Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?

Is this how a scene transitions?

Watching the puppet's temperament seamlessly shift from serene to murderous, Uffie's aching mind felt a moment of silence.

No, is the lady standing in front of her still truly a puppet?

Due to the existence of the Image Stone, some people in this world have been exploring how to shoot movie-like content, and some filming techniques have already emerged, naturally including transitions and connections between various scenes.

Uffie felt that she had seen a lot of footage, but that feeling just now was something she could not experience in any of the images.

The puppet just now, when viewed from behind, exuded a subtle tranquility and gentleness, giving the impression that if you were to go out on an adventure, she would pray for your safe return. Even if you unfortunately died during the adventure, the puppet would silently place a bouquet before your grave.

However, when she turned around, the beautiful gown seamlessly transformed into a cold hunter's attire, somewhat similar to what Fanen and the others wore, but with subtle differences. It exhibited the charm of the female form while maintaining the demeanor of a Hunter.

Both the transition and the clothing were aesthetically pleasing, with an unusually high aesthetic standard.

The change in a piece of clothing might not be much, but the puppet's temperament completely transformed.

Previously, although there were rarely any changes in expression, her gentle countenance had now been replaced by sternness and murderous intent. Her slender eyebrows subtly furrowed, and the mismatched lengths of her dual blades shimmered with a cold light... whether in demeanor, appearance, or stance, everything had completely changed!

Uffie was very confident in her vision and recognized that the puppet's posture before and after the wardrobe change was entirely consistent. What exactly enabled her to undergo such a dramatic style change in an instant?

In such a serious setting, Uffie suddenly had a slightly inappropriate thought:

She wanted to use Empathy to learn this seamless ability to change temperament!

But she reconsidered, fearing another mishap like before... She felt she would never forget the Mansis runner.

Even though it still felt a bit inappropriate, she thought that the puppet standing there was already full of tension, both cool and imposing, naturally attracting the admiration of a girl like her. She had always wanted a dashing sister, but unfortunately, Gapar was disappointing, as she was the only child at home.

However, why did this sister seem so murderous?

Eh, why is she walking towards me?

After empathizing with Fanen, Uffie became very sensitive to this dungeon, in a state of disharmony. The insufficient quantity of Blood Therapy's blood prevented her from quickly adapting to it, causing her vision to blur into illusions, constantly seeing either the invisible or the Blood Moon or the Mansis runner, significantly reducing her mental resistance.

This led to the mutant species occupying her body at an unprecedented speed while she could only watch helplessly!

The "puppet" in the distance suddenly vanished and reappeared before her, simultaneously lifting the mismatched dual blades to one shoulder, ready to slash down. It appeared very forceful, clearly intending to deliver a killing blow.

It was entirely beyond Uffie's expectations, as she thought the opponent would be the type to attack elegantly and swiftly, not resembling a violent power-type player!

And is the opponent trying to kill her? Without the Teleportation Crystal, her death would mean truly dying here!

On the way, Fanen briefly explained that this dungeon has the ability to grant people resistance against parasite infection and actively attracts the infected to enter. Nine out of ten of those infected are unable to return, directly perishing inside.

So the current situation is... am I being treated as an infected by the dungeon, prompting it to send out monsters, no, experts to deal with me?

Looking at the "puppet" in front of her, Uffie still didn't emotionally want to describe the other as a monster, but a strong urge to retort and a mild sadness lingered in her heart, as she felt there was still a chance to save herself!

"Bang!"

The weapons collided!

The mutant species controlled Uffie's body and raised her spear in an instant, colliding fiercely with the puppet's Falling Leaves weapon. Blinding sparks flared up instantly.

The "puppet" took a step back, while Uffie staggered several steps back, her movements appearing awkward. This was because the mutant species hadn't fully adapted to controlling her body yet. If one had to describe it, it was like a Lion Ape being controlled by a parasite after losing its head.

Uffie was surprised that such a frame could exert force that overwhelmed her. What was more peculiar was that in that brief exchange, she realized that the opponent's body was not a puppet, but a living person!

Not a puppet?

Yes, certainly not a puppet.

This was the prototype design of the puppet, a popular character known in Bloodborne.

Maria of the Star Tower!

Maria's figure disappeared again, only to reappear in front of Uffie. Her graceful movement technique constantly utilized the Hound Step, making her movements elusive.

Though Uffie couldn't control her body, she retained her vision, allowing her to observe the external situation. She had to concentrate fully to keep up with the opponent's movements... where did this strong figure come from?

The stronger the monsters a dungeon can produce, the richer its background. She now felt that this dungeon was extraordinary.

