Chapter 2817: All Are Fakes

On the streets of District 17 in the City of Smoke, the passersby were either gaunt and sallow or burly and stout. This was an extreme; here, the strong became stronger, and the weak gradually approached death.

There were many shops on both sides of the street. Due to the lack of sunlight, the colors of the entire city were somewhat dim, but because of their age, they instead exuded a warm tone.

As a permanent resident of the City of Smoke, many refugees on the street recognized Xiuxiu Luo. Seeing him walk over, these refugees all made way.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran over from across the street. Its initial teleportation point with Baja was not far from Su Xiao. As for Amu and Beni, their locations were currently unknown, and they were quite far away.

"Bai Ye, someone is following us. Your enemy?"

Xiuxiu Luo spoke with a normal expression. He stepped up to a barbecue stall, took out a few crumpled Gulang, and grabbed a few skewers of half-cooked meat. He pulled off his mask and ate heartily. This guy's mouth was full of sharp teeth, like shark teeth.

"Probably not."

Su Xiao also sensed someone spying. Although the other party was cautious, the killing intent was somewhat obvious.

"Then that's my enemy. Who have I offended recently? Too many. It might be the secret mages from the Magic Association. This is my personal grudge and has nothing to do with our promise. See you in a bit."

After Xiuxiu Luo finished the meat skewers in a few bites, he rushed into a small alley. The Bo brothers followed closely behind.

Su Xiao continued forward. The spy from just now was definitely not an Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe; an Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe would not reveal such obvious killing intent.

In less than two minutes, Xiuxiu Luo returned carrying a large cloth bag. The person inside was struggling.

"Bai Ye, this is a female secret mage. Want her? If you're not interested, I'll sell her to the Alchemy Alliance. They offer the highest price, and this is a bargaining chip for negotiations with the Magic Association."

In Xiuxiu Luo's calm tone, his hatred for the Magic Association was revealed.

"Not interested? Then forget it. Sell her to the Alchemy Alliance."

As Xiuxiu Luo spoke, he touched his throat. Perhaps the barbecue he just ate was too heavy-flavored; he felt his throat was dry.

Continuing along the way, not long after, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baja, Xiuxiu Luo, and the Bo brothers arrived at a deserted street. The surrounding buildings were dilapidated, clearly uninhabited for a long time.

"This is... District 30? How did I come here? This place has been abandoned for a long time after the Black Tide erupted."

Xisilo tossed the large cloth bag from his shoulder to the side, and after removing his hood and half-face mask, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped his own head.

Blood and bone fragments splattered. Xiuxiu Luo took half a step back. The flesh at his severed neck surged, and a new head grew out.

"I was influenced by someone just now, but I'm clear-headed now. Bai Ye, your enemy is very troublesome."

After Xiuxiu Luo used an extremely hardcore method to dispel the mental control effect, he put his hood and half-face mask back on.

Two figures, one male and one female, appeared at the front and back of the street, blocking Su Xiao and Xiuxiu Luo. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja disappeared simultaneously. The Bo brothers took their stances, and the elder brother had just raised his hand to slap his younger brother when his body froze.

"Boring juggling."

The bald man at the end of the street clenched his fist with one hand. Three side-by-side blades protruded from the outside of his forearm. These three blades were each about half a meter long, curved backward, with the edges facing outward.

The bald man swung his arm forward, and the three blades sliced through the air, dozens of meters away from him.

Puchi.

Blood splattered, and the heads of the Bo brothers were severed. Almost at the same time, several slash marks appeared in front of the bald man, but he blocked them all with his ability. This was the slash feedback from the younger brother of the Bo brothers.

"Bo brothers!"

Xiuxiu Luo shouted, his eyes splitting with rage. He covered his forehead with one hand, his shoulders trembling.

"Hehehehe, just kidding."

Xiuxiu Luo moved his hand away from his forehead, his face full of smiles. He snapped his fingers, and with a *pop*, the 'headless corpses' of the Bo brothers exploded, gradually turning into a black iron sand-like substance, finally dissipating into the air.

"Bai Ye, you deal with that woman, okay? I'll take the bald guy here. He 'killed' the Bo brothers. This was an inspiration; I thought about it for a long time before using soul energy to construct the Bo brothers. What a pity."

Xiuxiu Luo stepped toward the bald man, even raising his hands while walking, his whole body full of openings.

"Xiuxiu Luo, don't play too hard. Your enemy is very difficult to deal with. Even you could die if you're not careful. Bald guy plus critical hits, be careful."

Baja's voice came. Hearing this, the smile on Xiuxiu Luo's face faded slightly, and he nodded toward Baja's direction to express his gratitude.

Ding-ling~

Metal chains collided. A woman with a ponytail and five rings on her right hand was looking at Su Xiao with astonishment. Her name was Tiff, an Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe from the Death Paradise.

