Chapter 1217 - 32: Demonic Hunt Time
Chapter 1217 - 32: Demonic Hunt Time
Su Xiao and Dunk Nik are about twenty meters apart, with the blade wheel obstructing between them. Previously, Su Xiao found it challenging to breach this distance.
The long knife in Su Xiao’s hand slants towards the ground, his body slightly leaning forward.
Swoosh~
A breeze blew through, Dunk Nik’s pupils shrank quickly because... Su Xiao had already appeared within two meters right in front of him!
"How is this..."
Plash!
Blood splattered, and an arm holding a green energy dagger flew up, the muscles on Dunk Nik’s face twitched, he felt the power of the undead within him being swiftly annihilated.
The knife aimed initially at Dunk Nik’s neck; if it were someone else, they would definitely be beheaded by this sudden strike. However, Dunk Nik’s combat experience is too seasoned. In the face of danger, he sacrificed his arm for survival.
"Devouring Blade."
Dunk Nik’s remaining right arm tightened, small blade wheels appeared between his palms, he flung his arm, sending dozens of small blade wheels slashing towards Su Xiao.
Buzz~
The small blade wheels instantly appeared in front of Su Xiao, a five-layered 600-strength energy shield appeared.
Crack, crack...
The blade wheels penetrated the energy shield, their sharpness terrifyingly high. However, Su Xiao was no longer behind these five energy shields.
The Dragon Shadow Flash ability activated, Su Xiao penetrated space and appeared directly beside Dunk Nik, the long knife in his hand slashing towards Dunk Nik’s face.
Dunk Nik immediately manifested an energy dagger, the shape resembling beast claws, forming a reverse hook.
Clang!
Fragments of the dagger scattered, Dragon Slash was blocked by Dunk Nik’s dagger, a small piece chipped off its edge.
Dunk Nik’s strength exceeds Su Xiao’s, he pushed the dagger forward, intending to force Su Xiao back.
If it were a direct confrontation, Su Xiao would inevitably be pushed back. But he doesn’t engage Dunk Nik in a direct confrontation.
Dunk Nik suddenly felt his hand empty, Su Xiao had disappeared in front of him, all his strength was pushed forward, thus losing his balance immediately.
However, Dunk Nik is an undead strongman with extensive battle experience, he instantaneously concentrated his balance at his heel, trying to stabilize.
"Damn."
Desperately maintaining his balance, Dunk Nik sighed, the next moment he felt a cold touch on his neck.
Clang.
A large splash of blood beads sprayed in the air, a head flew high.
[You have killed the Executioner Dunk•Nick.]
[Dunk Nik was an important figure in the Undead clan, acquired 3.1% World Source, now a total of 4.7% World Source.]
[Tip: World Source within the original world is extremely difficult to acquire.]
[Your talent ’Soul Devourer’ activated, permanently increasing 30 Mana Value, now the maximum limit is 4190 Mana Value.]
[You have obtained Box of the Undead (Rare Treasure Chest).]
...
After Su Xiao beheaded Dunk Nik with one slash, he stumbled forward a few steps.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Su Xiao crouched on the ground, coughing dryly, spitting traces of blood from his mouth.
After activating ’Demonic Hunt Time’, within 100 seconds the abilities Su Xiao had mastered are with no cooldown and no consumption, thus he can continuously activate Blue Steel Shadow energy + unlimited use of the Counter Shield and Dragon Shadow Flash.
This is an extremely abnormal ability, which is evident from those three strikes earlier, stronger than Su Xiao, Dunk Nik was beheaded by him with three slashes, not because Dunk Nik made mistakes in combat, but Su Xiao using Dragon Shadow Flash was too enigmatic.
Su Xiao first appeared in front of Dunk Nik, then 0.3 seconds later at his side, and 0.12 seconds later behind him again. Dunk Nik is already strong; within such a short timeframe, he endured two slashes from Su Xiao, but for the third strike, he lost the opportunity to block due to imbalance, even if he blocked it, there would still be the fourth, fifth slash.
In these short 0.7 seconds, Su Xiao used the Dragon Shadow Flash ability 12 times in succession, opened six surface 600-strength Counter Shields, five surface 600-strength energy shields.
While using these abilities indeed is without consumption, only the energy is uncared for, not that Su Xiao’s body is entirely without consumption, such an ability simply does not exist.
The speed of Dragon Shadow Flash penetrating space is definitely ranked within the top three among spatial abilities; when penetrating space, Su Xiao’s body bears significant load. In the past, occasional penetration was fine, but with continuous penetration, the burden he bears increases exponentially.
This is not a limitation of ’Demonic Hunt Time’, but rather if Su Xiao’s body can withstand it. If his body can withstand, he indeed can penetrate space unconstrained.
However, considering Su Xiao’s 87 Physical attributes (King of Demon Hunting adds 3 true stamina attributes), even using Dragon Shadow Flash capability consecutively five times he already felt considerable load, and if Su Xiao’s physical attributes were below 30 points, just penetrating space once would likely lead to shattering into pieces.
Half squatting on the ground, Su Xiao’s breathing gradually stabilized, it was his first-time usage of ’Demonic Hunt Time’, equivalent to exploring this capability.
Through this experience, Su Xiao concluded that he must not penetrate space more than five times in an instant, after penetrating space instantly five times, it is best to rest for 1~3 seconds, otherwise severe overexertion may ensue.
Although the Dragon Shadow Flash ability has some limitations, this is not a limitation of the ’Demonic Hunt Time’ ability, but rather Su Xiao’s body cannot bear it. As his physical attributes gradually increase, the burden of using the Dragon Shadow Flash ability during ’Demonic Hunt Time’ will become smaller in the future.
