Chapter 1598: Powerful, Yet Foolish

Chapter 1598 -64: Powerful, Yet Foolish

Within Mist Valley, Su Xiao put away the Duke of Extinction. Although he didn’t know the status of Mo Yi·Nora within the Light Cocoon, judging by the bumpy surface of the cocoon, it shouldn’t be anything good.

Compared to Mo Yi·Nora, the nearby Bajing Clan member was also a significant threat. Su Xiao didn’t fear facing Mo Yi·Nora or Zang Ge individually, but confronting both at once spelled certain death.

Only 25 minutes remained until the half-hour limit. After 25 minutes, Misfortune would resurrect, which meant Mo Yi·Nora would regain the ability for infinite resurrection.

The 30 minutes that Carmen and others fought for with their lives should not be wasted by Su Xiao. Yet now, he faced two formidable foes simultaneously. If he were besieged by both, his journey in Reincarnation Paradise would end here.

This tension and pressure made Su Xiao take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Escape was no longer possible; not to mention the Bajing Clan member, Mo Yi·Nora alone would hunt him to the ends of the earth.

Su Xiao didn’t have the ability to burst with power at crucial moments, nor did he possess the aptitude to grow stronger quickly during battle. All he could do was fight with his life on the line.

A Mu crawled into the mountain hollow from the edge of the cliff, and Bubu Wang, blending into the environment, also advanced. This was a life-and-death moment; defeating these two enemies meant survival, failing meant death, with the death rate now over 60%.

As for using the Ancient Clockwork for forced return to Reincarnation Paradise, that was nearly equivalent to slow death. Su Xiao had invested considerable resources to complete the Awakening of the Blade. If he lost everything in the Dark Raven World, he would gradually fall behind the current progression rate of the Derivative World. Don’t forget, Su Xiao still had to clear the violators.

Rather than choosing slow death, Su Xiao preferred trying to see if he could kill Mo Yi·Nora in a short time. As for the Bajing Clan member, he’d first let A Mu and Bubu Wang stall them. There was some plasma left in Bubu Wang’s Negative Ion Plasma Superconducting Device, so there was a chance to trap the Bajing Clan member for a while.

A Mu roared furiously as cold air rose from his body, taking a few large strides forward, and smashed the Ice Warhammer straight at the Bajing Clan member.

Zang Ge raised his arm, and with a bang, the hammerhead as thick as a barrel struck his arm.

Taking a hammer blow, Zang Ge didn’t even step back. He looked down at A Mu, using the other hand to swipe a phantom to directly grab A Mu’s head.

“Moo!”

A Mu let out a low growl of pain, trying to break free from Zang Ge’s grasp, but unfortunately, the power gap between them was immense. Thankfully, A Mu’s physique was sturdy enough; if it were someone else, their head would have been crushed.

Crack!

Cracks appeared on A Mu’s skull, but A Mu wasn’t easily bullied either. He swung the warhammer to strike Zang Ge on the head.

Bang!

After a muffled sound, Zang Ge merely tilted his head. He could have dodged the hammer, but there was no need. After all, A Mu’s attack ability wasn’t strong.

Blood gushed from A Mu’s mouth and nose. After undergoing a second evolution, A Mu was now more towards a biological nature.

Just as A Mu was preparing to deliver another hammer blow to Zang Ge, Zang Ge used both hands to grip A Mu’s head.

“For your courage, I grant you a glorious combat death.”

Crack, crack, crack…

Blood seeped through Zang Ge’s fingers, and at this moment, metal rods appeared out of thin air around him.

Bzz, a plasma net expanded, forming a semi-circle with a diameter of about ten meters, imprisoning Zang Ge and A Mu inside.

Bubu Wang, blending into the environment, charged into the plasma net, quickly reaching Zang Ge’s back, leaped up, and bit down on Zang Ge’s neck. His sharp claws dug into Zang Ge’s temples, his dog eyes full of rage, meaning: “Bald brute, you dare to pinch my buddy A Mu, I’ll kill you.”