Tiff had just converted herself into a charm-characteristic, and her charm attribute reached 208 for a single attribute. As a price, her true agility and intelligence attributes were reduced to below 170 points. However, she was not a specialized perception type, and plus, charm was not a true attribute, so the judgment tier during detection was limited.

"What the hell is this attribute."

Tiff couldn't help but curse. She detected Su Xiao's data through charm judgment. The prompt was:

【Your charm attribute is??? times higher than the enemy's. Due to different attribute characteristics, you have detected??? data.】

After seeing this prompt, Tiff was a bit stunned, but after scanning Su Xiao's data, she was shocked to find that Su Xiao was actually a Seventh-Tier Qiyuezhe, and his charm attribute was -1 point.

Other data, because the characteristics were different from the opponent's charm attribute, the detection actually failed. Tiff didn't understand; they were both charm attributes, so why were the characteristics different? Did it require a true charm attribute to perform judgment against that -1 point charm attribute?

What Tiff didn't know was that making the charm attribute reach -1 point was actually not simpler than making the charm attribute a true attribute. If she had a true charm attribute, it would be 100% data detection.

Tiff felt that she had seen a lot from fighting from the first tier to the early eighth tier, but she couldn't understand how the charm attribute could reach -1 point. Did this guy not interact with plot characters? Did he not join factions in the mission world? This kind of charm attribute was likely naturally hostile to some factions.

"No... forget it. No matter what, he is seventh tier."

Tiff scanned the Undead Xiuxiu Luo with her peripheral vision. She had already sensed that Xiuxiu Luo had eighth-tier combat power. The opponent had a type of ability that could not be detected, the reason being that the opponent had just 'died' once and was still in a very special state.

The eighth-tier plot character Xiuxiu Luo made Tiff feel much more at ease. If it were only the seventh-tier Su Xiao, she would turn around and flee. To what extent would one have to be strong within the seventh tier to be judged as arriving in the Western Continent alone? That was an enemy she couldn't deal with at all. Now that she had the eighth-tier powerhouse Xiuxiu Luo, it was different.

With a *ding-ling*, the fine chains on Tiff's hand twisted like five thin snakes. Among them, the fine chains representing agility and intelligence attributes wrapped around her wrists. Two emerald-green thin swords appeared in her hands, and light green liquid dripped down the sword tips, corroding the ground with a hissing sound.

Zheng~

Su Xiao drew his blade. Dealing with an Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe for the first time, he had to be cautious. Although he didn't know how strong he was now, he still had to be cautious.

Boom.

Blood energy exploded with Su Xiao as the center point. He slashed out with his blade, and the Green Ghost headed straight for Tiff. After mastering the Sublimation of Technique, the power of the sword techniques Su Xiao developed himself skyrocketed.

The twin thorn swords in Tiff's hands crossed, and a circular formation appeared, with faint beast roars coming from within. With a *clang*, the twin thorn swords blocked the Green Ghost. The moment they clashed, Tiff felt something was wrong; the slashing force was much stronger than she had imagined.

Tiff moved her twin thorn swords horizontally and immediately turned to the side. The Green Ghost flew past her, slicing off the top of a building behind her diagonally.

Tiff swung her twin thorn swords repeatedly, slashing out chains of green poison, submerging Su Xiao within them.

'Extreme Punishment.'

The thorn sword in Tiff's right hand pointed forward, gathering the green poison slash chains that submerged Su Xiao together. With a *hiss*, it was pulled horizontally into a thread as thin as a hair. The control of this ability could not be underestimated, and the instantaneous compression force was also astonishing.

Emerging from the space-penetration state, Su Xiao was already two meters behind Tiff. He felt a bit puzzled; the Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe didn't seem as strong as he had imagined. It might be because this was an early-stage Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe.

Su Xiao appeared suddenly. Tiff held her twin thorn swords horizontally behind her back. With her rich combat experience, she was avoiding having her vital points pierced. As long as she blocked this blade, she could perform ultra-high-speed continuous slashes until the enemy was severely injured and paralyzed by the poison.

Bang!

Su Xiao kicked Tiff in the lower back. The moment she was kicked, Tiff's eyes widened to their maximum. Her body gradually turned into an inverted 'C' shape, and she spat out stars of blood. Her entire body went numb.

With a *whoosh*, Tiff broke through a wave of air, turning into an afterimage and flying into the abandoned building by the street. After crashing through who knows how many walls, she fell to the ground with a large pile of rubble, rolling several times. She stabbed her thorn sword into the ground to stabilize her figure.

Tiff spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments with a *wow*, gasping for breath, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Are you kidding me? This is... a seventh-tier Qiyuezhe?!"

Tiff stood up. She felt she had been played. What seventh-tier Qiyuezhe, what -1 charm attribute—it was all fake, a trap set by the enemy. ===== CHAPTER 2818 =====