But it seemed to have been shattered by an invisible sword light, disintegrating in an instant.
"What a pity! It seems you’re unwilling to accept my offer."
Hu Qi’s voice was terrifyingly calm.
Looking closely, two cross-shaped black marks suddenly appeared deep within his wine-red pupils, like brands from the abyss.
The words had barely left his lips!
His figure had already vanished from his spot like a phantom.
In that instant, a piercing shriek tore through the air.
Hu Qi’s figure blurred, becoming an afterimage as he crossed over ten meters in the blink of an eye, arriving above Su Ta.
The blade of Dusk in his hand trembled, carving a desolate, cold arc through the sky. It stirred the air, transforming into a searing white wave of Sword Energy that came slashing down!
Seeing this, Su Ta’s pupils contracted. As she hastily retreated, she stomped her foot on the ground.
"Condense!"
The surrounding water vapor stirred at her command, rapidly solidifying into a three-foot-thick Ice Shield in front of her.
BOOM—!!!
The next second, the Ice Shield exploded on impact!
Countless sharp ice crystals shot out amidst the shockwave, each one reflecting the chilling glint of the sword’s light, like a suddenly blooming flower of death.
Using the Ice Shield to buy a split second, Su Ta leaned back, her body nimbly tumbling away to dodge the descending Sword Energy.
At the same time, the ice crystals scattering through the air suddenly froze, hanging in midair as if time had stopped.
Then, the myriad crystals converged and reformed at astonishing speed, solidifying in the void into a translucent Ice Crystal Spear.
Su Ta’s fingers gripped the spear’s shaft with precision, and she put sudden force into her wrist.
The tip of the spear instantly drew a blinding white line.
That glint of cold light shot toward Hu Qi’s head like a falling star.
"Die!"
The smile on Su Ta’s face twisted into an increasingly ferocious grin.
However, the next moment, her smile froze on her face.
Hu Qi’s skin had turned like Black Iron. The spear tip struck it, but no matter how much force she used, it couldn’t even break his skin.
Seeing this, Su Ta didn’t have time to think and shot backward.
But the next second, her movements halted.
From out of the shadows on the ground, two pitch-black arms had emerged at some unknown point to grab her ankles, restricting her movement.
At the same time, another wave of Sword Energy came slashing down!
Without time to think, she held the Ice Spear horizontally above her head, attempting to block.
BOOM!
The next moment, the instant the Sword Energy made contact, the Ice Spear snapped.
And Su Ta’s body was likewise sliced in two.
A trench more than ten meters long appeared on the ground, extending forward.
It exposed the yellow earth beneath.
SPLASH!
Su Ta’s figure once again dispersed into a watery mist, only this time, the mist was tinged with a hint of blood.
The next instant, she reappeared on a tree branch some distance away.
Suddenly, another sharp wave of Sword Energy tore through the air toward her.
"Get lost!"
Before Su Ta’s angry shout had faded, the entire mountain forest trembled.
BOOM!
A violent shockwave erupted from her, snapping all the trees within a dozen-meter radius and sending a downpour of soil mixed with shattered rock everywhere.
The incoming Sword Energy shattered inch by inch in midair and dissipated.
And Hu Qi, who was right behind it, was also sent flying backward. His robes fluttering, he tapped his feet on the treetops, each light touch shaking loose a shower of snow, until he finally tapped several more times to stabilize himself fifty meters away.
The dust and smoke gradually settled.
An enormous, oval-shaped crater had appeared where she stood.
In its center stood the figure of Su Ta.
A bloodstain as fine as a silk thread ran straight down from between her eyebrows to her chin, across her snow-white neck, and disappeared into her collar.
Crimson Blood Beads were slowly seeping out, sliding down the red line, a terrifying sight to behold.
However, Su Ta paid it no mind.
She looked up at the distant Hu Qi, the scorn in her eyes long gone, replaced by a grim solemnity.
’She knew that in this world, a Professional’s path could be dual-classed, but weren’t his abilities a bit too numerous? Aside from that terrifying sword light, there was also the Black Iron defense, shadow manipulation, and fire. That’s at least four Professional paths combined. And the Level for each Professional path isn’t low; they’re all at least Sequence Eight. How did he do it?’
But these thoughts only lingered in her mind for a moment before she cast them aside.
She stared at Hu Qi, her lips parting slightly, each word dripping with chilling intent.
"Number Four, you’ve truly exceeded my expectations.
I admit, I underestimated you.
To think you could push me this far.
But if all you have is the power of a Sequence Eight, it’s still not enough to kill me!"
At this moment, her eyes had, at some point, transformed into a pair of Demon Vertical Pupils.
That was the power that came from her true self as a True God.
She had just used this power to force Hu Qi back.
However, due to this world’s restrictions, even if she forced it out, the boost to her own power wasn’t that significant.
It had only barely raised her from her original Sequence Eight to the level of Sequence Six.
But that was more than enough to deal with the person before her.
It was just that while doing so could increase her power, it would inevitably lead to even stronger suppression from this world afterward.
At the same time, the fact that she had been pushed this far by an ant who wasn’t even a True God caused the killing intent in Su Ta’s heart to boil like never before.
She had already decided to make Hu Qi regret everything he had done.
Faced with this situation, Hu Qi’s expression remained calm.
He seemed completely unmoved.
"Sequence Eight isn’t enough? Simple. I’ll just advance, then."
As he spoke, a thought crossed his mind, and he called out his panel.
His gaze fell upon one of the entries.
[Sequence Eight: Ten Thousand Slash Disciple △ (Advancement Ritual Complete)...]
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[Modification Points: 140,287 (12%)]