Chapter 290: Chapter 22: The Elusive Enemy
Two hours later, a massive bio-ball composed of Kara Aliens sank to the seabed. This sphere had been compressed, with over 99.99% of the Kara Aliens inside already dead.
The bio-ball was several dozen meters away from the sperm whale on the seabed, where the two giant entities remained still.
Spatial fluctuations appeared and disappeared in an instant.
Inside the sperm whale, Dika, covered in silver scale armor, appeared in the whale’s esophagus, not far from where Su Xiao stood.
Su Xiao didn’t look too good. The ruthless extent of the Kara Aliens exceeded expectations, resorting to the power of the entire race to reach the seabed. Now Kara Aliens were on the verge of extinction, what was the point of destroying the coordinates?
Su Xiao stared at the Kara Alien similar in appearance to Tuka before him. He was contacting Reincarnation Paradise, attempting to temporarily strip himself of the Ruler’s identity, but the answer he received was negative.
Within the rules, Reincarnation Paradise could accomplish anything, but temporarily stripping a Ruler’s identity was outside the rules.
"This result... is somewhat beyond my expectations."
Su Xiao looked at the Kara Alien in front of him, suddenly realizing that the other might not understand human language.
"It’s only a matter of time before we lose. The bio-core’s energy is exhausted; the spaceship can’t return to space. Before losing, I want to kill you, this human."
This Kara Alien spoke human language, which wasn’t surprising considering the other had been on Earth for twenty years.
"Hmm? So you’ve learned human language."
Su Xiao was taken aback, carefully observing this Kara Alien.
"Earlier you said you wanted to kill me, let me think..."
Su Xiao pretended to ponder, vaguely guessing something, a smile appearing on his face.
"Previously I killed a Kara Alien named Tuka, who looks very similar to you. If I’m not mistaken, it was your descendant, your son?"
Su Xiao’s words made Dika’s eyes turn even colder.
"Tuka... my excellent descendant, destined to inherit my responsibilities. He shouldn’t have died. You should have."
Dika’s voice was deep, the sharp teeth in his mouth grinding audibly.
"So that’s it. Your descendant Tuka was strong. Even after I chopped off its limbs, it survived for a long time. Want to know how it died in the end?"
Su Xiao wore a gentle smile, deliberately provoking this Kara Alien to attack. Regarding the battle with Tuka, he hadn’t tormented it; they had decisively fought to the death.
Dika was already furious, his vertical pupils narrowing into black lines.
"Just as I was about to finish off Tuka, a group of mutated mice appeared. Tuka was gnawed into bones by a group of weak mutated mice. Calculating the time, its body tissues might have already returned to the earth in a ’special’ way."
As soon as Su Xiao’s voice fell, the Kara Alien in front of him suddenly vanished, and a sound of wind breaking came from behind his head.
Su Xiao stood still, unmoving, the shield of [Mikasa’s Mind] activated. Now his physical attributes were up to 20 points, significantly enhancing the shield’s durability.
Bang.
Dika struck the shield with a heavy punch, sending Su Xiao’s body flying forward, the shield shattering with a crack.
The power of this punch was terrifying. If Su Xiao was hit directly, he would be severely injured.
After rolling twice on the ground, he stabilized his stance, crouched on one knee, his shoulders trembling.
"Heh～, lucky."
Su Xiao was genuinely pleased this time, as he had thought the mission might fail, but the opponent attacked him instead.
However, Su Xiao vaguely sensed something. This Kara Alien might not be attacking him solely out of anger, as if targeting him specifically rather than the coordinates.
Compared to directly attacking him, destroying the world coordinates would be simpler. If the world coordinates were destroyed, Su Xiao wouldn’t survive long either.
Unfortunately, Dika was unaware of this; its sole purpose was revenge.
With the goal of provoking the enemy accomplished, Su Xiao stopped talking, holding the Dragon Slash as he slowly approached Dika.
Prompts appeared one after another, as the Kara Alien had attacked Su Xiao, the Ruler. He naturally had the right to counterattack.
"Judgment!"
Su Xiao shouted in a low voice, and a barrier several dozen meters in size appeared. Unless Su Xiao was killed, Dika couldn’t leave this barrier.
