In truth, Gilga was the most suitable to wield the golden greatsword. As a user of golden sword energy, she could likely unleash tremendous power with the Goddess of Wealth’s weapon. However, Gilga’s weapon was a longsword, and she had been injured in her earlier clash with Demon Mountain, leaving her visibly weakened. This was why Ye Chui chose Guni to wield the greatsword instead.
Seeing Ye Chui hand her the golden greatsword, Guni hesitated briefly before eagerly grasping it with both hands, her face lighting up with awe. She could sense a familiar power emanating from the massive golden blade.
For centuries, the Holy Light Forest had revered the sacred stone sword. From the moment Guni was born, she had been under its protection. As a child, her favourite thing was to sit beneath the stone sword, gazing at it, feeling an immense power within it. Now, she knew the truth about the stone sword, and its true form, the golden greatsword, was in her hands.
“So powerful… oh!” Guni exclaimed, but her words turned into a startled cry. As Ye Chui released the sword’s hilt after handing it to her, Guni felt a sudden weight, and one end of the greatsword crashed to the ground.
Was she unable to lift the sword easily?
“This sword is that heavy?” Debbie asked, looking at Ye Chui in surprise.
“It’s so heavy. It feels three or four times heavier than my stone sword,” Guni said, struggling to grip the hilt and lift the massive golden blade. She glanced at Ye Chui with astonishment. She had always prided herself on her strength, yet Ye Chui had handed her the incredibly heavy sword with ease.
Ye Chui shook his head. “My strength isn’t greater than yours. It’s just that this sword is my summoned item, so I can wield it freely.” He frowned. “Can you handle it?”
If Guni couldn’t master the golden greatsword, Ye Chui would have to step in himself, quickly unlocking some background music (BGM) suited for wielding a greatsword. What kind of BGM would work for such a weapon?
But Guni shook her head at Ye Chui. “I can do it.”
Guni’s monstrous strength didn’t come from natural talent but from a connection she had felt with the golden greatsword since childhood. Deep down, she had always believed she was destined to wield a greatsword as her weapon. Driven by this conviction, she chose to train with greatswords. The village, revering the sacred stone sword, had crafted several stone swords in its likeness.
As a young girl, Guni began practising with these cumbersome weapons. At first, she couldn’t even lift the hilt. Gradually, she could raise it, then hold the entire sword, and eventually swing it.
She was indeed talented. Through relentless training, she developed her immense strength and a unique physique that could endlessly convert food into sword energy.
Holding the golden greatsword now reminded her of her early days training with the stone sword, and the ultimate technique she had developed when she first mastered swinging it.
“It’s been a while since I used this move,” Guni said, catching her breath. With a shout of “Hey!” she charged toward Demon Mountain, who was still entangled with Godo. Gripping the golden greatsword with both hands, she began to spin, transforming into a massive, deadly spinning top, emitting a buzzing sound and radiating golden light.
Under the stunned gazes of Ye Chui, Debbie, and the others, who thought, “This is possible!?”, Guni’s spinning form hurtled toward Demon Mountain.
When Guni lacked the strength to fully wield the stone sword, she had devised this spinning sword technique to maximize its power. The centrifugal force amplified the greatsword’s might. As she spun faster, sword energy enveloped her body. Approaching Demon Mountain, her petite form lifted off the ground, spinning through the air toward him.
Demon Mountain sensed her approach, roared, and turned, swinging his massive blade at the golden spinning top.
Boom!
His blade struck the rapidly spinning golden top, but the seemingly unstoppable blow was deflected aside.
The golden top surged forward, and Demon Mountain’s arm, gripping the blade, erupted in a spray of blood as the top climbed along his arm.
“Roar!” Demon Mountain bellowed, his aura exploding, forcibly repelling the golden top from his body.
Guni paused briefly in mid-air before spinning again. This time, her body tilted almost horizontally, resembling a sideways spinning top. With a resounding boom, she struck Demon Mountain’s towering shoulder.
Her spinning stopped abruptly. Still gripping the greatsword’s hilt, she had driven the blade deep into his shoulder, the wide golden blade nearly fully embedded in his body. Even his formidable physique, impervious to golden sword energy, couldn’t withstand the greatsword’s unmatched sharpness.
Demon Mountain let out pained, guttural roars, swinging his blade to strike the tiny figure harming him. But Godo’s sword energy attacked, forcing him to parry Godo’s strikes.
Godo, while protecting the Holy Light Forest villagers, continued to engage Demon Mountain, barely holding back his attacks.
With the golden greatsword lodged in Demon Mountain’s body, Guni clung to the hilt, her body dangling like she was hanging from a tree branch, her feet occasionally kicking his chest, unable to pull the sword free.
Guni, Godo, and Demon Mountain were locked in a stalemate.
“This won’t do. This isn’t enough to kill Demon Mountain!” Ye Chui’s heart raced with tension. But then, a spark of inspiration hit him. He quickly opened his grimoire.
After activating the [Demon Seal] game, Ye Chui had two objectives to clear. The first was to obtain the golden greatsword, which he had now achieved, completing the first objective.
Sure enough, checking the game interface, he saw a notification: Congratulations on obtaining the golden greatsword. You have earned 3500 points and one random draw.
