Chapter 923: All-Round

Seeing this kind of attribute of Alice's clone, Su Xiao not only didn't fear, but his heartbeat accelerated, and his blood seemed to be boiling. He had never encountered such an all-round enemy, never.

In Su Xiao's initial expectation, he was developing in this direction, and the cruel reality told him that this was simply impossible.

It was already his limit to develop four attributes at the same time. In terms of basic skills, Blade Mastery alone was enough to make him bankrupt. As for long-range basic skills, he only chose mastery-level abilities, not the specialization-level abilities above that.

Su Xiao's intuition ability was fully activated, and his left hand hooked his finger at Alice's clone.

After Su Xiao made this hooking gesture, Alice's clone was stunned for a moment. In most previous games, those players were full of fear and despair after learning her combat power, and very few took the initiative to provoke her. As for this kind of game player with a full face of smiles, as if he wanted to chop her into eight pieces, she encountered for the first time.

"Your fear is not enough to..."

Before Alice's clone could finish saying 'your fear is not enough to please me', she found that the player in the room had already taken the initiative to rush toward her!

Zing!

Blade light crisscrossed, at least a dozen blade lights slashed toward Alice's clone. This was Su Xiao's consistent style. In close-to-medium range combat, blade light opened the way.

Golden light flashed in Alice's hand, and a light shield made of crystal appeared in her hand.

Brush brush brush...

The blade light cut on the crystal shield, leaving several shallow slash marks.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao had already rushed to three meters in front of Alice. Green Steel Shadow energy surged on the Checking Zhan Long Shan, and in the somewhat dim room, the Checking Zhan Long Shan was unusually dazzling.

The blade edge clinging to the Green Steel Shadow cut through the air, and layers of ripples were cut in the air.

Ding!

Crystal debris splashed, and the long blade slashed on the crystal shield. An impact spread in the room. You must know that the crystal shield materialized by Alice was of gold quality. Gold equipment was inherently sturdy, not to mention it was a shield focusing on defense. It could be seen how strong the cutting power was after Su Xiao's sharpness + Blade Mastery, you must know that the current Checking Zhan Long Shan was only pale gold.

Golden energy surged, and the slash marks on the shield in Alice's hand were wiped away, as good as new.

Both sides' strength attributes were 80 points, and Su Xiao couldn't push Alice back.

After the initial surprise, Alice's clone smiled, and the red lips under the black mist curled up.

"As expected of the successor of those lunatics."

Su Xiao didn't hear Alice's words. He was focusing on how to deal with Alice.

The long blade and the shield parried against each other. Alice, with her bare feet, stepped forward, and a wave of energy radiated from the shield.

Hum~

An impact hit his face. Su Xiao's ears buzzed, and at the same time,

Just as the impact effect faded, the shield struck again. Su Xiao immediately leaned his body backward, lifted his right leg, and stomped on the incoming shield.

This stomp was extremely exquisite; not only did it cause Su Xiao's body to flip backward to avoid losing his center of gravity, but the force of his kick also interrupted Alice's forward momentum.

After Su Xiao performed a backflip in mid-air to dissipate the force, he immediately kept his face toward Alice.

Sizzle—

The Boundary Breaking Thread shot out and tied onto a bed leg. Su Xiao pulled on the Boundary Breaking Thread to accelerate his descent; in combat, the longer one stays in the air, the more dangerous it is.

Just as Su Xiao was about to land, the crystal shield in Alice's hand suddenly melted. She stretched her hands out, and an exquisite black wooden bow appeared in her grasp.

Alice quickly pulled the bowstring, which pressed against her cheek. An arrow crafted entirely of ice appeared, its sharp tip rising with wisps of cold air.

Alice looked downward and released the bowstring.

Boom! The ice arrow shot out, the bowstring trembling with afterimages, showing just how strong the draw weight of this bow was.

With a crack, the ice arrow struck the spot where Su Xiao was landing, and a large area of ice crystals exploded, spreading upward and all around.

While this arrow was still in flight, Alice had already drawn the black wooden bow again. This time it was a wind-attribute arrow, primarily used for penetration.

Su Xiao fell rapidly from mid-air, and the large patch of ice crystals below climbed upward. Just as he was about to land, he threw the Checking Zhan Long Shan in his hand toward his feet.

