Chapter 728.2: Life and death depend on the moment
Previously, Di had always preferred to attack Su Xiao in return. All of Su Xiao's injuries were mostly inflicted on him by her counterattacks.
But this time, even though the long blade was moving straight towards her chest, just like so many times before, Di's pupils suddenly narrowed for some reason, and a golden shield immediately appeared around her.
*DING*
The dragon's flash was blocked by the golden shield and Dee immediately retreated a few meters back.
Su Xiao realized that judging from the situation, Di had some equipment that could automatically generate invisible armor. This invisible armor had extremely strong defense and could block the attack of the Dragon Flash, a pale gold sword that had a 32-point improvement in sharpness.
Approximately every 60 seconds, this armor was created for a period of 3 to 5 seconds. The problem was that Dee also had another item that could create another shield. The shield created by the spare equipment was visible and had a golden color. It could be used once every 8-10 minutes, and only existed for 2 seconds each time.
Other than that, Dee also had equipment that temporarily increased her strength and agility. Previously, she was able to forward it due to the bonus of this equipment. For about ten seconds, her strength and agility skyrocketed, allowing her to get behind him and take him in a grip.
After deducing, Su Xiao realized that Di possessed a large amount of high-quality equipment, but her basic stats and skills were suppressed and didn't differ much from his current stats.
Fortunately, Su Xiao was immune to her control, otherwise, he would have been defeated long ago.
After thinking about it, Su Xiao couldn't help but feel happy. Fortunately, only one third-ranked contractor came out against him this time. Even this girl, who was clearly not a melee fighter and a fighter in principle, gave him so much trouble. How strong was the Khufe, their main battle unit? At the very least, the current Su Xiao wouldn't be able to deal with him even if his strength was suppressed.
Su Xiao calmly got close to Di and slashed at her with his long sword.
Cuts appeared in space and then disappeared.
After two minutes of active combat the necklace around Dee's neck suddenly flashed and her speed suddenly increased.
This necklace was the equipment that increased her agility and strength for a certain amount of time.
Su Xiao was prepared for this. This enhancement provided him with an opportunity. Dee's item that created the visible barrier wasn't going to start working any time soon, and her invisible barrier was going to be on cooldown for about another 10 seconds.
With a whoosh, Di disappeared right in front of Su Xiao. She had become too fast and he couldn't catch her movements with his eyes.
As soon as Di disappeared, Su Xiao felt a heavy blow fly down his spine.
— Pink energy spread out in all directions as Dee slammed her knee into Su Xiao's back, and blood immediately spurted out of his mouth.
[Notification: The hunter has fallen under the influence of the "Secret blade of Ekma", your strength and stamina will be appreciated.]
[The strength assessment process has been started... The evaluation was successful.]
[The durability assessment process has been launched... The evaluation failed.]
[You have received an abnormal state: Dazed; Duration-2 seconds.]
Fortunately, Su Xiao managed to react and used all of his remaining mana to create shields around him.
Two seconds passed in the blink of an eye. When Su Xiao's mind cleared up, he felt a great pain in his spine, the back of his head, and a wild ringing in his ears. The worst part was that his neck was currently in Dee's grip and she was trying her best to break his neck.
Su Xiao's hands grabbed onto Di's arms, but by this point, she had already formed a deadly guillotine that was simply practically impossible to break free from. Blood flow to the brain was completely blocked, and given the current situation, Su Xiao would have died in just a few seconds due to insufficient blood supply to the brain.
A smile spread across Dee's face. She seemed to have already seen Stan giving her a reward and a special status in Bloodgate.
Besides, she still had this world ahead of her. If she didn't act too brazenly, Khufe wouldn't be able to say a word against her.
Thinking of this, Di's arms tightened around Su Xiao's neck, and her delicate cheek pressed against Su Xiao's ear, and Su Xiao could clearly feel the breath of this femme fatale.
Su Xiao's hands used all of his strength. Although he couldn't free himself from the formed guillotine, he was able to create a small gap in its grip. As for why he didn't use the sword, it was very simple — she was currently protected by her invisible barrier, so there was simply no point in trying to pierce her with the sword.
Su Xiao took a deep breath, and ruptures appeared in his heavily compressed arteries and veins, which provided a small amount of oxygen to his brain.
«Three. Two. Su Xiao thought, and when he counted to one, he let go of Di's hands and took Dragon Flash in his left hand.
The dragon flash immediately flipped in Su Xiao's left hand and slid down. He immediately grabbed the middle of the sword blade. Because his left arm was protected by a metal armband, the blade didn't cut his arm.
The sharp tip of the sword cut tangentially on Su Xiao's cheek and hit Di's eye directly.
— It's impossible! Dee's face paled, and she immediately let go of him and jumped back. She couldn't understand how he could have found a gap in her defense so quickly and taken advantage of it. Was it just a coincidence? Of course not, for this information was obtained by Su Xiao after receiving more than a dozen kicks, one very short flight, and five knee strikes.
*Pouf*
The dragon's flash penetrated deeper into Di's eye socket, and Qing Gang Yin's energy went straight into her brain.
— A-A-A-A-A-A! Dee let out a high-pitched scream, but Su Xiao ignored her, grabbing her collar with one hand and pressing down on the hilt of his sword with the other.
The long blade pierced through Dee's brain and the tip of the blade shot out from the back of her head.
Immediately after, Su Xiao pulled out the Dragon Flash and looked at Di's throat.
Blood splattered on the ground. Half of Dee's throat was cut open. She covered her throat with both hands and staggered back a few steps, but there was still blood between her fingers.
The invisible armor once again covered Dee's entire body, but it was already too late.
She quickly took out a bottle of dark purple potion and poured it into her mouth, but the liquid only fell to the ground due to her split throat.
— This... Impossible, I really am... Dee took a few steps back. Her voice was filled with reluctance.
After a few seconds her body began to weaken and eventually she fell to the ground with a slap.
[Reminder: When a Hunter kills high-level contractors, the chance of dropping a scarlet card increases.]
The scarlet card fell to the ground next to her, and the scene caught the eyes of the fat man who was still fighting Lucky.
By this point, Lucky was beaten to such a state that he looked more like a swollen pig's head.
He was in a very dangerous position.
— Heck! When the fat man saw Dee's body, he froze in place for a moment.
*Boom*
Lucky punched the fat man in the face, and blood immediately flowed out of his nose.
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