Chapter 46: Blood Shadow

Chapter 46: Blood Shadow

The ground was covered in lush green grass, and fist-sized particles of light drifted through the air above. However, the few people in the elemental zone had no mind to appreciate the scene at the moment.

Shenfu, Zuiyasi, Wude, Kong'ouji, Henrenxiong, Xier, Suoluomen, and Kaisa—such a lineup of immortals had originally been assembled to deal with the Nightmare Blood Shadow, a testament to Su Xiao's regard for the threat.

Below the Supreme level, any force would have to retreat before this lineup. But the question was, what would happen if Su Xiao plus the Nightmare Blood Shadow faced this immortal lineup?

The answer was that everyone turned and fled. A Shadow of Law Destruction who was a Triple Technique Grandmaster was already troublesome enough, and adding the Nightmare Blood Shadow, empowered by four Original Sin objects, made the difficulty so great it would shatter one's morale.

With a bang, blood energy erupted violently with Su Xiao at the center. Xier, whose physique was relatively light, simply used the eruption of blood energy to float into the air and drift away into the distance.

The footsteps of the others, who were running at full speed, suddenly came to a halt, because ahead of them was Su Xiao, temporarily synchronized with the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Su Xiao's appearance had changed somewhat. The long blade in his right hand was a third longer than usual, especially the hilt, which now occupied nearly a third of the entire blade's length. This was the appearance after Dragon Shadow Flash synchronized with Blood Blade.

Su Xiao's eyes were closed, but the phantom of a Blood Beast behind him stared at the group with vertical pupils.

"I'll hold him off first. You guys go—"

Before Zuiyasi could finish his sentence, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared beside him. Su Xiao had appeared next to him using Space Penetration.

The long blade tore through space, leaving a trail of blood. Facing this powerful slash, a large number of black tentacles surged from Zuiyasi's right arm, meeting the Blood Blade's momentum.

With a whoosh, Su Xiao appeared to Zuiyasi's left, the hilt of his blade smashing into Zuiyasi's neck. The spreading shockwave caused the ground around them to crack. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao appeared to Zuiyasi's right.

Clang! Clang! Clang!!

A spherical series of slashes cut Zuiyasi into hundreds of pieces. Not only that, but the blood-colored slash sphere, several meters in diameter that had enveloped Zuiyasi, exploded violently.

A fragment of black-red flesh stained Su Xiao's sleeve. The next instant, this Ancient God flesh grew wildly, climbing over Su Xiao's body in an attempt to bind him. This was one of Zuiyasi's techniques.

Crack, crack, crack~

The Ancient God flesh on Su Xiao's body quickly crystallized and began to show cracks. Just as he was about to break free from this restraint, strands of energy threads pierced into his back and limbs. These threads were about the thickness of knitting yarn, appearing tough and translucent, with a texture like both biological ligaments and the strings used to control puppets.

Several dozen meters away, Kong'ouji pulled on the puppet strings. In her other hand, she held a small puppet identical to Su Xiao.

A figure of black mist, like iron sand, appeared behind Su Xiao. It was Wude's demon form, which caused Su Xiao's strength and speed to plummet.

At the same time, Shenfu pointed at Su Xiao.

"Weaken."

With Shenfu's gesture, Su Xiao's aura rapidly weakened by a large margin. This wasn't the end. Suoluomen, a hundred meters away, clenched one hand, and a black light sphere appeared in his palm.

Boom!

A pale black light pillar enveloped Su Xiao, continuously pouring energy down upon him. Suoluomen was indeed an Undead System contractor, but that didn't mean his personal combat power was weak. His Dark Magic system was actually not inferior to his Undead system.

Among Suoluomen's Dark Magic abilities was one called "Dark Sovereign." Its characteristic was that all his permanent summons would offer 5% of all their attributes to Suoluomen, the "Dark Sovereign."

Many enemies had thought Suoluomen was a second-rate Undead Summoner without his summons, and would rush to ambush him before he could summon his undead. They all ended up as Scarlet Cards or Scarlet Chests.

Dark energy poured down, and Su Xiao was finally restrained. A gust of wind rushed towards him. A long blade, nearly 1.5 meters long with a blade about four fingers wide, came at him with the force of a thunderbolt. This strike was full of momentum and spirit. It was Henrenxiong.

