Chapter 1648: Slaughterer

Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he stood, dodging a massive dark gravity fist. This thing not only has strong gravity, but also is surrounded by attraction, making it almost impossible to dodge by side-stepping. Fortunately, his Dragon Shadow Flash ability is strong enough.

Blood energy surged from Su Xiao’s body, quickly wrapping around Dragon Slash as he crouched low.

Bang! The air exploded outward, shattering the ground beneath Su Xiao’s feet. He disappeared from his spot, moving at a speed beyond limit, leaving a red blood line across. In that moment, the surroundings seemed to darken.

Stan stood motionless, just about to raise his hand for a defensive stance, but unfortunately, it was too late. A piece of metallic armor blocked in front of his heart, already been cut open, along with Stan’s chest. Through the wound, his beating heart was clearly visible, with a blood mark appearing on that strong heart.

If not for the armor blocking, Su Xiao’s Shadow Flash wouldn’t have simply slashed open Stan’s chest. The armor’s defensive power was incredibly impressive, having previously stopped Su Xiao’s demon-powered bullets.

Blood overflowed from the corner of Stan’s mouth. No matter how you say it, he blocked Su Xiao’s knife. From his experience, this fearsome slash is certainly a big move type ability with a speed that breaks through the dark gravity field and is extremely damaging.

Just when Stan thought he had withstood the slash, that terrifying aura came again from behind him.

Zheng.

The long knife rang crisply, another bloody line slashed through, dissipating a large part of the dark gravity field around Stan. This was a side effect of the dark metal domain. Once the enemy’s attack intensity exceeds the domain’s limit, the dark metal domain will fall silent for 10 to 15 seconds.

A sharp pain came from Stan’s back, he staggered a few steps, those dark golden eyes looked at Su Xiao, after two consecutive Shadow Flashes, he didn’t die, then it’s Su Xiao’s turn to die.

As soon as the dark metal domain disappeared, Su Xiao appeared beside Stan, slashing horizontally, the knife tip barely brushed Stan’s neck. The wound was not deep, but a wave of Blue Steel Shadow energy infiltrated inside Stan, along with something else.

Stan tilted his head to avoid, as if something invaded his body, along with the energy that would burn his mana value.

The scene before Stan’s eyes suddenly changed, Su Xiao disappeared, and that dilapidated basement vanished too. He found himself in a foggy space, a silhouette with a long knife walked towards him.

Stan instinctively wanted to activate the dark metal domain, but he was startled to find no change around him. Not only that, his ‘body’ was somewhat strange, becoming illusory. At that moment, the figure already approached him.

Brush-la, a long knife enveloped in black-blue mist slashed through Stan’s throat. Stan’s body gradually faded and finally dispersed. Compared to the Blade Devil Spirit within Dragon Slash, Stan’s soul strength was completely negligible. What Stan saw was merely an image within his consciousness space, and because of this, he couldn’t use the dark metal domain.

Devil Blade (active): When attacking enemies below 25% of life value, can release the Blade Devil Spirit inside Dragon Slash. The Blade Devil Spirit will invade the enemy’s body leveraging Blue Steel Shadow energy, causing slaying effects that ignore resistance, immunity, and defense (this instant death effect has no judgment process).

In reality, Stan stood motionless, those dark golden eyes had already turned gray and faintly showed shattering marks.

A surge of black-blue energy emerged from Stan’s wound, finally merging into Dragon Slash. Holding Dragon Slash, Su Xiao felt something very peculiar, it was as if Dragon Slash seemed satiated.

Noticing this, Su Xiao’s eye twitched. If he’s not mistaken, the Blade Devil Spirit inside Dragon Slash should have devoured Stan’s soul.

Stan was dead, evident from his shattered glass-like pupils, yet he did not fall, because the leader of Blood Gate must not allow defeat. Even in defeat, one must remain standing.

