Chapter 1630

In the semi-collapsed basement, Su Xiao and Stan stared at each other, while Nairoi stood at the entrance of the basement.

The Blood Gate members within the Holy Grail world were almost completely wiped out, leaving only Stan and Nairoi. Yet, Stan didn't show any signs of rage; it seemed that even if the sky were falling, he could accept it calmly.

It must be said that Su Xiao hadn't defeated the full-strength Blood Gate, because they lacked the brain of the team—that is, a super schemer like Qing Yan. Although Stan's intelligence wasn't low, he, like Su Xiao, belonged to the combat-oriented faction and still had a gap compared to those super schemers.

However, no factor could compensate for the fact of Blood Gate's failure. Moreover, Stan still had a chance; as long as he killed Su Xiao, this thorn in his side, he could consider regrouping after returning to the Reincarnation Paradise. Of course, this was also very difficult; Blood Gate had many enemies, and given the current state of the Blood Gate adventure team, many hostile adventure teams would surely come to seek revenge.

The basement was deathly silent. Su Xiao, holding his long blade, stood where he was without moving, because he could afford to wait. As long as Amu arrived, he could help him block either Stan or Nairoi, and Su Xiao could slaughter the other in a short time.

Su Xiao could afford to wait, but Stan and Nairoi clearly couldn't. Stan's body surged with black-gold energy, several metal plates detached from his chest, and an invisible pulse spread outward.

When this pulse swept over Su Xiao, he felt a stinging sensation on his skin, and invisible gravitational forces appeared all around, pulling at his body from all directions, as if to tear him limb from limb.

【Hint: The Hunter has been affected by the Dark Metal Domain.】

【Strength attribute judgment in progress... Judgment passed.】

【Agility attribute judgment in progress... Judgment passed.】

【Stamina attribute judgment in progress... Judgment failed (Enemy possesses high-tier stamina judgment ability).】

【You have suffered the debuff effect of the Dark Metal Domain: movement speed reduced by 30%, healing effects from external sources reduced by 50%, and you receive 240 points of true damage from the dark gravitational turbulence every minute.】

【Due to the influence of the dark gravitational turbulence, your physical defense is temporarily reduced by 29 points.】

【Due to the influence of the dark gravitational field, there is a 5% chance to trigger a gravity stun effect when moving. This control effect is a physical control; Blade Master cannot exempt it. The control duration is 0.3 to 1.6 seconds.】

Gravity and gravitational force appeared around Su Xiao simultaneously. One moment it felt like a mountain pressing on his shoulders, the next moment a gravitational force was pulling at his body. This abrupt sense of transition made Su Xiao very uncomfortable.

Sensing the gravity, Su Xiao immediately thought of Iron Rat. This ability was very similar to Iron Rat's ability—no, it should be an enhanced version. Or rather, Stan had lent this ability to Iron Rat through those metal plates, rather than it being an ability attached to Iron Rat's arm shield.

One of Stan's actions confirmed Su Xiao's conjecture. With a wave of his hand, a metal plate flew toward Nairoi. After the plate stuck to Nairoi's chest, she became immune to the effects of the dark gravity and dark gravitational force.

Stan's ability was to manipulate dark gravity and dark gravitational force, thereby forming a large-scale weakening and enemy-killing domain. 240 points of true damage per minute was already a terrifying effect, not to mention that Stan only needed to stand there.

Stan's ability wasn't to strengthen himself; Su Xiao had thought of this long ago. Large range, applicable to various situations, controllable, capable of weakening enemies, and capable of defense—this was the kind of ability team leaders most coveted.

At the same time the Dark Metal Domain was activated, Nairoi's appearance also changed drastically. Her lower body turned into a spider form, with a huge spider abdomen and eight exceptionally sharp, emerald-green leg plates, as if forged from alloy.

At this moment, Nairoi's upper body was human, while her lower body was a spider. Yet, Su Xiao always had a feeling that the spider-form lower body wasn't Nairoi's true body, but some kind of alloy armor.