The Instinct ability was activated automatically. With a snap, the restraints on Su Xiao's right arm all broke apart.

'Perfect Block.'

Clang!!!

The long blade clashed with the Blood Blade. The resulting shockwave sent the topsoil for over a dozen kilometers flying in all directions. The space in this area cracked and shattered like a broken mirror, with fissures spreading with a crackling sound.

Such a fierce and spirited strike was completely blocked. The resulting backlash made Henrenxiong's blood and energy surge. But he was, after all, a Four Technique Grandmaster. He immediately pressed forward, the blades of the long sword and the Blood Blade grinding against each other with a screeching sound.

Snap~!

Su Xiao's left arm also forcibly broke free from its restraints. A crystal layer formed on it, and without any warning, he raised his arm vertically to block his side. A short blade pierced through his left forearm, which was wrapped in crystal, with a crack, thus stopping the ambush.

Xier, who was hidden at the "Existence" level, had her attack blocked. Not only that, but Su Xiao, with his eyes still closed, turned his head. Although he didn't open his eyes, he gave Xier the feeling that he was looking right at her.

This caused Xier's pupils to rapidly constrict. She didn't know how Su Xiao had found her, but she knew her current situation was very dangerous.

With a whoosh, a hand made of black smoke barely missed Xier's hair as it grabbed. It was a figure formed from dark blue smoke.

Ancient God flesh suddenly appeared in front of Xier, quickly forming the general outline of Zuiyasi. With only bones, flesh, and nerves, he looked quite gruesome at the moment.

The moment Zuiyasi appeared, he delivered a full-power side kick, sending Xier flying. The reason was that, as Su Xiao's "good teammate," Zuiyasi knew that being so close to Su Xiao's Demon Spirit was very dangerous for Xier, an Assassination System contractor.

The next second, Su Xiao swapped positions with the Demon Spirit. A series of blood-colored slashes once again cut Zuiyasi to pieces.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Su Xiao used Space Penetration twice in succession, putting several dozen meters between himself and the group. He clenched one hand, and a nightmare version of a Devourer appeared. A terrifying suction force enveloped a large area around him.

The life force of Zuiyasi, Wude, Kong'ouji, Henrenxiong, and others rapidly drained away due to this suction. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao's health, which had dropped slightly from the attacks he had just received, quickly recovered to full.

Su Xiao pointed at Shenfu. With a crack, a blood-red lightning bolt struck down without warning. Not only was it incredibly fast, but its power was also astonishing, causing blood-colored lightning strike marks to appear in the space along its path and at its point of impact.

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Inside the Consciousness Space.

Ripples spread across the calm water's surface. Su Xiao stared at the Nightmare Blood Shadow a hundred meters away. He was certain this was his own consciousness space. The reason it was so vast was a result of his long-term meditation, which had expanded it. Of course, it was also closely related to his Blade Grandmaster ability.

This was Su Xiao's first time entering his own consciousness space. Using real-world terms to describe it wasn't quite appropriate, because no matter how large it was, on a physical level, it was still a part of his brain. The physical size wouldn't change, but the spiritual range within could be extended through meditation.

Such a vast consciousness space was also the reason Su Xiao could be immune to all mental-type control. Ultimately, mental-type abilities worked by using mental energy to influence another's consciousness space, which then fed back to their physical body. That was the principle behind mental-type control.

Compared to the principle of immunity to mental-type control, what was more important now was how to drive the Nightmare Blood Shadow out of this consciousness space. If the other party managed to occupy this space, even if it didn't completely take over, it might try to compete with Su Xiao for control of his body.

No other nightmare-type existence could achieve this, but the Nightmare Blood Shadow definitely could. The reason was that it was born from Su Xiao, having a natural 100% perfect compatibility with him.

Strands of blood smoke eroded from the front, gradually seeping into Su Xiao's right arm, causing blood-colored patterns to appear on his right hand. This meant the Nightmare Blood Shadow was gradually eroding him. When he was completely eroded by the blood smoke, he would be defeated.

Thump!

A heavy blow struck, as if an invisible giant hammer had slammed into Su Xiao's chest. He was sent flying backward, landing on the water's surface after a long fall.

Sitting up from the water's surface, Su Xiao looked at his chest. Because of that blow, a third of his torso had been eroded by the blood smoke.

