Digging To Survive: I Can See Hints Chapter 321
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Klein's speed was very fast, and countless afterimages appeared behind him.
But even so, there was no way to escape the blood bubble's attack range.
Not only that, during the time he was dodging, the blood bubble's range had increased.
It was a dark mass, as though an army was pressing down on him.
"No!"
Klein shook his head and stopped to look up into the sky.
If he hadn't guessed wrongly, the blood bubble had already locked onto him.
In addition to its unlimited growth rate, there was no way for Klein to escape its attack range.
And that wasn't all. If he continued evading and lost his last chance to counterattack, there was probably no way for Klein to survive!
With this thought in mind, Klein decisively stopped.
He raised the Endless Sword and heard a hum.
The Endless Sword's saber beam flew out.
In an instant, it crashed into the blood bubble in the sky.
The betrayer, Zekos, couldn't help but laugh when she saw that Klein didn't run and even took the initiative to cut open the blood bubble.
"You're really courting death. With such a large area of blood, you might have a chance if you didn't explode it, but now that you've exploded it, heh heh, you're dead for sure!"
As expected, it was just as Traitor Zekos had guessed...
The saber beam instantly cut through the blood bubble, and then, with a rumble, countless amounts of blood poured down, completely covering Klein.
The danger was right in front of him.
But Klein didn't panic.
Then, he raised the Endless Sword, and with a move, all the stone walls on the ground flew up.
"Come!"
With a move from Klein, a stone wall flew up to block above Klein's head.
The moment the stone wall arrived, the blood from the blood bubbles in the sky instantly toppled over.
Rumble--
Like a waterfall falling from the sky, the stone wall produced a rumbling sound.
The stone wall couldn't withstand such a powerful impact either. It constantly produced the sound of clanging, as though the interior of the stone wall was beginning to crack.
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Klein's actions made the eyes of the traitor, Zekos, light up.
She couldn't help but praise, "It's a pretty good response, but how long can you hold on?"
With that said, she crossed her arms and looked at Klein mockingly.
However, Klein was already prepared.
He took a glance at the stone wall in the sky and roughly guessed its resistance.
Although it couldn't last long, it was enough for him to do many things.
With this in mind, Klein waved his hand again, and a stone wall flew over. Under Klein's control, it was connected to the previous stone wall.
Then, Klein took a step forward.
The moment he took a step forward, the stone wall from before could no longer hold on. It was completely overturned by the blood in the sky and was instantly destroyed. It turned into blood-colored stones that smashed into the ground.
Feeling the usefulness of this method, not only could he avoid the killing intent in the sky, he could also continue to get close to the traitor, Zekos. It was killing two birds with one stone.
Following that, Klein repeated the operation and used the stone wall as an umbrella, slowly heading towards the betrayer, Zekos.
At this moment, Klein was already less than a hundred meters away from the betrayer, Zekos.
If it weren't for the rain of blood in the sky, Klein would have arrived at a distance of a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
But even with the rain of blood in the sky, Klein still advanced steadily.
As for the betrayer, Zekos, her eyes widened when she saw Klein approach her in such a manner. She had a mocking expression on her face.
"No, we can't let him get close!"
The betrayer, Zekos, knew how terrifying Klein was.
Especially that weapon.
She had been eyeing it for a long time.
However, she felt that it was very strange.
That weapon clearly had the aura of a divine artifact, but the attacks it emitted were far from reaching that level.
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She didn't know the reason, but she knew her weakness clearly.
Once the other party got close to her, it would be difficult for her to resist.
And the Undying Dead on top had already been completely stalled.
It couldn't bring her any more help in a short period of time.
So now she could only rely on herself!
Thinking of this, the Traitor Zekos' expression turned ruthless. She raised both her hands in front of her chest and muttered in her hands. Before long, a black hole appeared in her hands.
Countless elements emanated from the hole. Not long after, a strangely-shaped magic staff slowly flew out.
After flying out, Traitor Zekors grabbed the magic staff and threw it into the air. She pressed her palms together and the magic power in her hands suddenly fluctuated.
At this time, the magic staff in the sky fell down. Traitor Zekors caught the magic staff with both hands. Then, the magic staff absorbed the magic in her body and stood up straight in front of her.
The betrayer, Zekos, let out a soft, "Heh."
In an instant, the blood-red staff glowed brightly. From afar, it looked like a bright red pillar of light.
The bright red pillar of light absorbed endless magic and emitted even more light. Looking at it again, it looked like an incomparably bright sun.
The betrayer, Zekos, had finally finished accumulating her magic. She pressed her palms together again and exploded with force.
Boom--
Instantly, a blood-red light shot straight at Klein.
"Not good!"
Feeling a very intense magic fluctuation, Klein's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Then, he looked over.
He saw the blood-red pillar of light charge at him at a terrifying speed.
Its speed was even faster than Klein's Golden Spiral Shuriken. In the blink of an eye, it had already covered a distance.
And the power emitted from it was no less than the elemental explosion back then.
Back then, Klein couldn't withstand it at all. He had to use more than a dozen stone walls before he finally made it.
Although Klein's strength had advanced to tier 8, he was still cautious and didn't plan on using his body to withstand it head-on.
After all, magic was very easy to kill people of a higher level. Back then, a mysterious expert who was suspected to be at tier 9 was nearly killed by Klein due to his carelessness.
Following that, Klein looked at the sky.
At this moment, Klein had yet to escape from the blood bubble's attack range.
And there was only one last stone wall above his head. The stone wall was nearing its limit as it emitted cracking sounds. Clearly, it wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
Klein's expression changed, but he didn't panic.
Not only did he not retreat, he even controlled the stone wall to rise.
Soon, he was below the blood bubble, only half a meter away from it.
As the stone wall continued to break through, the impact was even greater. At this moment, the stone wall was filled with cracks, as though it would collapse at any moment.
Upon seeing this scene, Klein's expression changed. He extended his left hand and infused his magic, firmly protecting the last remaining existence of the stone wall.
At this moment, the beam of light, which had been attacking in a straight line, turned in the air in surprise and attacked directly from below Klein.
Upon seeing this scene, Klein couldn't help but frown.
'Damn it! Why do the magic of these crypt creatures have the ability to lock on?'
'It's so easy to use. They don't even need to control it themselves.'
'Looks like I have to think of a way to learn this thing.'
Just as Klein was thinking about what to do, the beam of light still arrived beneath him. It was just a second away from penetrating Klein!
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