Chapter 2168

The Twelve stood in a semi-circular formation to confront Su Xiao. No, they had now renamed themselves the Eleven, as one had just died.

"Sacrifice is glory!"

The eleven Holy Knights roared in unison and charged toward Su Xiao with knight swords in hand.

These people's footsteps were perfectly synchronized, looking as if they were led by a single consciousness; in reality, this was caused by their interconnected holy power.

The ground was covered with glass shards, and the crisp sound of iron boots stepping on them was incessant.

Because they were indoors, the eleven Holy Knights reached Su Xiao's front in a few steps, and a storm of slashes descended.

Clang, clang!

Su Xiao raised his sword to block the two most dangerous strikes and immediately turned sideways.

A knight sword slashed down in front of Su Xiao, blowing his black hair. The blade was exceptionally bright under the moonlight.

Having just dodged these three strikes, Su Xiao suddenly stepped forward, and the remaining knight swords all slashed at empty air.

With this step, Su Xiao was less than half a meter away from a Holy Knight in front. He could even smell the faint bloody scent on the other party, which must have been left behind when clearing the manor guards.

Because the distance was too close, it was unwise to slash forward with the sword at this moment, so Su Xiao raised his right arm and smashed down with the hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Bang!

A muffled sound spread, and one could vaguely hear the sound of bones breaking.

The hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan smashed hard into the neck of a Holy Knight, causing his neck to twist at an abnormal angle and his cervical vertebrae to dislocate.

This Holy Knight showed signs of dizziness. Although he could still move, he did not immediately swing his sword to slash forward but held the knight sword in front of his chest to avoid hurting his own people.

Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao flashed behind this Holy Knight and slashed diagonally with his long sword.

With a clatter, four knight swords crossed behind this Holy Knight. His teammates were exceptionally capable, saving him at the critical moment.

The Holy Knight, whose neck had been nearly smashed, pressed his head with one hand and pushed hard.

Crack~

The bones were corrected, and this Holy Knight retreated behind his other teammates to heal his injuries with the holy power in his body.

Eleven people besieged Su Xiao, not only failing to gain any advantage but nearly losing one of their own. If it weren't for their tacit cooperation, they would have already suffered heavy casualties due to the absolute gap in technique.

Seeing this, Su Xiao leaped back a few meters and began a brief buildup of power.

"Blade Dao Sword: Blue Ghost."

Clang!

A cyan-blue sword beam slashed out suddenly. What is the strongest aspect of Blue Ghost? The answer is the flight speed of the sword beam.

With a swish, Blue Ghost slashed through the wall. All ten Holy Knights maintained their blocking posture, while the one at the edge was covering his throat with one hand, blood gushing out through his fingers.

Su Xiao leaned his body forward and suddenly disappeared from where he stood.

Clang, clang, clang!

Three crisp sounds spread, and the three Holy Knights blocking the front stumbled backward. Their sword-wielding arms went numb. In the instant just now, Su Xiao had erupted with a speed completely different from before.

When Su Xiao appeared again, he was already standing on the long stone table in the center of the room.

With a thud, a severed arm clutching a knight sword fell to the ground.

Of the eleven Holy Knights, two were seriously injured, one had his neck slashed open, and one had his arm severed.

Sharpness, speed, tyrannical slashing power, and an endless array of sword techniques—this was the impression Su Xiao gave the Holy Knights, full of oppressive force.

If comparing strength and agility attributes, Su Xiao was actually not much different from these Holy Knights, but he was able to pin these people to the ground and beat them. This is the gap between Grandmaster-level abilities and Master-level abilities.

The eleven Holy Knights gathered together, the two seriously injured ones standing in the center, while the other nine looked solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Su Xiao stepped on the stone table and walked forward slowly. He waved his left hand forward, seemingly throwing something.

"Careful."

A loud voice came, and five sword beams slashed out, shattering the suspicious object in mid-air.

The broken stone fragments hit the ground. The moment the stones landed, Su Xiao disappeared again.

Clang! Clang! Puchi!

The long sword broke through the air, trailing a blood-colored chain. A Holy Knight standing on the periphery retreated half a step, blocking in front of him with one hand. His vision was pitch black; both eyes had been blinded. This was not the most fatal part; the most fatal part was his brain being slashed open.

