Chapter 211: Wave Tip, Stepping on Water and Diving Falcon

Xia Nan always maintained a high degree of vigilance.

Especially for this black-skinned Drow Half-Elf beside him.

Perhaps Weiruisi didn't have any outstanding performance when facing beast-type enemies in previous adventure missions.

But he knew clearly that in many cases, the "Rogue" profession had targeted special attacks against humanoid creatures of medium size.

Especially when the other party was from the Drow Elf background of the Underdark and was good at using various poisons.

During this period, even in the tavern in River Valley Town, as long as Weiruisi was present, as long as the food left his sight for a second, he would not eat it again.

Antidotes were always prepared in his waist bag, being careful of any suspicious smells, for fear of being poisoned by accident.

And this state became even more obvious after being left on the battlefield by the other two teammates without any reminder during the battle with the Owl Bear just now.

The shadow left by the backstabbing of teammates at the beginning of his travel through time made anxiety and restlessness grow in the depths of his heart like weeds.

The strange high-pressure team atmosphere on the way to track the Beastman made his vigilance in his heart be pulled to the highest.

Even though he saw the corpse of the Beastman with his own eyes, his attention didn't disperse at all.

At all times, he maintained vigilance and precaution against the other two people beside him, as well as the dark forest in other directions.

Therefore, almost the moment Weiruisi's short dagger was about to be raised, her body, which suddenly tensed because of exerting force, and the cold and sharp killing intent in his perception made Xia Nan alert.

Almost instinctively, following the action flow that had been practiced countless times in his heart.

Directly ignoring the attack launched by the other party toward him, the decapitation longsword in his hand tilted upward and swung straight toward the vital point of the black-skinned elf's neck.

It wasn't a Berserker's style of exchanging injury for life; Xia Nan knew what he was doing.

He had already conducted a combat power analysis on his two teammates, knowing that if he really encountered a backstab, solving this Drow mixed-blood Rogue first would greatly improve his winning rate.

The opportunity was rare, and he naturally wanted to seize this hard-won opportunity, even if he had to hand over a trump card for it.

On his right index finger, the 【Dead Line】 ring, which he had never revealed in front of the two, flashed a faint silver light, and the "Deflection Field" had long been prepared for activation.

But what he didn't expect was that just as the iron-grey longsword was raised, a beam of dark purple light shot straight out from between Weiruisi's fingers, falling on him at a terrifying speed far exceeding ordinary people.

The similar experience of hard-topping the "Petrifying Gaze" flashed by, and Xia Nan only felt that there seemed to be some invisible thing that wanted to invade his mind along with his thinking.

And the perception attribute as high as "10" points took effect in an instant, building his mental power, which had become increasingly solid due to the daily practice of 【Gravity Control】, into a thick city wall.

Blocking all negative forces from the outside world.

At the same time, his heart moved suddenly, and inexplicable inspiration flashed in his mind.

Knowing that the specialty 【Look into the Abyss】, obtained after looking directly at the unspeakable existence from the secret realm evil god, had taken effect silently.

In front of him, Weiruisi's sharp eyes, which had been emitting a faint light in the dim environment, were dazed in an instant, and a painful expression of suffering appeared on her face.

And the short dagger she stabbed forward also stopped in mid-air with the solidification of her expression.

Noticing the shadow appearing on the surface of her body, as well as the shadow power spreading under her feet, knowing that the "teammate" in front of her had probably exhausted all her strength for this strike.

Xia Nan didn't hesitate at all, and had no intention of holding back.

There was no obvious emotional fluctuation in his heart, only a sense of relief that "I've been waiting for you for so long, you finally couldn't hold back."

The decapitation longsword drew a curved iron-grey arc in the air, and the 【Spinning Slash】 that had slaughtered a massive amount of life, under the blessing of the metal weapon, just like the thousands of times in the past, tore through the air.

Making the sharp blade transform into a blurred phantom flashing with cold light under the blessing of inertia and technique.

Flashed by.

"Squelch."

At the cutout of the tight leather clothing stained with blood, on the plump and full dark skin and exquisite collarbone, the slender and delicate neck like a swan's neck had no defensive capability at all.

Above the exposed, plump, slightly dark skin and exquisite collarbones of her blood-stained, tight-fitting leather outfit, her swan-like, slender, and delicate neck had no defensive capabilities whatsoever.

The head was driven by the power on the surface of the sword body, the silver-white smooth long hair spun and swirled, flying like a dandelion made of flesh and blood, spraying blood toward the meadow below.

