Chapter 61: Different Routes

Su Xiao narrowed his eyes; the contractor in front of him was very troublesome now.

"Hoo~."

A low roar came from the Queen's throat. The Queen squatted on the ground, wrapped in a layer of dark red energy.

This energy didn't have a stable form, as if it were a loose coat.

The knight sword the Queen took out had already been thrown to the side.

The Queen's initial idea was to drink that bottle of liquid to increase her attributes, then fight Su Xiao in close combat, using high attributes to kill Su Xiao.

Unfortunately, the Queen's luck was bad; she didn't pass the judgment and

One could tell from those blood-red beastly pupils that the Queen had lost her sanity.

Su Xiao was currently the closest person to the Queen, so the Queen naturally set her sights on him.

Sharp bone claws had already sprouted from the Queen's slender fingers, and four canine teeth protruded.

Through his previous detection, Su Xiao learned that the Queen's Strength was 16 points and Agility was 15 points; her Stamina was too high to be detected.

Her Strength was 3 points higher than his, and her Agility was 2 points higher, which was not impossible to deal with.

Su Xiao took a deep breath, his eyes fixed on the somewhat beast-like Queen.

"Roar!!"

Another threatening roar; although the Queen had lost her sanity, the beast's instinct made her realize that Su Xiao was not to be trifled with.

Since entering the Ghoul World, Su Xiao had never feared anyone in a one-on-one fight; he even dared to go head-to-head with Eto Yoshimura, let alone a Qiyuezhe who had taken drugs.

He had spent a large amount of Paradise Coins in the 【Trial World】 within Reincarnation Paradise, and the summoned Koushiro mirror image had greatly improved his swordsmanship.

What improved even more were the practical combat techniques Koushiro taught him. He had practiced swordsmanship for three years himself and had combat experience before entering Reincarnation Paradise.

After Koushiro's instruction, his combat experience became even richer.

Most Qiyuezhe used Paradise Coins to purchase equipment or skills, while Su Xiao used Paradise Coins to acquire combat techniques.

"Come on, little fox."

For some reason, the Queen now gave people the feeling that she had turned into a fox.

"Kill, you!"

The Queen said this word by word, whether out of instinct or because some of her consciousness remained.

Su Xiao stood where he was, not choosing to attack first. The opponent was losing 3% of her health every second, while he had plenty of time.

A green light flew out from the street, entering the Queen's body, and the Queen's continuously dropping health bar rose significantly.

"Heh~, let's see how long you can hold on."

Su Xiao began to circle the Queen, constantly guarding against an attack from her.

A few seconds later, the Queen seemed to realize that her life was slipping away rapidly; she kicked off the ground and rushed toward Su Xiao with quick steps.

A red shadow streaked by, and when the Queen appeared again, she was already in front of Su Xiao.

Su Xiao's pupils constricted, the muscles in his right arm tightened, and he slashed at the Queen with his blade.

"Sizzle."

The sharp Checking Zhan Long Shan seemed to graze the surface of a tire, only cutting through the outermost muscle tissue of the Queen's arm.

This Stamina??? It really wasn't for show. According to Su Xiao's calculations, the Queen's Stamina was 24 points.

When the Queen used the 'Mithril Chain' earlier, Reincarnation Paradise had given a prompt: 'The caster's Stamina is 2.33 times yours.'

Su Xiao's Stamina was 6 points; 2.33 times 6 points of Stamina is 13.98 points. Attribute value displays are generally rounded, so the Queen's Stamina was 14 points.

And after drinking that bottle of unknown liquid, the Queen's three main attributes increased by +10; in other words, the Queen's Stamina was now as high as 24 points.

After the Stamina attribute exceeded 20 points, a startling change occurred; the sharp Checking Zhan Long Shan was actually struggling even to break her defense.

The Queen's arm was slashed by Su Xiao, but the wound stopped bleeding within seconds and showed signs of healing.

"Sss~~."

A wisp of blue smoke emerged from the wound, and the Queen's wound healed.

Seeing this astonishing change, the corner of Su Xiao's mouth twitched; the opponent's recovery ability was monstrous.

After being slashed, the Queen stood stunned in place, as if thinking about something.

Those blood-red beastly pupils trembled, and two seconds later, the blood color in the Queen's eyes faded, returning to clarity.

"This damn blood, it finally judged my Stamina attribute."

