Chapter 1647: Hearing That Makes Me Even More Despair

Naloi landed, letting out a gasp and spitting blood, her face twitching relentlessly due to the terrifying damage of this strike.

After being hit by Su Xiao’s first strike, Naloi initially thought it was one of Su Xiao’s big moves, which explained the high true damage. But after being hit a second time, she realized that every strike from Su Xiao was like this, not a big move at all, which was extremely frightening.

Now Naloi finally understood why Iron Rat hadn’t transmitted any enemy intelligence before dying. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but he simply didn’t have the time; the high true damage was a main tank killer.

“You have a grudge against him, not just coming to chop me up all the time.”

Naloi looked at Su Xiao not far away, as he was half-squatting on a broken concrete pillar, blood dripping from the edge of his knife.

Fighting against Su Xiao, or rather against Su Xiao who had activated his Demonic Hunt Time, perception was utterly useless and would only mislead her.

Naloi spat out mouthfuls of bloodied saliva, the metallic taste fueling her increasingly desperate breaths. She’s certain that if things continue as they are, she won’t last long.

“S…”

Naloi had barely spoken a word when Su Xiao appeared in front of her, the dazzling blade light reflecting in her eyes.

Almost instinctively, Naloi controlled the Spider Mecha to shield her front, but in the next instant, Su Xiao appeared behind her. Naloi’s psychological shadow area could only be imagined; even if Stan intended to support her, he could only predict where Su Xiao would appear next and hope for the best—no one knew his movements but Su Xiao himself. Just as Naloi prepared to summon the Spider Armor behind her, Su Xiao appeared by her side.

Though Su Xiao was repeatedly penetrating space, the motion path of his long knife didn’t pause. As he appeared flanking Naloi, the Dragon Slash’s blade already brushed against the skin of Naloi’s neck. In this split second, Naloi’s perception seemed to slow, feeling the sharp long knife gently slice into her neck—not a pain, rather, a cool sensation combined with a slight tingling.

Naloi had the feeling that she was going to die; the enemy’s speed was beyond fast—it was like flash move, without any intervals, and moved three times within about 0.2 seconds. She couldn’t even think of a way to defend.

Despite Naloi’s quick thinking, her body only slightly sidestepped, her eyes wrought with helplessness. If escaping was impossible, the only option was to die in front of her enemy.

Clang!

The long knife swept by, sending half of a hand flying, Su Xiao’s body weighing heavily as his legs thudded into the ground.

Stan appeared at Naloi’s previous location, having lost half a hand himself. Amid the hand remnant was a slow-crumbling parchment, the very artifact that had spared Naloi’s life.

Su Xiao stood before Stan, feeling a potent pull and pressure, the visceral force proving most threatening.

Su Xiao’s vision tinged red, instinctively raising his blade to strike at Stan. Compared to Naloi’s speed, Stan’s pace was akin to crawling, yet his unmovable aura could not be ignored.

As Dragon Slash approached Stan’s throat, the slicing speed of the long knife was bogged down by intense gravity, getting slower and slower.

Stan reached out to grab Su Xiao, predictably grasping air, as Su Xiao appeared behind Stan, eight emerald spider claws attacking him—a freshly armored Naloi.

All eight spider claws stabbed into thin air, with Su Xiao flashing into presence more than ten meters away.

Drop, drop…

Their blood pooled on the ground as the pair exchanged a glance, seeing the hidden resignation in each other’s eyes.

Indeed, dealing with Su Xiao’s Demonic Hunt Time made Stan and Naloi’s situation as unbearable as possible. Not only was Su Xiao unpredictable and could flash anywhere without boundaries, his knife was extraordinarily sharp—Stan’s survival ability even exceeded the team’s main tank, Iron Rat, and he guarded his position as the heart of Blood Gate’s core tank. Yet in non-critical moments, he rarely engaged.

“What to do, a close combat enemy with flash move and Demon Hunting Suit is unfeasible to counter.”

Naloi clutched her neck, coughing up blood as she spoke.

“73 seconds left.”

Stan replied, as the leader of a fourth-tier large adventure group, he clearly understood the Demon Hunting Suit’s power; Su Xiao’s Demonic Hunt Time had 73 seconds remaining.

“You saying that… makes it seem all more hopeless. I suspect the Demon Hunting Ring we once fought for in Naruto World ended up with him.”

In truth, Naloi guessed correctly—the ring indeed landed with Su Xiao, which had allowed him to assemble the Demon Hunting Suit. It’s ironic, really, as Blood Gate’s ventures into Naruto World to contest the suit had provoked hostilities with Su Xiao.

“Talking about this means nothing…”

Before Stan had finished, Su Xiao had already unleashed a spread of blade aura, and vanished from their view in a flash.

Stan and Naloi backed into each other, hoping to fend off Su Xiao’s back attack, though its significance was negligible.

Blade aura headed for Stan. Gripping tightly, a hand conjured of dark gravity appeared in front of him, interweaving gravitational and binding forces, shattering all blade aura instantly.

Clang.

Dragon Slash arrived before Naloi’s neck, surprisingly just a blade appearing with no sign of Su Xiao.

Bang! Su Xiao kicked Naloi’s shoulder, sending her flying into the basement wall, fate unknown.

With Su Xiao’s summons, Dragon Slash flew to him; he had just grasped his long knife when a huge hand slammed down from above.

With a thunderous crash, it was as if an earthquake occurred, a bottomless pit emerged—with Su Xiao standing at the edge, blood dripping from his chin.

Under Stan’s surprised gaze, Su Xiao cut across his own chest, preparing to use a combination skill only viable during the active Demonic Hunt Time.

The King of Demon Hunting in Su Xiao’s grasp was transforming into a pendant shape. Prior to the battle, he’d planned to utilize this combination skill, hence the Reed-crafted “Master of Space and Time” Pendant was already stored within his space.

The King of Demon Hunting harbors three forms: ring, pendant, and gun. Regardless of its form, set attributes remain unchanged while basic attributes vary.

The King of Demon Hunting in ring form reduces 40% of all abnormal state durations, whereas the pendant form delays entering brink of death.

Unyielding (Passive): When the King of Demon Hunting is in pendant form, upon falling below 10% life value, delay entry into brink of death by 20 seconds (trigger interval of this power is 3 natural days).

Dragon Slash repeatedly tore Su Xiao’s chest, rapidly lowering his life value below 35%, fulfilling Shadow Flash’s usage conditions.

It’s important to know that Su Xiao was amid Demonic Hunt Time, and Shadow Flash is an ability derived from Sword Technique, inherently his. Thus, Shadow Flash was in no cooldown phase, even if it didn’t slaughter the enemy, it could continuously be used—as long as Su Xiao’s stamina endured.

Upon seeing Su Xiao self-harm with his knife, Stan grew cautious, dark gravity lines draping around him, almost visually discernable in their density. Had Su Xiao not activated Demonic Hunt Time, killing Stan would be near impossible—the opponent’s surrounding area spanned several meters, almost a no-approach zone; weaker constitutions might even be torn to bits by alternating dark gravity and attract forces.