Chapter 2301: Envy from Xiu Ge

Blade marks crisscrossed in front of Xiu Ge. Although Xiu Ge, holding the black flame sword, looked relaxed, he knew the current situation himself. Fighting until now, the enemy's speed had dropped by at least half. Under such circumstances, he couldn't occupy an advantage in close combat with the enemy. Once that ability was cracked, plus the black flame giant couldn't recover, the situation would be very unfavorable.

With a *swish*, the black flame sword slashed across Su Xiao's shoulder. He didn't care about this injury at all. This was the fourth time he had been paralyzed. The paralysis time was so long that even if he entered the spatial penetration state, he couldn't fully drag out the paralysis time.

If it happened one more time, the paralysis time would be at least 2 seconds or more. Once that situation appeared, the battle would be over. Giving an enemy like Xiu Ge more than 2 seconds to attack with full force, Su Xiao didn't think he could withstand it.

Just a moment ago, Su Xiao had roughly figured out what was going on with that sudden feeling of numbness.

The biggest problem lay in the black flames scattered in the surrounding area. Something was moving using these black flames as a medium.

These black flames became 'independent individuals' after leaving Xiu Ge's body. The black flames weren't the point; the point was the 'object' that could only appear within the black flames and could move by relying on the black flames.

This 'object' had some characteristics of a living thing. Its body was a dead object, but its soul was a living thing. It was this that was affecting Su Xiao, causing Su Xiao to suddenly enter a paralyzed state.

Not only that, there was some kind of connection between Su Xiao and that object. According to his speculation, it was highly likely that when the battle first started, he had been burned by the black flames, thereby forming this connection.

Xiu Ge would rather take the blood beast head-on, plus temporarily lose the assistance of the black flame giant, just to distribute the black flames at the peak. This was the reason. He was laying out a 'large net', and this 'large net' was closing in at a not-slow speed.

In Su Xiao's view, fighting Xiu Ge was actually quite interesting. If one's combat IQ was insufficient, sooner or later, one would be seized by the other party, and after a round of wild bombardment, one would die in battle.

Su Xiao only had one chance. When that 'object' was controlling him, it would appear in some black flame for an instant. It couldn't be sensed, and couldn't be observed with the naked eye, but it was paralyzing him. As long as he went to sense it, there would be an instant where he could feel the position of that 'object'.

The situation right now was that Xiu Ge wouldn't easily use that ability again. As long as that 'object' continued to exist, Su Xiao's speed would drop significantly. For Xiu Ge, this was a great advantage. If he dragged it out until the black flame giant recovered, then his winning chance would be over 90%.

Several sword marks were distributed on Su Xiao's chest, and black flames were still burning on the wounds, continuously causing soul damage.

Xiu Ge's speed was getting faster and faster, but he belonged to the type that knew when to stop while ahead. Xiu Ge clearly knew in his heart that when it came to competing in technique with Su Xiao, he was a novice among novices. Being able to engage in close combat with Su Xiao was mainly because of the Soul Puppet. Without the influence of the Soul Puppet, he could only honestly manipulate the black flames from a distance.

The black flame sword slashed out several afterimages in front of Su Xiao. Although the speed had dropped sharply, Su Xiao's close combat experience was rich enough.

*Ding! *

Sparks splattered. The black flame sword was slashed open by Su Xiao with one blade. The gap in strength made Xiu Ge retreat half a step. It was this half step that almost cost him his life.

A flaw.

Su Xiao kicked straight out. Because his speed had dropped sharply, he was shrouded in the black flames surging head-on.

*Bang! *

In the black flames, Su Xiao kicked Xiu Ge in the chest. Just for an instant, Xiu Ge seemed to hear all the muscles in his body 'wailing'.

Most of Xiu Ge's body lost sensation, and the sharp blade tip approached before his eyes.

