Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Chapter 328: Chapter 231: The Duel: Lin Qi vs. King Arthur (Part 1)

When King Arthur saw the message from Guang Ling, her prosthetic arm trembled even more violently.

A burning desire for battle seemed to ignite within her chest.

But her reason told her it wasn’t the right time to act.

Without the other members of the Mercenary Corps to tie them down, she would surely suffer a crushing defeat if she faced more than one Round Table Knight alone.

"I’m still not strong enough..."

King Arthur muttered to herself before turning back the way she came, for now avoiding the hidden passage under Ninghang Technology’s control.

...

In the morning, Lin Qi was dining with Brother Green Hair at the Alliance Mansion, just like any other day.

While they ate, Xiao Gu kept updating Lin Qi on the latest developments.

"Lin Qi, I’ve convinced two more small businesses. They’re already in contact with United Pharmaceutical’s legal team..."

"Three more small business owners have approached me, and I’m confident I can get them on board, too..."

"Based on the number of Cyber Cities in the Asian Administrative Region, the companies that have signed contracts with United Pharmaceutical now have a presence in over 75% of them..."

It was good news, but Lin Qi didn’t need to focus on it for now.

After finishing his meal, he returned to his room.

Lin Qi took out the wristband he used to contact King Arthur and typed a message.

[Do you have any missions scheduled today? If you have time, I’d like to ask for your help with something.]

At that moment, King Arthur was sitting in an underground tunnel near the core of Alliance City, breathing the foul air.

King Arthur was a little surprised to see the message from the Wizard.

’Help?’

’What kind of help?’

As it happened, King Arthur also wanted to ask the Wizard for a favor!

[I have time. Guang Ling’s plan is still proceeding smoothly. I can help. As it happens, I have a favor to ask of you as well.]

Lin Qi was a little surprised by King Arthur’s reply and cut straight to the chase.

[I need to test an Ability. It requires the participation of at least a Tier Four Extraordinary, who can then give me feedback on the experience.]

This new Ability, Spiritual Power Absorption, was slightly different from his others. Moreover, Lin Qi couldn’t find anyone with a higher Extraordinary Level than his own to test it on, and he needed to perform such a test to determine its upper limit.

King Arthur was even more surprised.

’What a coincidence!’

The favor King Arthur wanted to ask of the Wizard was very similar.

King Arthur had just advanced to Tier Four and mastered a Knight’s Will Badge called "Transcend."

And this very Badge was born from King Arthur’s desire to surpass the Wizard.

If she could spar with the Wizard, it would be of immense benefit to her progress in the Extraordinary Domain, regardless of the outcome.

The training for a Tier Four Knight was all about training their will; Potions were no longer of much use to them.

Their physique was merely the foundation that enabled their bodies to contain immense Will Power.

King Arthur responded.

[What a coincidence. The help I need is very similar to yours. I was hoping we could spar. My Knight’s Will Badge needs to be tested against a powerful opponent.]

Reading this, Lin Qi felt a little abashed.

’Powerful opponent?’

’Am I really considered powerful?’

He zoned out for a moment. Before he knew it, he had become a Tier Three Extraordinary. And a Tier Three Extraordinary could hardly be considered weak, no matter where they were.

It was just that Lin Qi usually associated with those on a much higher level, which gave him the impression that Tier Three was nowhere near enough.

’But could he, a Tier Three Wizard, really fight King Arthur, someone a tier above him?’

’We can have a little clash, but I can’t meet King Arthur in person.’

Lin Qi came to this conclusion.

Since he was going to test this on King Arthur, a simple demonstration of its effects wouldn’t do. It had to be done under realistic combat conditions.

And since King Arthur conveniently had a similar request, an idea immediately sparked in Lin Qi’s mind.

He typed out a message and sent it to King Arthur.

[Alright. I can set off whenever. You decide the location.]

As he sent the message, Lin Qi had already activated his Spiritual Vision.

It spread out beyond the Alliance Mansion, and he randomly locked onto a woman with over fifty percent prosthetic augmentation.

The woman was in her early thirties. While her prosthetic body wasn’t junk, it was only the lowest-grade M-Class.

With a prosthetic body like that, you could tell at a glance she was just a corporate drone for some mega-corporation.

The prosthetics were just to meet the demands of a high-intensity job.

An ordinary person simply couldn’t handle the workload at a mega-corp without a prosthetic body.

He activated his Ability: Decomposition Mimicry!

When used on an ordinary person, the analysis process took less than a minute.

The analysis was completed quickly, and Lin Qi could now activate Mimicry to transform at any moment.

In addition to transforming himself, Lin Qi could also use a combination of his Splitting and Rapid Growth abilities to create a perfect "clone" for himself.

This was the "clone" Lin Qi planned to use to meet King Arthur.

The clone might not possess much combat power, but most of Lin Qi’s abilities didn’t require him to use it to begin with.

After all, remote combat was Lin Qi’s specialty.

All Lin Qi had to do was make others believe that this deformed entity, born from his Splitting Ability, was his real body.

[The intersection of Core Road and the East District’s Third Ring Road. Go into the underground tunnels from there, and I’ll find you.]

King Arthur’s message appeared.

Lin Qi was a little taken aback. ’Why is King Arthur back in the underground tunnels again?’

’Back in Greenfield City, she was being hunted, which was why she hid in the tunnels.’

’But now she’s in Alliance City, and no one’s after her. Why is she still hiding like this?’

’Could it be... she’s worried about Baili Xueyuan?’

’Poor King Arthur. She probably hasn’t guessed the connection between Master Ma and Baili Xueyuan. Otherwise, she wouldn’t need to be hiding like this.’