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Chapter 175

Su Hao slowly withdrew the transformation steel, and the transformed steel domain on the ground gradually shrank and disappeared, quickly returning to its original land.

Two wings extended behind him, he leaped into the air, and a sudden burst of impact erupted under his feet, flying towards the sky.

Dangling in mid-air, [Earth Lord] Dong Lan saw Su Hao chasing after him and immediately exclaimed, “Bebe, he’s catching up!”

[Mist Lord] Bebe seemed very weak, her flying speed was not fast, she swayed and floated in the air. When she saw Su Hao chasing after her, she felt anxious but had no way to escape.

At this moment, she finally understood what ‘no way to heaven, no door to the earth’ meant.

[Earth Lord] Dong Lan suddenly said, “Bebe, drop me! The target is me. You run first, and I will find you later. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely find you!”

[Mist Lord] Bebe fell silent for a moment, and [Earth Lord] Dong Lan said again, “Don’t worry, I’m not that easy to kill!”

[Mist Lord] Bebe nodded, suddenly letting go of her husband and flying away quickly.

Meanwhile, Earth Lord Dong Lan began to descend from high in the sky.

A thought popped into Earth Lord Dong Lan’s mind: “Aren’t you a bit too straightforward? At least hesitate a bit!”

Su Hao’s long knife made a slight adjustment to his flight position and pounced towards [Earth Lord] Dong Lan.

[Earth Lord] Dong Lan immediately launched a large number of black crystal spikes, shooting at Su Hao densely.

“Ding, ding, ding!”

Su Hao didn’t dodge or evade, taking the black crystal spikes head-on next to [Earth Lord] Dong Lan.

‘Level two – Thunder!’

“Crack!”

A lightning arc struck [Earth Lord] Dong Lan, and he helplessly cried out, “Come on!”

But defenseless, he was hit directly, losing his resistance!

Su Hao adjusted his position slightly, and the long knife swept across.

“Crack, splat!”

He sliced [Earth Lord] Dong Lan in half from the chest, blood sprayed, and his arms detached. [Earth Lord] Dong Lan was instantly divided into four segments, falling powerless to the ground.

Su Hao glanced at him, temporarily ignoring him, and changed his flight direction to chase after [Mist Lord] Bebe.

[Mist Lord] was no longer in full fog form at this time, her upper body had transformed into a human while her lower body remained as mist, resembling a snake-human hybrid as she flew forward gracefully.

The intensity of her vitality had dropped to a dangerous level; obviously, she couldn’t transform her entire body into black mist as she did at the beginning, spreading everywhere. She also dared not do so, fearing being burned by flames. If she tried again, she would be doomed.

Seeing Su Hao catching up, she immediately extended two mist snakes to entwine him. However, as they coiled around Su Hao’s armor, they were burned by the high temperature, screaming in pain, and instinctively retracting.

[Mist Lord] Bebe was now in a state of despair, unable to win in a fight, unable to escape, and being restrained tightly. What could she do?

[Mist Lord] Bebe saw Su Hao rapidly approaching and immediately turned around and headed down.

“Find my husband! As long as I find my husband, he can surely save me!”

‘Level two – Thunder!’

“Crack!”

A lightning strike hit [Mist Lord] Bebe, instantly making her eyes roll back, almost losing consciousness, and she fell softly.

She wasn’t like the powerful [Earth Lord], able to withstand ‘Level two – Thunder’ without a scratch.

Su Hao approached and made a swift slash!

“Splat!”

[Mist Lord] Bebe’s head was instantly severed.

However, there was no blood gushing out; the severed area was covered in elusive black mist. The decapitated head slowly turned into mist, dispersed, and gradually reformed into a head at the neck.

Su Hao furrowed his brow. Was this [Mist Lord] so powerful? How to kill her? He couldn’t just burn her to ashes because he needed to obtain her flesh and genes!

‘Level two – Thunder!’

“Crack!”

Just as [Mist Lord] Bebe was beginning to recover, another lightning strike hit her, causing her to roll her eyes again.

‘Level two – Thunder!’

‘Level two – Thunder!’

