# Chapter 3: Stillness
While Su Xiao examined the triple fusion, the triple fusion was also examining Su Xiao. Currently, the triple fusion was completely dominated by the void creature, which was a relatively rare situation. If the void creature had a first-person perspective, then the violator and female worker inside the body had a third-person perspective—this was an ability possessed by the female worker.
"During battle, you keep your mouth shut. I'm responsible for relaying information outside Ertas's field of vision to him."
Inside the consciousness space, the violator was communicating with the female worker, Xiao Ju.
"Fine."
Xiao Ju actually detested both this violator and the void creature Ertas. One had once wanted to pin her down and forcefully do unspeakable things to her, while the other was completely unreasonable, often calling her a lower primate.
Compared to the situation inside the consciousness space, the outside world was even more tense and on the verge of conflict.
"You're also from the void?"
The void creature Ertas spoke, sensing a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling from Su Xiao.
"Three consciousnesses sharing one body—it seems my earlier guess was correct."
Su Xiao muttered to himself, not bothering to answer the void creature's question.
Su Xiao had been to the void before. Through the introduction of the female demon Lilim, he had some understanding of the situation there, such as what race this void creature belonged to.
The race this void creature belonged to was not a large clan, but a combat race called "Kaga." This race's talents were a tough body and an ability similar to time-stopping.
Of course, it wasn't stopping time throughout the entire derivative world, but stopping time within a radius of several dozen meters. It could be used once every 2 to 3 days, each time lasting about 1 second. Moreover, the female demon Lilim suspected this wasn't actually a time-stopping ability.
According to the intelligence provided by Lilim, an adult Kaga clan member had at least the strength of around the fourth rank. Su Xiao was definitely no match for one.
Yet Su Xiao had a feeling—this void creature's aura was indeed strong, but not to the point of being impossible to contend with.
Sensing this, Su Xiao stepped forward, unhurriedly approaching Ertas. The other party was also a melee fighter; there was no need for a reckless charge.
With a scraping sound, Ertas's eight claws extended. His eight fingers were like eight sharp short scimitars, and his two thumbs also underwent considerable changes, their nails turning into conical shapes.
Both sides were melee fighters, so they closed in on each other. When the distance narrowed to ten meters, Su Xiao suddenly accelerated, vanishing from his spot.
Ertas also accelerated at this distance, as this was the optimal charging distance before melee combat.
Su Xiao's instinct ability was fully activated. A sense of crisis came from the other party's claw blades, indicating that those claws posed a great threat to Su Xiao.
In an instant, both sides closed the distance to three meters, appearing right in front of each other.
The long blade in Su Xiao's hand slashed forward, Azure Steel Shadow energy surging along Dragon-Slaying Flash.
*Ding.*
Two sharp claw blades flew up. Dragon-Slaying Flash, upgraded to gold quality, directly severed Ertas's hand claws, demonstrating its sharpness.
*Zzzt.*
Dragon-Slaying Flash cut into Ertas's third claw blade. Judging by the trend, it was clearly about to sever all four hand claws. Upon seeing the Azure Steel Shadow energy surging on Dragon-Slaying Flash, Ertas's pupils rapidly contracted, as if he had thought of something.
"The legendary... Law Destroyer?"
Before Ertas could finish his words, his hand suddenly felt lighter. Su Xiao had disappeared before him.
A terrifying sense of crisis struck from behind Ertas, accompanied by the whimper of a blade cutting through the air.
Inside the consciousness space, the violator felt a chill run down his spine. His warning came too late. As for the female worker, she had no idea what was happening.
The blade whimpered as it slashed down. The edge first broke through Ertas's skin, then his muscles. As it cut, Azure Steel Shadow energy poured into Ertas's body.
If he tried to withstand Su Xiao's slash with his flesh and blood body, Ertas was dead for sure. His head would be directly severed.
After just one exchange, the void creature Ertas faced a life-and-death crisis. The Dragon Shadow Flash ability was this terrifying in actual combat.
In this critical moment of life and death, silver threads spread outward from Ertas as the center point.
*Huummm.*
The surroundings became deathly still. Blood froze mid-air. Dragon-Slaying Flash penetrated 1 centimeter into Ertas's cervical spine before stopping, cutting through a small portion of nerve tissue.
Floating dust particles in the air froze. Gravel suspended a dozen centimeters above the ground froze. Su Xiao, holding the long blade, also froze. This was the Kaga clan's "time-stopping" ability.
At this moment, Su Xiao's sensation was strange. His consciousness wasn't frozen, but his body couldn't move. It felt like being wrapped in already solidified amber, with the air being that amber.
Su Xiao realized that the Kaga clan's talent ability didn't seem to stop time, but rather used a special energy to greatly increase the resistance of the surrounding air, amplifying the resistance to an astonishing degree. In other words, it turned the surrounding air into a "solid state" in a short time.
Su Xiao couldn't move, but Ertas could move freely within this solidified air.
Ertas took a small step forward, pulling Dragon-Slaying Flash out of his cervical spine. The intense pain from Azure Steel Shadow invading his body made his expression ferocious.
As Ertas stepped forward, he began to turn his body, extending his hand straight, sharp claw blades thrusting toward Su Xiao's throat.
*Crack, crack, crack...*
Crisp sounds came from the air, and cracks appeared, like broken glass.
With a crash, the surrounding air returned to normal. The claw blades had already touched Su Xiao's throat.
*Zzzz.*
The sound of threads contracting came. Ertas's body suddenly stopped, and dozens of bloodstains appeared on his upper body.
*Bang, bang, bang...*
The surrounding streetlights, trees, and barricades were all uprooted, connected by a green metallic thread.
Su Xiao leaned his body back. The four claw blades brushed past just under his chin.
As Su Xiao leaned back, a patch of green branches clinging to the hem of his windbreaker surged, climbing toward his legs. This was the Wood Spirit's attack mode, consuming 15% of current maximum health. If the next attack didn't use a weapon, it would deal Strength Attribute × 3 damage, knockback, knockup, and other effects.
The Wood Spirit completely wrapped Su Xiao's right foot, also covering a section of his calf.
Emerald green light enveloped Su Xiao's right foot. As he leaned back, he delivered a roundhouse kick toward Ertas's waist.
Ertas was maintaining a forward thrusting posture, his entire body's center of gravity forward. He simply couldn't avoid Su Xiao's roundhouse kick.
Su Xiao's right foot made contact with Ertas's side waist. Ertas's forward-moving body gradually formed a sideways V-shape, his two brownish-yellow eyes bulging out.
*Thump!*
A terrifying dull sound like a giant pile driver hitting the ground spread. Ertas, standing three and a half meters tall, shot out with a whoosh, even breaking through a wave of air behind him.
*Bang, bang, bang...*
Ertas directly crashed through several buildings, including low residential houses and tall unfinished structures, creating a series of straight-line holes.
With a crash, rubble fell from the holes. Ertas was buried in a collapsed abandoned shopping mall. The entire mall had originally been six stories, but now only three stories remained after the collapse.