Being bitten on the neck by Bubu Wang, Zang Ge was clearly momentarily stunned. He released A Mu and grasped towards his head.

Though Bubu Wang was full of anger, he didn’t lose his mind. This monster was clearly not one he could handle.

Bubu Wang kicked with his dog paws, blending into the environment while airborne. The first thing he did upon landing was dash in front of the semi-conscious A Mu, biting A Mu to toss him out of the plasma net.

Surveying the scene, Zang Ge found that A Mu and Bubu Wang had vanished, only leaving a puddle of blood on the ground. All around were plasma nets; Zang Ge certainly recognized this thing, it was the plasma net from the Bana Dwarf Tribe, without any good ways to break it, crashing through would suffice.

Boom, boom…

The entire mountain hollow began to shake. Zang Ge was indeed very strong, but he was just a brute, easily tricked into a trap by A Mu and Bubu Wang.

Outside the plasma net, Su Xiao had long since dashed towards the Light Cocoon. After his repeated bombardment, the thing was already filled with cracks.

Su Xiao halted in front of the Light Cocoon, stabbed his long knife into a crack about two fingers wide. This thing was extremely special in nature, neither belonging to energy nor matter; otherwise, it would have been devoured by Blue Steel Shadow energy.

Pfft!

The sound of piercing echoed almost simultaneously, a Gold Energy Long Sword stabbed through Su Xiao’s abdomen. Seeing the sword, he felt a chill in his heart; the worst-case scenario had happened.

The Light Cocoon shattered, and Su Xiao’s long knife stabbed through Mo Yi·Nora’s shoulder, while Mo Yi·Nora’s sword pierced Su Xiao’s abdomen.

Almost simultaneously, both sides used their weapons to slice at each other’s organs. But Su Xiao’s “Night of Wild Hunting” was extremely resilient, and he grasped the energy longsword with his bare hands, causing its slicing speed to be very slow.

Blood splattered as Su Xiao’s long knife sliced down from Mo Yi·Nora’s shoulder to her chest, feeling the sensation of slicing through the enemy’s body transmitted from the hilt to his hand.

Mo Yi·Nora used the inside of the energy sword’s guard to block the blade, indicating that her swordsmanship had greatly improved. More importantly, her appearance remained unchanged, unlike Molis’s gender change. She had already begun to control that power, and the consciousness of the Crownless Lord had faded, no longer conflicting with her body.

From Mo Yi·Nora’s posture of blocking the knife, Su Xiao could tell she had inherited the Crownless Lord’s swordsmanship. If he distanced himself now, it would be a tough battle, with victory still uncertain.

The Boundary Line popped out, not entwining the enemy but wrapping around Su Xiao’s own abdomen.

Bzz—

The Boundary Line wrapped around dozens of times, the Dragon Slash in Su Xiao’s hand disappeared, replaced by a short knife. Since Mo Yi·Nora’s swordsmanship was stronger, there was no need to compete in sword technique anymore; it was time for a more primitive and brutal showdown.

Su Xiao reversed the grip on the Soul Walker in his hand, stepped forward actively, blood gushing from his lower abdomen as the energy longsword pierced deeper.

With a snap, Su Xiao pressed the emergency severance device inside the bracer, cutting off a section of the Boundary Line to ensure it could be used again; Reed’s technology came in handy at crucial moments.

Sizzle~

Su Xiao released all the remaining Boundary Line, tangling himself and Mo Yi·Nora together with it.

The Boundary Line didn’t fix the two in place but rather wrapped them in a chaotic entanglement, greatly limiting their range of movement.

In such a small range of movement, it was impossible for Mo Yi·Nora to pull out the longsword from Su Xiao’s abdomen; her best option now was to punch Su Xiao with her little fists.

However, compared to Mo Yi·Nora’s little fists, the Soul Walker in Su Xiao’s hand was far more lethal.

