291: Chapter 291 Gang Fight

The others, seeing Nie Ning's ruthlessness, already felt the urge to retreat.

But then, a Third-Ring Wizard with a mohawk stepped forward: "Why should we retreat? Is it possible that so many of us are afraid of one little Corruptor!"

Nie Ning said nothing, waving his hand to bind the mohawked man with several Ice Chains.

At this point, the two Rank 4s from the Serrated Society had already opened the barrier.

"I was joking, just joking! I'll leave right now."

Seeming to realize what Nie Ning intended to do, the mohawked man screamed in panic.

"Have more sense in your next life."

Nie Ning expressionlessly flicked his finger, and the chains binding the mohawked man flung him toward the Black-robed Corruptor.

But just as the mohawked man was about to reach the Black-robed Corruptor, a figure appeared beside him and intercepted him.

"After all, everyone is here to contribute to Blood Rainbow City. Why don't we deal with this Corruptor first?"

The Fourth-Order Knight who stopped the mohawked man said with a chuckle.

Nie Ning snorted coldly, glanced at the mohawked man, and then looked at the other Rank 3s behind him.

Seeing Nie Ning's ferocity, the others didn't dare stay any longer and retreated one after another.

Seeing the barrier vanish, the Black-robed Corruptor quickly charged toward the mohawked man, clearly intending to eliminate the weakest person on the field.

However, with a Fourth-Order Knight present, the Black-robed Corruptor naturally wouldn't succeed so easily.

The Fourth-Order Knight threw the mohawked man away and drew his longsword to block the Black-robed Corruptor.

Knowing the Black-robed Corruptor's ability, the Fourth-Order Knight did not launch a ranged attack, but instead coated himself and his sword with battle qi.

Solidified battle qi was not so easily absorbed. Soon, another Fourth-Order Knight also charged forward; the two Fourth-Order Knights suppressed the Black-robed Corruptor with sheer brute force and their runic weapons.

However, dealing with a Corruptor with such extreme regenerative capabilities was clearly not that simple.

The Wizards present weren't idle either; they began to use low-power sorcery to test the waters.

This would prevent the suction from the rift from becoming too strong while also allowing them to probe for the Corruptor's weaknesses to launch targeted attacks.

After a series of probes, it didn't take long to find a flaw in the Corruptor.

Although the rift had strong suction, it had little effect on pure physical elements.

For example, weapons forged from various materials, dirt on the ground, grass, trees, and lake water—things that existed in reality.

In short, the Black-robed Corruptor only affected energy bodies.

The Wizards were highly professional in this regard and would not blindly do things that would harm themselves.

Nie Ning watched with great interest.

Previously, he had always faced enemies alone, relying entirely on his own toughness to push through.

Under the suppression of a group of Transcendents, the Black-robed Corruptor clearly didn't have much room to counterattack.

However, simple physical manipulation did little damage to the Black-robed Corruptor, and combined with the Corruptor's innate Transcendent recovery, the two sides were clearly at a stalemate.

At this moment, a Wizard took out a circular piece of iron that looked like a gear.

Under the Wizard's control, the circular iron piece split into many high-speed rotating shards that swarmed toward the Corruptor.

The metal shards were extremely sharp and moved incredibly fast; in an instant, many wounds appeared on the Corruptor's body.

The Black-robed Corruptor seemed to have no blood; under the torn robes was only a smear of blackness, with nothing visible inside.

Suddenly, the Black-robed Corruptor dove downward.

The crowd didn't pay much attention, assuming the Black-robed Corruptor was trying to flee.

After all, faced with everyone's encirclement, even if they couldn't kill this fellow, they had the ability to seal him away.

"Underground are the residential area's citizens protected by an array!"

One of the Rank 4s from the Serrated Society shouted out.

The expressions of several people changed; they hadn't expected the Serrated Society to use a barrier without evacuating the civilians!

If the barrier hadn't been closed just now, those civilians would have been nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.

Nie Ning, shrouded in blood mist, charged at the Black-robed Corruptor with extreme speed and knocked him flying before he could reach the ground.

With a wave of his hand, the earth and stones on the ground shook, and a four-sided earthen wall surrounded the Corruptor, followed by countless spikes stabbing toward the Black-robed Corruptor from inside the wall.

But pure earth manipulation had limited power.

A black hand pierced through the earthen wall, and then cracks began to spread to the surroundings.

As the four-sided earthen wall collapsed with a bang, the Black-robed Corruptor charged straight at another nearby Knight.

The Black-robed Corruptor's pitch-black arm firmly grabbed the Knight, and the rift opening in his abdomen emitted a massive suction, beginning to drain the Knight's blood qi energy.

The other Knight stepped forward to help, hacking his sword into the Black-robed Corruptor's shoulder.

'Clang~'

The sound of metal clashing rang out; the Black-robed Corruptor's hard body caused the Knight's arm to go slightly numb from the vibration.

In a situation where they couldn't use battle qi to a great extent, the weakening of the Knights was clearly significant.

A Wizard controlled the surrounding vines to bind the Black-robed Corruptor.

But the Black-robed Corruptor's arm was as if welded to the Knight he had grabbed; no matter how much force was used, they couldn't be separated.

Worse still, under the Black-robed Corruptor's drainage, the captured Knight's face turned deathly pale, and he could only rely on the battle qi in his body to hold on.

Once his battle qi was lost to a certain point, he would only face the fate of being devoured.

But just then, a figure attacked from the side.

The long blade in Nie Ning's hand radiated a white light as it slashed upward across the Black-robed Corruptor's arms.

As something kept alongside the star river codex, the power of the xueyan bladeless naturally went without saying.

With the enhancement of the eight-fold elemental fusion, the xueyan bladeless severed the Black-robed Corruptor's arms as if cutting through tofu.

Immediately after, Nie Ning kicked the Corruptor, sending him flying.

The Black-robed Corruptor floated in mid-air, the rift on his chest aiming at Nie Ning and producing a massive suction.

Because it had absorbed more than half of the Knight's power, this suction was clearly much more violent than before.

Seeing this, a cold look appeared in the depths of Nie Ning's eyes.

"If you want to eat, I'll let you eat your fill!"

Nie Ning raised his palm, and white flames danced in his palm.

Because the mana used was too immense, the suction produced by the Black-robed Corruptor could only blow the white flames around, but could not suck away the condensed power within them.

"Don't!"

The others were horrified and hurriedly spoke out to stop him.

After all, the Corruptor had already demonstrated his divine power; the eerie rift on his chest could absorb energy.

Although they didn't know what sorcery Nie Ning was using, the energy contained within it made everyone tremble; once absorbed by the Black-robed Corruptor, the consequences could be imagined.

Nie Ning remained unmoved, raising his hand to release a Super Explosive Fireball at the Black-robed Corruptor.

'Boom!'

The sound of an explosion rang out.

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