Chapter 831: Assassination Squad

The death and injury of over a dozen healing and support-type Qiyuezhe within a short period of time caught the attention of Xi. She dispatched Liuli, but even Liuli could not find the culprit for a time.

Behind the Tianqi Paradise camp, after Su Xiao slit the throat of a support-type Qiyuezhe, he vaguely sensed someone approaching.

"Finally found you, you detestable assassin."

Liuli looked at the corpse with its throat slit not far away, gnashing her teeth in hatred. There were three people beside her: a male earth-element Qiyuezhe, a female perception-type Qiyuezhe, and a burly man holding a giant hammer. This burly man was at least three meters tall, giving off a clumsy feeling. Although clumsy, his strength attribute must be very high; he was likely a single-attribute specialist, with his strength attribute reaching 80 points.

Reaching 80 points in a single attribute is not too difficult, and this burly man holding the giant hammer was exactly that.

Liuli did not come alone; in most situations, she followed her sister or acted with her squad.

Liuli's squad consisted of five people. Liuli herself was control + melee + ranged. The male earth-element Qiyuezhe leaned towards protection, while the perception-type Qiyuezhe was responsible for finding the enemy's position and also connecting the minds of the other four during battle, allowing the four to have better synergy.

As for the burly man holding the giant hammer as thick as a water vat, he had only one task: when Liuli controlled the enemy's movements, he would go up and hammer them. His skills were all attack bonuses, leaning towards one-hit kills.

Far away from the four-person squad was another teammate, a sniper who had feelings for Liuli. He provided fire support from a distance at any time.

Control + support + perception + main attacker + ranged sniper; the purpose of this squad's composition was obvious. It was not used to deal with powerful plot characters, but rather to deal with powerful Qiyuezhe. Therefore, this team did not configure a clumsy tank, but instead used an earth-element Qiyuezhe as a substitute. He could defend and also provide decent control + attack capabilities.

The core figure of the squad was Liuli. Su Xiao had experienced her strong control ability once; she could force enemies into illusions, causing them to perceive their surroundings incorrectly.

"Southeast, 26 meters, behind the stone pillar."

The female perception-type transmitted this intelligence to Liuli and the others.

"OK, give him a shot first to force him out."

Liuli spoke in the mental link. She was the commander of this squad. This had nothing to do with status, only because she had leisure time to command during battle, and she had command talent.

"Mm."

Inside the mental link, the male sniper in the distance spoke. The mental link was the ability of the female perception-type. In this link, the five could speak via thought, avoiding strategic leaks.

Whoosh~

A bullet struck.

Gravel splashed. A semi-weathered stone pillar not far away was broken at the waist. After the upper half of the pillar fell, it shattered into white stone blocks. This pillar was as fragile as tofu.

Light blue light flickered. An energy shield wall appeared behind the stone pillar. A man wearing a black windbreaker stood behind the energy shield wall.

"Surprising, to actually run into an 'acquaintance'."

Su Xiao looked at Liuli not far away. For some reason, he suddenly remembered a nursery rhyme. Although he didn't know what the nursery rhyme was called, he had listened to that damn nursery rhyme for a full few hours, and the singer was tone-deaf, with the pitch going high and low.

"Retreat!"

Liuli subconsciously wanted to flee. She might have developed 'Su Xiao Phobia'. She still had deep memories of the previous two encounters: once she was nearly killed, and once she was used.

"Liuli, calm down."

The earth-element Qiyuezhe spoke. This was a middle-aged man with a steady personality.

"Isn't dealing with such a powerful lone Qiyuezhe exactly what we are good at?"

Hearing the earth-element Qiyuezhe's words, Liuli calmed down a bit.

"The opponent is very strong. I mean very strong, to the point of being perverted. So we only have one chance."

"Understood."

"Clear."

Having calmed down, Liuli looked around and immediately thought of a strategy to deal with Su Xiao.

"C strategy."

As Liuli spoke, Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he was.

"He's coming!"

Boom!

An earth wall formed not far from Liuli and the others. Liuli and the perception-type Qiyuezhe retreated. Also retreating was the burly man holding the giant hammer. Although he was broad-shouldered and round-waisted, his actual defense was very poor; his abilities were all concentrated on the attack aspect.

Clang.

A blade flash passed, and the earth wall was slashed to pieces. This gave Liuli's four teammates an intuitive understanding of Su Xiao's attack power. Once they were engaged in close quarters, they would die. Once deaths and injuries appeared and the formation was broken, they would not be far from total annihilation.

"Fanatic · Illusion Realm."

Liuli used the move that had misled Su Xiao's perception before.

The scene before Su Xiao's eyes changed. Liuli disappeared, and her teammates also disappeared. This was not the first time Su Xiao had experienced this situation. He immediately activated the counter-attack shield. The counter-attack shield formed a circle, protecting him inside.

Perception, vision, hearing, smell, etc., were all misled. Only the sense of touch in his hands remained.

Click, click, click...

A layer of granite clung to Su Xiao's two calves. He was firmly fixed to the ground. He didn't know if this was real or an illusion.

Su Xiao held Zhan Long Shan. The boundary-breaking thread on his left hand scattered on the nearby ground, waiting for the enemy to approach voluntarily.

However, under the misleading of "Fanatic · Illusion Realm", even if an enemy approached, he could not detect it.

"Still 230 meters to go, very soon..."

Su Xiao murmured, not knowing what he was saying.

With a pop, blood erupted from his left shoulder. A bullet ignored the counter-attack shield and penetrated his body. Judging by the power, this should be a sniper rifle bullet. This might be an illusion, or it might be real.

The real situation was that Su Xiao stood still in place. Liuli, ten meters away, held her hands together, focusing on confusing Su Xiao. The earth-element Qiyuezhe created high-strength granite, fixing the counter-attack shield around Su Xiao to the ground, thereby limiting Su Xiao's movements and making the teammates' attacks more effective.

The female perception-type's fingers pointed at the ground, desperately shielding the surrounding perception. The male sniper in the distance continued to shoot, and bullet after bullet was deflected by the counter-attack shield.

"What kind of ability is this? It has already blocked seventeen bullets. This won't work. Liuli, how much longer can you confuse him?"

The earth-element Qiyuezhe spoke. He created a four-meter-tall rock giant, and the rock giant was hammering the counter-attack shield fiercely.

"At most 3 minutes. After 2 minutes, the Illusion Realm will start to become unstable."

Liuli pondered for a moment and looked at the burly man holding the giant hammer.

"Dawn, you go. Try to hammer that guy's energy shell to pieces."

"Mm."

Dawn nodded, gripped the giant hammer he was carrying on his shoulder with both hands, and rushed towards Su Xiao quickly. However, his speed was somewhat touching.

Although his speed was touching, Dawn's attack power was definitely strong enough to make people gasp. After he rushed in front of Su Xiao, he held the long-handled giant hammer high and smashed it down with all his might.

Thud!

The giant hammer smashed onto the counter-attack shield. A wave of air spread, and the ground within a dozen meters around shook. The granite wrapped around the counter-attack shield was shattered by the strong shock.

With a crack, fine cracks appeared on the surface of the counter-attack shield. Blood flowed from the corner of Su Xiao's mouth; he was injured by the counter-shock.

After one hammer, Dawn staggered back a few steps and sat on the ground with a thud. The giant hammer fell to the ground with a clang, smashing a shallow pit in the ground.

PS: (There are two more chapters in a while.) ===== CHAPTER 832 =====