Chapter 1343: I

From the start of the battle until now, Mask actually only had three gunshot wounds; the rest of the bullets were blocked by her defensive outer armor.

"Am I deaf?"

Mask's mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. This was the silent domain created after D·Assassination hit her head, with a duration depending on the environment.

One of Mask's legs suddenly buckled, and she nearly dropped to one knee; a bullet was embedded in her outer armor.

Checking the outer armor's energy layer, only 17% remained. At most two more shots, and her defense would be broken.

Upon realizing this, the outer armor on Mask's body began to thin, and red energy lines appeared on its surface.

Hum...

Like a high-speed engine, Mask's aura surged. The metal claws on her fingertips extended by a segment; if they were cat claws before, they were tiger claws now.

Boom—the ground beneath Mask shattered, and she vanished from where she stood.

As Mask charged forward, she discovered she wasn't deaf; she had previously been inside a silent zone.

Claw shadows flickered, and wall after wall shattered. Mask charged straight toward Su Xiao. She had already detected Su Xiao's position; the two were about a hundred meters apart, separated by nine walls.

Su Xiao stood still. After changing to a new magazine, he held D·Assassination level.

Pfft.

One shot. The bullet flew straight toward Mask's head. Mask tilted her head and actually dodged the bullet from D·Assassination.

Pfft.

The second shot. The bullet drilled into Mask's calf, lodging in the bone. Her charging pace stumbled, and she nearly face-planted into the ground.

Pfft.

The third shot. This bullet sank into Mask's shoulder, penetrating the outer armor, skin, and muscle layer before bursting out from behind her.

At this moment, Mask was about 7 meters away from Su Xiao. D·Assassination vanished from Su Xiao's hand, and he gripped the hilt of Zhan Long Shan.

A blood-red claw glow appeared before Su Xiao, and Zhan Long Shan left its sheath.

Clang!

Sparks flew. Zhan Long Shan blocked above Su Xiao, stopping Mask's sharp metal claws.

Mask was in a super-combustion state. In this state, her defense was reduced by 30%, while her strength, speed, and reaction speed increased by 35%. The state could last for 15 minutes.

Sizzle—Mask's metal claws scraped across the blade. Her left leg buckled, her body tilted left, and her right leg kicked toward Su Xiao's head like a whip.

The force in Mask's hand was not small. When the metal claws scraped the blade, they deflected Zhan Long Shan. This was to prevent Su Xiao from using the blade to block her side kick.

Su Xiao didn't even look at Mask's right leg kicking toward him. He kept staring at Mask's head and torso, capturing the opponent's attacks through his Intuition ability.

As Mask's right leg struck, Su Xiao's left arm buckled, and an energy shield layer wrapped around his elbow.

Bang!

Su Xiao's elbow collided with Mask's calf. Shattered energy shield layers splashed about. A look of pain appeared on Mask's face; her entire right leg went numb.

As Su Xiao knocked away the whip kick, his left hand reached out and grabbed Mask's calf.

"Burn!"

Boom!

Flames engulfed both Su Xiao and Mask.

Crack, crack, crack...

The energy shield layer wrapped around the left side of Su Xiao's body, rapidly absorbing the nearby heat. When the energy shield layer turned completely scorching red, the energy shield layer containing terrifying heat shattered to avoid burning Su Xiao's skin.

Su Xiao and Mask flew backward simultaneously. While in mid-air, Su Xiao slashed a few times into the void in front of him, and blade glows flew out.

Mask clearly didn't understand what this maneuver was, so she blocked with her arms in front of her.

Blood sprayed. Mask, whose defense was significantly reduced, couldn't block the blade glows at all. Several wounds deep enough to see bone appeared on her arms.

"Meow!"

A cat's cry came from the direction where Su Xiao was.

A phantom cat appeared out of thin air in front of Su Xiao and began scratching him all over his head and face.

Su Xiao blocked with his arms in front of his face. Several bloodstains appeared on his cheeks and arms.

【Prompt: You have been attacked by a Void Cat. Charisma attribute judgment in progress...】

Seeing this judgment, Su Xiao's heart skipped a beat. If it were any other attribute judgment, he wouldn't be afraid, but Charisma was the exception.

【Judgment failed, and you have been suppressed by the enemy's Charisma attribute.】

【You are affected by the effect of 'Night Cat's Charm'. Willpower -10 points (exempted), physical defense -20%, unable to use all active skills. Effect lasts 15 seconds.】

【Warning: Due to the Charisma attribute suppression effect, the abnormal debuff state has been significantly increased. Physical defense -38%, unable to use all active skills. Effect lasts 30 seconds.】

Mask seemed to have received a prompt as well. She was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face.

"You're finished."

Mask chuckled and lunged straight at Su Xiao, killing intent boiling in her eyes.

30 seconds later.

Bang!

Mask, covered in slash marks, flew backward and crashed through a wall.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Mask coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, holding her abdomen with one hand to prevent her intestines from spilling out.

"Are you kidding me? You've got to be lying!"

Mask spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva. In the previous 30 seconds, she was surprised to find that whether the enemy could use active skills didn't seem to make much difference; the slashes were still sharp, and every strike drew blood.

In fact, besides the active abilities attached to his equipment, the only active ability Su Xiao used in battle was Green Qing Qing Gang Ying.

Being unable to use active abilities for 30 seconds seemed terrifying, but for Su Xiao, it just meant he couldn't use the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability for 30 seconds. Compared to that, the reduction in defense was actually more troublesome.

Blood dripped down Su Xiao's fingertips. Being unable to use Green Qing Qing Gang Ying meant he couldn't use the energy shield. During this period, he was indeed scratched quite badly by the enemy, and with the reduction in physical defense, it was even more serious.

Fortunately, Su Xiao's survival ability was strong enough, and combined with a pile of passive abilities that assisted his swordsmanship, Mask had been educated by him to the point of doubting life.

If Mask's opponent had been a mage or a conventional Qiyuezhe, she would definitely have been the king during those 30 seconds, but unfortunately, Su Xiao didn't rely too much on active abilities.

"You've gone too far, meow. This cat is angry."

Mask stood up and glared at Su Xiao, looking quite imposing.

"Meow!!!"

A meow with a terrifyingly high decibel spread out, and layers of sound waves diffused with Mask as the center.

Clatter, clatter...

All the glass within a 300-meter radius was shattered by this meow. This meow spread across at least half of the Sabaody Archipelago.

Clearly, Mask was calling for help after losing. With this meow, as long as the other lone wolves weren't brain-dead, they would realize something was happening here.

Su Xiao covered his ears with one hand. The sound was closest to him; one could imagine how strong a sonic impact he endured.

Not far away, Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang, who had been hiding there, covered his ears with both paws.

"Awoo~"

Xiang Bubu let out a wolf howl, intending to drown out the meow. But it was useless. If Xiang Bubu could speak, he would definitely say: "I hate cat-stars, especially the ones that meow very loudly."

A few seconds later, the cat's meowing stopped.

With a crash, concrete debris fell from the ceiling. In the room where Su Xiao and Mask were, the four walls were full of cracks.

"I advise you to run quickly."

Mask smiled, looking quite schadenfreude.

Su Xiao's eyelids drooped, and the buzzing in his ears faded.

Seeing Su Xiao's fierce gaze, the smile on Mask's face froze. She... seemed to have completely enraged the enemy.

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