New Century Warriors

Chapter 57: A Perilous Battle Without a Grand Scene

Chapter 57: A Perilous Battle Without a Grand Scene

The field of vision has changed.

Lei Ye raised his hand in surprise, and what he saw and felt was his own strong and powerful forearm.

His steel door remained taut and springy, untouched by the man who had taken his body.

That's great...that's really great...

I didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

The storage bag was placed to the side. Lei Ye casually took out a sharp blade from it and immediately stabbed at Kemirion.

That Kermir, his eyes suddenly rolled back and he fell to the ground.

But before her body even touched the ground, her eyes suddenly widened.

"Ga?! Gugugaga!" Huh? Wait a minute!

"What are you babbling about? Prepare to die!"

Although it's unclear why the fainting spell after the body swap didn't work on Kermir, Raino definitely wouldn't be like some talkative villains who insist on interacting with their opponents when they have the upper hand.

As the saying goes, a victorious army is bound to be arrogant, and an arrogant army is bound to be defeated.

No questions asked, just attack!

Because of Kermione's dodge, the sword pierced through her thigh. Raino clicked his tongue, pulled it out, and was about to strike again.

However, this time, instead of dodging, Kermione moved closer. The moment she turned to the side gave her some distance, and she reached out and touched the naked Raino.

exchange!

The field of vision shifted again.

Lei Ye lost his balance and fell to the ground, his eyes glazing over...

The skill swap triggers a stun effect, the stun effect triggers composure, and composure triggers control immunity.

The cycle ended, and Lei Ye's eyes widened in fury! He clutched the wound on his leg and howled in pain!

"6

"Gugugaga!" "Oh no! My legs!"

"What are you babbling about? You...you're Teacher Kuang Xiaolei, right?"

Although Kermirain didn't exert as much pressure on Raiye as Kerborose, she seemed to be a smart person. She realized at first glance that the goblin king who had launched a surprise attack at night was not some monster, but Raiye.

Indeed, being so cautious before was the right thing to do; this kind of enemy is far more terrifying than Ceporous, who possesses formidable combat power.

This time, Lei Ye was indeed a bit carried away, to the point that he couldn't maintain his composure and remain uncontrolled. Anyone would probably find it hard to stay calm if they saw someone else using their body to engage in lizard sex.

Did I fail...?

While Raino was deep in thought, Kemireon also stood there in a daze, as if engaged in complex mental activity.

His gaze swept downwards and fell upon the sword on Lei Ye's thigh.

"Oh dear, that won't do."

She snapped out of her daze, took out a bottle of healing potion, and put it into Lei Ye's mouth.

"Phew... That's good. If you had died, I wouldn't have been able to explain myself, and I would never have seen such a good story again."

She took a half step back, creating some distance, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"But then again, you actually have the same inherent skill as me, we two really are a match made in heaven."

"So, did you steal this body, brimming with vile power, from someone else?"

"No...this is indeed a human body, which is very strange. Where does such a powerful and vile force come from? I really want to ask you about this question, but unfortunately we haven't had a chance to talk about it until now. Now we finally have a chance to talk."

She sighed.

"However, I have to apologize to you, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei."

"You know what? I even suspected before that Ye Lei was some kind of evil child you were lured into, that ignorant and pitiful thing entrusted its power to you."

"But that's unlikely, because judging by the timeline, this great evil I don't know must be a newborn. She can't be more than five years old. And I've read your works, and no one understands better than me what a god-like man you are. How could you possibly deceive the feelings of a little baby?"

She nodded, as if she had convinced herself.

"That's definitely the case. Even if the people of Hillius are perverted, they still have their bottom line. I believe in you, Teacher Kuang Xiaolei."

Lei Ye's hard-won rationality plummeted again, and he subconsciously lowered his head slightly, not daring to meet Kemirion's gaze.

Wait, no, they're fighting here.

