Chapter 36: Battle Goddess Milk · Jasmine!
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The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed, and a shockwave spread, shattering the nearby broken walls and ruins.
Boom.
Su Xiao flew backward, suspended in mid-air, a finely crafted mechanical arrow shooting toward him, aimed straight for his head.
Su Xiao vanished instantly, the mechanical arrow piercing empty air, producing a muffled bang as it left a ring-shaped air ripple in its wake.
When Su Xiao reappeared, he stomped down with a boom, creating a large crater beneath his feet. Dragon Shadow Flash could evade enemy attacks, but it couldn't dissipate the powerful kinetic energy already acting on him.
The violator who had clashed blades with Su Xiao was a burly man nearly two meters tall, wielding a serrated glaive. His strength surpassed Su Xiao's, but his speed was far slower.
After all, Su Xiao developed four attributes simultaneously. Against violators who focused on one or two attributes, it was normal for him to be at a disadvantage in strength or speed.
Though it seemed like 104 violators were besieging Su Xiao, the main force was only the 48 sixth-rank violators. The remaining 56 fifth-rank violators kept their distance, grouping together to attack Su Xiao from range.
Even with only 48 sixth-rank violators besieging him, Su Xiao still bore considerable pressure. The terrain was too open, the enemies surrounding him completely, attacking from 360 degrees without blind spots.
Moreover, sixth-rank contractors were a different concept from fifth-rank contractors, let alone sixth-rank violators. Their average strength was a notch above sixth-rank contractors.
Humm~
A black-purple energy ring enveloped Su Xiao. This thing was as thick as an arm, over three meters in diameter. Whenever Su Xiao moved or attacked, the energy ring absorbed kinetic energy, and once fully charged, it would inflict a gravity shock on him.
This thing was utterly disgusting, a soft control ability that ignored judgment. The reason Su Xiao had been knocked flying earlier was that he suddenly got hit by this thing.
Su Xiao had a way to deal with the energy ring, but it required time, and the surrounding 48 sixth-rank violators wouldn't give him any.
Whoosh, a sound of air being rent came from behind Su Xiao, a cold stinging sensation appearing at the back of his neck. Su Xiao was waiting for this moment.
The Dragon Shadow Flash ability activated, Su Xiao teleported backward through space, appearing behind the assassin. This was a gaunt man in a black cloak, wearing a metal mask.
Boom!
A war hammer descended from the sky, its volume quite exaggerated, the size of a house. An iron chain linked to the end of the hammer handle. Clearly, someone had predicted Su Xiao's spatial teleportation position.
Like a cannonball exploding on the ground, the earth cracked with the war hammer as the center point. The sensation of spatial teleportation faded, and Su Xiao stepped diagonally onto the bucket-thick hammer handle.
"Fang, don't 1v1 him, you want to die?"
The iron chain was pulled taut, the giant hammer lifted, crashing down with a rumble beside a stocky, short man. Though he was of short stature, his face was full of beard stubble, giving him a bold and unconstrained air. His name was Haonuo, the strongest among all the violators present.
The burly man with the serrated glaive and Haonuo, who used the giant hammer, were the two who gave Su Xiao the strongest sense of crisis. The auras of the remaining 46 violators were not weak, but they were a notch below these two.
"0.9 seconds."
A loud shout came, and the next moment, the light around Su Xiao began to distort.
Dong~
Like the crisp sound of a bell being struck, the air around Su Xiao turned solid, dense patterns emerging from the surroundings.
A slash with jagged edges came at him. Just as Su Xiao was about to activate the Dragon Shadow Flash ability, he found the surrounding space had become chaotic.
Puchi.
Blood splashed from Su Xiao's chest. A wound, not deep but spanning his entire chest, appeared, and large pieces of shattered crystal layer flew off.
The burly man with the serrated glaive appeared not far away. He had just burst forth with extreme speed. Though he had successfully wounded Su Xiao, he covered the left side of his neck with his hand.
