Chapter 64: One-on-One
The surrounding several hundred meters had turned into frozen ground. Just as Sin was frozen, cracks appeared in the ice layer covering him.
Su Xiao vanished from his spot, reappearing beside Sin.
Clang!
An energy spear thrust into the spot behind Sin. Clearly, he had assumed Su Xiao had moved behind him.
Pfft!
Dragon-Slaying Flash pierced through Sin’s neck, the blade tip stained with blood. Almost at the same moment, the long spear in Sin’s hand shattered the ice and thrust toward Su Xiao’s head.
Su Xiao had just sidestepped to dodge the spear when a spear formed from energy, Execution·Twilight, appeared behind him. It pierced through his back and drove into the ground in front of him before stopping. A sharp pain and burning sensation came from within Su Xiao’s chest. He couldn’t help but lower his head and spit out a large mouthful of blood.
Within the ice layer, a smile appeared on Sin’s face. He made a grasping motion with one hand, intending to detonate the Execution·Twilight that had impaled Su Xiao.
Blood energy gathered above Su Xiao, instantly forming a ferocious beast ten meters long, its mouth full of sharp fangs.
Roar!
The Blood Beast pounced at Sin. From formation to attack, the entire process took less than a second.
Boom!
The blood energy exploded. Su Xiao’s ears rang as he was blasted backward by the oncoming wind pressure. Mid-air, he gathered a surge of Cyan Steel Shadow Energy in his hand and punched, shattering the Execution·Twilight that had pierced him.
As soon as Su Xiao landed, a wave of weakness hit him. His entire exchange with Sin had only lasted about five minutes, but the battle had been exceptionally brutal.
The blood energy slowly dissipated. Sin stood in place, holding the metal long spear with one hand. Unlike the last time he had endured the Blood Beast, this time the Blood Beast had formed more suddenly, leaving Sin no time to wrap his soul power around his body to protect himself.
Blood spurted from Sin’s severed arm. His left arm was only a stump left, the torn flesh and bone at the wound looking especially gruesome. Looking at his face, if they hadn’t just been fighting, Su Xiao wouldn’t have recognized him as Sin.
The flesh on Sin’s face had split open in large patches, even revealing the white bone of his skull.
“I… am not… defeated yet.”
Sin took a difficult step forward, cold air surging around him. Su Xiao took out a bottle of Ancient Secret Medicine, slowly and deliberately drank it, and Amu, holding an ice shield, moved to face Sin.
Two minutes later.
Bang!
The ice shield in Amu’s hand shattered. It had at least a dozen penetrating wounds on its body.
Behind Amu, Su Xiao finished bandaging his chest, stepped forward a few paces, and with a sharp ring of the blade, slashed Sin back with one strike.
Sin stumbled back five or six steps, blood dripping from his chin. He stared intently at Su Xiao, a hint of helplessness in his heart. He couldn’t quite understand what the other party had just drunk. In just a few minutes, the other party’s condition had recovered by at least thirty percent.
Facts proved that numbers + knowledge = power. In a one-on-one fight, Su Xiao was indeed no match for Sin. So he wouldn’t fight him one-on-one. Knowing he couldn’t win and still forcing a 1v1 was a very stupid move. That’s why he had Amu ambush nearby and lured Sin over.
What happened afterward was simple. Su Xiao first fought Sin to a mutual injury, then Amu stepped in to hold Sin off while Su Xiao used recovery items, bandaged his wounds to stop the bleeding, and after recovering enough, switched again.
Blade light crisscrossed, a storm of spear flames erupted. Su Xiao and Sin clashed together again. Unlike before, this time Su Xiao was suppressing Sin.
Five minutes later, Su Xiao slashed Sin back with one strike. Amu, holding an ice warhammer, stepped forward with an unstoppable momentum, almost as if it wanted to shout: ‘Wrestle with a bull? You’ll taste the bull’s horns!’
After two rounds (round: Su Xiao + Amu taking turns beating Sin), Sin staggered back a few steps, panting heavily while blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
“You clearly didn’t have to come and die. I’m curious about why you sought me out.”
Su Xiao stepped toward Sin. As for his question, it was just to distract the other party.