Clang.

Checking Zhan Long Shan nailed into the ground, and Su Xiao stepped with one foot onto the end of the blade's hilt.

The ice crystals climbed up along Checking Zhan Long Shan. Su Xiao exerted force with his foot, driving Checking Zhan Long Shan a small distance further into the ground, and Qing Gang Ying energy surged out from the soles of his feet, shooting downward.

Pop!

Ice shards splattered everywhere, and the ice crystals wrapped around Checking Zhan Long Shan shattered.

Su Xiao's figure shifted. While his body was falling, he grabbed the hilt of Checking Zhan Long Shan with one hand. Just as he grabbed the hilt, he instinctively tilted his head—it was a warning from his Intuition.

Swish—

A wind-element arrow flew past the side of his face. A shallow bloodstain appeared on his cheek, and his black hair fluttered.

With a crack, the wind-element arrow struck the crystals, exploding into a mass of wind elements before finally dissipating.

Su Xiao landed in a half-squat, and the moment he landed, he leaped to the side.

Boom!

Flames surged wildly, and a fire arrow struck the spot where Su Xiao had just landed.

While leaping, Su Xiao tilted his head to look at Alice. She was still standing there motionless, having already drawn her bow and nocked an arrow; this time, it was a dark-element arrow.

Swish—

The dark-element arrow flew straight at him. Su Xiao formed an energy shield with a strength of 100 points in front of him, slapped the energy shield with one hand, and retreated rapidly.

With a snap, the dark-element arrow shattered, forming a small black hole.

Boom, boom, boom...

A powerful suction force appeared within the room. Objects within five meters of the small black hole were all sucked into it and shredded.

Su Xiao rushed toward Alice in a hurry, changing his direction from time to time during the charge to avoid being locked onto by Alice.

Alice prepared another ice-element arrow. After discovering Su Xiao's tricky charging method, she released her fingers and fired randomly.

As the ice arrow shot out, the black wooden bow in Alice's hand dissolved, gradually turning into a slender staff with black smoke rising from it.

The staff tapped the ground, and three pitch-black holes appeared in front of Alice. Three beasts made entirely of black smoke—a leopard, a lion, and a tiger—rushed out one after another.

These were shadow beasts summoned by Alice's clone. She could summon any animal she had ever seen, but their attributes were fixed: Strength, Agility, and Stamina were all 60 points.

Three summoned beasts with these attributes were nothing to Su Xiao. However, those three pitch-black holes did not disappear, and it seemed other shadow beasts could appear at any time.

Su Xiao's charge was blocked by the three shadow beasts, so he sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Ring Break."

Clang.

The long blade left its sheath, and a circular blade light expanded. The three shadow beasts were instantly killed, but the next moment, a falcon, a python, and a creature never seen before (suspected to be a wild boar) rushed out from those three pitch-black holes.

Alice was not idle. The staff in her hand changed shape, becoming a staff covered in tree branches, and the room became vibrant with life.

Alice pointed the staff at Su Xiao. The moment she aimed at him, Su Xiao suddenly jumped up.

Crack, crack, crack—

Several vines grew from the ground, twisting like snakes. Because Su Xiao had jumped up, the vines failed to entangle his legs; this was the power of the Intuition ability.

Su Xiao seemed to have discovered a "new world." Fighting until now, he hadn't used the Counter Shield ability; it was too clumsy. Using the Intuition ability to dodge attacks was more efficient and flexible. Unless it was a critical moment, he wouldn't use the Counter Shield to tank enemy attacks.

Su Xiao's series of dodging movements were very elegant, leaving Alice's clone under the black mist somewhat speechless.

Su Xiao could clearly judge that as long as he took one of Alice's moves, her attacks would come one after another. Her abilities were too comprehensive: shield (melee defense), black wooden bow (ranged), slender staff (summoning), tree staff (control-type mage).

But with the Intuition ability, Alice couldn't do anything to Su Xiao for the time being. Su Xiao seemed to be hovering between life and death, but in reality, he hadn't been pushed to a dead end. He was surprised to find that his Intuition ability was improving at a very fast speed.

The sounds of roaring and the crisp clashing of blades continued to emanate from the room. Because of the barrier, it was quiet outside the room.

