Chapter 1428 - 50: A Life-or-Death Moment

Chapter 1428: Chapter 50: A Life-or-Death Moment

The Boundary Line was pulled taut straight; one end was in Su Xiao’s hand, the other wound around Buck’s neck.

Though there were no visible muscle contours on Buck’s neck, his skin was extremely tough. The sharp Boundary Line actually couldn’t cut through his skin, and making Buck suffocate in a short time was impossible as well.

Realizing this, Su Xiao yanked the Boundary Line sideways; the nail lock at the tip opened and closed.

Su Xiao had just pulled the Boundary Line back when Buck hurled the short axe in his hand.

The short axe howled as it flew straight at him. Su Xiao had already experienced this spinning axe move, so he didn’t dodge aside; instead, he fully unleashed his Intuition ability to track the short axe’s flight path.

With a hum, the world around Su Xiao slowed. That spinning short axe became ever clearer, a stream of air wrapping around it.

Catching this scene, Su Xiao’s nervous system and dynamic vision were under immense strain. He slowly raised the long knife in his hands, gripping it with both hands for once.

The short axe spun; the long knife thrust out, just piercing past the underside of the axe head. ℴ

The muscles on Su Xiao’s arms swelled slightly as he lifted the long knife upward.

Zila!

A shrill scraping sound rang out. The short axe Buck had thrown was flicked away. Su Xiao retreated several steps in a row, numbness spreading through his arms.

Buck’s monster strength was downright terrifying. In fact, Buck’s fighting style was somewhat similar to Su Xiao’s—no fancy abilities, just chopping with an axe.

With the perfect fusion of Power and technique, any flashy tricks were only fit to be pinned to the ground and hammered.

The short axe vanished from view in an instant. Buck was clearly stunned for a moment; this was the first time anyone had knocked away his Spin Ax Chop, and without being affected by the force on the short axe.

Though he froze for an instant, Buck immediately pounced at Su Xiao. He could tell that Su Xiao, who had knocked the short axe away, was definitely not feeling good.

That was indeed the case. At this moment Su Xiao’s arms were numb; large patches of cobblestone under his feet shattered, blasted into debris by the Power impact.

With a whistle, Buck surged up to Su Xiao with wind pressure at his back. He raised the short axe in his right hand high over his head.

In that instant, Su Xiao had a strange feeling. Buck’s figure seemed magnified several times, looming in front of him; behind the man seemed to be a forest and raging waves.

"Ha!"

Buck’s mouthful of steel teeth clenched tight; at last, muscle bulged on that fat right arm of his.

Su Xiao’s pupils shrank. There was something very off about Buck—no, to be precise, the man was about to use the opening while his arms were numb to end the fight.

Buck chopped down with one axe. No light flared, no fierce, overwhelming aura erupted; it was just a single axe. In that moment, Buck looked like he was logging, about to fell a big tree.

An Energy Shield with 800 points of Strength angled in front of Su Xiao. It was already too late to dodge; meeting Buck head-on was even less wise.

With a crack, the short axe bit into the Energy Shield. Cracks spread over the shield, but it didn’t shatter, successfully blocking Buck’s axe.

Buck almost instinctively raised his other arm. His left hand formed a knife and chopped at the Energy Shield. Under normal circumstances, Buck should have swung a second axe with his left hand; his right arm had just delivered a full-force chop and needed a left-arm chop to buy time.

Right arm with a full-force first axe, left arm immediately following up—using that to suppress the enemy. Once the right arm recovered, he would deliver a third, heavy, crushing axe. Those three axes had felled more than a few strong foes for Buck.

Bang!

His fleshy palm chopped into the Energy Shield. Buck’s left hand twisted and deformed in an instant, but he didn’t care; he raised his right arm and swung the heaviest third axe.

At the same time, Su Xiao received a flood of notifications.

[Reminder: Hunter has suffered a Power Penetration Effect impact; your Physical Defense is temporarily reduced by 70%, lasting 5 seconds.]

[You take 678 points of Shock Damage + 79 points of True Strength Penetration Damage + Knockback effect.]

[Power Attribute check in progress...]

[Check passed; Knockback effect has been immune.]

...

The Energy Shield exploded in front of Su Xiao. This shield with 800 points of Strength had blocked one axe and one hand-knife from Buck—exceptionally tough.

Buck’s third axe had already come down. Su Xiao stared fixedly into Buck’s eyes; his Intuition ability could capture Buck’s body movements, and staring into the man’s eyes gave him a chance to guess what the other was thinking.

Diagonal chop!

Before the short axe fell, Su Xiao had already begun to twist his body sideways.

Shua-la—an icy sensation spread from Su Xiao’s right shoulder and arm; a large piece of flesh was chopped off by the sharp axe.

Puchi.

Blood splattered. Su Xiao staggered a few steps to the side; blood gushed from his shoulder, a large piece of flesh hitting the ground.

Buck still held the posture of that final axe. His eyeballs turned toward Su Xiao; the light in those eyes was gradually dimming.

In that instant just now, life and death between Su Xiao and Buck had been decided. Su Xiao had predicted the spot Buck would chop, so he’d risked dodging early. If his prediction had been wrong, it would have been the same as stepping up to be chopped.

As it turned out, Su Xiao didn’t completely evade Buck’s axe. When the short axe in Buck’s hand cleaved past Su Xiao’s right shoulder and arm, the long knife in Su Xiao’s hand cut through Buck’s forearm holding the axe, then, after slicing through the forearm, continued through Buck’s throat.

Relying on the Legendary Level, +13 Enhanced Dragon Slash’s Sharpness, Buck’s neck was severed with a single stroke. In this clash between Close Combat Experts like Su Xiao and Buck, victory or defeat was decided in an instant. Trading big moves was basically impossible—whoever dared to pop a Big Move without preparation would have to endure the other side’s head-splitting barrage, very likely getting chopped into chunks before the move even went off.

With a thud, Buck toppled to the ground; his head rolled off to the side. There was no fear or surprise on his face—this guy was baring those steel teeth in a grin.

[You have killed Buck.]

[Buck was Guard of the Divine Envoy Du Bo · Yi Si; you gain 28 points of Reincarnation Paradise Merit.]

[You have obtained Treasure Chest (Legend-grade, War World Product).]

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Su Xiao flicked the long knife in his hand; blood spattered onto the cobblestones. He sheathed the blade and walked over to Buck’s corpse.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao threw Buck’s body and head into a stone pit, covered them with cobblestones, then stuck the only remaining short axe into the mound as a grave marker.

"I won."

Su Xiao squatted in front of Buck’s grave, a smile on his face. The good thing about talking to the dead showed here—the other party could never talk back, nor would he suddenly explode up and counter-kill Su Xiao.

Su Xiao lay flat on the ground. His bones felt like they were about to come apart, pain everywhere; the wound on his shoulder was bleeding heavily.

Lighting a cigarette, Su Xiao forced himself to sit up, took out a bottle of No.1 Elixir, applied it externally to the wound on his shoulder, and drank the remaining potion.

After wrapping a bandage around the wound, an itchy pain came from his right shoulder and arm—this was the No.1 Elixir taking effect. The chunk of muscle that had been chopped off was gradually regenerating. With a short axe, one swing meant a whole piece of flesh gone; Su Xiao’s injury could be imagined.

After resting for about an hour, Su Xiao gained a First Level of recovery Effect; it was the Ice and Snow Goddess’s Gift. Bubu Wang and the little assistant arrived.