Chapter 49: The Fisherman's Gain?
Upon seeing the information on the Ancient God, Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. His physical attributes were completely suppressed, but as a Technique Type, he had no fear of this.
The real trouble was the Blood God's three abilities: Soul·Blood Control, Blood Resonance, and Corrosive Blood·Darkness.
Soul·Blood Control was a large-scale erosion ability. As long as he fought the Blood God, he couldn't avoid this ability. Corrosive Blood·Darkness could be used both at range and up close, capable of both ultra-wide-range attacks and concentrated strikes to increase attack power.
However, in Su Xiao's view, the most troublesome was 'Blood Resonance.' This ability was almost unsolvable for melee combatants. It could repel all nearby enemies, and it was an unconditional forced repulsion. Even worse, its cooldown was only 3 seconds.
What did 3 seconds mean? After Su Xiao broke through the Corrosive Blood's attack and got close to the Blood God, he would be repelled. By the time he broke through the Corrosive Blood again, the Blood God's Blood Resonance would have already recovered.
Given the current situation, fleeing without a fight was absolutely impossible. Today, either the Blood God died, or Su Xiao's path to becoming stronger would end here.
The Blood God, floating in mid-air, descended. Its appearance hadn't changed much. Its chest had rib-like exoskeleton, its back was covered in bone spikes nearly a meter long, and its head was encased in exoskeleton, with only its eyes unprotected.
Although the Blood God was four meters tall, its overall proportions were very coordinated, exuding a sense of pressure without appearing cumbersome.
Su Xiao slightly lowered his body. A hundred meters away, surging black Corrosive Blood surrounded the Blood God. This was its strongest weapon.
There was no pre-battle provocation or mutual introduction. The Blood God pushed its large hand forward, and the pitch-black Corrosive Blood surged toward Su Xiao like a tidal wave. Along the way, some of the Corrosive Blood transformed into spikes.
Boom, boom, boom.
After three air bursts, three Corrosive Blood spikes flew past Su Xiao, their speed unbelievable. If not for Su Xiao's keen Instinct, he would never have dodged them.
Just as Su Xiao prepared to charge forward, he noticed that the Blood God, standing on a large patch of Corrosive Blood, wasn't moving toward him but was rapidly approaching the distant spatial passage.
When the formation barrier was still intact, the Blood God wouldn't leave the Dark Prison. But now that the barrier was broken, reaching the outside world was more advantageous for it because there were more living beings outside, which could be converted into more Corrosive Blood.
Su Xiao naturally wouldn't let his enemy have its way. He vanished on the spot and shot straight toward the Blood God.
Boom!
A shockwave came rushing head-on, sending Su Xiao flying backward. Mid-air, he adjusted his posture, landing in a half-crouch and sliding over ten meters before stopping.
'One time.'
Su Xiao mentally noted the number of times the Blood God had used Blood Resonance. Each use consumed 5,000 points of Ancient God energy. This was the key to victory.
As soon as Su Xiao steadied himself, the Blood God, standing on the large patch of Corrosive Blood, had already reached the spatial passage and stepped inside.
"Amu, end the fight as soon as possible."
"Moo!"
In the distance, Amu, who was locked in battle with the Soul, let out a loud roar and swung his Dragonheart Axe even more fiercely. The Soul was in a tragic situation. Even after becoming stronger, it still couldn't overpower Amu. Within Su Xiao's team, aside from Su Xiao himself, Amu was the strongest.
"Boss, I'll go with you. Don't worry, I'll hide in the alternate space and occasionally launch 'mental attacks.'"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't respond. He just quickly strode toward the spatial passage. After passing through it, he saw dozens of withered corpses. Viper wasn't among them; he had already evacuated with Librarian Commons.
Rushing through the underground passage, Su Xiao reached the hall on the first floor of the headquarters. The Blood God, standing on a large patch of Corrosive Blood, was right in the center of the hall.
Outside the headquarters' windows, it was pitch black, even though it was daytime. This showed the impact the Ancient God had on this world. Of course, this wasn't directly related to Su Xiao. What he needed to do was kill this Ancient God, complete the main mission, and obtain the kill reward.
The Blood God raised its right arm. All the Corrosive Blood beneath it gathered together, forming a four-meter-long blood spear in its hand. The front third of this spear was a double-sided blood blade, while the lower two-thirds were a black handle as thick as a goose egg. For the Blood God's large hand, this handle was very suitable.
This spear was called 'Blood Demon.' Being wounded by it was no joke.
The Blood God held the Blood Demon with one hand. The exoskeleton on its head covered all its expressions. Perhaps the Blood God had no expressions at all. The only thing that reflected its emotional fluctuations was its blood-red eye flames.
Inside the alternate space, Baha was observing the situation outside. Although it was like looking through a layer of glass, it could still clearly see the outside.
"Oh, damn, are all Ancient Gods this fierce? Melee combat?"
Baha was a bit stunned. Historically, few Ancient Gods dared to engage Su Xiao in melee combat. The last one, the Nightmare God, tried and ended up dead, not peacefully either. It was pinned to the ground by the Dragon-Slaying Flash, still twitching.
The Blood God, holding the Blood Demon, suddenly raised its arm and swept the spear horizontally. Keep in mind, it was dozens of meters away from Su Xiao.
Suddenly, Su Xiao felt a sense of crisis. He immediately sidestepped to dodge. A blood-red flash suddenly appeared and slashed past him.
