# Chapter 17: A Fierce Patient
The secondary invincibility shield protected Su Xiao within, and as a blade light flashed, Su Xiao vanished from his original position.
Boom!
Su Xiao crashed into a shopping mall beside the street. He first broke through the mall's outer wall, then flew into the mall at high speed, knocking down dozens of shelves before being buried under a pile of colorful clothes.
Climbing out from the clothes, blood dripped from the corner of Su Xiao's mouth. His internal organs felt as if they had shifted positions; he could only vaguely perceive a stabbing pain, with more numbness than anything else.
The secondary invincibility shield had successfully blocked Kamijou's Flash Step, but although it stopped the slash, the power of that draw-cut technique was too strong.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Su Xiao let out a series of dry coughs. He wasn't injured by the slash itself, but by the impact. The Flash Step was blocked by the secondary invincibility shield, converting the slashing force into impact force. Moreover, the secondary invincibility shield could only last for a second, so he had to endure this impact force with his body.
Taking out a bottle of No. 1 Potion, Su Xiao drank several mouthfuls. A stabbing sensation appeared in his chest cavity, which quickly subsided due to the effects of the No. 1 Potion.
A few seconds later, Su Xiao crawled out from the pile of clothes. As soon as he steadied himself, Kamijou had already entered the mall through the hole he had made, holding the sheathed Seven Blades Seven Flash.
Kamijou's face was somewhat pale. Using Flash Step while injured was a considerable burden for her.
However, Kamijou once again assumed the draw-cut stance, preparing to use Flash Step consecutively. During the previous battle, she had come to realize one thing: her current situation.
After clearly understanding her circumstances, Kamijou suddenly felt she had been foolish. In a sense, she had already penetrated deep into the "enemy's" base camp. To take Index, who held great significance for the magic side, from the heart of the science side's headquarters, using force was simply unavoidable.
Having realized this, Kamijou's resolve in battle began to change. She was ready at any moment to kill Su Xiao. She couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if Index fell into Su Xiao's hands. That might be a disaster for the entire world—a villain obtaining the Forbidden Scripture Index, what else could it be but a disaster? At least, that was what Kamijou believed.
Seeing Kamijou assume this familiar draw-cut stance, Su Xiao also sheathed Dragon-Slaying Flash. The cooldown for the secondary invincibility shield was very long, and the counter shield likely couldn't block Flash Step. Moreover, given Kamijou's speed when using Flash Step, dodging was simply impossible.
Since he couldn't dodge or block, Su Xiao chose to make his enemy suffer as well. Even if he died, he would drag someone down with him. He converted 300 mana points into Cyan Steel Shadow energy, which enveloped the sheathed Dragon-Slaying Flash.
The long blade slowly slid out of its sheath, and a blue light emerged. This blue light possessed extremely strong cutting power, and Su Xiao's aura grew increasingly sharp.
Swoosh.
Fine cut marks appeared on the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet. At the same time, the counter shield in attack form beside him disappeared, replaced by dozens of new counter shields.
These counter shields came in various shapes, not the hexagonal form from before, nor the attack form. If combined, this batch of counter shields would form a suit of energy armor.
One by one, the counter shields flew toward Su Xiao, and dozens of them assembled on his body into a full suit of armor, even covering his head.
"Sky-Rending."
Whoosh, Su Xiao vanished from his spot.
"Flash Step."
Kamijou also disappeared.
A straight line of blue slashing light flashed through the mall, colliding with a silver slash.
When the two met, there was no roar, no explosion—only the sound of sharp slashes. Dense slashing energy spread out, and in an instant, the mall was like a typhoon had swept through it. Large amounts of clothing were first blown away, then shredded.
A few seconds later, the slashing energy receded. The entire mall building was severely damaged, to the point of being a dangerous structure.
With a clatter, an arm fell to the ground. The arm still held a blade, named Dragon-Slaying Flash.
A sneaky figure lightly ran into the mall. Needless to say, it was Bubu Wang. Bubu Wang picked up the arm on the ground in one bite, turned around, and ran. On its back, it carried a person.
As Bubu Wang ran, it left a trail of bloody footprints—Su Xiao's blood. The reason Su Xiao chose to retreat was twofold: first, he was too severely injured; second, he sensed others arriving nearby. It wasn't Musujime Awaki; from the aura perception, it was likely a mage. Not retreating at this point would be foolish. If the enemy had no reinforcements, Su Xiao would absolutely have stayed and fought Kamijou to the death.
Kamijou stood in the mall, choosing not to pursue. To be precise, she didn't have the strength to pursue. A slash mark crossed her lower abdomen; looking through the wound, her internal organs were clearly visible.
On the surface, Su Xiao seemed more severely injured, having basically lost combat capability. But was that really the case?
Of course not. The strongest aspect of Su Xiao's self-developed blade technique "Sky-Rending" wasn't the first stage of attack, but the second stage.
