Free Web NovelChapter 1251: Chapter 66: Purgatory
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Su Xiao is timing. Even a one-second mistake could cause Apollo to explode in his hands or be thrown prematurely.
If this were several Derivative Worlds ago, Su Xiao would never dare use Apollo like this. At that time, the Apollo he made wasn’t as stable as it is now. The Apollo today, once set to explode in 30 seconds, will never be off by even 0.1 seconds.
"28."
At the count of 28, Su Xiao had already assumed the throwing posture. At the same time, the Spirit of Battle Armor’s gaze turned to the stone corridor, focusing precisely on Su Xiao’s location.
The Spirit of Battle Armor was puzzled. Just as it hesitated, a red orb flew out of the dark stone corridor at lightning speed.
Boom!
Crushed stones flew from under the Spirit of Battle Armor’s feet as it charged straight toward Apollo, having identified the source of danger.
The Spirit of Battle Armor’s arms were wrapped in energy. It fought entirely with its body, using the energy within mainly to protect its arms and hands, rendering it fearless against enemies wielding sharp weapons.
The Spirit of Battle Armor’s dash was so fast it left afterimages, almost instantaneously reaching in front of Apollo, reaching out to grab it.
Apollo’s size swelled, expanding from the size of an apple to a five-meter diameter, like a mini sun.
The Spirit of Battle Armor abruptly stopped in its tracks, its originally forward-leaning body now arched backward, knees bent, and leapt back with full force.
The circular open area is a sealed environment; in such an environment, Apollo’s power would be even greater.
Boom!
The fireball exploded, with orange-red flames at its center faintly appearing white. Almost instantly, the Solar Flame filled the open area.
The entire open area transformed into a Flame World. The Long Knife Users were incinerated into ashes without a sound, their armor and horse-cutting blades melting into molten iron mid-air, which was vaporized by the solar flame’s high temperature before hitting the ground.
The surrounding stone walls, like candles meeting a heated iron, rapidly melted into lava, with some rocks burned into white particles due to the extreme heat.
A crouching figure hugged the ground, surrounded by molten iron formed from the armor and horse-cutting blades of more than a dozen Long Knife Users.
The crouching figure was the Spirit of Battle Armor. It didn’t rush forward because the timing wasn’t right. At the moment of Apollo’s explosion, a dozen Long Knife Users threw themselves at the Spirit of Battle Armor, pressing it down to lessen the impact and high temperature it had to endure.
Within the high-temperature environment, the Spirit of Battle Armor’s vision began to blur; its current state was dire, with organ displacement, large skin burns, and other injuries causing its Life Value to drop to 30%. It’s known that the Life Value of the Spirit of Battle Armor is extremely terrifying.
The Spirit of Battle Armor is strong, but Apollo is the culmination of alchemy; it’s an alchemy bomb developed by countless alchemists, the masterpiece of Alchemy Bomb Study.
"Huff~"
The Spirit of Battle Armor let out a breath of red mist, which was the blood in its body being evaporated. Its eyes scanned the area, where everything it saw was engulfed in flame, the ground covered in lava.
There were two exits, or rather only one; the path to the lower level, which the Spirit of Battle Armor couldn’t enter, just like it couldn’t leave the Xiya Temple.
With no choice, the only exit from the Flame World was the stone corridor leading to Tianzhen Temple.
The Spirit of Battle Armor gathered strength in its legs, with blue smoke wafting from underneath them; its feet were already numb.
With a bang, the Spirit of Battle Armor rushed out like a cannonball, instantly entering the stone corridor, and at this point, its Life Value was down to 23%. If it stays in the flame area, it won’t need Su Xiao to kill it; the high temperatures will roast it to death.
On the other side of the stone corridor, Su Xiao patted out the flames on his body. Around him floated several fragments of the Counter Shield; although he retreated quickly, the solar flame surged rapidly, affecting him.
Fortunately, Su Xiao wasn’t at the explosion’s epicenter, and the solar flame, once entering the stone corridor, wasn’t as terrifying as before, at least not moving too quickly.
Bubu Wang and A Mu were already waiting there. Su Xiao consumed his last Apollo, but fortunately, he saved the "Elite Undead Summoning Certificate".
With the "Elite Undead Summoning Certificate’s" grade, the undead summoned would definitely have the power of a Long Knife Handler · Void, and Su Xiao was free to choose the type. This was very valuable; at crucial moments, Su Xiao could summon three Little Boss Level elite undead.
[You have killed a Long Knife User.]
[You have killed a Long Knife User.]
...
A multitude of notifications appeared, but the Long Knife Users killed this time didn’t have the ’Void’ suffix. If there were thirty Long Knife Handlers · Void, then the first level of Xiya Temple would be too terrifying.
A charred silhouette rushed from the other side of the stone corridor, Su Xiao tightened his grip on the long knife in his hand, prepared to engage in battle with the Spirit of Battle Armor.
With a thump, the completely charred Spirit of Battle Armor fell to the ground, its massive armor partly melted, the armor plates fused together, and most importantly, blue smoke rose from its eye sockets.
The Spirit of Battle Armor’s eyes opened, cracks faintly visible on its left eyeball—whether it retained vision was doubtful.
"This guy... seems quite miserable."
Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. Even at Third Tier, Apollo was still very formidable. Though it didn’t directly kill the Spirit of Battle Armor, the opponent was clearly half-dead.
Facing the heavily injured Spirit of Battle Armor, Su Xiao, of course, felt no fear. Even now, in a 1V1, he had confidence in defeating it.
The Spirit of Battle Armor stood up and looked at Su Xiao, its right eye’s pupil slightly contracted, as if it had discovered something.
The Spirit of Battle Armor raised its right arm, embedded within the armor plate on its hand was the "Destruction Stone".
Seeing the Spirit of Battle Armor raise its arm, Su Xiao frowned. The Ancient Undead Clan was very sensitive to perceiving the Shadow of Annihilation Law; once they met, they could deduce Su Xiao’s identity as the Shadow of Annihilation Law. The previous encounters with several Ancient Undead Clan members were the same.
The Spirit of Battle Armor retreated swiftly, unexpectedly backing into the flames, even though the solar flame’s temperature was rapidly dropping, the region was still fatal.
Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then quickly proceeded, with Bubu Wang tasked with guarding the rear. Its body was covered in fur, and if it entered the flame area, it would turn into roasted ’Siberian Husky’. A Mu then followed closely behind Su Xiao, being inherently cold ice attribute, it wasn’t very afraid of high temperatures.
Noticing Su Xiao following, the Spirit of Battle Armor’s lips curled as it charged into the flame area, quickly disappearing from Su Xiao’s sight.
Su Xiao dared not advance at full speed. Even with the Counter Shield activated, the gradually rising high temperature around was troublesome. freeweɓnovel.cøm
One minute later, the Spirit of Battle Armor retreated to the flame’s central area, possibly realizing it couldn’t defeat Su Xiao. Thus, it prepared to throw the "Destruction Stone" into a perilous location. It could die, but it didn’t want the Shadow of Annihilation Law to acquire the "Destruction Stone". As for destroying the item, for the Spirit of Battle Armor, the difficulty was too high.
Su Xiao also arrived at the center of the flame area. The temperature here had decreased considerably; at least the solar flame had dissipated, but around was lava, like entering a lava cave.
Drip, drip...
Lava dripped from the ceiling, hissing upon landing on the Counter Shield.
