Chapter 319 NO GAME NO LIFE

“Boom——!”

The sound of the earth cracking suddenly sounded, and the quiet cold light was directly trampled by the terrifying hooves of the demon-like demon.

It didn’t even look at Rick who was blocking in front of it, and didn’t even have the desire to attack. It just casually waved its claws, and its arms were as terrible as the attack of a poisonous snake. The black claws seemed to be coated with a layer of bright red coat under the wrapping of the alienated elves, and with layers of afterimages, it slashed towards Rick’s body.

Looking at the afterimage that still looked like lightning under the enhanced vision, Rick’s face was solemn. When the cold breath on the black claws was close to his body, he suddenly jumped his legs, coordinated with the twisting of his spine, and avoided the attack of the demon with a light and agile posture.

In the process, he even calmly ignored the murderous intent that could put him to death at any time, accurately stabbed the joint of the opponent's attacking arm, and cut along the muscle lines, causing purple-black blood to gush out.

For a moment, even the unpleasant taste of the spirit skeleton was diluted by the sweet smell of blood.

"Roar!"

The severe pain from the arm made the demon species roar sharply, which was also filled with disbelief.

Its eyes suddenly widened, and it had not yet awakened from the facts in its eyes.

How could this be possible?

It was not surprised that Rick dodged its attack. After all, the casual attack was not intentional, but just a matter of convenience.

After all, the murderous intention it had for this little guy was probably at the level of stepping on an ant on the roadside when passing by.

As a high-level demon with high intelligence, it was naturally attracted to this group of humans not because it wanted to rob the wolves that were killed. In fact, the reason why it came here was because it recently discovered that its kind was killed by humans. This strange thing, so it wanted to find out the truth about why the human race had such a change.

That's why it let the group of slow humans escape for observation, otherwise it would have torn the group of weaklings to pieces.

In the face of the huge gap between the two, even if it is more or less dragged down by its huge size, it is still far better than the group of humans in front of it.

Not to mention its already excellent strength and defense, even the magic attack of the forest elves can't break through its scales, but why can that weak human hurt itself, when he is holding no magic weapon in his hand, just an ordinary iron sword.

However, before the demon could think of the answer, Rick had already bullied him, and with amazing balance, he used his body as a springboard, pierced his internal organs again with his sword, and cut off several thick blood vessels.

Blood gushed out as if it had found a breakthrough, dyeing the huge body of the demon species into a deep purple-red color.

Such injuries were not the minor ones before. Although he wanted to study whether this strangeness was caused by the strangeness of the person in front of him, his manic instinct still made the demon species instinctively burst out his magic power.

In his angry roar, the alienated spirits that had penetrated into his bones during the innate transformation suddenly burst out, spreading like gunpowder that was instantly ignited, with a terrifying power that seemed to collapse and split the earth.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the air being squeezed and exploded, a circle of air waves visible to the naked eye radiated in all directions, and Rick's figure was lifted up high as expected, flew backwards, and hit the distant hillside directly, creating a deep pit like a spider web.

"Boom!"

The remaining power rolled up countless sharp wind blades, cutting everything around, and for a while, there was only a buzzing friction sound around.

"Hmph!"

The tall demon snorted coldly, not paying attention to Rick who was blown away, but lowered his head and looked at his wound with a solemn look. By forcibly closing the muscles, the blood flow has been greatly reduced.

But this trend has not stopped. Every few seconds, a drop of crystal and sticky blood will squeeze out of the wound and hit the ground, making an ominous low sound.

This phenomenon made the demon roar even more angrily, and even a trace of inexplicable fear.

As the pinnacle of the lower-level race, the physical strength of the demon species is far from that of the beastman species, and it is even more so for it as a higher-level demon species.

If it were not for the wound that was hit with a big hole, the level of injury such as the blood vessels and even the internal organs cut by the sword would be directly covered by the regeneration ability in the next moment, but since the battle with that human, its injuries have never improved. As if they were solidified.

