Chapter 829

A piercing whistling sound passed by Su Xiao's side, and black afterimages flew past—these were the Ghost Bees. At full speed, the Ghost Bees had already left afterimages.

Su Xiao left drops of blood on the ground he traversed, as each Ghost Bee sought to take his life.

Lowering his head to dodge a Ghost Bee aiming for the back of his neck, Su Xiao knew that things could not continue like this. Every time a Ghost Bee injured him, it added a layer of toxin effect. This toxin effect had already accumulated many layers, and it was becoming stronger with each accumulation.

【You have been eroded by an unknown toxin. Your abnormal status has stacked; the number of stacks is 11. Nerve reflex speed -20%, physical defense -30, Stamina -5, and you receive 3 points of true toxin damage per second. The abnormal status will last for 6 minutes.】

The Ghost Bee's toxin underwent a qualitative change after accumulating to three layers, and the more layers there were, the longer the abnormal status lasted. It was 6 minutes now; the next time he was injured by a Ghost Bee, the toxin's duration would double.

When Su Xiao was injured for the tenth time, the abnormal status duration was 3 minutes, but by the eleventh time, it became 6 minutes. If he were injured again, it would likely become 12 minutes. The 3 points of true toxin damage per second could not be underestimated; if he were injured too many times, even if Su Xiao could kill Lan Jue, he would be eroded to death by the true toxin damage.

Whoosh~

A Ghost Bee grazed Su Xiao's arm, blood splashing. Just as he had expected, the abnormal status duration became 12 minutes. Every minute, Su Xiao would receive 180 points of true toxin damage; 12 minutes meant 2,160 points of true toxin damage.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's Goddess of Ice and Snow aura restored 1 HP per second, and combined with resisting with the No. 1 potion, Su Xiao could withstand 12 minutes of true toxin damage. If it were 24 minutes, he would have a glimmer of hope; if it were 48 minutes, he would be dead for sure.

The more critical the life-or-death moment, the calmer Su Xiao became. He glanced at Lan Jue, a hundred meters away; this guy had no intention of retreating, and the situation hadn't developed to an unmanageable point.

What Su Xiao feared most now was that after the toxin accumulated to a lethal level, Lan Jue would choose to retreat.

Su Xiao was completely overthinking it. If Lan Jue couldn't kill him, Lan Jue was also on a dead-end path. Fighting to this extent, neither would flee; even if they had to bite with their teeth, they would bite one to death.

With a boom, Sius fell from the sky, smashing a pit into the ground. The Ghost Bees inside Sius trembled slightly, no longer sufficient to carry Sius into the high sky.

Su Xiao waved his arm, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang in the grass in the distance brightened its eyes, understanding Su Xiao's intention without the need for verbal or eye communication. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately controlled Sius to charge toward Lan Jue.

Su Xiao, meanwhile, tried his best to dodge the nine Ghost Bees beside him; the rest of the Ghost Bees had already been slashed to pieces by him.

If it were anyone else who had been pierced by Ghost Bees so many times and eroded by true toxin damage, even a main tank should have fallen. However, Su Xiao's HP was higher than a main tank's; a main tank falling didn't mean he would fall.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang controlled Sius to charge toward Lan Jue. Lan Jue, already bleeding from his seven orifices, spat out a mouthful of blood-stained saliva and drew the two energy blade daggers stuck in his lower legs.

"Don't think that I only know how to control Ghost Bees."

Lan Jue's eyes revealed a fierce look. He indeed couldn't fight in close combat against a melee expert like Su Xiao, but the close-combat ability of Sius, controlled by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, wasn't too strong—at most, it was just a big, stupid guy with great strength and speed. Lan Jue had no fear.

While Su Xiao dodged the Ghost Bee attacks, Sius had already quickly charged toward Lan Jue. Lan Jue crouched low, his center of gravity downward; his Agility attribute was not low, so acting as an assassin temporarily was no problem.

The distance between Sius and Lan Jue closed rapidly. Soon, the two were only five meters apart. Just as Lan Jue was prepared to meet Sius's attack, who would have thought that Sius would turn sideways and rush past Lan Jue, walking slowly around him very cautiously, appearing somewhat wary of engaging Lan Jue in close combat.

Lan Jue was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected this big, stupid guy to be so cowardly. His head, which was dizzy from controlling too many Ghost Bees, thought rapidly, and then he suddenly thought of something.

"It's over."

Sius smiled miserably. Just now, due to the severe pain in his head, his thinking had paused for a moment. After his mind cleared, he guessed the enemy's plan.

Sius immediately stopped controlling the Ghost Bees, wanting to use a certain ability, but unfortunately, he had consumed too much Mana controlling the Ghost Bees, and that ability could no longer be used.

Zzz~

A cyan metal wire wrapped around Lan Jue's waist, sinking deeply into his flesh. Originally, this metal wire had been nailed to Sius's back. Before, Sius had walked slowly around Lan Jue, which seemed like caution before close combat, but in reality, it was to give the Boundary Breaking Line a chance to wrap around Lan Jue.

