Chapter 878

The secondary invincibility shield protected Su Xiao inside. The blade light flashed past, and Su Xiao disappeared from his original spot.

Boom!

Su Xiao crashed into a shopping mall beside the street. He first smashed through the outer wall of the mall, then flew into the mall at high speed. After knocking over dozens of rows of shelves, he was buried in a pile of colorful clothes.

Crawling out from the clothes, fresh blood dripped down the corners of Su Xiao's mouth. His internal organs felt as if they had shifted; he could only vaguely perceive a stinging pain, with more of a sense of numbness.

The secondary invincibility shield successfully blocked Kanzaki Kaori's "Only Flash." Although it blocked the slash, the power of that draw-slash was too strong.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Su Xiao let out a series of dry coughs. He wasn't injured by the slash, but by the impact. "Only Flash" was blocked by the secondary invincibility shield, and the slashing force was converted into impact force. Moreover, the secondary invincibility shield could only last for 1 second, so he had to endure this impact force with his body.

Taking out a bottle of No. 1 medicine, Su Xiao drank it in a few gulps. A stinging pain appeared in his chest cavity, which quickly faded due to the effect of the No. 1 medicine.

A few seconds later, Su Xiao crawled out from the pile of clothes. Just as he stood steady, Kanzaki Kaori had already walked into the mall through the hole he had crashed through, holding the sheathed Seven-Flash Seven-Blade.

Kanzaki Kaori's complexion was somewhat pale; using "Only Flash" after being injured was no small burden for her.

However, Kanzaki Kaori once again assumed the draw-slash stance. This was to use "Only Flash" consecutively. She had figured out one thing during the previous battle: her current situation.

After understanding her own situation, Kanzaki Kaori suddenly felt that she was very stupid. In a sense, she had already penetrated deep into the "enemy's" base camp. To take Index, who was of great significance to the Magic Side, away from the base camp of the Science Side, it was impossible without using force.

After figuring this out, Kanzaki Kaori's resolve during the battle began to change. She was ready to kill Su Xiao at any moment. She dared not imagine the consequences if Index fell into Su Xiao's hands; that might be a disaster for the entire world. A villain obtaining the Index of Forbidden Books—what else could it be but a disaster? At least, that was what Kanzaki Kaori believed.

Seeing Kanzaki Kaori assume this familiar draw-slash stance, Su Xiao also sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan. The cooldown time for the secondary invincibility shield was very long, and the counter-attack shield might not be able to block "Only Flash." Moreover, given Kanzaki Kaori's speed when using "Only Flash," dodging was simply impossible.

Since he couldn't dodge or block, Su Xiao chose to make the enemy suffer as well. Even if he died, he would drag someone down with him. He converted 300 points of mana into Qing Gang Ying energy, and this energy wrapped around the sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan.

The long blade slowly left its sheath, and a blue light emerged. This blue light had extremely strong cutting power, and Su Xiao's aura became increasingly sharp.

Swish.

Fine slash marks appeared on the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet. At the same time, the counter-attack shield in attack form beside him disappeared, and dozens of brand-new counter-attack shields appeared.

These counter-attack shields had diverse shapes; they were not the hexagonal ones from before, nor were they in attack form. This time, the counter-attack shields formed an energy suit of armor when combined together.

One counter-attack shield after another flew toward Su Xiao. Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of them assembled into a full-body suit of armor on Su Xiao, protecting even his head.

"Break Sky."

With a whoosh, Su Xiao disappeared from his original spot.

"Only Flash."

Kanzaki Kaori also disappeared.

A straight blue blade aura flashed across the mall, and the blue blade aura collided with a silver slash.

When the two collided, there was no roaring sound, no explosion, only the sound of sharp slashing. Dense slashes spread out. In an instant, the mall was as if swept by a typhoon; large areas of clothing were blown away and slashed to pieces.

A few seconds later, the slashing subsided. The building structure of the entire mall was severely damaged, reaching the level of a dangerous building.

With a plop, an arm fell to the ground. That arm was still gripping a blade, and the blade was named Checking Zhan Long Shan.

A sneaky figure ran into the mall with light steps. Needless to say, it was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang picked up the arm on the ground in its mouth and turned to run, with a person still being carried on its back.

As Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran, it left a trail of bloody footprints—that was Su Xiao's blood. The reason Su Xiao chose to retreat was, first, because he was too severely injured, and second, because he sensed that others had arrived nearby. It wasn't Awaki Musujime; from the aura perception, it was very likely a magician. It would be a complete idiot move not to retreat at this time. If the enemy had no reinforcements, Su Xiao would absolutely have stayed to fight Kanzaki Kaori to the death.

Kanzaki Kaori stood in the mall, not choosing to pursue. To be precise, she had no strength left to pursue. A slash mark spanned her lower abdomen, and looking along the wound, her internal organs were clearly visible.

On the surface, it looked like Su Xiao was more severely injured and had basically lost his combat ability. However, was that really the case?

Of course not. The swordsmanship "Break Sky" that Su Xiao developed himself was not strongest in its first stage of attack, but in its second stage.

