Chapter 43: I've Never Seen Someone So Unlucky
Su Xiao glanced at his remaining health, and a bottle of alchemical potion slid out from his sleeve.
He opened the potion and poured it into his mouth. Just as he was about to swallow, a searing pain shot through his chest from the earlier heavy blow.
"Cough, cough, cough, pfft~."
The potion that had already entered his mouth was sprayed out. Su Xiao had actually choked on the drink~.
This was something he had never experienced, let alone heard of—choking while drinking a potion~.
Just as Su Xiao was coughing dryly, two stinger scorpions moved closer. These two elite stinger scorpions coordinated perfectly and had extremely tenacious vitality.
Su Xiao clearly realized that the situation was wrong, very wrong. He couldn't continue like this, or he might absurdly die at the hands of two elite stinger scorpions.
His aura began to change, but at that moment, the sound of arthropod feet stepping on the metal floor came from around him again.
Five elite stinger scorpions slowly emerged, making seven in total including the current two.
"It seems I'll have to use that move."
Su Xiao checked his remaining mana, which was still over 1,000 points—enough.
The Azure Steel Shadow energy wrapped around Dragon-Slaying Flash began to change, seemingly vibrating at high speed.
The mana within Su Xiao's body drained rapidly: 100 points, 200 points, 300 points, until it stopped after consuming 1,000 points.
Hum~.
A piercing hum rang out as Dragon-Slaying Flash transformed into a high-speed vibrating electric blade.
Su Xiao had once tried to develop Azure Steel Shadow energy, aiming for sharpness. However, Azure Steel Shadow didn't possess a sharpness attribute, so his idea was to make the energy vibrate.
Countless attempts had failed because the vibration frequency of the continuously supplied energy varied, causing the energy to dissipate quickly.
Not long ago, Su Xiao had a new idea: since he couldn't continuously supply energy, what if he delivered a large burst of energy all at once?
The answer was a massive consumption of mana, but the Azure Steel Shadow energy successfully began to vibrate!
The seven elite stinger scorpions surrounded Su Xiao, creating what seemed like a hopeless situation. Before they could charge, Su Xiao took the initiative to attack.
He took two quick steps to reach an elite stinger scorpion and slashed out with his blade.
The purple-quality Dragon-Slaying Flash couldn't easily break through the elite stinger scorpion's carapace, even with high sharpness.
Puchi.
Green blood splattered as Dragon-Slaying Flash cut through the elite stinger scorpion's body like paper, cleaving it in two.
A blue blade aura flashed as Su Xiao moved at high speed among the elite stinger scorpions.
While killing one scorpion, the long blade cut into the ship's hull, slicing through the special alloy like tofu.
Puchi, puchi...
Ten seconds later, the high-speed vibrating energy on Dragon-Slaying Flash dissipated, leaving Su Xiao with only 106 mana points.
Su Xiao flicked the green blood off Dragon-Slaying Flash, the blood forming a semicircle on the ground. Seven shattered elite stinger scorpions lay scattered around him, with three purple treasure chests emitting their characteristic glow.
Su Xiao picked up the three palm-sized treasure chests. He hadn't opened the [Chieftain's Bundle] he'd obtained earlier either, for a simple reason: without access to his storage space, opening a large item would become a burden.
Putting away the chests, Su Xiao furrowed his brow. The drop rate for chests today was unusually high, which was very abnormal, as if his bad luck had been completely exhausted just now.
After dealing with the seven elite stinger scorpions, Su Xiao didn't leave the ship but stood still on guard.
"How did you notice? I wasn't even daring to breathe."
A female voice came, and a fair-skinned hand appeared first, with a golden number 8 tattooed on the back.
"So, are you scared? I'm the eighth-ranked ruthless person in the arena, so I'll give you a chance to run."
Aida stepped out, playing with a gold coin in her hand, carrying no weapon, with a smile on her face.
A heavy metal plate fell from above, crashing near Su Xiao, sending out a shockwave.
