Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 580 Knight
On the plateau, pitch-black cracks continued to spread from the ground. In the storm, the figures of the black-haired young man and the pitch-black knight kept colliding, and the clanging sound of swords replaced all words.

Zheng——! !

The blades of the two heavy swords collided and passed by each other, the dark purple flames collided with the pitch-black demon crystals, and a series of explosions burst out. Xin Lailai and the Black Knight only took a small step back, then immediately took a step forward, swung the heavy swords in their hands, and slashed at each other again.

boom!
Two plain and simple blows that were enhanced to the extreme by sword power collided with each other. A circle of visible shock waves erupted from the rusty giant sword of the Black Knight, colliding with the golden light rising from Xin Lailai's body surface, and with a roar, all the broken rocks that were blown into the air were pressed back to the ground.

Xin Lailai, who had blocked the impact of the sword with body-protecting energy, did not hesitate at all. He suddenly exerted force with his wrist, activating the sword force that was suspended in mid-air. Relying on the enhancement of the sword force, he forcibly swung away the rusty giant sword of the black knight and made a diagonal slash in an instant.

Wow——! !

The Black Knight, who was unable to use the sword's power a second time like him, faced this swift attack and directly ignited the rust on the sword. In the blazing dark purple flames, he slashed down at Xin Lailai's neck with the sword, with no intention of avoiding it at all.

boom!
The next moment, the rusty giant sword and the pitch-black heavy sword hit both sides at the same time. Xin Lailai groaned, and his body sank a lot. There was a cut about half a finger deep on his shoulder, and the health value on the status bar suddenly dropped by about one tenth.

The Black Knight's body uncontrollably retreated half a step, and the armor on his chest was severely dented as if it had been crushed by some terrifying heavy object. The blood bar with a gray border on his head suddenly dropped by nearly a quarter, and it was obvious that his injury was much more serious than Xin Lailai's.

Obviously, in the fight just now, Xin Lailai, who had high damage reduction + blocking master, gained the advantage.

But this does not mean that he can suppress the Black Knight's attack. On the contrary, as the blood volume decreases, the Black Knight's attack will only become more and more overbearing. This is the heavy sword master route chosen by the opponent. The lower the blood volume, the more terrifying the slash. The moment the opponent's blood volume drops to the near-death line, that is when the opponent's attack is the most terrifying.

Boom!
Heavy stomping sounds were heard, and the Black Knight, who was forced back half a step, still had no intention of retreating. He swung the rusty giant sword in his hand again, stepped forward, and swept it towards Xin Lailai. The dark purple flame on the sword quickly swirled up from the sword along with the whistling sound of the wind. The horrifying high temperature made Xin Lailai's hair and clothes seem to be on fire.

This sword cannot be resisted head-on.

Almost at the moment when he felt the heat wave coming towards him, Xin Lailai had already made a judgment in his mind. He raised Yuan Mo and blocked it in front of him, while activating the protective energy wrapped around the sword.

boom!
The next moment, a semicircular slash made of dark purple flames burst out from the plateau. The flames enhanced by the sword's power raged wildly on the earth like the underworld fire from hell, and spread for nearly a thousand meters before subsiding. At the same time, the surrounding battlefield instantly turned into a twisted sea of ​​fire under the influence of the dark purple flames and the filthy power in the air. The evil spirits that were affected by the flames let out miserable roars in the flames. At first glance, it was like purgatory on earth.

——Except...the small area where Xin Lailai was standing.

Entangled Blade, Return to Heaven!

boom--! !

The sword blade that used the dark purple flame of the Black Knight flew through the air. Xin Lailai, who had blocked the attack with a back-up move, took a heavy step forward. His figure instantly passed through the rusty giant sword and slashed at the Black Knight's body with a sword.

Faced with this unavoidable attack, the scarlet light rising from under the Black Knight's helmet shook slightly, as if surprised by Xin Lailai's way of responding. Then, his body suddenly collapsed and turned into black particles all over the sky, which scattered like ghosts, and then gathered again behind Xin Lailai. While avoiding Xin Lailai's attack in this unimaginable way, he turned around and slashed Xin Lailai in the waist with a sword. The rusty blade swept across the air with a thin black line, which was a slash that was powerful enough to cut through space.

