Chapter 40: Hitting Teammates, Protecting Enemies
Bai Bosha floated in midair, unconcerned about being attacked at the moment, thanks to one of her equipment pieces and the multiple layers of defensive abilities provided by her teammates.
With a crackling sound, blood-red feathers shattered beside Su Xiao, the fragments flying toward Bai Bosha and clinging to her body surface, but not yet activating.
Su Xiao was locked in a chaotic melee with a group of contractors, blade auras crisscrossing. With each slash, he shifted position, leveraging the speed advantage brought by Azure Shadow King.
Crack, crack, crack~
Black rock spread, encasing Su Xiao's entire right arm. This black rock was very heavy, severely affecting his balance.
Su Xiao smashed the rock with his sword hilt, shattering the black rock on his left arm, but his health suddenly dropped by a small chunk.
"He has no other tricks left. Before he uses his second-stage ultimate ability, blast him to pieces!"
Adeli stood atop a statue, arms crossed, with scattered light particles around him making him appear bathed in sunlight. But suddenly, the scattered sunlight was no longer warm, instead causing a stinging pain all over Adeli's body.
[Warning: You have received healing from an ally. You will take 3.17% of your maximum health per second as true healing damage.]
Seeing this prompt, a momentary confusion appeared in Adeli's eyes. He had genuinely never seen true healing damage before.
"Ah!"
A severely injured contractor with a broken leg sat on the ground wailing.
"Bai Bosha, what the hell, why are you poisonous?!"
"Stop, stop immediately, I'm going to die."
"Traitor! This poison healer is a traitor! Bai Bosha, I misjudged you."
The widespread true damage caused the Holy Hall Adventure Group's encirclement formation to collapse. The healer, Bai Bosha, was certainly not stupid, but the current situation was completely beyond her control.
Her ability called 'Angel Descent' could be interrupted, but if interrupted, the Holy Angel attached to her back would fully spread its sacred wings, restoring 27% of allies' maximum health within range—meaning dealing 27% of maximum health as true damage, which would be absolutely devastating.
Bai Bosha suspected that if she interrupted now, she would doom many teammates. But if she didn't interrupt, she would deal 3.17% of maximum health per second as true healing damage to all allies, while restoring 15.85% health per second to enemies.
Bai Bosha's pupils dilated, and the light she emitted dimmed significantly. This was her forcibly suppressing the Holy Angel attached to her back. Indeed, her efforts had some effect—her teammates below began taking 0.8% of maximum health per second as true damage, which was the limit she could achieve.
"Hold on... I'm peeling off the Holy Angel."
Bai Bosha was clever. She knew something was wrong with herself. If she could separate the Holy Angel, it would produce indiscriminate healing effects. Even if it healed enemies, it would be a hundred times better than dealing true damage to allies.
It could be said that Bai Bosha had done her best. Unfortunately, an assassination-type contractor hiding behind the crowd suddenly collapsed—he had been literally healed to death.
Amid the crowd, an explosion detonated in front of Su Xiao. From earlier on, he had stopped caring much about enemy attacks, since his health was already fully restored.
"Dead Silence."
As Su Xiao spoke, he clenched his left fist, and a wave spread from the Black King Bracer.
The surroundings suddenly fell silent. All contractors within 600 meters of Su Xiao felt a chill in their hearts, with an impulse to turn and flee.
Whispering sounds appeared in the air, chaotic and unintelligible.
Within the 600-meter radius centered on Su Xiao, the world turned gray and black. Cotton-like substances drifted across the ground. This area was being assimilated and eroded.
Rows of inverted pointed buildings appeared in the sky, like an upside-down mirage. Everyone who saw these buildings felt a chill in their hearts.
Su Xiao released his longsword, which stuck into the ground. His right hand hung naturally, and an ancient-looking firearm appeared in his hand. This gun was called 'Dead Silence Extinction,' a product of combining the Dead Silence Descent ability with his gun proficiency.
Dead Silence Extinction was entirely black, covered in blood patterns, resembling an elongated flintlock, but it held 5 bullets.
