Chapter 44: The Light of Protection

  Chu Rui's face was calm, his body as agile as a willow leaf, floating and dodging under Hallef's overwhelmingly powerful attacks, each time barely avoiding the attack by a hair's breadth, causing Yezi Feng and others behind him to break out in cold sweat, their toes clenched tightly.

  Fierce sword energy whizzed by, the sharp cold light constantly flashing before his eyes. Each sword stroke, whether chopping or stabbing or sweeping, always brushed past his hair, incredibly perilous.

  In this increasingly dangerous situation, Chu Rui's spirit became more and more concentrated. His mind, which was often described as being incredibly focused, became even more refined. In his eyes, Hallef's attacks, every trajectory, every landing, seemed to have been seen by him in advance. This kind of prediction was simply invincible. In his eyes, all of Hallef's movements seemed like slow-motion footage that had been slowed down, making it easy for him to make the best judgments for his next actions. However, even so, he was still in a precarious situation, spending most of his time dodging and only occasionally counterattacking. After all, his mind could keep up, but his body couldn't. If this were reality, Hallef would have been defeated countless times already. In the game, his brain waves could bring his mental strength into play, but they couldn't bring in his physically exceptional body that was honed to an abnormal degree. Everything in this world was still determined by data. The speed displayed by the data was all there was - there was no way to change it. This was also good, as everyone was on an equal footing. People who were weak in reality could become stronger than those who were very strong in reality through equipment in the game. This was the advantage of a world based on data.

  He had been fighting Halef for nearly ten minutes, and Chu Rui hadn't received a single attack, but the damage he had dealt to Halef was also negligible, with that bastard still having three thousand points of health. If this prolonged battle continued, Chu Rui would inevitably emerge victorious. However, maintaining such high concentration was extremely mentally taxing. At the rate they were going, by the time Chu Rui whittled down Halef's three thousand health points, he would likely be mentally exhausted and forcibly logged off by the system.

  "Halley, don't be like this. Let's go back to the past!"

  Just as Chu Rui and Hallef were in a fierce battle, Kris suddenly rushed up, crying with tears streaming down her face.

  "Chris!"

  As he gazed at the woman in front of him, Hallef's momentum gradually slowed down, his eyes filled with complexity. He loved her, yet also hated her. This entanglement of love and hate made his heart complicated and contradictory. As for this woman, he had no idea what to do. Believing that he had killed the woman he both loved and hated in a fit of rage back then must have been extremely painful.

  "Keris, what brings you here?"

  Roni looked at Chris, rushed over and hugged her in his arms, and turned sideways to face Harlev, watching him vigilantly, preventing him from hurting his woman again.

  Watching Ronnie's movements, watching his beloved woman in someone else's arms, the hesitant and complex expression on Hallef's face instantly disappeared, replaced by extreme ferocity and venom.

  "Damn it!"

  Seeing Halef's eyes, Chu Rui secretly called out "not good". With a sudden movement, he rushed towards Halef, blocking his path to Ronnie and Chris.

  "Get out of here! Don't interfere with me!"

  A man who has been cuckolded is terrifying, but a man wounded by a woman is even more terrifying. Now this double terror was pressing down on Haref, making him look fearsome. Holding his sword, he charged forward without hesitation. His only thought now was to separate the embracing couple. Even more so, to kill that pair of dogs who had been causing him heartache. Seeing Chu Rui charging over, how could Haref let him interfere with himself? Wielding his longsword, he came at him like a ferocious wolf, savage and bloodthirsty.

  "Brutal... Strike!"

  Chu Rui swiftly dashed forward and gained the upper hand in the attack, his dark blue dagger fiercely stabbing into Haref's chest.

  "Furious Slash!"

  Affected by Chu Rui's slash, Hallef's expression on his face became even more ferocious. He raised the long sword above his head and spun it around in a circle before fiercely chopping down towards Chu Rui.

  "Block!"

  Watching the fierce attack fall, Chu Rui, who had just attacked and hadn't recovered yet, simply couldn't dodge. He only slightly shifted to avoid the vital spot while activating the defensive skill of the Wolf King Light Armor.

  A fierce sword fell on Chu Rui's shoulder, the huge force chopped him into a stumble, and his body involuntarily sank down.

  A massive damage number popped up above Chu Rui's head, instantly emptying more than half of his blood bar.

  A donkey rolled to the side, Chu Rui's long sword escaped from the pressure, quickly swallowed a bottle of healing medicine, instantly recovered 100 points of life value, and then gulped down a bottle of medium-sized life potion.

  "What are you still doing there? Get out of here!"

  Clutching his dagger, assuming a fighting stance, Chu Rui cautiously stared at Haref who was charging towards him like a mad bull. His eyes darted to the side, and he saw Ronnie and Chris still standing in their original positions, as if they had been stunned into stupidity. He risked being killed to forcibly charge forward and block Haref's attacking footsteps, but these two people were still standing there like corpses. Damn it, don't be so useless! Give me some reaction!

  "This tragedy must end now! Hallef, today we will put an end to it!"

  Roni and Kris looked at each other, their expressions firmer than ever.

  "Great God of Knights, grant me unparalleled courage, with your merciful and mighty power inspire us to conquer evil, sweep away the demons! ... Glorious inspiration!"

  "Great God of Light, grant me boundless mercy and tenderness to comfort my wounded companions!... Angelic light!"

  A red light and a white light flew out of Ronnie's and Chris' bodies, respectively, and entered Chu Rui's body. In an instant, Chu Rui heard the system's prompt sound repeatedly.

  "Ding! You have been buffed with 'Brilliant Motivation', all attributes increased by 10%, HP increased by 500, MP increased by 100, attack power increased by 50 points, lasting for 3 minutes!"

  "Ding! You are under the effect of 'Angel's Light', your life magic recovery speed is increased by 10 points per second, and you recover a fixed amount of 20 life points every second for 3 minutes!"

  "This...this is..." Chu Rui's eyes widened in shock as he felt the changes in his body, staring at Ronnie and Chris in astonishment.

  "Chivalry, justice, selflessness, integrity, humility. My chivalric code is to protect, to protect the one I love!" Ronnie's face was set in determination as he tightly grasped Kriss' hand.

  "Pastor, merciful, compassionate, holy, pure. I choose Pastor, just to comfort the one I love!" Chris's face was full of sweetness, her small hand held tightly by Ronnie's, grasping back at him.

  A knight who devotes his life to protecting his loved one, for all eternity.

  A pastor who comforts his loved one, never leaving nor abandoning.

  Chu Rui suddenly felt a surge of power rising within his body, which was not the Guardian Light given by Ronnie and Krieger, but something contained inside.

  Turning around, Chu Rui stared at Harlev without fear. With the support of this force and the infection of this faith.

  He will be invincible!