Chapter 2820: Coward

Su Xiao leaped between the buildings of the City of Smoke, rushing toward District 4 at full speed. Baja was scouting from above, and Xiuxiu Luo was at the very back. Speed was not his strong suit, but he could keep up.

Xiuxiu Luo was exceptionally persistent, always carrying the large cloth bag. The female secret mage inside must have a significant psychological shadow.

Before the space resonance reaction weakened, Su Xiao arrived at District 5. The node was right here.

The streets of District 5 were much cleaner, and the buildings had traces of renovation. The Magic Association had been stationed here for years, so of course, they would give the refugees here some sweetness.

Su Xiao stopped by a river in the city. This river was about 6 meters wide, and on both sides were paths piled with square stones. The water flow was slow, and the node was in this river.

Just as Su Xiao was about to leap into the water, Xiuxiu Luo on the side grabbed his arm.

"I won't die easily. I'll go. Is that 'hole' in the river the node?"

Being so close, Xiuxiu Luo also sensed the existence of the node. The first node was in the water.

With a *splash*, Xiuxiu Luo jumped into the river. About ten seconds later, Xiuxiu Luo flew out of the river water backward.

"There are... there are, *cough, cough*, a large group of people in the river."

"Specific number."

"At least several hundred."

Hearing this, Su Xiao leaped into the water. The scene before him changed. After putting on the diving mask, the scene before him was clear.

This river was at least 30 meters deep. A circular hole emitting white light was located at the bottom of the river. The circular hole was about one meter in size. A metal pillar had already unfolded inside the circular hole, and the surrounding space fluctuation was very intense. Someone had arrived first and was setting up a temporary coordinate.

The temporary coordinate would take about 10 minutes to stabilize. If interrupted during this period, the temporary coordinate would collapse into a metal pillar to avoid being completely destroyed.

*Zheng. *

Su Xiao slashed out a blade glow. The blade glow broke through the water ripples and headed straight for the node at the bottom of the river.

More than a dozen black shadows appeared in front of the node. These black shadows were extremely fast in the water, actually rushing forward against the blade glow, finally completely canceling out the slashing force of the blade glow. The blade glow dissipated in the water.

*Whoosh~*

A black shadow grazed past Su Xiao. He felt that the surrounding river water became warm.

*Gurgle, gurgle~*

A large amount of air bubbles rose from the bottom of the river, the water temperature soared rapidly, finally reaching the boiling point, and began to churn.

The crystal layer adhered to Su Xiao's body surface. He disappeared from where he was and appeared in front of the node. With a flick of his long blade, the temporary coordinate inside the node immediately collapsed and was aggregated.

*Clang! *

Su Xiao slashed the metal pillar in the water away with one blade. His perception was fully opened. There were hundreds of auras around, most of them in the silt at the bottom of the river.

"God said, water and fire merge, and it will also boil."

A voice came from the surrounding river water. The surrounding river water stopped boiling, but it was faintly light red, and sparks drifted in the water. The temperature here had far exceeded the boiling point of water.

"God said, you will be bound by chains."

*Puchi, puchi, puchi... *

Just as the voice in the water appeared, Su Xiao's body was pierced by six energy chains as thick as fingers. A total of six wounds appeared on his arms, shoulders, and legs, but in the next moment, the energy chains binding him shattered. This was an energy-type + mental-type control effect, which was exempted by the Sword Technique Grandmaster.

The black death god phantom appeared, and the execution scythe in its hand slashed down. Faint, miserable screams came, which then dissipated in the water.

With a *pop*, brilliance exploded in the water. The execution scythe slashed past, and a phantom with wings on its back appeared and was slashed away. This was a substitute-death ability, helping a Holy Domain shaman exempt the soul-slashing effect.

Although the soul-slashing was exempted, a figure wearing a long robe appeared in the water. He covered his head with one hand, and the pupils in his eyes were dim. This was caused by bearing high soul damage.

'Blade Dao Blade · Time.'

'Blade Dao Blade · Flow.'

The domain of Time expanded in the water. A giant golden claw reaching out from the water slowed down and did not grab the Holy Domain shaman who was falling.

*Puchi. *

Blood spread in the water. 'Flow' was the strongest slashing force among all of Su Xiao's sword technique moves. It was inspired by the secret sword technique of the Tianba tribe, a sword technique move developed by Su Xiao.

'Blade Dao Blade · Green Ghost.'

To avoid the Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe having trump cards, Su Xiao slashed out a Green Ghost. If 'Flow' was the strongest slashing force among his sword technique moves, then Green Ghost was the fastest.

