Chapter 1277.1: Burning
For some reason, this strike was ineffective against Hufe, but Qing Gang Yin's energy still started to deal damage to him.
Su Xiao actually wanted to change his position immediately after being hit, but he was in a dilemma. There was a vague sense of danger behind him that made it impossible for him to retreat. As for continuing his attack, it was also a dead end option. He felt that Khufe could 'explode' at any moment, he was just waiting for him to continue his attack.
Khufe, with the blade of a sword in his chest, was not feeling well right now either. He could ignore the physical attacks, but the Qing Gang Yin energy was raging in his body right now, creating unbearable pain without end.
Although the battle had just begun, the battle had already reached a stalemate. Both sides stood and waited for their opponent to reveal a hole in their defense.
Su Xiao wanted to defeat Hufe, firstly because of the exclusive arena title, and secondly because of the Paradise coins and soul crystals that were placed on his victory at Black Sails.
Hufe obviously didn't want Su Xiao to take second place. He knew how good the arena title was, and since he was Su Xiao's enemy, he couldn't let him gain such an advantage and become even stronger.
Two seconds, three seconds...
Seven seconds passed, but both sides were still standing, but the balance was clearly tipping in Khufe's direction. The Dragon Flash blade was already red and this high temperature was transmitted directly into Su Xiao's palm through his sword.
Given the current state of affairs, it was simply impossible to remain idle any longer. Khufe was a real powder keg. It had to break and maintain a certain distance from which it could detect its weak point.
Su Xiao didn't believe that there was such an ability that granted its owner complete immunity to physical attacks. Even when it came to "Devil Fruits", the power of these fruits could be broken by " Hacks».
Su Xiao's body was immediately surrounded by counterattacking shields, and he gripped the handle of the Dragon Flash and jumped back.
When the long blade was pulled out of Khufe's chest, his pupils narrowed slightly, and the fireball on his palm dispersed. This fireball had already been forming on his palm for 10 seconds, and if everything had gone according to his plan, this ball would have displayed terrifying power.
When Su Xiao was in the air, Khufe snapped his fingers.
*Boom!*
A pillar of fire shot out from the ground and enveloped Su Xiao.
*Click-click-click...*
The counterattacking shields around Su Xiao started to crack, not because they were fragile, but because they absorbed all the abnormally high temperature.
With a bang, the shields shattered, but by then, Su Xiao had already escaped from the pillar of fire. From the beginning to the end, he didn't feel even a small fluctuation in temperature, as all the heat was absorbed by the counterattacking shields.
As soon as Su Xiao landed on the ground, a white mist burst out from the Dragon's Flash. The red blade of the sword turned white again in just an instant. Although Khufe could create extremely hot flames, it wasn't enough to melt the Dragon Flash, but the blade of the sword was still a bit warm.
The first skirmish ended with Su Xiao losing. He hadn't expected Khufe to be able to ignore physical damage, and his opponent seemed to know something about his fighting style, though not everything.
When Su Xiao used Dragon Shadow and appeared behind Hufe, he was momentarily stunned. From this, Su Xiao was able to understand that Khufe wasn't aware of the new Dragon Flash ability.
Su Xiao's strengths were his high speed, strong attacks, and fast teleports.
Khufe's strengths lay in his immunity to physical attacks and in his flames. He could clearly control it, and he could continuously raise its temperature, making it difficult to handle.
And in this first encounter, Su Xiao discovered something very strange. Khufe had no mana, instead of mana, there was a kind of life energy in his body. He seemed to be using this energy to strengthen the flames, but this kind of energy couldn't create flames.
This element by its very nature simply couldn't create fire, there was no unique trace of Devil Fruit in his body, there was no mana, he didn't use ninjutsu, and so on.
Su Xiao looked at the ground beside him. It had clearly been on fire recently. The nature of this fire reminded Su Xiao of Itachi Uchiha's Amaterasu. Almost everything could be burned by his hands, even the soil and rocks. The only thing that couldn't burn was water, since water was part of practically everything.
Su Xiao took out a small canister of kerosene from his inventory and poured it on the flames nearby.
*Sh-sh-sh-sh~*
A pungent smell began to spread through the area. The flames started to die out quickly due to the kerosene, which meant that it wasn't a real fire.
Khufe, seeing this, did not react at all and continued to accumulate strength. It was accumulating fire, and once there was enough of it, it would cover the swamps with very powerful flames.
Su Xiao could sense what his opponent wanted to do, as the danger was literally increasing and increasing by the second, and it was coming from everywhere.
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