Chapter 2880: Dark

Inside the Ring Water Altar, two streams of red and black energy eroded each other, roaring. The water droplets splashing in mid-air stilled, the waterfall stopped flowing, and fine cracks appeared on the surrounding ring-shaped rock walls.

Under the shroud of black energy, Rogesh raised his hand at a speed that wasn't considered fast, pointing remotely at Su Xiao. A black ball with a diameter of several meters appeared, and in the next instant, it was compressed to the size of a rice grain, gathering at Rogesh's fingertip.

A black ray shot out silently. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao tilted his head. The wind pressure blew up his black hair, and a bloodstain appeared on his cheek.

Boom!!

The rock wall behind Su Xiao exploded, and a hole with a diameter of several meters appeared on it. This hole was bottomless. Whether it was speed or destructive power, it couldn't be criticized.

Hiss~

A corrosive sound appeared from behind Su Xiao. Around the hole on the rock wall behind, black liquid dripped. This was the rock being eroded by the initial soul energy until it melted.

After seeing this scene, Rogesh, dozens of meters away, seemed somewhat surprised. He wasn't surprised by Su Xiao's reaction speed, but surprised that Su Xiao was clearly injured by the initial soul energy, yet the wound wasn't eroded.

"Bai Ye, didn't you feel it? Humans... are really too fragile. One accident is enough to take away everything a person has worked hard for more than ten years, or even decades. His family will cry, will mourn, will forget, and finally continue to laugh. This is... how stupid."

Rogesh looked at his hand. A black branch grew out from his palm, on which tender leaves grew, fruits bore, and from the fruits, a young insect drilled out, gnawing on the fruit after growing, forming a cocoon, and finally breaking the cocoon into a butterfly.

A pure white butterfly fluttered, and soon flew out of the valley.

"I have already been able to... create life. Understanding with the existing knowledge of this world, gods are only at this level. Who created the Dark Mask, and where did soul energy come from? There are too many questions. I want to get the answer. Eternal life is the cornerstone for me to explore all of this. Do you want to... stop me?"

Just as Rogesh finished speaking, his eyes became pitch black. Not only his eyes, but the skin of his entire body turned toward white. It wasn't normal white, but bone white.

It was only a blink of an eye, and Rogesh's appearance changed drastically. His height reached over 2.3 meters, his skin was bone white, and the clothing on his upper body was torn into strips, hanging down and blocking his legs.

At this time, the muscles on Rogesh's upper body were smooth. Although there was a sense of power, it didn't look exaggerated. A black ring appeared in the center of his chest, and the inside of the ring was pitch black.

Pitch-black soul energy spread around Rogesh. At this time, Rogesh's soul energy no longer had the ethereal feeling of energy, but was more like a type of black liquid, which he freely manipulated.

Su Xiao was dozens of meters away from Rogesh. He had fought to the death with many enemies. Some enemies were heroic, some were cruel. The Rogesh he encountered this time was cold and cruel.

If Ancient Gods looked at everything as ants, then the gaze Rogesh looked at all living things with now was like examining lower-class creatures. It wasn't heartless, but instead full of... pity?

The Apostle's Eye floated behind Su Xiao. Just now he didn't detect Rogesh because it was impossible to detect successfully, but now there was a chance. The other party had just completed the transformation of his form. Even if he became stronger, he was also easier to detect. This time might only be a few seconds.

Su Xiao had used the Apostle's Eye for a long time. Whether this Legendary Grade equipment could shine one last time depended on these few seconds.

【Comparing both sides' intelligence attributes... Comparison completed, only obtained 42.5% of the enemy's data.】

【Warning: Due to high-intensity detection, the durability of the Apostle's Eye is permanently reduced by 20 points.】

Name: Immortal Rogesh

Category: Immortal (Pseudo)

Health: 100%

Initial Soul Energy:???

Strength: 207 (True Attribute)

Agility:??? (True Attribute)

Stamina:??? (True Attribute)

Intelligence:??? (True Attribute)

Charisma: 1 (Originally 142 points, due to fusion with Dark Mask, slid significantly)

Skill 1, Dark Will (Passive, lv. 76): Health +97,500 points, ignores all control effects, exempts all dark attribute damage below Eighth Tier.

Skill 2: Immortal Obsession (Passive, lv. 72): Health +62,000 points, physical defense increased by 57%, restores 1.5% maximum health per second.

Hint: This is the ability obtained after the fusion of the Dark Mask and the Power of Immortality.

Skill 3: Initial Soul Energy (Passive, lv. 71): Rogesh has fused 86% with the Dark Mask. His soul energy has obtained 12 types of characteristics such as erosion, materialization, high-intensity sharpness, and piercing.

Skill 4:???

Skill 5:???

Skill 6, Dark Core (Active, lv. 70): Rogesh can consume soul energy, compress it with high intensity, and constitute a 'Dark Core'.

Hint: Dark Core is the core usage condition for the following abilities.

