Chapter 256

Chapter 256: Liao Nan Beheaded

Translator: Cynthia Editor: X

Liao Nan had not expected that Shi Xueman would suddenly take action . He was shocked to see the spear swiftly piercing toward him .

Shi Xueman’s super quick assault created a stream of lights that gradually enlarged in Liao Nan’s eyes . Liao Nan’s pupils constricted abruptly . As he rapidly retreated, his palm lit up with red light and slapped at the spear, but it was instantly penetrated by the awl-like spear .

With a muffled groan, Liao Nan sped up sharply and reappeared several meters away .

He looked at the bloody hole on his hand and deeply asked, "Why?"

"No matter what you say, we are enemies . So, why not cut the crap?" Shi Xueman said indifferently . Her voice was as chilly as the morning mist .

Liao Nan asked, "As long as I’m a blood elementalist, you just can’t let it go? No exception?"

"Maybe there will be . " Her calm and clear voice revealed no emotion . Looking directly into Liao Nan’s eyes, she said, "But it won’t be you . "

"Apparently, it was all my wishful thinking . " Liao Nan pulled himself together . Suddenly, a bloody glow flashed in his eyes . "Then I won’t be lenient anymore . "

Liao Nan took a step forward and disappeared unexpectedly .

The look on Shi Xueman’s face hardened . As the end of Cirrus shivered, she jumped upward abruptly .

Clink!

Sparks splashed in the air .

Shi Xueman felt a blast of power come through the end of the spear, which made Cirrus almost slip out of her hands . She grasped Cirrus with all her strength, spun in a circle as a result of the impact, and stabbed the spear again into the air .

Clink!

Another radiant spark bloomed in the air .

This time Shi Xueman was prepared . After a slight jolt, she stamped hard, dashed like a lightning bolt, and once more stabbed the Cirrus skyward .

A transparent ripple appeared in the atmosphere .

The look on Liao Nan’s face became serious . The spear move used by Shi Xueman seemed to not be fancy or complicated, but he could not help gravitating toward the spearhead . He saw an illusion that the space around the point of the spear was collapsing inward Like a moth flying to a flame, he could not stop his slap from approaching .

Clink!

This time, the force generated by the spear was stronger than the previous ones . It was so powerful that Liao Nan lost feeling in his arms .

Shi Xueman deserved to be called goddess!

Liao Nan genuinely admired Shi Xueman in his heart . She was called a goddess not only because of her unparalleled beauty, but also due to her strength that largely surpassed her peers . Once, he had fought together with the A-1 Unit, so he had witnessed Shi Xueman’s might . She was indeed strong at that time, but definitely could not compare to what she was today .

The power he had obtained through death could not at all compete with the progress Shi Xueman had achieved . Was this the superiority of those so-called aristocratic families?

Liao Nan’s mind was filled with jealousy and a little bit of anger .

He roared in fury, a bloody glow flowing around him . The speed of his attacks accelerated, which generated red lights shining all over the sky .

Shi Xueman stood calmly on the ground . Her moves slowed down, and each strike was extremely simple as well as lucid . With each move, a cloud of bloody glow faded away . Without the protection of the glow, Liao Nan’s hands collided solidly with the spear .

Liao Nan was rocked by every collision .

Shi Xueman’s moves became more and more fluent . She felt as if she was silently swimming in the stratosphere like a whale . There was no splendid radiance, but spectators could sense the incomparable power hidden under the serenity .

Shi Xueman found inspiration .

The humpback cloud whale was the overlord of the sky . They had no natural enemies, which allowed them to freely swim in the sky without any obstacles . As the overlords, they did not need to care about other creatures’ thoughts . All they needed to do was swim silently .

I’m the center…

A brilliance emerged out from Shi Xueman’s eyes as her spear moves became slower and crisper .

Liao Nan sensed the pressure increasing steeply as if he was in a horrible whirlpool . Enormous power pressed against him from all directions . No matter how he changed his attacking angles, his hands would slap upon the spear without exception . The force from the spear was so strong that each collision could numb his arms .

What kind of spear move was this?

Liao Nan now realized that Shi Xueman had become so strange and so strong .

His mind was disturbed for a moment and so was the surrounding space . Liao Nan’s expression changed, as he felt something was about to happen . The snow-white Cirrus dashed out from the clouds like a humpback whale . Then, without any fancy moves, it directly jabbed toward him .

The ambient space seemed to freeze, and Liao Nan felt that he had no way to dodge .

Taking a deep breath, Liao Nan’s chest promptly compressed, while his arms grew much thicker and stronger . Veins crawled all over his hands,resembling a pair of blood-made net gloves . .

Liao Nan gradually pushed out his hands while exhaling .

When her spear and Liao Nan’s hands clashed, Shi Xueman’s body was shocked, while Liao Nan’s hands exploded like watermelons . The weirdest thing was that the blood net gloves covering his arms abruptly wrapped backward before flying toward Shi Xueman .

Liao Nan showed a flash of complacency on his face . As a blood elementalist, he could always recover as long as it was not a fatal wound . The blood elementalists who were good at healing could even restore themselves immediately .

Liao Nan could not do that, but he did not care about it at all .

As long as the blood net could cover Shi Xueman, it would be impossible for her to get rid of it .

After he awakened as a blood elementalist, some abilities hidden in his body had swarmed into his mind as memories . His blood was different from the others’—it could be separated from his body and absorb the elemental energy from other elementalists .