Its characteristic was: initially loaded with 5 Extinction Bullets. Each enemy killed replenished one bullet and temporarily increased attack power by 28 points.
The colors within the alternate space dimmed. Su Xiao raised his right arm, aiming Dead Silence Extinction at a melee-type contractor.
Bang!
An Extinction Bullet pierced through this melee-type's head. He was already suffering 5% to 23% of maximum health per second as erosion damage. Now hit by an Extinction Bullet, combined with the friendly healer's assault from above, this melee-type's head shattered, killing him instantly. His broken skull splattered like rotten wood.
Dead Silence Extinction automatically reloaded a bullet, and its attack power increased by 28 points. Su Xiao shifted his aim toward a summoning-type contractor.
Bang, bang, bang...
Dead Silence Extinction fired bullets in rapid succession. Contractors around Su Xiao fell like cut wheat. Just then, holy light descended from above—Bai Bosha had separated the Holy Angel, making it an independent entity.
Healing effects began to fall again, but before they could affect the contractors, they were eroded by the power of Dead Silence, dissipating into the air.
The contractors desperately wanted to attack Su Xiao, but they were being eroded by Dead Silence power. Forget attacking—their ears were ringing, and everything before their eyes was double-visioned.
After twelve consecutive shots, Dead Silence Extinction's attack power had reached more than twice that of a Holy Spirit-level weapon. Su Xiao aimed at a blond man and pulled the trigger.
Bang! An Extinction Bullet tore through the air. Due to Su Xiao's shooting angle, this bullet first pierced the blond man's chest, then penetrated the neck of a contractor behind him, and finally pierced the head of a healing-type contractor before embedding into the statue behind them.
After completing a one-shot triple kill, Su Xiao turned the gun toward a tank-type contractor. He couldn't clearly see the tank's appearance—the guy was completely hidden behind a large shield.
He pulled the trigger. The Extinction Bullet left the chamber, hit the enemy's shield, and the Holy Spirit-level shield was pierced through. Dead Silence Extinction's attack power was simply terrifying at this point.
The Extinction Bullet pierced the main tank's chest. His shattered heart decayed, causing the main tank to take nearly 7 times the critical hit damage, killing him on the spot.
Pfft.
A rapier pierced through Su Xiao's lower abdomen—thrown from a distance by an enemy. He responded with a shot, and the silver-haired woman wielding twin rapiers didn't even have time to grunt before she was dead.
Once Dead Silence Extinction got going, no one could stop it. Su Xiao suspected that with its current attack power, he himself could probably only withstand about two shots.
When Dead Silence Descent had only 2 seconds remaining, only three enemies were left: the healer Bai Bosha, Star Girl, and Adeli.
"Tch~"
Star Girl spun her rifle, aimed the muzzle at her own head, and with a gunshot, she collapsed to the ground.
Bang.
An Extinction Bullet blasted through Bai Bosha's body. With her survivability, her health was instantly emptied.
When Dead Silence Descent had only 1 second left, Su Xiao aimed Dead Silence Extinction at Adeli.
"I know how to deal with Ancient Gods, don't kill—"
Adeli's words were cut short.
Boom.
The Extinction Bullet pierced through Adeli's head. He took a step back, his entire head covered in cracks like rotten wood.
As Adeli fell dead, the surrounding alternate space began to collapse. A breeze blew, and the scene returned to the wilderness outside Sodo City.
Dead Silence Extinction dissipated in Su Xiao's hand. He pulled out the Dragon-Slaying Flash from beside his foot, wiped the dirt off the blade, and sheathed the longsword. He looked around and saw Amu, one shoulder carrying the Dragonheart Axe, the other hand holding the Ice Shield. Clearly, the contractors attacking them had been driven back. Amu's damage reflection ability easily caused contractors to become frustrated.
[Tip: You have killed more than half of the members of the 'Holy Hall Adventure Group.']
[You have obtained 20% of the items in the 'Holy Hall Adventure Group's' team storage space (randomly drawn). This must be claimed after returning to Reincarnation Paradise.]
[You have obtained 42,000 team experience points.]
[Current team experience: 42,000/50,000 points.]