LRAB Page 120
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Amidst the evenly spaced explosions, Latis, with his feet firmly planted on the Ender Dragon's back and tears streaming down his face, sang:
If you like to gamble, I'll tell you I'm your man!
"Whether you win or lose, it's all the same to me!"
The Ender Dragons, shaking off the mages whose mana reserves couldn't keep up, roared and coiled around them. Amidst their untargetable, full-screen attacks, Latis desperately shielded his beetle with his back, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly to the beetle:
"Please... let the world hear your voice!"
Before he finished speaking, he straightened up and suddenly increased the tempo of the song.
"The pleasure is to play, it makes no difference what you say!"
Latis could no longer hear the bass's howl, because with each strum of the string, a violent explosion rang in his ears. At this moment, the bass was no longer the background of the song, no longer the background of the battlefield; it was now the dominant force of the clamor!
He looked at the burning obsidian pillar, at the blood-soaked Ender Dragon, and burst into laughter:
"How the hell did I, a bassist, become the main character on the battlefield?!"
Roar!
As if deliberately suppressing the bass's roar, the Ender Dragon simultaneously unleashed a furious roar. Latis's expression changed, and he hoarsely cursed:
"You dare to beat my bass?! You think you can?!"
No longer controlling the force between his fingers, he let it break, spurting out scalding blood!
"I don't share your greed; the only card I need is..."
"The Ace of Spades!"
Latis laughed loudly, struggled to walk onto the Ender Dragon's head, and shouted:
"Bring it all on! Don't let a mere bass guitar defeat a god like you!"
The Ender Dragon beneath his feet looked at its companions beside it, whose wings were shattered, and its purplish-red eyes suddenly blazed with boundless fury.
Roar!
As if given a command, the Ender Dragons roared and instantly burst forth with dark light, accompanied by intense flames and mist, crashing into the Ender Dragon's body beneath Latis's feet.
They've merged!
"Even if it means the destruction of this world, I will kill you!"
Latis stared in shock at the Ender Dragon, which had grown to more than ten times its original size in an instant. As it surged upwards, it lost control and fell backwards, smashing through several of its back spikes before crashing heavily onto the dragon's spine.
"These dragons can even talk!"
Latis gritted his teeth, hung the Bess around his neck, gripped the backstab with his bloodied hands, and quickly climbed upwards.
"Want to fly? You think I won't step on your forehead? I'll just keep doing it!"
He stomped his foot into the spikes on the Ender Dragon's head again, leaned back, and plucked the bass once more.
boom! boom! boom! boom!
"Damn it, if it flies any higher, the black mist of the End will slow down the explosion..."
Latis calmed down and looked down at the ground. The mages could no longer help him at this distance. Suddenly, his gaze froze and he looked at a hole in the ground.
"That's... Old Deer? She's waving... I understand, there must be some way to deal with the Ender Dragon there! ...But how do I get the Ender Dragon down there...?"
The sound of the explosions from the Bess continued to ring in his ears, but the diminishing damage was now within the Ender Dragon's tolerance range. A sudden thought struck Latis, and he thought helplessly:
"I guess it still has to be this way..."
……
"Chongchong, are you alright?"
The bright sunlight shone on the insect lying on the ground. The insect screamed and covered its eyes, crying out:
"Something's happened!"
"I'm really fed up with you..." Cancan helplessly turned off the sunlight, looked at the several large holes pierced through Chongchong's body, and sighed.
"You didn't even cry out, doesn't it hurt?"
"Hmph, I won't make a fuss over something so trivial!" the worm said smugly.
"It's not like someone is confessing their love to me, that's why I would scream in fright."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a few loud shouts suddenly fell from the clouds, freezing her smile on her face.
"Chongchong, please let me do it with you just once! I love bullying gloomy, otaku girls. If I could see you cowering in a corner, crying and begging for mercy, it would make my XP system explode on the spot!"
"Ahhh!" Insect covered its face and trembled in panic. Ignoring its injuries, it curled up and rolled into the miniature house.
"I'm dying of laughter..." Can Can pointed at the insect's shell and laughed loudly. She looked at Mu Mu, who looked understanding, and was about to ask what was going on when she heard Latis's voice fall from the clouds again.
"CanCan, if you could take care of me, that would be even better! My Emperor Engine runs twenty times a day, and I'm always ready to inspect you! But besides your rich woman attributes, your healthy tan is the most appealing feature! Sorry, it's a bit lewd, but just thinking about your bare feet with those gold chains makes me go crazy with desire!"