A few seconds ago, Su Xiao's hand-raising action was to nail the Boundary Breaking Line to Sius's back. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately understood Su Xiao's intention and thus controlled Sius to charge toward Lan Jue.

While being wrapped by the Boundary Breaking Line, Lan Jue knew one thing: he was finished.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang controlled Sius to charge toward Lan Jue. Helpless, Lan Jue could only block with his dual blades.

Sius raised its arm high, the muscle scimitar in its hand smashing toward Lan Jue. Lan Jue's body tilted slightly.

Lan Jue blocked with his two energy blades above his head. He had already planned in his heart that the moment the energy blades blocked the muscle scimitar, he would use the force to dodge sideways.

The muscle scimitar smashed down with a wailing wind-breaking sound, just as Lan Jue had expected. The exaggeratedly large muscle scimitar first made contact with the energy blades in his hands. Just as he prepared to dodge sideways to escape, a stinging pain and an irresistible, powerful pulling force appeared at his waist—it was Su Xiao pulling the Boundary Breaking Line.

Lan Jue's Strength attribute was originally 33 points; after being permanently reduced by 15 points, only 18 remained, while Su Xiao's Strength attribute was 72 points (69 base + 3 points from equipment bonus).

Under this strength gap, Lan Jue was directly pulled to the ground by the Boundary Breaking Line.

Boom!

The muscle scimitar smashed fiercely into Lan Jue's side ribs. One of his side ribs broke into a V-shape, piercing deeply into his internal organs.

"Wah~"

The blood Lan Jue spat out was mixed with fragments of internal organs. Although he was severely injured to this extent, Lan Jue's arm raised up, pressing against Sius's leg.

In the palm of Lan Jue's hand was a blue beetle, and this beetle was rapidly charging energy.

Boom!

An impact force spread from Lan Jue's palm, and one of Sius's leg bones and one of Lan Jue's arms shattered simultaneously.

At the same time, the Ghost Bees circling beside Su Xiao landed.

Shave.

Su Xiao's figure disappeared, rapidly charging toward Lan Jue.

Lan Jue was rolling into a ball with Sius. Because Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was controlling Sius, after one leg was blown off, out of instinct, Sius opened its mouth to bite Lan Jue.

In the hand of Lan Jue's remaining arm, a beetle appeared again, and he shoved his lone arm into Sius's mouth.

Boom!

Sius's head shattered. Lan Jue was pushed by the recoil and rolled a few times. Both his arms were broken, but even so, he still didn't give up, quickly standing up with a donkey roll.

Su Xiao appeared in front of Lan Jue, holding Zhan Long Shan.

"You guy..."

Lan Jue, bleeding from his seven orifices, smiled. It had been a long time since he had encountered an enemy like Su Xiao.

Utilizing the momentum of Shave, Su Xiao kicked straight with one leg. The shinbone of Lan Jue's lower leg snapped with a crack. From beginning to end, Lan Jue hadn't used 'Command: Replacement' for short-distance spatial movement—not because he didn't want to, but because while controlling 26 Ghost Bees simultaneously, he simply had no energy to use other abilities.

Lan Jue's choice was correct. If he had used the ten thousand mechanical insects to bomb Su Xiao, not to mention killing Su Xiao, it would have been good enough to severely injure him. The mechanical insects were far too slow compared to the Ghost Bees; Su Xiao could have completely let Sius drag Lan Jue down, and after opening the distance, used the Spider Queen to snipe Lan Jue.

And after synthesizing the mechanical insects into 25 Ghost Bees, those 20 Ghost Bees had nearly killed Su Xiao.

Kicking Lan Jue's lower leg until it broke, Su Xiao held his long blade sideways, the blade covered in blood—it was his own blood.

Puchi.

The long blade slashed across, and Lan Jue's head flew up—clean and decisive.

With a thud, Lan Jue's head landed, and the headless corpse also fell. A hundred meters away, the Ghost Bees on the ground began to shatter.

The battle between Su Xiao and Lan Jue had no massive ultimate moves colliding, no flashy skills flying all over the sky. Both sides were constantly looking for the enemy's flaws; once there was a flaw, they would immediately put the other to death, leaving not a single chance.

Just as Lan Jue fell to the ground, another thud came from behind Su Xiao—it was Sius, whose head had already been blown to pieces.

As soon as Lan Jue died, Su Xiao received a large number of prompts.

【Prompt: The Hunter has successfully killed the enemy Purifier.】

【Checking...】

【Check complete. The enemy Purifier has completely died, and the serial number is dissipating.】

【Prompt: The Hunter's behavior has been highly commended, and an extra reward is granted.】

【You have obtained 100 Merit points, you have obtained Soul Crystal (Large) x3, you have obtained Gold-quality Equipment Treasure Chest x1, and Data Query Permission Tier +1.】