Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 722: 100 Seconds of Life and Death [7.7k words]

100 seconds of...invincibility?!

Almost at the moment when Xin Lailai saw the information popping up at the edge of his vision, his eyelids trembled violently, and at the same time he understood why the old guard captain could block Randy's killing bullet without any harm.

Not only that, the fact that the old guard captain did not obtain any power from the abyss out of thin air, but instead used the power of the abyss to increase his existing abilities to an almost unsolvable degree, also severely refreshed Xin Lailai's cognition. However, at the moment, he simply did not have the energy to think carefully about the things in it, because -

"Roar--!!"

On the battlefield, a single shot smashed Xin Lailai and the surrounding barren sand battlefield for hundreds of meters down. The old guard captain in the abyss form had no intention of stopping at all. He simply grabbed the space beside him with his left hand as a force point, tilted his body back, let out a low roar, and threw the huge black spear that was more than five meters long from mid-air to the ground at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye.

Boom! ! !
A deafening roar erupted on the battlefield. The pitch-black spear hit the secondary invincible barrier on Xin Lailai's body at a speed that Xin Lailai could not react to at all. With a bang, Xin Lailai was smashed into the ground like a whack-a-mole with his constricted pupils. The residual power that spread out sank the battlefield area of ​​more than a thousand meters in radius, giving people the feeling that the entire land plate was shattered.

Click~!

A crisp shattering sound was heard, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to tremble. Without caring about anything else, he directly used his mental power to lock onto the pale clone in another direction, and the protective energy in his body poured out.

Space…displacement.

boom--! !

A dull collision sound was heard, and Xin Lailai struggled to exchange with the pale clone. The next moment, the spear fell to the ground, and the pale clone, which was only protected by a strong secondary invincible barrier, was instantly shattered. Xin Lailai groaned and fell out of the space shuttle state with difficulty. Then, while the secondary invincible barrier had less than half a second left, he decisively took out the "Element Secret Medicine" he had bought from Randy from the storage space, drank it up, and looked at the old guard leader who rushed towards him again. He handed the control of his body to Ling Yuzi and shouted with his soul:
"Brother White Devil!!!"

Boom! ! !
The spear penetrated and collided heavily with the pitch-black heavy sword wrapped in the secondary invincible barrier. A circle of black air waves hundreds of meters wide was stabbed out from the center of the collision, which directly stabbed Xin Lailai into a "＞" shape. He and the Yuan Mo in his hand flew backwards with a bang. Just as the old guard captain swung his spear and was about to chase again -

clang! ! !
An extremely heavy and loud sound of the blade vibrating exploded, and a flash of dark knife light was seen, colliding with the spear in the old guard captain's hand at an unimaginable speed, and forcibly curbing the old guard captain's pursuit.

A strong breath of the abyss rose into the sky. In midair, a two-meter-tall figure stood there with a blood-red long blade in one hand and a pitch-black magic blade in the other. His pupils were all dark red with blood. Looking at his face, it was none other than the only one among the three who possessed the power to confront the old captain of the garrison - Shadow of the Abyss, the White Demon.

[Warning: The intensity of abyssal erosion in the area where the pioneer is currently located has increased significantly. It is recommended to evacuate immediately! ]

[Tip: It is detected that the pioneer is suffering from the effect of "Abyss Corrosion". Due to "Elemental Protection", this erosion will be reduced by 95% before judgment...]

[Hint: Judgment completed. Due to the basic effect of "Grandmaster of Heavy Sword LV.20", this has been exempted...]

A large number of warnings and prompts popped up from the edge of Xin Lailai's vision, but Xin Lailai, who used the pedals formed by the magic field and crystal technique to quickly stabilize his body in mid-air, ignored these unimportant things at all, and just stared at the white magic that blocked the old guard captain in mid-air. Looking at the other party's image that seemed to be integrated with the demon spirit, his pupils shrank unnaturally.

This is... the abyss form unique to the Shadow of the Abyss!
"Roar--!!"