The current situation was that Su Xiao was at an absolute disadvantage. He didn't have any mental-type abilities, and neither did the Nightmare Blood Shadow across from him. However, the other party's nightmare characteristics allowed it to gradually erode Su Xiao's consciousness body.

Although the combination of Su Xiao and the Nightmare Blood Shadow outside had beaten the group of powerhouses until they were howling in misery, inside the consciousness space, neither Su Xiao nor the Nightmare Blood Shadow had mental-type abilities, so there wasn't the fierce confrontation one might imagine.

The current situation was that the Nightmare Blood Shadow had an absolute speed advantage here, a characteristic brought by its nightmare nature. Su Xiao, on the other hand, with his Soul Strength of 860 points, had the attack power to kill the other party in one hit.

However, because he lacked mental-type abilities, Su Xiao could only unleash this attack power through close combat. Even if he could touch the Nightmare Blood Shadow with one hand, he could make it pay a heavy price.

On the calm water's surface, Su Xiao suddenly felt a strong sense of weakness, forcing him to sit on the water. At this point, except for his left arm and head, which were not yet emitting blood smoke, the rest of his body had been invaded by the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow still maintained a distance of a hundred meters from Su Xiao, watching him coldly, waiting for Su Xiao to be completely eroded by the blood smoke. Then it would be its victory.

After a while, blood smoke began to rise from Su Xiao's left arm as well. Suddenly, blood-colored tentacles emerged from the water around him, wrapping around his head, arms, torso, and other parts, dragging him down into the liquid below.

Gurgle, gurgle~

Bubbles rose around him. Submerged in the liquid, Su Xiao's hearing, touch, and vision were greatly reduced. This also indicated that as his spiritual space was eroded by the Nightmare Blood Shadow, his five senses were gradually being suppressed, and he would eventually be trapped in a darkness.

With a whoosh, a blood shadow flashed through the water nearby. It was the Nightmare Blood Shadow. After confirming that Su Xiao was completely bound by the blood-colored tentacles, the Nightmare Blood Shadow appeared behind Su Xiao. As Su Xiao sank in the water, the Nightmare Blood Shadow rushed towards the top of his head, turning into a blood-colored liquid that gradually enveloped Su Xiao's head from top to bottom.

Just before Su Xiao's entire head was covered, a faint smile appeared on his face. This nightmare incarnation had finally taken the bait.

Darkness, endless darkness—this was the most direct manifestation after being usurped by the Nightmare Blood Shadow. But Su Xiao was not flustered at all. In fact, in this darkness, he was still experiencing the gradual sensation of falling, his heart becoming exceptionally calm.

Sometimes, physical strength only represented the external. This confrontation with the Nightmare Blood Shadow was not like the past, where they fought until blood flew and space trembled. What this battle tested was inner strength. Being strong from the inside out, without any flaws, was true strength.

While falling in the darkness, Su Xiao gradually entered a meditative state. The moment he entered this state, the sensation of falling abruptly stopped. What was the strongest point of the Meditation ability? Accelerating the recovery of body energy? Enhancing willpower? No. The strongest point of the Meditation ability was suppressing the blood energy that Su Xiao possessed.

Many powerhouses, upon meeting Su Xiao, couldn't understand how he could maintain such rationality while possessing such a quantity of blood energy. This was the result of his persistent meditation.

The core characteristic of the Nightmare Blood Shadow was blood energy. Now, it was trying to occupy Su Xiao's consciousness space. After Su Xiao entered meditation, the scene within his consciousness space changed drastically. A heavy pressure, as if from the heavens, slammed down onto the blood smoke spreading within the space.

This descending pressure continuously gathered and compressed the blood smoke in the consciousness space, forming it into a sphere. This was why Su Xiao had never tried to resist the blood smoke. He was waiting for the Nightmare Blood Shadow to spread throughout the consciousness space.

The surrounding darkness suddenly receded, and Su Xiao returned to the water's surface. But now, the water's surface was churning with monstrous waves, and a large amount of blood smoke was trapped.

Seeing this, Su Xiao clenched one hand, and an invisible force compressed the blood smoke into a sphere the size of a millstone. But soon, the blood smoke began to decrease, as if it had escaped Su Xiao's consciousness space through some method.

This was the result Su Xiao wanted. He had never planned to seal the Nightmare Blood Shadow within his own consciousness space, as that would leave a hidden danger for the future.

