Volume 2, Chapter 85 – Time to Make a Scene

Meanwhile, at the battlefield more than twenty kilometers outside the perimeter of Wishaven.

To keep Xi Xuan occupied and prevent him from returning to support the Lingyuan family, Moande had gone to great lengths, not only using ancient weapons against Xi Xuan, but also deploying all his mechanical forces and loyal subordinates cultivated over many years to deal with Xi Xuan.

Although Moande’s main plan, which was to obtain the Primordium, had failed, The goal of keeping Xi Xuan occupied was accomplished better than Moande had imagined.

At this moment, after a series of terrifying energy conflicts, Distorted heat waves rose from the dried-up lakebed. The lake bottom, originally a hundred meters deep, now exposed cracked silt, like a giant mouth stripped of its skin.

The forest within a ten-mile radius had already carbonized into pitch-black dead wood, with the charred internal organs of Moande’s subordinates hanging from the blackened branches.

Where Xi Xuan’s fist wind had swept through, More than twenty heavy automated mechs were completely scrapped… their titanium alloy skeletons, which could normally withstand high-level Corrupted Beast attacks, had been torn to pieces and scattered everywhere, with many mech core components still spitting electrical sparks.

By now, all the troops Moande had sent to support Su had been annihilated.

And Su, the highest-grade weapon from the Shenluo Empire era, wasn’t in much better shape.

The white-haired Valkyrie was kneeling on one knee in the molten gravel, with energy tubes hanging from her broken left shoulder like luminous jellyfish tentacles, and bluish energy fluid continuously flowing through the cracks in her silver armor.

Apart from her broken arm, dozens of cracks of various sizes all over her body gave her the appearance of someone at their limit, about to collapse.

Yet even so, Su kept her eyes fixated on Xi Xuan in the distance.

“Mission… must… complete…”

The woman muttered in an emotionless, mechanical voice.

On the other side, as her opponent, Xi Xuan still floated steadily in mid-air, but his internal condition wasn’t as good as his appearance suggested.

Silently raising his hand to press against his abdomen, Xi Xuan’s calm face involuntarily revealed a trace of pain.

“Damn… that bastard…”

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Xi Xuan couldn’t help but curse in his heart.

The damage to his body caused by the Abyssal Lord’s attack years ago had never fully healed. It would flare up from time to time. A flare-up at normal times would be manageable. But why now of all times?

While cursing, the intense pain nearly put Xi Xuan in a dazed state. But regardless, Xi Xuan was one of the First Celestial Augur Knights, and with his strong willpower, he suppressed the pain and barely maintained his focus.

Not good, Must resolve this quickly… otherwise…

Hmm?!

However, just as Xi Xuan was continuously trying to suppress the old wound caused by the Malevolence’s curse, Su unleashed powerful energy once more from the distance.

As the so-called ancient weapon of the Shenluo Empire, Su possessed not only a powerful energy core, but also the ability to absorb nearby energy and convert it into her own. All those mechanical troops that Xi Xuan had smashed now became energy sources for Su.

After absorbing this energy, Su, who had almost depleted her power, erupted again.

Her purple crystal mechanical eyes suddenly burst with intense light, and her remaining mechanical arm thrust the laser blade into the ground, forcefully supporting her damaged body.

With the activation of the propulsion system on her back, The Valkyrie transformed into a purple comet hurtling toward Xi Xuan. The trajectory of her falling laser blade ionized the air into snake-like electric arcs. The overwhelming aura even distorted space… as she swung the laser blade toward Xi Xuan’s head.

Seeing this, Xi Xuan gritted his teeth and once again mobilized his spiritual energy to counter.

However, at this moment, without any warning, A strange force suddenly wrapped around Xi Xuan’s body.

“Hmm?! What is this?!”

When Xi Xuan realized what was happening, his right fist, which should have countered the Valkyrie’s attack, inexplicably struck his own chest.

“Cough, cough, cough!”

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Instantly, blood spurted from Xi Xuan’s mouth.

This First Celestial Augur Knight trembled all over, nearly falling from the sky. At the same time, his sharp gaze involuntarily turned toward the scorched ruins in the distance.