With a *swish*, the figure in the water was slashed in the head by the blue-green blade glow and gradually sank to the bottom.

In the water not far away, a Holy Domain shaman who was in a 'God-form state' felt a chill in his heart. He didn't even know what happened, and his teammate was already finished?

This Holy Domain shaman wearing a long robe retreated quickly. Just now, he tried to rescue, but as soon as his ability entered the domain of 'Blade Dao Blade · Time', he found something wrong. If he continued to rescue, he would also be in danger.

In fact, that Holy Domain shaman who died miserably was courting death himself. If he had confronted Su Xiao head-on, he could have entangled with Su Xiao in the water for a long time. Water and fire were his home turf.

But this Holy Domain shaman had to try to control Su Xiao with energy-type + mental-type abilities. Su Xiao had an ability as high as Lv. 70, called Soul Gaze.

After exempting the control effect, he would immediately counter the caster, causing 2170 points of energy backlash damage + soul strength difference x 30.6 soul damage. If this damage intensity was higher than 60% of the enemy's maximum health, the enemy's soul would collapse rapidly, immediately suffering soul-slashing!

When Su Xiao first entered this world, he was idle in the prison and ate more than twenty soul crystal fragments. His soul strength reached 410 points.

Su Xiao's soul strength as high as 410 points—if it weren't for the Holy Domain shaman having a substitute-death ability, he would have died directly, without needing to add another blade of 'Flow' and 'Green Ghost'.

At the same time, behind a residential house hundreds of meters away on the shore, two figures, one tall and one short, stood there. The girl looked at the image projected on the wall, her eyes somewhat stunned, and then her whole body began to tremble.

"Heaven's Punishment, this... this person, can you deal with him? Can I give up the mission and go mining to get my money back?"

The girl seemed to be so scared that her legs went soft. The strong man standing beside her had a normal expression. His name was Heaven's Punishment. After being promoted to the eighth tier, he had already experienced nine mission worlds.

"I can deal with him, but not now. My binding chain hasn't broken yet."

Heaven's Punishment raised his hand, and a chain appeared, then disappeared again. This fleeting chain was covered in cracks.

If an Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe was too strong, after entering a seventh-tier world, even if they were here with a mission, they would be restricted for a period of time. This was caused by the power of the world. The current situation was special. Heaven's Punishment's binding chain was being lifted as time passed. Being able to be bound by a 'World Chain' was an affirmation of his strength.

This was also the reason why the Reincarnation Paradise sent Su Xiao to this world. No matter how strong he was within the seventh tier, he would not be restricted or excluded by the seventh-tier world.

"Let's fight him after 10 hours. Let's go, Coward."

Heaven's Punishment strode toward the distance, his eyes thoughtful.

"Don't call me Coward! This is my instinct for survival. Do you understand instinct?"

The timid girl followed closely, but before she could run a few steps, she was tripped by a protruding stone slab and staggered.

*Ding-ling~*

Phantoms of dozens of chains flashed behind the timid girl. Heaven's Punishment, who was walking in front, paused his steps.

"Coward, did you... sense anything just now?"

"Ah? Sense what? Let's run quickly, I beg you."

"..."

Heaven's Punishment was a bit speechless and strode into a small alley. The timid girl turned her head to look behind, as if looking at someone. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

A moment later, the timid girl followed up at a trot, humming a song.

Just after the timid girl left, a Holy Domain shaman appeared behind a wall. He leaned tightly against the wall, his breathing a bit rapid. Just by making eye contact just now, he felt a chill from the soul.

"What kind of... monster is that."

The Holy Domain shaman's cheek twitched. He looked at the war mission and suddenly felt that this mission was very pit-like. Even though he was an early-stage Eighth-Tier Qiyuezhe, in this seventh-tier world where monsters ran rampant, he was just a small fry among small fries.

Underwater, Su Xiao stood at the bottom of the river. Xiuxiu Luo and Baja were both on the shore to prevent the Apocalypse duo from attacking. It had been planned before that if the situation underwater was not good, the two of them would go into the water to reinforce.

After killing a Holy Domain shaman in a somewhat unexpected way, Su Xiao found that the other three enemies had all retreated, and the vague spying feeling disappeared completely.

Ten minutes passed in a flash, the temporary coordinate fully unfolded, sank into the node, and the node closed.

【The Hunter has successfully set up a temporary coordinate. Remaining quantity to be set: 3/4.】 ===== CHAPTER 2821 =====