In mid-air, the old guard captain who had his attack blocked did not stop his movements, but let out a low and powerful roar. The scarlet eyes under the skull sheep head bulged, and his slightly hunched tall body suddenly exerted force, stepping on the space that was compressed into an almost solid state under his feet, and stabbed a gun at the white devil's head.

The White Demon, who also exuded an extremely strong aura of the abyss and had pitch-black claws on the ends of his limbs like those of the abyss creatures, did not dodge or evade the shot. He allowed the shot to stab at his head while he stomped hard. Pitch-black arcs of lightning shot out from the double blades in his hands, and as his arms moved, they slashed towards the body of the old guard captain.

boom! ! !
The next moment, a collision broke out, and the pitch-black gun tips and the X-shaped intersecting space slashes fell on the White Demon and the old guard captain almost at the same time, causing their figures to fly backwards and hit the ground and the space barrier respectively with a loud bang. If you look at their bodies, you will find that neither the old guard captain nor the White Demon has any injuries on their bodies.

No harm.

No harm!

This is the abyssal form of the White Mage, which goes one step further based on the Shadow King's ability to materialize the devil. It briefly merges itself with the devil and completely releases the abyssal power within the devil's body, gaining unparalleled explosive power while obtaining the materialized devil's outrageous 100% damage immunity, which is truly the ultimate trump card that is enough to reverse a desperate situation in an instant.

Boom——! !

On the space barrier, the old guard captain, who was hit by the opponent's enhanced slash, crushed the sword light on his chest with one hand, raised his head, and in his pupils flashing with scarlet light, he reflected the figure of the White Demon who had also stood up again on the battlefield. He took two steps at a time as if ignoring the constraints of gravity, and strode along the vertical space barrier. Finally, under the gaze of Xin Lailai and others, he stomped heavily on the space barrier under his feet, and rushed out from the space cracks that spread like a spider web with a huge roar of space collapse, and rushed towards the White Demon like a cannonball accelerated to the extreme.

When the White Demon saw this, he did not dodge or evade. His pupils, which had been infected with pure black, were shining with blood. He just took a step forward, and after briefly accumulating strength, the long swords in his hands slashed out heavily, slashing at the old guard captain's body from the left and right.

boom! ! !
There was a horrifying collision sound, and the battlefield beneath the feet of the two men collapsed. Gray-white dust waterfalls shot up into the sky, and were forcibly blown back into the sky for five or six hundred meters under the wind pressure formed by the collision between the blade and the spear before falling back down.

Boom boom boom boom boom——!!

The next moment, there were so many collisions that it was impossible to tell how many there were.

On the battlefield, the White Demon and the old guard captain were like two wild beasts fighting each other selflessly. The weapons in their hands collided wildly, and the sparks from the friction between the blades and the spears weaved a rain of fire in the air. The aftermath that spread to the surroundings as the other party's bodies spread created circle after circle of gray-white dust waterfalls on the battlefield. Every collision would cause the entire space battlefield to tremble slightly.

Om-! !

A huge traction force came down, trying to help the White Demon suppress the old guard captain, but the next moment the gravitational source that formed the gravitational field was directly torn apart by the uncontrollable abyss aura on the White Demon that was madly eroding the surroundings and the aftermath of the battle between the two, causing Xin Lailai, who was far away, to shrink her pupils.

"They are just like two monsters...right?"

When Randy's voice sounded, the young nobleman came to Xin Lailai's side at some point, looked at the confrontation in the distance that they could not intervene at all, and the eyes in his silver-white pupils jumped slightly, as if he was remembering something from the past.

Xin Lailai nodded slightly without refuting, but just watched quietly as the white demon fought with the old guard captain like a violent beast, with a look of shock in his eyes.

Randy had told him before that the White Mage's level quota of 7.9 was actually a value forced down by the Samsara Paradise. If the opponent really used the Abyss Form at all costs, the opponent's strength assessment would have to reach at least level 8.0 or even higher, truly becoming the strongest outside-level team except Yan Yi.

At that time, he actually still had some doubts about this, but now, after witnessing the scene before his own eyes, all those doubts have disappeared.

