Yu Lian took a few steps back, worried that he was about to witness an example of an extraordinary individual losing control.
Yes, in a world where the universe spirit favors spiritual energy users, the vast majority of extraordinary individuals, as long as they don't die in battle, live out their lives without illness or disaster, enjoying a high quality of life.
A Four-Ring losing control, with an unspeakable entity emerging, would absolutely be a disaster-level demon, and often, in a very anti-physical but mystical way, it would transform into a super-sized monstrosity. Of course, such super-sized disaster-level demons could usually be directly dealt with by warship firepower, without needing to trouble interstellar friends from the M78 Nebula.
But the problem was, this was inside the ship!
He couldn't just stand by and let this guy lose control! Yu Lian estimated his slightly recovered 'mana bar' and prepared to use the Fa Fu'er Dragon Eye's enhancement to deliver another heavy blow to Morey.
But then, to his surprise again, the frenzied Morey, after a few low growls like a T-virus infected person and a few zombie-like twists of his limbs, straightened himself up again.
"Hoo... it truly felt like a nightmare!" Brigadier General Morey's face was even paler, but his expression was unprecedentedly calm.
"I feel as if my soul has been struggling in darkness through countless days and nights. In the chaos, I seem to have done many things; everything feels like a dream, yet everything has already become reality!"
At this point, this notorious secret police chief showed a calm smile: "Yes! This is all reality; there's no turning back. Finally, I endured that torment and regained my self."
"Oh, really! To regain your self from the domination of the cosmic slug and some entity behind it, to reassemble your soul from the brink of collapse, even if it's only a temporary self, that's enough to make you proud... You expect me to praise you like that? And have a 'heroes cherishing each other' moment with you? At this age, isn't it better to maintain some dignity?" Yu Lian sneered.
And so, Brigadier General Morey's very boss-like calm expression froze on his face once again.
However, Yu Lian was not prepared to give him any more face and continued: "Morey, without your collaborators, how could you have possibly plotted against Lieutenant General Wang Jingyang? Even if you could use some underhanded means to deceive the hostile perception field and launch a surprise attack, could you really deal with a Six Rings Saint? Heh heh heh, your collaborators, to help you, must have brought out some hidden artifacts; they've shown you enough respect. Don't try to make your collaborators take the blame, alright? Isn't everything that happened today exactly what you truly wanted?"
Francis Morey's smile vanished again as if he were changing faces, his eyes beginning to lose focus, looking as if he had been struck so hard he was about to lose the ability to think.
However, in Yu Lian's spiritual energy user's vision, more and more inauspicious, invisible auras spread out from behind him, almost forming a viscous mist of shadows.
He didn't recover his soul; rather, he reached more compromises with that unknown entity behind him! Why is he pretending to resist in front of me? What, has it come to this, and he still expects the media to whitewash him? This mere secret police chief is really quite an actor! Yu Lian curled his lips.
He pointed to his forehead: "You, a Four-Ring, are definitely no match for a rookie awakened like me! Because your spirit is so weak! Why didn't you use the same methods you used to ambush Lieutenant General Wang on me? Or is it... that thing can only be used once?"
Morey's vision finally regained a bit of focus, and without a word, he swung his greatsword and charged. This time, not only were there no spiritual energy skills, but even the holy light effect of spiritual martial arts resonating with the environment was not used; it was purely a clash of brute force!
At this moment, there was no 'Stone Splitter,' only 'Beheader' left!
If he had fought like this earlier, I wouldn't have been so tired! Yu Lian thought.
This guy was a "Punisher," the Four-Ring of the Star Ring of Judgment, but due to his own condition, the various decrees, incantations, and aura techniques that this path was most proficient in could not be used at all. This was one of the reasons Yu Lian had the confidence to face him head-on.
But even so, even though Judgment was not known for absolute physique and brute force, in terms of pure physical quality, he was still above the Two-Ring Yu Lian.
Fortunately, the 'Stone-Splitting Beheader' greatsword was a battlefield sword art that could clear a thousand armies, powerful and sweeping, but it lacked agility in the transitions between offense and defense.
Thanks to his remarkably eventful life in his previous incarnation, Yu Lian was still able to choose the most ingenious way to break through. In this era, at least in terms of martial arts and practical combat experience, he could inflict a dimensionality reduction strike on over ninety percent of spiritual energy users!
After several rounds, Yu Lian was shaken to the point of internal bleeding by the opponent's heavy force, but he also left several wounds on the opponent.
spiritual energy users of "Judgment" were not immortal like "Guardian" or human-shaped blizzards like "Blood Road" when charging; their wounds were not so easy to heal.
To most of the onlookers, this was the most exciting part of the battle, as spiritual energy battles were either too abstract or too flashy to see clearly. But a pure clash of swords like this, they could always understand.
