418: Chapter 418 Tragic

Covered in blood, Nie Ning gripped his long blade and slashed at the knight who was watching him.

A one-meter-long white blade aura streaked across, closing in on the knight at lightning speed.

The knight reacted quickly; he raised his long spear and thrust a stream of light toward Nie Ning.

The stream of light collided with the blade aura in an instant.

But the knight's vision blurred, and the blade aura vanished for no reason; he didn't feel the blade aura being shattered, as if it hadn't hit anything at all.

Just as the stream of light at the spear tip was about to strike Nie Ning, the knight's expression changed abruptly.

The vanished blade aura instantly appeared in front of the knight.

The blade aura tore through the aura formed by the knight's battle energy and slashed directly toward his head.

Gritting his teeth, the knight dodged with his head, but his chest was struck by the blade aura.

A gash was cut into the knight's armor, and immediately afterward, the knight was blown away by the exploding blade aura.

Nie Ning panted heavily, but before he could catch his breath, an old man with a pockmarked face, cloaked in black robes and concealing his presence, appeared in mid-air.

Seeing this, Nie Ning's expression became grave.

He truly had unspeakable bitterness in his heart.

What was wrong with just wanting to live? Why wouldn't these people leave him even the slightest way out!

The pockmarked old man looked at Nie Ning with a face full of smiles, then looked at the knight who had fallen from the cliff wall.

"Do you need help? As long as you sell me the Haili Herb you obtained last time, I can help you kill this strange kid."

The knight who had landed on the ground was expressionless. He glanced at the diagonally slashed wound on his chest, then looked up at Nie Ning in the distance and indifferently spat out two words: "No need."

"I'm doing this for your own good. This kid can absorb the surrounding life energy to recover from his injuries; be careful not to capsize in the gutter. My request isn't difficult, isn't it just..."

"Get lost!"

Before the pockmarked old man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the knight's rebuke.

Hearing this, a flash of sinister malice crossed the pockmarked old man's eyes, but it instantly returned to its original state, and he spoke with a chuckle.

"If you don't want to, then forget it. There will come a time when you'll come begging to me."

After saying this, the pockmarked old man's figure flickered, and he was already a hundred meters away, then transformed into a stream of light and escaped.

As the pockmarked old man left, Nie Ning's expression became even graver.

Looking at the silver-armored knight's cold expression, Nie Ning knew that the other party was about to turn up the heat on him.

'I don't know if I can hold out...'

The opponent's speed was too fast, and he had no flight equipment currently; relying solely on high-purity fusion energy was still lacking.

In front of a character of this level, focusing solely on running away would only lead to death faster.

He could only try to find an opportunity and seek a glimmer of hope for survival from it.

"You are quite good. It's a pity that we are enemies. If you weren't involved in the power struggle, I would be very willing to keep you."

The silver-armored knight waved his hand to recall the long spear that had been knocked away earlier, shaking his head with slight regret.

"If you say it like that, then why not let me go? I am not a member of Yishi Mansion; I just want to go back and live a normal life."

Nie Ning looked at the silver-armored knight with a hopeful expression.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many high-level Transcendent here, he would have long since run away without a trace.

"That won't do. It would be better if you surrendered; I can keep you until the end, and perhaps I will let you leave once your identity is verified."

The knight glanced at Nie Ning with an indifferent expression, completely unmoved.

These days, everyone, whether human or ghost, likes to talk nonsense.

The more talented a person is, the less they can be left alive, otherwise, no one knows what kind of reversals might happen in the future.

"So there's no room for negotiation?"

Nie Ning's eyes became sinister.

The knight shook his head slightly and suddenly kicked a huge rock next to him toward Nie Ning.

Seeing this, the xueyan bladeless in Nie Ning's hand trembled slightly.

Driven by the Earth-Splitting Force, the moment the blade touched the huge rock, it shattered it.

The silver-armored knight rushed out from within, his long spear thrusting straight toward Nie Ning, and then the two sides began to fight fiercely.

However, by comparison, Nie Ning's strength was lacking by more than just a little; he was completely no match for the silver-armored knight.

After a round of fighting, in just a short moment, several bloody holes appeared on his body.

Although the silver-armored knight hadn't suffered any injuries, Nie Ning's recovery ability was too monstrous, making it difficult for him to kill Nie Ning in a short time.

Furthermore, the opponent possessed some kind of ability to absorb life energy, and even he, having reached the sixth rank, could not be spared.

He could only lock his own vitality within his body and use battle energy to defend and slow down the intensity of being absorbed, preventing too much life energy from being drained by the opponent.

The most troublesome thing now was that too many people had died here.

The life energy of a Transcendent is incredibly vigorous; as long as it wasn't from dying of old age, they could still retain a lot of energy even after death.

Unless the corpses were moved away from this area, even if the corpses were destroyed, the free-roaming life energy would still be absorbed.

However, this was obviously unrealistic.

Moreover, the opponent had many peculiarities.

After multiple exchanges, he could be almost certain that the opponent was only at the fourth rank.

But the quality of energy contained within the opponent's body was very high, which was obviously a very abnormal situation.

The armor on his body could self-heal and carried traces of the Power of Corruption; he was clearly a member of the Psionicists, otherwise a normal person would not easily touch the Power of Corruption.

The silver-armored knight rushed forward, forcing Nie Ning to the edge of the cliff wall, his gaze occasionally looking at the blade in Nie Ning's hand, revealing a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Although this blade was bladeless, it was incredibly hard; under his fierce attacks, it hadn't left a single mark.

As for the material, it couldn't be identified; the star-like translucent blade body was exceptionally beautiful.

If it were in the past, he would definitely have said it was flashy.

But now it was different, because multiple probes had proven that the long blade in the opponent's hand was definitely a rare treasure!

And it should be an exotic treasure; at least this area didn't have such a highly skilled blacksmith.

It was a pity that the silver-armored knight didn't know that this was not a pure blade, but a special staff that a normal knight could not use at all.

Of course, that was from Nie Ning's perspective.

However, he hadn't fully figured out the long blade's capabilities yet; in any case, it was definitely more than just an unremarkable 'staff'...

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Under the knight's fierce offensive, Nie Ning was soon forced into a desperate situation.

Maintaining the Forbidden Domain of Living Beings for a long time, along with his constantly severely injured body, left his mind extremely exhausted, to the point where even a slight relaxation could lead to his body collapsing.

The knight's speed was simply too fast, leaving him without even a chance to release the Jinling Spirit Hunting Array.

But at this point, it seemed that only by fighting with all his might could he possibly win a glimmer of hope for survival.

As the knight's long spear thrust out, it pierced through Nie Ning's chest, pinning him firmly against the rock wall.

At this moment, Nie Ning's body was riddled with holes, his severely damaged body was nearly festering, and red blood dripped onto the ground like flowing water.

He looked absolutely miserable.