Chapter 1971: Stripping

The atmosphere in the banquet hall was quite good. The banquet hosted by the Eagle Marquis was firstly to celebrate his youngest daughter's birthday, and secondly to gather his subordinates to discuss which side they should support after the banquet ended.

Standing beside the Eagle Marquis was a noble lady in a dinner dress. She was the Eagle Marquis's wife, a major merchant mainly responsible for daily necessities. Don't underestimate this woman; daily necessities relate to people's livelihood and belong to a business second only to minerals and weapons.

As for the few people beside the Eagle Marquis, they were his subordinates and several major merchants. They clustered around the Eagle Marquis like stars surrounding the moon.

"Eagle Marquis."

Su Xiao, who was walking forward, spoke. Hearing this familiar voice, the wine glass the Eagle Marquis was about to send to his mouth paused.

"Kuku Lin, you're too late."

The Eagle Marquis's voice was full of vigor. He handed the wine glass in his hand to his wife and strode toward Su Xiao.

"The last time I saw you was in the Sezasai war zone."

When the two walked close, the Eagle Marquis clenched his fist and hammered Su Xiao's shoulder without much force.

"Come, meet her. This is my third wife, Fran Cis."

The Eagle Marquis's wife smiled and nodded at Su Xiao.

"This is my youngest daughter. Call Uncle Kuku Lin."

"Uncle Kuku Lin."

A girl of about ten years old spoke in a low voice, her expression somewhat cold. Judging by her appearance, she was clearly lacking parental love.

"This is..."

The Eagle Marquis briefly introduced the few people around Su Xiao. Although those people were all smiling, the expressions in their eyes were different.

"Everyone!"

A shout came from the other side of the banquet hall. It was the little adjutant standing on a strip-shaped dining table, with several waiters at a loss below.

"Today, it's nice weather."

The little adjutant grinned. In the soothing music, everyone's eyes looked at her, very confused.

"Hmm... right, I want to perform a show for everyone."

The little adjutant's exaggerated actions attracted the attention of everyone present, including, of course, the Eagle Marquis. He was just stunned for a moment, and then his pupils contracted rapidly. Having cooperated with the Ninth Unit, he was too familiar with this kind of mentally ill-style speech.

Almost without thinking, the Eagle Marquis jumped backward immediately.

Clang~

The long sword was unsheathed.

"Blade Dao Sword · Time."

The Eagle Marquis's movements suddenly slowed down, and a stinging sensation came from his neck.

Puchi!

The long sword pierced through the Eagle Marquis's throat and then into the wall, pinning him to the wall.

"Saint... King."

Blood gushed out from the Eagle Marquis's mouth. There was no fear in his eyes, only unwillingness. Was he, the Eagle Marquis, going to die like this? How could it be! He had monstrous power in the empire, he had assets he couldn't spend in several lifetimes, and he had five wives.

With a "slash," the long sword cut open the Eagle Marquis's skull, shattering his last thought. No matter what kind of power one held, death would strip everything away.

【You have killed Eagle Marquis Atley.】

【Eagle Marquis Atley is a representative of the imperial military. You have obtained 9.7% of the world's source. You currently have 9.7% of the world's source.】

【Your talent "Soul Eater" has been activated, permanently increasing mana by 23 points.】

No treasure chest, but a large amount of world source was obtained. The Eagle Marquis belonged to the type with high status but average combat strength.

Su Xiao punched the wall beside him, and a large hole appeared on the wall with a "boom."

"Everyone, don't panic, you all have to die too!"

While speaking, the little adjutant flicked her arms, and two steam bombs slid out from her sleeves. Without seeing any movement from her, the two steam bombs with unlocked rings had been thrown into the dense crowd. Some people even subconsciously lowered their heads to look.

Boom, boom!

Bloody steam exploded, and broken diamond-shaped metal shrapnel splashed everywhere. After the steam bomb exploded, there wasn't a large amount of steam gushing out, but two dazzling green phosphorus fires rose, shrouding most of the banquet hall.

"Ah!!"

Phosphorus fire burned flesh and blood. Once it touched phosphorus fire, the phosphorus fire would not only burn the flesh and blood on the body surface, but its adhesion would make it burn until the bones before gradually extinguishing.

It was a banquet of high society just now, but now, this place had turned into a purgatory of phosphorus fire. The guests covered in flames rolled in the fire. The lucky ones were directly blown to pieces by the kinetic energy of the steam, or beaten into sieves by the diamond-shaped shrapnel.

