Chapter 128: A Knight Does Not Die with Bare Hands!
"Oh my god! What am I seeing? It's alive!"
Dorothy walked over to Edward, picked up the microphone, and smiled at the audience, "That's right, he's a guest I personally invited from the world of the living."
With the Enchantress's endorsement, the audience's fear immediately turned into extreme curiosity and excitement.
How many years had it been? This was the first time they had seen a living person perform on stage in the Land of the Dead!
"Interesting," In a distant VIP room, Beelzebub's lips curled into a cruel arc.
A fly attracted to Hell's Rose? Time for an extermination.
Facing the vast expanse of skeleton spectators below the stage, and the soul flames flickering in their hollow eye sockets, Edward not only showed no signs of stage fright, but instead felt an unexpected surge of confidence.
This was a concert of the undead! Although the audience was a bit unusual, the scale was definitely impressive!
He snatched the microphone from the hands of the stunned skeleton host next to him, raised an eyebrow at Dorothy, and a confident smile played on his lips.
"Since I'm a special guest, I can't come for nothing."
Dorothy looked at him with interest, her red lips slightly parted, her voice carrying a hint of seductive amusement that echoed through the microphone across the entire venue, "Oh? And what surprise will my sweetheart bring us?"
"A classic, dedicated to all friends who are alive, and who once lived."
Edward said, snapping his fingers towards the backstage, "Let's get loud!"
The skeleton sound engineers backstage exchanged bewildered glances. What song? They had never heard of it!
However, Edward didn't need them at all.
His telekinesis instantly activated, and an invisible force precisely controlled the mixing console and various instruments.
The next second, a powerful rock intro, with an unprecedented explosive sound effect, reverberated throughout the entire Land of the Dead!
"Boom! Boom boom! Boom!"
The powerful drumbeats seemed to strike directly at the soul fire of every skeleton, instantly igniting the atmosphere of the venue.
The skeleton audience below the stage paused for a moment, and then a primal rock impulse erupted from every one of their bones.
Edward's magnetic and penetrating voice swept across the entire venue through the microphone, his performance filled with youthful energy and rebelliousness, as if proclaiming the arrival of a living person to this silent world!
Dorothy was about to gracefully retreat to the side, completely handing over the stage to him, but Edward grabbed her wrist.
"Don't go, my dance partner."
Edward's face held a playful, mischievous smile, and he pulled her into his embrace without hesitation.
Dorothy's body stiffened for a moment, but quickly relaxed, letting him lead her to dance to the rhythm of the music.
A living human youth and a beautiful Hell Enchantress, under the gaze of countless skeletons, danced a wild and mesmerizing dance amidst the shouts of rock and roll.
As the song reached its climax, the atmosphere of the entire venue was pushed to its peak! Countless skeleton spectators frantically headbanged to the rhythm, some even throwing their skulls into the air and catching them precisely.
The entire venue transformed into an ocean of rock and roll!
"They're crazy! They're all crazy!"
Backstage, Imelda's family watched the scene on stage, all stunned.
"That living person... what exactly is his deal?" Imelda's husband, Héctor's father-in-law Julio, muttered, "He actually dared to embrace the Enchantress..."
"He's so cool..." The two younger cousins already had stars in their eyes.
"Now is not the time for that!" Imelda smacked the back of their heads, her expression incredibly serious, "This living person is even more dangerous than we imagined! The fact that he can stand with Dorothy means he's definitely not someone to mess with! We must find De la Cruz and get the photo back before he or Dorothy discovers us!"
Meanwhile, in another VIP room, with a sharp crack, the goblet in Beelzebub's hand shattered, crushed to powder by his grip, and crimson wine dripped from his fingers onto the expensive carpet.
He stared intently at the two dancing in an embrace on stage, his handsome face twisted with jealousy, and black flames burned in his eyes.
"A mortal... a pathetic living human!" His voice was as cold as the deepest winds of hell, "How dare he... how dare he touch my Dorothy!"
The demonic attendant next to him was so frightened he knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to make a sound.
On stage, Edward was completely immersed in the pleasure of performing.
He spun and moved with Dorothy, every movement filled with power and grace.
During his physical contact with Dorothy, he suddenly had a strange feeling.
He felt as if he could completely control Dorothy's form; her every breath, every movement, every reaction, all clearly fed back into his mind.
This feeling was as if Dorothy was no longer an independent being, but had become an extension of his body, becoming a... weapon he could use at will.
A thought, like lightning, flashed through his mind.
—A knight does not die with bare hands!
He could turn anything he touched into his own weapon.
Could it be...
"Mmm~"
A suppressed sound escaped Dorothy's red lips.
The next second, under the shocked gaze of all the skeleton spectators, the radiant Enchantress Dorothy, in Edward's arms, began to twist and transform, finally becoming a sleek, entirely black electric guitar with dark red Gothic patterns shimmering on it!
"Holy crap!!!"
"Lady Enchantress... turned into an instrument?!"
"Is this a new form of performance? It's incredible!"
Gasps of astonishment rose and fell from below the stage, but were quickly drowned out by even more intense music.
Edward's eyes lit up. He gripped the guitar neck with his left hand, and his right fingers moved like lightning across the strings!
"ZHENG—!!!"
A soul-shredding sound wave erupted!
The sound was full of power, sometimes soaring like thunder, sometimes deep like a growl, and sometimes smooth and flowing, like a whisper.
Edward could clearly feel the guitar in his hand vibrating, a tingling sensation coming from his fingertips, spreading up his arm to his entire body. He could even feel faint, pulse-like vibrations coming from within the "guitar."
He completely let himself go, his hands moving faster and faster on the guitar, his fingertips creating afterimages. Harmonics, tapping, shredding, whammy bar... all sorts of advanced guitar techniques came naturally to him.
As his fingertips danced wildly, the sounds from the electric guitar (Dorothy) became increasingly intense and expressive, carrying complex emotions, mixed with an indescribable energy.
This was no longer mere music; it was the resonance of souls, a symphony of power and passion!
"BOOM—!"
With the explosive sound of the last note, Edward gave a powerful final strum, ending this epic solo.
The entire venue fell silent for three seconds.
Then, a thunderous roar of cheers and screams, enough to shake the entire Land of the Dead, erupted!
"Incredible!!! That was incredible!!!"
"I've witnessed the living God of Rock!"
Countless skeletons excitedly threw flowers and tokens onto the stage, expressing their highest respect.
With a flash of light, the electric guitar in Edward's arms transformed back into Dorothy.
She leaned softly in Edward's embrace, completely spent. Her perpetually pale, beautiful face was now tinged with a captivating flush, her breathing shallow, and her eyes, hazy with emotion, gazed at Edward, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the intense experience she had just undergone.
The entire venue fell silent for a second, then erupted into screams and shouts even more violent and frenzied than any before!
"Oh oh oh oh oh—!"
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