Volume 9, Chapter 28 – Blood Knight? Who Are You Really?

In truth, the most awkward scene had appeared.

Although Samael had already considered that such a situation might happen earlier, when it actually occurred, she could not come up with any effective solution for the moment.

She had already found Xingyu Muxi, whom she was looking for. But the problem was that the simplest positions between the two now seemed somewhat wrong. Not just wrong. The two of them were already fighting with real weapons!

Facing an attack powerful enough to severely injure her, Samael very wisely chose to dodge.

Although her strength was indeed inferior to Xingyu Muxi, who had already become Throne-tier, the battle-hardened Samael was not completely unable to fight back.

For Samael, the purpose of this trip was to find Xingyu Muxi, not to fight her to the death.

“Wait—”

While dodging Xingyu Muxi’s attacks, Samael hurriedly spoke up.

“I’m really not here to cause trouble!”

“Not here to cause trouble? Who would believe that?”

Faced with a completely unfamiliar “enemy”, Xingyu Muxi naturally would not foolishly choose to believe her like that elf girl earlier.

An existence with threatening strength was inherently an unstable factor to Nature. Moreover, the enemy in front of her also possessed abilities similar to those of a Blood Knight.

In a sense, such an existence could very likely have an influence on Tianyin. This was the conclusion Xingyu Muxi reached the moment she saw Samael.

Thus…

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While coldly speaking words filled with hostility toward Samael, Xingyu Muxi continuously drew her bow and loosed arrows, launching wave after wave of extremely dangerous attacks at Samael.

By the way, the elves captured by Samael had already been rescued the moment Xingyu Muxi appeared. Therefore, Xingyu Muxi’s attacks that directly destroyed the terrain did not injure any elves other than Samael. After all, only Xingyu Muxi and Samael remained on the battlefield.

“Ah, you really are something…”

Samael truly had grievances she could not voice.

After all, the Xingyu Muxi in front of her was the one who had “taken Tianyin away”. Although Tianyin had not shown any obvious intentions up to now, Samael, who regarded Tianyin as her own daughter, could not possibly fail to see Tianyin’s feelings.

Now, this person who was the most important to Tianyin was actually turning blades against her. This kind of situation was simply too suffocating.

“What’s so great about you… you just met Xiaoyin earlier than me, that’s all.”

With resentment-filled thoughts in her heart, a few seconds later, seizing the brief opening when Xingyu Muxi stopped attacking, Samael directly vanished from Xingyu Muxi’s field of vision.

“Hm? She ran away?”

Samael’s disappearance was indeed something Xingyu Muxi did not expect. Of course, disappearing did not necessarily mean she had truly escaped. It could also be some kind of stealth or concealment skill.

Therefore, Xingyu Muxi did not relax her guard immediately.

In the next second, a sense of danger struck, and right after that, a pair of crimson red eyes appeared before her.

“Mm… so you weren’t trying to run away, but instead planned to get close and fight me in close combat…”

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Samael’s figure appeared within Xingyu Muxi’s sight again, and this time, she was already extremely close.

Samael’s actions also made Xingyu Muxi understand her intention.

After all… Xingyu Muxi’s previous attack methods were all based on archery, and for an archer, close-quarters combat was undoubtedly fatal.

However…

“I’m not an archer…… my profession is Ranger……”

Ranger.

As a rare profession that only appeared among elves, an elven Ranger possessed outstanding strength in both long-range and close combat.

Naturally, as a Ranger, Xingyu Muxi’s close combat ability was not something to be underestimated, especially since she was a Throne-tier Ranger.

Of course, Xingyu Muxi’s profession had been Ranger from a very early time. However, back during Dawn, because Xingyu Muxi’s strength at that time was not very strong, Samael, who was residing within Tianyin’s body, did not know that Xingyu Muxi’s profession was Ranger.

Naturally… she did not know that as a Ranger, Xingyu Muxi was not afraid of close combat at all.

So… the always calculating and cautious Samael had misjudged this time.

Clang—

The sound of a sword rang out. Under Samael’s somewhat surprised gaze, Xingyu Muxi drew a short sword from her waist.

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Facing Samael, who was also holding an elven short sword, she charged forward without the slightest fear.

Very quickly, the two women turned into countless afterimages, engaging in fierce combat across this deserted battlefield.

“Ranger!”

In fact, at the very instant the clash began, Samael had already realized Xingyu Muxi’s true profession.

But by this point, the two had already fully engaged in battle. Even if she regretted it and wanted to disengage, Samael no longer had the chance.

The only thing worth being thankful for was that her current body was still able to keep up with Xingyu Muxi’s attack speed. Of course, this was also because Samael’s own combat skills far surpassed Xingyu Muxi’s.

The battle grew more and more intense. The forest that had just been covered by towering trees had already been completely turned into a barren wasteland, as if it had been thoroughly logged.

The grass and plants covering the ground had been erased by the aftermath of the battle. Not only that, the entire ground had actually sunk by about half a meter. It could be said that the ground itself had been forcibly shaved down by half a meter.

“Who are you exactly? Why is your way of fighting so similar to that of a Blood Knight?”

Finally, after a bitter fight, Xingyu Muxi, who felt that Samael’s combat style was becoming more and more familiar, asked the question she most wanted answered.

Yes, Samael herself was the creator of the Blood Knight. And Tianyin, as the inheritor of Samael’s legacy, had completely inherited her combat techniques.

In addition, on many previous occasions, it had been Samael who was controlling Tianyin’s body during battle. Therefore, in Xingyu Muxi’s eyes… Samael’s fighting style felt extremely familiar.

If Samael’s appearance had not been different from Tianyin’s, Xingyu Muxi would have almost thought that Samael was Tianyin herself.

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“So you finally noticed?”

Although Samael could admit such a thing herself, she knew that the smarter a person was, the more they would only believe their own judgment.

Therefore, Samael knew that her explanation would not make Xingyu Muxi believe her. On the contrary, it would likely have the opposite effect.

That was also why Samael had directly fought Xingyu Muxi earlier instead of immediately surrendering and explaining her identity.

Her true purpose was to make Xingyu Muxi feel doubtful, and then have Xingyu Muxi take the initiative to question her.

And with Xingyu Muxi’s intelligence, she would definitely notice that Samael carried traces similar to Tianyin.

“Hah…”

Taking a deep breath, Samael used the opportunity created by Xingyu Muxi’s questioning to directly pull open the distance between them.

“There are only a handful of Blood Knights in this world. And the reason I am a Blood Knight is because I am the one who created the Blood Knight.”

Seizing this chance, Samael directly confessed her identity as the founder of the Blood Knight.

“You created the Blood Knight?!”

Just a few words were enough to plunge Xingyu Muxi into shock.