The healing potion quickly repaired the broken leg muscles. Using this moment of bowing his head as a pretense to lower Kermir's guard, Raino took a deep breath, instantly executed a Northeast-style slither, skimmed across the smooth floor, and then kicked Kermir's shin.

exchange!

The moment his field of vision shifted again, he jumped to create distance.

"Stop...stop talking nonsense! Don't think I don't know why you're here. Die!"

Lei Ye thrust his sword forward again.

The sword strike was swift and precise, piercing Kermir's chest.

But as long as she attacks, she will get close, and as long as she gets close, she will be able to touch him. When she was hit, Kemiron gritted her teeth and actually cooperated with Raino's attack to move forward towards the sword that was piercing her body. Then, like God in "The Creation of Adam", she stretched out her finger and touched Raino's hand holding the sword.

exchange!

Lei Ye lost his balance and fell to the ground, clutching the sword wound in his chest and howling in pain.

It hurts...it hurts so much.

"Teacher Kuang Xiaolei, please stop!"

Kermir crouched down again, deftly drew his sword, and quickly poured another bottle of healing potion onto the gushing wound.

Thanks to the powerful medical capabilities of this other world, the sword truly pierced the heart. If the medicine hadn't been applied directly to the wound immediately, Raino would have died.

It would be too ugly to die like this.

"Don't do this, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei. I just wanted to chat. Why do you have to make it so awkward? Besides, I don't even know what I'm here for. How could you possibly know what I'm here for?"

As she spoke, Kermir took out a rope from her storage bag.

After thinking for a moment, she threw the storage bag and the sharp knife in her hand far out the window.

Then, pulling on the rope, he hugged Lei Ye from behind and tied the two of them tightly together with the rope.

Just as Lei Ye recovered from the excruciating pain in his heart, he felt himself being hugged from behind. Although a woman's soul resided within him, the moment he felt that firm male chest, a chilling sensation still sent shivers down his spine.

gugugaga!

He let out a pure, goblin-like scream.

"Shh, stop making noise, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei, please don't be like this. Let's talk this out. I really don't think we need to be enemies. Is it because when we first came to this city, I took your body without asking any questions? I was wrong about that. I apologize, okay?"

"I'm serious, the two of us can definitely work together."

"My job is to use your body to kill the Demon King, and then switch back to your body. But why go through all that trouble? Our goal of killing the Demon King should be the same. Since you're so good at fighting, why don't you go fight and I'll assist you? I'm best at assisting. With my help, things will go very smoothly, Teacher Kuang Xiaolei."

exchange!

Lei Ye activated his skill, changing his field of vision.

He suddenly found himself holding a green goblin, which was twisting its neck and turning its head to look at him with a hopeful gaze. The impact of the close proximity almost made him faint.

There was a lot of information in what Kermione said just now, but Raiye didn't have the time or the inclination to interpret it.

He initially gritted his teeth and tried to strangle the guy, but found that inflicting damage was too slow, and if he were swapped just before the guy was about to faint, he would be too passive in the next round.

So he reached out to untie the knot, wanting to create some distance and then find a long-handled weapon to kill the guy from a distance. However, Kermir had somehow turned the knot to the front, so Raino had to grope and tear at Kermir's waist and abdomen with both hands.

Then the door opened.

"It's so noisy, I want to sleep." A soft voice.

Raiye and Kemilien simultaneously stopped tearing and twisting, and looked up together. Ais, dressed in pajamas, stood in the doorway, bleary-eyed and protesting.

She looked around the room and was no longer sleepy.

"Oh my god..." She closed the door and left. "Oh my god..."

"Oh!! That's not how it is, Mom! Oh no, Miss Ais, that's not how it is!"

Raino cried out in pain.

exchange!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kermirian activated her skill, and Raino was once again in a position where he was being held. Raino was both sad and uncomfortable. As he was caught in this nauseating feeling, Kermirian picked up the rope next to him and began to wrap it around himself a second time, and the two of them became even more tightly entangled in their fight.

As she wrapped it, she became somewhat happy.

