Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 669: Chapter 63: Bet 1 Minute

Su Xiao stood up from the crater in the road, and as soon as he got up, two figures appeared not far away.

The streetlights flickered uncertainly, and a stray cat peeked out to watch the road, its pupils narrowing in the darkness, capturing the faint glow.

Perceiving another creature nearby, Ilmi turned his head to look at the night cat.

”Huh～”

The stray cat bared its fangs, its tail bristled, and it fled into the deep shadows between the buildings.

”Strange.”

Ilmi watched the stray cat disappearing into the distance.

”What’s wrong?”

Chrollo looked at Ilmi with curiosity.

”Nothing.”

Ilmi turned to look at Su Xiao, clearly sensing that Su Xiao was quite strong; losing focus during a fight with him could mean death.

The Counter Shield floated beside Su Xiao; under normal circumstances, it could last for 10 minutes, but under Ilmi and Chrollo’s combined attack, lasting 5 minutes would already be a miracle.

The Counter Shield required energy for maintenance, not some magical ability. Once the energy ran out, no matter how strong the defense, it would shatter.

”This thing seems hard to deal with.”

Ilmi examined the Counter Shield beside Su Xiao. He and Chrollo’s attack had left no trace on it, which surprised him somewhat.

”From its appearance, it’s a defensive ability, but no matter how strong an ability is, it surely has a weakness. Perhaps it doesn’t last long, or the energy is limited. I’ll draw his attention, you find an opening and deliver a fatal blow.”

”Alright.”

A few large needles appeared between Ilmi’s fingers. He was an Operation-type Nen Ability user; these needles were the antennas of his ability, and if inserted into an enemy, no matter how strong, they would be at his mercy.

Chrollo and Su Xiao faced each other, and Ilmi sidestepped to get behind Su Xiao; a pincer attack from both front and back was the best tactic.

Su Xiao glanced at Ilmi, who was circling behind. He knew Ilmi’s ability and that being pierced by those needles meant certain death.

”Bet on one minute.”

A blue glow flashed through Su Xiao’s eyes.

Buzz～

Dozens of Counter Shields shimmered with a blue glow, with blue meridians appearing on them. All the Counter Shields became translucent like crystal carvings, sparkling brilliantly in the night.

”Something’s wrong.”

Ilmi instinctively rushed towards Su Xiao, but he was a step too late.

The Counter Shields beside Su Xiao spread out, actually moving a meter away from him, a situation that could never happen before.

The current Counter Shields could only last 1 minute; Su Xiao had severed a certain connection with them.

Su Xiao stomped on the ground, asphalt fragments flying, and he leaped into the air, diving towards Chrollo from above.

Chrollo and Ilmi were dumbfounded; at their level, they would never leave the ground easily; only a novice would jump at an enemy shortly after starting a fight.

But Su Xiao did just that. He was in mid-air, holding a long knife, swooping down on Chrollo like a hawk preying on its target.

Chrollo and Ilmi exchanged glances, knowing this could be an opportunity or a trap.

Ilmi gauged where Su Xiao would land, disappearing into that spot, while Chrollo acted according to the circumstances.

Nen gushed out from around Ilmi, his hands forming knife-like stances, with blood vessels bulging on his hands and fingers sharp as claws; a unique Zoldyck family Taijutsu technique.

If struck by Ilmi’s hand blades, it would be no less than being cut by a sharp weapon.

High in the air, Su Xiao was descending; his leaping force almost exhausted. In his current situation, he had nowhere to push off from in mid-air, and the landing spot was between Ilmi and Chrollo. If he landed, he would be gravely injured if not killed.

Counter Shields hovered around Su Xiao, and as he drew closer to Ilmi, an explosive sound suddenly came from under his feet.

Boom!

Su Xiao suddenly accelerated a second time in mid-air, making an improbable turn.

Boom, boom, boom...

Shockwaves appeared overhead, and when Su Xiao reappeared, he was already behind Chrollo.

Chrollo’s pupils constricted, with an expression of disbelief.

A dazzling long knife slashed down, the blade cutting through the air with a terrifying wailing sound, aiming at Chrollo’s spine.

In the brief moment, Chrollo wanted to manifest the ’Thief’s Secret Book’; he once stole an instant transfer ability.

Feeling the blade approaching from behind, Chrollo ultimately didn’t manifest the ’Thief’s Secret Book,’ as it was too late.

As the long knife was about to strike, Chrollo leaned forward with all his strength.

Chrollo not only knew how to steal and use others’ Nen abilities; his close combat ability wasn’t weak either, his speed ranked among the top three in the Travel Group.

Before the long knife struck, Chrollo narrowly dodged it. Even if the knife slashed down, it wouldn’t be enough to hurt him.

Thud.

Blood splattered, and a deep wound, reaching the bone, appeared on Chrollo’s back.

Chrollo staggered forward a few steps, the Blue Steel Shadow Energy invading his body causing his forehead veins to bulge; enduring the 130 points of true damage + 9% mana value depletion in true damage wasn’t easy.

Although Chrollo didn’t have a mana value, his Nen energy within was similar in meaning to mana value, and he too would suffer from the 9% depleted Nen amount in true damage.

Moreover, Chrollo’s Nen ability was annihilated to some extent, roughly about one-twentieth.

Chrollo turned to look at Su Xiao and immediately understood why, even after evading the slashing range, he was still injured.

At this moment, a small light blue energy blade appeared at the tip of the Dragon Slash. The Dragon Slash was now one-fifth longer than usual. This small piece of energy blade was a fusion of Blade Aura and Blue Steel Shadow Energy.

The energy blade dispersed as Su Xiao stood in mid-air, about a meter above the ground, overlooking the two of them.

That’s right, he was standing in mid-air, on a dozen or so connected Counter Shields.

In normal circumstances, Su Xiao shared the same gravity with the Counter Shield. If the enemy hit the Counter Shield heavily, he would also be knocked away. Precisely because of this, he couldn’t step on the Counter Shield to remain suspended, and it was as ridiculous as stepping on one’s right foot with the left foot.

But what if the Counter Shield was independent? Large energy shields wouldn’t work, but small patches of Counter Shields could.

Su Xiao severed the energy supply to the Counter Shield, transforming him and the Counter Shield from one entity into two, thus not sharing the same gravity, enabling stepping on the Counter Shield for a double jump, or even an N-fold jump.

This mode wasn’t without limitations; the Counter Shield required mana to uphold, and it could rise at most four meters from the ground. Any higher, the mana consumption would be exceedingly immense.

Moreover, because the energy supply was cut, Counter Shield, which could last ten minutes, only lasted one minute. Hence, Su Xiao previously said he was ”betting on a minute,” referring to the current situation.

This was a derivative usage he developed using the Counter Shield, so there was no specific name for this move.

Su Xiao had a total of 1683 mana points, and each use of the Counter Shield consumed 400 mana points, meaning he could use the Counter Shield four times.

However, Su Xiao needed to reserve some mana to activate the Blue Steel Shadow, so he could use the Counter Shield three times at most. Currently, he had used it once, leaving the remaining time for this Counter Shield to be 51 seconds.