Who?! Who’s playing dirty tricks over there!

At this moment, anger from being ambushed instantly swept through Xi Xuan’s mind. But Xi Xuan had no time to care about the unknown attacker, as Su’s attack was already upon him.

“Damn it!”

Gritting his teeth, Xi Xuan immediately concentrated his spiritual energy in his left fist and angrily met the attack.

“BOOM!!!!”

With an earth-shattering roar, A world-destroying energy light instantly enveloped heaven and earth.

The moment the silver and purple spiritual energies collided, Terrifying vibrations swept across the land, causing countless mech wreckage around to float upward. Then the entire battlefield crumpled like tinfoil being crushed by an invisible giant hand, with dead trees and metal simultaneously vaporizing into colorful plasma clouds.

The shock wave swept up three hundred tons of silt from the lakebed, carrying crystallized gravel to form a colorful storm ring two kilometers in diameter.

Those Covenant troops on the outermost perimeter who had come to investigate the commotion didn’t even have time to cover their ears before their eardrums were shattered into a bloody mist by the infrasonic wave. Their reconnaissance aircraft were directly torn apart by the energy blast.

When the mushroom cloud dispersed, The entire landscape Had been transformed into a living hell.

“Huff, huff, huff…”

Half-kneeling on this scorched ground, Xi Xuan, his clothes in tatters, was breathing heavily. Blood continuously flowed from the corners of his mouth and eyes, and his left arm was almost completely charred.

Obviously, due to the sneak attack from that despicable person, Xi Xuan was clearly at a disadvantage in this energy clash.

However, Su’s attack actually caused limited damage to Xi Xuan.

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The First Celestial Augur Knight’s weakened state was primarily due to the relapse of his old wound. After being ambushed and extensively consuming spiritual energy, Xi Xuan no longer had enough power to suppress the curse in his abdomen.

Consequently, under the Abyssal Lord’s curse, Xi Xuan’s body suffered an unprecedented backlash.

With the battle not yet over, suffering such a backlash was clearly not good news.

Because, Just as Xi Xuan was kneeling on the ground suppressing his injuries, Su, who had been knocked away earlier, smashed through rocks and emerged from the earth. The moment she took in Xi Xuan’s condition, the propulsion device behind the mech girl activated again, suddenly rushing toward Xi Xuan with devastating momentum.

Target, Weakened, Chance… …ninety percent.

Eyes narrowing, Su, who had reached Xi Xuan, swung her laser blade once more.

Seeing the laser blade drawing ever closer, Xi Xuan couldn’t help but curse angrily:

“Damn…”

Although Xi Xuan was still desperately mobilizing power to defend, he might not have had enough strength to block this strike. The protective spiritual energy he managed to summon was extremely thin.

However, Just as Xi Xuan felt he was about to be severely injured, a cyan silhouette unexpectedly entered his field of vision and delivered a kick that directly hit Su’s face.

“BOOM!”

With a loud crash, the mech girl who had been charging with immense force was directly kicked away by this uninvited guest, landing pathetically in the scorched earth in the distance.

“An elf??”

Looking at the breathtakingly beautiful elven maiden who suddenly appeared beside him, Xi Xuan blinked in astonishment.

No, Not just any elf…

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An Ancient Fae?!

These, these kinds of elves weren’t, weren’t they extinct?

Why, why would she help me?

“Hey, hurry up and heal yourself, will you? What are you spacing out for?”

Just as Xi Xuan was in shock, the elven maiden’s disdainful words drifted into his ears, causing the old man to be stunned.

“Eh?”

“‘Eh’ what…?”

As she spoke, the elven maiden turned around, hands in her pockets, standing in front of Xi Xuan.

“I’ll handle that garbage thing. You, focus on healing.”

“Uh, oh…”

Xi Xuan nodded dumbly.

Although the elven maiden’s face was completely unfamiliar to Xi Xuan, her arrogant words and posture made this First Celestial Augur Knight’s heart tremble.

This scene, Was so familiar…

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hen his big brother had saved him from a group of Corrupted Beasts years ago