Just after Stan died, Su Xiao took out a small syringe the length of a finger. With careful pressure from his finger, the medication inside was injected into his palm. During battle, enemies won’t allow him the opportunity to drink recovery potions. This type of small syringe that can be injected quickly and is hard to detect is the best choice.

If Su Xiao didn’t timely inject the potion, when the ‘Unyielding’ effect of King of Demon Hunting’s wore off, he would fall into a brink of death state, making it impossible to defeat Naloi.

The process of slaying Stan seemed simple, but in reality, it was not. First, he transformed King of Demon Hunting into another form, gaining the ‘Unyielding’ ability effect boost, which ensured he could continue fighting for 20 seconds when his life value was very low, preventing a brink of death state.

Next, he reduced his life value to below 35%, used two consecutive Shadow Flashes to leave Stan half-dead, then used the Blade Devil Spirit inside Dragon Slash to invade Stan’s body, causing a slaying effect, leaving him no chance for a desperate struggle. This is the power of slaying-type abilities.

Su Xiao checked the tips from Reincarnation Paradise to confirm Stan’s death. Upon seeing the message ‘You have slain Contractor No.10009’, Su Xiao’s eyes began to scour the basement, but unfortunately, Naloi was nowhere to be found.

Naloi fled. In truth, given her nature, she would likely fight to the death here. But after Su Xiao kicked her into the wall, just as she stood up, she witnessed a lifelong unforgettable scene.

Su Xiao slaughtered Stan in three slashes, taking no more than two seconds. It’s worth noting that Stan was regarded as strong and ruthless by Naloi, with strength being the majority of her impression. Although Stan became a Second Tier contractor, Naloi felt estranged from the man who used to be her husband, leading to a mix of familiar and unfamiliar feelings in her heart.

Such a powerful Stan, butchered by Su Xiao with three slashes like killing chickens or dogs, the contrast made Naloi feel fear. She was scared, so she escaped.

Inside a clothing store in Fuyuki City, Naloi leaned against the bar. Her single arm constantly trembling, her teeth clenched tightly, emitting Kaka sounds. Originally she thought she wouldn’t fear anything anymore, but today, she felt terror towards a man carrying a long knife with an aura like an evil beast.

“I’ve already lost… the qualification to fight that guy, damn.”

Naloi bit down on her single arm, the pain stopping its tremble. At this point, there’s no need to consider whether Stan’s methods of controlling the adventure group were correct. Once Stan fell, Blood Gate would disintegrate in a short time, leaving Naloi to face the enemies Stan made, who would seek her out in his absence.

In the basement, the light blue energy dispersed from Su Xiao’s body, a sense of weakness hit. He finally solved the mortal enemy Stan. As for the escaping Naloi, if there’s a chance, Su Xiao would go and kill her. Without a chance, he wouldn’t pursue her as aggressively as he did Stan. Stan was no fear, let alone the fleeing Naloi.

Jumping out from the hole above the basement, walking on the street, Su Xiao felt a wave of relief having finally eliminated the mortal enemy he made during the Second Tier.

The bright moon hung high. As Su Xiao walked the street, a tip from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.

[Tip: The Hunter has slain the leader of a large adventure group, granting the temporary title ‘Team Slayer’.]

[The ‘Team Slayer’ title is forcibly equipped and will last for three derivative worlds.]

[The ‘Team Slayer’ title is attributeless, cannot be unequipped, cannot be traded, cannot be destroyed. After three derivative worlds, it disappears for the Hunter.]

[While wearing the ‘Team Slayer’ title, if the Hunter conflicts with any contractor, the enemy contractor will receive a warning and learn the specific origin of the ‘Team Slayer’ title.]

Seeing the ‘Team Slayer’ title, Su Xiao understood it was a protection mechanism by Reincarnation Paradise for adventure groups. After all, he had slaughtered a large adventure group’s leader. With such a record, in future derivative worlds, once he clashes with other contractors, they will immediately receive a warning.

The situation is conceivable, those contractors, knowing Su Xiao had slaughtered a large adventure group’s leader, would likely flee upon realization, unless they’re mentally deficient.