Chapter 701: Devour

Sensing the pressure coming toward him, the anger in Diarmuid's eyes dissipated. Although he didn't agree with the opponent's approach, the opponent's strength was worth acknowledging, so he had to respond with his full posture.

Diarmuid stepped on the ground, stomping the short yellow spear on the ground into the ground to hide it.

Although Gáe Buidhe had the characteristic of wounds not being able to heal, the strength of this spear was far inferior to Gáe Dearg. It could be used as a one-hit-kill weapon, but if facing the enemy head-on, he still preferred to use Gáe Dearg.

Su Xiao rushed to Diarmuid in an instant, and dozens of Repel Shields floated around him.

He slashed forward with the long blade in his hand. This was just a probe, and Diarmuid subconsciously used Gáe Dearg to block.

Clang.

Sparks flew, and Diarmuid felt a huge force coming from his hand, his feet sinking into the ground.

"This kind of strength..."

Before Diarmuid could adapt to the huge force, Su Xiao had already kicked sideways with all his might. Diarmuid's reaction was not slow; he bent one leg and used his shin to block Su Xiao's side kick.

With a bang, Diarmuid staggered back a few steps, his entire leg numb.

Sizzle~

The sound of metal wires tightening came, and the Boundary-Breaking Line wrapped toward Diarmuid from all directions.

Diarmuid jumped up immediately, taking advantage of the momentum to stab Gáe Dearg into the stone slab under his feet. Relying on the support of Gáe Dearg, his entire body was suspended in mid-air.

The Boundary-Breaking Line wrapped around the spear Gáe Dearg. Su Xiao pulled the Boundary-Breaking Line, and the tip of Gáe Dearg left a mark on the stone slab.

Just as Diarmuid was about to land, Su Xiao stepped forward. He didn't strike with the blade immediately but waited for the moment Diarmuid landed.

Just as Diarmuid's toes touched the ground, Su Xiao slashed out diagonally.

Checking Zhan Long Shan drew a pale gold 'thread' in mid-air. Checking Zhan Long Shan was now sharp enough to make one shudder.

At this time, Diarmuid had just landed, his body unstable. This tricky angle of the slash made him very uncomfortable, somewhat unable to advance or retreat.

This was whether combat experience was rich or not. Many factors were involved in combat, and it wasn't just about having strong strength and many skills to win.

Helpless, Diarmuid could only continue to block with the long spear in his hand. He clearly knew that choosing to continue blocking would put him at a disadvantage in the subsequent exchanges, as the enemy's strength was too strong.

Just as Diarmuid was prepared to take Su Xiao's slash head-on, facing the danger of being slashed away, Su Xiao's long blade suddenly stopped and retreated a few steps.

Boom!

Firelight surged from under Diarmuid's feet. The ground under his feet had somehow exploded.

Fragments of alchemy bombs flew, and Diarmuid was swallowed by the firelight.

Su Xiao blocked in front of him with his left hand wrapped in a metal arm guard to prevent the

As the light of the explosion faded slightly, Su Xiao slashed several times into the fire out of thin air; pale blue blade glows detached from the edge of Checking Zhan Long Shan and flew into the flames.

Ding, ding, ding...

The blade glows were all parried and shattered, and Diarmuid, covered in burns with one leg shredded by the explosion, charged out of the flames.

Just as he charged out of the flames, Diarmuid locked eyes with a pair of eyes.

"Oh no!"

Diarmuid thrust forward with the Gae Dearg in his hand, and Su Xiao actively met the thrust of that red long spear.

Ding.

The Gae Dearg pierced the Counter Shield, and the tactile feedback from the spear left Diarmuid stunned; in his view, the Counter Shield was clearly an energy construct, so why could an energy construct block the Gae Dearg?

The answer was that the Qing Gang Ying energy and the Gae Dearg were of different tiers; it was true that this red long spear could break magic, but it could not ignore energy levels.

