The roar of the Fallen Avenger sent shivers down Chen Xiaolian's spine, but he quickly clenched his teeth and swiftly moved backward!
The flames in the pond surged, and the air's heat instantly became scorching. Chen Xiaolian's fever even curled up within the high temperature, and his exposed skin felt the burning pain.
However, at this moment, he couldn't care about these sensations. Step by step, he retreated, his eyes firmly fixed on the Fallen Avenger.
This guy raised his sword and continued to advance. A lot of holy water had been splashed on the ground, and it seemed that with each step, it experienced great agony. Where his feet touched the ground, dark energy swirled, emitting a sizzling sound.
Meanwhile, Chen Xiaolian raised his gun.
Bang! Bang, bang, bang...
He retreated while pulling the trigger without hesitation, emptying an entire magazine in one go!
Spirit bullets struck the Fallen Avenger, and silver-white spots appeared on its black armor. Black energy spiraled out from these spots, making the Fallen Avenger's body tremble. But the black energy also seemed to rapidly repair those silver-white spots...
Chen Xiaolian didn't pause for a moment. He immediately discarded the empty magazine and loaded a full one.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Empty, then reload!
Bang, bang, bang...
The gunshots continued as Chen Xiaolian retreated a total of seven to eight steps but had already emptied four magazines in one go!
The Fallen Avenger's thunderous roar shook the heavens. It continued to move forward against all odds, but the bullets hitting it, although causing no physical harm, left numerous holes on its body due to the special properties of the spirit bullets.
Two bullets directly pierced through its left knee's armor! The armor was shattered, leaving two holes with silver-white spots, as if in a standoff with the swirling black energy.
Finally, the Fallen Avenger's body collapsed with a loud crash. It knelt on one knee on the ground, and its knee, pierced by bullets, pressed against the stone slab, instantly crushing several pieces of the stone.
Seeing this situation, Chen Xiaolian rushed forward!
He holstered his gun, gripping the Stone Sword with both hands. After two quick steps, Chen Xiaolian leaped into the air!
The Fallen Avenger was kneeling right in front of him, but with this leap, Chen Xiaolian had already soared high above the towering figure of the Fallen Avenger. The Fallen Avenger seemed to instinctively raise its head, its ghostly eyes fixed on Chen Xiaolian.
Chen Xiaolian held the sword in mid-air, both arms exerting force simultaneously, and he shouted, "Die!"
The Stone Sword descended with a mighty chop!
Upon the sword's edge, a faint golden light shimmered!
The Fallen Avenger finally raised its black giant sword above its head...
The moment the two swords clashed, it seemed as if a buzzing sound erupted in the air.
Under the collision of the golden light and the black flames, a shockwave burst forth! Suddenly, the Fallen Avenger's roar shifted from anger to a sharp and piercing cry!
The golden light appeared to be a kind of power similar to the one Chen Xiaolian had used within the Blood Verdict. Although his comprehension of this true power was far from reaching the realm of the Skyblade, it still made the Fallen Avenger's body tremble!
On its body, several joints of its armor emitted a mournful creaking sound—its knees, elbows, and a few places had tiny, almost imperceptible cracks in the black armor!
Meanwhile, the holy water sprayed onto the Stone Sword's blade began to take effect.
Chen Xiaolian leaped up, his sword slicing through the air directly above the Fallen Avenger's head!
As the Stone Sword clashed with the black giant sword, and with Chen Xiaolian's body moving forward, the sword edges of both blades rubbed against each other, producing a hissing sound!
On the black giant sword, the originally swirling black flames suddenly dimmed under the influence of the holy water traces on the Stone Sword, as if the flames had suddenly lost several degrees of brightness.
The retreat of the black flames revealed the true edge of the black giant sword. From the middle of the blade to the tip, everywhere the Stone Sword had rubbed against, a series of spiderweb-like cracks were left!
When Chen Xiaolian landed on the ground, he was already standing behind the Fallen Avenger. He turned around and thrust the sword forward!
This thrust went straight into the Fallen Avenger's back!
The Fallen Avenger let out a painful roar as the sword pierced through its front chest!
Chen Xiaolian let out a long howl, and more and more golden light radiated from the sword's edge. The Fallen Avenger's body trembled as if it had been electrified. Finally, it lunged forward, breaking free from the impalement of the Stone Sword. The Fallen Avenger tumbled into the pond with a loud splash!
The water splashed around, but the oil on the surface of the water continued to burn fiercely!
The Fallen Avenger, now immersed in water and fire, seemed to have little fear of the flames. However, when it fell into the water, its struggling body suddenly shook violently!
Chen Xiaolian stood on the shore, panting, and laughed heartily. He shouted, "I've sprinkled holy water in the water too, but it's high-level holy water exchanged from the system! How does it taste, Lancelot?"
The Fallen Avenger appeared to have gone completely mad. Immersed in the holy water-laden pond, it seemed to be in severe pain. Its body contorted and struggled, even the black giant sword it held had slipped from its grasp and sunk into the water.
The black giant sword, which had already developed cracks, shattered instantly once it fell into the holy water-filled pond with a resounding bang!
The Fallen Avenger raised its head and roared, seemingly trying to climb onto the stone slab at the shore.
Meanwhile, Chen Xiaolian had taken out his spirit pistol once again and loaded the last magazine.
