181: Dagger of the Gods

Earth's Punishment tilted his head up at a 30° angle; this was the most handsome angle for the camera.

He just forgot that he was currently covering his face.

“I originally thought you could last three seconds, but I didn't expect it to only be two. What a pity.”

The bubble vanished, and Xu Le appeared in his original position, mocking him with cold words.

“Does even the lowliest worm in the darkest corner long to show its face in the sunlight?”

“What did you say? You actually didn't die?”

Earth's Punishment was exasperated; since ancient times, the truth has always been the easiest way to break someone's defense.

Many people watching the live stream had originally been mesmerized by his previous move, and some even began to worship Earth's Punishment's powerful strength in their hearts.

But after hearing Xu Le's words, they suddenly realized: That's right, this is just a maggot hiding in a dark corner, living off human blood yet never daring to show its face in the sunlight.

“Who says I don't dare to show my face? I am the world's second-ranked assassin. Even if I stand out, who would dare to kill me?”

As Earth's Punishment spoke, he actually tore off the black cloth on his face, revealing a handsome countenance.

Although his looks couldn't compare to Xu Le's, he was at least at the level of a top-tier idol star.

“Dumbass!”

Xu Le cursed inwardly, secretly memorizing the other's appearance. Suddenly, his neck stung. His shadow on the ground had stood up at some unknown point, somehow bypassing his spiritual awareness and bloodline intuition to slash directly through half of his neck.

His health bar bottomed out instantly, but he didn't die.

The Divine Artifact [a little more] triggered.

Even with the ability to negate 50% of Divine-Grade damage, he was still nearly one-shot by a single slash.

It could only be said that demi-god level attacks are truly Heaven-Defying; they can insta-kill each other.

It had to be said, an assassin is an assassin. Even if he was 'noble' enough to be second in the world, he still shamelessly resorted to a sneak attack.

Seeing that Xu Le had only a sliver of health left, Earth's Punishment was secretly shocked but didn't dare to continue the war of words, his movements not slowing down in the slightest.

Dense shadows appeared on the ground again. Although those shadows weren't as agile as the previous ones, his true body was bound to be among them.

Little Sparrow's voice rang out: “You've been a bit impetuous lately. It's a good time to cool you down.”

Xu Le understood and wasn't angry in his heart.

Since returning from the Void Realm and becoming accustomed to powerful Void Creatures, he had indeed become somewhat contemptuous of the people and monsters of Blue Star.

Now that he had taken a hit from Earth's Punishment, he immediately became alert.

“Destiny Link!”

All of Nine Phoenix's attributes and Skills were shared over.

Xu Le reached out, and nine Clones appeared simultaneously, casting “Meteor Fire Rain” together.

Ten Meteor Fire Rains overlapped, completely covering the area where the two were fighting.

The shadows on the ground seemed to have lives of their own as they scattered to escape.

Xu Le narrowed his eyes to search and found that while the shadows seemed to scatter, they had one thing in common.

Blazing Shockwave!

Ten incandescent fireballs slammed into one spot at the same time. A black figure was blasted out from the explosion of the fireballs, looking extremely disheveled.

“It's been ten seconds. I'll give you a little blue flower.”

Xu Le waved his staff, and a blue flower bud stood in the middle of the fire rain, continuously absorbing fire elements and waiting to bloom.

Earth's Punishment trembled all over, every cell in his body urging him to run for his life.

‘I'll die, I'll die, I'll die!’

Even with long years of training, he was almost tormented by his own spiritual intuition. With a pained expression, he took out a dagger and stabbed it directly into the ground.

Instant Bloom!

The blue lotus bloomed, and a high temperature of tens of thousands of degrees suddenly erupted. Even though Xu Le kept it contained within the area, the ground made of magic Materials was directly scorched into charred earth, and the entire floor was burned down by more than ten centimeters.

The camera captured and broadcasted this scene. The people watching the live stream almost went crazy, and the bullet chat flowed like a mountain-toppling tsunami.

“Is this really a Spell that a human can cast?”

“From now on, we have to put a question mark on the idea that the assassin class counters the mage class.”

