Chapter 60: Blood Blade
The Dark Prison Gate closed, slowly dissipating into the air. Sfenk's trump card was insidious and sudden.
When the Violator Alliance was blasted back by Su Xiao, if it had been anyone else, they would have fled overnight. Sfenk not only didn't flee but instead laid out a counter-strategy in a short time.
Unfortunately, Sfenk lost. The reason was that he couldn't find any obvious weaknesses in Su Xiao, aside from his low Charm attribute.
Or rather, Sfenk had already tried to eliminate Su Xiao through this point. Charm Illusion was his attempt in this regard. The result was not optimistic—no, it was terrible. Not only did the assassination fail, but it also aided the enemy. No wonder Sfenk wanted to kill Charm Illusion.
"Let's continue."
Connie slowly exhaled, and the next moment, she vanished from her spot.
Bang!
The air rippled in layers as it was pierced. Before Connie could even charge forward, a bullet flew toward Su Xiao. When he sensed it, the bullet was at most five meters from his head.
This bullet's flight speed was incredibly fast, fundamentally different from the previous two shots.
'Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade.'
Su Xiao vanished from his spot. The instant he disappeared, the ground where he had stood only then dented, exploding with a boom into a large area of cracks.
Crimson feathers drifted down in midair. In reality, these were crystallized forms of blade aura and blood energy. When Su Xiao burst forth at super-high speed, they served as protection. After fulfilling this mission, the crystals shattered. Due to the nature of blood energy, they appeared like crimson feathers when dissipating, but they were actually crystals.
Thud!
A bullet over ten centimeters long embedded into the ground. With the bullet's impact point as the center, the surrounding ground exploded. If that shot had hit Su Xiao's head, the battle would have been over.
With a plop, a petite figure fell to the ground, blood spreading beneath her.
"How could... there be such speed? Only 132 points of True Agility, even with ability support..."
Connie raised her arm to push herself up from the ground, but she immediately sensed something wrong. Her left arm had lost all feeling.
Connie wasn't paralyzed by Cyan Steel Shadow Energy. Her left arm was lying quietly in front of her, the pale little hand still gripping a short blade.
Clang!
A blade aura slashed toward Connie. She leaped up from the ground, the advantage of her petite body showing now—she was relatively light.
A slash mark passed under Connie's feet, extending over ten meters before stopping. It carved a trench in the ground that wasn't wide but was bottomless. Connie's severed arm, along with the short blade it held, fell into the trench.
Su Xiao was now standing over ten meters away. After obtaining the fifth-level usage permission of the Land of All Beings, he had spent over two million Paradise Coins to perfect two sword techniques: one was Blade Path Sword: Azure Demon, and the other was Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade.
Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade was originally a charging-type sword technique, so Su Xiao pushed its charging ability to the extreme—an ultra-fast charging slash.
Against melee-type enemies or when surrounded by two to three enemies, Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade was very useful. However, using this move consumed a lot of stamina. Even with Su Xiao's current physical condition, he couldn't use it consecutively in a short time. Using it once or twice a day was within acceptable limits.
Raindrops fell from the sky. That bullet just now was clearly the sniper's ultimate move from afar. Su Xiao was sure of this because the faint locking sensation had disappeared. That sniper had gone silent.
Tap, tap, tap...
Connie stepped quickly across the slightly wet ground. With only one arm left, she charged straight at Su Xiao, not a trace of fear in her eyes.
Although Connie looked cute, she slashed like a mad dog, incredibly fast.
When Connie was only five meters away from Su Xiao, she suddenly slashed the air. Su Xiao had been on guard for this. He activated his full perception while a crystal layer spread over his body, ready to deploy.
With a crack, shattered crystal fragments flew from Su Xiao's collarbone. A slash mark appeared. The wound wasn't deep, but it had a paralyzing effect.
Taking this opportunity, Connie closed in on Su Xiao, her single arm wielding the short blade in a frenzy of slashes.
Clang, clang, clang...
Sparks flashed one after another. Connie delivered over a hundred slashes in a very short time, yet not a single one hit Su Xiao.
With a clatter, Connie's slashing stopped. The reason was that a strange force had appeared on her hand, coming from the short blade, pulling her forward.
