Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Chapter 329: Chapter 231: Arranged Duel: Lin Qi vs. King Arthur (Part 1)

With Master Arima’s favor, as long as King Arthur didn’t do anything too outrageous, Baili Xueyuan couldn’t control her.

Lin Qi used his Intelligent Brain to check a map and locked onto a location.

Then, he left with Brother Green Hair, taking one of Alliance City’s public transport vehicles toward the eastern district.

The destination: a Prosthetic Clinic under the banner of Liu’s Heavy Industries.

Before heading over, Lin Qi had booked a private room at the clinic, specifically requesting that no Prosthetic Doctor be present, as he would perform the work himself.

His stated reason was for high-level prosthetic body maintenance and repair.

Given Lin Qi’s status as a researcher, combined with his background from a "Prosthetic Doctor Family," the excuse was quite solid.

Sitting inside the public transport vehicle, Lin Qi pinched a small, inconspicuous, fingernail-sized object in his hand.

Even if someone saw it, they wouldn’t be able to tell what it was.

At some point during the vehicle’s journey, the tiny object vanished from Lin Qi’s hand.

It seemed to have been casually tossed out the window by Lin Qi, landing perfectly within Alliance City’s sewer system.

It silently entered the realm of the underground pipes.

The tiny object drifted for a long time with the sewage of the Cyber City.

Suddenly, the tiny object underwent a massive transformation.

Like a dividing cell, it gradually grew larger.

Bones and flesh slowly appeared, and as Lin Qi’s own Spiritual Power was consumed, it gradually took on the form of a "person."

If Alliance City’s security system were to scan it at this moment, it would be able to detect this "person’s" identity.

[Yoshida Hako]

[Gender: Female; Age: Thirty-one]

[Implanted with M-Class...]

[Affiliated with Kudou Human Body Engineering Company, responsible for reception...]

It was clearly a corporate drone, a beast of burden for a large company.

Her background was exactly as Lin Qi had guessed.

However, she was currently completely naked, and a single glance revealed she had almost no prosthetic implants—a huge discrepancy from the data in Alliance City’s records.

But there were no surveillance devices in the sewer system, and this "person’s" body was still changing.

Its surface suddenly sprouted a large number of hair-like structures.

This human hair grew rapidly, intertwining until it startlingly formed something resembling a robe.

If someone were to pull open this robe, they would discover the horror within.

This garment had clearly "grown" into existence!

...

In the eastern district, about nine hundred meters from where the strange woman had appeared in the sewers, Lin Qi and Brother Green Hair arrived safely at the Prosthetic Clinic.

"You wait here. I’ll be out after I finish my prosthetic maintenance."

Lin Qi said to Brother Green Hair.

Brother Green Hair nodded in response. "Don’t worry, I’m a professional when it comes to bodyguard work!"

Lin Qi nodded and went inside.

While simultaneously controlling the aberrant entity, Lin Qi actually picked up some tools and began inspecting the Exoskeleton on his body that was disguised as a Prosthetic Body.

One had to commit to the act. After all, with his identity, there was still a chance he was being watched.

...

The aberrant entity arrived at the location arranged with King Arthur.

"I’m here."

The voice of a mature woman emerged from the aberrant entity’s throat.

The voice didn’t need to be loud. King Arthur was a Tier Four Knight, after all, and her five senses were sharp enough.

Before long, a familiar figure entered the range of Lin Qi’s Spiritual Vision.

Lin Qi, who was currently operating the equipment to perform his "prosthetic maintenance," raised an eyebrow slightly.

King Arthur’s appearance was the same as before, except that a few of the prosthetics on her body had been replaced with S-Class models.

But beyond that, Lin Qi also noticed some relatively new signs of injury on the Golden Knight, who stood less than 1.6 meters tall.

It seemed a trip to the European Administrative Region had involved King Arthur in some fairly intense battles.

When the Golden Knight arrived in front of the mature woman, her expression was one of extreme confusion.

"A Wizard?"

King Arthur’s confusion was genuine. She had tried to imagine what a Wizard would look like, but the person before her was completely different from her expectations.