Weiruisi's face, a mixture of human and Drow Elf, with exquisite features and a touch of exotic beauty, still retained the daze of the mental stun state, and one could faintly capture her crystal-clear eyes that were dilating and contracting.

The next second, the head rolled onto the grass like a ball.

The longsword drew a full arc, gripped tightly with both hands, muscles tense to control and absorb the inertia of the sword body.

The sword momentum reached the final point.

And this moment was also the critical node of "old strength exhausted, new strength not yet born" in the battle.

Any adventurer who is often in multi-person combat would not let go of this excellent opportunity to seriously injure or even directly kill the enemy in an instant.

Xia Nan hadn't had time to withdraw his strength, and even the headless body of the tall and slender figure in front of him was just swaying and hadn't fallen.

Behind him, extremely dense whistling sounds of sharp weapons piercing the air had already come.

Without hesitation, the 【Dead Line】 ring "Deflection Field" was activated in an instant.

The free energy in the air gathered rapidly, and under the guidance of some invisible force, condensed into a semi-transparent, ochre-red protective cover around Xia Nan according to a specific law.

Hum—

Almost the moment the cover was formed, the rain-like blue-grey stone spears stabbed down violently.

The surface of the light cover rippled with layers of fine light patterns, shaking as if it would shatter in the next second, but maintained the integrity of the whole under the stabbing, blocking the enemy's attack for the caster while buying time.

"Bang!"

Time was up, and the ochre-red cover shattered and turned into dots of light, splashing from the air.

Before it had time to completely dissolve, it was swept into the flowing and churning mist, sticking to the iron-grey sword tip, and suddenly stabbed out from the shattered light cover.

"Deflection Field" lasted for a short time, but helped Xia Nan resist the most important offensive, and even earned him time to withdraw his sword, turn around, and accumulate strength.

His jet-black calm eyes only had coldness and sharpness left, and his black broken hair fluttered violently under the ochre-red light rain.

Xia Nan stared at Kashi, who was holding a stone spear in front of him, and the sword tip was aimed exactly at the softest and most fragile part between the other party's neck and sternum.

Nearly forty years old, nearly twenty years of rich adventure experience, and countless battles with monsters and adventurers, made this middle-aged man feel the lethal aura emitted by the longsword the moment it was stabbed.

Gritting his teeth, the veins on his neck bulged.

No longer hiding, the combat technique was activated quietly.

"Clatter!"

I saw his two calves suddenly swell a circle, clearly his feet were stepping on the ground without lifting or falling, but it seemed that there was a strong force, erupting from the soles of his feet, pushing him toward the rear.

【Wave Tip Steps】, one of the essential combat techniques of the profession 【Sea Tide Hunter】, a special combat technique that improves physical explosive power in a short time.

On the sea, it could even achieve a special effect similar to "walking on water."

Even though he was far away from the water source in the dense forest, it still gave Kashi strong explosive power, helping him dodge the attack from the opposite side.

Ding—

Sparks splashed!

The sharp sword tip collided and rubbed against the hard scale armor, shattering a few iron scales, leaving a deep scratch on the surface of the armor, but it was difficult to go any further.

Because the enemy's rapidly retreating body had already left the attack range of the sword body.

【Tooth Hunt】 was on his body, meaningless running or wandering battle would only make Xia Nan win more easily.

Staring tightly at Kashi, who was retreating rapidly in front, Xia Nan's legs accumulated strength, accompanied by the disturbance of grey mist and grass clippings in the air, a blurred wolf head seemed to be looming around his body. In an instant, 【Tooth Hunt】 was about to be activated.

Kashi also knew clearly that the black-haired young man in front of him possessed some kind of displacement combat technique with amazing speed, knowing that he couldn't let the battle enter a stalemate.

Must be quick!

A look of determination flashed in his eyes, while retreating, the stone spear in his hand had been raised high.

Roaring, the arm with bulging muscles exerted sudden force.

Hum—

In the sharp whistling sound of tearing the air, the blue-grey stone spear was thrown suddenly.

But perhaps the accuracy was limited during the movement, and the direction the stone spear aimed at was slightly crooked.

Xia Nan just tilted his body slightly, and as his broken hair swayed, the stone spear brushed past him and inserted directly into the soil behind him.

Suddenly noticing a touch of wrongness.

A month and a half of teammate experience, countless battle pictures flashed in his mind.

Suddenly realized something.

Xia Nan stared at Kashi, who was seemingly retreating rapidly in front, and faintly felt that the other party's speed was slowing down rapidly, and a short knife was held quietly in his hand, while a strange suction force seemed to emerge from his chest, pulling the other party's body like a spring, accumulating strength.