“Why seek you out? Perhaps… to find peace in my heart.”
Sin grinned, revealing teeth stained with blood.
Hearing his words, Su Xiao paused in his steps. After hesitating for a moment, he put away the D·Assassination in his hand.
“Come.”
Su Xiao beckoned to Sin with his finger.
“Alright.”
Sin took a deep breath, then let out a furious roar the next moment, charging at Su Xiao like a vengeful ghost. This was likely his last battle.
Su Xiao’s body leaned forward slightly, then suddenly vanished, leaving a trail of blood in the air. The sharp ring of a slash echoed far.
Pfft!
Blood splattered several meters. Sin fell to the ground. He raised his arm and looked at the metal long spear that had been severed.
Su Xiao stood behind Sin, raised his long blade, and without hesitation, brought it down. A head flew up.
[You have killed Sin·Boyleini.]
[Sin·Boyleini is the leader of the Ghost Ring. You have obtained 15.9% World Source.]
[You have obtained an Epic Chest (37%).]
[You have obtained a Codex Card·Slaughter and Redemption.]
[Tip: The World Source obtained by the Hunter has reached 113.2%. Convert to World Seed? Completing this conversion requires consuming 100% World Source.]
[World Seed: Can significantly enhance the final evaluation in any world settlement.]
[Tip: The Hunter has obtained World Source exceeding 100% for the first time. You receive the following information.]
[If World Source exceeds 100%, it can be converted into a World Seed.]
[If World Source exceeds 150%, a World-Class Chest reward will be granted. This is an additional reward and does not require consuming World Source for conversion.]
[Tip: World-Class Chests can only be obtained through three methods.]
[1. Chance of obtaining during Trial Worlds, a special reward for Trial Worlds.]
[2. Killing any plot character with significant influence within a world.]
[3. Obtaining 150% World Source will grant an additional World-Class Chest reward.]
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A chest and a Codex Card appeared beside Sin’s corpse. Su Xiao was noticeably surprised. This was the first time he had seen an enemy drop two chests. If not used to exchange for Codex merits, the Codex Card·Slaughter and Redemption could also be opened as a chest.
This was Su Xiao’s first time learning of the existence of World Seeds. As long as World Source reached 100%, it could be converted into a World Seed.
Undoubtedly, the effect of a World Seed was exceptionally powerful. It could enhance the settlement evaluation of any world, meaning high-rank worlds as well.
The essential difference between a World Seed and World Source was that no matter how much World Source Su Xiao obtained, it would be collected by Reincarnation Paradise during world settlement. A World Seed, however, was different. It could be used freely, even sold.
The higher the rank of a contractor, the more willing they were to buy World Seeds. If he could sell it to a seventh-rank or higher contractor, it would definitely fetch an exorbitant price.
In other worlds, Su Xiao would likely accept a low evaluation to obtain a World Seed. But the Ghost World was different. This concerned the new ability of the Shadow of Law Destruction.
Not only that, Su Xiao had also learned a very important piece of information: if World Source exceeded 150%, a World-Class Chest reward would be granted, and it was an additional reward, not requiring the consumption of already obtained World Source for conversion.
Su Xiao had obtained two World-Class Chests before. One was of white quality, and the quality of the other was unknown.
Su Xiao had first obtained this item in the One Piece World, his first Trial World. After killing a king, he obtained a World-Class Chest, which upon opening gave him the [World Tree Ring]. It was precisely because of this that he received the inheritance of the Shadow of Law Destruction.
At that time, Su Xiao was not yet aware of the existence of World-Class Chests, and that chest had only displayed white quality, as his authority was too low to understand World-Class Chests.
Approaching Sin’s corpse, Su Xiao picked up Sin’s body and head. As an opponent, he intended to bury Sin. But there wasn’t much time to dig a grave. There was a river nearby; throwing him in for a water burial wasn’t bad either.
However, Su Xiao overlooked one point: a water burial and throwing him into the river to feed the fish were essentially the same.
Just as Su Xiao lifted Sin’s corpse, a round object rolled out from Sin’s tattered clothing. It looked like a black eyeball.