"The more I think about it, the more I realize that's how it is. There's no need for us to be enemies at all. If I had known it would be like this, I would have just come to you from the beginning. Why did I have to suffer so much? How stupid of me."

"Even... if I could observe your life beforehand, I might have been able to take advantage of your grief over losing your wife and become the first scoundrel to get a boyfriend. But it seems like there's not much of a chance now, you seem to be very hostile towards me."

"However, I admire you. Using the exchange skill consumes a lot of mental energy, but you use it with great skill, even more so than I do. You must have undergone very rigorous training."

Lei Ye's expression froze as his encounter in the goblin cave flashed through his mind.

It wasn't a spiritual practice; it was a trial.

He passed the trial and gained a large amount of skill proficiency, which was his well-deserved reward.

"But proficiency alone is not enough. As I said, exchanging skills consumes almost no magic power; it consumes mental energy. No matter how much evil power is in your body, your soul is still human. Do you want to compete with me in terms of mental energy consumption? Unfortunately, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei, you will definitely lose."

Is it consuming... mental energy?

No wonder there's an extra SAN value on the guild card for Line 2. Most explorers, including Lei Ye, were baffled by this value. Now Lei Ye knows that Ye Lei was involved in designing the guild card, and she naturally incorporated a part of the evil ability system into it.

Raino still remembers that his aptitude is ASS, which represents power, magic power, and SAN. Judging from this, his mental strength should be among the best of humans, which is the basis for his ability to complete the chain exchange in the Goblin Cave.

However, facing the filth, Lei Ye was not confident of winning, especially since he didn't understand mental power very well. If it were magic power, he could judge how much was left by his physical condition, but he had no experience in judging the value of mental power.

He did feel very tired, not knowing whether it was because he had been working non-stop for the past few days or, as Kermione had said, because he had used up too much mental energy.

Regardless, he agreed with Kermione's conclusion: if this exchange continued and the resources were constantly depleted, he would inevitably be the one to lose in the end.

"No further exchange? Good, it seems you agree with me. Now we can finally talk."

"First of all, do you think we can cooperate, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei?"

Lei Ye struggled to shake his head.

How can one allow another to sleep soundly beside one's bed?! A vile creature, especially one with such terrifying skills, who even once ambushed him, Lei Ye would never trust her under any circumstances.

Furthermore, Raino has no intention of going to fight the Demon King.

He is now basically certain that the genuine Scorched Earth Demons in this world are not evil at all; the only thing he needs to be wary of is filth.

"Really? What a pity, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei. I'm your female fan. If we could turn from enemies to friends, I think we would have a lot to talk about."

Kermione sighed, "But you're not even willing to lie to me first and get your body back. All the insurance plans I just came up with are useless now. It seems I'll have to break your arms and legs and lock you in a cage to finish the job. It's a pity, but I have to do some cruel things to you. But don't worry, I have a high opinion of you. You won't be like other collectibles that I'll play with and then throw away. Like I said, I think we'll have a lot to talk about."

Female fans? Don't be ridiculous. I already have my female fan wife, so I don't care about that kind of thing at all!

As for using deception to win this protracted battle, Lei Ye had considered it, but he already had a more elegant solution in mind.

Raino didn't consider himself a powerful being.

On Line 1, he wasn't particularly outstanding in combat, and on Line 2, his power was merely a gift from Ye Lei.

The true strength that belongs to Raino himself is his ability to remain calm in the face of disaster; it is his clear mind in critical moments that has allowed him to survive to this day.

Lei Ye stopped talking and remained quiet.

Then, at some point, Kermir stopped her incessant chatter and realized what Raino was doing.

The reason the two can switch back and forth like this is because they are both in an unstable state for their own reasons. Only a brief moment of unconsciousness can calm them down and trigger immunity to control. So, if one of them cools down his heart first and calms down his chaotic mind, then he will gain absolute initiative and become the invincible Raiye.

So she calmed down and took a deep breath.