Having just driven away the Nightmare Blood Shadow, Su Xiao felt himself gradually leaving the consciousness space. He also estimated that he might never enter his own consciousness space again. Having his own spiritual body enter his own consciousness space was definitely not a good thing.

At this moment, outside, Su Xiao, who had one hand around Xier's neck and had just cut Shenfu in half with his blade, opened his eyes again. A large surge of blood smoke rushed out from his shoulder, coalescing a dozen meters away to form the Nightmare Blood Shadow, holding its Blood Blade.

A sharp short blade suddenly stopped in front of Su Xiao's neck, not piercing the crystal layer that had formed there. Xier had noticed that Su Xiao had regained consciousness and immediately stopped her attack.

Su Xiao released Xier. But unexpectedly, Xier collapsed to the ground. She held her bleeding throat with one hand, several crystal blades stuck in her body. After struggling to get up, she could only sit slumped on the ground, looking at Su Xiao with lingering fear.

Su Xiao looked around and found himself in a crater with a diameter of over a dozen kilometers. The crater wasn't deep, but it was vast, and the ground was covered with cracks that went deep into the earth. Natural elemental power was slowly seeping out from these cracks.

Not far away, at the base of a hundred-meter-tall crystal pillar, Henrenxiong was sitting with his back against it, covered in blood. His right arm was a short distance away, embedded in the top of the crystal pillar behind him.

"Cough~ Cough!"

Henrenxiong coughed dryly, then spat out another mouthful of blood. Judging by the pool of blood in front of him, he had already spat out several mouthfuls.

Wude, who had been turned two-dimensional, was stuck to the crystal pillar like a wall spray. Judging by his aura, he would need a while to recover.

Kong'ouji was lying a hundred meters away. Seeing that Su Xiao had finally regained consciousness, she looked at him with a somewhat resentful gaze. Her eyes seemed to say, 'The 3 kilograms of Black Maple Tree you paid me wasn't compensation for fighting a powerful enemy together; it's compensation for almost being beaten to death by you.'

But if anyone was the worst off, it was Zuiyasi. He was left with only his head and part of his torso. Zuiyasi had contributed the most in this battle, constantly holding Su Xiao back.

The battle had been extremely intense. Zuiyasi, Wude, Kong'ouji, Henrenxiong, Xier, and Suoluomen had all used their full abilities. In the end, even Kaisa had come out wearing the Abyssal Jar to help deal with the situation.

However, compared to Shenfu, Zuiyasi and the others were relatively better off. Shenfu had died directly in this clash. Although Su Xiao had been in an unconscious state, he had paid special attention to his "old friend" Shenfu.

Su Xiao glanced at the team channel and found that Shenfu, who had been in the team earlier, had indeed disappeared. This meant he was truly dead. But if he checked the Blessing Contract, he would find that the contract hadn't become invalid, indicating that Shenfu was dead, but not completely dead.

Shenfu was dead. Zuiyasi was severely injured and unable to move. Suoluomen had been blasted to who knows where. As far as the eye could see, there were only Undead System skeletons, almost covering the ground in a layer. Henrenxiong was severely injured with a broken arm. Wude, in his two-dimensional form, was blasted onto the crystal pillar and couldn't even be pulled off. Kong'ouji had been beaten by Su Xiao to the point where she looked at him with resentment. Xier was on the verge of questioning her life.

The reason for this was that Xier's "Existence" level stealth wasn't very effective against Su Xiao. This nearly invincible ability was mostly countered by Su Xiao's instinctive guesses.

Bubu Wang's ability to blend into the environment was actually from the same system as Xier's. One blended into the environment, the other interfered with presence. Therefore, Su Xiao had a strong resistance to this ability. Although he couldn't perceive Bubu Wang when he blended into the environment, after living together for so long, as long as Bubu Wang got close enough, Su Xiao could roughly guess where he was.

Su Xiao's probability of guessing where Xier was was about 40% to 50%. The problem was that he was a Melee System contractor with 1.1 million health points, while Xier was an Assassination System contractor. One could make many mistakes, but the other only needed to make one mistake to be either dead or severely injured.

