Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 348 - Chapter 348 Chapter 337 Slipped Away (3rd Update)

Chapter 348: Chapter 337 Slipped Away (3rd Update) Chapter 348: Chapter 337 Slipped Away (3rd Update) The man seldom played VR games and rarely touched computer games because he had no time.

But seldom playing didn’t mean he had never played; modernized forces were already using specialized VR equipment for various trainings, and even dedicated VR and nutrient capsule human enhancement projects.

So the man had thought, after all, it was just a game… if the recoil of the firearms in the game was too realistic, then not many people would be able to stand and control the weapon.

But exactly, Spirit was such a hardcore game, or rather the Official Equipment Refurbisher of Dynamic Nucleus had toughly refurbished the Death Ode for Wan Xiang and her team, including the Cyclops Straw Man.

The Death Ode in Wan Xiang’s hands seemed to have no recoil at all, but the difference was obvious when compared to the Cyclops Straw Man next to her.

Clearly, the Straw Man had never handled a gun in reality, nor had he undergone any systematic training, only fumbling around in the game for a while, and his posture holding the gun and control of the recoil made the man shake his head.

If the Straw Man’s Death Ode fired three shots without adjusting, the muzzle would have flown up to the sky.

Thus, even though the Straw Man’s character strength was slightly higher than Wan Xiang’s, his shooting frequency still couldn’t match hers…

Having realized this point, the man couldn’t help but nod slightly at the excellent performance of his own daughter.

Now seemed like not the time to nod?

The man suddenly realized that this Spirit online event was being live-streamed globally, and it had been a while since he had been watching this broadcast. The director’s camera cuts were excellent, highlighting every player who performed well with special close-up shots.

If his daughter appeared in close-up in this way… that couldn’t be possible, could it?

The man glanced around Wan Xiang’s surroundings; this was an edge at the periphery of the game arena, in this dim corner, there was no reason for the director to cut the camera to this side.

But…

Wan Xiang fired five continuous shots from her Death Ode, three of which hit the core inside the gaps of Black Ash Knight’s armor.

-1721, -2141, -2741… three increasingly higher damage figures emerged from above Black Ash Knight’s head.

The Straw Man and Wan Xiang together hit the core inside the gaps of Black Ash Knight’s armor, their continuous sniper fire successfully interrupted Black Ash Knight’s skill release… or perhaps made this bodiless monster feel something called pain.

“That core is one of Black Ash Knight’s few weaknesses, the sniper positions handled by Miss Wan Xiang and Mr. Straw Man completed the task of interrupting Black Ash Knight’s skill release perfectly!”

At that moment, the frontline reporter directly added the commentary, her explanation content was not audible on the game field to Black Ash Knight or Magic Thieves, including the audience and Magic Thieves who were watching around could not see it.

But Wan Xiang’s father could see… when the close-up of Wan Xiang was projected on the big screen, the man realized that the situation was developing in a somewhat bad direction.

Yet Wan Xiang didn’t realize she was on TV, still a prominent close-up shot, she replaced the magazine in her Death Ode and once again aimed at Black Ash Knight in the distance and pulled the trigger.

The contrast was striking between Wan Xiang’s slightly youthful appearance and… the more ferocious modified version of Death Ode in her hand, and her stern expression while shooting.

In Spirit, most players chose to alter their appearances, making themselves look more beautiful or more handsome was the common choices, but Wan Xiang directly used her real face with facial scanning.

This made Wan Xiang stand out among the game characters with silver, blonde, purple hair, and multicolored hairstyles… appearing refreshingly plain.

It felt as if the usually obedient girl next door suddenly took up a heavy sniper rifle and started wreaking havoc on the battlefield.

Just this contrast alone was enough to make… the audience in the viewer stands as well as the online streaming audience remarkably impressed.

Danmaku on the live stream had already started flashing ‘bad, this feels like a recurrent heart attack developing into myocardial infarction, needing emergency hospital treatment.’

But the man’s mind was filled with the word “ruined”, yet no sooner had this thought emerged than Black Ash Knight issued another roar, twisted between human and beast.

He suddenly leaped up with his great sword as a pivot, landing directly… above the spectators’ seats.

“Wan Xiang!” Although the man wasn’t in the game, the moment Black Ash Knight jumped into the stands, he realized the eerie medieval knight was targeting his daughter.

But by the time he realized it, it was already too late. The Black Ash Knight had leaped again onto the platform where Wan Xiang was.

The man had no weapons on him, only a baton, even though he had realized that the medieval knight was just a cluster of data in the game.

However, seeing a monster charging at his daughter with a two-meter-long sword, any father would lose his composure in such a scenario.

On the other hand, Wan Xiang didn’t panic as the enemy approached… She immediately took out one of the three lifesaving skills of “Eagle Eye”: the stun grenade, and had already pulled the pin, intending to throw it.

But after glancing at her father next to her, she silently put the pin back into the already activated stun grenade, and then pulled out a crimson stone.

“Scarecrow, run!”

Wan Xiang called out to Scarecrow who was already prepared to flee. The man was about to use some kind of martial arts to capture this eerie medieval knight.

But Black Ash Knight simply passed through the man’s body with the black great sword in his hand aiming at Wan Xiang.

“Dad, I’ll call you when I get back.” After leaving these words behind, Wan Xiang held the crimson stone in one hand and grabbed Scarecrow’s collar with the other, activating the stone in her hand.

The moment when Black Ash Knight’s great sword was about to hit Wan Xiang, both Wan Xiang and Scarecrow vanished from the spot, leaving Black Ash Knight looking around for his lost target.

“You…” The man was about to say something to Black Ash Knight when reason continuously reminded him that Black Ash Knight was just a bunch of data. However, it seemed as though Black Ash Knight heard the man’s voice and abruptly turned around.

At that moment, the man saw real… murderous intent in Black Ash Knight’s eyes.

Could an artificial intelligence AI really experience such rich emotions, or was it an illusion?

The next second, the target-less Black Ash Knight jumped back into the arena…

When Wan Xiang opened her eyes again, she found herself in the arms of a beautiful nanny.

“The first teleport is free!”

The nanny, offering free milk without additional charge, set Wan Xiang down on the ground. The Crimson Stone that Wan Xiang used was the Special Equipment Invasion Stone commonly utilized by traders like her for teleportation.

“Nanny, what’s wrong with you?” During these four days, Wan Xiang had become very familiar with the two girls in the guild, the free milk provider and Xia Shan.

She was just about to continue her mission when she noticed an unusual expression on the face of the free milk provider…

“I think I lost some blood in the real world? But no worries…” the free milk provider pushed Wan Xiang slightly, saying, “You’ve been enhanced by me! The BUFF has a duration!”

Enhanced? Reminded by the free milk provider, Wan Xiang looked down at her slender arms.

It might have been her illusion, but during her recent time playing Saint Spirit, her 800-meter time trial performance had slightly improved, and she also felt her sleeping hours were decreasing, with the efficiency of her sleep increasing.

These were things that could be tested in the real world, but ever since Wan Xiang had transitioned into the “Eagle Eye” profession, she was certain that her intuition and vision control had both enhanced.

However, she couldn’t explain how this enhancement happened, nor was she certain if it was just an illusion within the game.

But what she needed to do now was… to quickly take down the Black Ash Knight before her.