Chapter 26: There’s Actually This Kind of Shameless Move?
The queen raised her shield and slammed it hard toward Su Xiao.
Su Xiao lowered his body slightly, steadying his center of gravity. Her speed was too fast; there was no time to dodge.
He held the Dragon-Slashing Flash horizontally in front of him, ready to receive the shield bash.
The queen charged at Su Xiao like a frenzied wild bull.
Su Xiao gripped the hilt with one hand and pressed the other against the blade’s back.
“Boom.”
The two collided. The sharp blade met the sturdy shield, and the asphalt beneath their feet instantly cracked into a large web.
“Strength, not bad.”
Su Xiao exerted force with his hands, pressing down against the queen.
The queen was a stamina specialist; her strength couldn’t rival Su Xiao’s. She had only barely matched him earlier by using a charge skill.
The queen’s pretty face flushed a deep purple as Su Xiao pushed her backward. Her iron boots scraped against the ground, sending up sparks.
“As long as I’m here, you won’t hurt my teammates.”
Weak in strength, but tough in words.
Su Xiao continued to apply force, this time from above downward. The queen could no longer hold out and dropped to one knee.
A woman who called herself “Queen” was clearly extremely proud, yet now she was kneeling before Su Xiao. Naturally, she couldn’t tolerate this.
“I’ll kill you, ah!!”
The queen tried to struggle, but under the absolute gap in strength, it was futile.
Su Xiao grabbed the edge of the queen’s shield with one hand, intending to pull the massive shield aside.
He wouldn’t bother slashing at her shield. This wasn’t a game. Since his strength surpassed hers, he’d simply use brute force to yank the shield away and then land his blade on flesh.
The queen’s cheek twitched. She had probably never faced an enemy like Su Xiao, who would directly grab her shield with his bare hands. Wasn’t there supposed to be a fierce battle first?
Su Xiao wrenched the shield aside, then thrust the Dragon-Slashing Flash toward the queen’s throat.
Just as he struck, a faint stinging sensation pricked his back.
It was the sniper. Too little time; Shizao hadn’t reached the rooftop yet.
Su Xiao had a sudden idea. He forcefully pulled the queen’s shield behind his back. The queen stumbled, nearly falling.
“Bang.”
The bullet struck the shield, denting it. The projectile embedded itself in the metal, and the small area around it even glowed red.
Su Xiao’s hand went numb from the impact.
Seizing the opportunity, the queen yanked her shield back, breaking free from Su Xiao, and retreated several steps.
This stamina-specializing female shield warrior had never encountered such an absurd enemy. He had immediately tried to snatch her shield.
While feeling humiliated, the queen also felt stifled. She silently decided that after returning to Reincarnation Paradise, she would moderately increase her strength attribute. Otherwise, having her shield stolen by an enemy would be too embarrassing.
If she hadn’t desperately held onto her shield just now, it would no longer be in her hands. Even with her high stamina, she would have been slain.
“A shield warrior and a sniper working together. Interesting.”
This was Su Xiao’s first battle against a contractor, and he now had a general understanding of them.
The female shield warrior before him had likely only enhanced one attribute, focusing solely on defense, while the sniper was the main attacker.
It was a good combination. If there were a support class, it would be perfect.
Su Xiao wasn’t afraid of them. His enhancements were comprehensive. Aside from low health, he had almost no weaknesses.
Other contractors operated as a unit of several people. Su Xiao alone was a combat unit.
“Leaf, switch me to strength. Forget stamina. This bastard is stealing my shield!”
The queen’s tone was helpless. Leaf in the alley was also stunned but quickly switched her aura from stamina to strength.
“Shameless wretch, dare you face me head-on?”
The queen held her shield, clad in full knight armor, looking valiant.
“I’m curious about one thing. That changing aura around you—what exactly is it? Or rather, besides that sniper, do you have other teammates?”
Hearing Su Xiao’s words, the queen’s expression remained unchanged.
If she showed too much emotion, she might expose Leaf’s existence. Leaf had very poor survivability and was useless in close combat.
“Idiot, this is my queen’s innate aura.”
A smile appeared on Su Xiao’s face.
“Is that so? Let me guess where your third teammate is hiding.”
The queen sneered, feigning disdain, but inwardly she grew anxious.
“If it were me, where would I hide a support-type companion? On the rooftop? Inside a building? In an alley?”
Su Xiao’s seemingly meaningless words were a test of the female shield warrior.
He didn’t know how many people she had. He was just guessing randomly. Putting psychological pressure on the enemy in battle was essential.
“Stop wasting words.”
The queen shouted, charging at Su Xiao with her shield.
This time, the queen was smarter. She slowed her pace, opting for a steady, methodical approach.
Su Xiao merely glanced at the female shield warrior and decided not to bother with her anymore. He would deal with the sniper first.
Suddenly, Su Xiao ran off into the distance, quickly creating distance from the queen.
The queen’s heart tightened. The thing she feared most had happened. The man before her wasn’t going to engage her in a prolonged fight. He was going straight for her teammate.
“Don’t even think about leaving.”
The queen raised one hand, and a silver chain appeared in her palm.
The silver chain was translucent, as thick as a finger, and extremely fast. One end wrapped around Su Xiao’s arm and then fused with it.
[You are bound by ‘Mithril Chain.’ Stamina check in progress.]
[The caster’s stamina attribute is 2.33 times yours. Exemption failed. You cannot leave the caster within 30 meters.]
Su Xiao’s steps abruptly stopped. It wasn’t voluntary; he was forcibly halted.
He glanced at the translucent silver chain on his arm and tried slashing it with his blade. It had no effect. The Dragon-Slashing Flash passed right through the chain. It wasn’t a physical entity.
It made sense. A stamina specialist like the queen needed a restraining skill to hold enemies in place.
“I told you, you’re not leaving.”
Since the battle began, the queen had finally gained the upper hand, and she couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.
The queen had faith in Hei Bai’s marksmanship. As long as she could stall Su Xiao, Hei Bai would take him down in at most two shots.
Su Xiao turned his head to look at the queen, his eyes blazing with killing intent.
“Do you want to die that badly?”
He had just killed over a hundred ghouls, so his murderous aura was intense. The cold gleam in his eyes startled the queen.
The queen’s current thought was: Just how many people has this guy killed? Even in derivative world missions, it was usually just a few people, at most a dozen.
Even so, most contractors would suffer immense mental pressure.
“Stop bluffing. I may not match your strength, but you’re not qualified to kill me.”
Su Xiao flexed his sore left arm, cut open the heavy combat suit he was wearing, and tossed it aside.
He was now serious. If he didn’t kill the female shield warrior, she would drag him down.
Azure Steel Shadow activated. Contractors had low health, and the true damage from Azure Steel Shadow would be especially effective in battles against them.
Pale blue arcs of electricity surged along the edge of the Dragon-Slashing Flash. Su Xiao stomped the ground hard and charged at the queen, bare-chested.
Earlier, when fighting the queen, he hadn’t been serious. He had been trying to shake her off and kill her teammate first.
Now that Su Xiao was serious, the queen felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on her.
(Requesting recommendation tickets, brothers. Raising a new book is like raising fish—recommendation tickets are the water, and tips are the fish food~ I’m both thirsty and hungry right now.)