The spear thrust out fiercely, aiming directly at Maria's vital points. This thrust already exhibited some of Uffie's demeanor, even embedding Fighting Qi into it. The Hidden Blood Parasite's adaptation to her body was incredibly fast!

Facing such a swift attack, Maria merely stepped back lightly to dodge, her clothes remaining clean and pristine.

The mutant took the opportunity to pursue, the next shot was even more skillful than the last, having even calculated the possible direction Maria might dodge, ready to change moves in advance.

However, the opponent did not dodge, boldly stepped forward, after all, why would a hunter avoid its prey?

With a powerful swing of the sword, Falling Leaves clashed with the spear in an instant, even using some deft force to shake it off, her slender figure swiftly spinning along the spear to advance right in front of the mutant, slicing open a bloody wound on Uffie's chest with the shorter blade.

So painful!

Uffie watched in fascination at her body fighting with Maria, just marveling at the clean and agile moves of the opponent and the terrifying adaptability of the parasite, when the next second, sharp pain struck her, wiping the smile off her face instantly.

Why can I feel pain while watching the battle!

Please don't hurt my body any further, hurry up and kill the parasite, wait, now killing the parasite would mean killing my body too?

On one hand, she wished for her own safe survival, on the other, she didn't want the parasite to freely leave with her body to do evil deeds, her feelings were extremely conflicted, who can be ready to sacrifice themselves in a moment's notice?

Forget it, things are as they are, might as well enjoy this sister's battle presence.

Realizing she could do nothing, Uffie chose to stop thinking.

"Ping pang pong—"

The sound of clashing metal echoed throughout the tower, two swift figures exchanged countless blows in an instant, the wind generated by their clash shredding any surrounding furniture to pieces.

Both were warriors with strength and skill, the movements and techniques were highly entertaining, Uffie's deliberate showmanship and Maria's graceful ease were made evident, each had their unique charm, making it hard for the eyes to decide where to look, truly a battle of equals.

Equals? Not at all.

Though it appeared they were on par, in truth, Uffie was being severely suppressed, each attack was like a dragon's strike but could not even touch the hem of Maria's clothes, whereas Maria didn't seem to exert even half of her strength, effortlessly suppressing the opponent, leaving many wounds on them.

Such unfathomable strength.

If there were bloodthirsty spectators here, they would surely find it thrilling, but unfortunately, the only one watching was Uffie, she just wanted to pray for the opponent to deliver a swift and clean end, as the pain was unbearable for even a moment.

The mutant parasite, on the other hand, became unprecedentedly excited, screeching sharply, unknown what effect Blood Therapy had on it, only knowing it could no longer utter a full sentence, its control over Uffie's body almost indistinguishable from her own.

Lack of battle experience made it feel like it was slowly growing stronger, it would eventually become strong enough to realize the full potential of the body and defeat the equally white-haired Maria in front!

The mutant slowly gained strength, and control over Uffie's body, essentially increasing the fusion level with the body, the wiser the mutant, the higher the fusion level, carelessly abandoning it would cause a series of self-damaging consequences, hence they cherish suitable bodies greatly.

This is a piece of knowledge summarized by Gong Qiying through observing the parasites over these days, although it might not be useful in a few days.

But the reason he had Maria hold back was to wait until the mutant and Uffie's body were nearly deeply bound, so the opponent would no longer have the chance to escape easily!

An X-shaped Slashing exploded out, Maria once again exerted even more formidable strength than before, directly knocking the mutant back, almost causing the spear to slip from its grasp.

And at this moment, the mutant drew a... repeating crossbow from its waist!

A Sword Saint who can't perform American Iaido is not a good spearman!

However, Maria was a bit faster, in the blink of an eye she drew a gun more advanced than the Hunter's Pistols used by Fanen and others, the gun muzzle flashed!

The mutant instantly sat back on the ground, in this quick-draw duel, it ultimately was a step slower.

Great opportunity, just finish me off quickly! Uffie's spirit was shouting.

The parasite endowed it with recovery power beyond a human's, the gunshot wound on the chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, it seemed about to rise again, the battle seemed like an endless tug-of-war, without knowing how many more times she would be struck before it ended.

Yet, at this moment, Uffie suddenly noticed Maria had stopped moving.

Why stop, aren't you attacking anymore?

Because the time has come.

"Puchi—"

The sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out in the tower, under Uffie's shocked gaze.

Maria stabbed her dual blades into her own body, rich fragrant blood spraying out in an instant.

Uffie: (ΩДΩ)!!!

What are you doing!

Simultaneously, an indescribable sense of oppression emanated from Maria!