Judging from the surrounding situation, the next battle would be Su Xiao fighting the Nightmare Blood Shadow alone. But he had just driven the Nightmare Blood Shadow out of his consciousness space, and before that, he had been severely eroded by the nightmare. This meant his combat power was only 60% of its peak.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow, several dozen meters away, stood still. Wisps of blood mist appeared around it, seeping into its body. Bones, flesh, and other things quickly formed, transforming the Nightmare Blood Shadow from a nightmare form into a terrifying existence with a physical body that could travel between the nightmare and the material world.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow held its Blood Blade in one hand. Its aura was becoming stronger and stronger. Given Su Xiao's current state, there was no way he could defeat the Nightmare Blood Shadow.

Fortunately, there was a backup plan. A half-meter-tall insect egg appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He held the insect egg in one hand, not only not drawing his blade, but not even defending against the Nightmare Blood Shadow that had suddenly appeared in front of him.

The Blood Blade slashed down. Just as it was about to hit Su Xiao's head, a deathly gray substance appeared on the surface of the Nightmare Blood Shadow. Shenfu, who had just "died," appeared not far away.

"5 seconds."

Shenfu spoke, his voice as if coming from the depths of the underworld, eerie and ethereal.

Crack, crack, crack!

The Nightmare Blood Shadow seemed to be wrapped and trapped by an invisible existence. Its struggling force caused the surrounding air to crack. Looking closely, one could see an invisible giant hand covered in tentacles holding the Nightmare Blood Shadow, and then wrapping it with layers of tentacles to trap it.

With a splat, the insect egg in Su Xiao's hand successfully hatched. A small worker scorpion appeared. This was the key to victory.

The worker scorpion suddenly exploded, forming a fluorescent purple coordinate. Almost simultaneously, a Void Wormhole appeared in the sky, and it continued to expand, as if a huge hole had been torn in the sky.

[Jila's Ability: Void Gate (Active, X): When inside the Mother Nest, the Insect Queen, Jila, can designate an insect unit as a coordinate to open a Void Gate with a height of 100 and a width of 50 over an ultra-long distance. The Void Gate consists of two gates, one near the Mother Nest and the other at a location designated by the Insect Queen, Jila. It lasts for a total of 60 minutes, during which a "massive" number of insect units can pass through. The Insect Queen, Jila, can use this ability once per natural day.]

From the Void Wormhole above, Demon Flame Dragons rushed out one after another. These were bred by investing 20 Insect Enhancement Points and 600 Bio-Energy points each. It was worth noting that when the insects first arrived in this world, each Demon Flame Dragon required 30 Bio-Energy points. Now, with a 20-fold increase in consumption, it meant the strength of the Demon Flame Dragons had increased by nearly 20 times. Their strength was imaginable.

Not to mention, Su Xiao was currently wearing the War Lord title, which had undergone one Limit Forging. Yes, Su Xiao's real method for dealing with the Nightmare Blood Shadow was these 10,000 Demon Flame Dragons.

The 5 seconds passed in the blink of an eye. Just before Shenfu's binding technique disappeared, over ten thousand Demon Flame Dragons simultaneously spewed Dragonflame downwards.

Boom!!

Black Dragonflame spewed down, enveloping the Nightmare Blood Shadow. Just as it was about to use Spatial Shift, the surrounding space, due to the terrifying temperature from the overlapping Dragonflame, shattered with a crack. This left the Nightmare Blood Shadow, now in chaotic space, unable to teleport quickly.

A wave of heat rushed towards Su Xiao. The Dragonflame from over ten thousand Demon Flame Dragons overlapped, turning the black Dragonflame into a dark blue color. As the temperature rose, the dark blue gradually turned into a golden black. Then the temperature rose again, resulting in a dazzling platinum-white flame.

Su Xiao jumped back repeatedly. Even so, his health continued to drop due to the high temperature. As for Zuiyasi and the others, they had already been taken into an alternate space by Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha, and were now far away from this area.

Su Xiao leaped onto the back of a Demon Flame Dragon. The wind whistled past his ears as he reached the sky. He could sense that the Demon Flame Dragon beneath his feet was exceptionally powerful. Even if he wanted to kill it, it would take two or three strikes. These things were tanky, had high damage output, and were flying units to boot.

In the Dragonflame below, the Nightmare Blood Shadow's physical body gradually turned into charcoal, then into ashes. The re-nightmarified Nightmare Blood Shadow walked step by step towards the edge of the Dragonflame range. But under the scorching heat of the Dragonflame, its pace became very slow, and it grew weaker and weaker.

