Chapter 1284 - 1144: Taking Turns

Chapter 1284: Chapter 1144: Taking Turns

The giant-transformed Babus stood over six meters tall, and his head alone was nearly a meter long.

By comparison, a thumb-thick hole was really pathetically small.

But that didn’t matter, because this streak of white light punched straight through his brain and flew out the back of his head.

"Holy shit..." The Paranoid muttered again, still in that "damn, I’m too uneducated for this" mood.

He really knew just how tough this giant’s body was.

He himself had no confidence in breaking that defense, let alone at the hardest spot—the skull.

Nutrient Injection spoke up, "Boss, you okay? Want to fall back and Replenish Qi first?"

The second streak of white light shot out, and Qu Jianlei’s expression grew even uglier.

Although he’d hastily topped up some Spiritual Qi on the way here, at this moment he had less than thirty percent left in his body.

Qu Jianlei barked sharply, "Hold it steady, watch out for a desperate last struggle!"

He didn’t even need to remind them; Babus was already thrashing like mad for his life.

The penetrating wound at his brow was enough to be fatal, but his head was just too damn big.

And a Supreme Level Life Force above the Supreme was far more tenacious than a normal Supreme, not to mention the death throes.

Nutrient Injection’s face went from pale to deathly white in an instant, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

In just a few seconds, his face even started to take on a bluish tinge, and both cheeks puffed out slightly.

Babus, meanwhile, wasn’t just struggling for dear life; he was still shouting, "Save me, save me, spare me..."

"I can work for you, spare me, I can swear undying loyalty, I’m a Supreme Level after all..."

In truth, he had already slipped into a manic state, or rather a dazed one.

He screamed hysterically, his mind a bit unhinged, his whole person collapsing, his words completely incoherent.

But there was no doubt he was begging for mercy and was willing to pay any price for it.

In the end he even yelled, "I’m just taking money to do a job, I wasn’t trying to make things hard for you on purpose!"

The Paranoid spoke coldly, "Who paid you to do this?"

However, Babus’s mind still retained a sliver of clarity. "Save me, as long as you save me, I’ll tell you everything!"

This showed that as long as a person has enough desire to live, they won’t fall into absolute chaos.

Qu Jianlei had somewhat recovered by now; he snorted coldly at that. "You think we need you? You’re not the only prisoner we’ve caught."

The other side’s ambush this time was designed quite covertly, but once they lost the element of surprise, getting to the truth wasn’t all that hard.

Even if the prisoners refused to talk, they could pressure the Government: if the Military didn’t give an explanation, they’d blow the whole thing wide open!

Right now Qingyuan Star was conscripting people all over the place, and many nobles honestly didn’t want to cooperate; they were just short of a pretext.

"You can trust what a prisoner says?" Sure enough, Babus still possessed basic logical thinking.

But at this moment the Paranoid had already lost interest in digging for intel. With a flick of his hand, he fired three more Golden Arrows. "Die!"

The Golden Arrows were aimed right at Babus’s massive head; with such a big target, it was hard to miss even if you tried.

He wanted to test it—since the boss had already broken the man’s defense, how far would the defensive system collapse?

For most Supremes, once the Armor they wore was breached, their overall defense would be severely compromised.

Basically it meant complete defensive collapse, and all they had left was their inherent Tendency to hard-tank it.

Of course, there are ways to disrupt that Tendency; an example was given earlier, so no need to repeat it.

The Paranoid simply wanted to see what was different about someone above the Supreme Level.

—He had no idea that each being above the Supreme Level was different; even if he probed out a result, it wouldn’t have any general applicability.

Still, whether he understood or not, he probed anyway.

And then he got a surprise: all three Golden Arrows nailed into that huge head—and they actually broke through the defense!

In fact, it wasn’t just breaking the defense; the arrow that pierced his cheek sank all the way in.

Even with a head that massive, this single arrow did quite a bit of damage.

"Aaargh~" Babus, who had been desperately begging for mercy, suddenly let out a howl, his entire body nearly leaping out of the Blue Light.

By rights this was the best chance to break free, but the next instant, a Golden Wheel slashed over at lightning speed.

That was, of course, the Paranoid’s handiwork.

His combat experience was insanely rich; at the very moment he fired the Golden Arrow Skill, he had already prepared a Golden Wheel Slash.

Since he’d decided to test the waters, he naturally had follow-up responses ready. That was the kind of combat quality an Awakened should have.

If you only know how to probe, but have no idea what to do after probing, you’re a noob!

And it just so happened the Paranoid was insanely good at Golden Wheel Slash—he could almost cast it instantly.

Seeing that the Golden Arrow Skill worked, he unleashed the Golden Wheel without hesitation, going for maximum kill.

"You mother..." Babus wanted to curse him out; would it kill you to wait a second?

He had just been about to surge upward, completely shaking off the opponent’s Fire Attribute Secret Technique, when this Golden Wheel chopped him off cold.

He knew his own situation best; at this point, it wasn’t just his Armor that had been destroyed.