The two of them took deep breaths, as if it were after the event.

exchange.

Raino suddenly activated his skill.

Effective.

"In terms of mental strength, I might not win, but in terms of mental toughness, I don't think I'll lose." He let out a mocking sneer.

Kermione's little hands weren't very clean, and she reached behind Raiye and touched his buttocks.

She was touching it with her longest finger.

"Why!!"

exchange.

As Raino screamed, the skill was activated.

Effective.

"Is that so? Only you have experienced unforgettable life-or-death trials, so you have a calmer mind than anyone else, right? Is that what you mean? Don't joke around! You can't even imagine the darkness I've been through. My loss of composure during this time was indeed unprofessional, but all the pain I've suffered will make me stronger. Mr. Raino, give up. In the end, I will definitely be the winner!"

exchange.

Effective.

"Ha, that sounds so nice, but your heart is pounding wildly behind the scenes. You already know deep down that I'm right, aren't you? You're afraid, so you're brainwashing yourself with confidence. But I'm different. I genuinely believe I can win!"

As he spoke, Raiye wrapped his arms around Kmeleon's body, grabbed her green hands, and exerted force!

He crushed her hand bones!

As Kermione screamed in agony, Raino's face turned fierce. "Now you can't sexually harass me anymore, right? Let's see what you can do now."

exchange.

Effective.

Now it was Raino's turn to scream in agony.

"Really? You're so confident, aren't you? Then enjoy this pain!"

Kermir used the same tactic: inflicting pain.

She forcefully broke Lei Ye's arm bone.

The pain caused Lei Ye to scream repeatedly, but he actually endured it; he gritted his teeth and persevered.

gugugugugugugagagagagaga! ! ! "

I am... Raiye, an A-rank explorer from the S-rank team Forest River of the Hills Explorers Guild. Did you think pain could subdue me? If I were to lose to such a vile being as you because of mere pain, how could I stand with my respected teammates? I will never bring shame upon Forest River! Damn it... it's you!!!

Lei Ye roared and slammed his broken arm bone into the ground. The healing potion was still working to repair his body, but Lei Ye continued to violently beat his wound with the ground with terrifying ferocity until his arm was completely broken, exposing the bare white bone.

After that, he used that broken bone to haphazardly dismember his own body like a butcher cutting meat with his feet.

This is something no human could do; almost no one could inflict such intense pain on themselves. But Lei Ye endured it with astonishing willpower. Apart from that roar just now, he hardly uttered any cries of pain. He just clenched his teeth so tightly that blood gushed from between them.

In the final moments before his will was about to crumble.

exchange!

Effective!

The next second, Kermiron let out a piercing scream, and Raino's body was also covered in a lot of cold sweat. He collapsed as if all his strength was gone, but he smiled with relief.

From Kermir's screams, he sensed that this was someone who had hardly ever felt pain.

People like that can't hold on.

Perhaps she will switch back again, and repeat this process several times, but Lei Ye knows that it is unlikely that she will ever regain her peace.

So in the end, he will still be the winner.

Everything went as he expected.

After that, Kermiren made several more exchanges, but she had no energy left to use any more means to interfere with Raino.

And so they continued their entanglement for an unknown amount of time, until the sun rose and the sun shone brightly. Finally, after one exchange, when the Goblin King's intact arm weakly and repeatedly patted Raiye's body, the effect of the exchange no longer occurred.

This war without spectators has come to an end; it was Lei Ye's victory, and he was the first to regain his composure.

Then... there's no need to fight anymore.

Lei Ye closed his eyes wearily.

He was so exhausted that he felt like he was about to faint at any moment. He didn't know if this was a sign that his mental energy was about to run out, but he forced his eyes open. He knew that he still had to complete the execution and put an end to Kermir.

However...

When he opened his eyes this time, he saw a figure outside the window.

A figure with blond hair and long ears.

Lei Ye, who was lying on the ground, struggled to lift his head and looked at her, suddenly remembering the arrangements made last night.

"Buhou!"