Chapter 389: Terrifying True Damage

Lust shortened the sharp blades formed by her fingers and used the tips of the blades to pierce the Boundary Line.

Lust couldn't slash the Boundary Line, but she could pierce it. The Ultimate Spear is not just a name.

Zzz~.

Su Xiao retracted the Boundary Line; he also knew the Boundary Line might be pierced.

Although Lust missed, she regained her freedom.

Regaining her freedom, Lust turned and fled, not looking back at all.

Su Xiao couldn't use alchemical bombs now; leaving traces would be troublesome. He stood up and followed.

Lust's escape speed was not fast. Before she ran far, she took a blade from Su Xiao on her back.

The blade slashed open the muscle and slashed off Lust's spine by the way.

Although Lust is a homunculus, she would also lose her mobility if her spine were broken.

Falling to the ground with a plop, Lust, covered in blood, looked at Su Xiao.

"Why? Your aura is very strange. We have never met."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just walked slowly toward Lust.

Lust's complexion was a bit pale. She had lived for over a hundred years and had encountered such a terrifying enemy for the first time.

Cold, fierce, taciturn.

"You forced me."

Lust pressed her hands on the ground.

"Piercing Punishment."

A hissing sound came from underground. Su Xiao's forward footsteps paused, and a sense of crisis appeared.

Boom!

A large number of black sharp thorns broke through the ground, at least a hundred, covering the entire church, turning the church into a hell of thorns.

Each sharp thorn was three meters long; these were all Ultimate Spears. If directly pierced, Su Xiao would be dead.

A pool of blood was left at the location where Lust was before, and the person was nowhere to be found.

Su Xiao stood expressionless, hanging in mid-air in the church, his left arm raised high. He had entangled the Boundary Line on the ceiling, retracting the Boundary Line to dodge Lust's attack.

Closing his eyes to sense, Lust had fled to the west.

Su Xiao swung back and forth in mid-air. After swinging a few times, he released the Boundary Line and landed at the entrance of the church.

Walking out of the church, Su Xiao disappeared into the night.

In a pitch-black alley, Lust ran step by step, leaving a large trail of blood along the way. The energy of the Philosopher's Stone was not much; if it were exhausted, she would be dead.

Rapid and heavy footsteps came from ahead of Lust, and a round, bald little fatty appeared on the opposite side of the alley.

The little fatty looked a bit foolish, and his bald head made his body shape look rounder.

"What's wrong with you, Lust."

The little fatty's name is Gluttony, representing gluttony.

"Gluttony, run!"

Lust knelt on the ground, her long, wavy black hair covered in blood.

"Eh?"

Although Gluttony was a bit confused, he wanted to protect Lust.

Among the seven homunculi representing the seven deadly sins, Gluttony and Lust have the best relationship and often act together.

Gluttony likes to eat all the creatures he can see, but before he eats, he always asks: "Can I eat him, Lust."

If Lust answers yes, Gluttony will immediately pounce forward; if she answers no, Gluttony will hold his thumb and maintain restraint.

"Lust, I'll help you."

Gluttony ran forward quickly.

"Don't come over, this is a trap. A monster is coming soon, run!"

Lust shouted, her expression somewhat desperate.

Su Xiao walked out from the shadows behind Lust, the surface of the Zhan Long Shan in his hand surging with azure electric arcs.

The long blade slashed down, Lust's head flew up, and at the same time, a crisp cracking sound came from within Lust's body—the Philosopher's Stone shattered.

Su Xiao had activated Qing Gang Ying for ten minutes, and the mana combustion effect appeared.

Prompt: If the Hunter activates (Qing Gang Ying), consuming 30 mana points per minute, the Qing Gang Ying energy operation will reach its peak. After maintaining the peak for 10 minutes, the Hunter will gain the mana combustion effect. The next attack will cause true damage to the enemy equal to 60% of the enemy's consumed mana. (If the enemy has consumed 100 mana points, it will cause 60 points of true damage to the enemy.)

Prompt: The cooldown time for mana combustion is 48 hours.

Lust had been hit by many of Su Xiao's blades before, each burning 50 mana points. Even if Lust's mana were over a thousand, it would be burned away.

Lust's mana was not over a thousand; her mana was 320 points, plus the 360 points from the Philosopher's Stone bonus, totaling 680.

The higher the mana, the faster the death. Mana combustion caused a full 408 points of true damage.

Plus the 50 points of true damage from the basic Qing Gang Ying, the Philosopher's Stone in Lust's body shattered.

The Philosopher's Stone was not exhausted, but shattered; true damage is effective against the Philosopher's Stone.

Lust's body twitched a few times, and her raised arm fell weakly to the ground.

【You have killed Lust】

【Lust is a key plot character. Obtained 5.3% of World Source, currently obtained a total of 6.5% of World Source.】

【Your talent 'Soul Eater' activated, permanently increasing mana by 15 points. Current mana is 929 points.】

【You obtained a treasure chest (Purple).】

Picking up the treasure chest on the ground, Su Xiao looked at Gluttony.

"Little fatty, it's your turn."

Su Xiao walked slowly toward Gluttony; this guy is far more dangerous than Lust.

Lust belongs to the type with powerful attack power but unremarkable defense and attack speed.

If an ordinary contractor encountered this kind of enemy, it would be very troublesome, but Su Xiao is best at dealing with this kind of enemy.

For him, who is proficient in combat techniques, Lust is like a child holding the 'Spear of Longinus.'

But this little fatty in front of him is different. This guy's attack power is not strong, his defense is not outstanding, and his recovery power is average, but this little fatty has an ability that can be called unsolvable once it hits.

If hit by that ability, Su Xiao would either die or wait for the mission to fail, thereby deducting attribute points.

Gluttony is a failed product of Father's creation of the Gate of Truth. Although failed, there is an infinitely large space with no exit in Gluttony's stomach.

That is the gap between the real world and the Gate of Truth. The protagonist Edward Elric was once swallowed into it.

Edward Elric used a method to get out, but Su Xiao couldn't do that.

Edward Elric performed human transmutation in that space, but what he transmuted was himself.

Alchemy is decomposition, reconstruction, and re-structuring.

When performing human transmutation, one will enter the Gate of Truth, after which the Gate of Truth will teleport the alchemist back to the real world.

Edward Elric first decomposed himself to achieve human transmutation, and after he reached the Gate of Truth, he reorganized himself.

Because what he transmuted was himself, there was no need for equivalent exchange, so the Gate of Truth immediately teleported Edward Elric back to the real world.

Returning to the real world, Edward Elric re-structured himself to escape the space in Gluttony's stomach.

Edward Elric perfectly utilized decomposition, reorganization, and re-structuring.

Su Xiao has a very awkward problem here: he doesn't know alchemy at all. What he mastered is alchemy science, which has nothing to do with alchemy.

Alchemy science is the exploration of the world, using the knowledge explored to manufacture certain items.

Alchemy is decomposition, reconstruction, and re-structuring; the literal meanings of the two are different.

Su Xiao's body leaned low; he must never be swallowed by Gluttony. The penalty of -10 to all attributes is too tragic.

His luck itself is not very good. If it becomes luck -9, that would be a disaster; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that even drinking cold water would get stuck in his teeth. ===== CHAPTER 390 =====