When Shi Xueman saw the blood net, her pupil suddenly constricted .

The memory of the time in the tunnel emerged before her eyes . She had almost been swallowed by those crazy blood streaks . If it had not been for the bastard who saved her…

An inexplicable mood rose in her heart, but she stopped it immediately . Killing intent flashed in her eyes .

Being beaten by the same problem twice was not her style .

Withdrawing her Cirrus swiftly, Shi Xueman grasped it bizarrely—she gripped the end of the spear with one hand, the body of the spear with the other like she was holding a bamboo pole, and stabbed forward with a spin .

Bang!

Air exploded ahead of the spear, forming an air shield dome in the sky .

Bang! The blood net crashed on the dome air shield and was blocked by it .

At the same time, Shi Xueman stepped back, easily breaking the attack of Liao Nan .

She had been thinking a way to break an attack like this and finally came up with this solution . The most terrifying part of these blood streaks was that they could swallow and absorb elemental energy . That was to say, elemental energy was useless when facing the blood streaks .

Therefore, she had to find another solution, which was the air shield . The theory behind an air shield was quite simple: compress the air to form a dome shaped shield . The air shield was a popular technique . It provided a low level of protection, but when coping with something special like toxic smoke or mist, it had an outstanding performance .

Blood streak attacks lacked great impulsive force, but they corroded elemental energy, which theoretically made the air shield the best choice for defense .

Real combat also confirmed the theory .

Liao Nan was shocked . He had not expected that Shi Xueman would easily break his killing move . He could not figure it out, but he realized that the situation was now quite dangerous for him . Consequently, he bit his tongue and transformed into a streak of bloody light, fleeing away as quickly as possible .

Shi Xueman had not anticipated that Liao Nan would be so decisive . Before she could react, Liao Nan had already dashed dozens of meters away . It was too late for her to chase him .

Just then, a strip of white blade glow cut toward Liao Nan from behind a pile of ruins .

It arrived so fast that Liao Nan was chopped into two parts before he even realized it .

The upper part of his body flew several meters away before falling heavily to the ground .

Wang Zhen came out from behind the ruins and walked to Liao Nan, who was still alive . Wang Zhen said seriously, "No matter what reason you have, betrayal is a capital crime . You were my bodyguard, so I will end your life . "

Then, he beheaded Liao Nan without any hesitation .

Wang Zhen gave a thumbs-up gesture to Shi Xueman and said, "Good girl!"

Shi Xueman was a little shy and asked, "How is Master Han?"

Wang Zhen answered agreeably, "We arrived in time . There were five blood elementalists . The dean and I killed four of them . The last one was severely injured before he escaped . Next, we escorted Shouchuan to the embroidery workshop . The dean is there with them and I came over to see how things are going . "

Only now did Shi Xueman notice that Wang Zhen’s left arm dangled about his waist . Shocked, she asked, "What happened to your arm?"

"It’s not a big deal . Compared to what I have been through before, this is nothing," Wang Zhen said lightly before sighing . "I am no match for you youngsters . Nowadays the youngsters like you are marvelous . You are the leaders of the future . "

Shi Xueman was filled with deep respect for Wang Zhen . What he had been through, as he just mentioned, referred to the Battle of the Dawn .

"How many blood elementalists are there?" Shi Xueman asked .

"I have no idea . " The mayor shook his head . His tone was sad, and his eyes were full of sorrow . "I went to the quarantine barracks . No one was alive . "

Shi Xueman was astonished .

All of a sudden, the ground began to quake from the agitation of an elemental energy blast . About two minutes later, the elemental energy gradually became stable .

Wang Zhen said merrily, "Ai Hui has inserted the first gold needle!"

Knowing this, Shi Xueman’s cold expression melted and her face beamed with joy .

Duanmu Huanghun and the others also arrived at the warehouse at this point . When they saw that Shi Xueman was safe and sound, they felt a sense of relief .

Fatty looked around and asked, "Where are Ai Hui and Lou Lan?"

"They have just inserted the first gold needle successfully . " Shi Xueman said happily .

Everybody else was excited to hear the news . Altogether there were nine gold needles, so there was still a long way to go before the final success . However, the first victory was still a good sign . After a gold needle was injected into a vital node, it would integrate with the elemental energy of the universe . In that case, blood elementalists would not be able to destroy it anymore .

Ai Hui brought his craftsmen back . They still looked excited .

"Let’s inject the second gold needle right now!" someone shouted .

"It’s not time yet . " The leader of those craftsmen explained, "We can only do that after the first node becomes totally stable . Then, we can activate the second node . "

"How long will it take?" Ai Hui asked .

"No more than one day," the leader of craftsmen answered while shaking his head . "Based on the plan, the time gap between inserting two gold needles should not exceed one day . "

Hearing that, everybody’s excitement wore off . For them, the longer they waited, the more casualties they might suffer .

"Then we wait . "Let’s start to arrange our defensive line," Ai Hui said deeply and commanded Shi Xueman .

Everybody looked at Ai Hui .

Ai Hui said with gravity, "Blood elementalists will definitely notice this big scale elemental energy fluctuation . I predict they may attack the warehouse . "

Everybody present knew that the most horrifying time of the battle in Central Pine City had begun .

Next, no matter if it was day or night, even each second would be soaked in blood .

Looking into the distance, Ai Hui had a feeling that they were under the watch of somebody hiding in the shadows .