The demon raised his head and was about to check the body of the human, but it stopped after just one step.

In the diffused smoke and dust, he was exposed to his diffused spiritual energy at close range. With the quality that the other party had just shown, he should have suffered serious injuries with his internal organs squeezed into a ball and his bones broken inch by inch. If he was unlucky, it would be normal to die on the spot. But now, except for the clothes on his body being a little messy, Rick looked fine.

No, there was still one change.

The demon squinted his eyes in confusion and looked at the strange red strip on Rick's head. At the front end, there was a small section of red light and shadow that was slowly disappearing, leaving a pale empty slot.

It raised its head belatedly, only to find that it had a similar strip on its head, but it was much longer than Rick's.

"What kind of spell is this?"

It asked its question in a not very proficient human language.

However, the boy with an excited smile on his face gave it an answer in a proficient demon language.

"This is not a spell, but a mechanism."

"Mechanism?"

"Yes," Rick narrowed his eyes and looked at the long red strip on the enemy's head. "Whether it is your unrecovered injuries, or I was knocked away but only suffered little damage, and the health bars on our heads, they are all mechanisms. In a game where players fight against disproportionate BOSSes, these mechanisms must exist to allow them to have the possibility of strategy."

Rick paused slightly and said slowly: "Speaking of which, this is thanks to you. If you are willing to give me the opportunity to explain the rules, this game will become a PK between players, which will increase the difficulty of this game a lot."

"But under the inherent arrogance of the upper species, you and other demon species took the lead in attacking. In this case, you can only exist as a BOSS. Considering the gap between us before, my 'NO GAME NO LIFE' will naturally suppress your regeneration ability, and will further reduce the damage of the large-scale moves that can kill me in seconds while retaining the effect of being knocked away. After all, the balance of the game is very important."

"NO GAME NO LIFE?"

The demon's face changed, chewing on this unknown term.

"Yes, this is my spiritual suit," Rick said softly, "Although Lord Roland did not give a fixed name to this kind of ability, according to him, this guy is a variant of the void and the substitute combined with the power of the mind, so I took the liberty to call it a spiritual suit."

Armament constructed by the mind.

Rick had prayed sincerely countless times, if reality was as simple as the game.

Even if the rules are unfair, even if the opponent will cheat, as long as there is a possibility of reversing the rules of strength and weakness, he will definitely find a strategy to get out of the desperate situation.

Perhaps it is such a strong desire that made Rick obtain such a spiritual suit.

"Although it is just an experiment, if you only talk about spiritual suits, your chess piece has reached the level of the second rank."

Even Lord Roland gave him such an evaluation.

Although Rick didn't quite understand this sentence at first, when he saw that Chroni could only use part of her spiritual suit's ability after awakening, but he could materialize the chess piece, he roughly understood his own uniqueness.

As long as the chess piece in his hand selects a specific target and announces the rules he swore to the will of his dynasty, both parties will start a game that cannot be interfered with as players.

From fighting, wisdom, to simple competition, as long as both parties agree, anything, life, soul, and even some conceptual existence can be used as a bet.

Depending on the strength of the opponent, the difficulty of the game will be spontaneously balanced by Riku's spiritual equipment, but if the gap is too large, at most it will only retain the lower limit of having a strategy method.

Like this demon species, it starts fighting without saying a word, and attacks directly with the purpose of taking life will be regarded as cheating, allowing Riku to gain a significant advantage. The opponent is given the solidification of the boss template, which is one of the most significant punishments.

It was also relying on its power that Riku killed a lower-level demon species alone last time.

"You said this is a game? Don't joke!"

Although the demon has vaguely understood the meaning of Riku's words, it still has no intention of believing it, but rolled up a shocking movement and rushed over again.

The atmosphere was vibrating vigorously with the roar. Under normal circumstances, these turbulent air currents with spirits would be enough to cut Rick's neck.

But under the action of the mechanism, just like the vulnerable iron sword in his hand would break the defense of the demon species as long as it hits, for Rick now, this is just a gust of wind.

