Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 835: Chapter 66: Cooperation

A piercing howl swept past Su Xiao, as streams of black shadows darted by. These were Phantom Bees in full flight, leaving fleeting shadows in their wake.

Su Xiao left traces of blood on the ground as he moved, with Phantom Bees intent on taking his life.

He dodged a Phantom Bee aiming for the back of his neck, fully aware that this couldn’t go on. Each time a Phantom Bee injured him, it added a layer of toxin, which had already accumulated into many layers, growing stronger with each addition.

[You are being corroded by an unknown toxin, your abnormal state stacks, total stacks 11 layers, nerve reflex speed -20%, body defense -30, stamina -5, suffering 3 points of true toxin damage per second, abnormal state lasts for 6 minutes.]

The toxin from the Phantom Bees transforms after accumulating three layers, and as the layers increase, the abnormal state lasts longer. It’s 6 minutes now, and the next time a Phantom Bee hits, the toxin duration will double.

When Su Xiao was injured the tenth time, the abnormal state lasted 3 minutes, and at the eleventh time, it extended to 6 minutes. If he’s hit again, it may last 12 minutes. With 3 points of true toxin damage per second, it’s not to be underestimated. If injured too many times, even if Su Xiao can kill Duke Lan, the true toxin damage could erode him to death.

Whoosh~

A Phantom Bee grazed Su Xiao’s arm, spraying blood as expected. The abnormal state duration had now extended to 12 minutes, meaning Su Xiao would suffer 180 points of true toxin damage per minute, totaling up to 2160 points over those 12 minutes.

Bubu Wang’s Ice and Snow Goddess’ Aura restores 1 life value per second, combined with enduring it using the No.1 Elixir, Su Xiao can withstand 12 minutes of true toxin damage. If it’s 24 minutes, he has a slim chance for survival, but at 48 minutes, he’s surely dead.

In such life-and-death situations, Su Xiao remains exceptionally calm. He glanced at Duke Lan a hundred meters away; this guy had no intention of retreating, as the situation hadn’t reached an irreparable point.

Su Xiao’s greatest fear now was that when the toxin reached lethal levels, Duke Lan would choose to retreat.

Su Xiao needn’t worry; if Duke Lan fails to kill him, Duke Lan too would meet a dead end. At this stage, neither would flee, even if it means biting each other to death.

With a rumbling boom, Xius descended from above, crashing into the ground to create a pit. The Phantom Bees within Xius trembled slightly, insufficient in energy to lift Xius higher.

Su Xiao made a sweeping motion with his arm, and Bubu Wang’s eyes brightened from the distant grass. He understood Su Xiao’s intent without the need for verbal or eye communication. Bubu Wang immediately controlled Xius to charge towards Duke Lan.

Su Xiao exerted all efforts to avoid the nine Phantom Bees around him; the rest had been sliced apart by him.

If anyone else were pierced so many times by Phantom Bees or eroded by true toxin damage, they would surely fall, even a Main Tank. However, Su Xiao’s life value surpasses that of a Main Tank, thus proving he won’t fall.

Bubu Wang controlled Xius, charging toward Duke Lan, who was bleeding from seven orifices and spat out a bloody saliva. He pulled out two energy blade short knives embedded in his calf.

”Don’t think I can only control Phantom Bees.”

Duke Lan’s eyes revealed a fierce look. Against Su Xiao, a Close Combat Expert, he was indeed no match in close combat. However, with Bubu Wang controlling the not-so-strong Xius, who was merely strong and fast, Duke Lan had no fear.

As Su Xiao dodged Phantom Bee attacks, Xius was already quickly advancing towards Duke Lan. Duke Lan crouched low, shifting his center of gravity down. His agility attribute wasn’t low, able to temporarily serve as an assassin.

The distance between Xius and Duke Lan rapidly closed, soon only five meters apart. Just as Duke Lan prepared to confront Xius, to his surprise, Xius actually sidestepped, charging past Duke Lan cautiously, walking slowly around him, seemingly wary of engaging Duke Lan in close combat.

Duke Lan was somewhat surprised, not expecting the big guy to be so timid. His mind was foggy due to controlling too many Phantom Bees, but as he quickly pondered, he suddenly realized something.

”It’s over.”

Xius laughed bitterly, having paused earlier due to intense head pain. With his mind clear, he guessed the enemy’s plan.

Xius immediately stopped controlling the Phantom Bees, attempting to use a certain ability. Unfortunately, he had expended too much mana controlling the Phantom Bees, rendering that ability unusable.

