Chapter 3: Mr. J Swallows the Bronze Door, Then Su Xiao Will Use the Summoning Authority to Confirm Mr. J Has Completed the Summoning Task, and Mr. J Will Directly Return to Reincarnation Paradise.
That's right, Plan A was that simple. Mr. J and Xia, as reinforcements provided to Su Xiao by Reincarnation Paradise, were not given for free. Without the two of them, this plan would be completely impossible to succeed.
During the execution of Plan A, there wouldn't be any problems on Su Xiao's side. After all, Sphinx had been tricked by him once before and would inevitably be suspicious. The key was Mr. J's acting skills, execution ability, and courage.
Being selected as reinforcements by Reincarnation Paradise, Mr. J was naturally not lacking. He made no mistakes on his end and directly seized the Bronze Door.
That's right, seized it. Mr. J's opinion was that if the Bronze Door could be taken without damaging it, it absolutely should not be destroyed. Sphinx must have made some arrangements regarding this.
Mr. J's speculation was that Sphinx's goal from beginning to end was actually Su Xiao. Su Xiao was the greatest obstacle to Sphinx completing his plan, so Sphinx always wanted to eliminate him. The Dominator·Sotos and the Violator Alliance were all methods Sphinx used to get rid of Su Xiao.
On this point, Su Xiao agreed with Mr. J's view. That was precisely why, as soon as he arrived at Aisenra, he put on an attitude of forcing Sphinx to quickly send people over.
Su Xiao doing this was just bait. The real trump cards were Mr. J, Xia, and Bubu Wang of the Third Squad.
Fight wits and courage with Sphinx? Lay out a grand scheme against him within Aisenra City to defeat him head-on?
Don't joke around. Sphinx, as steady as an old dog, was best at that. So Su Xiao and Mr. J both chose to avoid such a confrontation and disrupt Sphinx's plan as quickly as possible.
From arriving at Aisenra until now, only an hour and a half had passed. The longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for Su Xiao.
To deal with an old yinbi like Sphinx, you had to flip the table with one hand while stabbing him with the other, killing all his plans in the cradle, to have any chance of victory.
As for the surprise attack squad, the strong assault squad, and using Apollo to blast the Bronze Door that Su Xiao and Mr. J had discussed, those were backup plans in case Plan A failed, or rather, they were all meant to confuse Sphinx.
The more possibilities there were, the higher the chance Sphinx would make a mistake. He was just too steady. Sometimes, that was also a weakness.
Su Xiao sheathed the Remnant Moonlight, stored it in his storage space, and hung the Dragon-Slaying Flash at his waist.
Gripping the hilt of the Dragon-Slaying Flash, the familiar feeling made Su Xiao's aura sharper. Indeed, the Dragon-Slaying Flash was still more comfortable to use. After all, he had used it from the First Rank to the Sixth Rank. Using any weapon required compatibility, which accumulated over time.
Assuming Su Xiao's compatibility with the Remnant Moonlight was 60%, then his compatibility with the Dragon-Slaying Flash was 100%.
Corpses of the Dark Guardians were everywhere on the main street. Su Xiao had cleared all the Dark Guardians in the nearby area. According to his inference, Sphinx's people would appear within five minutes.
Su Xiao knew Sphinx very well, just as the other knew him.
Now, Su Xiao was alone. Sphinx wouldn't miss this opportunity; otherwise, Su Xiao wouldn't consider him a formidable opponent.
Thirty seconds later, Sphinx didn't disappoint Su Xiao.
With a whoosh, a figure stood on the rooftop beside the main street.
Rumble～
A thunderclap exploded in the sky, and a cool wind blew. It was about to rain.
The main street was very quiet. A storm was brewing.
Su Xiao slowly drew the Dragon-Slaying Flash from his waist. Cyan Steel Shadow energy surged along the long blade, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground.
A feeling of being locked onto appeared. That sniper had arrived. The exact location was unclear. A sniper of that level would definitely change positions after every shot, unless Su Xiao was suppressed in battle, only then might the sniper risk a follow-up shot.
"I'm Connie, a 'wandering soul' who can't live without support."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. His gaze was fixed on the twin short blades in the enemy's hands. Those two short blades gave him a considerable sense of threat.
With a swoosh, the short blade in Connie's right hand suddenly slashed forward. Precise, swift.