Kanzaki Kaori stood blankly in the mall. A red-haired man walked into the mall. The man actually had a barcode tattooed on his face. He was a magician named Stiyl Magnus, who belonged to the same organization as Kanzaki Kaori.

Stiyl Magnus had arrived shortly after the battle began. The reason he hadn't shown himself was that he was waiting for an opportunity and setting up a spell. Awaki Musujime, who had already fled and been severely burned, was the reward Stiyl Magnus gained for his patience.

Otherwise, when Kanzaki Kaori used "Only Flash" for the second time, Awaki Musujime would definitely have taken action to teleport her away.

Awaki Musujime didn't get the chance to take action; she had been ambushed by Stiyl Magnus and was not lightly injured.

Stiyl, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked to Kanzaki Kaori's side. Stiyl looked at least 25 to 30 years old, with a mature appearance and a height of 2 meters. However, his real age was only 14. That's right, just 14 years old. This made people wonder if this guy grew up eating fertilizer, as his development was so rushed.

"Kanzaki, you wait here for me first. I'm going to finish off that dangerous guy."

Stiyl wanted to take the opportunity to hunt down Su Xiao, but he was completely overthinking it. With Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's hiding skills, trying to find Su Xiao at this time was pure fantasy.

"I'm... about to... lose it."

Just as Kanzaki Kaori finished speaking, a light blue energy thorn burst out from her body, located near her collarbone.

"This is?!"

Seeing this scene, Stiyl was shocked.

"Stay away... from me."

Kanzaki Kaori trembled, pressing one hand to her chest with her eyes tightly closed.

Puchi.

Another energy thorn burst out from Kanzaki Kaori's body, this time from her lower abdomen.

Under normal circumstances, the energy thorns of the second stage of "Break Sky" should burst out simultaneously, not one by one.

This was because Su Xiao was not nearby; the second stage of "Break Sky" required his control. If not controlled, the enemy could take the opportunity to use their own energy to resist the energy thorns.

Kanzaki Kaori was using magic power to resist the energy thorns about to be generated inside her body. She couldn't stop the energy thorns from being generated, but she could indirectly control where they pierced through, avoiding vital parts. It sounded great, but the whole process was extremely painful.

Watching the energy thorns piercing out from Kanzaki Kaori's body, Stiyl's eye twitched. Not to mention Kanzaki Kaori's current feelings, Stiyl felt a chill all over just by watching.

Not only the energy thorns, but the Qing Gang Ying energy was also devouring the magic power within Kanzaki Kaori, causing her a large amount of true damage. If she was unlucky, she would very likely die.

On the street, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang carried Su Xiao and ran quickly. Su Xiao had been unconscious for a moment before, but he was now awake, though his brain was still somewhat groggy. This was caused by excessive blood loss.

Su Xiao's right arm had been severed, and there was an extremely deep blade wound on his chest. Along the wound, one could vaguely see his various internal organs. Fortunately, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had retrieved his severed arm and Checking Zhan Long Shan earlier.

Su Xiao took a walkie-talkie out of his storage space; he had bought it on the way before the battle.

"Aleister, the mission didn't go very smoothly, cough, cough, cough..."

After coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood, Su Xiao continued: "However, judging from the current situation, if the opponent isn't proficient in recovery spells, they won't appear again for a short time."

Sss~

The walkie-talkie seemed to have a bad signal. A few seconds later, Aleister's voice came through the walkie-talkie. Aleister could control all communication equipment within Academy City.

"You are severely injured."

"That's obvious. If there's a doctor with superb medical skills, you can introduce one to me."

Su Xiao tossed the walkie-talkie in his hand to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and picked up the severed arm he had just thrown on the ground.

"Turn left for 300 meters, turn right for 700 meters... After nine blocks, you will see a hospital. There is a doctor there who can help you with treatment."

After the walkie-talkie made another hissing sound, the call was disconnected.

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao arrived in front of that hospital. He climbed down from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back.

Su Xiao carried his severed arm in his hand and walked slowly into the hospital. There were a few patients at the hospital entrance. When they saw Su Xiao, their mouths couldn't help but open slightly. Carrying an arm to the hospital wasn't considered rare, but the wound on Su Xiao's chest was truly too gruesome.

Su Xiao looked at a young and beautiful nurse nearby.

"Where do I register?"

Su Xiao's words left the other few patients completely dumbfounded. They thought almost simultaneously, does this kind of injury really still need registration?

"You... your injury, it seems you don't need to register. Quick, send him to the emergency room!"

Under the nurse's anxious persuasion, Su Xiao refused to lie on a hospital bed to be pushed into the operating room. He carried his arm, with a cigarette in his mouth, and walked toward the operating room. However, before entering the operating room, the cigarette in his mouth was snatched away by that nurse.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, whose fur was covered in blood, sat crouched at the door of the operating room. The gaze that usually looked silly no matter how one looked at it had changed, becoming vigilant and sharp. Once it discovered any abnormality, it would be the first to rush forward.