The shockwave ruffled Su Xiao's coat, and a golden number 9 was faintly visible inside his collar.
"What a coincidence, you're ranked ninth."
Seeing Su Xiao's Arena King mark, Aida scratched her head.
"Even though you're ninth, you should run even more. I'm ranked higher than you."
Aida began trying to persuade him to retreat. She didn't want to experience Su Xiao's exquisite blade techniques; she cherished her skin and hated being cut.
Su Xiao looked Aida up and down. Her appearance wasn't stunningly beautiful, but she gave off a very pleasant impression.
"Lucky day today, running into a top ten arena contractor. It's been a while since I matched with a top ten opponent in the arena."
"How long?"
Aida suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Just three derivative worlds."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Aida was speechless.
Ranked ninth in the arena three derivative worlds ago—the weight of that ninth place was somewhat exaggerated.
The two faced off, and Aida seemed to think of something funny, suddenly bursting into laughter.
"Sorry, sorry. I'm not laughing at what you said. I've just never seen someone as unlucky as you. As soon as I activated my aura, you suffered thirty-seven consecutive misfortunes. That's too ridiculous—thirty-seven times, hahaha~."
Su Xiao's heart tightened. So that's why he had been so unlucky earlier.
"I had an agreement with the Insect Queen to help her defend against enemies. Even though you're so strong you don't seem like a first-rank contractor, a promise is a promise. I can't break it."
Aida put away her smile and looked seriously at Su Xiao. A wave of energy spread out.
As the wave expanded, Su Xiao immediately received a notification.
[You have been affected by the 'Misfortune Drain Aura' effect.]
Just as the first aura appeared, a second followed closely.
[You are being eroded by the 'Fate Mist Aura,' taking 0.1 to 10 true damage per second, along with a luck reduction effect.]
A golden thread connected Su Xiao and Aida. Su Xiao vaguely felt that something of his was temporarily taken away, and a special aura was eroding his body.
[You are eroded by Fate Mist, taking 10 true damage!]
[You are eroded by Fate Mist, taking 9 true damage!]
[You are eroded by Fate Mist, taking 10 true damage!]
...
Su Xiao's pupils contracted. What a powerful skill—9 to 10 true damage per second.
Across from him, Aida was stunned, shocked by the astonishing effect of her own skill. She swore that since obtaining this aura, she had never seen it deal 10 true damage to anyone, ever.
"A very strong ability."
Su Xiao stomped the ground and rushed toward Aida.
Aida's fair cheeks flushed. This skill usually dealt between 0.3 and 4 damage per second to enemies, and its real strength lay in the subsequent luck reduction effect.
Seeing the continuous notifications, Aida's confidence soared. She hadn't been very confident facing Su Xiao before, but now she felt she could handle it.
"I can do this. Yeah, no problem."
Aida also charged at Su Xiao—barehanded!
Few dared to engage Su Xiao in close combat barehanded, but today Aida was one of them.
Su Xiao closed the distance in a few steps and slashed at Aida's throat. His high agility and neural reflex speed made the blade leave afterimages.
Aida's heart turned cold. Even though she knew the slash wouldn't hit, the feeling of a blade at her back made her tremble slightly.
Crack.
The metal floor beneath Su Xiao suddenly broke, and one of his feet sank in, distorting his slashing motion.
Even so, Su Xiao tried to maintain his balance, angling the long blade toward Aida from a tricky position.
A few strands of black hair were severed, and a blade aura detached from the edge, flying past Aida's neck.
Aida clenched her fair fist and punched Su Xiao in the back.
Having just stepped into a hole, Su Xiao was leaning forward, and Aida's punch only accelerated his momentum.
Bang.
Su Xiao crashed into a metal wall, creating a large dent.
Dazed, Su Xiao got up and shook his head. He felt unable to exert his full strength, but after the initial contact, he had already thought of a way to deal with Aida.
Destiny Redemption appeared in his hand. Su Xiao put a cigarette in his mouth and tilted his head to light it.
The battle between the Fake Lucky King and the Fake Goddess was about to begin.