Chapter 3310

The dark clouds in the sky moved at a slow speed, changing the appearance of the cloud gaps rendered dim yellow. This scene, combined with the dilapidated Royal City below, made everything look desolate. Glory had turned into dust, and the hero had long since grown old.

A few wisps of dust were stirred up by the breeze. In the distance, a circle of earthen slopes surrounded the battlefield. The battlefield where Su Xiao and the Old Knight were located was relatively flat. The ground had a layer of dust, soft and fine, and every step left a footprint.

The Silver Moon Blade on Su Xiao's left hand had disappeared. While the Moon Blade was active, the Wolf Blood Ornament was also worn. To deal with the Old Knight, the defense reduction characteristic was useless; he had to increase his own damage tier. The damage tier would not reduce the enemy's defense, but it could penetrate the enemy's defense.

The Old Knight was located more than ten meters ahead. The oppressive feeling came head-on, making one feel a heavy weight on their shoulders and a chill down their spine.

Both Baha and Bubu Wang were nowhere to be seen. One was in a different dimension, waiting for an opportunity to act, while the other blended into the environment to provide an aura. Benny was on a dirt slope a hundred meters away, looking fierce, but actually panicking inside. Facing the Old Knight, she felt she was no different from an ordinary cat, the kind that could be stepped to death by someone in one foot.

This was understandable; Benny was adept at finding things and logistics, not fighting powerful enemies.

"Moo."

Amu's Dragon Heart Axe rested on the ground. According to custom, every time they encountered a powerful enemy, Amu was the first to rush up. Although Amu was always hammered miserably, Amu could always create opportunities for Su Xiao, allowing Su Xiao to seize the initiative. For a technique-type, this was very important.

But this time, whether to let Amu rush up first made one feel concerned. The Old Knight was different from most powerful enemies encountered in the past. He did not seem to have that kind of large-scale lethal ability, but his normal slash was an ultimate move. During the slash, his body was in a strong super-armor state, and he had high damage reduction, plus he continued to stack armor after being injured.

If Amu rushed up to hack at the Old Knight, Su Xiao estimated that Amu might be chopped into ground beef by the Old Knight.

Amu let out a roar, leading the way, carrying biting cold air as Amu rushed toward the Old Knight, like a tank at full power in the Siberian cold.

"Moo!"

Amu left several ice crystals in the air, rushing toward the Old Knight without hesitation. The Dragon Heart Axe in Amu's hand revealed ice blue, and the blade looked exceptionally sharp.

Amu gripped the Dragon Heart Axe with both hands, the long-handled great axe raised above Amu's head, and the single-edged axe, several sizes larger than a water bucket, slashed toward the Old Knight's head.

Clang!

A shockwave spread with the Old Knight as the center, stirring up circular dust in the surroundings. Amu's full-force axe was blocked by the Old Knight, who grabbed the axe blade. The blade of the Dragon Heart Axe did not even pierce the armor on the Old Knight's palm.

Although the Old Knight's entire suit of armor looked particularly worn, pitted, and covered in stains, and the exterior was also rough, this armor had already merged with his body, equivalent to his second layer of skin.

In other words, this armor, which had been half-melted by high heat and fitted to his body, was defaulted as his body defense. As he was injured and stacked armor, the defense of this armor would become stronger and stronger.

The red cloak on the Old Knight's back, with only a small section left, was blown by the wind. This cloak was severely faded, and the edges were full of loose threads. The Old Knight's height of over 3 meters and his burly figure already gave people an oppressive feeling from his height. At this moment, his eyes were pitch black, and he held the greatsword covered in black rust with one hand, his oppressive force climbing several levels.

In addition, the two-handed greatsword in his hand was 1.8 meters long, the spine of the sword was several times thicker than a palm, worn, heavy, and the black-edged blade at the edge made one not doubt its sharpness at all.

Outsiders would find this two-handed greatsword very awkward to use, but for a Great Knight over 3 meters tall, this sword was very handy. A sufficiently heavy weapon made his oppressive force even higher.

The hunched Old Knight held the blade of the Dragon Heart Axe with one hand. He tilted his head slightly, looking at Amu with those pitch-black eyes. At first, there was doubt, but in the next second, the most primitive and horrifying killing intent erupted. This was the spirit of a beast.

The Old Knight let out a roar, and the greatsword in his hand slashed toward Amu. It was not a slash, but a hack. The Old Knight's sword style was just like this; he was an old warrior who had been on the battlefield, keen on heavy weapons and the corresponding fighting style.

As the person approached, Su Xiao first noticed the person's beard. The beard hanging to his chest was bound by a thin string. The messy, graying beard was stained with a small amount of black blood, which had already dried.

A two-handed greatsword covered in black rust was strapped to the person's back. Su Xiao had seen this greatsword before; the last time he saw it, the sword was as bright as new, but now it had become like this.

The person was the Old Knight. He had swallowed all the Blood of Darkness, including Lu Shuman's Blood of Darkness. This was also the reason why Trace King Lu Shuman had previously said he was going to meet his fate.

Lu Shuman was the only Trace King who had ever escaped from the Royal City. Many people jokingly called him "Escaping Lu Shuman."

To this day, compared to letting the beast out of the cage, Lu Shuman chose to walk into the cage himself, because after this beast swallowed him, it would calm down and not break the cage. He became a Trace King not just because he was tricked; without the corresponding determination, he could not have persisted until now.

Previously, the Old Knight had been to the ancient castle. After seeing the Young Lady, the Old Knight decided to find both the Blood of Darkness and the Blood of the Painter, to let the Young Lady try to paint a new world. As for failure, was that important?