Su Hao kept throwing lightning at [Mist Lord] Bebe one after another. He wanted to see if he could electrocute her to death directly. The positioning of ‘Level two – Thunder’ had always been about control, as he had found that a strong electric current could make Mutants lose control of their bodies instantly, but it rarely directly killed them because Mutants had incredibly strong bodies and could recover quickly.

However, Su Hao started to consider researching ‘Level three – Thunder,’ which could directly electrocute Mutants to death. Otherwise, in special circumstances, he would be somewhat powerless.

Both of them were descending rapidly.

Through his radar perception, Su Hao noticed that [Mist Lord] Bebe’s vitality was gradually being consumed by his continuous lightning attacks, and the mist resembling a snake’s tail couldn’t be sustained any longer. It slowly transformed back into feet!

Well, accompanying the transformation were some pieces of fabric, barely covering the essentials. This harmony was thanks to [Mist Lord]’s ability to partially assimilate matter; even her clothing had turned into black mist.

However, Su Hao seemed oblivious to this romantic scene.

‘Level two – Thunder!’

‘Level two – Thunder!’

After [Mist Lord] Bebe’s vitality was completely depleted, she gradually exuded a fragrant scent.

“Bang!”

Unconsciously, [Mist Lord] Bebe was slammed hard onto the ground. With no vitality left to resist, she gradually lost her breath of life.

Su Hao approached and delivered a final strike.

“Splat!”

Her head rolled to the side, blood spewing out.

Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief, “This should have resolved it!”

There was still an [Earth Lord], and surprisingly, he hadn’t died but was underground, using transformed black crystals to dig a tunnel and quickly escape out of the city.

What incredible vitality.

Cut off the head, and it can grow back; cut into four segments, and it can be reconnected, then bounce back to life.

The Sequence of [Shell People], indeed the most afraid of death Sequence! Evolution to this level, there’s no one else like it!

Su Hao, carrying the body of [Mist Lord], slowly walked toward the outskirts of the city.

It’s just not clear whether, when [Earth Lord] appears later, the first thing he sees is Su Hao, will he be very surprised.

It wasn’t until a distance of two kilometers outside the city that the breathless [Earth Lord] Dong Lan emerged from underground. Before he could catch his breath, he discovered Su Hao, the [Steel Armor King], standing in front of him.

“… In the past, he used to get excited when he saw the [Steel Armor King], but now he feels a chill in his heart the moment he sees the [Steel Armor King].

At that moment, he couldn’t describe the complexity of his emotions, especially when he saw the body of his wife Bebe in Su Hao’s hands.

Despair, anger, regret, fear…

But no matter what emotions he felt, they couldn’t change the current situation.

When [Earth Lord] Dong Lan wanted to turn around and burrow underground to escape, he found that the ground had turned into steel at some point, beyond his control.

There was no escape!

Su Hao threw the body and head of [Mist Lord] aside and slowly drew his long knife.

[Earth Lord] immediately knelt down and begged, “Big brother, spare me, I’ll give you my flesh, please spare my life, and I won’t appear before you again from now on!”

Su Hao remained silent and walked closer, then made a horizontal slash with his knife.

“Crack, splat!”

[Earth Lord] Dong Lan’s head flew off, blood gushing, and his body slowly fell to the ground, motionless, with blood gradually spreading.

“Is he dead?” Su Hao curiously looked at the motionless [Earth Lord] on the ground and carefully sensed his vitality with radar.

Indeed, his vitality was gradually decreasing, but the rate of decline was extremely slow, with no feeling of rapid dissipation after death.

Su Hao raised an eyebrow, “Is he… playing dead?”

He played dead so convincingly, with his head lying to the side, blood gushing from his neck, no way he could fake it.

Su Hao had never seen anyone play dead so convincingly; he was willing to call it the “most convincing at playing dead” in the world.

Su Hao swung his knife and circled around, muttering, “It’s too heavy; I’ll chop the body into pieces for easier transport!”

(End of this chapter)

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    Chapter 175

    Su Hao slowly withdrew his Assimilation Steel.

    The vast steel domain covering the battlefield rapidly shrank, gradually reverting to ordinary earth as if nothing had happened.

    A pair of steel wings unfolded behind his back.

    With a powerful burst beneath his feet—

    Boom!

    He shot into the sky.