Pfft!
A cut deep enough to reach the bone appeared on Su Xiao's left shoulder. Blood flowed down his arm.
Numbness filled the left side of Su Xiao's body. Those two short blades had a strong paralytic effect, and the attack method was extremely bizarre. That last slash was aimed at Su Xiao's throat; at the critical moment, he dodged by turning sideways.
Just then, the sense of crisis surged. Su Xiao's legs slightly bent, and he leaped backward.
Boom!
Gravel exploded in front of Su Xiao. A bullet embedded itself in the ground. His left arm was crossed in front of his face, using the gap between his fingers to look ahead.
A petite figure charged forward, extremely fast, even leaving a black afterimage.
Before Su Xiao landed, he leaned his body backward in mid-air.
A bullet flew past the tip of his nose. The tip of the bullet just pierced a falling raindrop. The rain exploded, carrying strong kinetic energy that hit Su Xiao's cheek.
With a swoosh, the shattered raindrop cut across Su Xiao's face. As soon as he landed, he held the long blade horizontally in front of him.
Ding, ding, ding...
A storm of slashes came from in front of Su Xiao. He continuously parried with his long blade, stepping backward repeatedly.
With a crack, Su Xiao stepped on a stone fragment while retreating. Connie, who was wildly slashing with her twin blades, brightened. Black smoke surged on her body surface.
As a Blade Grandmaster, would Su Xiao show such a flaw? The answer was absolutely impossible.
'Blade Path Sword...'
Su Xiao's long blade thrust downward. Connie was instantly enveloped in black smoke, her perception entirely focused on Su Xiao's blade.
Thump!
Su Xiao's unexpected side kick directly struck Connie's side waist. Her petite body was kicked into a C-shape, flying sideways.
With a crack, the crystal layer on Su Xiao's side waist was shattered. A bullet entered his abdomen and exited from the lower back on the other side.
Su Xiao emerged unscathed from the Space Penetration state, but the distant sniper hindered him from finishing the kill.
Connie held her lower abdomen with one hand as she walked out of the hole in the building. The area she had passed through was plowed into a ditch, which prevented her from being kicked too far.
"Pfft."
Connie spat out a small mouthful of blood, took two deep breaths, and selectively ignored the dull pain at her side waist.
"Here it comes."
A smile appeared on Connie's small face, revealing two dimples.
Black raindrops fell from the sky.
Crack!
A blood-red lightning bolt tore across the sky.
Rumble...
The entire city of Aisenra began to tremble. A black and red metal door suddenly appeared behind Su Xiao. This was the Dark Prison Gate manifested using the Bronze Door as a medium, Sphinx's trump card.
Thump!
A shockwave spread out. Su Xiao felt his heart struck heavily. Countless black energy threads surged out from the Dark Prison Gate, enveloping Su Xiao. There was no chance to dodge.
Sphinx chose to expose himself to danger. Baha had already gone to find him. What Sphinx was doing now was a fight to the death with Su Xiao.
Sphinx had his own pride. He could lose to Su Xiao, but he wouldn't allow himself to wait for death with his eyes closed. Even if he was going to die, he intended to drag Su Xiao down to the Dark Prison with him.
[Warning: The Hunter is being 'assimilated' by the Dark Prison Gate. Instant death effect being judged...]
[Blade Grandmaster·Soul Blade has immune this instant death judgment. Soul Blade has entered a cooldown state and will remain dormant for 15 natural days.]
...
The black energy threads detached from Su Xiao's body surface and retracted into the Dark Prison Gate.
"The Dark Prison Gate. According to records in the Old Mystery Codex, it can forcibly strip the 'life' from living beings. The Mad Sage died from the assimilation of the Dark Prison Gate. Stripping life can also be understood as an instant death judgment."
Su Xiao wiped the bloodstains on his face with his thumb. Without the 'Soul Blade' ability, he would never have come to Aisenra City after the Bronze Door appeared, because that would be walking to his death.
The last black energy thread detached from Su Xiao's body surface. Seeing this, the smile on Connie's face had long since frozen.
The Holy Light Paradise squad watching from a distance, that is, Luluxi and the others, could all feel how desperate Connie was at this moment. At this instant, Luluxi deeply understood just how terrifying the Hunters of Reincarnation Paradise were.