“This couldn’t have come at a better time!” Ye Chui thought, elated, and began to strategize.
He set the draw aside for now. With nearly 4000 points, he could use [Insight] to unlock a new magical attribute or spell. But which one?
“The only thing that can significantly damage Demon Mountain is the golden greatsword,” Ye Chui thought, his mind racing through films and anime featuring greatswords.
The Mysterious Iron Greatsword from *The Legend of the Condor Heroes*? Ichigo’s Zanpakuto from *Bleach*?
Many game characters used greatswords, but he couldn’t unlock those. He needed not only greatsword power but also speed, as McKenzie’s [Ice Age Descent] was still wreaking havoc, and Debbie and the others relied on his fire snake spell for warmth.
Given more time, Ye Chui could have chosen carefully, but time was critical. After a moment of rapid thought, a film he once loved came to mind.
“Guni can somewhat unleash the greatsword’s power, but not fully. I don’t need to focus on wielding it myself, just on helping Guni maximize its potential.”
His fingers swiftly navigated the iPad screen.
“[Insight] this film, and unlock its BGM too!”
Godo was struggling, protecting the villagers while battling Demon Mountain. Guni, still clinging to the greatsword’s hilt lodged in Demon Mountain, was covered in frost again, the chilling cold stiffening her body.
But then, Guni heard a strange, rousing music. Turning, she saw Ye Chui soaring toward her. It wasn’t quite flying; it was more like running, his movements impossibly light. With a gentle tap of his feet, he leapt several metres. In the blink of an eye, he was beside Guni.
“Roar!” Demon Mountain noticed Ye Chui and reached for him with a massive hand.
But Ye Chui’s agility was extraordinary. Facing the giant hand, he deftly dodged with a light step, moving like a god of the wind. One arm wrapped around Guni’s waist, his legs kicked off the greatsword’s hilt, and, holding Guni, he soared upward, circling Demon Mountain.
Under the stirring, exhilarating BGM, Ye Chui unleashed powerful kicks at Demon Mountain. To Debbie and the others, he was a blur circling the giant. His speed was astonishing, and his legs seemed to carry immense power, conjuring wind blades that sliced and bombarded Demon Mountain’s body.
“Is this wind magic?” Debbie exclaimed in shock.
“But his speed and attacks don’t seem like a mage’s. They’re more like a swordsman’s!” Cass added, stunned. He knew some spells required physical coordination, and Ye Chui, a mage, was clearly casting a spell. Yet his combat style resembled a swordsman, or perhaps a magic swordsman.
How many more surprises could Ye Chui deliver?
Indeed, Ye Chui was using wind magic.
He now possessed incredible speed and powerful leg attacks. The spell’s name: [Wind God Legs].
Ye Chui had spent 3000 points to [Insight] the film *The Storm Riders*, granting him the “Wind Enhancement” magical attribute. His app store now included two powerful wind spells: [Wind God Legs] and [Cloud Dispelling Palm]. In his iPad, whether technological or martial arts, everything became modified spells.
Paired with the film’s theme song (titled *The Storm*), Ye Chui now wielded the combined power of Wind and Cloud.
Amid the group’s astonishment, Ye Chui drew close to Demon Mountain. Still holding Guni’s waist, he thrust out his other hand. As he did, fierce winds surged around his arm. Though his palm didn’t touch Demon Mountain, a faint palm print appeared on the giant’s body.
Using the force of this modified [Cloud Dispelling Palm], Ye Chui, holding Guni, who gripped the greatsword, pulled it free from Demon Mountain’s body.
In mid-air, Ye Chui quickly whispered instructions to Guni. She hesitated, then nodded firmly. “Alright, I’ll do it!”
“Be careful, then!”
With Guni’s agreement, Ye Chui released her waist. As she began to fall, he surged upward, planting his feet on her shoulders.
“What are they doing!?” Green shouted in surprise.
Ye Chui’s fire snake still coiled around the group, providing warmth.
Debbie and the others seemed to lose their urgency about Demon Mountain, now captivated by Ye Chui’s bizarre fighting style.
In their amazed gazes, Ye Chui and Guni were airborne. Ye Chui began to spin rapidly, wind elements accelerating his rotation. His spinning drove Guni’s, far faster than she could manage alone.
Then, like a whip powering a top, Ye Chui imparted immense rotational force to Guni, releasing her and sending the spinning girl toward Demon Mountain.
This was their combined sword technique: [Storm Spinning Top]!
After seeing Guni’s fighting style, Ye Chui had devised how to amplify it. As a mage, he lacked swordsmanship training. While BGM could grant him sword skills, he couldn’t wield them as naturally as a swordsman, and his physique wasn’t as robust.
So, when choosing a new [Insight] spell, he focused not on wielding the greatsword himself but on enhancing Guni’s ability to unleash its power.
His plan was proving correct.
With the immense rotational force from the Storm combination, Guni transformed into a spinning top once more, charging at Demon Mountain.
Demon Mountain roared, bracing to meet the golden top head-on.
Boom!
Guni, gripping the sword, appeared behind Demon Mountain. His blood-red eyes trembled as he looked at his body. His once-invincible form now bore a massive wound, blood gushing out. His towering four-to-five-metre frame began to crumble…
