Chapter 1582
Inside the Mist Valley, Su Xiao put away the Duke of Silence. Although he didn't know the situation of Moi Nora inside the light cocoon, judging by the pitted and scarred cocoon, it shouldn't be good.
Compared to Moi Nora, the Bajing race member not far away was also a significant threat. Su Xiao wouldn't be afraid of facing Moi Nora or Zango alone, but if he faced both at the same time, he would definitely die.
There were only 25 minutes left of the half-hour time limit. After 25 minutes, Doom would be resurrected, which meant Moi Nora would regain the ability of infinite resurrection.
Su Xiao certainly couldn't waste the 30 minutes that Carmen and the others had fought for with their lives. But now, he was facing two powerful enemies simultaneously; once besieged by the two, his journey in the Reincarnation Paradise would end here.
This tension and pressure made Su Xiao take a deep breath and slowly exhale. Escaping was already impossible; not to mention the Bajing race member, Moi Nora alone would hunt him to the ends of the earth.
Su Xiao didn't have the ability to explode his small universe at a critical moment, nor did he possess the aptitude to grow stronger rapidly during battle. All he could do was risk his life to give it a try.
Amu crawled into the mountain depression from the edge of the rock wall, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had blended into the environment, also stepped forward. This was a life-or-death moment; solving these two enemies meant living, failing meant dying. The current mortality rate was over 60%.
As for using the 【Ancient Clockwork】 to forcibly return to the Reincarnation Paradise, that was almost equivalent to a slow death. Su Xiao had invested a massive amount of resources to complete the Blade Awakening; once he returned empty-handed from the Dark Crow world, he would gradually fail to keep up with the current progress of the derived worlds. Don't forget, Su Xiao still had to clear out violators.
Rather than choosing a slow death, Su Xiao preferred to try and see if he could kill Moi Nora in a short time. As for that Bajing race member, he would let Amu and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang drag him down first. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's 【Negative Ion Plasma Superconducting Device】 still had some plasma left; it wasn't impossible to trap that Bajing race member for a while.
Amu, with cold air surging all over its body, roared and took a few large strides forward, its Ice Battle Hammer smashing toward the Bajing race member.
Zango raised his arm, and with a "bang," the bucket-sized hammer head smashed into his arm.
After taking a hammer blow, Zango didn't even retreat a step. He looked down at Amu, and his other hand flashed like an afterimage, grabbing Amu's head directly.
"Moo!"
Amu let out a painful low roar. It wanted to break free from Zango's hand, but unfortunately, the strength gap between the two was huge. Fortunately, Amu's physique was tough enough; if it were anyone else, their head would have been crushed long ago.
Crack!
Cracks appeared on Amu's skull, but Amu wasn't one to be trifled with either. It swung its battle hammer and gave Zango's head a hammer blow.
Bang!
After a muffled sound, Zango just tilted his head. He could have dodged this hammer, but there was no need at all. In the end, Amu's attack power wasn't strong.
Blood gushed from Amu's mouth and nose. After its second evolution, Amu had already leaned toward biological properties.
Just as Amu prepared to give Zango another hammer blow, Zango grabbed Amu's head with both hands.
"For your courage, I grant you a glorious death in battle."
Crack crack crack...
Blood seeped out through Zango's fingers. At this moment, metal rods appeared out of thin air around him.
With a "hiss," the plasma net expanded, forming a semicircle with a diameter of about ten meters, imprisoning Zango and Amu inside.
Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, blended into the environment, rushed into the plasma net, reached Zango's back in a few steps, leaped up, and bit into Zango's back neck, its sharp claws digging into Zango's temples on both sides. Its dog eyes were full of anger, meaning: "Black bald guy, you dare to squeeze my little brother Amu, I'll kill you."
Bitten on the back of the neck by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Zango was clearly stunned for a moment. He released Amu and grabbed at the back of his head with both large hands.
Although Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's eyes were full of anger, it hadn't lost its mind; this monster was clearly not something it could deal with.
Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang kicked its dog paws and blended into the environment while in mid-air. The first thing it did upon landing was to rush to Amu, bite the semi-conscious Amu, and throw it out of the plasma net.
Zango looked around and found that Amu and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground. Everywhere he looked was filled with the plasma net. Zango certainly recognized this thing; it was a plasma net from the Bana dwarf race. There was no good way to break it, just hard collision would do.
Boom, boom...
The entire mountain depression began to shake. Zango was indeed strong, but he was just a brute, easily tricked into a trap by Amu and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.
Outside the plasma net, Su Xiao had already rushed toward the light cocoon with his blade. After his repeated bombardment, this thing was covered in cracks.
Su Xiao stopped in front of the light cocoon, and the long blade in his hand stabbed into a crack about two fingers wide. The nature of this thing was extremely special; it neither belonged to energy nor to any kind of substance, otherwise, it would have been devoured by the Blue Steel Shadow energy long ago.
Pfft!
Two sounds of sharp weapons piercing through came almost simultaneously. A golden energy longsword pierced through Su Xiao's lower abdomen. Seeing this longsword, his heart sank—the worst situation had occurred.
The light cocoon shattered. Su Xiao's long blade pierced through Moi Nora's shoulder, and Moi Nora's longsword pierced through Su Xiao's lower abdomen.
Almost simultaneously, the weapons in both their hands cut toward each other's organs. But the 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 on Su Xiao's body was extremely tough, and he had grabbed the energy longsword with his bare hand, causing the energy longsword's cutting speed to be extremely slow.
Blood splashed, and the long blade in Su Xiao's hand cut downward, from Moi Nora's shoulder to her chest position. The sensation of cutting the enemy's body was transmitted from the hilt to his hand.