Seeing this, Xin Lailai's pupils shrank slightly. Obviously, she did not expect that the opponent could avoid the attack in this way.

'Odds! '

At the critical moment, Ling Yuzi's figure suddenly appeared behind Xin Lailai. He raised his hand decisively to block, using the "Spirit God Body" to temporarily enhance the attributes of this body to the extreme while blocking the rusty giant sword.

clang!
A golden light burst out, intercepting the unstoppable sword, but the arms of the alchemical puppet controlled by Ling Yuzi also exploded into pieces, and finally disappeared before hitting Xin Lailai. Xin Lailai also seized this brief gap and forcibly stopped the sword that was slashing towards him. He stepped on his right foot, turned around with a buzzing sound of bones, and swung the sword towards the dark knight.

boom!
Dark purple flames shot up into the sky, knocking aside the rusty giant sword and engulfing the figure of the dark knight himself. Xin Lailai, who had slashed with the sword, did not hesitate at all. He directly controlled the Youlin Kongyu behind him and fanned it heavily. He moved forward a short distance and decisively turned around and swung the sword again.

clang!
Tiny black particles brushed past Xin Lailai's face, and the pitch-black blade collided with the rusty giant sword, rubbing out a series of dark red sparks resembling thunder, and then both disappeared on the spot.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding——!!

For a moment, the two heavy sword masters seemed to have suddenly changed their fighting style. The Dark Knight turned into smoke again and again and went behind Xin Lailai to look for flaws, while Xin Lailai relied on the mobility of Youlin Kongyu and the powerful reaction speed bonus brought by the passive skill of the Five-Gate Grandmaster to intercept the Dark Knight's attacks in time again and again.

clang--! !

Another collision broke out, and this time, Xin Lailai, who was in a strong domineering state, was blasted back a small step, and the aura of the Black Knight became more and more terrifying.

Seeing this, Xin Lailai knew that he could not delay any longer. After several encounters, he had confirmed that the Black Knight's flash + slash attack method was not simply to find flaws, but a way to ensure that his combo would not be interrupted.

Judging from the extent of this power increase, once the opponent completes this combo, combined with his 99 points of true strength attribute, the power of his slash may be comparable to the direct kick of the White Night Projection that triggers the Hunter Set + 2 kicking enhancement equipment.

Wow!
After the Black Knight swung his sword, his body once again turned into pitch-black particles, rapidly gathering behind Xin Lailai. This time, Xin Lailai did not turn around to block, but directly thrust Yuan Mo into the ground, controlling the rocks under his feet to fix himself while the mana in his body surged, turning into an invisible field that instantly covered the area around him.

Crystal gravity magic.

Om-! !

In an instant, gravity hundreds of times stronger than before exploded around Xin Lailai, and the rubble around him soared uncontrollably into the sky. The Black Knight, who appeared behind him and was about to attack Xin Lailai when he didn't turn around, suddenly paused and flew backwards into the sky with the rubble under his feet with a bang.

Almost at the moment when the Black Knight was pulled away by the crystal gravity spell, a powerful sword force burst out from Xin Lailai, and he instantly cancelled the crystal gravity spell, using the sense of weightlessness brought by the disappearance of gravity to form secondary control while stepping heavily, using the spell chip as a pedal, and rushed towards the Black Knight in mid-air.

Tangled Blade·Domineering Slash!

The demon power crystal clinging to Yuan Mo exploded and turned into an inky black slashing light. After Xin Lailai created the Demon Crystal Generation Technique, his Tyrant Slash was also improved. Now, Tyrant Slash no longer required precise calculation and control to avoid being accidentally injured by the demon power explosion like in the past, but could accurately bombard a certain position according to his ideas.

The Black Knight, who had no time to dodge, faced this sword that was powerful enough to kill a top-level third-tier tank. He obviously realized that he could not withstand it, and decisively gave up on maintaining the combo. He released all the sword power that had been accumulated for a long time, and slashed at Xin Lailai below in mid-air.

In an instant, the entire plateau fell silent, and all sounds seemed to have disappeared at this moment.

boom--! !

The next second, a pitch-black beam of light that was hundreds of meters wide shot up into the sky, enveloped in blazing dark purple flames, and finally transformed into a shock wave that spread out, flattening everything in its path. The evil spirits that were affected were turned into ashes before they could even scream.