1 hour and 55 minutes later.

Su Xiao pulled out a wind-element arrow that had pierced his lower abdomen. He had used an energy shield to reduce its kinetic energy, so it hadn't pierced through him directly, and its destructive power was greatly limited. Alice had fired five arrows at once just now; he had dodged the other four, and only this one was impossible to avoid.

Su Xiao stared directly at Alice ten meters away. The black mist beside her had faded a bit; this was the result of being slashed six times by Su Xiao. Alice could manifest gold-quality armor, making it impossible to break her defense in a short time, but because she had taken six of Su Xiao's slashes, Alice had scrapped a piece of gold armor. At this moment, she looked at Checking Zhan Long Shan with great wariness.

Alice's clone felt somewhat unwilling, and from beginning to end, she had tried her best to avoid melee combat with Su Xiao.

The room was filled with the smell of blood, and the floor was covered with the corpses of shadow beasts. These shadow beasts were biological, not energy entities. This was a bargain for Su Xiao; his Soul Eater ability had devoured a full 126 points of mana, meaning he had permanently increased his mana by 126 points.

"Consider yourself lucky."

Alice's clone stomped her foot, dispelling the barrier while walking out of the room.

A few minutes after Alice left, Su Xiao received a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise.

【Prompt: The second daylight has begun.】

With an arrow in his body and his calf bitten by a shadow beast, Su Xiao walked out of the room, leaving bloodstains along the way. He was not severely injured.

When Su Xiao walked out of the room with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, the others were already sitting around the sofa in the living room.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang behind Su Xiao was still somewhat shaken; it had hidden under the bed for two hours. If Su Xiao hadn't specifically stayed away from the bed, it might have been caught in the crossfire.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang could not be caught in the crossfire; it was a healer with permanent endurance (Ice Goddess Aura).

Su Xiao walked down the stairs and sat on the sofa. The Cat Woman, the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man, the Detective Xiao Luoli, and the three brothers of the National Football Team all looked at him in astonishment.

Su Xiao took out a roll of bandages, took off his top, and began to treat his wounds. Although he wasn't severely injured, he was somewhat unable to do anything about Alice; her abilities were too comprehensive, and she was also somewhat unable to do anything about him.

"You... were attacked?"

Detective Xiao Luoli organized her thoughts and tried to ask this question.

"Yeah, we had a fight. Alice's clone has comprehensive abilities, but her grasp of combat timing is a bit trash."

Su Xiao's words echoed in Detective Xiao Luoli's ears: Alice's clone... trash, trash, trash...

"You mean... you fought Alice's clone head-on last night?"

The Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man's eyes seemed to be shining.

"Taking it literally, yes."

Su Xiao wrapped the wound on his abdomen, pulled up his pant leg, and began to treat the injury on his leg. After treating the wounds, he lit a cigarette and exhaled a puff of blue smoke.

"Overall, Alice's clone is not impossible to fight."

"Wait."

Detective Xiao Luoli raised her fair little hand.

"Don't instill wrong ideas; people will die. Perhaps it's fightable for you, but for me, it's very likely impossible to fight."

Detective Xiao Luoli pondered in her heart whether she had offended Su Xiao before; it seemed she hadn't.

"Did you hurt Alice?"

The silent Pi Pang spoke up.

"I didn't hurt her; her defensive ability is very strong."

"Is that so? That's not good; I might not be her match."

Pi Pang's strength was not weak, which could be seen from when he was beaten by Sha.

"Big Thigh, I'll go stay in your room tonight."

Detective Xiao Luoli suddenly stood up. The Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man beside her couldn't bear to look.

"Just kidding. According to the game rules, two people likely cannot stay in the same room. Otherwise, if the eight of us spent the night in one room, Alice would be exposed very quickly. However, judging from last night's situation, the possibility of us finding Alice's clone has increased."

Detective Xiao Luoli seemed to have thought of something, looking at Su Xiao with burning eyes.

"Hey, Big Thigh, do you need a pendant?"

"No."

"Knew it would be like this. There's quite a bit of information today; let's find a way to ferret out Alice's clone."

Detective Xiao Luoli let out a long sigh, and the playful expression on her face disappeared.