Chapter 1215: Cavalry Charge, Putting Waste to Use

Although this was Xia Duo's first time coming to the Astral Plane "in person," he was not unfamiliar with the Astral Plane environment; after all, he had once spent long periods tirelessly perceiving the Astral Plane through the Plane Exploration Array at the Tower of Time.

Within the Astral Plane, Astral Winds are common, and patches of psychic storms are like ocean currents in the sea, while the Astral Winds stirred up by sentient beings are like pouring large amounts of red ink into those currents.

In a short time, wanting to find the way back is as simple as looking at the lines on one's palm!

It had only been about a minute since Xia Duo and the other two left that counterattack battlefield; if this were the Main Plane instead of the Astral Plane, Xia Duo could even have seen that place directly.

The Astral Plane is, after all, a mental world; even when creatures in the Astral Plane use their eyes to see, it is more related to the mental level. Theoretically, a blind person would not be blind once they reached the Astral Plane.

But likewise, even if someone had clairvoyance on the Main Plane, it would be very difficult to see items beyond a thousand meters in the Astral Plane, whereas possessing extraordinary Perception would make it relatively easier to perceive the situation beyond a thousand meters.

Xia Duo's Perception was not bad; of course, he had not been able to perceive the sole remaining hunter within his field of vision, but he was not far off.

Almost at the same time he saw the other party, he could vaguely perceive the state the other party was in at that moment—

Not moving!

This was good news. If the other party were moving, whether toward him or away from him, it would mean that as long as the other party wanted to escape, it would be a long chase.

Xia Duo did not have the confidence to catch up to an Astral Plane native more skilled at flying in this boundless void, and if he were to be counterattacked by the other party, that would be too embarrassing.

Entering the field of vision meant the distance was not far. Xia Duo's field of vision was quite wide, reaching several thousand meters, and judging from the state he perceived the other party to be in, the other party's Perception was not as good as his.

Otherwise, whether the other party was fleeing or advancing to attack, they would have moved, rather than remaining in this motionless state as they were now.

As for the possibility that the other party was already dead, Xia Duo had not considered it; during the brief moment of the counterattack and departure earlier, he had noticed that it was a living target.

The only possibility was that the other party had not yet discovered him.

If this were a fighter jet dogfight on Earth, Xia Duo could fire a missile now, but it was a pity that he did not master long-range attack methods in the Astral Plane.

His Flying Sword was a purely Mithril Component Magic Item; once converted to astral matter in the Astral Plane, it was just a shuttle-shaped ornament with no use at all.

In fact, even if his Flying Sword retained all its magic abilities, he was very doubtful whether it could fly that far in an environment like the Astral Plane.

Fortunately, he was prepared to use the Blade of Veto for melee combat; he never had the chance on the Main Plane, but upon coming to the Astral Plane, this was the only method left.

Truly, the ways of the world are unpredictable!

……

When the distance between the two sides came within a thousand meters, the hunter who had been staying in place finally noticed, but it was too late even with the realization.

A distance of a thousand meters was far from enough for him to gain the speed to shake off Xia Duo.

Of course, he also tried to flee, but in Xia Duo's view, this was somewhat of a death struggle.

When the identities of hunter and prey are swapped, the original hunter may not necessarily be able to remain as calm as usual; the thousand-meter distance flashed by.

Xia Duo did not try to approach, lock on, and then hunt like the hunter leader from just before; on one hand, he lacked the technique to lock on, and on the other, he did not think doing so was very clever.

In his view, combat in the Astral Plane was more like a fighter jet dogfight on Earth, rather than a ship-to-ship boarding battle on the sea.

Even if Xia Duo lacked efficient long-range attack methods at this moment, he could try a cavalry-style attack—

As he was about to approach the other party, he was already holding the Blade of Veto with both hands across his chest, the blade tilted slightly backward from one side of his body.

And when he truly drew close, he slightly adjusted his movement angle and swept past the hunter at high speed.

The other party turned to attempt a counterattack, but that counterattack seemed too weak in Xia Duo's eyes; he didn't even need to use any extra interference spells, just simply leading with the blade like that.

The greatsword in the other party's hand was pushed back by the seemingly slender and frail Blade of Veto and flew directly out of their grasp.

The hunter himself was also struck as if by a heavy blow; he wanted to adjust his movement direction to chase after the greatsword that had flown away at an even faster speed, but he did not expect Xia Duo's return to be so swift!

Only this time, the hunter had no weapon to block with; having lost his weapon, he also lost the vast majority of his counterattack possibilities.

And the more he reached this kind of situation, the more cautious Xia Duo became; counterattacking others was a matter of course, but he did not wish to be counterattacked by others.

In the current situation, the advantage was his; he could completely attack repeatedly, and that was exactly what he did!

Every time he made a return charge, he did not seek to kill the other party instantly, nor did he seek to hit the other party's vital points, aiming entirely at restricting the other party's possible counterattacks, just like how he insisted on knocking away the other party's weapon during the first charge.

In fact, Xia Duo only carried out two rounds of charging before the other party had completely lost the ability to resist; the chaotic consciousness only stirred up a faint Astral Wind in the Astral Plane before quickly falling into silence.

For the third charge, Xia Duo did not use the Blade of Veto, but instead created a scorching fireball nearby, which was different from the spells of the Main Plane.

Under his extremely firm will, this fireball did not burn the hunter to ashes completely, but turned them into a humanoid piece of charcoal.

For the fourth charge, Xia Duo did not have any contact with the humanoid charcoal, but instead, at the moment of approaching, used his will to "park" it, while he himself used teleportation to "brake" and stopped not far away.

Looking at the charred body of the other party, Xia Duo sighed slightly, but he did not let go of such a rare experimental opportunity—an experiment on accessing items in the Astral Plane!

Ever since he entered the Astral Plane, he had wanted to do this, but with Suo En and Kelifu by his side, he was somewhat worried.

The Astral Plane and the ordinary Material Plane are fundamentally different, and Xia Duo was not sure what would happen if he used his Personal Space to overlap with the Astral Plane.

He was reluctant to experiment with his own things; after all, the things he could put into his Personal Space all had considerable value.

Now this charred corpse could just happen to be put to good use.

Xia Duo first carefully perceived the surrounding environment, and after confirming there were no abnormalities, he slowly approached the charred corpse; he only stopped when he was about two meters away.

——Plane Overlap!

"It really works!"

Xia Duo felt a joy in his heart, and at the moment of the Plane Overlap, he felt as if he could summon his Personal Space.

This was a special feeling he had never had before!