Chapter: 0.7 Seconds
Su Xiao silently counted in his mind. It had been 0.7 seconds since the Blood God last used Blood Resonance.
Su Xiao leaped up slightly and delivered a straight kick to the Blood God's lower abdomen.
Bang!
The air blast spread, and the Blood God immediately knelt on one knee, raising a single hand to block in front of itself.
Su Xiao raised his bent right arm and thrust his blade toward the Blood God's head.
Suddenly, a thud echoed in Su Xiao's ears. It wasn't an external sound, but the violent beat of his own heart. This was the Blood God's ability.
Su Xiao abruptly halted. The tip of Dragon-Slaying Flash had already reached the front of the Blood God's pupil flame. If he had just a moment more, he could have pierced through the Blood God's skull.
Blood Spear: Blood-Draining Demon quickly formed in the Blood God's hand, thrusting straight toward Su Xiao's head.
As if breaking free from a lock, Su Xiao leaned back while retreating.
Pfft.
The Blood-Draining Demon pierced through Su Xiao's chest, its tip embedding into the ground behind him.
Suddenly, the Blood-Draining Demon twisted, signaling that the instant-death effect had triggered.
Clang. The long blade in Su Xiao's hand fell to the ground. The light in his eyes rapidly faded, and his head slowly drooped.
The pupil flame in the Blood God's eyes calmed slightly. This arduous battle with the Law Destroyer would be remembered. Even though it had once been immensely powerful, this Law Destroyer, with strength slightly inferior to its own, had fought it to this extent.
The surrounding Blood Erosion surged in, intending to crush Su Xiao into pieces. Until this was done, the Blood God would not stop or let its guard down.
At that moment, the light returned to Su Xiao's eyes. The instant-death effect just now was a soul slash. The Blade Grandmaster Lv.20 ultimate ability, Soul Blade, could exempt him from one soul slash. However, after this, Soul Blade would enter a long cooldown period.
At the start of the battle, Su Xiao suspected that the instant death from Blood Erosion was a soul slash. Reason one: Blood Erosion attacks carried soul damage. Reason two: Blood Erosion inflicted a soul paralysis effect.
After formally engaging, Su Xiao confirmed this, as he also possessed a soul-slashing ability and understood it better. When the Blood-Draining Demon first wounded him, he sensed it. That feeling was unmistakable—it was a soul slash, but it hadn't triggered before.
Su Xiao's right hand clenched empty air. The Dragon-Slashing Flash at his feet stood upright. He grabbed its hilt.
'Blade Path Sword: Time.'
The domain of 'Time' expanded, enveloping the Blood God. The air thickened, making the Blood God feel as if it were trapped in amber.
Since the battle began, Su Xiao had used 'Blade Path Sword: Time' for the first time, waiting for this exact moment. If he had used it earlier, the Blood God would have certainly guarded against its overwhelming effect.
The Black King Bracer on Su Xiao's left hand deactivated. The crystals forming his left palm shattered, revealing a [Blazing Sun's Wrath: Apollo]. As soon as this Apollo appeared, the shattered crystals gathered, encasing it and fixing it to Su Xiao's crystal left hand.
Banishment formed a blade tip at the end of Su Xiao's left hand. This process seemed lengthy, but Su Xiao had planned it long ago, so it was completed in an instant.
At this moment, Su Xiao was only about two meters from the Blood God, and the Blood God was still affected by 'Blade Path Sword: Time,' its speed greatly reduced. The surging Blood Erosion around it also slowed.
Su Xiao charged forward at full speed, turning into a blur. The Blood God retreated at top speed, with Blood Erosion rushing in.
At this critical moment, Baha appeared at the back of the Blood God's neck, its claws striking down.
Boom! Baha, covered in blood, was sent flying backward. As an assassination-type, even taking one hit from the Blood God was barely manageable, showing the severity of its injuries.
Baha's strike was crucial—it was the turning point for victory. Su Xiao had already reached the front of the Blood God, thrusting his left hand forward, directly into its chest.
The Blood God's pupil flame contracted. Under normal circumstances, even if Su Xiao used Banishment to form a blade tip on his left hand, he couldn't pierce the Blood God's chest. But earlier, Su Xiao had used 'Blade Path Sword: Flow' to slash the Blood God's chest twice and 'Blade Path Sword: Blood Blade' once.
Now, the spot where his left hand entered was the intersection of three slash marks. This single point had endured three strikes, and its defense had weakened to the extreme.
Since Su Xiao was holding Apollo with his crystal left hand, he pierced it with his mental energy, instantly detonating Apollo.
After doing this, Su Xiao detached from his crystal arm and leaped backward with all his might.
Su Xiao wasn't worried about the Blood God using Blood Resonance to repel him. The reason was that when he thrust his left hand into the Blood God's chest, only 2.7 seconds had passed since its last Blood Resonance usage. It still needed 0.3 seconds to use it again.
Boom!!
A deafening explosion came from ahead. Su Xiao's body was covered in a thick layer of crystals, his arms crossed in front of him. Not far away, Baha had already hidden in an alternate space.
When the Solar Flame subsided, the surrounding ground was scorching red. All building debris had been melted into magma-like forms, with high temperatures rising.
The Blood God still stood, but its chest was almost completely blown open. The scene behind it was clearly visible through the charred hole, with flames flickering at the edges.
Thud. The Blood God fell. Su Xiao exerted all his strength, shattering the crystal layer on his body. He stepped toward the Blood God.
Dark red blood surged from the Blood God's head, reconstructing its body at an incredible speed.
"Law Destroyer, I will remember you."
The Blood God pointed at Su Xiao. It could tell that Su Xiao was at his last gasp.
Su Xiao's crystal left arm had already reformed. His left hand clenched empty air, and pale blue crystals emerged, instantly forming a crystal war scythe with a massive blade curvature, better suited for horizontal slashes. This was the Azure Shadow King ability.
After Su Xiao grabbed the handle of the crystal scythe, he turned into a blue blur. With one swing of the scythe, a massive blue arc appeared. Due to its wide range, the Blood God had no way to dodge. The newly revived Blood God was instantly killed.
The Blood God's pupil flame flickered. An enemy who could kill it twice was rare, but this wasn't enough to finish it. It could revive dozens more times.
To kill the Blood God, there was only one method: completely annihilate it at the moment of its death. Normal kills would allow it to keep reviving.
Amid a shower of blue crystal fragments, Su Xiao descended, holding his long blade in one hand. As the Blood God fell, Su Xiao's blade, coated in dark blue smoke, followed through, embedding into the Blood God's chest.
Pfft!
The long blade in Su Xiao's hand sank into the Blood God's chest, splattering specks of blood. The Blood God lay on the ground, staring at Su Xiao with indifference. But suddenly, its pupil flame shrank to the extreme.
"Ah!!"
Countless wails erupted from within the Blood God's body. These were the cries of other souls it had devoured, trapped inside, used to activate Life Seeds. The Life Seeds were the reason the Blood God could continuously revive.
The Blood God's hand lifted, grabbing the blade of Dragon-Slashing Flash. The light in its pupil flame was fading. Finally, its hand fell limply. This time, it could not revive. It was utterly annihilated.
Swish. Su Xiao pulled out Dragon-Slashing Flash. After standing up, he flicked the divine blood off the blade. A gust of wind blew past, stirring his long leather coat dotted with sparks.
The Blood God had been slain.