Free Web NovelChapter 30: Chapter 30: The Dying Man’s Desperate Counterattack
"You’re not worthy!"
Su Xing planted his feet like the gnarled roots of an old tree. Gripping his sword hilt with his right hand, he unleashed a slash with all his might!
Seeing this, Xue City didn’t dodge either, opting to trade blows. The very instant the sword slashed down onto his shoulder, his fist also slammed viciously into Su Xing’s chest!
BOOM!!
VMMMM!!
The roar of a fist striking flesh and the ringing of the blade resounded one after another. A terrifying force erupted from the simultaneous impacts, instantly carving a massive crater into the once-level mountainside.
Su Xing tasted something sweet on his tongue.
A savage, immense force slammed him into the mountain wall, leaving behind a deep crater. He forced himself to swallow the blood that rose in his throat, his eyes flashing with an icy glint.
When the fist had struck his chest,
he thought he had been hit by a large truck.
If he hadn’t greatly enhanced his physical body when he broke through to the[Ordinary Sword]stage, that single punch might have been enough to kill him outright.
’But he used his fist, and I used my sword. In a trade of injuries, he should have gotten the worse end of the deal!’
Just as Su Xing was thinking this, the blood flowing from Xue City’s wound gradually condensed into a crimson shadow. It enveloped all his injuries, and moments later, he stood up as if he were completely unscathed.
’Son of a bitch...’
’Just as I’d expect from Lou Zhen’s superior. Their Sequences have similar applications.’
Seeing this, Su Xing’s
expression darkened.
But he had a keen sense that Xue City’s Sequence was different from Lou Zhen’s ridiculously effective self-healing.
At the very least, Su Xing could clearly sense that his opponent’s wounds hadn’t actually healed. It seemed these blood shadows... could temporarily nullify the effects of injuries on his body.
Xue City looked mockingly at Su Xing, a section of whose chest was caved in, and said with a grin,
"You’re a tough one."
"But I wonder if you can take another punch of mine!"
The moment he finished speaking,
a portion of the crimson shadow covering his wounds split off and enveloped his fist.
His fist began to glow with a bloody light, brimming with savage power. Xue City stomped his right foot, and the ground beneath him seemed to explode as countless shards of rock flew into the air.
Using the flying debris as cover, he charged ferociously toward Su Xing!
"Who the fuck are you trying to impress?!"
Su Xing roared, a ruthless glint in his eyes. He slashed at the charging Xue City, and a brilliant white line erupted, accompanied by a visible, transparent ripple that burst outward!
The commotion from their clash was simply too great.
Even from far away, Liu Ming and Bailan could clearly see the disturbance on the hilltop. They both frowned, watching the distant flashes of what looked like special effects and the parts of the mountain that occasionally crumbled away.
Bailan watched the scene in astonishment.
She was well aware of Xue City’s strength, having fought him once before. She hadn’t been able to beat him; at best, she’d say she was on the losing end of a 70-30 split.
But this mysterious expert who had come out of nowhere seemed to be doing far better than that, fighting so ferociously against Xue City!
’Liu Ming was also reeling from shock. He knew more about the mysterious expert than anyone. From the moment he first heard of him—first rank, second rank, third rank—the expert’s rate of improvement was simply too fast. At this rate of advancement, it was hard to imagine what his future achievements would be. A person like this absolutely could not be allowed to die here. He had to be recruited into the organization!’
"Liu Ming, drive faster!"
"The mysterious expert is losing!"
Hearing Bailan’s frantic words, Liu Ming quickly glanced up. To be honest, he couldn’t see a thing, but he trusted her implicitly. He stomped on the accelerator, but the speedometer was already maxed out. He could only say anxiously,
"I’m already at max speed."
Bailan clenched her right fist. Her eyes suddenly turned blue, and what looked like a series of data analysis screens flickered across their surface as she stared intently at the blurry mountain silhouette in the distance.
Beneath that patch of sky, white energy and crimson energy were locked in a fierce struggle. However, the crimson energy vastly outnumbered the white, which was now on the verge of being completely surrounded.
This was what Bailan saw through her Sequence. The wielder of the white energy was clearly at a disadvantage.
Su Xing was indeed being pushed back, but it wasn’t a one-sided struggle. He was still pressing his attack, relentlessly slashing at Xue City.
However, after trading blows again and again, Su Xing gradually figured out the true nature of his opponent’s Sequence: the more injured he was, the stronger he became.
The blood from Xue City’s wounds transformed into crimson shadows that boosted his combat strength. Furthermore, the shadows covering his body completely nullified the negative effects of his grievous injuries. As a result, Xue City only grew stronger as the fight wore on. freёwebnovel.com
With this disparity,
Su Xing was starting to struggle.
But this was also Su Xing’s chance.
’Stronger the more you’re injured? You’re still injured. Even if you can ignore the pain and weakness, if the damage is fatal, you’ll still die!’
As long as Su Xing could find the right moment,
one final strike could send Xue City straight to hell!
Su Xing was waiting for just such an opportunity.
When that chance came, Su Xing would seize it without hesitation, just as a drowning man would cling to a floating piece of driftwood.
Su Xing exhaled a cloud of hot air. Stepping forward with his right foot, he deliberately exposed an opening. Risking a grievous wound from Xue City, he unleashed a cataclysmic slash that contained all of his strength!
A white light flared!
Su Xing’s sword instantly pierced through Xue City’s torso. At the same time, countless fine white threads erupted from the initial flash of light, bursting like a dense cluster of needles both inside and outside Xue City’s body!
Cracks instantly spiderwebbed across Xue City’s body. Like a ruptured pump, blood gushed out of him in torrents.
Struck by the blow, his face turned deathly pale. His body began to tear apart, and the crimson shadows covering him seemed to reach a breaking point, struggling and then disintegrating.
"Huh?"
"Why did the crimson energy suddenly vanish?"
Bailan muttered in confusion from her seat in the car.
"Does this mean... the mysterious expert won?"
"No, that’s not right!"
"Liu Ming, something’s about to happen! Ditch the car, we’ll run!"
...
"Heh heh."
"Do I look that scary right now?"
Xue City’s face was a mask of blood. A massive hole had been torn in his chest—not by Su Xing’s sword, but by his own hand. He had dug out his own heart.
The blood-red heart was withering in his palm.
But the crimson shadows around him began to twist and swell manically, coalescing into a giant, red monster five or six meters tall! freewёbnoνel.com
Xue City’s glowing red eyes were locked on Su Xing. He had thought that with his Third-Rank strength, killing some mysterious expert would be a trivial matter. Instead, the tables had been turned on him.
The agony of his impending death,
drove Xue City completely mad!
He had frantically torn out his own heart, sacrificing his last sliver of hope for survival to push his Sequence to its absolute limit, just to take Su Xing down with him!
"You goddamn bastard, you’re going to die with me!"
As he spoke,
the giant monster behind Xue City clasped its hands together and brought them down, smashing directly toward Su Xing!
With a BOOM, a huge swath of the mountainside collapsed instantly. The hill itself seemed on the verge of being smashed clean through; its entire peak was now a section shorter. Rubble, smoke, and dust filled the air, along with Xue City’s arrogant laughter.
"HAHAHA! YOU’RE FINALLY DEAD, YOU BASTARD!!!"
"THE ONE WHO’S DEAD IS YOU!!!!"