Bang!
Bang, bang!!
Every time the Fallen Avenger's hand reached the stone slab, Chen Xiaolian didn't hesitate to pull the trigger, aiming not at the Fallen Avenger's body or head but at its hands!
Shot after shot, his accuracy was impeccable!
With each shot, the Fallen Avenger's attempts to climb out of the water were thwarted.
The Fallen Avenger, struggling in the water, crawled forward for more than ten meters along the stone slab. Many of the oil residues floating on the water's surface adhered to its armor as it moved. As it struggled more, more oil stuck to its surface.
The adhesion of these oil residues also brought flames to its body, and of course... holy water!
Gradually, the black flames on the Fallen Avenger's body had nearly dissipated, replaced by a white flame!
Purifying Holy Fire!
Under the purifying Holy Fire, the dark armor on its surface peeled away piece by piece, dissolved, and what was exposed was a spirit that resembled black flames, burning within the Holy Fire!
Finally, after struggling in the water for nearly three minutes, when Chen Xiaolian's bullets had run out again, the Fallen Avenger finally crawled out of the water. However, the Holy Fire on its body had formed, and it rolled on the ground, struggling, but the Holy Fire never extinguished!
Chen Xiaolian, almost coldly, emptied all of his spirit bullets before holstering his gun. He stood a few meters away, coldly watching the Fallen Avenger rolling and struggling on the ground.
Recalling how he had been chased by this guy in the previous Punishment Instance, Chen Xiaolian sneered inwardly.
Skyblade, thank you for your power!
...
The thunderous sound of hooves echoed from outside the square!
The white unicorns galloped through the streets, directly jumping over the roadside barricades and into the square, charging toward the pond, which had turned into a sea of flames!
Leading the charge, sitting on the back of a mighty unicorn, was Meine, clad in knightly armor!
She had raised her knight's longsword, pointing toward the sea of flames, and shouted loudly, "The fiend is right there!!"
Chen Xiaolian swiftly turned around, looking at the figures approaching from the sea of flames. His face changed abruptly, and without hesitation, he took a few quick steps, raised the Stone Sword, and with a golden light on its blade, he thrust it along the lower edge of the Fallen Avenger's helmet!
The blade directly sliced through, and Chen Xiaolian severed the head of the Fallen Avenger!
[System Prompt: You have killed 2/5 Fallen Avengers, terminating this hunt.
You have obtained 2/5 times of Fallen Avenger possession battle time, with a duration of 30 seconds.
Prompt: Because you used a restraining attribute power, you activated the Fallen Avenger's hidden attribute. In the next hunting session, the Fallen Avenger will activate the power of light.]
Receiving this prompt, Chen Xiaolian was fine with the earlier parts, like 2/5 times of Fallen Avenger possession battle time, as he had experienced those in the Punishment Instance.
But when he read the last part...
Activate its power of light?
Chen Xiaolian almost burst out with curses!
This time, he had expended so much brainpower, prepared so much high-level holy water in advance, and these high-level holy waters were quite expensive! Priced at 300 points per bottle! In addition, he had carefully selected this terrain, set up traps, and relied on his understanding of the essence of the Skyblade's power, just to seemingly easily kill the Fallen Avenger!
Activate the power of light?
In other words, the next time high-level holy water might not work?!
But as he heard the thunderous sound of approaching horse hooves getting closer and closer, Chen Xiaolian didn't have time to think much. He turned around and ran!
He had already seen a white horse with a horn on its head leaping high into the sea of flames! The medieval-dressed knight in that group immediately made Chen Xiaolian not hesitate for a moment; he turned around and ran immediately!
His body leaped high, disappearing into the sea of flames with a few ups and downs, emerging from the other side of the pond. Meanwhile, what remained in place was the Fallen Avenger, now decapitated.
Under the Holy Fire, the black spirit had been burned away, and the tattered armor slowly corroded in the Holy Fire, then scattered and shattered into ashes...
The unicorn snorted fiercely, and Meine, sitting on its back, looked at the Fallen Avenger on the ground, which had gradually turned to ashes. She lifted the visor on her face. "We arrived too late!"
"Somebody escaped over there!" Gatuso shouted loudly, pointing in the direction where Chen Xiaolian had fled.
"Chase after him!"
...
Chen Xiaolian quickly fled from the sea of flames, then leaped over the fence at the edge of the square and jumped into the middle of the road. He didn't even choose to use the car; instead, he sprinted across the road and found a path, rushing with all his might!
Just as he had finished off Lancelot, a group of strange people arrived.
Of course, Chen Xiaolian had no naive intention of stopping to talk to the newcomers.
This was an instance! A dangerous world!
Awakened individuals appearing in this place, Chen Xiaolian couldn't afford to bet on the chance that they had come for peace and friendship.
In the midst of battle, with many unidentified people approaching, it was best to leave immediately!
The other side had a large number of people, and Chen Xiaolian could feel their formidable presence.
He was alone and had just battled the Fallen Avenger. Staying now, in case the others had ill intentions, would be inviting trouble.
His judgment was to disengage from the battlefield first.
As he ran down a narrow alley, he heard the thunderous sound of approaching horse hooves behind him, and a cold smile crossed Chen Xiaolian's face.
It seemed they were up to no good!