More importantly, in King Arthur’s eyes, the woman in front of her was... terrifyingly weak.

"You could say that."

Lin Qi wasn’t entirely deceiving King Arthur.

Upon hearing this, King Arthur understood immediately. "This isn’t your real body? You’re using some kind of decoy Ability?"

Decoy bodies, puppets—Abilities like these weren’t common.

But in the Cyber Society, where cloning technology was advanced, many an Extraordinary enjoyed developing similar Abilities.

However, very few of them had a positive impact on combat effectiveness.

"Correct. I’m a Wizard, after all. I’m not used to fighting people head-on. In today’s Cyber Society, a Wizard Professional must learn to live like a rat in the sewers."

This was a heartfelt sentiment from Lin Qi; he had absolutely no intention of being passive-aggressive toward King Arthur.

When King Arthur heard Lin Qi’s words, her expression darkened.

’A rat in the sewers?’

King Arthur did feel she had a tendency to act that way herself.

But it had to be said that even in the Cyber Society, no corporation would install a large amount of equipment in the sewers.

Aside from the strong smell, the sewers were indeed safe enough.

King Arthur didn’t dwell on this and instead asked with some concern, "Can you still exert your full combat power in this state?"

King Arthur wanted to fight the Wizard to temper her own Knight’s Will.

If the Wizard couldn’t bring out his combat strength, the whole purpose would be greatly diminished.

"We’ll know once we try. Besides, this is Alliance City. It’s not a suitable place to cause a huge commotion."

Lin Qi said to King Arthur, controlling the aberrant entity.

As King Arthur listened to the voice, it sounded stranger and stranger.

At first, a brief listen made her think it was just a somewhat raspy, mature female voice.

But after hearing more of it, she felt as if there was something stuck in its throat.

"True. In that case, let’s start as soon as possible. You go first. Since we’re testing your Ability, you can make the first move."

After a brief chat, King Arthur got straight to the point.

In any case, the body before her was just the Wizard’s decoy, so King Arthur wasn’t particularly curious about it.

Lin Qi had the aberrant entity nod.

And then... the Ability activated!

Without the slightest warning!

According to the way his previous Abilities worked, Spiritual Vision couldn’t penetrate the body surface of a High-tier Extraordinary.

That was because an Extraordinary’s Spiritual Power would naturally distribute itself throughout their body in a normal state, forming a natural defense.

But now, Lin Qi’s new Ability was completely different.

It didn’t need to affect the inside of the body; it only required the target to be within the range of his Spiritual Vision.

In just an instant, King Arthur sensed something was wrong.

’My Spiritual Power is draining away?’

’Or rather, it’s being extracted?’

Although the speed wasn’t fast, it was almost on par with her natural Spiritual Power recovery rate.

At this rate, her combat endurance would be severely compromised.

The primary tool of a Tier Four Knight was their Knight’s Will, and the power of that will was rooted in Spiritual Power.

However...

"That’s it?"

King Arthur was a little puzzled. This level of intensity didn’t match her image of a powerful Wizard.

Although the Ability was strange, and she couldn’t stop it completely even by using her Knight’s Will to fortify herself, she could at least reduce the speed at which her Spiritual Power was being extracted.

But this still wasn’t powerful enough!

In King Arthur’s mind, a Wizard was a sinister being who could charge up some ultimate attack and one-shot her.

However, contrary to King Arthur’s reaction, Lin Qi’s was one of pleasant surprise.

’This powerful? It can actually drain a Tier Four!’

There was a massive gap between Tier Four and Tier Three in the realm of Spiritual Power.

While the extraction speed was acceptable in King Arthur’s eyes, to Lin Qi, the amount being drained was already quite substantial.

Not only was it enough to be self-sustaining—meaning he didn’t need to consume his own Spiritual Power to activate Spiritual Power Extraction—but there was even a surplus to maintain his Mimicry!

He wouldn’t even need to use his own Spiritual Power to fight anymore. For Lin Qi, who had a wide variety of Abilities, this was fantastic news.

He mentally reviewed his Abilities and considered how to proceed with the fight.

Lin Qi had the aberrant entity speak. "You may make your move now."