“Aurora.”

A burst of white light appeared in Mo Yi·Nora’s hand, directly striking Su Xiao’s chest.

With a bang, Su Xiao’s left chest was blasted open with a fist-sized blood hole. Through this cavity, Mo Yi·Nora could even see behind Su Xiao and his heart beating within his chest.

Su Xiao’s left side was completely numb, yet he grinned, showing teeth so white and cold that it made Mo Yi·Nora uneasy; she had never fought like this with an enemy before.

Slash, slash, slash…

Holding the short knife, Su Xiao randomly stabbed at Mo Yi·Nora, mainly targeting her throat, head, and heart.

Blue smoke billowed from Su Xiao’s left hand as he grabbed Mo Yi·Nora, and since Mo Yi·Nora wasn’t a complete energy body, but possessed her own flesh, the Core of Devour couldn’t quickly consume her, though it did make her feel somewhat powerless.

Their grappling at such a close distance caused them to fall to the ground, and unfortunately, Mo Yi·Nora ended up beneath.

Bam, bam, bam…

Blood and flesh splattered as several blood holes burst open continuously in Su Xiao’s abdomen and shoulder. Although he appeared to be in a killing frenzy, he retained some reason, managing at least to dodge a white light beam aimed at his head.

“Halo!”

Several halos appeared around Mo Yi·Nora, and in the next second, Su Xiao’s short knife pierced through her throat.

With a gasp, Mo Yi·Nora spat out a large mouthful of blood, feeling somewhat intimidated as the battle went on.

The halo slashed at Su Xiao’s back, but sparks flew as the halo was repelled by a thin blue crystal layer on Su Xiao’s body surface.

Su Xiao ignored the halo, instead straddling Mo Yi·Nora, stabbing at her face and throat one knife after another.

Within mere tens of seconds, Mo Yi·Nora’s struggle grew increasingly feeble, and Su Xiao spat a mouthful of blood onto her face.

The Boundary Line shrunk, entangling Mo Yi·Nora within, then Su Xiao took out the “Endless Darkness,” adjusted it directly to 6 seconds, and placed it on Mo Yi·Nora’s neck. The Bajing clan member still couldn’t get out of the plasma net; now was the only chance to inquire about the location of the Death Land, since Su Xiao discovered the Death Land wasn’t inside Mist Valley.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of Ancient Secret Medicine, sprinkling a small portion on Mo Yi·Nora’s neck to prevent her from dying, while drinking the remaining large portion himself. Mo Yi·Nora’s eyes gradually grew vacant, and 6 seconds later, the “Endless Darkness” collar sprang open.

“Where is the Death Land?”

“Go to hell.”

Mo Yi·Nora’s lips trembled, her expression fierce.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

Su Xiao coughed out a mouthful of blood, yet his hands didn’t slow down, once again adjusting the “Endless Darkness” to 6 seconds, the maximum duration of ‘Black Prison (Active).’

6 seconds passed quickly, the plasma net nearby dimming, its time noticeably running out.

“Where is the Death Land?”

“You! Go! To! Hell!”

Mo Yi·Nora continued to resist stubbornly, but judging from her gaze, she was nearing her limit; trapped in absolute darkness for over 200 days was beyond a matter of willpower strength.

With a click, the Endless Darkness latched on for the third time, set again at 6 seconds.

6 seconds later, the collar sprang open, Mo Yi·Nora’s pupils quivering.

“Where is the Death Land?”

A wave of dizziness hit Su Xiao’s mind; he was starting to struggle.

“It’s…”

Mo Yi·Nora’s voice grew lower; she was finally submitting.

Two stabs to the brain, three to the heart, Su Xiao turned to leave without hesitation. As for the dimwitted assassin from the Bajing clan, still trapped within the plasma net, roaring in Black Abyss Language—he was strong, stronger than Mo Yi·Nora, just a bit foolish.