Chapter 35: Perilous Situation
The sunglasses-wearing man raised the beer in his hand, gulped it down in one go, and crushed the aluminum can in his grip.
Aluminum cans simply shouldn't exist in this world, making this man's identity all but obvious.
"We don't have the habit of coming to die one by one, so we're all here to 'welcome' you. At the end of the day, that so-called leader comes from Sanctuary Paradise, and we don't trust him."
The sunglasses-wearing man rolled his shoulders and snapped his fingers with a sharp crack.
After that snap, the civilians on the street froze in place. A moment later, they all walked toward the other side of the street in unison, their footsteps eerily synchronized.
The appearance of the sunglasses-wearing man proved that the Violator Alliance wasn't a monolithic entity.
"We're different from you. This open Primordial World is our paradise, so I actually care about this place."
As soon as the sunglasses-wearing man finished speaking, he snapped his fingers again.
Snap~
The surrounding world suddenly darkened, and massive gears turned overhead.
Snap~
Another snap, and the scenery drastically changed into a stretch of ruins. This was the edge of Miracle Land: Aisenla. Baha had already sensed the spatial displacement earlier and could have interrupted it, but Su Xiao stopped him through the team channel. Based on Baha's information, the displacement wasn't far.
Su Xiao felt this was an opportunity worth the risk. Besides, before leaving Heru City, he had already prepared countermeasures for this kind of situation.
The ruins were filled with broken walls and collapsed pillars. Sitting on these ruins and pillars were Violators, one after another.
Bubu Wang, Baha, Amu, and Kaisa hadn't been teleported here, but they were rushing over quickly. Since the teleportation distance wasn't far, Su Xiao would have had Kaisa interrupt this spatial displacement otherwise. This ability was a tier lower than spatial teleportation.
A preliminary scan revealed 105 Violators in the vicinity. The sunglasses-wearing man's setup was simple but effective. He had been lying in wait for Su Xiao, biding his time for this moment.
The surrounding space was highly unstable, so no one dared to act rashly. The moment it stabilized, these Violators would undoubtedly bombard Su Xiao without hesitation.
"Your leader will definitely fall out with the White Goat. The White Goat using Space-Time Power to put a bounty on my head is stupid."
Su Xiao scanned the Violators around him, observing the expression changes of each one.
"So there really is such a bounty."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, a Violator with triangular eyes sneered and said, "Tch, you already knew about this. Don't act clueless with us."
"Shut the hell up! I *****..."
A string of 'friendly' greetings from a 'teammate' made the triangular-eyed Violator's face twist in anger.
"He's just probing! Do you have to admit it outright?! Do you?! Did that Void creature rot your brain?!"
A hot-tempered guy roared, spittle flying everywhere.
"I..."
The triangular-eyed Violator's expression contorted, then he glared at Su Xiao. He had meant to mock him, but instead, he had leaked intel.
"Heh~ spit. Idiot."
Another 'greeting' aimed at the triangular-eyed Violator made a few nearby Violators barely suppress their laughter.
"Brothers, let's not hurt each other. Once the space stabilizes, we'll take him down!"
A sharp, thin voice rang out. The guy's expression and body language were almost like a human version of Kaisa.
Facing a siege of 105 Violators—57 at the Fifth Rank and 48 at the Sixth Rank—with two of them giving Su Xiao a considerable sense of threat, he was confident he could win in a one-on-one fight. But against a group, he would most likely die.
Su Xiao had just advanced to the Sixth Rank. Taking on this many Sixth-Rank Violators at once was highly unlikely to succeed. He had already obtained the enemy's intel, so he prepared to retreat and leave them a surprise.
After contacting Bubu Wang, Su Xiao stored the Black King Bracer on his left arm into his storage space and produced an Apollo in his left hand. Before arriving at Miracle Land: Aisenla, he had predicted the possibility of being surrounded.