Her bright smile froze instantly. She clutched her head, feeling dizzy, and stammered as she asked Mu Mu:
"Is he... is he serious?"
Mu Mu smiled helplessly, and was about to explain when she heard a series of explosions rapidly approaching. They looked up in shock at Latis, who was standing on the head of a hundred-meter-long dragon, sparks and lightning streaking across his path.
……
"Oh? So you finally couldn't keep up with my quality, huh?"
Latis chuckled, his bass playing non-stop, and said coldly:
"Now, let me add fuel to the fire of your downfall!"
He took a deep breath, revealed a dragon king-like smile, and said maniacally:
"Little Ender Dragon, looking at all those thorns on your body, it must have been a long time since a male dragon has been on your back, right? Just thinking about how you have such a sexually frustrated interior beneath your apathetic black exterior makes me want to roar! I've always imagined how painful it would be for you to scream when I unleash my Heaven and Earth Transformation technique and ram my invincible Vajra Giant Mushroom into your lungs!"
The Ender Dragon's eyes widened suddenly. It was deeply shocked by this unparalleled monstrosity. When it came to its senses again and tried in terror to support the terrifying weight on its head, it was already too late.
boom!
Amidst the final explosion, Latis laughed heartily as he brushed past the old stag, gave him a high five, and rushed into the cave.
The old deer helplessly rubbed his reddened palms, looking at the Ender Dragon that lay powerlessly stuck in the ground, his expression gradually calming down.
Her purple hair suddenly moved without wind, a flash of purplish-black light appeared in her eyes, and she murmured:
"What you took from me, you should give back to me!"
As she raised her hands, a pair of dragon wings instantly sprouted from her back. She smiled coldly, flapped her wings, and plunged headfirst into the Ender Dragon's body.
……
Gululu...
Latis rolled more than a dozen times until he hit the wall and stopped.
"Holy crap, where did this come from?"
He stood up, feeling dizzy and disoriented. He shook his head, looked at the altar not far away, and paused, stunned.
"My luggage is all gone... Oh well, there's always a way out."
Latis shrugged and strode toward the altar.
……
"The world is ultimately sliding towards the edge of the flow of time and space..."
The woman, dressed in a pure white sacrificial robe, was barefoot, with only her toes touching the ground, and floated slightly above the altar.
"Hey, are you a god? Where am I?"
A man's voice came from behind her. The woman turned around indifferently, floated in front of him, looked at his grinning face, and frowned slightly, a rare occurrence, before saying:
“I am the physical body of a god. If the complete god were to stand here, you would instantly collapse and die after kneeling before the great god Il.”
"Oh, so you're just a physical body. I thought I'd get to see a real god!"
Latis said bluntly, but secretly he thought:
'This Il truly lives up to his reputation as a god's body; his appearance is quite perfect. It's a pity he's not my type... but I'll still eat him if he's offered to me.'
“True gods are not beings that mortals like you can meet.” Il offered no further explanation, conjuring two swords out of thin air and tossing one to Latis, saying:
"The great god Il gives you a fair chance to fight. Victory means life, defeat means death."
"Wait, wait, wait." Latis caught the sword, scratched his head, and asked, "Let me make sure this isn't some kind of mental space of yours, is it? If you can activate my power of thought, then I can't beat you no matter what I do. Is that fair?"
"of course not."
Il frowned slightly, brandished his longsword, and said:
"This is just a demiplane that I created in the End, and it is no different from the outside."
"So you're the same here as you are outside?" Latis continued, "One last question, can you defeat those mages outside?"
“Of course!” Il raised her voice and said, “When the great goddess Il is in her most complete form, no so-called magician can stand against me.”
"So that means we can't win..." Latis muttered, then patted his chest and said, "I'm ready. Come on, let's have a good fight!"
Il didn't speak again. She closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, she was already close to Latis in an instant.
"Die, mortal."
Without a shred of pity, she swung her sword, then, no longer caring about Latis's life or death, turned to leave.
However, she did not draw her sword.
"Huh?" Il turned around blankly, looking at the sword tip that was being held effortlessly by Latis's weathered gluteal muscles, and couldn't help but exclaim:
"What kind of evil magic is this?"
"It's just a little hardship." Latis laughed, then raised his sword, reversed the tip, and plunged it into his own chest.
"See you outside!" In his fading consciousness, Latis waved to Il and then closed his eyes.
……
"Where did you put Master away, meow!"
Nubis transformed into her cat form, holding up the old deer that had transformed into a dragon girl, and shouted loudly. She looked the old deer up and down, and hesitated before saying:
"You don't have some other dimension down there, do you, meow..."