Chapter 44: Carbonization
Death Omen retreated quickly, but as an expert in close combat, how could Su Xiao let her escape so easily?
The long blade cut through the air, sending out streaks of blade aura. These blade auras were all coated with Cyan Steel Shadow energy, and anyone struck by them would be in for a world of pain.
Seeing the blade aura flying toward her, Death Omen pulled the trigger of her revolver.
"World... collapse."
Bang!
A bullet surrounded by dark light shot out. This bullet flew at an extremely fast speed, and wherever it passed, space shattered and carbonized, revealing a world of color. Death Omen hadn't shattered the space of the Death God World, but had blasted a hole in the withering space she had created.
This bullet was like a black energy pillar, dragging shattered space as it hurtled toward Su Xiao.
Su Xiao shifted his footing and vanished from his spot, reappearing five meters to the side.
Puff, puff, puff...
D·Assassin fired bullet after bullet. Death Omen stomped the ground beneath her feet, and all twelve bullets struck her body. The moment they touched her, they carbonized and turned to ash.
Bullets could be carbonized, but the kinetic energy they carried wouldn't disappear. Death Omen was knocked back several steps by the kinetic force of the twelve bullets, and blood sprayed from the vents on her half-face mask.
Just as Death Omen retreated, Su Xiao charged forward in a few steps, which left Death Omen somewhat helpless. Once Su Xiao got close to her once, it was far too difficult to shake him off.
The Dragon-Slaying Flash in Su Xiao's hand cut through the air, slashing straight toward Death Omen's neck. Death Omen immediately lowered her head.
Bang!
Su Xiao's side kick struck Death Omen's lower abdomen. As she took this kick, her heart sank halfway.
Clang, clang, clang...
Streaks of slashing marks appeared in the air. Death Omen, flying through the air, had large amounts of blood gushing from her body. One arm spun in front of her—it was her left arm.
"World..."
With a tearing sound, just as Death Omen's gun muzzle aimed at Su Xiao, the tip of the Dragon-Slashing Flash had already slashed across her collarbone. Just the tip grazing her was enough to completely sever her collarbone.
Death Omen's finger slowly pulled the trigger, the gun muzzle pointing directly at Su Xiao's head.
Bang.
The bullet left the chamber, and an energy shield with 800 points of strength appeared in front of Su Xiao.
The bullet hit the energy shield, and a loud boom echoed. Behind the energy shield, Su Xiao stepped back a few paces, his internal organs aching dully, and his entire skeleton felt like it was about to fall apart.
"Tch."
Death Omen stomped her foot in frustration. A large pool of blood had already formed beneath her—all her own blood.
"Death Omen, your feet."
The moment Sayanod's words fell, a metal wire sprang up from the soil. Death Omen leaped up on the spot while firing several shots.
Bullets whistled past Su Xiao's ear. So far, not a single bullet had directly hit him. The bullets fired from that black revolver were dangerous—extremely penetrating and also corrosive, capable of carbonizing whatever they hit.
Death Omen's leap was a last resort. Once entangled by the Realm Severing Thread, she would be at Su Xiao's mercy, ground into the dirt. But just as Death Omen leaped, several blade auras slashed toward her neck, chest, right arm, and other spots.
Midair, Death Omen could only fire several shots in succession, using the revolver's recoil to adjust her posture.
Five blade auras swept past. Four of them flew by her armpit, neck side, and other spots, with only one grazing her thigh, leaving a bloody gash.
The Cyan Steel Shadow energy on the blade aura surged into Death Omen's body. She had already exhausted her mana, so the pain she felt wasn't intense.
But just as the pain was about to fade, Death Omen suddenly felt her entire body go numb. She couldn't move a single finger.
Death Omen was paralyzed by the Cyan Steel Shadow energy, her whole body stiff for about 0.3 seconds. Such a short time meant Su Xiao could at most charge forward and slash once, and even that carried a risk—before the long blade could fall, Death Omen might dodge, given how brief the moment was.