The situation made a stunning reversal, with Su Xiao moving from the passive side to the active side.
There were 43 minutes left until the coordinates were successfully established. Even if he couldn’t defeat the opponent now, he just needed to hold on for another 43 minutes.
Dika clenched his fists, the surface of his fists covered in silver scale armor distorting space. This distorted space could shatter a foe’s defenses, rendering all defenses meaningless under these silver fists.
Su Xiao took a deep breath, fully activating his Heart’s Eye ability to perceive the situation around him. The enemy possessed spatial abilities; it was his first time encountering such abilities.
Whoosh～.
Dika disappeared from the spot. Su Xiao lowered his body, holding the knife, his gaze swiftly scanning the surroundings, fully perceiving.
A wind pressure came from behind his head, blowing Su Xiao’s black short hair. He immediately tilted his head to dodge.
The iron fist wrapped in silver scale armor scraped past his cheek, leaving two bloody marks from the twisted space on his face.
Su Xiao immediately made a judgment. First, he had to dodge, then backstab the enemy.
Bam.
A stabbing pain came from his back. Dika punched Su Xiao in the back, the punch piercing through his chest.
The fist entered from behind and emerged from the front of his chest.
"Pff."
Su Xiao spat a large mouthful of blood, his breathing becoming labored as his right lung was shattered.
Suffering such fatal injuries, Su Xiao’s vision turned black, but he forced himself to stay conscious, knowing he couldn’t lose consciousness now, or he would surely die.
Reversing his grip on the Dragon Slash, Su Xiao stabbed himself in the abdomen. The long knife pierced through his abdomen and into the enemy behind him.
The enemy was behind him, and approaching from another angle would have been noticed. Only this way could he harm the enemy.
If the enemy was ruthless, he had to be even more ruthless.
"Hmph."
The enemy behind him groaned miserably, the fist that had pierced through disappearing from inside his chest cavity, and blood gushing from the hole in his chest.
Looking at the wound on his chest, Su Xiao, for some reason, thought of Ace from the Pirate World, who was punched through the chest by Sakazuki. The injury was very similar.
The ability ’Bathing in Blood and Fighting’ of the Dragon Slash was triggered, temporarily increasing Su Xiao’s physical attribute by 12 points for five minutes.
After spitting several mouthfuls of blood, Su Xiao pulled the Dragon Slash out of his abdomen and took out a potion to drink.
The [Victory Potion] could instantly restore 70% of Life Value and remove poisoning and curse effects.
With some injuries recovered, Su Xiao immediately released Bubute Ni. Bubute Ni was initially dumbfounded but, upon seeing the heavily injured Su Xiao and the bloodstained enemy, Bubute Ni immediately intended to rush toward the enemy.
"Retreat to the side."
Su Xiao summoned Bubute Ni not to fight but to utilize the Ice and Snow Goddess’s aura effect, recovering 1 Life Value per second.
The enemy’s speed was too fast. No, calling it fast was incorrect; the enemy could teleport. Such speed couldn’t simply be described as fast. In an instant, the enemy would appear behind him, giving Su Xiao only the very brief moment of the opponent’s punch to react.
The Boundary Line was deployed by Su Xiao. He used himself as bait, looking for a way to capture the enemy.
Dika slowly retreated, with penetrating wounds in his chest and abdomen, blood continuously pouring out, seemingly waiting for something.
Although Su Xiao wanted to charge at the enemy, he was physically too weak, severely injured.
Whoosh～.
The enemy disappeared again. Su Xiao immediately leapt forward, dodging the fist wind that brushed past.
Zzz...
The Boundary Line tightened as Su Xiao pulled it firmly in midair.
Splat, blood splattered in the air, and Dika’s silhouette disappeared again, having once more teleported.
Dika stood at a distance, with a few wounds where his skin and flesh turned up, panting heavily.
One, two, three... Su Xiao silently counted in his heart.
When he got to seven, the enemy disappeared again. Su Xiao turned around and swung his knife, tightening the Boundary Line immediately.
Su Xiao’s slash missed, and the Boundary Line didn’t snare the enemy either.
A fist wind attacked from the side; Dika was beside him.