Rick stood up silently and raised the long sword in his hand.

With the time just now, his physical bar has been fully restored. Combined with the bleeding injuries caused by this long sword, this high-level demon species will definitely die after two more rounds.

However, the next moment, a huge claw grabbed his body in horror.

With a clear killing intention, the demon burst out with a strength far beyond the usual, and Rick's face became serious, and he took this opportunity to stab the opponent's heart directly.

The demon species realized this and acted almost at the same time as Rick. When he stabbed out the long sword, he also brazenly stretched out another claw.

Then, in Rick's surprised eyes, the long sword with a clear sound pierced into the demon's heart without hesitation, and the enemy's claws had already grabbed his calf.

The demon didn't even intend to block the attack, but directly grabbed Rick's body and pressed him to the ground and dragged him.

In an instant, the health bars above their heads began to drop rapidly!

"Can your game mechanism block such an attack?"

Seeing that the plan worked, a cunning light flashed in the demon's eyes.

Although he didn't know much about games and didn't understand many of Rick's words, it didn't prevent him from understanding the fact that he would die after the red strip on his head disappeared.

But according to that human, this should be relative.

Even if he didn't have that kind of player status, there was no reason why the other party wouldn't fail. Judging from the length and frequency, the other party must be the first to die!

Since he had fallen into the enemy's calculations, he might as well use the advantage of his speed without any restrictions to the end.

No need for any moves, just use ordinary flesh to compete.

Anyway, even if he guessed wrong, he still had room for redemption.

Rick, who was pressed to the ground and dragged all the way, had a mouth full of rust and a pale face, but his characteristic that his physical attributes would not be affected by the reduction of his health bar was still working tenaciously.

The boy twisted the hilt of the sword in his hand vigorously, allowing it to completely crush the huge heart.

But even with such a serious injury, it couldn't change the difference in vitality between the two. Rick's health bar dropped to the edge at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he looked precarious.

On the other hand, the demon species still had a health bar of about one-third of its length.

"A mere human! You dare to fight against the demon species? Don't dream!"

Just as the demon species was laughing wildly and wanted to use its strange power to end the battle, its eyes suddenly widened.

Because, in an extremely unfavorable situation, Rick's smile on his lips had not yet been restrained, and he even had time to cast a caring look at the enemy like a mentally retarded person.

"Because of this... why do you think that you can win the game by fighting an irresistible battle with simple attributes?"

A blazing white light suddenly lit up in Rick's hand, and his body, which had already been exhausted, unexpectedly gave birth to a new force out of thin air, tossing inside the demon species' body like a raging sea, and the speed at which the demon species' health bar decreased suddenly increased by a level.

And his health bar suddenly became longer, saving his dying fate.

"No, that's impossible!"

"I've revealed some rules to you. You're a complete jerk, both as a player and as a boss."

Rick sighed and rolled his eyes helplessly.

"If the boss has no tricks and only uses attributes to crush the opponent, who would play such a jerk? For the sake of balance, it's only natural to add a function for players to increase their energy bar when they are hit."

"Or, to put it in a simple way that you can understand, just now - I upgraded."

"So what!"

The demon species shouted angrily, wanting to raise it again to resume its attack.

"Even if your power becomes stronger, it's still far behind me. The result won't change. Before you kill me, I will empty your health bar first!"

Hearing such naive and ridiculous words, Rick was about to speak, but suddenly froze, looking at the top of the demon species with a look of surprise.

There, a brisk but teasing voice sounded.

"Good idea. Compared to other demons, you are not that stupid, but unfortunately, you will never be able to do this."

"Didn't the kid tell you everything? The health bar is also part of the mechanism. Your health bar is only a quarter left, so..."

The demon turned around belatedly and stared blankly at the black-haired young man with ruby-like pupils in the sky. He looked at the two people fighting below with a gentle look, as if he was issuing a verdict.

"--It's time for execution."