318: Chapter 318 The God Who Controls Escape

Chen You stood on the high platform, looking down at the massive creature kneeling before him.

At this moment, this world boss, who should have been exuding a mythic-level pressure, had both arms propping itself up on the ground, its huge head nearly touching the tips of Chen You's shoes.

"No god core?" Chen You's tone was calm.

The Star Sea King Projection nodded frantically, the scale of its movement kicking up a gust of wild wind.

"Really, I don't! Big brother, please see clearly! I'm just a clone the original body casually molded three thousand years ago, captured by those bastards surnamed Meng to work here as illegal labor."

"They drain my energy and force me to DJ here every day to keep the mining area running."

"I'm just a miserable worker; where would I get contraband like a god core?"

The projection's voice was processed with an electronic effect; it should have been full of oppression, but now it carried a thick sense of grievance and bitterness.

Below the dance floor, hundreds of spirits lay prostrate on the ground, their bodies flickering violently.

They couldn't understand why the supreme ruler who led them in revelry all night would turn into this pathetic state.

Chen You ignored the projection's complaints.

With a flick of his wrist, the yuhuang sword let out a crisp ring.

The terrifying aura of the innate spiritual treasure instantly locked onto the center of the projection's brow.

"Since you have no value..." Chen You raised his long sword, the tip pointing directly at the projection's massive head.

"Then I'll just slaughter you. If you die here, your original body should feel something, right?"

The ghostly blue flames in the Star Sea King Projection's eye sockets suddenly contracted, and it waved its hands repeatedly in fear.

"Don't, don't, don't! Big brother! You can't do that!"

Its huge palms waved in mid-air, creating series of sonic booms.

"You don't understand! The original body doesn't care if I live or die at all! He only molded me for fun."

"If I'm beaten to death, not only will he not come to avenge me, but he'll also find me an embarrassing eyesore and directly cut the mental link between us!"

Chen You's eyes were cold as he pressed the sword tip down half an inch.

"I don't believe you. You mythical creatures value 'face' the most. If I slap his face, there's no way he'll remain indifferent."

Chen You's logic was very simple.

In game mechanics, it was an ironclad rule: hit the small one, and the old one comes.

As long as he killed this projection, there was a high probability the system would trigger a special event: the descent of a world boss.

"He really won't come!"

The projection's voice cracked with anxiety, its original sub-bass turning into the sharp sound of an air raid siren.

He looked at the waveless killing intent in the depths of Chen You's eyes and knew this human was definitely not joking.

"Wait! Big brother! I have a way!" The projection had a stroke of inspiration and suddenly looked up, shouting out loud.

Chen You's movements stopped.

"Speak."

The projection swallowed non-existent saliva, the flames in its eye sockets dancing frantically.

"I... I have an exclusive secret technique. Although the original body looks down on me, I still possess a part of his core energy."

"As long as I perform a specific 'Star Sea Resonance Ritual' here, I can forcibly lock onto his spatial coordinates and pull him directly over!"

Chen You raised an eyebrow slightly.

"How long will it take?"

"Very fast! A minute at most!" Seeing a chance, the projection quickly took the opportunity.

"Just give me a little space to perform the ritual."

"I guarantee I'll summon the original body for you. When that time comes, you can have as many god cores as you want!"

Chen You stared at him for a few seconds.

"Begin."

He took two steps back, vacating the center of the platform.

The Star Sea King Projection felt as if it had been granted a great pardon and hurriedly scrambled up from the ground.

He took a deep breath, and the ghostly blue patterns on his body began to flash intensely.

"Will of the Star Sea, heed my call..."

The projection spread its arms and began to chant an ancient and obscure incantation.

With his voice, the surrounding air began to vibrate violently, and a visible blue soundwave rippled outward with him as the center.

Influenced by the soundwave, the spirits lying on the dance floor stood up one after another, raised their hands above their heads, and began to sway mechanically to the rhythm of the soundwave.

Chen You stood in place, watching coldly from the sidelines.

The projection's movements became more and more exaggerated.

First, he performed a perfectly standard popping slide, then suddenly spun around, his right hand frantically air-DJing in mid-air while his left hand made various complex hand seals.

"Boom-tss-boom-tss! Boom-tss-boom-tss! Main body descending! Everyone welcome!"

The incantation gradually turned into a heavy metal electronic beat.

While frantically twisting his massive body, the projection stared fixedly at the back of the platform out of the corner of his eye.

There was the metal wall he had just torn open with his bare hands.

In the center of the wall, that spatial rift was slowly healing.

Because the energy was exhausted, the edges of the rift had already begun to blur, leaving a gap less than a meter wide.

Looking at the projection's dance moves, which were comparable to an epileptic seizure, Chen You's frown deepened.

What kind of ritual was this? This was clearly stalling for time.

"You have thirty seconds left," Chen You reminded him coldly.

"Right away! Almost there! The climax is coming!" the projection responded loudly, his movements becoming even more frenzied.

As he danced, he stealthily moved toward the wall.

With every step, the metal floor beneath him let out a dull rumble.

The width of the rift had already shrunk to half a meter.

Just then, the projection suddenly turned around to face Chen You, arms raised high in an extremely chuunibyou pose.

"The moment to witness a miracle! Lord of the Star Sea, descend!"

He let out a deafening roar, and the entire underground space shook from the soundwave.

Chen You subconsciously squinted his eyes and gripped the yuhuang sword tightly, preparing to face the incoming formidable enemy.

However, the expected terrifying pressure of tearing through the void did not appear.

The moment he shouted that line, the Star Sea King Projection's massive body suddenly and eerily shrank downward.

The five-meter-tall giant actually completed a perfectly standard ground slide within 0.01 seconds.

"Screech—"

A loud friction sound rang out.

The projection's massive body turned into a blue afterimage, hugging the ground and sliding with a posture that completely defied the laws of physics, precisely diving through that spatial rift which was only half a meter wide.

The smoothness of the movement and the speed were simply appalling.

"Goodbye, big brother! No, let's never meet again! You can play here by yourself!"

From deep within the rift came the projection's extremely arrogant electronic echo, filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.

The next second.

"Snap."

The spatial rift closed completely, leaving not even a trace of energy fluctuation.

The metal wall that had been torn open also returned to its original state, seamless as if nothing had ever happened.

The entire underground space instantly fell into a dead silence.

Only the hundreds of spirits in the dance floor remained with their hands raised above their heads, staring blankly at the empty platform.

Chen You stood in place, maintaining his combat-ready posture.

A cold wind blew in from the broken vent, swirling a few pieces of scrap paper on the ground.

Just then, a system notification sounded.

[Quest "Shadow of the Snowy Region" completed.]

Chen You slowly lowered his sword.

He looked at that intact metal wall and was stunned for a full ten seconds.

Ran away again?