novelraw Chapter 1165 - 50: The Tank’s Dignity
Chapter 1165 - 50: The Tank’s Dignity
"I heard similar words from someone else."
Su Xiao looked at the Bald Captain. Judging from his attitude, this guy doesn’t seem to need to be put on the must-kill list, meaning both sides may not have reached a level of mortal enmity.
The Bald Captain is different from the leader of the Other Shore Flower, Cold Moon. Cold Moon belongs to the type that would forge a mortal enemy with anyone who kills her main members, leading to a never-ending conflict.
The Bald Captain prioritizes benefits. When the enemy becomes strong enough, he will choose to evade temporarily, just like when they were hunting Yubi, he decisively withdrew his people.
"Who?"
The Bald Captain already sensed trouble. He was hesitating about whether to lead the people to annihilate Su Xiao. If he gives the order now, no matter the outcome, both sides will transition from general hostility to irreconcilable enmity.
"You don’t need to know."
Su Xiao didn’t mention Stan because he disdains using the fame of a mortal enemy to intimidate others; that’s a sign of retreat. It’s all about momentum now.
"Really not handing over?"
The Bald Captain’s expression turned stern; he did not know how the following choices would shape the situation.
"..."
Su Xiao said nothing further, just controlled the Spirit of Wood to attach to his leg.
"Attack!"
The Bald Captain glared fiercely, deciding to leverage their numerical superiority today to eliminate Su Xiao and henceforth remove future threats.
"Focused fire formation!"
As soon as the Bald Captain finished speaking, several contractors with control abilities among the support class locked onto Su Xiao, launching various control skills at him.
Su Xiao stomped on the ground, unleashing a wave of electromagnetic pulses, simultaneously leaping sideways to dodge an Energy Arrow. As for the other control abilities, Su Xiao ignored them; they were all mind-type control abilities.
Zap~
An electromagnetic pulse with a diameter of 25 meters swept through, causing over ten nearby contractors to instinctively retreat.
Boom!
A large explosion spread from the center, the unique firelight of alchemy bombs obscuring the vision of dozens of nearby contractors.
"12 o’clock direction, charging fast!"
A contractor responsible for perception shouted in the team channel, causing the Bald Captain to instantly realize who Su Xiao’s target was—himself.
"Ai Tai, block him!"
The Bald Captain didn’t retreat; he intended to use himself as bait.
Boom!
Another explosion, this time amidst the crowd.
"Here!"
Thud, thud...
Slicing sounds followed by brief screams as a lone contractor fell to the ground, nearly being chest-cleaved.
Shing, shing, shing...
Dense blade aura spread around within the flames, difficult to defend against, blood splattering, as two unlucky support class contractors got overwhelmed by the blade aura, instantly sliced into pieces.
"Where is he?"
The Bald Captain covered his arm to protect his face, the explosion smoke and flames obscuring his vision, his perceptive precision unable to pinpoint Su Xiao’s exact location.
"Leader, in front of you!"
The shout from the team channel made the Bald Captain shudder; he didn’t expect the enemy to advance so quickly.
"Ai Tai, now it’s a chance, Ai Tai! Ai Tai?"
The Bald Captain’s calls were not answered, various attack aftermaths around made him instinctively crouch.
Su Xiao charged out from the smoke, with a dagger embedded in his lower abdomen.
After rushing into the crowd, the surrounding contractors didn’t become chaotic. Despite the smoke and flames blocking their sight, the contractors could still locate him and focus fire on him.
Su Xiao endured three waves of small-scale focused fire; his 600 strength Counter Shield was directly shattered. Fortunately, Su Xiao had survival abilities not inferior to a Main Tank; otherwise, he would’ve been instantly killed.
Su Xiao’s target was clear: prioritize killing the control types. After enduring three focused fires in the smoke, he finally charged into the support contractors’ crowd, leading to a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
Imagine the outcome when Su Xiao’s sword technique clashes with those support contractors not adept in close combat.
After 21 seconds, 7 suspected control ability support contractors lay in pools of blood.
In the smoke, Su Xiao had a milky white glow flashing on him; it was the Soft Sister Healer remotely restoring his injuries.
A stout man about 1.5 meters tall blocked Su Xiao’s path; he held a two-meter-high tower shield and was known as Ai Tai, the Starfire Adventure Team’s main tank.
Blood dripped from the tip of Dragon Slash, and Su Xiao pulled out the dagger from his abdomen, tossing it at the main tank.
Ai Tai instantly shielded himself, not having had time to respond to the Bald Captain’s earlier calls.
Clang, the knife was deflected by the tower shield.
"Leader, I..."
Before Ai Tai could finish speaking, Su Xiao had already charged in front of him, the two-meter-high tower shield separating them.
Previously, whenever Ai Tai raised his tower shield, he felt a sense of security, even in hard battles against Yubi,
But now, Ai Tai felt none of that; he had an urge to flee, yet the main tank’s training kept him blocking Su Xiao’s path.
Su Xiao rushed to the shield, didn’t swing immediately but assumed a sidekick stance, the Spirit of Wood quickly attaching to his leg, attack mode activated.
With a terrifying whimper, Su Xiao executed a side kick at the tower shield’s center.
Thud!
The ground within a hundred meters shook.
Behind the shield, Ai Tai’s eyes widened, face turning red, a force he couldn’t resist surging through the shield.
Crack, crack...
Ai Tai’s arms severely fractured; that wasn’t the most frightening part. The scariest was discovering cracks forming on his tower shield.
"Immovable... Mountain!"
Ai Tai emitted an earth-yellow glow. Despite enduring a terrifying impact, he didn’t fly backwards.
With a cracking sound, the shield broke into two pieces, jagged fragments shooting like shrapnel.
Thud, thud...
Several shield fragments pierced Ai Tai’s body, blood splattering, yet he remained standing, not retreating even a step; breaking the shield spoke of strength differences, but not retreating reflected a main tank’s dignity.
"Wow!"
Ai Tai spat a mouthful of blood mixed with visceral fragments, glanced at his Life Value, then bitterly smiled; his Life Value only remained at 17%. Such is the power of the legendary Spirit of Wood, legendary level includes more than just high ratings.
"You, not bad."
Su Xiao stood before Ai Tai; this main tank didn’t retreat an inch under the Spirit of Wood-enhanced sidekick.
"Cough."
Ai Tai couldn’t speak, only glaring at Su Xiao, his eyes conveying defiance.
Whoosh, Dragon Slash crossed Ai Tai’s throat, slicing nearly four-fifths of his neck, causing his body to stiffen, yet he didn’t retreat a step.
"Hmm?"
Su Xiao was about to strike again but realized Ai Tai had already lost breath, this main tank dying without retreating even a step.
"You, quite impressive."
Su Xiao stepped forward, taking two steps as numerous attacks surrounded him; the smoke hadn’t yet dissipated, indicating more support contractors had locked onto him.