    ---

    High above the battlefield—

    Earth Lord Dong Lan hung suspended in the air, supported by Mist Lord Bebe's mist.

    The moment he saw Su Hao flying after them, his expression changed.

    "Bebe!"

    "He's catching up!"

    Mist Lord Bebe was already at her limit.

    Her Vitality had been severely depleted by the Fire Dragon Domain.

    Her flight had become slow and unstable.

    She drifted through the air unsteadily, unable to increase her speed no matter how hard she tried.

    Looking back at Su Hao rapidly closing the distance, despair gradually filled her eyes.

    For the first time...

    She truly understood what it meant to have no road to heaven and no gate to earth.

    Dong Lan suddenly spoke.

    "Bebe."

    "Drop me."

    "The target is me."

    "You escape first."

    "I'll find you later."

    "Don't worry."

    "I'm not that easy to kill."

    Bebe remained silent for a moment.

    Dong Lan urged again.

    "Go!"

    She finally nodded.

    Without another word—

    She released Dong Lan.

    The giant body immediately began falling toward the ground.

    Meanwhile, she turned and fled in the opposite direction.

    As Dong Lan plummeted through the air, a helpless thought flashed across his mind.

    "Couldn't you at least hesitate a little?"


    ---

    Su Hao adjusted his wings slightly.

    His long blade gleamed coldly.

    Without slowing down, he dove straight toward the falling Earth Lord.

    Dong Lan immediately counterattacked.

    Countless Blackstone spikes burst from his body.

    They filled the sky like a rainstorm.

    Clang! Clang! Clang!

    Su Hao ignored every single attack.

    The spikes struck his armor one after another, yet none could even scratch the surface.

    In the next instant—

    He had already arrived before Dong Lan.

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    A bolt of lightning struck Dong Lan directly.

    His entire body stiffened.

    "...Again?"

    He barely managed to squeeze out those words before completely losing control.

    Su Hao adjusted his flight path.

    His blade flashed once.

    Slash!

    Blood sprayed across the sky.

    Dong Lan was cut cleanly through the chest.

    His body separated into four pieces.

    Both arms detached completely.

    The four pieces fell helplessly toward the earth.

    Su Hao merely glanced at him once.

    Then he ignored him entirely.

    He changed direction—

    And pursued Mist Lord Bebe.


    ---

    At this moment, Bebe no longer maintained her full mist form.

    Her upper body had returned to human form.

    Only her lower half remained a swirling mass of black mist, giving her the appearance of a serpent as she glided desperately through the air.

    Her Vitality had already fallen to an extremely dangerous level.

    She no longer dared transform completely into mist.

    After witnessing the Fire Dragon Domain...

    She knew doing so would only get her burned to death.

    Seeing Su Hao rapidly approaching—

    She immediately released two mist serpents toward him.

    The snakes wrapped around his armor.

    But the instant they touched it—

    They were burned by the intense heat.

    The serpents let out miserable screams before retreating instinctively.

    Bebe's heart gradually filled with despair.

    She couldn't win.

    She couldn't escape.

    Even her abilities were being completely countered.

    What could she possibly do?

    Suddenly—

    She turned sharply downward.

    "Find Dong Lan!"

    "As long as I reach him..."

    "He'll definitely save me!"

    Just then—

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    Lightning struck her body directly.

    Her eyes rolled upward.

    Her entire body went limp as she began falling helplessly through the air.

    Unlike Earth Lord—

    She couldn't withstand repeated Lightning attacks.

    Su Hao immediately caught up.

    His blade flashed.

    Slash!

    Her head separated from her neck.

    Yet—

    No blood flowed.

    The severed surface dissolved into black mist.

    The detached head also transformed into mist before slowly reforming atop her neck.

    Su Hao frowned slightly.

    "Another one that can't be killed normally?"

    "If I burn her completely, I won't have any flesh left to study..."

    He immediately changed tactics.

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    Bebe had only just begun recovering.

    Another bolt struck her.

    Her body convulsed violently.

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    One lightning strike followed another.

    Su Hao wanted to determine whether continuous electrical attacks could exhaust her Vitality completely.

    Originally—

    Second-Tier Lightning had been developed purely as a control Rune.

