Chapter 64: The Enthusiastic Unicorn People
Tamisa knelt on one knee, staring directly at Su Xiao. She now only wanted to know one thing: why was her enemy so wealthy, when she was clearly stronger than him?
Su Xiao walked toward Tamisa at a moderate pace. Although the enemy had been greatly weakened and was severely injured, he would not let his guard down. Capsizing in a ditch was not an experience he intended to have.
Tamisa, with white cold air rising from her body, took a deep breath, ignoring the intense pain throughout her body, and slowly stood up.
'An opportunity.'
Tamisa's eyes narrowed, and a wave instantly spread out at an extremely fast speed.
Thump~
The wave swept through, and Su Xiao, who had just leaped low, landed. The next instant, he vanished from his spot.
Dragon-Slashing Flash swept horizontally, cutting through the air with a whining sound, heading straight for Tamisa's neck.
Clang, clang.
Sparks flew everywhere. Golden-black light flickered in Tamisa's eyes. This was her only chance, but just as she was about to use some ability.
Bang.
The energy fluctuation on Tamisa dissipated. After being kicked squarely in the abdomen, she raised one hand to block in front of her, preparing to be slashed by Su Xiao, or even have her left arm severed.
The anticipated attack didn't come, which made Tamisa's heart sink. 'Bee Ring' was her only chance to win now, but if the enemy didn't directly strike her body with a weapon, 'Bee Ring' was useless.
Su Xiao stood in mid-air, stepping on the Realm Severing Thread. The ground was temporarily dangerous; a surge of energy was hidden within the stone slabs on the floor. Although it dissipated quickly, the sense of crisis was strong.
The Realm Severing Thread had been fully released from its reel, now entangled among four stone pillars, creating multiple footholds in the air. Su Xiao walked on the thread, looking down at Tamisa below.
Three seconds later, the sense of crisis emanating from the ground and from Tamisa's body disappeared. Su Xiao vanished instantly.
A spatial fluctuation appeared behind Tamisa. In the past, she could have handled this easily, but now her speed was unbelievably slow. She could only threaten the enemy with 'Bee Ring', which had now gone dormant and would need at least five seconds to reactivate.
Pfft.
Blood splattered. A slash wound appeared on Tamisa's back, cutting straight through her outer armor and even reaching her bones. Soul Lightning triggered—was this a coincidence? No, it was almost inevitable.
Golden-black light surged in Tamisa's eyes, and a phantom materialized above her.
Clang, clang, clang, clang...
Vertically and horizontally intersecting pale blue slashing lights appeared, and the phantom above Tamisa was dispersed.
'Blade Path Sword: Time.'
The shockwave spread. Su Xiao had already appeared in front of Tamisa, the distance between them no more than five meters.
After the wave of 'Time' swept through, Tamisa felt as if she were trapped in amber. The surrounding air became somewhat viscous, dust particles floated in the air, and nearby splashed gravel drifted slowly.
'Blade Path Sword: Flow.'
Su Xiao swung his blade at a moderate speed. A somewhat ethereal slashing light cut diagonally across Tamisa's chest, and half of her right arm flew off. Even though 'Flow' was not yet fully developed, its cutting power was formidable.
The fluctuation of 'Time' dissipated, and the surroundings returned to normal. Tamisa fell to the ground with a thud.
The battle wasn't intense. Having endured numerous Eighth Rank items, Tamisa was already at her last gasp. The only reason she could fight until now was her immense strength and her will to fight to the death.
Tamisa lay on her back, blood spreading beneath her. Using her last bit of strength, she raised her left arm and pressed it against her cracked faceplate. She didn't want anyone to see her face. There was no special reason; she simply didn't want to.
Su Xiao took out the [Gate of Heaven] and tossed the activated [Gate of Heaven] toward Tamisa.
With a click, the [Gate of Heaven] locked onto Tamisa's left arm. After doing this, Su Xiao sheathed his long blade and walked toward the main entrance of the hall.
Boom!
An explosion sounded from behind Su Xiao. The wind pressure made his clothes rustle loudly.
The diffusing liquid impact spread, instantly enveloping Tamisa. Her body shattered piece by piece. In the end, only a small piece of her faceplate fell to the ground.
The Realm Severing Thread was retracted. As he walked forward, Su Xiao raised his left hand and grabbed a treasure chest attached to the Banishment.
With a rumble, large stones fell from behind Su Xiao. This hall couldn't hold out any longer. Heaven knows how Tamisa had found this ancient elven ruin from several thousand years ago.
[You have killed Tamisa.]
[You have gained 15.7% World Source.]
[You have gained 715 Soul Coins.]
[You have gained an Overlord Chest.]