With a hum, the boundary between the nightmare and the material world was opened. The Nightmare Blood Shadow slammed into it with all its might, but only got halfway in before the nightmare boundary was forcibly closed by the terrifying heat of the Dragonflame. This caused the Nightmare Blood Shadow to be cut in half by the boundary.

Seeing this, Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged. The Nightmare Blood Shadow was very difficult to deal with. Being able to keep half of it this time was within acceptable limits.

He ordered all the Demon Flame Dragons to stop spewing Dragonflame. Without waiting for the Dragonflame below to cool down, he jumped into it. The [Inscription Base: Divine Sacrifice] attribute showed "Immune to 85% Solar Flame damage." In fact, it had a certain reduction effect against all flames, just to varying degrees, with the best effect against Solar Flame.

In the Dragonflame, Su Xiao took out a bottle of Alchemy Potion and crushed it. Freezing air spread out from him. It wasn't that he couldn't withstand the high temperature, but he was worried that the [Greed Chapter] couldn't.

Taking out the Greed Chapter, Su Xiao used it as a sealing vessel to seal the Nightmare Blood Shadow a few meters away. The Nightmare Blood Shadow was now only half its size, weakened to the extreme.

A large number of sealing formations formed chains, wrapping around the Nightmare Blood Shadow, gradually dragging it into the Greed Chapter. With the good foundation laid by the Dragonflame weakening the Nightmare Blood Shadow, the sealing went more smoothly than expected. It wasn't until all the sealing chains were retracted into the Greed Chapter and the Nightmare Blood Shadow was dragged inside that Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

But at that moment, with a snap, one of the sealing chains was pulled taut. This sealing chain disappeared into the air a dozen meters away, extending to who knows where.

When sealing the Nightmare Blood Shadow earlier, this sealing chain had been like this. For some reason, at this moment, this sealing chain triggered a chain reaction. Dozens of sealing chains were generated, all stabbing into that spot in the air.

A pulling sensation came from Su Xiao's hand, and he almost couldn't hold onto the Greed Chapter. He pulled with all his might, and a nightmare-like purple light appeared not far away. Then, the escaped half of the Nightmare Blood Shadow was pulled out from the nightmare realm. Due to being scorched by the Dragonflame earlier, this Nightmare Blood Shadow was in a very poor state.

The sealing chains dragged the Nightmare Blood Shadow back into the Greed Chapter. In this way, the complete Nightmare Blood Shadow was sealed inside the Greed Chapter.

This was indeed a good thing, but Su Xiao soon noticed that the Greed Chapter in his hand was creaking, on the verge of cracking. This meant that once the Nightmare Blood Shadow inside recombined, it might be able to break the seal. This blood energy monster, empowered by four Original Sin objects, was simply too difficult to seal.

Fortunately, Su Xiao had a backup plan. He immediately released the Demon Spirit. Black smoke threads extended from the Demon Spirit, entering the Greed Chapter, pulling out half of the Nightmare Blood Shadow inside, and dragging it into the Dragon-Slaying Flash.

Su Xiao grasped the hilt of the Dragon-Slaying Flash with one hand. He could sense that the Demon Spirit and the Blood Shadow inside were now invading and suppressing each other. But because they were of the same origin, both from Su Xiao—one was his projected incarnation in the nightmare, the other was generated when he inherited the Shadow of Law Destruction—such a degree of common origin meant that neither the Demon Spirit nor the Blood Shadow inside the blade could destroy the other. Eventually, they neutralized each other, reached a balance, and stabilized.

Several consecutive prompts appeared, all about the Dragon-Slaying Flash gaining new abilities. Su Xiao had no time to look at them for now. He held the Greed Chapter, carefully sensing the condition of this equipment. After a while, the equipment finally stabilized, sealing the Nightmare Blood Shadow inside.

In this way, the Nightmare Blood Shadow was divided into two parts: one part sealed in the Dragon-Slaying Flash, and the other part sealed in the Greed Chapter.

Su Xiao remotely issued a command to Jila, telling her to end the "Void Gate" ability and try not to expose this ability, as there were still many World-Destroying level clans to deal with later.

