Chapter 81: The Saint at a Bloody Loss
A crystalline layer spread across Su Xiao's left arm, climbing near the wound of the severed limb, quickly forming a half-crystalline arm. Banishment split into particles the size of dust, mixing within the crystalline arm.
Su Xiao raised his arm, moving the pale blue, semi-transparent crystalline fingers. By controlling Banishment, he made the crystalline arm move, and the effect was quite good.
Using his blade, he pried the Black King Bracer from the ground and put it on his left arm. At a glance, no one could tell that his left forearm was severed.
His health was only 41.8%. That bullet had blasted away nearly half his health, and that was even with him dodging the vital spot. The quality of that bullet was absurdly high.
If Su Xiao was in a bad state, the Nameless Saint was even worse. His heart had been pierced, and the blade that stabbed into his neck had severed his jugular vein.
If not for the emergency life-support system in his kinetic armor, he would already be half-crippled.
"Not a big problem. Continue."
The Nameless Saint glanced at Afuni. In five minutes, this healer could reinforce him.
When he saw Afuni's current situation, he nearly fainted from rage. Afuni was fighting the summoned creature she had created herself.
The plant girl Afuni had summoned initially had 90 points of loyalty, enough for combat support, even as cannon fodder.
But after Afuni gave her a "poison heal," the plant girl's loyalty plummeted to 41 points, dropping by more than half. The plant girl's gaze toward Afuni turned hostile.
Afuni's plan was to stall as long as possible, so after 23.5 seconds, she healed the plant girl again.
This poison heal was brutal. The plant girl's loyalty dropped directly to -3 points. Afuni was dumbfounded. Her thought at the time was: Can loyalty go negative?
The answer was yes. Blood Feather's ability was "Malicious Harm (Active)." Afuni's heal caused the plant girl to feel pain, malice, and confusion.
After Afuni's second poison heal, the plant girl became completely chaotic and started attacking Afuni.
Watching Afuni, who was now beating the plant girl into the ground, the Nameless Saint closed the image before him. Out of sight, out of mind, to avoid getting angry.
Dense slashes came at the Nameless Saint. The cross-spear in his hand almost formed a circular shield. If comparing overall strength, to be fair, the Nameless Saint was stronger than the Twin Stars. He was simply too wealthy.
The roar of battle continued. Su Xiao and the Nameless Saint clashed. The clang of blades and explosions were endless. Various disposable items were used by the Nameless Saint.
After a few minutes of melee, the Nameless Saint flew out of the combat circle. His kinetic armor was covered in slash marks, sparks of electricity jumping. More interestingly, the cross-spear in his hand was now held by Su Xiao.
Su Xiao held the Dragon-Slaying Flash in his right hand and the cross-spear in his left. Golden lightning surged along the spear.
Su Xiao dared to use the enemy's weapon because his left forearm was now a crystalline arm. Even if there was backlash, he could immediately dissolve this arm.
The Nameless Saint's heart ached. Although the enemy couldn't obtain his weapon, if he couldn't retrieve it and was eliminated, he would lose this weapon forever. This wasn't a derivative world of the Apocalypse Paradise, nor a primordial world. This was the Strongest Battle Royale. This wasn't the Apocalypse Paradise's territory; there was no room for negotiation. That was a +14 Holy Spirit-ranked weapon, embedded with three Holy Spirit-ranked gems. Even if the Nameless Saint was wealthy, he couldn't afford such a loss.
This was also why the Nameless Saint disliked fighting technique-type enemies. He wasn't good at that aspect. He had a history of having his weapon taken before, though he had killed that enemy afterward.
The Nameless Saint fought using high-tech equipment + Psychic Sense + survivability. He didn't rely solely on equipment. For example, with this kinetic armor, if someone else wore it, they could unleash 100% of its power. When he wore it, he could unleash at least 300% of its power and even activate the armor to a certain degree, turning it from a complete mechanical creation into a half-living thing. That was his core ability, "Psychic Sense."
Without this ability, this kinetic armor would have been scrapped after being slashed to this extent by Su Xiao, and it wouldn't have such strong slash resistance.