"Want to use this move again?"

Thoughts flowed, and he had already realized the other party's intention.

It was just wanting to use that combat technique of his, which used the stone spear for positioning to move rapidly like a magnet, and at the same time launched a slash at himself with the power brought by body inertia.

Twisting his footsteps, he already wanted to avoid it.

Suddenly paused.

The innate combat talent and the inspiration that flashed in his mind made Xia Nan stand in place.

Grey light flashed quietly in the depths of his jet-black eyes, and the world in front of him instantly turned into black and white.

Fine ripples of gravity waves collided and intertwined, and countless information flows were poured into his brain.

Mental power was consumed rapidly, and his head was gradually dizzy.

But everything around him was clear to the extreme under the effect of 【Heart-Drawing Vision】, detailed and meticulous.

"Squelch Boom!"

The wind roared, and Kashi's refined figure holding the short knife backhanded, like a falcon diving down, took the stone spear behind Xia Nan as the end point, and rushed wildly toward him.

Mental power spread quietly, and the special perspective of 【Heart-Drawing Vision】 allowed Xia Nan to firmly lock onto the body of the other party moving at high speed and approaching him in this short fraction of a second.

【Gravity Control】 took effect silently.

Xia Nan didn't choose to increase the other party's gravity to slow down his speed; instead, he was unusually "considerate," significantly reducing the other party's body gravity for him.

Making the other party's body speed in the air soar, while also being like a sports car with the tachometer topped out, unable to control it anymore.

At the same time, at a certain place in the black and white world composed of countless gravity lines that would make ordinary people dizzy at a glance, he controlled his mental power and pointed lightly.

It was just the slightest gravity fluctuation, but the chain reaction it triggered made Kashi's body, which was originally facing Xia Nan, suddenly deviate by a small section to the side.

The distance was quite subtle.

Beyond the attack range of the short knife, but still within the reach of the longsword.

Those fine manipulations of gravity, the microscopic world, and mental power were just a fleeting moment in the normal time flow.

From the outside perspective.

Standing in place, Xia Nan, whose feet didn't move at all, just raised the decapitation longsword in his hand quietly, held its blade outward, horizontally in front of his chest, with part of the sword body protruding from his side.

Kashi, who was flying from not far in front, with his speed topped out, bringing up the wind roaring with terrifying whistling sounds in the forest, and even the air around his body becoming blurred.

Rushed wildly, sending his neck onto the blade.

"BOOM!!!"

Airflow rolled, grass clippings, dust, and branch fragments, rolling and surging in the forest.

The fragile flesh nearly turned into a puddle of meat the moment it collided with the tree trunk under the action of huge force, wrapped in scale armor distorted and deformed by huge force, lying in a corner, nearly unrecognizable as a human figure.

And Kashi's head, after separating from the body, rushed high.

Carried with fresh blood, the round skull nearly blocked the full moon that had just risen.

It flew until the highest point, then paused slightly, and fell freely.

Up to this point,

From the beginning of the battle when Weiruisi made a move, to Kashi's death, it was only six seconds.

"Hoo..."

Xia Nan panted, 【Heart-Drawing Vision】 even though it had been closed, his brain still couldn't stop feeling dizzy.

It even made him want to retch.

Inspiration flashed, a short operation of less than a second, but it gathered combat techniques, specialties, and all his insights into "gravity" since he was promoted.

Fortunately, the harvest was worth him doing so.

In front of him, semi-transparent characters flashed quietly.

"Proficiency +2"

"【Gravity Control】 lv1: (10/100)"

"..."

After the battle, it was naturally the link of cleaning up the battlefield.

Leaning over, hands supporting his knees, standing in place and slowing down for a while, until the dizziness in his brain recovered.

Xia Nan stood up straight again.

Glanced at the headless corpse of Weiruisi still spraying blood from the neck cutout beside his feet, and looked at Kashi's head that rolled to the side, bloody and blurred.

Ahead, the emerald light between the Beastman's neck became more dazzling.

He didn't have the slightest thought of wanting to go up and check.

Nor did he sheathe his sword.

Just turned his body slightly, facing the direction where he noticed the abnormality in the special vision of 【Heart-Drawing Vision】 during the battle.

Silent gaze.

Immediately, accompanied by the bushes rustling and shaking.

Stepping on the fallen leaves, the light and slow footsteps sounded in the depths of the shadows ahead.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 212 =====

Stepping on fallen leaves, the sound of light, slow footsteps echoed from the depths of the shadows ahead.

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