“Humans are secretly evolving and didn't bring me along.”

“Is this a combat class? Real-name envy from a lifestyle class. +999999”

“This isn't a combat class; combat classes say this is a War God class. +9999”

...Everyone thought Earth's Punishment had been burned to ashes.

Except for Xu Le.

Since suffering that one setback, he kept Mind Link active at all times. He could clearly sense that the other party's Mind Link point was still there.

Earth Spike!

He waved his staff, but the usually active earth elements did not gather; instead, they seemed to be asleep.

The dagger beside Earth's Punishment emitted a halo of light, shielding him firmly inside. All magic elements that approached were repelled.

god-stabbing dagger!

A one-time-use mythic-grade item.

In this place, magic is forbidden!

Earth's Punishment waved his hand, and the halo began to expand.

Although the magic resistance effect decreased accordingly, by expanding slowly and steadily, magic could not gather and thus would not be broken.

Xu Le glanced at the battle between Liu Rufeng and Heavens Punishment and Mans Punishment. Old Man Liu barely used any skills; his sword light flashed, keeping the two from getting close.

The two top assassins were spinning in circles with anxiety but didn't dare to approach. With the empowerment of faith, Old Man Liu's casual sword strokes sent Sword Qi flying everywhere.

Seeing Xu Le distracted, Earth's Punishment accelerated the progress of the anti-magic halo, soon enveloping Xu Le completely.

“It's done!”

“Within an assassin's Domain, I am invincible.”

“Wind Walk!”

Earth's Punishment's figure was like lightning as he approached Xu Le at an extraordinary speed. Xu Le waved his staff.

Earth Fire Flowing Slurry!

The fire elements gathered, and although the Spell was successfully cast, its power was reduced by more than 99%.

Forget about burning a top-tier assassin; it couldn't even kill an ordinary Advanced practitioner.

When Earth's Punishment arrived in front of Xu Le, his body blurred, and three figures struck out with their daggers simultaneously.

“They're all fakes; the real body is here!”

Xu Le swapped his staff for the yanyue saber and directly used the “One Cut, Two Halves” Skill, slashing toward the shadow at his back right.

Clang!

The sound of clashing metal rang out!

Earth's Punishment blocked that slash with his dagger. He also held a mythic-grade weapon in his hand, and he successfully blocked it without being cut in two.

Despite the failed strike, he didn't feel the slightest disappointment; instead, he revealed a weird smile.

Although those three shadows were fake bodies, they could still attack.

Xu Le's health bar, which had just returned to a small portion using the “Life Recovery” Skill, was instantly emptied.

Whoosh!

Terrifying life force erupted from within him, and his health bar was instantly filled.

The “Heavens Mandate Regeneration” Skill was triggered.

Xu Le slashed out several times in a row, but Earth's Punishment didn't fight him head-on. He circled around and managed to land a few more cuts on Xu Le instead.

The damage wasn't high, but it was clearly visible that Xu Le's close-combat Skills were inferior to his opponent's.

traceless ring!

All of Xu Le's Skills refreshed (excluding equipment Skills and passive skills).

Mental Shock!

This move didn't rely on magic element attacks but was a pure contest of their mental strength.

Crack!

The god-protecting spirit jade let out another crisp cracking sound.

It was another fatal blow.

Earth's Punishment's eyes were blood-red. The god-protecting spirit jade had only one chance left. If it was completely consumed, that would be a loss of two mythic-grade items.

Even so, if the mission was completed... it would still be a profit.

But who wouldn't want to profit more?

He was about to use a Skill to charge forward when he heard Xu Le brandishing the yanyue saber in his hand and shouting fiercely.

“Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Mountain-Cleaving Sea-Severing Style!”

“Idiot, shouting out the name of your ultimate move.” Earth's Punishment thought with disdain, hastily pulling back his figure.

The next second.

He saw Xu Le perform a very ordinary slash.

Forget about destroying mountains and severing seas; it would be hard to even cut a person with it.

A bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and then he heard a “crack” by his ear. The god-protecting spirit jade shattered completely, an overwhelming sea of fire rose up, and a blue lotus bud was about to bloom.