# Chapter 53: The ‘Surprise’ of the Apocalypse Crowd
When the power of deathly stillness faded, Kuska was already sitting on the ground, his skin slowly turning to ash and peeling off at a sluggish pace.
Footsteps sounded. Kuska looked toward the entrance and saw Su Xiao approaching with a long blade in hand.
"I thought you would never show up again."
As the ultimate final boss of Origin Island, Kuska saying such words revealed his current state of mind. Earlier, when he first laid eyes on Su Xiao, he had judged at a glance that this young man was no match for him.
But now, Kuska felt the situation was about to reverse. He was no longer necessarily a match for this young man. He was simply too severely wounded.
Su Xiao's pace was unhurried, the long blade in his hand angled toward the ground.
Kuska stood up. He knew the battle was only just beginning.
As he advanced, Su Xiao put away the Apostle's Eye. Kuska's health was at 42.6%. The first two Apollos had barely damaged Kuska's main body, but it wasn't without gain—they had completely drained the health of his plant body, essentially consuming one of his lives.
Only the third Apollo had actually injured him. Unfortunately, the opponent possessed a very powerful regenerative ability.
What truly made the difference was Deathly Stillness Descending. This had severely wounded Kuska and forced out his second type of regeneration ability.
Out of his twelve abilities, Kuska had already used five. The rest were likely passive types. Among them, the most troublesome was Death Roar, which Kuska had used when 'bullying the weak.' Su Xiao didn't believe this ability could be used twice within a short period.
Thinking of this, Su Xiao's pace suddenly quickened.
"Come!"
Kuska showed no fear. Perhaps he had slept too long and become somewhat talkative, but he still possessed the fearlessness and confidence of a strong one.
Su Xiao closed to within five meters of Kuska in a few steps. Blue arcs of electricity surged along the long blade in his hand. But unexpectedly, Su Xiao suddenly vanished.
The moment Su Xiao disappeared, Kuska smelled a thick scent of blood. In his perception, two blood-red beast eyes stared at him from behind, a large mouth full of sharp teeth grinning at him menacingly.
"Roar!"
The Blood Beast lunged instantly. Without any visible movement from Kuska, he had already turned his body, crossing his arms before his face. He was too severely wounded to have any chance of dodging the Blood Beast.
With a booming crash, blood energy exploded. The Blood Beast was just that simple and brutal.
"Cough—"
Kuska spat out a large mouthful of blood, numbness spreading through his entire body.
With a tearing sound, the long blade in Su Xiao's hand cut across his own arm. Blood had just surged from the wound when it turned into blood energy, forcibly activating the Blood Beast a second time.
Kuska, his whole body numb, bared his teeth. A second Blood Beast was already charging straight at him.
Boom!
Kuska continued flying backward. So far, he hadn't even touched Su Xiao once. Thinking of this, he grew furious.
While flying backward, Kuska's gaze had just locked onto Su Xiao when he found Su Xiao already in a drawing stance, his aura suddenly becoming much sharper.
The sheathed Dragon-Slaying Flash turned black-blue, including Su Xiao's right forearm gripping the blade. The fragmented form of Banishment floated around him.
Maintaining the drawing stance, Su Xiao's right hand tightly gripped the hilt. He slowly exhaled blood energy from his mouth. He wasn't in great shape either.
'Shadow Severance.'
Clang.
The crisp sound of a slashing strike traveled far. Su Xiao's entire form turned into a blue afterimage, passing by Kuska's side.
Pfft!
Blood splattered everywhere. Su Xiao crashed with a thud against the stone wall opposite, a large splash of blood staining it.
On Su Xiao's side ribs, a large chunk of flesh had been torn away, with even a rib exposed and pulled outward.
Su Xiao pressed his arm inward, repositioning the exposed rib. Watching this from a distance, even Bubu Wang shuddered. Just looking at it was incredibly painful.
Su Xiao stood up from the ground. The long blade sheathed with a clink. Shadow Severance, second stage—Flash!
With a tearing sound, a slashing mark appeared on Kuska's neck. The wound wasn't too deep.
Kuska was still flying through the air. Centered on the slashing mark on his neck, dense slashing light appeared, forming a spherical cluster of slashing light that enveloped Kuska, blood splattering everywhere.
Su Xiao charged forward in a few steps. Wood Spirit clung to his calf. Combined with the boost from Scarlet Angel, he executed a side kick, sending his foot into the spherical slashing light.
With a thud, the spherical slashing light crashed into the wall. Su Xiao flicked his arm, and an injection gun flew out from his sleeve, tumbling through the air.
Su Xiao caught the injection gun and stabbed it directly into his own neck. The medicine injected into his body, and his numb torso regained sensation.
Su Xiao reached into the wound on his side, grabbed hold, and pulled out a palm-sized plant—a child body of Dibamu.
Tossing aside the Dibamu child body, Su Xiao vanished from his spot. When he reappeared, he was right in front of Kuska.
The slashing light on Kuska had just faded when he saw Su Xiao two meters ahead.
'Blade Path Sword: Demon Blade!'
Blue flames roared up along Dragon-Slashing Flash. Su Xiao gripped the blade with both hands, slightly lowering his body, and slashed out.
Clang.
The long blade cut through Kuska's chest, splitting his entire chest open. Blood splattered everywhere.
"Ah?"
Kuska stepped back twice, leaning against the stone wall. Execution-type abilities were just that unreasonable. No matter what kind of ultimate final boss you were, once your life force was weakened to a certain point, even a god could be cut down.
"Well slashed... beautiful."
Kuska collapsed to the ground with a thud, his back against the stone wall. The light in his eyes rapidly faded. Su Xiao's long blade pierced through Kuska's head, nailing him to the wall.
"Thank... you."
Kuska's arms hung limply. One by one, the roots of Dibamu's child bodies burst out from within his body, silently roaring at Su Xiao. But the expression on Kuska's face before death was clearly one of release.
The Dibamu child bodies twitched, unwillingly withering. Kuska's corpse gradually turned to ash.
'Veronica...'
A faint voice came through. Su Xiao didn't know the story of Kuska, Mogro, and Veronica. It was probably a tragedy.
Su Xiao flicked the blood off his long blade.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang appeared, about to celebrate defeating the big boss.
With a thud, Su Xiao collapsed to the ground. In this battle, the enemy hadn't actually injured him severely, but he had consecutively used his ultimate moves, placing an enormous burden on his body.
"Woof aw?"
Bubu Wang was so startled he almost spoke human language. Hurrying forward, he first used his ability to restore a small portion of Su Xiao's health, then quickly handed over the Ancient Secret Medicine.
After drinking a bottle of Ancient Secret Medicine, the stabbing pain inside Su Xiao's body rapidly faded.
[Notification: The Hunter has killed the Overlord-level creature: Kuska.]
[Notification: Kuska is the strongest creature in this world.]
[Because Kuska is the guardian of the Transcendent Plant: Dibamu, killing him yields no World Source reward.]
[You have received 100 Soul Coins. You may exchange them for any desired reward from the following options. If the Hunter does not make a selection within five minutes, a random exchange will be made.]