125: I'm in a hurry

Stone Rock panted heavily, wiping a streak of blood foam from the corner of his mouth.

Looking at Bai Xiao's back, he mumbled hoarsely, "Boss Bai, if you had come any later, I really would have kicked the bucket here."

But after a long wait, he only received a single "Hm."

Stone Rock's mouth twitched involuntarily...

He shook his numb left arm; the gash on his tiger's mouth was still bleeding, and the cracks on his shield pained him greatly—it was his precious item.

"I'll leave that kid to you, Boss Bai! You've got to avenge me properly. It'd be best if you stripped off his dazzling red armor too; just looking at it makes me furious!"

With that, he no longer pushed himself, leaning on his damaged greatshield as he retreated to the rear, needing to find a place to recover quickly.

Anxi's Blood Prison Gladiator Arena domain suppression was no small matter, and coupled with his explosive slashes, it had truly caused him significant loss.

...

At this moment, Anxi felt a strong sense of unease.

The white-robed young man who had suddenly appeared, though his aura was restrained, exuded immense pressure.

Especially the other party's eyes, calm and profound, sent a bone-chilling cold through him, as if his entire body was being dissected and examined inch by inch by that gaze.

"You..." Anxi's throat felt dry; he was about to say some pleasantries.

"I'm in a hurry."

Bai Xiao's cold voice directly interrupted his thoughts.

Mind Unleashed!

"Buzz—!"

A strange hum emanated from within Bai Xiao.

A layer of platinum spiritual pressure surged around the longsword in his hand.

Immediately after, a complex and profound platinum "Sword Armor" quickly materialized on his body.

The Sword Armor had a simple and sleek design, with countless intricate spiritual patterns flickering on its surface, like revolving star trails.

It perfectly resonated with the platinum spiritual pressure flickering on the longsword in his hand, forming a powerful and integrated aura.

"This... what kind of cursed ability is this?!" Anxi's pupils contracted sharply, and a frantic alarm blared in his heart.

He felt that the opponent had just become stronger...?

Anxi dared not show the slightest negligence, knowing that life and death hung in the balance.

The instinct for survival overwhelmed all other thoughts.

He abruptly pulled the crimson longsword in his hand back to his chest, its tip pointing upwards, directly at the sky.

The Blood Prison Gladiator Arena domain suddenly contracted!

The dark red light curtain that had originally enveloped a few hundred meters around him rapidly collapsed inwards, finally condensing into a dense crimson halo, less than ten meters in diameter, tightly wrapping around him.

The reduction in domain size brought about extreme power concentration.

The crimson battle armor on his body seemed to come alive, with countless scarlet blood threads moving across its surface, exuding a strong scent of blood and a tyrannical aura.

This was his ultimate life-saving technique, fully empowering himself with the domain's strength to gain explosive power beyond his limits for a short period.

"Blood Fiend... Sky-Rending Slash!"

Anxi gripped the crimson longsword with both hands, its blade surging with blood-red light, and crimson runes flickered on its surface.

He poured all his strength, along with the full might of his contracted domain, into this single sword strike...

Where the sword's edge pointed, space itself groaned under the strain, and fine black cracks appeared and vanished around the sword tip.

He intended to use this strongest attack to seize a sliver of life!

However, facing this earth-shattering sword strike,

Bai Xiao took a step forward.

"Whoosh."

A afterimage appeared on the spot, and Bai Xiao was already in front of Anxi.

The longsword in his hand slashed directly.

The sword tip trembled slightly, and the halo effect of the Ashen Extinction Ring had already activated, a wisp of pale white flame silently coiling around the sword light.

"Sizzle—!"

The platinum sword light and the crimson sword aura clashed violently in mid-air!

The dense crimson sword aura was easily sliced open...

Anxi's strongest attack, which had concentrated all his power and domain might, was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper under Bai Xiao's sword!

"Impossible!" Anxi's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He felt an incredibly sharp sword intent, passing through the sword blade, directly striking his soul!

The "Soul Scorch" effect of the Ashen Extinction Ring revealed its terrifying side at this moment.

"Puff!"

Anxi was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. The crimson longsword in his hand let out a mournful cry and shattered inch by inch!

The condensed crimson halo around him shattered like a punctured balloon.

The domain power of the Blood Prison Gladiator Arena was completely crushed before Bai Xiao's absolute power and pure sword intent.

Immediately after, the platinum sword light, its momentum unchecked, swept across his neck at a speed Anxi was utterly unable to react to.

Anxi's look of horror froze on his face...

He opened his mouth, trying to say something, but only produced a gurgling, leaking sound.

A fine line of blood slowly appeared on his neck, then rapidly expanded.

"Thud."

His head rolled to the ground...

The headless corpse swayed, then collapsed to its knees, and crimson blood gushed like a fountain from the severed neck, staining the ground beneath him.

The dark red light of the Blood Prison Gladiator Arena completely dissipated...

From the moment Bai Xiao said, "I'm in a hurry," to Anxi's decapitation, the entire process took only a few short breaths.

One sword, one head!

Clean and decisive, without any hesitation.

Bai Xiao sheathed his sword, and the platinum spiritual pressure on its blade slowly receded.

It was as if he had merely casually crushed an annoying insect.

Turning around, his gaze fell upon the Bloodline Knights fiercely clashing with the Azure Thunder Dragon Riders in the distance, and ‘Crimson Count’ Lilith, who was dashing back and forth within the knight order, attempting to stabilize the situation.

He was indeed in a hurry; Su Jin's order was to end the battle as quickly as possible.

Not far away, Stone Rock, who had just retreated and was holding his chest to recover, muttered, "Heh, no need to strip it off now, that saves trouble."

Looking at the rolling head and the armor, now even redder with blood, he mumbled, "Heh, no need to strip it off now, that saves trouble."