Moi Nora used the inside of the energy sword's guard to block the blade. It could be seen that her swordsmanship had made a qualitative leap. More importantly, her appearance hadn't changed much; unlike Morisa's gender change, she had initially mastered that power, and the Crownless Lord's consciousness had also dissipated, not conflicting with her body.
From the posture Moi Nora used to block this blade, Su Xiao could see that she had inherited the Crownless Lord's swordsmanship. If they opened up the distance now, it would definitely be a bitter battle, and the outcome was uncertain.
The Boundary Breaking Line popped out, not wrapping toward the enemy, but wrapping around Su Xiao's own abdomen.
Hiss~
The Boundary Breaking Line wrapped dozens of times. Zhan Long Shan in Su Xiao's hand disappeared, and a short blade appeared in his hand instead. Since Moi Nora's swordsmanship was stronger, he wouldn't compete in blade and sword techniques; he would have a more primitive and brutal showdown.
Su Xiao reversed his grip on the Soul Walker in his hand and took the initiative to step forward. Blood gushed from his lower abdomen, and the energy longsword pierced deeper.
With a "crack," Su Xiao pressed the emergency cable-cutting device inside his arm guard. He cut off a section of the Boundary Breaking Line to ensure it could be used again; Reed's technology came in handy at a critical moment.
Hiss~
Su Xiao released all the remaining Boundary Breaking Line, using it to wrap himself and Moi Nora together.
The Boundary Breaking Line didn't fix the two together, but tangled messily between them, thus limiting both their ranges of activity.
With such a small range of activity, it was impossible for Moi Nora to pull out the longsword in Su Xiao's abdomen. Her best choice now was to swing her little fists and hammer Su Xiao.
However, compared to Moi Nora's little fists, the Soul Walker in Su Xiao's hand was more lethal.
"Aurora."
A ball of white light surged in Moi Nora's hand, directly blasting Su Xiao's chest.
With a "bang," a fist-sized bloody hole was blasted into Su Xiao's left chest. Through this hole, Moi Nora could even see the situation behind Su Xiao and his heart beating inside his chest cavity.
Su Xiao's left side was completely numb, but he grinned, and those white teeth made Moi Nora somewhat palpitate; she had never fought an enemy like this before.
Pfft, pfft, pfft...
Su Xiao, holding the short blade, stabbed Moi Nora repeatedly, mainly targeting her throat, head, and heart.
Blue smoke filled Su Xiao's left hand, and he grabbed Moi Nora. Because Moi Nora wasn't a complete biological energy body but had her own flesh, the Devouring Core couldn't devour her quickly, but it did make her feel somewhat weak.
The close-quarters entanglement between the two caused them to roll onto the ground. Unfortunately, Moi Nora was pinned underneath.
Bang, bang, bang...
Blood and flesh splashed. Bloody holes exploded on Su Xiao's abdomen and shoulder one after another. He seemed to have gone blood-crazy, but he still had some reason, at least dodging a white beam of light aimed at his head.
"Glory Ring!"
Glory Rings appeared beside Moi Nora. The next second, the short blade in Su Xiao's hand pierced through her throat.
With a "wah," Moi Nora spat out a large mouthful of blood. Fighting until now, she actually felt a sense of cowardice.
The Glory Ring slashed toward Su Xiao's spine. Sparks flew, and the Glory Ring was bounced off by a layer of pale blue crystal on Su Xiao's body surface.
Su Xiao ignored the Glory Ring and rode on Moi Nora, stabbing her face and throat with his blade.
After just over ten seconds, Moi Nora's struggle became increasingly weak. Su Xiao spat a mouthful of blood onto Moi Nora's face.
The Boundary Breaking Line contracted, wrapping Moi Nora inside. Su Xiao took out 【Endless Darkness】, adjusted it directly to 6 seconds, and put it on Moi Nora's neck. That Bajing race member still couldn't break out of the plasma net; this was the only chance to ask for the location of the Land of Death, because Su Xiao discovered that the Land of Death was not inside the Mist Valley.
Su Xiao took out a bottle of Ancient Secret Medicine and sprinkled a small portion on Moi Nora's neck to prevent her from dying, drinking the rest himself. Moi Nora's eyes gradually became dull. 6 seconds later, the 【Endless Darkness】 collar popped open.
"Where is the Land of Death?"
"You, go, die."
Moi Nora's lips were trembling, her expression somewhat ferocious.
"Cough cough cough..."
Su Xiao coughed up a large mouthful of blood, but his hand movements didn't slow down, adjusting 【Endless Darkness】 to 6 seconds again. This was the maximum time limit for 'Black Prison (Active).'
6 seconds passed quickly. The plasma net not far away became increasingly dim; time was clearly running out.
"Where is the Land of Death?"
"You! Go! Die!"
Moi Nora still refused to yield, but judging by her gaze, she was about to reach her limit. Having been trapped in absolute darkness for over 200 days, this was no longer a question of willpower.
With a "crack," Endless Darkness locked for the third time, still set for 6 seconds.
6 seconds later, the collar popped open, and Moi Nora's pupils were trembling.
"Where is the Land of Death?"
Su Xiao felt a wave of dizziness in his brain; he couldn't hold on much longer.
"In..."
Moi Nora's voice became lower and lower; she had surrendered.
Two stabs to the brain, three stabs to the heart, Su Xiao turned and left without hesitation. As for that Bajing race blockhead assassin, he was still locked in the plasma net, roaring in the Black Abyss language. He was strong, stronger than Moi Nora, just a bit stupid.
End of Chapter