If the magic power level of the Holy Grail world was 3, then the level of the Qing Gang Ying energy was at least 10 or higher, and this energy level would also increase as the Qing Gang Ying skill level rose.

The moment the Gae Dearg was blocked, Diarmuid knew he was going to lose; one could not afford any mistakes when fighting the enemy before him, otherwise, one would pay a painful price.

Diarmuid had guessed correctly; the instant the Gae Dearg was blocked, Su Xiao had already drawn his long blade.

Almost instantly, the long blade slashed across, and a large spray of blood splattered; this slash was simply too fast, and combined with the sharpness of Checking Zhan Long Shan, Diarmuid felt almost nothing.

Two seconds later, a sharp pain came from Diarmuid's left shoulder; he turned his head to look, and his entire left arm was already gone, blood spraying from the stump of the severed arm, and pale blue energy could still be seen on the surface of the wound.

With a thud, the entire left arm hit the ground.

The blood that had sprayed onto Diarmuid's face slid down his chin, and he couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

"May I ask your name? I surely wouldn't be defeated by a nobody."

Hearing Diarmuid's question, Su Xiao remained silent; he never talked nonsense during a fight.

Ignoring Diarmuid for the moment, Su Xiao picked up the severed arm from the ground, and pale blue smoke surged from his left hand, wrapping around the arm.

Su Xiao held his blade in his right hand, while pale blue smoke rose from his left; no matter how one looked at it, he didn't look like a mage.

Su Xiao activated the Devouring Core; he was attempting to devour one of Diarmuid's arms. Theoretically, Heroic Spirits were manifested from energy and were not flesh and blood, which was exactly the high-level biological energy the Devouring Core required.

The pale blue smoke wrapped around Diarmuid's severed arm, the bloodstains on the arm rose, and the arm began to turn into energy.

A moment later, the severed arm in Su Xiao's hand had turned into a mass of golden energy; this was the high-level energy that constituted a Heroic Spirit.

The Heroic Spirit energy sank into Su Xiao's palm; he was not absorbing this energy directly, as it still needed to be converted.

The Heroic Spirit energy first entered the Devouring Core, where the golden Heroic Spirit energy began to be converted, purified, and filtered, eventually becoming a colorless energy.

When the colorless energy surged out from the Devouring Core, the Qing Gang Ying energy within Su Xiao's body swarmed up, as if it had seen an irresistible delicacy, and devoured the colorless energy completely in a moment.

Su Xiao immediately sensed that the Qing Gang Ying energy within his body was growing stronger; although it hadn't reached the level to upgrade, the Qing Gang Ying ability had indeed grown stronger.

"Compared to the energy of the Tailed Beasts, Heroic Spirit energy is less in quantity, but purer."

Blue light flickered in Su Xiao's eyes; although the Devouring Core was very powerful, it was easy to lose one's mind when using this ability, requiring a firm will.

A dozen seconds later, the blue light in Su Xiao's eyes vanished, and when he looked at Diarmuid again, Diarmuid subconsciously took a step back.

Su Xiao did not immediately engage Diarmuid in battle; he was waiting, waiting to see if the Greater Grail would retaliate after he devoured the Heroic Spirit energy.

This was entirely Su Xiao's overthinking; the Greater Grail had not yet manifested, so even if it were powerful, it could do nothing to him.

"Looks like there's no problem."

Blood dripped from Checking Zhan Long Shan, and Su Xiao slowly approached Diarmuid; even though Diarmuid was a Heroic Spirit, his severed arm could not be restored, regardless of whether he had his own recovery abilities or if his Master, Kayneth, used healing magic.

Supreme Blade Effect 2: Wan Wan Renzong (Passive), Sharpness +10. If a slash causes a dismemberment effect on an enemy, the enemy will be unable to restore the severed limb through surgery, potions, skills, bloodline abilities, or any other ability below the Fourth Tier. (This ability evolved from 'Iron-Cutting (Passive)'.)

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