The Nameless Saint's kinetic armor was good at everything—resisting slashes, high temperatures, corrosion, etc. Its only weakness was poor penetration resistance. Unfortunately, after just a few rounds of combat, his enemy had noticed this.
That was why the Nameless Saint hated fighting technique-type enemies. Such enemies countered him. He could only rely on various items to hold on.
After only a few minutes of fighting, the Nameless Saint had used 19 disposable items. The cheapest one was Epic rank with a 605 rating.
"The debuff state is over."
Afuni shouted, stepping on the plant girl, who was now barely recognizable. It could be said that this plant girl was the unluckiest temporary summon in history. If she weren't a plant lifeform, she wouldn't have lasted this long.
It seemed Afuni had perfectly resolved the crisis, but in reality, she was faking it. She had a way out. If the Nameless Saint died, she would immediately drop her Overlord Medal and flee.
In Afuni's view, the Nameless Saint was just an "honest guy" from the Apocalypse Paradise. If he weren't so strong, she wouldn't have compromised at all.
"Good."
The Nameless Saint felt a surge of excitement. His only thought was to retrieve his weapon quickly. He couldn't hold on much longer.
A mass of blue water-type energy appeared in Afuni's hand. The next moment, this energy flew above the Nameless Saint. This was the ultimate move among Afuni's healing abilities.
Blue light surged, and the corners of the Nameless Saint's mouth lifted. With Afuni's cover, he was confident he could fight Su Xiao.
Whoosh. The blue light sphere, half a meter in diameter, suddenly flew away. From above the Nameless Saint, it flew above Su Xiao. Su Xiao received a notification.
[Notification: You have received the protection of "Water of Life Source." Over the next 10 seconds, your health will recover at a rate of 650 points per second, and your injury recovery speed will be greatly increased.]
At a high point of the canyon, Bubu Wang, blending into the environment, remained in a prone position to avoid being caught in the crossfire. That blue light sphere had been controlled by him.
Skill 2, Life Energy Manipulation (Active, Lv. 57): Bubuteni can forcibly control the flight trajectory of healing-type energy and change the target of this healing effect.
...
This was Bubu Wang's new ability. In his perception, that blue light sphere was easier to control than flying energy. It not only had a flight trajectory but also persisted.
Bubu Wang looked at Afuni, a hundred meters away. He planned to harass her, preventing this healer from having any room to operate.
Above Su Xiao, the blue light sphere scattered light particles. The penetrating wound on his shoulder healed quickly.
"This is also... an accident?"
The hand under the Nameless Saint's kinetic armor began to tremble. Before, it could be explained by a debuff state, but now five minutes had passed.
As soon as the Nameless Saint finished speaking, Su Xiao suddenly appeared in front of him.
Clang!
The long blade slashed at the Nameless Saint's neck, cutting through the outer armor, embedding three centimeters into the flesh before being stopped by an energy shield.
Su Xiao pulled his blade hand. Because the Dragon-Slashing Flash was stuck in the energy shield, the Nameless Saint's body uncontrollably lurched forward.
Sizzle. The energy shield was slashed open by the long blade, creating large cracks. Its durability dropped below 10%.
The cross-spear in Su Xiao's other hand thrust forward. The heavily cracked energy shield shattered. The light in the gaps of the kinetic armor dimmed. Clearly, this energy shield had caused the kinetic armor to suffer "energy overload" in a short time.
Pfft.
An arm wrapped in kinetic armor flew off. The Nameless Saint slapped his chest with his remaining arm. Blue flames burst out, and he successfully retreated.
"It's yours."
The armor plates on the Nameless Saint's hand opened, and the Overlord Medal emerged. Even if he was eliminated, he wanted to be eliminated as the fifth-place contestant.
"My weapon."
The Nameless Saint's meaning was simple: trade the Overlord Medal for the cross-spear in Su Xiao's hand.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. The Nameless Saint's cheek twitched. He knew in his heart that this +14 Holy Spirit-ranked weapon had fallen into a wolf's den. He couldn't get it back. As for continuing to fight, he would die. He would definitely die.