Published: February 7, 2025
Xia Bai had made a silent effort to activate her inertia attack ability when she gave up the sadness ink pattern scythe. After being attacked several times by the night butcher in a short span of time, the skill finally triggered as the scythe was released by the night butcher.
The sharp blade of the scythe slashed through the night butcher's body.
Due to the angle, Xia Bai did not see the result of this slash at first, but the cloud summit warriors outside could see clearly that the sadness ink pattern had left a cut on the night butcher's back.
However...
It was merely a tear in the skin, with no blood flowing out. As the attack ended and the sadness ink pattern scythe fell to the ground, the wound began to heal at a visibly fast rate.
Ye Zhongming knew that this was the effect of the gel-like talent skill.
It seemed this was truly a hard battle.
Xia Bai dodged the night butcher's cleaver, and her body could not remain in an upside-down position forever. As she fell, she heavily stomped her feet on the night butcher's head.
Thanks to her flexible body, she was able to make such a movement despite being stuck.
Xia Bai was searching for this guy's weakness.
The night butcher's head swayed slightly to the side from the impact of her kick, but the properties of the gel-like body caused Xia Bai's feet to stick to its head.
At this point, three of Xia Bai's limbs were already stuck.
The night butcher swung its cleaver again, this time aiming for the wrist of the hand that was stuck.
Her body twisted slightly, yet Xia Bai was unfazed. As the night butcher swung its knife, she pulled out a sharp dagger from her ankle, leveraging her closer distance to cut into her own stuck hand.
Blood flowed down from Xia Bai's body onto the ground, not the night butcher's, as she sliced off a thin layer from her palm.
All just to escape this annoying gel-like substance.
The cleaver swooshed past again, missing its mark.
Xia Bai moved her legs left and right, freeing herself from the night butcher and landing on the ground.
She left her shoe on the night butcher's head.
Wow!
The night butcher let out a strange cry, different from before, as if it were saying something else.
It turned around and looked at the just-landed Xia Bai, its entire body suddenly began to grow, resembling half a finger. In just a breath's time, it had grown to about two meters, its appendages waving around like a chaotic dance.
"Thousand Leaf Touch!"
The night butcher activated its second talent skill, transforming into a tentacle monster, charging towards Xia Bai once again.
Because of these tentacles, Xia Bai dared not approach it anymore.
Removing the dark cataclysm, Xia Bai leaped to the side, increasing the distance between herself and the night butcher.
With the combination of the gel-like body and thousand leaf touch, Xia Bai was at a loss on how to deal with this monster.
With no cover, the speed of both sides slowed down, but the night butcher slowed down even more, which was probably the only good news for Xia Bai.
Finding an opportunity, Xia Bai seized the sadness ink pattern scythe, swung it a couple of times, and actually achieved some results; those tentacles could be severed by this silver weapon, but it had to be done quickly, or she would be entangled by other tentacles.
The battle state became tense.
Ah!
The night butcher shouted again, its not-so-conspicuous tail raised up. Only then did the cloud summit warriors see that inside this tail were two rows of coin-sized circular holes. As they were revealed, five-colored gas began to spray out from these holes, directly hitting the ground.
Under this force, the night butcher's speed suddenly began to accelerate, and its advantage in short-distance sprints became very evident!
"Jet Brake!"
The night butcher activated its third talent skill!
With a clang, after Xia Bai dodged twice, the small cleaver struck the sadness ink pattern scythe, sparks flying. Xia Bai used the pole to push off the ground and flew sideways, the scythe's head slashing off two more tentacles.