The little adjutant's demolition experience was quite rich. She used only four steam bombs to slaughter the guests in the banquet hall.

Not only that, the little adjutant also set up trigger-type steam bombs at the three entrances of the banquet hall.

10 seconds later, there were three more explosions. Nearly the entire third floor of the hotel was blown through, and the green flames began to rise to the fourth floor.

23 seconds later, Su Xiao jumped out of the window and arrived at the second floor. The Eagle Marquis had booked this place tonight. Except for waiters and cooks, everyone inside was the Eagle Marquis's people.

Su Xiao just entered the room on the second floor, the door shattered, and outside the door were three soldiers in military uniforms rushing over with several steam bombs in their hands.

Clang, clang,

Two intersecting blade lights flashed, and those three soldiers froze in place.

The flames spread to the second floor at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, Su Xiao had arrived at the restaurant on the second floor. Although the Eagle Marquis had been eliminated, the matter wasn't over. Today, no one could walk out of the hotel alive. Baha, who was circling in the sky, was the last line of defense.

Green flames spread from the window, and a strong tremor came from under Su Xiao's feet. It was the adjutant who had started cleaning up the soldiers on the first floor.

"Mr. Kuku Lin, long time no see."

A young man with a crew cut and wearing a waiter's uniform stood in front of the restaurant door. He was carrying the Eagle Marquis, whose throat had been pierced and whose head had been cut into two halves.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. The person who came wasn't weak, but he couldn't remember who this was.

"You've forgotten who I am, right? That's also a matter of course. It's normal for a small person like me to be forgotten. However, many people say you are the strongest in the empire. At least I'm not convinced."

The young man threw down the Eagle Marquis's corpse, and a mass of pitch-black energy emerged in his hand, forming a long sword without a hilt.

"Stripping."

The man gave a low shout, and a strange suction force emerged. This suction force had no effect on physical entities, but Su Xiao felt that something was pulling his consciousness, or soul.

The man flicked his arm, and the energy black sword was inserted into the ground, forming a fixed suction point. He himself rushed toward Su Xiao in an arc, fully exerting the advantage of his ability.

Su Xiao was just about to turn sideways, but the suction force that seemed to be able to adsorb consciousness or soul became stronger, making his movements slow for a moment.

Bang!

A leg kicked in front of Su Xiao and was blocked by his arm wrapped in a crystal layer. A stinging pain struck.

【Hint: You have received 32 points of soul damage. Because the hunter's soul strength is relatively high, the soul shock effect has been exempted.】

Su Xiao took half a step back. Most of his left arm began to go numb, but this was a good opportunity to let him understand how transcendents in this world fought.

"Stripping."

Another energy black sword was generated in the crew-cut man's hand, which he stabbed into the ground beside him. This time, the suction force came from two opposite directions. That feeling was like wanting to tear Su Xiao's consciousness into two halves.

The pupils in the crew-cut man's eyes were gradually shrinking. This was a side effect of using soul energy.

"Only this level?"

Two more energy black swords were generated in the crew-cut man's hand, which he threw and stabbed into the walls in the other two directions. The four energy black swords formed a "mouth" shape, surrounding Su Xiao.

The suction force from the four directions appeared at the same time. Reaching this level, Su Xiao just took a step forward, and there was a feeling that his consciousness was about to be pulled out.

"No wonder... sent to this world to perform the awakening mission."

The ground under Su Xiao's feet shattered, and the "Banished" suddenly appeared in front of the crew-cut man. The crew-cut man leaned his body back with all his might, and the "Banished" flew past his nose tip.

Ding, ding, ding, ding...

Four crisp sounds, the light blue arc-shaped Green Steel Shadow energy dissipated in the air. Su Xiao had already appeared behind the crew-cut man, and the blood energy surging in all directions made the crew-cut man's skin ache faintly.

Su Xiao slashed upward with his sword. The crew-cut man's arm was wrapped in black light, blocking the path of the slash.

However, Su Xiao's upward slash was just a feint; the fatal one was his side kick.

Su Xiao leaned over and kicked sideways. Before hitting the enemy, the crisp sound of air explosion spread.

Dong!

The crew-cut man wasn't kicked away. His body below the abdomen was completely shattered, and the flesh and broken bones with strong kinetic energy directly pierced through the wall.

The last scene the crew-cut man saw was a sword, and then it was spinning. Sometimes, in the slaughter between strong people, only one flaw was needed to decide the outcome. ===== CHAPTER 1972 =====