When everything calmed down, the originally fragmented earth disappeared, and in its place was a huge deep pit with a radius of about 100 meters and a surface as smooth as if it was coated with a layer of glaze. Xin Lailai and the Black Knight stood at the bottom of the deep pit, confronting each other.

——This is the clash between heavy sword masters. There are no fancy tricks. There is only pure, absolute, and violent collision that is enough to crush everything.

Tick, tick…!
Drops of blood dripped from Xin Lailai's fingertips, and thin crystal threads made of life energy quickly shuttled through his body, quickly repairing the damage to his internal organs and the broken bones. A dark purple flame vortex gathered around the Black Knight standing opposite him, and the blood bar above his head was also recovering rapidly.

The collision just now caused both of them to suffer extremely severe shocks. Now they have temporarily lost the ability to continue attacking. At this time, whoever can recover first will be able to seize the initiative in the next round of attack. In this matter...

——With the top legendary suit + blocking master + life crystal suture, he is obviously more advantageous than the Black Knight! !
Peng——! !

Xin Lailai, whose body had recovered first, took a step forward, flapped the black scales on his back, and grasped Yuan Mo's hilt with both hands at the same time. He swept a black tail in the air and slashed at the Black Knight, whose health had just recovered to about 40%.

Wrapped Blade: Flowing Slash. Clang!
A pitch-black sword light burst out from mid-air, breaking through the dark purple flame vortex and slashing towards the Black Knight's body that was almost overwhelmed, interrupting the Black Knight's recovery actions and forcing him to block the slash despite his injuries.

However, this is just the beginning.

"call……"

A hot breath rolled out of Xin Lailai's mouth, and after launching a 500% charged stream slash, he suddenly pulled back with his left foot, leaned forward slightly, and swung the ink in his hand backwards in a large range, making a charging movement that was somewhat similar to the sword-drawing slash in swordplay, and then...

Blade Entanglement·Frenzy.

Pong!
In an instant, a sharp explosion sounded from Yuan Mo's sword blade, and Xin Lailai's arm movements suddenly accelerated to a level that could not be captured at all, and several afterimages of sword swinging slashed towards the Black Knight together.

boom--! !

Five sword strikes with a 500% increase in sword power instantly bombarded the Black Knight's sword, breaking through the Black Knight's defense and causing the opponent's body to uncontrollably take a large step backwards. However, even so, Xin Lailai did not stop the movement of his hands. He turned his wrist and exerted force again, slashing at the Black Knight's body with an oblique strike. At the moment of hitting the opponent's body, he suddenly pressed down and connected another slash, and this time...

boom!
The Black Knight, who was already injured, was slashed into pieces by Sin Lailai's violent attacks. He staggered back a big step, revealing an extremely huge flaw.

Seven swords in an instant.

With the characteristic of his heavy sword master's sword force that can be retained for 0.2 seconds as the core, he uses special force techniques to allow himself to output the maximum amount within this short 0.2 seconds and complete a round of super-high-burst suppressive slashes. This is the Blade Entanglement: Chaos Dance, one of the three techniques he perfected in the Land of All Living Things.

Wow——! !

A pitch-black sword light bloomed from mid-air, heading straight for the Black Knight who had revealed a huge flaw. Seeing this, the Black Knight's body suddenly disintegrated, and he was about to use black mist to avoid the attack, but Xin Lailai suddenly stepped forward, swung Yuanmo and slashed it upwards. The demonic power on it exploded, engulfing all the surrounding black particles.

When he was fighting with the opponent before, he had already analyzed this move of the opponent in detail. The move of switching oneself from human form to this particle state is not actually a skill, but a use of the opponent's own heroic body.

Simply put, Heroic Spirits, unlike ordinary flesh and blood bodies, are usually directly constructed from some kind of extraordinary energy with the characteristics of material particles. Just like the bodies of Heroic Spirits in the Fate world are composed of spirit particles, the body of the Black Knight is also formed based on this principle. Therefore, the opponent's particle state is actually actively controlling the disintegration of the particles that construct its own body with its own will, so as to achieve the same effect as the elementalization of the Devil Fruit.

The problem is that, although this method can avoid many physical attacks, it is relatively...

