Free Web NovelChapter 1243: Chapter 58: Making the Most of One’s Remaining Strength
Su Xiao suddenly vanished in front of Gos; what Gos was feeling right now could no longer be described with something as mild as his hair standing on end.
The Dragon Shadow Flash ability activated, Su Xiao penetrated space and appeared behind Gos. He didn’t use the Long Knife in his hand, that would kill Gos, and for now the guy couldn’t die yet.
Su Xiao took a textbook side-kick stance and lashed a kick at Gos’s lower back. This was an angle he’d specially chosen—if Gos got hit by this kick, he’d be sent flying straight toward Long Knife Handler · Void, and what came after would be simple.
Su Xiao’s plan was perfect; pity that results sometimes like to go off-script—like right now.
Just as Su Xiao set up his side kick, Gos suddenly dove forward. Seeing Gos lunge like that, even Su Xiao’s lips twitched; this kick looked like it was about to turn into a crotch-busting move.
Bang!
Su Xiao’s kick landed on Gos. Because Gos was in a forward-dive posture, that powerful, heavy side kick struck directly between his legs.
With one kick, Su Xiao shattered certain "accessories" of Gos’s. With a whoosh, Gos shot forward like a rocket.
Forget Gos himself—even Long Knife Handler · Void, after witnessing that side kick, had its stiff face twitching nonstop. It would rather take a dozen of Su Xiao’s cuts than suffer that one kick.
"Aoo!!"
A strange, miserable scream drilled into everyone’s ears. Su Xiao hadn’t meant to kick Gos in the balls—the guy had thrown himself forward. Otherwise, that kick would only have landed on his waist.
According to Su Xiao’s original plan, after he kicked Gos flying, the guy would at worst be lightly injured, then get tangled up with Long Knife Handler · Void and hold it down.
But from the look of things now, the question was whether Gos could even stand back up.
Long Knife Handler · Void watched Gos flying toward it. It did feel a twinge of sympathy for what had happened to him, but that didn’t mean it would show mercy. It swung the Horse-Cutting Blade in its hand down toward Gos’s head.
Gos was in so much pain he nearly blacked out, but the fact that he could block Su Xiao head-on meant he had decent combat strength.
Face twisted with agony, Gos clenched the Knight Sword in his hand. His Physical attributes weren’t low; the pain below his waist might have driven him nearly insane, but it wasn’t enough to completely rob him of his combat effectiveness.
Su Xiao stopped paying attention to Gos, who was now grappling with Long Knife Handler · Void. He grabbed the dazed Elisa with one hand and gestured for Bubu Wang and A Mu to wait for the right moment.
A large group of Undead Soldiers rushed into the open area. Their target wasn’t Su Xiao and the others, but rather to support Long Knife Handler · Void.
Noticing this, Su Xiao’s group sprinted back toward the stone corridor they’d come from. That was the best defensive line. Long Knife Handler · Void was already heavily wounded; even with a large number of Undead Soldiers backing it up, it couldn’t stir up much of a storm.
Su Xiao and the others fell back into the stone corridor; the terrain there was easy to defend and hard to attack.
Su Xiao’s group successfully withdrew from the Dangerous Area, while Gos was surrounded by hordes of Undead Soldiers, burning through his last bit of usefulness.
Before entering the tomb, Su Xiao had already planned to off Gos. If the guy had been willing to cooperate in battle, he wouldn’t have moved this early—or rather, if Gos had really been willing to pull his weight, Su Xiao didn’t absolutely have to kill him. But Gos had clearly tried to screw over Bubu Wang and A Mu earlier, so Su Xiao struck ahead of schedule.
The crisp clanging of Weapons colliding rang out in quick succession. Gos was encircled by dozens of Undead Shield Infantry, with a ring of Long Spear Lancers further out. The coordination between those Long Spear Lancers and Shield Infantry was extremely tight; they only attacked Gos through the gaps in the shields, and Gos couldn’t do anything about them.
Long Knife Handler · Void finally had a chance to catch its breath. Green Light flickered in its eyes, and a Green Array with a diameter of five meters appeared in front of it.
As the Array activated, a huge Undead Horse burst out of the Formation Diagram. This Undead Horse was clad in Armor, its coat pitch-black.
"Frrrr-hrrr～"
The Undead Horse raised its forehooves and let out a shrill whinny as Green Flame roared up over its body.
Long Knife Handler · Void leaped onto its back. The Green Flame covering the Undead Horse spread over its body as well.
"Roar!!"
Long Knife Handler · Void let out a Roar. The Horse-Cutting Blade in its hand turned into a Fire Blade, and right then, Su Xiao received a notification.
[Hint: Long Knife Handler · Void has fully undergone Resurrection. After killing Long Knife Handler · Void in its fully resurrected state, Ghost Flame will be obtained. Ghost Flame can be used to open Tianzhen Temple.]