With a loud crash, over a dozen walls behind him were sliced through. Rubble fell. Looking through the blood-red slash-shaped hole, he could clearly see the situation outside the headquarters.
Su Xiao slightly lowered his body. Just as he was about to charge forward, a sense of crisis came from above.
With a tearing sound, a spike formed from Corrosive Blood stabbed down from above. The Blood God hadn't used all its Corrosive Blood to construct the Blood Demon. Clearly, it still had some sense and knew not to engage a Law Destroyer in melee combat.
A stinging sensation spread throughout Su Xiao's body. His blood seemed about to boil. This wasn't because he was getting excited, but because of the Blood God's ability.
Feeling the physical boiling of his blood and the pressure from ahead, Su Xiao was in even better condition. Since his battle with the Source Guardian, it had been a long time since he had fought a powerful enemy that could threaten his life.
Crack, crack, crack~
Cracks appeared on the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet. The next moment, he turned into an afterimage and appeared in front of the Blood God. As long as he was fast enough, the Corrosive Blood surging from above couldn't harm him.
8 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters. Successfully closed in.
The red light in the Blood God's eyes intensified. A shockwave spread around it. It was Blood Resonance.
With a boom, the shockwave expanded. The Watch Guild headquarters instantly shattered, and building debris flew in all directions.
Su Xiao immediately entered the Space Penetration state and swung his long blade at the Blood God. The moment the repulsive force of Blood Resonance disappeared, he exited the Space Penetration state, and his long blade had already reached the Blood God's neck.
Clang!
The long blade in Su Xiao's hand stopped right in front of the Blood God's neck, failing to cut its body. The blade was blocked by a bone spike that had just grown beside its neck. This was an extremely powerful defensive ability. At the very least, it could block one slash from the Dragon-Slaying Flash.
A black hand formed from Corrosive Blood grabbed at Su Xiao from the side. He immediately leaped back to get out of the Blood God's melee attack range. Although the Blood God showed no sign of swinging the Blood Demon, he still had to be cautious.
The Corrosive Blood hand suddenly changed as it grabbed, transforming from a hand into a giant beast with wings on its back, pouncing at Su Xiao from the side.
The giant beast was still in mid-pounce when it reverted to a large patch of Corrosive Blood. Su Xiao had no way to avoid it, so he could only form a crystal layer on his side. One attack with three transformations was truly troublesome.
Su Xiao judged that this Ancient God was once a ruthless character who treated battle as a daily routine. It was definitely not like the Nightmare God, which relied on its innate power to fight, nor the Moon God, which was powerful but had been a ten-thousand-year homebody, resulting in a lack of combat experience.
The Corrosive Blood surged onto Su Xiao. He turned his head with all his strength to prevent the Corrosive Blood from getting on his face. Even so, his health suddenly dropped by a chunk. At the same time, the Blood God not far away raised the Blood Demon in its hand, the blood-red blade tip aimed at Su Xiao.
Boom!
Su Xiao felt as if he had been hit by something. The crystal layer on his chest shattered. Mid-air, the binding sensation on his body intensified. The Corrosive Blood clinging to him was tightening.
With a crackling sound, Cyan Steel Shadow Energy surged across Su Xiao's body surface. The Corrosive Blood on him reverted to normal blood and scattered.
While flying backward, Su Xiao held his long blade horizontally in front of him, his gaze focused. At the same time, a pitch-black energy ball was forming beside the Blood God. It looked like this energy ball was about to be completed and would severely wound Su Xiao. But this timing was exactly what Su Xiao had been waiting for.
'Blade Path Sword: Flow!'
A graceful wind scar slashed through. The Blood God's energy fluctuation paused. The black energy ball beside it exploded, causing it to stagger half a step to the side.
The Blood God wasn't injured. It controlled its own abilities too well. Even when interrupted, it managed to redirect the energy's discharge direction in a short time. Moreover, it even used the chaotic energy impact to partially block the slashing force of 'Blade Path Sword: Flow.'
A slash mark spanning the Blood God's entire chest appeared. Under the slash of 'Blade Path Sword: Flow,' the exoskeleton defense couldn't hold.
Dark red blood splattered from the Blood God's chest. It clenched its left hand, and all its own blood quickly seeped back into the wound on its chest.
Su Xiao, holding his blade, had already charged forward again, appearing in front of the Blood God. His aura became especially sharp.
'Blade Path Sword: Extreme.'
'Blood Resonance.'
With a boom, Su Xiao was forced back, repelled by Blood Resonance.
The third time. Su Xiao had been repelled by Blood Resonance three times. He remembered this clearly. This meant the Blood God had consumed at least 15,000 points of Ancient God energy. If he used Azure Shadow King now, one scythe would deal at least 36,000 points of True Damage.
Not enough. The Blood God hadn't consumed enough Ancient God energy yet. Su Xiao needed to continue accumulating, aiming to kill the Blood God with one scythe strike, leaving it no chance to counterattack.
But before that, the few prying gazes nearby needed to be dealt with.
Su Xiao flicked his long blade, his eyes fixed on the Blood God. Dozens of meters away, the Blood God raised its hand, and a stream of Corrosive Blood flew to the side. A dozen seconds later, three Contractors several hundred meters away all died.
Watching from the sidelines, waiting for both big bosses to be near death, then reaping the benefits as a fisherman? That simply didn't exist.
Su Xiao lowered his body, his long blade held horizontally in front of him. The life-and-death struggle continued. The little interlude just now could be considered a halftime break.