Sizzle~
The edges of the two blades scraped past each other. The short blade's edge instantly turned red-hot. This wasn't a difference in weapons but a gap between their users.
Connie leaned back with all her strength to avoid being pulled over by Su Xiao's sword technique. But as soon as she leaned back, her enemy had already closed in.
"Not good..."
Connie tried to twist her body to the side, but it was too late.
Boom!
Su Xiao stomped his foot onto Connie's chest, pressing her, who was leaning back, directly onto the ground.
Broken stones splashed around Connie. Sour liquid surged from her mouth as her petite body was crushed into the ground.
Dragon-Slaying Flash flipped in Su Xiao's hand. The long blade thrust downward, heading straight for Connie's head.
The sharp tip rapidly approached in Connie's eyes. Her combat experience allowed her to suppress the urge to close her eyes.
At this critical moment, a bullet flew in from afar.
Su Xiao straightened his body. The bullet passed in front of his face, the wind pressure ruffling his black hair. This shot was a bit off. For a sniper of that level, making such a mistake was enough to warrant jumping into a cesspool to drown.
Flames exploded in the distance. Seeing this, Su Xiao knew that Amu had found that sniper.
Crack!
Su Xiao exerted force with his foot. The crisp sound of bone breaking came, followed by a feeling of stepping through empty air. Black smoke dissipated beneath his foot.
Connie appeared over ten meters away from Su Xiao, kneeling on one knee, clearly having difficulty breathing. Now, only she was left to fight Su Xiao one-on-one.
"Continue!"
Blood dripped from Connie's chin. She charged at Su Xiao for the third time.
One minute later.
Boom!
Connie was sent flying by Su Xiao's slash, tumbling several times on the ground before stopping.
Black smoke surged from Connie's body. Her eyes turned pure black. If they were to compare Agility and Strength attributes now, she would be a notch higher than Su Xiao. Unfortunately, the gap in technique couldn't be bridged. Both were Blade Grandmasters, but in actual combat, there was a significant difference.
The reason for this was that Connie's Grandmaster-level ability was forcibly piled up with resources. The biggest difference between her and Su Xiao was that she had never trained in the Land of All Beings, resulting in poor subsequent development of her Blade Grandmaster skills.
The Land of All Beings was a place unique to Reincarnation Paradise. As for the Paradise Coins Su Xiao had spent there, he couldn't even remember the amount.
Every time Su Xiao sold permanent enhancement potions, the proceeds were spent in the Land of All Beings. To be clear, the net profit from each sale of permanent enhancement potions was at least over 1.5 million, and with good luck, around 2 million Paradise Coins.
This kind of expenditure wasn't once or twice. Ever since Su Xiao obtained the usage permission for the Land of All Beings, he did this every time he returned to Reincarnation Paradise.
The massive investment of Paradise Coins allowed Su Xiao to refine and solidify his understanding of sword techniques. The Blade Path Sword series of techniques was the result: Blade Path Sword: Time (control), Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade (ultra-fast charge), Blade Path Sword: Azure Demon (rapid instant slash), and a whole series of sword techniques. All were the fruits of Su Xiao's Paradise Coin expenditure and hard work.
Now, Connie was being crushed to the ground. This was actually fair. Or rather, Su Xiao's investment in sword techniques was enough to astonish anyone of the same rank.
Clang!
Sparks flew. Connie's single arm holding the blade went completely numb, and the short blade slipped from her hand.
"You're really strong."
Connie, flying backward, suddenly said this. Before she landed, Su Xiao had already appeared behind her.
'Blade Path Sword: Slay.'
Su Xiao slashed out. With a whoosh, a crimson chain of light was unleashed, engulfing Connie.
When the crimson chain of light disappeared, Connie fell to the ground.
Blood stained half of Su Xiao's body. The wound on his left shoulder burned with pain. This proved that no matter how cute the enemy was, as long as they were an enemy, the knife cutting into you hurt just the same, was just as lethal.
Hesitating in battle because of an enemy's appearance was very foolish. Moreover, it was an insult to the enemy. The enemy was also risking their life to fight. Battle was about life and death, simple and pure.
"Lost~"
A dense barrage of blade aura slashed toward Connie. The next moment, it engulfed her.
PS: (The power went out at home today, which is why the update is so late. The next two chapters will be updated soon.)