According to the witch, Aisenla was a normal place. The only explanation for such a situation was that an Ancient God had deliberately left this city for the Violators.
Aisenla was the Violators' base camp. Su Xiao had vaguely guessed this before coming, which was why he had Bubu Wang preset a 'Wolf Clan Heirloom' coordinate on his clothing, allowing him to be teleported away at any time.
Su Xiao's escape plan was simple: hold an Apollo, pierce it with his mental energy for an instant detonation, and have Bubu Wang teleport him out at the same time.
He wasn't sure how many Violators he could kill, but the harvest should be decent.
Just as Su Xiao was about to sacrifice his left arm to these Contractors, his peripheral vision caught sight of a few female Violators in the crowd. Their positions were scattered, making him pause his actions.
Baha would arrive in at most one minute, and Amu would need over six minutes. With the two of them on the outside, Su Xiao's pressure would drop sharply.
"Fall back!"
A loud shout rang out. The sense of danger from the Apollo made the Violators quickly retreat. To become a Violator and survive this long, none of them were pushovers, not even the Fifth-Rank ones.
Su Xiao put away the Apollo, and the Black King Bracer reappeared on his left arm.
"Bet a hundred seconds."
Su Xiao muttered under his breath. Pale blue light surged within him as Demon Hunting Hour activated. While Demon Hunting Hour was no longer effective against bosses, it was a god-tier skill against Contractors or Violators.
Blood-red feathers drifted down around Su Xiao, shattering with a crackle, and surged rapidly toward a female Violator in a red robe with purple eyeshadow.
This Violator, named Molly, immediately dodged, but the Blood Feathers were faster, latching onto her body surface.
Molly had once been an innocent 'little white flower.' She had chosen the Healing Type with the code name 'Flower Language' as her original intention, but an accident turned her into a Violator. She had since developed a hybrid of Combat and Healing types.
"This..."
Molly's mouth slightly opened, and the next moment, she gritted her teeth in fury.
"What's wrong?!"
Several nearby Violators looked at her. If Molly showed any sign of trouble, they wouldn't hesitate to act.
"Nothing. He's trying to take out the healers first. I can handle it."
Molly spoke calmly, knowing that if she revealed the Blood Feathers' effect, her teammates would instantly blast her to pieces.
Being a poison healer was absolutely unacceptable. Violators wouldn't tolerate that. So, she had no choice but to secretly heal Su Xiao. Every 25 seconds, she would provide a fivefold healing effect.
Molly's mood couldn't be described as anything less than utter despair. For now, this was her only way to survive.
The distorted spatial fluctuations dissipated, and a barrage of long-prepared attacks rained down on Su Xiao—some eerie, some insidious, some violent.
Su Xiao vanished from his spot. With Demon Hunting Hour active, as long as his stamina held out, he could use Dragon Shadow Flash to penetrate space indefinitely.
Boom!
Mud splattered as various energy waves exploded, sending layers of shockwaves outward.
Pfft~
A blade light flashed, and a headless Fifth-Rank Violator's body stiffened in place. After all, even as a Violator, he was only Fifth-Rank. Facing Su Xiao alone, with Su Xiao suddenly appearing through spatial penetration, the Violator didn't even have time to react.
Clang!
Sparks shot up several meters high as a strange hooked blade clashed with Dragon-Slaying Flash. The user of the hooked blade was a man with two gold teeth, who grinned at Su Xiao.
Dozens of meters away, Molly's heart was in turmoil. Five seconds had passed. She glanced at her staff. Once the Blood Feathers had latched on, she couldn't remove them. If the 25-second judgment expired, she would die instantly.
To heal or not to heal—that was Molly's agonizing dilemma.
"How can there be... such a shameless piece of equipment! Damn it~"
Molly stomped her foot in frustration, but quickly calmed down. Secretly healing the enemy probably wouldn't be noticed. After all, her healing ability wasn't the pale green of life force but a golden-red color. It... probably wouldn't be discovered.