novelraw Chapter 271: The Waning and Waxing
Chapter 271: The Waning and Waxing
"Deathless Bone Spears!"
The half-face mask man brought his arms together, and the dense deathly ash surrounding his body rapidly condensed, transforming into dozens of gray-white bone spears swirling with an aura of decay.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The bone spears tore through the air.
They shot towards Su Zhan from all directions, sealing off all his possible avenues of evasion.
With a furious roar, Su Zhan swept his thick tail violently, knocking away several bone spears, while simultaneously swinging his claws to create a dense web of claw shadows, shattering the spears coming head-on.
However, the bone spears were too numerous and too fast!
Despite his desperate efforts to dodge and block, three spears still cunningly pierced through his defenses!
"Thud! Thud! Ssss!"
One spear grazed past his ribs, taking a patch of scales and flesh with it. An intense burning pain and a strange numbness immediately spread from the wound.Another pierced through his thigh. Though it didn't damage the bone, it caused his movement to falter.
The third skimmed past his neck, leaving a deep gash that exposed the bone.
Su Zhan grunted. The wounds transmitted not just pain, but also a chilling death energy that clung like maggots to bone, hindering his powerful self-healing ability.
The muscles beneath his scales writhed, attempting to close the wounds, but the speed was several times slower than usual.
"How do you like the taste of my Deathless Power?"
The half-face mask man rasped with laughter, his figure closing in again, his withered claws aiming straight for Su Zhan's heart.
Gritting his teeth, Su Zhan ignored the leg wound, forcefully twisted his body, and met the attack with his own claws.
"Clang!"
Another direct clash.
Su Zhan was once again sent staggering back, his chest churning with blood and energy. The wounds inflicted earlier by the bone spears split open from the exertion, blood flowing out. The numbing effect made his movements increasingly sluggish.
In contrast, the half-face mask man also bore several wounds from Su Zhan's claws, but these wounds began to writhe and heal within moments.
The waning and waxing!
Su Zhan's heart sank.
His opponent's attacks carrying this recovery-inhibiting effect was utterly lethal.
If this attrition battle continued, he would inevitably be defeated due to accumulated injuries.
He had to find a way to break the deadlock.
Su Zhan endured another impact from his opponent, the scales on his chest shattering as he spat out a mouthful of blood. Seizing this opportunity, he suddenly lunged forward, his tail stabbing out abruptly.
His claws condensed highly compressed Mist Energy, focusing it into a single point aimed directly at the opponent's abdomen.
Trading injury for injury!
Forcing the opponent to defend!
The half-face mask man hadn't expected Su Zhan to be so ferocious and had to retract his attack and retreat, simultaneously swinging his arm to block the claw aimed at his abdomen.
"Rip!"
The tip of Su Zhan's tail successfully slashed open a wound on the side of the opponent's knee, while his claw was deflected.
The highly compressed Mist Energy still exploded, scorching the clothing and skin on the Skeleton Emissary's abdomen black.
"Seeking death!"
The half-face mask man cried out in pain, angrily shouting as Mist erupted again, violently hurling Su Zhan away.
Su Zhan landed heavily, spitting out another mouthful of blood. The multiple wounds all over his body burned with pain, his recovery speed severely suppressed. The situation was precarious.
Although the Skeleton Emissary was also slightly injured, the impact was far less than on Su Zhan.
The gap was widening step by step.
The fierce battle between the two intensified, energy shockwaves continuously spreading, turning the entire scrapyard upside down.
Su Zhan gained several more deep, bone-exposing wounds. His recovery speed was severely suppressed, his movements noticeably slowed, and his breathing became labored.
The half-face mask man also sustained some injuries, but with his superior recovery ability, his advantage grew larger and larger.
"It's over, kid!"
Spotting an opening as Su Zhan stumbled, the half-face mask man aimed his withered claws straight for Su Zhan's head.
If this strike landed, Su Zhan would undoubtedly die.
Su Zhan's golden vertical pupils contracted. Unable to execute a perfect dodge, he could only raise his claws with effort to block, preparing to withstand this fatal blow.
"Hummm!"
A spiritual pressure far more immense than both of theirs, like an invisible colossal mountain, abruptly descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the entire scrapyard.
This spiritual pressure was upright and vast.
It was unmistakably a powerhouse from the Aberrant Purge Division.
A loud, furious voice rang out:
"How dare you! How dare you run wild within Lincheng's territory!"
Before the voice faded, a brilliant golden streak of light rapidly approached.
"A Tide Realm powerhouse, at least fifth rank."
The half-face mask man's expression changed drastically, his fatal strike towards Su Zhan forcibly halted.
Without hesitation, his figure shot backward as he growled, "Kid, you're lucky. The Aberrant Purge Division's dogs are here. Leave now if you don't want to die!"
Though he wanted to kill Su Zhan, he understood clearly that once entangled by a Tide Realm expert from the Purge Division, especially a core member of the Transcendence Society like himself, the outcome would be far worse than death.
Su Zhan's heart also tightened.
Mid-stage Tide Realm. This was absolutely not an existence he could contend with now.
Gathering his strength, he suppressed his injuries, turned, and fled in the opposite direction from the half-face mask man, pushing his speed to the limit in a frantic escape.
The golden streak of light revealed a middle-aged man wearing the Aberrant Purge Division's senior uniform.
His gaze swept over the chaotic battlefield and the two figures fleeing in separate directions. He snorted coldly:
"Hmph! Two rats scurrying across the street, thinking you can run?"
He raised his hand, about to give chase, prioritizing the direction the half-face mask man fled.
The value of a Transcendence Society core member was obviously greater.
"Priority is to capture the Transcendence Society remnant. As for that Aberrant, notify the ground squads to encircle and block it."
He issued the order, his form transforming into golden light as he swiftly pursued the direction the Skeleton Emissary fled.
Simultaneously, several slightly weaker but still formidable auras appeared from different directions, beginning to encircle and search the area Su Zhan fled into.
Su Zhan was severely injured, his recovery speed severely suppressed.
With Aberrant Purge Division squads blocking him from behind, his situation was critical to the extreme.
Bearing the intense pain from his wounds all over his body, Su Zhan frantically channeled his mental energy into his eyes.
Time Abyss Pupil, Future Vision, activate!
During the earlier fight with the half-face mask man, he hadn't dared to use the Time Abyss Pupil, fearing the distance was too close and the opponent might detect his use of Spiritual Energy.
Now, being very far from the Purge Division personnel, he naturally had to use this ability.
Countless possibilities within the next five seconds rapidly played out in his mind.
Turn left: thirty meters ahead, he would encounter two Purge Division members forming a crossfire net. No way to avoid it. Charging through in his wounded state meant certain death.
Go straight: the path ahead seemed open, but a sniper was already in position on a rooftop one hundred and fifty meters away. And this sniper seemed to be holding not an ordinary sniper rifle, but a... Life Soul?
There are firearm-type Life Souls too? Interesting.
Turn right... the right side seemed like a dead-end alley.
But the simulation showed that in three seconds, a garbage truck, hearing the commotion, would slam on its brakes, perfectly blocking the alley entrance for one and a half seconds. Simultaneously, the truck's thick tailgate would perfectly block the sniper's line of sight.
And behind the pile of waste at the alley's end, there was a concealed entrance leading to the underground pipe network. This was the only chance of survival!
Su Zhan made his decision.