To them, it was as if David was slugging it out with Goliath, utterly thrilling yet utterly tragic. However, after a few rounds, David was actually gaining the upper hand?
What else could they do? They could only cheer and applaud.
Yu Lian certainly couldn't count how many fans he would gain after this battle, but he knew that he currently had some advantage, but it wouldn't last.
Neither his equipment, nor the combat environment, nor the opponent himself, could be compared to that arrogant Orange Cat.
Fortunately, he never expected to win.
"Captain! I succeeded!" At that moment, Xiao Bai's voice finally came to his ear.
Phew... Delay plan, success!
Xiao Bai, later, I'll dig out the slug from this owl's head, and if I can wash it clean, I'll reward it to you!
The Fa Fu'er Dragon Eye bounced out like a rubber ball, encircling Yu Lian's wrist, as if transforming into a long whip, pulling him away from Morey.
Morey's greatsword missed Yu Lian and struck the ground, causing the flagstones to collapse again.
"Bluffing brat! You can't keep this up!" Morey growled in a low voice.
He felt utterly ridiculous, actually being bluffed by a rookie.
But at that very moment, a light "Gugaga" sound suddenly rang in his ears.
As a spiritual energy user, facing such a spiritual call filled with spiritual power, he instinctively felt his spiritual consciousness boiling. Brigadier General Morey froze on the spot, then realized something, and his gaze involuntarily darted into the distance. His vision passed through the transparent Qiong Whale of the sky, and he saw Feixue 48 "guarding" the Azure Princess.
He also saw that in the further distance, bright energy halos began to flicker.
"Earth, actually made a move? Ignorant! Crazy!" Brigadier General Morey had not failed to anticipate this moment, but when it actually happened, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
He knew he had ultimately failed. Even if he dragged the twenty thousand people and various dignitaries on the Azure Princess down with him, he had still failed.
But at this moment, Feixue 48 would open fire!
The end was coming!
Then let's welcome the end together.
Brigadier General Morey showed a resolute sneer, trying to appear as calm as possible.
He had long since come to terms with this, even having a plan for how to maintain his dignity in his final expression before the end.
However, his smile froze on his face once again, and it wasn't even awkward. This was already the umpteenth time his smile had frozen today.
Next, ripples like water waves spread through the space, then quickly solidified into the form of a Qiong Whale. Its beautiful and sacred tail feathers, like a phoenix's, swept through the void, leaving behind colorful light trails.
He stared directly at the beautiful light trails, then felt a severe headache.
This was a pain severe enough to make a strong-willed veteran faint on the spot, but Brigadier General Morey gritted his teeth and held on. However, his vision still experienced irreversible shaking, and his steps became unsteady, as if he were in an endless earthquake.
But in his blurred vision, he saw Yu Lian approaching him again, and with a fierce resolve, he almost bit off his own tongue, quickly regained his physical Balance, and with a cross of his twin swords, he actually charged towards the opponent.
"Even if I was ambushed, I'm not someone a rookie like you can sneak attack!"
The thought had just crossed his mind when he saw the opponent's figure flash, circling to his side and rear.
A metal whip, which had appeared in his left hand at some point, suddenly extended, then actually unfolded into a disc, firing a spiritual energy pulse directly at his face.
This was literally a spiritual energy slap to the face.
Morey felt no pain, only confusion. A so-called spiritual energy pulse, once it diffused into a scattershot attack, could truly only be used against cannon fodder. For him, a Four-Ring spiritual energy user, even without activating a shield, he could almost remain completely unharmed.
He looked at himself in some confusion; his meticulously tailored Internal Guard general's uniform had been blasted into ragged beggar's clothes, and what little dignity he had left was once again severely damaged.
This scene was familiar. If Brigadier General Morey were a beautiful, fair-skinned, long-legged older woman, Yu Lian's style of play might have some visual appeal.
Of course, the iron-willed Brigadier General remained utterly confused.
If he's trying to humiliate me, he's truly too naive!
He was about to retort with a few sarcastic remarks to salvage his verbal defeat when he saw Yu Lian suddenly raise the ring in his hand, utter a command, and instantly, a sharp gust of wind blew out of thin air.
If it were an ordinary person, they might truly be cut to death by this windstorm with its air blades, but for Morey, it only slightly affected his vision.
However, just as he instinctively dodged the direct blast of the windstorm, the disc once again condensed into a long whip, which actually wrapped around his chest, and with a pull and a tug, snatched a metal pendant from his neck.
At first glance, the item looked very much like a soldier's dog tag, and it was a bright gray color.
"Gray Mist. It's mine!" Yu Lian laughed.
"Hoo la la, hoo la la la!" The spiritual cries that simultaneously rang in both their minds became even more joyful.
Yu Lian knew that the child was applauding him. But Morey knew that the child was clearly mocking him!