In a normal state, even if his defense was broken, the Armor he wore might not necessarily shatter.

The Rock Armor was something he put on himself; after reaching above Supreme, he developed a new defensive method that could be actively repaired through micro operation.

The hateful thing was that the opponent’s Fire Attribute above Supreme, the Technique he used was just too vicious.

Not only did it have a binding effect, the key point was that the flames were too fierce, the temperature high and the corrosiveness strong, burning the Rock Armor until it became incomparably fragile.

As for the binding, he still had ways to deal with it; he just needed to violently tear free—the opponent’s Cultivation Level didn’t seem all that impressive.

Of course, in the process of struggling to break free, he would suffer backlash, but with things having developed to this point, did backlash still matter?

But there was nothing he could do about the Rock Armor shattering under these flames.

The scorching flames not only prevented the Rock Armor from recovering, they were also burning his flesh, even his tendency toward convergence was being weakened bit by bit.

Otherwise, Paranoid’s Golden Arrow might not have been able to pierce into his body.

As long as the flames were strong enough, they could melt stone; Babus of course understood this principle.

But he never imagined, even in his dreams, that after already reaching above Supreme, something like this could still happen to him.

What he was thinking about now was nothing but risking his life to struggle free.

As for whether the opponent’s bell could still ring again, he couldn’t be bothered to think about it at all.

At this moment his brain had already suffered heavy damage; if he didn’t desperately struggle free to save himself, he really would die!

Yet just as his neck broke out from the blue glow, he was horrified to find a Golden Wheel shooting over at a freakish speed.

This was the most critical moment; if he shrank his neck back into the blue glow, then the next time he wanted to break free... there probably wouldn’t be a next time.

If he could have torn loose a bit more, he might not necessarily have feared this Golden Wheel.

The power of the opponent’s Gold Attribute Technique could be called top-tier at Supreme Level, but in the end, it was still lacking in Realm.

Now, even if he was that fragile, at worst he’d lose an arm; he could absolutely block this Golden Wheel.

But to block it with his neck, that was... basically impossible!

The Golden Wheel flashed to right in front of him, and Babus glared, eyes about to split, and shouted, "Three against one, you sons of—"

Before he finished shouting, the Golden Wheel had already cut through half his neck.

No blood flowed out; before the blood could rush out of his skin, it was evaporated.

Paranoid drove the Golden Wheel like his life depended on it, yet he still couldn’t chop any further—this guy really wasn’t normally hard!

However, this was already enough.

Even though no blood flowed from Babus’s neck and the cervical vertebra wasn’t severed, half his meridians and qi channels were cut off!

His whole aura collapsed all at once; he only felt his hands and feet go weak and limp, no strength left to summon.

Of course, he still had enough strength to twitch his legs; beyond that, he couldn’t do much more.

Still, barring any accidents, he had some time before he stopped breathing; he had to admit, the Life Force of one above Supreme was really stubborn.

On the brink of death, his mind actually became a bit clearer.

In that moment, the person he hated most turned out to be Paranoid.

Obviously a weak chicken, yet he’d seized on Babus’s opening and unleashed a killing blow.

Right now he was as unconvinced as a man could be; the three of them ganging up on him—wasn’t that three against one?

And among the three they had two Dharma Artifacts; this was just way too unfair!

Babus’s brain had been pierced, yet he could still release Spiritual Power!

But he had never learned any Divine Sense Skill, and with his mind wounded, he could no longer send out clear information.

However, that feeling of helplessness and pleading—anyone could sense it.

His Giant Transformation body could no longer hold up and was shrinking rapidly.

By the time he returned to his original height, the hole in his forehead had shrunk to the size of a chopstick tip.

Nutrient Injection let out a soft sigh, sent out a Flame Saber, and chopped off the opponent’s head.

Babus still wasn’t dead; his head rolled on the ground, continuously releasing a despairing aura.

The three of them ignored him, instead quickly calming their breathing—the fight had been far too intense.

Five or six minutes later, Paranoid walked toward Babus’s headless body, wanting to take that Shawl.

"Put on the Armor," Nutrient Injection said weakly, "his body still has Life Force."

Hearing this, Paranoid froze for a moment, looked at him in surprise, then asked, "The heart?"

He had come across similar theories: human thought wasn’t limited to the brain; the heart could also play a major supporting role.

So once a person’s Cultivation Level reached deep enough, even a headless corpse could survive for a long time.

Of course, theory was theory—he had never verified it in practice.

The last time their team did catch a Supreme, but in the end the boss tortured him to death bit by bit, so they never got to run the relevant tests.

However, after Paranoid failed his impact toward above Supreme, his own body had once turned into a pile of sludge, so he supported this theory.

Yet the idea that after cutting off the head, the heart in the corpse could still maintain vitality was something he hadn’t thought of.

Only after getting that reminder did he recall such a theory.

Nutrient Injection answered calmly, "Above Supreme... if you truly choose the right path, what remains alive may not be just the heart!"