?” He opened his mouth, “This is not the price of a month’s pizza!”

But at this moment, the savior's movements suddenly paused, and the magic power accumulated in the halo on its head was interrupted and faded, and its huge body stopped in place.

Dante finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally done? Those two unreliable guys."

Then, the magic gem on the savior's forehead shattered, and Nero jumped out with the ferocious sword on his back!

(End of this chapter)