After obtaining the ’King of Demon Hunting’ golden suit, Su Xiao has been contemplating how to maximize the 100 seconds of ’Demonic Hunt Time’.
Su Xiao’s initial idea was to use the Counter Shield + Blue Steel Shadow, then use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to close the distance, and then continuously use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to change positions, making it impossible for the enemy to defend against the cleaves coming from all directions.
It has been proven in actual combat that this move is very practical and powerful, as can be seen from Dunk Nick’s head on the ground.
Compared to close combat with the enemy, Su Xiao has another idea, which is about the attack form of the Counter Shield.
Previously in the War World, Su Xiao had changed the form of the Counter Shield into a blade shape, which is the attack form of the Counter Shield, and he has been developing this ability.
The attack form of the Counter Shield is very practical, the only flaw is the huge consumption. If Su Xiao wants to shoot out the weapon formed by the Counter Shield, it requires him to disconnect the energy connection with the Counter Shield. Otherwise, the Counter Shield will share the same gravity with him, and disconnecting the energy connection means consuming 600 mana value of Su Xiao. The consumption is really too excessive, this was a previously unsolvable problem, unless in a large-scale melee.
Now this problem has been solved. During the Demonic Hunt Time, as long as Su Xiao’s body can bear it, he can almost unlimitedly use the Counter Shield.
A small piece of hexagonal Counter Shield appears around Su Xiao. When the number reaches 500, Su Xiao stops generating the Counter Shield and starts changing the shape of these Counter Shields.
pieces of hexagonal Counter Shields gradually soften, merge, compress, and compress again. After compressing the Blue Steel Shadow energy in a special state to a terrifying degree, shaping begins, and this energy is shaped into a cylindrical form.
Kaka...
A terrifying sound of compression comes from inside the cylindrical energy. Su Xiao’s eyes twitched, as the creator of this thing, he even had the urge to turn around and flee.
Kaba, kaba...
The compression is complete, the dissolved 500 Counter Shields form a simple energy lance. This thing is about five centimeters thick, three meters long, and the surface is full of cracks, very unstable.
Hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao reaches out to grab this energy lance. He tries to gently swing the energy lance, and ripples appear in the surrounding air.
"A Mu!"
Su Xiao shouts, and A Mu, who is fighting a undead in the distance, immediately understands.
"Moo!"
A Mu roars, cold air gushes out from its body, and a large area of ice crystals immediately appears on the undead it is fighting. This is A Mu’s ultimate ability ’Winter’s Wrath’.
The undead wielding a wide-bladed dagger is frozen by solid ice, forming an ice sculpture. After freezing the enemy, A Mu turns and flees.
Su Xiao takes a few deep breaths. He has never had the chance to develop ’Demonic Hunt Time’ ability before, now is the best opportunity.
Su Xiao steps on the ground, after running a few steps, he stops and throws the energy lance in his hand with all his strength, and disconnects the energy link with the energy lance.
Bang!
A loud sound of breaking the void spreads out, and Su Xiao immediately jumps back.
The energy lance breaks through layers of ripples in the air, directly stabbing at the frozen undead.
This undead is struggling to break free from the shackles of solid ice, with some panic in its eyes. Just half a minute ago, he witnessed Dunk Nick’s ’inexplicable’ death. At that time, he wanted to escape, but he was held back by A Mu.
"Grarr! (Undead Language: No!)"
This undead naturally perceives how terrifying the incoming energy lance is. If he is hit by this thing, he might not even have a trace left.
The energy lance quickly stabs toward the undead. When it is about ten meters away from the undead, the cracks on the surface of the energy lance become more pronounced.
Seeing this scene, Su Xiao clasps his hands together, remotely manipulating the energy lance. This thing is too unstable, judging from the current situation, it may explode before hitting the undead.
The energy lance begins to expand, and the internally compressed Blue Steel Shadow energy quickly returns to its initial form, which is those hexagonal Counter Shields.
"Not good."
Su Xiao immediately dives to the ground and instructs Bubu Wang and A Mu to quickly find cover.
Boom!
The sound of an explosion comes, and a shockwave spreads out. This shockwave is filled with hexagonal Counter Shields, shooting out in all directions.
Whoosh~
A few Counter Shields fly over Su Xiao. He quickly disables these Counter Shields, and the few hundred Counter Shields carrying terrifying kinetic energy disappear.
A few seconds later, the surroundings become deathly silent. The dirt at the edge of the surrounding wall trembles, and a kobold head pokes out of the soil, revealing the ’terrified’ face of Bubu Wang.
Su Xiao stands up from the ground. He swears to the sky that he will never use this move again. Although the attack range of this move is very large, it does not distinguish between friend and foe. It’s almost impossible to control the explosion time and form.
In Su Xiao’s vision, this thing would explode in a compressed form, but the reality went against his expectations. After the energy lance exploded, it directly returned to the form of the Counter Shield.
Developing abilities is like this, not every attempt is successful, but through this failure, a certain technique in Su Xiao’s mind is gradually being perfected.
Although the technique development was not very successful, the undead frozen in solid ice has already been pierced through by the Counter Shields, lifeless.
Su Xiao deactivates the ’Demonic Hunt Time’ ability. Judging from this battle’s situation, the ’Demonic Hunt Time’ was much more effective than expected. If it weren’t for mastering this ability, today could have been the day of Su Xiao’s death.
Su Xiao picks up the "Box of the Undead" and Dunk Nick’s head from the ground. The "Box of the Undead" is a rather rare treasure chest item, and the rewards upon opening it are sure to be substantial. As for Dunk Nick’s head, it is also of great importance, as bringing it to the Old King could net a considerable income.
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