角色故事•四(解锁条件:角色等级80)
「天威煌煌,化而为矢;天雷九重,涤筋荡骨。」
极尽威严,仿佛震动全身骨骼的声音,在意识的最深处响彻。历经「天虹封典」,她仍需跨越最后的试炼,方能真正执掌符节,以「将军」为号。
「第一箭,穰灾破秽!」
即便是在唯有意识的法界内,她仍觉汗毛倒竖,一股前所未有的警兆如电流般刺痛神经。她凝神观测方位,口中呢喃爻辞—— 「天雷」猛然落下,法界如濒临毁灭的星球,发出可怕的震颤。她堪堪躲过了这一箭,只差毫厘,她便将化为乌有。
「第二箭,诛战无盖!」
劫难仍在继续,丝毫不给喘息之机。她竭尽生平所学,推演方位——这一次,她仍是妙入毫颠地避开了一箭。
「第三箭!」
「第四箭!」
…………
「第七箭!」
她如同翻腾大江中的孤舟,亦如荆棘海中的蝴蝶,唯一能仰仗着不让自己跌倒的,只有她洞察未来的眼睛。
但精神渐趋涣散,脚下愈发迟缓……她逐渐力不从心。
「第八箭,逆吾者凶!」
「我躲不开了……」
她听见自己的绝望。为山九仞,功亏一篑…死亡和失败的阴影蒙上双眸,而帝弓无情的雷霆已然高悬。
她仰头望着那即将降临的天雷,忽然想起了遥远的过去,师傅为她卜算的一卦,与那个雷声大作的晴天。
「如果躲不开的话,不妨安心享受这难得一见的奇景吧!」
她听见年少的自己如此说着。 第八道天雷于此时落在她身边,冲击抚动了她的发丝,但她岿然不动。
第九箭没有落下,威严的声音告诉她,她已然通过了试炼。
时至今日,她仍不知道——那最后的天雷,是否将在未至的某刻,倏然降下。
但在她启程向二相乐园之际,她已不再在乎。
——卦曰 :或跃在渊,无咎。
Character Story: Part IV
• Unlocked at Character Level 80
"Radiant heaven, morph into arrows. Celestial thunder, cleanse the flesh and bone."
A voice of absolute authority, seemingly resonating through every bone in her body, echoed in the deepest recesses of consciousness. Even after enduring the Rainbow Ordainment, she still had to overcome this final trial before truly taking up the mantle and claiming the title of "General."
"First Arrow, Purge Calamities!"
Even in this realm of pure consciousness, her hair stood on end as an unprecedented sense of danger seared across her nerves like electricity. She focused intently on detecting its direction, muttering the verses:
The "celestial thunder" struck violently, and the Barrier trembles in fright, like a planet on the brink of destruction. She barely dodged this arrow. One hair's breadth closer, and she would have been obliterated.
"Second Arrow: Fell the Unbridled!"
The ordeal continued relentlessly, giving no room to breathe. She drew upon every bit of knowledge she had learned to extrapolate the trajectory. Once again, she managed to dodge the arrow with perfect precision.
"Third Arrow!"
"Fourth Arrow!"
...
"Seventh Arrow!"
Like a lonely boat in a surging river, like a butterfly in a sea of thorns, the only thing keeping her from falling was her eyes that could peer into the unknown.
But her spirit was gradually scattering, her steps becoming slower... As time passed, her spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
"Eighth Arrow: Quell the Defiant!"
"I can't dodge this..."
She heard her own despair. So close to the summit, yet falling at the final step... Death and failure cast their shadows over her, blinding her as the merciless lightning of the Reignbow loomed above.
Tilting her face to meet the descending celestial thunder, the memories of the distant past abruptly resurfaced, a divination from her Master, and that bygone day when thunder roared over fair skies.
"If we can't dodge it, might as well sit back and enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle!"
She heard her younger self say those words.
The eighth bolt of celestial thunder struck beside her, the impact rustling her hair, but she remained unmoved.
The ninth arrow never fell, and the imposing voice told her that she had passed the trial.
To this day, she still does not know whether that final bolt waits somewhere in the unwritten future, ready to drop without warning.
But as she departs for Planarcadia, she no longer cares.
— The divination reads: From the abyss to the sky, no blame shall follow.
