Chapter 866: Waiting

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Frenda Seivelun leaned against the wall, coughing violently. Her fair little hand covered her mouth, and blood seeped out from between her fingers.

"Frenda, you retreat first."

Kinuhata Saiai wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Long-term dark organization life allowed her to overcome the desire to turn and run.

"Okay."

Frenda Seivelun, who had the potential of a double agent, turned and fled.

"Hiss~"

Mugino Shizuri, at the very front, gave a light snort. Not only was Frenda Seivelun seriously injured, but she also heard a steady breathing sound from the earphone.

This was the breathing sound of the fourth member of the 'Item' organization, Takitsubo Rikou. She had previously locked onto Su Xiao's aura through the nearby 'AIM diffusion field'. At the moment Su Xiao released his aura, her superpower was affected. Coupled with the fact that she had just taken drugs, specifically Body Crystal (Body Crystal: full name 'Ability Body Crystal', which can cause superpower runaway after use, greatly enhancing superpowers but also leading to loss of control), Takitsubo Rikou fell into a short-term coma.

Body Crystal was definitely not a good thing. After use, it caused damage to the brain. After multiple uses, one would become a 'yandere', and long-term use even carried the risk of becoming a vegetable. More seriously, it led to brain death.

In one encounter, two of the four members of Item had lost their combat capability. It looked pathetic, but in reality, it was not. Takitsubo Rikou's main role was to find the enemy and sense the enemy's precise location. She had completed the mission very well, and it didn't matter if she was in a short-term coma.

As for Frenda Seivelun, her ability was to set up bombs. Her frontal combat capability was equal to that of a high school girl proficient in physical techniques. In a frontal fight, she was completely the type to be rubbed on the ground by Su Xiao.

Moreover, Frenda Seivelun didn't really run away; she went to a nearby location to choose favorable terrain to set up bombs.

The main combat power in Item was Mugino Shizuri and Kinuhata Saiai. One was ranged, and one was melee.

"Super crisis."

Kinuhata Saiai stood in front of Mugino Shizuri. Mugino Shizuri was stunned, and then fury appeared on her face.

"Retreat to the back, don't hinder my fighting."

"You are not his opponent, Shizuri."

"Huh?"

Mugino Shizuri's expression was a bit strange, one eye big and one eye small, with killing intent on her face.

"I'm super serious, and I'm preparing to use the super-super finishing move."

Kinuhata Saiai took out a small medicine box.

"Super-super finishing move..."

The fury on Mugino Shizuri's face faded, and her expression became somewhat cold.

"Do you... want to die?"

"No, it's because the enemy is super difficult to deal with. Shizuri, haven't you noticed? The enemy doesn't seem to be serious."

Hearing Kinuhata Saiai's words, Mugino Shizuri looked at Su Xiao.

At this moment, Su Xiao was looking up at space, not looking at them at all.

"Opportunity."

A green light ball the size of a fist appeared above Mugino Shizuri's head. A green beam shot out from this light ball. This thing was called 'Meltdowner High-Speed Cannon', which had great destructive power and was Mugino Shizuri's main combat means.

The beam cannon shot in front of Su Xiao instantly. A pale blue energy shield appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The beam cannon made contact with the energy shield. With a 'Boom!', green light particles splashed everywhere. The walls and ground splashed by the light particles melted instantly.

Taking this hit head-on, the 200-point strength energy shield showed cracks. However, the beam cannon did not disappear. Like a laser, it continuously caused damage to the energy shield.

Crack, crack, crack...

The cracks on the energy shield became denser. The energy meridians flashed, spreading the attack power received at one point to the entire energy shield. In less than a second, the energy shield shattered inch by inch.

With the buffer of the energy shield, Su Xiao took a side step and easily dodged the beam cannon.

Su Xiao was waiting, waiting for the person behind the scenes to react. He had already demonstrated his combat capability, and he didn't believe the person behind the scenes would have no reaction, allowing him to destroy things here.

Su Xiao's goal was not to kill someone, but to complete the Tier 3 assessment as soon as possible. This was the most important thing. Once the mission failed, he could not bear the penalty of all attributes -10. Luck attribute -8 points was already at the level where drinking water could easily choke him to death.

Aleister Crowley was very strong. Su Xiao had self-knowledge of his own strength. Now that he was in Academy City, if he didn't reach a consensus with the other party and acted recklessly in this Academy City full of monitoring equipment, he was just looking for death.

Su Xiao could conclude that more than 80% of contractors, at the same time they entered this world, would find ways to escape from here as long as the mission didn't require them to stay in Academy City.

However, Su Xiao couldn't leave. His mission goal was here, which undoubtedly gave him a multiple-choice question, and this question only had one option.

If Aleister Crowley was in the villain faction, then Su Xiao would have no difficulty joining. With his aura, the villain faction would easily accept him.

The trouble was that Aleister Crowley was similar to a semi-neutral faction. That hanging man had no concept of good or evil. Those with value were kept, and those without were cleared.

Obviously, if Su Xiao demonstrated his ability, he belonged to the type of person with great value, not only in terms of combat power but also in alchemy.

Su Xiao had gained the trust of many forces through alchemy: the World Government in the Pirate world, the Akatsuki organization in the Naruto world, and the military in the Fullmetal Alchemist world.

"When fighting, where are you looking!"

Mugino Shizuri roared, and several green light balls appeared beside her. One after another, beam cannons attacked Su Xiao.

Su Xiao frowned. Mugino Shizuri was not easy to deal with. The opponent's Meltdowner ability had powerful attack capability, low consumption, and her defense was not weak either.

Su Xiao had tested it just now. The Green Steel Shadow energy could not devour the 'Meltdowner' ability because it was not energy, but a physical sudden change reaction, although it was extremely unscientific.

Several beams attacked. Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of hexagonal energy shields appeared beside Su Xiao. They were counter-attack shields. The counter-attack shields formed a circle, protecting him inside. The beam cannons bombarded the counter-attack shields.

Boom!

Thick smoke rose. Su Xiao plowed the ground with his feet and was pushed back by the powerful impact. After stabilizing his figure, he stood up.

"Still refusing to show up. It seems I have to kill one first. Who should I kill? Hmm, kill the arrogant one first."

Su Xiao moved his shoulders, narrowed his eyes, and his aura changed.

Seeing Su Xiao's fierce gaze, Kinuhata Saiai felt bitter in her heart. She not only complained, but it would have been better to let the other party stand there. Why go and provoke the other party? Waiting for reinforcements was the wisest choice.

"I have to go up. The super-super finishing move is ready. Shizuri, you retreat a bit."

If it were in the past, Kinuhata Saiai would dare to say this, and Mugino Shizuri would give her a shot directly. However, at this moment, Mugino Shizuri really retreated a few steps. She had seen Kinuhata Saiai use the 'super-super finishing move' once. It was indeed very strong, but the side effects were great. If this method was used multiple times within a year, it would not only shorten her lifespan but might even lead to superpower degradation.

For them in the dark world, power degradation was almost equal to death.

"It's been eight months since the last time I used it. It should be fine. Probably."

Kinuhata Saiai opened the matchbox-sized medicine box in her hand, poured all the dozens of pills inside into her mouth, and began to chew.

"The taste is super weird."

Bloodshot eyes appeared on the whites of this girl's eyes. Apart from this, no other changes appeared. ===== CHAPTER 867 =====