"Ah!"

This Holy Knight roared, slashing wildly in front of him with both hands, having fallen into chaos.

The group of Holy Knights stared intently ahead. Su Xiao was still standing on the stone table, holding his sword with one hand, red light flickering in his pupils.

The Holy Knights felt an extremely strong sense of oppression. Their numerical advantage had become a burden at this moment, and the blood energy drifting in the air seemed to be constantly eroding their holy power.

"We... have no hope of victory."

A Holy Knight spoke. There was no panic on his face, nor fear, only a readiness to die.

"Everything is for Sela."

"Ah~, everything is for Sela."

The Holy Knights held their long swords vertically in front of them, their eyes becoming even more determined.

Puchi, puchi, puchi...

Knight swords pierced their hearts. All ten Holy Knights used the long swords in their hands to pierce their own bodies.

Armor collided, and the ten Holy Knights knelt on one knee. The holy power on their bodies changed rapidly, turning into a pitch-black energy.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao was slightly surprised. These people actually committed suicide collectively to avoid being captured alive? Su Xiao felt it didn't seem like that; these people seemed to be summoning or awakening something.

Seeing this, Su Xiao slashed out one sword beam after another. Under the cutting of the sword beams, the ten Holy Knights were slashed to pieces.

Black energy drifted out from their corpses, eventually converging into a huge sphere. This sphere was about five meters in size, giving one a rich sense of ominousness.

The black sphere instantly condensed into a solid, and large cracks spread across it.

With a clatter, an arm pierced out from within the sphere. The skin of this arm was pale, the sharp fingertips were pitch black, and it even had a metallic texture.

The black sphere shattered, and a humanoid creature with a head of long gray hair and pitch-black pupils appeared. Judging by her physique, she was female, but she was definitely not human.

"Mortals, since you are willing to pay with your lives to please me, then I shall fulfill your dying wishes."

The humanoid creature stepped on the blood on the ground, and her bare feet were stained with blood, which made her somewhat dissatisfied.

Seeing this humanoid creature, Su Xiao's eyebrows twitched. He instantly judged the other party's identity; after all, he had slaughtered quite a few of these things—an Ancient God.

Su Xiao looked up and down at this awakened Ancient God. He had seen many Ancient Gods, and their appearances were all hideous—one was uglier than the next.

Su Xiao once believed that the Moon God was the beauty representative of the Ancient God world. Although that guy was covered in exoskeletons and could be called extremely ugly, it was still much more pleasing to the eye than tentacle monsters like Sothoth or Azathoth.

But now, Su Xiao was surprised to find that there were actually such beautiful Ancient Gods. This made him wonder if this suddenly appearing Ancient God was pure-blooded, or perhaps a hybrid of an Ancient God and a neutral deity?

"Mortal, what kind of look is that?"

The female Ancient God naturally noticed that Su Xiao's gaze was wrong, because this mortal not only didn't fear her but was instead sizing her up. No, it should be that he was studying her structure. This gaze, she was somewhat familiar with it!

Su Xiao glanced at the corpses on the ground; not a single treasure chest had dropped. His luck was unexpectedly poor, but there was an Ancient God to compensate for the loss.

Su Xiao exerted force in his sword-wielding hand, and Qing Gang Ying energy surged on the long sword.

At this very moment, the atmosphere solidified. The female Ancient God's black-gem-like pupils constricted, her mouth opened slightly, and she looked at Su Xiao, then at the long sword in his hand.

"Let, let us talk?!"

The female Ancient God retreated slowly. Judging by her appearance, she was preparing for a strategic retreat.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't waste words at all. His aura became sharper, and the stone table under his feet crackled and split.

"I haven't destroyed the elemental balance, you can't treat me like this! You people promised!"

The female Ancient God shouted, her voice sounding somewhat aggrieved.

It is understandable; she had honored the agreement she once made, the agreement with the Law-Breakers, so she had never destroyed the elemental balance, nor had she oppressed humans. And today, she encountered a Law-Breaker again, yet the other party wanted to hack her. How could she not feel aggrieved? It was agreed upon back then that as long as she honored the agreement, she wouldn't be hacked.