    Strong electric currents instantly disrupted a Mutant's nervous system.

    Directly killing them, however, was rare.

    Mutants possessed extraordinarily resilient bodies.

    They recovered far too quickly.

    Su Hao silently made a mental note.

    "Looks like it's time to develop a Third-Tier Lightning Rune."

    "One capable of killing outright."

    Meanwhile—

    Both of them continued falling rapidly.

    Through his radar, Su Hao observed Bebe's Vitality steadily decreasing.

    Eventually—

    Even the mist beneath her waist could no longer be maintained.

    Her lower body slowly returned to human form.

    Naturally—

    Her clothing also reappeared.

    Mist Lord's Assimilation ability partially affected objects around her, including her clothes.

    Throughout the entire process—

    Su Hao never spared it a single glance.

    His attention remained completely focused on her Vitality.

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    "Second-Tier Lightning."

    Crack!

    ...

    Eventually—

    Her Vitality was exhausted.

    A faint fragrance slowly drifted from her body.

    Bang!

    She crashed heavily onto the ground.

    Without Vitality sustaining her...

    Life rapidly left her body.

    Su Hao landed beside her.

    One final slash.

    Slash!

    This time—

    Fresh blood finally flowed.

    Her head rolled across the ground.

    Su Hao let out a slow breath.

    "Now she's dead."


    ---

    Only Earth Lord remained.

    Yet even after being cut into four pieces—

    He still hadn't died.

    Instead—

    He had reconnected his body underground.

    Using Blackstone to tunnel beneath the earth, he was rapidly escaping from Linyuan City.

    Su Hao couldn't help admiring him.

    "The Shell Folk lineage really deserves its reputation."

    "Cut off the head—it grows back."

    "Cut the body into pieces—it reconnects."

    "Their survivability is absurd."

    Carrying Bebe's corpse—

    Su Hao calmly walked toward the outskirts of the city.

    He wondered...

    When Dong Lan finally emerged from underground—

    What kind of expression would he make upon seeing him waiting there?


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    Two kilometers outside Linyuan City—

    Earth Lord Dong Lan finally burst out from underground.

    He had barely taken a breath—

    When he froze.

    Standing quietly before him...

    Was the Steel Armor King.

    And beside him—

    Lay Bebe's lifeless body.

    For a long moment—

    Dong Lan simply stood there.

    Despair.

    Anger.

    Regret.

    Fear.

    Every emotion surged through his heart.

    Yet none of them could change reality.

    His first instinct was to dive back underground.

    However—

    The moment he tried—

    His expression changed dramatically.

    At some point...

    The ground beneath his feet had already become Assimilation Steel.

    His control over the terrain had been completely severed.

    There was nowhere left to run.

    Su Hao gently placed Bebe's body on the ground.

    Then he slowly drew his long blade.

    Dong Lan immediately dropped to his knees.

    "Please!"

    "Spare me!"

    "I'll willingly give you my flesh and blood!"

    "I'll never appear before you again!"

    Su Hao said nothing.

    He simply walked forward.

    Then—

    His blade swept horizontally.

    Slash!

    Dong Lan's head flew into the air.

    Blood erupted from his neck.

    His body slowly collapsed onto the ground.

    Everything became silent.

    Su Hao quietly observed him.

    "Dead?"

    Using his radar, he carefully examined Dong Lan's Vitality.

    It was indeed decreasing...

    But extremely slowly.

    Unlike ordinary deaths—

    There was no sudden collapse of life.

    Su Hao raised an eyebrow.

    "...Playing dead?"

    Even after decapitation—

    Even with blood pouring from his neck—

    The performance was flawless.

    Su Hao had never seen anyone fake death so convincingly.

    He slowly circled around Dong Lan's body.

    Then casually swung his blade.

    "It's too troublesome carrying such a large corpse."

    "I'll cut it into smaller pieces."

    (End of Chapter 175)
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    Why is he so vicious? Shouldn't be at least ask questions first?
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    Su Hao had never seen anyone play dead so convincingly; he was willing to call it the “most convincing at playing dead” in the world.

    Su Hao swung his knife and circled around, muttering, “It’s too heavy; I’ll chop the body into pieces for easier transport!”


    Spoken like a true villain. 7
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