The Queen's current state would be judged every 10 seconds; if she passed the judgment, she could regain consciousness.

"Ye Zi, no need to hide, come out. As long as I don't die, he can't hurt you."

There was a 'Mithril Chain' between the Queen and Su Xiao, and Ye Zi walked out of the alley.

Ye Zi had an excellent figure; although not busty, even somewhat flat-chested, her delicate cheeks and the aura of nature about her gave Ye Zi a unique charm.

The Queen walked to the knight's sword on the ground, stepped on the hilt, the sword flew up, and the Queen grabbed the hilt.

"Ye Zi, cast 'Sacred' on me, then Plan C."

Hearing the Queen's order, Ye Zi held her hands out in front of her, and large spots of green light were released from her body.

The light spots gathered above Ye Zi's head, forming two small birds, one green and one blue.

The two brightly colored elemental birds flapped their wings and flew to the Queen's head, each occupying one side, circling above the Queen's head in a circular motion.

As the two elemental birds flew, emerald green and azure blue light spots drifted down, seeping into the Queen's body.

The Queen's health bar, which had only one-fifth remaining, began to grow rapidly. Three seconds later, the Queen returned to her peak state and stopped losing health.

It wasn't that the Queen's temporary passive skill had disappeared, but because the Queen's current recovery speed exceeded 3% per second.

"This feeling of being filled with power is truly intoxicating."

The Queen gave a charming laugh and tilted her head to look at Su Xiao.

"Are you ready to die now?"

The Queen's confident smile seemed to announce Su Xiao's death sentence.

Su Xiao was visibly stunned for a moment, then gave a bitter laugh.

"Do you really think that just because your attributes suddenly became stronger, you are my match?"

If the Queen's Strength or Agility exceeded 20 points, Su Xiao might not be a match, because that would create an effect of overwhelming power or speed.

But the Queen's Stamina attribute exceeded 20 points; it wasn't that her Stamina attribute was weak, but that the Queen had a temporary passive skill that caused percentage-based health loss, which offset the benefits of high Stamina.

Now, other than having stronger Strength and Agility, the Queen posed no great threat to Su Xiao, as long as he was careful of those few skills that hadn't been detected.

In Su Xiao's view, a shield warrior fighting him with a sword was a ridiculous act.

Did the opponent think his 'Swordsmanship Mastery: Lv. 3' was just for show?

Most of Su Xiao's gains in the Pirate World were spent on 'Swordsmanship Mastery'.

Checking Zhan Long Shan let out a clear hum, and Su Xiao rushed to the Queen in a few steps; he wanted to let the opponent know what real combat was.

The long blade slashed toward the Queen's head with a whimpering wind, and the Queen instinctively used her knight's sword to block.

"Clang."

The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, and sparks flew between the blade and the sword. The Queen blocked Su Xiao's slash, which gave her some confidence.

But just at this moment, the Queen suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and her body involuntarily flew backward.

While flying in mid-air, the Queen felt a burning sensation on her face again; her face had been slashed.

"Bang."

After rolling twice on the hard road, the Queen stood up immediately, her eyes filled with confusion; she didn't even know what had just happened.

Su Xiao flicked the blood off Checking Zhan Long Shan, the tip of the blade pointing obliquely at the ground.

"With your level of melee combat, you dare to engage me in close quarters? Combat isn't just about hiding behind a shield. Without that shield, you don't know how to fight at all."

The Queen was stunned by Su Xiao's combo; even now, she didn't understand why she had suddenly flown away.

Swallowing hard, the Queen suddenly realized that the gap between her and the man in front of her wasn't in attributes or skills, but in combat experience.

"I don't believe that ability to recover health will last forever. Once it disappears, that will be your death date."

Su Xiao's words made the Queen's expression look rather ugly, and the fact was indeed so.

"I don't believe you can dodge this sword again."

The Queen stood upright in place, holding the knight's sword with one arm, and raised it high toward the sky.

"Holy Sword Slash."

The Queen gave a delicate shout, full of momentum; this was her only high-power offensive move, kept for emergencies, and now it was finally being used.

The night wind blew the Queen's long hair, and after her delicate shout, nothing happened.

Unbeknownst to her, the Queen's mana was down to only 6 points. She could no longer use skills; 'Qing Gang Ying' had burned through a large amount of the Queen's mana.

Now, the Queen holding the knight's sword high gave Su Xiao a very chuunibyou feeling.