Su Xiao raised an eyebrow. Long Knife Handler · Void’s full Resurrection wasn’t an accident; it was inevitable. If Su Xiao had killed Long Knife Handler · Void earlier, it would have been difficult for him to go deeper into the tomb. The Green Flame on the other party was a necessary condition for delving further into the tomb.
Mounted on its warhorse, the aura of Long Knife Handler · Void surged, and all its abilities were enhanced. The sad part was, in a one-on-one, it would still get slammed into the wall by Su Xiao—and this time, its warhorse would get included in the beating.
Long Knife Handler · Void glanced at Su Xiao in the distance, then shifted its gaze to Gos, who was being mobbed. Obviously, between the two, Gos was the softer target. It decided to take out Gos first. Without the Undead Soldiers, Long Knife Handler · Void wasn’t that strong. As for teaming up with Gos, that was out of the question; in its eyes, every Human who stepped into the Holy Temple had to die.
Long Knife Handler · Void squeezed its legs against the horse’s flanks. The warhorse quickened into a charge straight at Gos; Undead Soldiers along the way immediately parted to open a path.
As the warhorse beneath Long Knife Handler · Void thundered forward, the Green Flame on its Horse-Cutting Blade burned ever brighter, until in the end the blade had become a Fire Blade outright.
The warhorse barreled up to Gos. Gos was busy dealing with the Undead Soldiers around him, and facing the charging Long Knife Handler · Void, he was starting to struggle.
The Undead Horse raised its forehooves. Long Knife Handler · Void, on its back, hefted the Horse-Cutting Blade high. As the warhorse’s body came crashing down, the fully charged strike came cleaving down on Gos. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Boom!
Gos’s legs sank into the ground. Green Flame surged, and cracks spiderwebbed across the Knight Sword in his hand. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and a scorched smell rose from his body.
Gos’s eyes flushed blood-red. The Power of the Saint within him erupted and poured entirely into his Knight Sword.
Vmm～
The Knight Sword in Gos’s hand extended slightly, the whole blade turning Gold. He slashed at a shield beside him; the shield that normally could withstand at least three of his swings was pierced through in a single stroke, and the Undead Soldier behind it was Slaughtered as well.
Right now, Gos was like he’d just mainlined pure adrenaline. In the span of three seconds, over a dozen Undead Soldiers around him were cut down to nothing, and even the Undead Horse under Long Knife Handler · Void lost a small piece of its skull.
While Gos was fighting like a madman, the scene on Su Xiao’s side was a different picture entirely. Su Xiao leaned against a wall smoking, while Bubu Wang had produced a Cola-and-popcorn combo, watching the show with great interest.
Gos was burning through his last bit of combat effectiveness, not that he had any choice. Right now he was being besieged by Undead Soldiers plus Long Knife Handler · Void. Once Gos was finished, their next target would be Su Xiao and the others.
About five minutes later, Gos stood atop a mound of corpses, panting heavily. He’d already lost track of how many Undead Soldiers he’d killed, but he knew he couldn’t hold out much longer.
"I failed."
Gos let out a bitter laugh. His original plan had been to sell out Bubu Wang and A Mu. Once the Undead Soldiers swarmed in, he’d seize the chance to bolt for the outside of the tomb. As for protecting the Little Princess’s safety—Gos had long since stopped caring.
In Gos’s mind, the former Elisa Herbert had been a very "Holy" existence (an object). But now, her Holiness had clearly been defiled by someone, so his twisted desire to protect her had sharply diminished.
Things hadn’t gone his way. Just as Gos had been ready to put his plan into action, Su Xiao had abandoned the heavily wounded Long Knife Handler · Void and charged straight at him, leading to the situation he was in now.
With a thud, Gos toppled onto the corpse pile. Long Knife Handler · Void spurred its horse forward and brought the Horse-Cutting Blade down in a single stroke, Severing Gos’s neck. His head rolled away.
"Well then, it’s our turn."
Having waited five minutes, Su Xiao flicked away the fruit pit in his hand. Bubu Wang and A Mu continued holding the stone corridor to prevent any follow-up Undead Soldiers from reinforcing.
Long Knife Handler · Void, so imposing earlier, now looked rather tragic. Not only had one of its eyes been blinded, but it only had a dozen or so Undead Soldiers left at its side. Gos hadn’t meant to slaughter those Undead Soldiers, but there had been no possibility of negotiation between them.
Su Xiao stamped his foot against the floor and charged straight at Long Knife Handler · Void. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Three minutes later.
With a dull thump, a massive horse head fell to the ground, the cut perfectly clean. Beside the corpse of the Undead Horse lay a body that had been chopped into four pieces.
"Stubborn Life Energy."
Dragon Slash in Su Xiao’s hand was driven through Long Knife Handler · Void’s skull. Everything below its chest had already disappeared; its original height of four meters had been forcibly reduced to about one meter.
Su Xiao flicked his Long Knife; the upper half of Long Knife Handler · Void’s corpse was thrown to the ground as Green Flame roared up. As it turned out, even after "transforming," Long Knife Handler · Void still wasn’t Su Xiao’s match.