The Old Knight had once sealed his power in his heart to prevent his own beastification, then dug out his own heart and entrusted it to the Young Lady. Due to subsequent changes, the Young Lady stored the beast heart in a safer place to prevent it from being taken by the Royal Descendants.

The heartless Old Knight did not lose his direction. Those who trusted him in the ancient city filled the void in his chest. But one day, this filler disappeared, leaving only the last faint spark of light.

The Old Knight was a person who should have died, so he made a bold attempt.

He knew everything, including the cause of beastification. As the only seventh-stage beastified person, an idea appeared in his mind: could he contain all the Blood of Darkness and then absorb the madness within it?

Others had no possibility, but the Old Knight was a seventh-stage beastified person. He himself had a resistance and absorption capacity for madness and the Blood of Darkness that outsiders could not imagine.

The Old Knight's previous idea was that sufficiently pure Blood of Darkness might be able to paint a new world, or perhaps give more people a place to settle.

Birds and beasts also hope to return to their nests, let alone people.

The Old Knight understood how painful it was to have no home. He was already destined to be so, so he did not want to see anyone else like this again.

The Old Knight had once dug out his own beast heart, and now, he had a new heart: the Heart of Darkness.

"So it was you, Bai Ye. Have you seen the Trace King?"

The Old Knight's dry, hoarse voice came. He hunched his body, making it impossible to see his eyes clearly.

"I have not."

"Is that so? Be careful, it is very dangerous here."

The Old Knight raised his head. His left pupil was brownish-yellow, and his right eye simply had no pupil, but was pitch black. The blackness spread from the corner of his left eye, gradually turning both his eyes pitch black.

The Old Knight looked around and asked: "Bai Ye, there is a beast in the Royal City. I am looking for it. Have you seen that beast?"

"I have."

As Su Xiao spoke, he crushed a small glass bottle in his hand. 【Pure White Blood】 was used by him.

"You saw that beast? In which direction? You go first, I will go deal with it. It will be soon. After I kill that beast, you can come to the Royal City."

As the Old Knight spoke, most of his left eye became pitch black, leaving only half a pupil and the white at the bottom of his left eye.

"That beast is right in front of me."

As Su Xiao spoke, he slowly drew the long blade from his waist. The long blade pointed obliquely at the ground, and the dust haze drifted slowly past.

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Old Knight raised his hand. After looking at the black blood stains on his gauntlet, he was silent for a moment and said:

"So that beast... is me."

The Old Knight's eyes turned completely pitch black, and his consciousness was occupied by madness. His hand, wrapped in a worn gauntlet, gripped the hilt of the sword on his back. His aura changed.

The Old Knight's last bit of sanity, after a brief conversation with Su Xiao, dissipated like clouds and mist. What remained was only a mad beast. He had contained too much Blood of Darkness; this was a quantity that made the Trace Kings of all generations feel horrified.

In fact, the Old Knight had long since lost his sanity. In this state, he had wandered in this desolate, lonely Royal City for several days. Suddenly encountering an acquaintance allowed his sanity to recover for a short while, just like the flash of light before a dying person's death.

Boom!

An oppressive force so strong that one subconsciously held their breath and wanted to turn and flee spread out, as if a heavy weight had fallen on their shoulders.

Dust flew over. Su Xiao blocked his face with one hand. The place where he and the Old Knight were was the central area of the Royal City. This was a vast depression. The flat ground inside was about one kilometer in diameter. The ground was covered with soft, fine dust. A breeze blew, kicking up a wisp of dust haze.

Su Xiao and the Old Knight confronted each other. In the distance, there was a circle of mound slopes surrounding the battlefield. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the sun was hidden behind the dark clouds, rendering the gaps in the clouds a dim yellow.

The Eye of the Gods floated behind Su Xiao, detecting the data of the powerful enemy ahead and feeding it back to Su Xiao at the fastest speed.

【Comparing both parties' Intelligence attributes... Due to the interference of the world's ink, only 59.8% of the enemy's data has been detected.】

Name: Old Knight Azde

Category: Seventh-stage Beastified Individual / Dark Blood Knight.

Health: 100%

Dark Power: 99,000/99,000 points (This is bestowed by the Dark Blood and is continuously increasing...)

Battle Soul Power: 32,400/32,400 points (This body energy is the Old Knight's original.)

Strength: 245 (Real attribute)

Agility: 229 (Real attribute)

Stamina: 243 (Real attribute)

Intelligence: 106 (Real attribute)

Charisma: -5 points (Originally 26 points; beast/dark transformation caused the Charisma attribute to slide.)

Skill 1: Dark Beast (Passive, LV. MAX): After the Old Knight devoured all the Dark Blood, he should have lost his power like the Trace Kings, but the Old Knight is the only seventh-stage beastified individual in history. His resistance to madness and Dark Blood far exceeds that of the Trace Kings. Although the Old Knight did not lose his power, and instead gained even stronger power, he lost his sanity.

Tip: This ability causes the Old Knight to be immune to mental control and allows him to instantly break free from all physical control effects of the same tier.

Skill 2: Beast King (Passive, Lv. MAX): Health +71,600 points, Body Defense +62 points. For every 1% of health lost, body defense will increase incrementally.

Tip: Due to the characteristics of this ability, the Old Knight's body defense has high priority and can avoid the body defense reduction effects brought by same-tier abilities or Immortal-grade equipment.

Skill 3:???

Skill 4: Knight Swordsmanship (Technique-type ability, Lv. 62): Sword-type weapon attack power increased by 835%. Attacks have an uninterruptible characteristic. During the attack, the body is in a strong super-armor state, and damage taken during this period is reduced by 29.56%...