Skill 7: Dark - Devour (Active, lv. 70): After Rogesh activates the Dark Core, the Dark Core will release a large amount of dark-characteristic soul energy, causing a life-plundering effect on the surroundings within 500 meters, thereby restoring Rogesh's own lost health. This effect lasts for 10 seconds.

Skill 8: Dark - Force Pressure (Active, lv. 70): The Dark Core releases powerful gravity, causing influence on all enemies within 100 meters, and causing 1,200 points of damage ignoring defense per second to all enemies within this range.

Skill 9: Dark - Barrier (Active, lv. 70): The Dark Core can instantly construct a barrier, protecting Rogesh within it, or concentrate defense to resist the enemy's ultra-high-speed attacks.

Skill 10: Dark - Death Domain (Ultimate Ability, lv. 50): After the Dark Core is completely activated, it will release multiple dark rays, causing continuous cutting attacks on the surroundings within 300 meters. Each time the dark ray cuts the enemy's body, it will cause 3,200–8,900 points of dark attribute damage (depending on the attack position), and cause dark erosion damage in the subsequent period of time.

Hint: If the enemy's body is cut by dark rays multiple times, the damage suffered will increase by 15%, 20%, 30%, 45% (each time a dark cut is suffered, the damage will increase incrementally).

Hint: If the body's vital parts, such as the neck, heart, head, etc., are cut by dark rays, even if the vital injury doesn't reach a fatal degree, there will be a high probability of causing instant death.???

Skill 14:???

Skill 15, Annihilation (Ultimate Ability, lv. 45):???

Su Xiao saw Rogesh's data. He felt that he had at least a 70% probability of dying here. The enemy was simply too strong after putting on the Dark Mask.

Rogesh's plan was so smooth, it could only be said that his choice to cooperate with the Priest was simply too wise. The Priest, also an old schemer, gave Rogesh a divine assist.

The Priest had been traveling with Su Xiao all along. Trying to kill the Priest was no longer a simple matter, so Su Xiao didn't have time to interfere with Rogesh's side. Plus, the Holy Land was too dangerous, and the path forward was abnormally bumpy.

This gave Rogesh too many opportunities. This type of person, as long as they were given a little opportunity, could soar into the sky, not to mention the Priest's successive divine assists.

The enemy is already ahead; retreating now is impossible. Su Xiao activates the Dragon Hunter pendant around his neck. With this item, his probability of victory can be greatly increased.

Rogesh's survival ability is very strong, but after Su Xiao activates the Dragon Hunter set, his own survivability is not weak either.

Su Xiao activates the Dragon Hunter set's ability, and a thick, rich energy appears within his body, quickly absorbed by his physique.

Set Effect: Dragon Hunter (Active). After activating this ability, it will forcibly extract the Dragon Blood power within this equipment: Real Strength +5, Real Agility +5, Real Stamina +5, Maximum HP +46%, and Stamina recovery speed significantly increased.

Hint: This effect lasts for 5 minutes, with a cooldown of 10 natural days. Each activation requires the consumption of 1 Soul Crystal (Complete).

Hint: After this bonus effect ends, if the wearer's HP is below 50%, they will gain a vitality recovery effect. This is a continuous recovery effect that lasts until their HP is above 50%.

Hint: If this recovery effect continues for a long time, it will significantly consume the durability of the Dragon Hunter set. When the equipment durability reaches 0, the recovery effect will be forcibly interrupted.

……

Wisps of blood mist rise from Su Xiao's skin, and his HP suddenly increases by a large margin—an increase of nearly half.

With a boom, water splashes beneath Su Xiao's feet. He rushes forward quickly, Amu follows behind him, Baha breaks through an air blast and heads straight for the space above Rogesh, and Bubu Wang hides at the edge of the valley, activating all three aura abilities.

Wherever Su Xiao passes, the splashing water is scattered by him. The long blade in his hand points diagonally at the ground, its tip submerged in the water. When he is still over ten meters away from Rogesh, he performs an upward slash, the blade tip leaving a water trail.

Crack, crack, crack~

The arc-shaped water trail is frozen. Using this trail, the cold air spreads through the air like plant roots, freezing Rogesh within.

The long blade tears through the air, heading straight for Rogesh's neck. This is Su Xiao's combat style: either don't engage, or strike directly at the vitals with every blow.

Clang!

The long blade, which had slashed out a residual blur, stops. An impact spreads with Su Xiao and Rogesh at the center, and the surrounding accumulated water surges away, revealing the stone surface beneath. Rogesh's left hand is raised, blocking in front of his neck; at this moment, his left hand is pitch black.

The edge of Checking Zhan Long Shan cuts into Rogesh's palm, but after sinking in less than a centimeter, it cannot advance any further, blocked by the dark barrier condensed in the opponent's hand. This is the first time an enemy has blocked a slash from the Saint Spirit-quality Checking Zhan Long Shan with their bare hands.