Chapter 81: Arima, You Pit-Digger

Su Xiao carefully lifted his left foot, dodging a kagune that a ghoul had swept past unconsciously.

A gust of wind ruffled Su Xiao's pant leg; the tip of that eyeless ghoul's kagune lightly brushed against his trousers.

"Rip~."

The pant leg tore. Su Xiao frowned; these guys had immense strength, and their kagune were exceptionally sharp.

Su Xiao continued to move forward without changing his expression. With his psychological fortitude, he would remain calm even in more dire situations.

When Su Xiao was halfway through, Yuna passed through this dangerous area, slipping through the gaps between the numerous eyeless ghouls.

Arima Kisho and Yuna stood before the passage on the opposite side, their thumbs pressed against the activation buttons of their quinques, ready to support Su Xiao at any moment.

After the previous battles, Su Xiao knew that the two were definitely not "pig teammates," otherwise he would not have stayed behind to cover the rear.

Yuna crouched low, her long black hair hanging over her shoulders, carefully observing every move of the eyeless ghouls for Su Xiao.

Yuna suddenly raised one hand, her index and middle fingers pressed together, tapping the palm of her other hand.

This gesture meant "Stop."

Su Xiao immediately noticed Yuna's action.

Yuna pointed to the two eyeless ghouls in front of Su Xiao. Those two were facing away from him, and he could not clearly see their movements.

Yuna pointed to the side, signaling for Su Xiao to change his route.

Su Xiao did not hesitate much and chose another path. Now that the three were in the same boat, one could tell from the distance Arima Kisho and Yuna were standing at that they would not abandon Su Xiao and leave first.

After walking a few steps, Su Xiao discovered that the two eyeless ghouls Yuna had pointed out were in a conscious state, their heads swaying left and right as if they vaguely sensed something.

Su Xiao continued forward. Under the cover of Arima Kisho and Yuna, Su Xiao successfully advanced over 180 meters; victory was right before his eyes.

"Boom, boom~~."

Dense footsteps came from behind.

The expressions of the three changed wildly; those eyeless ghouls that had been lured away were returning.

Su Xiao could no longer worry about being exposed and quickened his pace under the cover of the running sounds.

A few seconds later, Su Xiao successfully crossed this dangerous area, and the three reunited.

Because of the thundering footsteps, the ghouls in the open space became active.

Yuna made a victory gesture, but just then, a ghoul suddenly appeared behind her.

It was a normal ghoul, female, approximately thirty years old.

It was normal for ghouls to suddenly appear in the 24th Ward; the three had encountered this situation over a dozen times, but the timing now made them feel somewhat helpless.

The gazes of Su Xiao and the others immediately locked onto the female ghoul, filled with killing intent.

"White Reaper!"

The female ghoul gritted her teeth upon seeing Arima Kisho.

Su Xiao knew things were about to go wrong. Checking Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand; after adjusting his grip, he threw it with all his might.

The female ghoul revealed a crazed smile; she saw those eyeless ghouls.

She lived in the 24th Ward, so she recognized those "beasts."

"Ah!!!!"

A scream that shook the passage echoed out.

"Puchi."

"Bang."

Su Xiao's blade and Arima Kisho's golden electric orb arrived simultaneously.

The female ghoul was first pierced by Checking Zhan Long Shan, then electrocuted into charred remains, falling to the ground dead.

But it was too late; that scream had alerted the eyeless ghouls. Counting those returning from the depths, there were at least five hundred of them.

Pairs of eyes wrapped in gray hard shells stared fixedly in the direction of Su Xiao and his companions.

In that instant, all sound in the surroundings vanished.

Su Xiao turned his head somewhat stiffly. Upon seeing all those eyeless ghouls standing up, his scalp went numb, and a chill rose from the soles of his feet, traveling up his spine and straight to the top of his head.

Facing so many eyeless ghouls at once was absolutely a dead end!

"Roar~!..."

The roars merged into one. Those eyeless ghouls charged toward the three on all fours with incredible speed.

Before that, the three had already been sprinting forward with all their might. As they passed the female ghoul's corpse, Su Xiao reached out with one hand and gripped the hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Boom, boom..."

Large clouds of dust rose behind the three as the eyeless ghouls charged like beasts on all fours.

These eyeless ghouls were incredibly fast, running on all fours and using their tail kagune to maintain balance.

Even when fighting, normal ghouls walked upright, but these eyeless ghouls were complete beasts; their tail kagune perfectly replaced tails.

Su Xiao and his companions could no longer worry about what was behind them and sprinted for their lives.

Su Xiao's Agility attribute was 13 points, so his speed was not slow, yet even so, those eyeless ghouls were slowly closing in on them.

"This won't work; we'll be chased to death sooner or later."

Although Arima Kisho was running at high speed, he remained calm.

After the three passed through a straight passage, two forks appeared ahead.

"Bai Ye, you take the left, I'll take the right. You take Yuna and go first; I'll cover the rear."

Previously, Su Xiao had covered the rear, but now Arima Kisho took the initiative to do so.

"Wish you survival."

Su Xiao nodded at Arima Kisho; he was not the type to be indecisive.

Arima Kisho stopped his pace, halting before one of the forks.

Su Xiao and Yuna rushed directly into the other fork. Before entering, Yuna shouted.

"Arima, you must survive."

After shouting, Yuna rushed into the fork.

"Boom."

A crashing sound came from behind. Su Xiao turned to look; the intersection behind him had been firmly sealed.

That was Arima Kisho's quinque, 'Ixa', a quinque capable of changing forms at will.

"Bang, bang..."

Constant crashing sounds echoed; it must have been the eyeless ghouls slamming into the wall formed by 'Ixa'.

'Ixa' was indeed sturdy, but it could not withstand such impacts forever.

After Su Xiao ran for a distance, a loud boom came from behind; the wall formed by 'Ixa' had been smashed through.

About fifty or sixty eyeless ghouls rushed into the passage, viciously chasing after Su Xiao and Yuna.

Su Xiao ignored these eyeless ghouls and continued forward.

After running for about a few minutes, Su Xiao's pace suddenly stopped, and Yuna bumped into his back.

"Why~ stop~, running."

Yuna was already out of breath; the previous battle combined with this desperate sprint was no easy feat.

If their speeds were recorded, the two of them would have completely crushed world sprint champions.

"If we keep running, our stamina will be exhausted; we can't outrun these beasts."

Su Xiao stood in place, holding his blade, as the dozens of eyeless ghouls approached rapidly.

"I'll cover you~, take this quinque for now."

Yuna threw a quinque to Su Xiao. Su Xiao pondered for a moment and pressed the button on the quinque.

This was his first time using a quinque.

"Click~."

The silver-white metal case popped open. Upon contact with the air, the quinque inside began to expand rapidly, climbing onto his upper body.

This was not a weapon-type quinque but an armor-type one. Su Xiao had seen this before.

In the original work, Shinohara Yukinori used this type of armor quinque. It was named 'Arata' and had been recently developed by the CCG.

The black-blue quinque armor wrapped around Su Xiao's upper body. The armor was somewhat heavy, but its defensive capabilities were strong.

After Su Xiao put on 'Arata', the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【You have equipped the quinque 'Arata'. Strength +3, Agility -3, Defense +2, Movement Speed reduced by 30%. (Temporary state; after removing 'Arata', the buffs or debuffs will disappear.)】

With this quinque 'Arata' combined with Su Xiao's swordsmanship, his positional combat power increased by at least twofold.

PS: (Daily begging for recommendation tickets~) ===== CHAPTER 82 =====