In that instant, he too had been struck by Su Xiao's blade, a slash too fast to be captured by perception. This cut had opened a third of the left side of his neck, severing veins and partially paralyzing the nervous system.
The glaive-wielding burly man grinned. If before he had just disliked Su Xiao, after crossing blades, he only wanted a few more rounds with him. Even if it meant dying, there would be no regrets. Combat was a pleasure for him, a life-and-death moment. The instant they had brushed past each other in that exchange, the pressure and tension made his blood feel like it was burning.
"Exhilarating."
The glaive-wielding burly man took out a syringe and stabbed it directly into his neck.
The distortion of space around Su Xiao disappeared, followed by a heavy pressure—the black-purple energy ring.
Humm~
Gravity pressed down, the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet suddenly sinking into a circular depression. The moment gravity vanished, a silver bullet covered in patterns, plus three energy arrows, came flying.
Not just ranged attacks; a total of four violators pounced on Su Xiao from front, back, left, and right.
Boom!
Another energy explosion.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Three exaggeratedly large slashes flew out from within the smoke and dust, followed by a nearly spherical dense mass of blade light spreading outward.
The smoke and dust drifted slowly. The surrounding violators had grave expressions. Over 40 nearby, plus over 50 fifth-rank violators in the distance, simultaneously besieging one enemy—though it was a major advantage, they hadn't gained much of an edge.
A figure covered in bloodstains walked out from the smoke. He had only one arm left, and a piece of his skull had been chopped off.
"Heal..."
Puchi!
Before this violator could finish his words, a long blade pierced through his head.
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated. Laili, wearing a red robe and purple eyeshadow, was over 30 meters away from the battle group. She slowly exhaled. It was time to show her acting skills.
Laili's robe fluttered without wind. She leaned forward slightly and vanished from the spot in an instant.
"Don't charge in alone..."
Haonuo's shout had barely faded when a dull thud came from within the smoke.
Bang!
Like a thunderclap, the smoke was instantly blown away. Su Xiao flew diagonally backward into the distance, finally landing in a half-crouch. As soon as he landed, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Laili flicked her slender staff, flinging the drops of blood on it onto the broken stone slabs.
"To think you detected my 'Seal'."
Laili seemed possessed by a 'War Goddess,' her willow-leaf brows gradually relaxing.
Seeing this, Haonuo nearby was stunned. He had fought Su Xiao in melee and knew how strong Su Xiao's close combat abilities were.
And now, a combat healer had charged straight in, striking Su Xiao back with one blow. No one had expected this.
"This woman... is truly fierce."
The glaive-wielding burly man also found it unbelievable. The combat healer's aura wasn't very strong, but the combat power she actually unleashed shocked everyone.
Before the battle began, Su Xiao had used some ability on Laili, which everyone had seen. This confirmed their speculation: Su Xiao had sensed that the combat healer, Laili, was hard to deal with, so he had used his trump card right away, intending to eliminate her, but unfortunately 'failed.'
No matter how you looked at it, this was the case. Therefore, the violators began to look at Laili differently. She was also one of the main forces, and the strongest main force, stronger than Haonuo.
"Give me five minutes. I need time to undo the 'Seal'."
Laili seemed somewhat helpless. Her expression clearly said that things had come to this, she had to step in; her teammates were all useless.
Click~
A metal ring fell from Laili's sleeve. As soon as it hit the ground, it dissipated into energy.
At this moment, Laili looked like a war goddess, but in reality, she was panicking inside. She had taken the opportunity to rush into the smoke and give Su Xiao a big heal. That terrifying explosion wasn't caused by her at all.
The smell of blood drifted in the air. Laili looked at Su Xiao. Her gaze seemed like the solemnity of facing a powerful enemy, but it actually meant something else: 'Big brother, rest assured, I will definitely heal you well. Please cooperate with me, I beg you!'