——It is equivalent to exposing yourself to the enemy without any defense.

boom!
The pitch-black impact instantly engulfed the disintegrated figure of the Black Knight, causing the black particles formed by the disintegration to freeze together. Then they flew backwards a long distance and transformed into the body of the Black Knight again, half-kneeling heavily on the ground, with drops of pitch-black blood oozing from under the armor.

Xin Lailai looked at the scene in front of him and did not pursue. Instead, he drew a line on the deep ink, creating a circle of wind pressure to blow away the stench that had re-spread over, while also actively dispersing the demonic power attached to the deep ink.

In fact, if it was just the demonic power alone, it would not be able to cause such great damage to the Black Knight in the particle state. After all, the extraordinary energy particles that made up the opponent's body were actually much stronger than his demonic power. The demonic power itself could not shake the opponent.

But if we take into account the sword force after he activated it, it will be a completely different situation:

[LV.20 Ultimate Ability, Sword Breaks All Laws (Passive): When using the sword force that has entered the activated state to enhance the slash, you can activate it a second time to immediately consume the sword force, allowing this enhanced slash to have the "Energy Immunity" effect.]

After upgrading the Heavy Sword Master to LV.20, his sword potential now has the ability to grant the enhanced slashing "Energy Immunity" effect. Once "Energy Immunity" is actively released, its effect is essentially no different from "Energy Cutoff". It is even more domineering than most of the "Energy Cutoff" abilities. After all, the Heavy Sword Master's sword potential can even exempt the Blue Steel Shadow's energy and the Abyss's energy to a certain extent. If converted, it is equivalent to all energies including the Blue Steel Shadow's energy and the Abyss's energy being within the range of "cutoff".

In this situation, the Black Knight was caught off guard and hit by the explosion with the effect of his heavy sword master. The damage he suffered can naturally be imagined.

As for why Xin Lailai didn't continue, the reason was even simpler.

"You...are...qualified."

A hoarse and weak voice sounded from the battlefield. In the deep pit, the dark knight was half-kneeling on the ground, supporting himself with a huge sword. He raised his head with difficulty and stared at Xin Lailai in front of him. With his other hand, he grasped the pure white chain on his body that was constantly dissipating, tore off a small piece of it, and handed it in front of him.

"She... the tower... behind me... is the key to this thing."

"Let her...cancel...the contract. Only then...can I...permanently...disappear...from this world."

The pitch-black knight, who was still a little taller than Xin Lailai even when half-kneeling, spoke with difficulty in a hoarse voice. A strong and foul aura emanated from his body, and it seemed as if it was about to devour him.

Xin Lailai looked at the Black Knight in front of him, lowered his eyes slightly, walked step by step to the other party, and grasped the small piece of white chain handed over by the other party.

When the Black Knight saw this scene, a relieved smile appeared on his face under the tattered armor, just like an old father who finally found a friend worthy of entrusting his children to before his death. The tyrannical aura on his body dissipated a little.

"Please also apologize to her for me. I failed to keep my promise."

A hoarse and weak voice sounded, and the dark knight slowly lowered his palm, and the chains on his body floated up little by little.

"Please... leave... I will... seal myself... here."

It knew very well that its body was almost reaching its end, so the only thing it could do was to seal itself here before it lost control and quietly wait for death in the darkness to avoid becoming an immortal filth, just as it had been doing in that tower for the past decade.

However, the next second, the dark knight suddenly froze.

Because... Xin Lailai, who originally took the pure white chain, looked at the chain in his hand for a while, and then threw it back into its hand.

"Did I ever tell you that you need to die?"

A calm voice came from Xin Lailai's mouth. He was looking at the half-kneeling black knight in front of him. Although he was a head shorter than the other, he seemed to be looking down on him.

"It's just a part of the abyss erosion. Just cleanse it and continue the operation."

Boom——! !

As Xin Lailai finished speaking, a huge roar suddenly sounded, and then a golden lightning flashed from a distance and hit the two of them heavily. Xin Lailai glanced at the figure in the lightning, nodded slightly, turned to look at the Black Knight in front of him, and said calmly:

"As for an apology, you can apologize yourself after your erosion is healed."

From the very beginning, this battle was not a battle for life or death.

At least, as a master of heavy sword, he could still tell whether another master of the same level as himself was deliberately holding back in a fight.

……

(End of this chapter)