The blade tip suddenly stopped in front of the center of Xiu Ge's eyebrows. Su Xiao was paralyzed again. Just as Xiu Ge was about to take the opportunity to leap backward, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

With a *bang*, the flesh on Xiu Ge's chest exploded, and a blood hole the size of a bowl appeared. And in the next moment, a blood hole of the same size also exploded on Su Xiao's chest.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Xiu Ge covered his mouth with one hand, and while coughing loudly, fresh blood sprayed out from between his fingers.

Xiu Ge shifted his gaze to a cluster of black flames ten meters away. A puppet about half a meter tall had fallen in the black flames, its chest pierced through by the Banished.

'Fortunately, it didn't pierce the head.'

This thought appeared in Su Xiao's heart. Xiu Ge, who was coughing continuously, had the same thought. If it had pierced the head, the joke would have been too big, and both sides would have perished together.

The Soul Puppet was broken. Xiu Ge felt very regretful. In another five minutes, he would have been able to extract part of his soul from the Soul Puppet. At that time, destroying the Soul Puppet, although it couldn't feed back injuries to the enemy, would have caused the enemy to fall into a long-term soul paralysis.

With a *whoosh*, the black flame giant appeared behind Xiu Ge. Xiu Ge shook off the bloodstains in his hand. He was severely injured, fortunately, the enemy was no better.

"You, what, is that thing."

There was obvious astonishment on Xiu Ge's face, because the blood hole on Su Xiao's chest had disappeared. If it weren't for the damage marks on his clothes, one couldn't tell he had been injured at all.

At this moment, Xiu Ge admitted that he was envious.

Su Xiao threw down the injection gun he had already used. This was the 【Honor Recovery Potion (Tier 6)】, his strongest recovery potion.

【Announcement: Participant Quanyu (Feather Race) has died in battle. Monde (Demon Race) temporarily holds Medal of the Overlord x2.】

【Announcement: Because there are only 3 participants left, participant Monde (Demon Race) has submitted Medal of the Overlord x2.】

【Announcement: Monde (Demon Race) has ascended to the last place in this Strongest Contest.】

【Announcement: Monde (Demon Race) has obtained Origin Stone!】

Seeing this announcement, Su Xiao knew that Monde had defeated Quanyu and killed the other party. Although he won, Monde's injuries should also be very severe.

Including Monde, there were only three participants left. After Monde submitted the Medals of the Overlord he held to the Void Tree, he became the last place (third place).

Xiu Ge also received the announcement. If there was anyone among the ten participants who didn't want to be in second place, it was Su Xiao and Xiu Ge.

There were only three Black Maple Trees known in the Void. One was at the bottom of the Black Abyss and was the possession of the Blade Demon. The second was guarded by the Abyss Dragon and was located in a very remote place in the Void.

The last one was right on the Arcane Eternal Star. For the spellcasters, the Black Maple Tree was indeed precious, but it was not a resource that was completely impossible to obtain. With Xiu Ge's status on the Arcane Eternal Star, as well as his personal growth potential, as long as he made a certain contribution, it was entirely possible to obtain Black Maple Tree branches.

And 【Origin Stone】, Xiu Ge hadn't even heard of this thing. His original idea was to fight Su Xiao first. If he could win, he would take the first-place reward. If he couldn't win, first place would of course be the winner, Su Xiao. Monde would take second place, as the old guys of the Demon Race needed Black Maple Tree branches to prolong their lives, and he himself would take last place and get the Origin Stone.

Xiu Ge never expected that Quanyu would be so unable to take a beating and would actually be killed by Monde directly.

The current result made Xiu Ge very depressed. Come to think of it, it was also interesting. 99.99% of the Void races were jealous of the Black Maple Tree branches, but at this moment, neither Su Xiao nor Xiu Ge wanted to obtain them. One had it at home and used it casually, and the other had it in his own faction and could obtain it with effort.

"Fate is truly an interesting thing."

The black smoke on Xiu Ge's body exploded, and the black flame giant behind him drew the bow and arrow. A black flame arrow left the string with a *bang*. ===== CHAPTER 2302 =====