Arriving at the main entrance of the hall, Su Xiao began to wait. This wasn't an easy place to leave, but it wasn't too difficult either.
Tamisa was a formidable enemy. Although Su Xiao was somewhat enthusiastic about fighting strong enemies, he wouldn't choose to risk his life while holding so many Eighth Rank items. First, Tamisa was slightly stronger than him. Second, increasing the risk of battle when victory was already assured was a very unwise move.
After waiting for over ten minutes, when the hall had nearly half collapsed, a spatial ripple appeared.
"Finally found it. This damn place was actually in the crevice between two alternate spaces."
Baha rushed out from the spatial ripple and quickly opened a passage leading out of the alternate space.
Light and shadow interweaved before Su Xiao's eyes. When he emerged from the spatial fluctuation, somewhat dazzling sunlight met his eyes, and a burnt smell permeated the air.
Looking around, Su Xiao found himself near a tree stump. The nearly hundred-meter-tall gray tree stump had caught fire.
"Bubu, did you deliver the Black Scales?"
"Woof."
Receiving Bubu Wang's confirmation, Su Xiao leaped onto Barbatos's back. He needed to leave the trial area and withdraw all the Demon Beasts and Demon Flame Dragons here.
The insectoid army marched out of the trial area. When there were still five hours left before the trial ended, Su Xiao returned to the base camp: the Bug Nest.
The expected plan was completed, with even some extra gains. Although there were still places in this world to explore, they were too far away.
Based on the description from the Bee Queen, Avra, Su Xiao learned that to the southwest of the Primordial Continent was the sea. After crossing the sea, one would reach a desolate land. According to Avra, that was the origin place of the Tree of Life.
Su Xiao felt that this desolate land was the hidden area of this world. This world was larger than he had imagined. Completely exploring it was almost impossible due to travel time and the limitations of the trial world.
Sitting cross-legged in a wooden shed near the Bug Nest, Su Xiao began to organize the resources he had obtained this time. Just the Soul Coins alone amounted to 2672, not counting the various items he had acquired.
While waiting, the Reincarnation Paradise notification finally appeared.
[Notification: The Hunter has completed this trial.]
[Trial Main Quest Completion Rate: 301%.]
[The rewards for this trial will be tallied together with the World Settlement.]
[The Hunter is about to return to Reincarnation Paradise. Preparing for teleportation...]
Su Xiao's body gradually became transparent. After a heavy impact on the back of his head, his vision went dark, and the familiar sensation of teleportation appeared.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiao stood up from the carpet in his Exclusive Room. After returning here, his state gradually relaxed. Reincarnation Paradise was absolutely safe, and his Exclusive Room, unless he granted permission, was absolutely impossible for outsiders to enter.
"Meow!"
Beini's cry came. Su Xiao looked at Beini.
"Yaha, what's this thing?"
Baha was quite startled. Looking closely, it turned out to be Beini.
"Woo meow meow!"
Beini was almost on the verge of tears, clearly having had a rough time in the past few days.
"So, how did you leave the trial area? And where did you go after that?"
"Meow~"
Beini began to narrate her ordeal. On the first day of the trial, she encountered the Twin Apes in the swamp area. While fleeing, she accidentally fell into a stone cave and kept falling. When she woke up, she was outside the trial area.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Beini saw a group of primitive people with a single horn on their heads surrounding her. Just as she thought her life was in danger, she found that these primitive people had no hostile intentions.
The Unicorn Primitive People were extremely powerful but friendly. After communicating with Beini across different 'channels', they learned that Beini might have come from the other side of the sea.
Out of kindness in their hearts and recognition of Beini's 'persistence', the Unicorn Primitive People discussed and decided to help her return home. Appreciating Beini's 'courage' to cross the sea alone, they even spared no expense in taking out their tribe's treasure, the 'Living Wood Wanderer', a small wooden boat with extraordinary characteristics.
This small boat was covered with feathers on both sides and had gliding capabilities. Moreover, it was half a living being. While protecting the passenger, fruits would grow on the branches at the bow to help the passenger quench thirst and satisfy hunger at sea.
At that time, Beini was also stunned, but finding that these people were helping her, she gladly agreed.
When Beini saw the 'Living Wood Wanderer' + the sea, she almost shed tears. Despite her fierce resistance, she was eventually pressed onto the 'Living Wood Wanderer'. Three Unicorn Primitive People exerted all their strength to throw the 'Living Wood Wanderer' out. This small boat glided for nearly an hour before smoothly entering the sea.
As he watched Beini leave, the face of the Unicorn Chief was full of a kind and benevolent smile. In his view, this little creature was so happy to know it could go home that it was jumping for joy. What a cute and brave little thing.