Sizzle~

A green metal wire coiled around Duke Lan’s waist, deeply embedding into his flesh. This wire had originally been pinned to Xius’ back, as Xius had walked slowly around Duke Lan earlier. It seemed cautious before the close combat, but in truth, it was to provide the Boundary Line an opportunity to coil around Duke Lan.

A few seconds ago, Su Xiao’s hand motion was to pin the Boundary Line to Xius’ back, which Bubu Wang quickly understood, thus controlling Xius to charge at Duke Lan.

As the Boundary Line coiled, Duke Lan realized he was finished.

Bubu Wang controlled Xius, charging toward Duke Lan. Duke Lan was left with no choice but to use his double blades to defend.

Xius raised his arm, smashing the muscle-curved knife toward Duke Lan as his body subtly tilted.

Duke Lan positioned his two energy blade short knives above his head, internally planning that upon blocking the muscle-curved knife with the energy blades, he would leverage it to sidestep and dodge.

The muscle-curved knife slammed down with a lamenting sound of wind tearing, aligning perfectly with Duke Lan’s anticipation as it met his energy blades. Just as he was about to leverage the sidestep, a piercing pain surged from his waist, accompanied by an irresistible pull. It was Su Xiao pulling the Boundary Line.

Duke Lan’s original power attribute was 33 points; after a permanent reduction of 15 points, he now had only 18 points, while Su Xiao’s power attribute was 72 points (base 69+3 points from equipment bonus).

With such disparity in power, the Boundary Line yanked Duke Lan directly to the ground.

Boom!

The muscle-curved knife violently smashed into Duke Lan’s side ribs, causing a V-shaped fracture and deeply piercing his organs.

”Wah~”

Duke Lan spat out blood with remnants of internal organs mixed in. Despite being severely injured, he raised his arm, pressing it against Xius’ leg.

Within Duke Lan’s palm was a blue beetle, rapidly charging.

Boom!

A surge of force spread from Duke Lan’s palm, shattering one of Xius’ leg bones simultaneously with one of Duke Lan’s arms.

At the same moment, the Phantom Bees hovering around Su Xiao began to descend.

Shave.

Su Xiao’s figure vanished, quickly dashing towards Duke Lan.

Duke Lan was tangled with Xius, who, upon being controlled by Bubu Wang and an instinctive leg was blown off, bit towards Duke Lan.

In Duke Lan’s single arm was another beetle, which he stuffed into Xius’ mouth.

Boom!

Xius’s head shattered, and Duke Lan was propelled backward several times. Though his arms were severed, he still refused to give up, rolling up like a lazy donkey to quickly stand.

Su Xiao appeared before Duke Lan, holding Dragon Slash.

”You bastard...”

Duke Lan, bleeding from seven orifices, laughed. It had been a long time since he encountered an opponent like Su Xiao.

Using the momentum from Shave, Su Xiao kicked straight, snapping Duke Lan’s tibia with a crunch. Throughout the ordeal, Duke Lan hadn’t utilized ’Command·Replacement’ for short-range teleportation, not because he didn’t want to, but because controlling 26 Phantom Bees left him no energy to use other abilities.

Duke Lan made the right choice. If he’d used tens of thousands of Mechanical Insects to explode Su Xiao, not to mention killing Su Xiao, it would’ve been impressive to severely injure him. Mechanical Insects are far slower compared to Phantom Bees; Su Xiao could easily let Xius stall Duke Lan, and after gaining distance, snipe Duke Lan using the Spider Queen.

But after synthesizing 25 Phantom Bees from Mechanical Insects, those 20 Phantom Bees nearly killed Su Xiao.

Having kicked Duke Lan’s leg, Su Xiao raised the long knife that was drenched in blood, his own blood.

Slurp.

The long knife cleaved through, Duke Lan’s head soaring—clean and decisive.

With a thud, Duke Lan’s head hit the ground as the headless corpse fell, while Phantom Bees on the ground a hundred meters away began to shatter.

The battle between Su Xiao and Duke Lan lacked the big moves—aerial skill clashes weren’t involved. Both parties continually sought vulnerabilities in the enemy; once a flaw presented itself, it pushed the opponent to death without leaving any room for survival.

As Duke Lan collapsed, another thud reverberated behind Su Xiao—it was Xius, already with a shattered head.

With Duke Lan’s demise, Su Xiao received numerous notifications.

[Notification: The Hunter successfully killed the enemy Exterminator.]

[Checking...]

[Check complete, enemy Exterminator thoroughly dead, identification dissipating.]

[Notification: Hunter receives substantial reward for this action.]

[You gain 100 merit points, acquire Soul Crystal (Large) x3, secure Golden Quality Equipment Chest x1, query authority tier position +1.]