Ding, ding, ding...

Nairoi's leg plates stepped on the ground, emitting a crisp sound. Wisps of blue smoke rose from the ground where she passed, and a pungent acidic smell spread. This was definitely acidic poison.

Stan and Nairoi directly unleashed their ultimate moves, and the entire process was almost completed instantly, with no possibility of being interrupted.

Pale blue energy drifted on Su Xiao's body. He now had 100 seconds to kill these two people. 'Hunter Moment' had been activated.

Clearly, the three of them greeted each other with ultimate moves the moment they met, without any probing at all.

With a 'whoosh', Nairoi flashed as a green shadow, appearing before Su Xiao in an instant. This kind of speed was something one couldn't possess even with a true attribute reaching 99 points.

Two green leg plates were raised, attacking Su Xiao like two sharp alloy fangs.

With a loud 'boom', the rubble where Su Xiao had been standing flew everywhere. He, holding his long blade, had already disappeared from where he stood. When he appeared again, he was already standing on the spider abdomen behind Nairoi.

The long blade broke through the air silently, slashing toward Nairoi's nape. Nairoi had already sensed the danger, but this slash was too fast and too sudden.

Just as the blade was about to slash Nairoi's nape, a pitch-black fist formed by dark gravity appeared, conservatively estimated to be the size of a millstone, smashing down toward Su Xiao from above.

Su Xiao had two choices right now: use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to escape, or take the punch head-on and slash Nairoi in one go.

In a split second of thought, Su Xiao disappeared from where he stood, and the pitch-black dark gravity fist stopped in front of Nairoi's spider abdomen.

Nairoi was somewhat disappointed, and Stan also narrowed his eyes. This kind of coordination between the husband and wife had caused countless strong enemies to fall in the past.

Su Xiao used the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to break through space and appeared in front of Nairoi. Nairoi's eyelid twitched, and she cursed inwardly: "This guy is too damn flexible."

Squelch!

Blood splattered. In Nairoi's surprised gaze, Su Xiao appeared beside her again and slashed off her right arm.

Seeing this, Stan slowly raised his foot and stepped forward. His foot sank deep into the ground, going straight up to his knee.

Boom!

With Stan's step, the ground within a half-kilometer radius shook, and a strong gravitational force suddenly descended above the Dark Metal Domain, smashing toward Su Xiao like an invisible canopy.

Spatial fluctuations appeared around Su Xiao. He paused for a moment while passing through space, dodging the indiscriminate attack from above.

At this moment, Stan could only be described as 'immovable as a mountain', and every step he took caused indiscriminate attacks within the domain, except for the friendly units wearing the dark metal plates.

Su Xiao never approached Stan. The reason was simple: the dark gravity and dark gravitational force near him repelled each other, and the air was distorted. Approaching him right now was definitely not a wise move; slaughtering Nairoi first was the best choice.

"Stan, find a way to trap him."

Nairoi covered her severed arm with one hand, her eyes revealing a fierce light.

Stan didn't speak. He also wanted to trap Su Xiao, but Su Xiao's spatial movement was almost without intervals; he couldn't even catch the enemy's trail.

Just as Nairoi shouted, Su Xiao appeared silently behind her and slashed down.

With a 'click', Nairoi's true body actually separated from the spider abdomen of her lower body. Sure enough, this thing was a type of lightweight mecha, not Nairoi's true body.

While in mid-air, Nairoi hooked her fingers, and the spider-like lightweight mecha separated rapidly, its eight leg plates stabbing toward Su Xiao simultaneously.

Squelch!

The long blade slashed into Nairoi's chest, breaking through muscle and bone, and a large amount of organs were slashed. However, Nairoi was no ordinary person either. Several spider threads popped out from the separated spider armor, wrapping around her waist and pulling her back a short distance, which prevented her from being slashed in two.