The surrounding Dragonflame gradually dissipated. A strong smell of burning still filled the air. Su Xiao looked around but didn't see any trace of Shenfu. He had probably left the area due to extreme weakness.

Su Xiao left the area scorched by the Dragonflame and arrived at a Starlight Giant Tree several dozen kilometers away. He had thought this Starlight Giant Tree had been blasted to smithereens, but unexpectedly, not only had the giant tree left fragments, but it had also used them as seeds to grow back to a height of ten thousand meters.

Now, Zuiyasi, Wude, Kong'ouji, Henrenxiong, Xier, and Suoluomen were all under the tree in various places, each with a few bottles of Recovery Potion. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, Zuiyasi, who had just finished a bottle of Recovery Potion, asked:

"Bai Ye, I feel like you knew this was going to happen all along."

Hearing this, Wude, Kong'ouji, Henrenxiong, Xier, and Suoluomen, who had just been beaten half to death by Su Xiao, all focused their gazes on him. Their gazes were becoming increasingly "friendly," especially Kong'ouji, who had already taken out Su Xiao's small puppet.

The reason everyone was looking at Su Xiao with smiles and "friendly" gazes wasn't because they had nearly lost their lives. Everyone knew there was a risk of death this time, and the probability wasn't low. They were used to such situations.

The point was that if they had been beaten by an enemy, no one would care. But this time, they had been beaten by their teammate, Su Xiao. Although Su Xiao had been in an unconscious state, Kong'ouji and the others were still quite frustrated.

Feeling the "friendly" gazes and "friendly" smiles around him, Su Xiao knew that if he didn't answer well, he would probably be beaten up by these teammates to vent their anger. Although everyone was in a bad state now, it was a strong version of a weakling's fight, Su Xiao, one against six, would probably get a beating.

Seeing this, Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly replied, "Of course... not."

Kong'ouji beside him clearly didn't believe it. But when she opened the wooden box in her hand and saw at least 5 kilograms of top-quality Black Maple Tree yield inside, her mood became increasingly beautiful. She glanced at Su Xiao, meaning that if there was something like this in the future, she should remember to ask for her help again.

Su Xiao found a comfortable spot under the Starlight Tree and sat down, leaning against the trunk. He checked the information on the Dragon-Slaying Flash.

[Dragon-Slaying Flash +16 (Blade Edge Value 0%)]

Origin: Shadow of Law Destruction
Quality: Origin Level
Category: Long Blade
Durability: 620/790 points
Attack Power: 716～838 (Increased by 77～90 points)
Equipment Requirement: Shadow of Law Destruction
Base Bonus: True Damage caused by Azure Steel Shadow Energy increased by 30%.
Supreme Blade Effect 1: Sharpness +1062 points.
Supreme Blade Effect 2: Demon Blade (Core · Active), after activating the Blade Demon Spirit, when attacking an enemy unit with less than 25% of its maximum health, this unit will be executed.
Tip: If the Demon Blade ability fails to execute, and the enemy's maximum health is higher than 25%, this attack with the Demon Blade effect will deal True Damage equal to 15% of the enemy's maximum health.
Tip: When the Demon Blade successfully executes an enemy, the Blade Demon Spirit will not immediately enter a dormant state for the next 30 minutes. The Demon Blade ability will be available. If another enemy target is executed, the Blade Demon Spirit will delay the dormant state again and temporarily increase the execution threshold by 5%. This characteristic can stack, up to a maximum execution threshold of 45% of the enemy's maximum health.
Supreme Blade Effect 3: Blood Blade (Core · Active), activate the Blood Shadow within this weapon, infusing its blood smoke power onto the weapon. The next attack, if the enemy's health is higher than 50%, this attack will deal True Damage equal to 25% of the enemy's maximum health.
Tip: After using this ability, the Blood Shadow within this weapon will enter a dormant state. This ability can only be used again after the dormant state ends.
Supreme Blade Effect 4: Spirit/Shadow Coexistence (Core · Passive), when the "Demon Spirit" and "Blood Shadow" abilities are both not on cooldown, this weapon's attack power is increased by 12%.
Enhancement Effect...
Inlay Effect: 0/3 slots.
Rating: 3000++++++++++++++ (Origin Level equipment rating is 1500～3000 points).
Description: Slay gods and punish evil, sever souls and kill the wicked, seal demons within the blade, slay the undying and immortal!
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