Kamijou stood dazedly in the mall. A red-haired man walked in. The man had a barcode tattooed on his face. He was a mage named Stiyl Magnus, belonging to the same organization as Kamijou.
Stiyl Magnus had arrived shortly after the battle began. The reason he hadn't shown himself was that he was waiting for the right moment and setting up his spells. Musujime Awaki, who had already escaped and was severely burned, was the reward Stiyl Magnus gained from choosing to bide his time.
Otherwise, when Kamijou used Flash Step for the second time, Musujime Awaki would have definitely acted and teleported her away.
Musujime Awaki didn't get the chance to act; she was ambushed by Stiyl Magnus and was not lightly injured.
Stiyl held a cigarette in his mouth as he walked to Kamijou's side. Stiyl looked at least 25 to 30 years old, with a mature appearance and a height of 2 meters. However, his actual age was only 14. Yes, only 14. This made one wonder if this guy had been raised on fertilizer, developing so urgently.
"Kamijou, wait for me here. I'll go deal with that dangerous guy."
Stiyl wanted to take the opportunity to pursue Su Xiao. He was completely overthinking things. With Bubu Wang's hiding skills, finding Su Xiao at this point was pure fantasy.
"I... can't... hold on..."
As soon as Kamijou finished speaking, a light blue energy spike burst out from inside her body, near her collarbone.
"This is?!"
Seeing this, Stiyl was greatly alarmed.
"Stay... away... from me."
Kamijou trembled, one hand pressed to her chest, eyes tightly shut.
Pfft.
Another energy spike burst from Kamijou's body, this time from her lower abdomen.
Under normal circumstances, the second-stage energy spikes of "Sky-Rending" should all burst out simultaneously, not one by one.
This was because Su Xiao wasn't nearby. The second stage of Sky-Rending required his control. Without control, the enemy could use their own energy to resist the energy spikes.
Kamijou was using her magic power to resist the energy spikes about to form inside her. She couldn't stop the spikes from forming, but she could indirectly control where they pierced through, avoiding vital areas. It sounded good in theory, but the entire process was extremely painful.
Watching the energy spikes piercing out of Kamijou's body one by one, Stiyl's eye twitched. Forget Kamijou's current feelings—just watching it made Stiyl feel a chill run through his body.
Not only the energy spikes, but the Cyan Steel Shadow energy was also devouring the magic power inside Kamijou, dealing massive true damage to her. If she was unlucky, she might die.
...
On the street, Bubu Wang carried Su Xiao on its back, running quickly. Su Xiao had been unconscious for a moment but was now awake, though his mind was still somewhat groggy from excessive blood loss.
Su Xiao's right arm had been severed, and there was an extremely deep blade wound on his chest. Through the wound, various organs could be vaguely seen. Fortunately, Bubu Wang had retrieved his severed arm and Dragon-Slaying Flash earlier.
Su Xiao took a walkie-talkie from his storage space. He had bought it on the way before the battle.
"Aleister, the mission didn't go smoothly. Cough, cough, cough..."
After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, Su Xiao continued, "But from the current situation, if the other party isn't proficient in healing spells, they won't appear again for a while."
Sss~
The walkie-talkie sounded like it had poor signal. A few seconds later, Aleister's voice came through. Aleister could control all communication devices within Academy City.
"You're badly injured."
"That's obvious. If you know any highly skilled doctors, you can introduce them to me."
Su Xiao tossed the walkie-talkie to Bubu Wang and picked up the severed arm he had thrown on the ground.
"Turn left 300 meters, turn right 700 meters... after nine blocks, you'll see a hospital. There's a doctor there who can help treat you."
After another burst of static, the call ended.
Ten minutes later, Su Xiao arrived in front of that hospital. He climbed down from Bubu Wang's back.
Su Xiao carried his severed arm in his hand, walking slowly into the hospital. There were a few patients at the hospital entrance. When they saw Su Xiao, their mouths couldn't help but open slightly. Carrying an arm to the hospital wasn't rare, but the wound on Su Xiao's chest was truly horrifying.
Su Xiao looked at a young, pretty nurse nearby.
"Where do I register?"
This question from Su Xiao left the other patients completely dumbfounded. They almost simultaneously thought, does this kind of injury really need registration?
"You... your injury... seems like it doesn't need registration. Quick, send him to the emergency room!"
Despite the nurse's anxious persuasion, Su Xiao refused to lie on a hospital bed to be wheeled into the operating room. He carried his severed arm, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, as he walked toward the operating room. However, before entering the operating room, the cigarette in his mouth was snatched away by the nurse.
Bubu Wang, its fur covered in blood, sat crouched at the entrance of the operating room. Its usually goofy gaze had changed, becoming alert and vigilant. If it detected anything unusual, it would charge forward immediately.
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Can't hold on anymore, taking a day off
I've been dealing with jet lag these past few days and haven't slept well at all. I'm too exhausted. I'll do six chapters tomorrow. Today, I want to get some good sleep. I'm so tired I'm getting dizzy.
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