"Let's get started, Brother Black Sword. Lao Bai's Abyss Form can only be active for about a minute at most. We must seize this time to prepare to support and take over from him!"

'Um. ’

On the battlefield, after watching for a while the White Demon who was holding back the old guard captain by himself, Randy decisively spoke to Xin Lailai with his soul thoughts. Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, closed his eyes, and mobilized all the soul storage crystals in the soul space, attracting a huge amount of soul energy, and together with Ling Yuzi, he quickly constructed one sealing spell after another from the surroundings.

Randy on the side took a deep breath, leaned over and pressed his palms on the ground, silver light flowed in his pupils, and space crystals rich in space energy appeared around him one after another. The space energy inside poured out under their guidance, and quickly outlined the prototype of an extremely large teleportation array on the battlefield.

——They really couldn't intervene in the confrontation between the White Demon and the old captain of the guard after they entered the abyss form, but that didn't mean there was nothing else they could do.

——With the old guard captain’s current attack strength, if they don’t make sufficient preparations, even with the one minute that the White Mage delayed them and the few seconds at the beginning, the remaining thirty seconds of boiling state alone would definitely be enough to wipe out the three of them twice!

boom! ! !
In the distance, the two blades in the White Demon's hands collided with the spear in the old guard captain's hand again. The White Demon's body sank heavily under the terrifying force of the old guard captain, and the old guard captain's movements couldn't help but pause under the White Demon's slashing attack. He was in a stalemate there again, and then swung his spear and fought with the White Demon again.

Boom boom boom boom boom——!!

The long sword that could easily split the space and the long spear that could destroy the mountain with one blow bombarded each other crazily. The two men were like two painless and insensitive demon gods. They did not choose any other option except attacking. They just resisted each other's attacks without dodging or defending, and fought desperately, causing the ground under their feet to be compressed from loose gray-white sand into gray-white soil blocks thicker than legendary materials.

Boom boom boom boom boom——!!

Once? Hundreds of times? Thousands or even tens of thousands of times?
Huge roars continued to explode on the battlefield, but at the center of the collision between the White Demon and the old guard captain, no noisy sound could be heard at all. All that could be seen was the flashing of swords and guns, as well as the black lightning arcs and dark red blood rising into the sky.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds...

Time passed by bit by bit, and the pitch-black color at the ends of the White Demon's limbs began to spread towards its torso, from the forearms, to the arms and thighs, and then to the torso itself. When it was about to spread to the White Demon's neck and heart -

'Old White!!!'

boom! ! !
Almost at the moment when the pitch-black color on the white demon's body began to spread towards its heart, Randy's voice suddenly exploded in his mind, causing his pupils, which had already turned pitch-black, to move suddenly. Without any hesitation, he stomped heavily on the ground under his feet. At the same time, the two long swords in his hands collided with the long spear stabbed by the old guard captain one after another, and let his body turn into a black stream of light from the horrific impact and fly backwards.

Facing the white demon that he had stabbed away, the old guard captain, whose pupils were filled with blood that had almost materialized, did not hesitate at all. He stepped forward, raised the spear in his hand behind him amid the wailing sound in space, and threw it out in an instant at a speed that Xin Lailai and Randy could not see at all, as if he did not intend to give the white demon any chance to escape.

boom--! ! !
I saw a pitch-black spear soaring into the sky, piercing through circles of pitch-black ring-shaped air waves from midair, breaking through layers of sound barriers, and in an instant it caught up to the White Demon, and when it was about to collide with the White Demon...

Space replacement!

A golden light bloomed, and Xin Lailai's figure appeared out of thin air at the position where the White Demon was. With the Yuan Mo in his hand wrapped in the energy of self-protection, he blocked the black spear with all his strength. At the same time, a silver-white stream of light instantly rushed in front of him from a distance and hit the tip of the spear heavily.

Boom! ! !
A violent spatial fluctuation broke out, breaking through the spatial suppression effect around the spear. Together with Xin Lailai, the dark spear was deflected to the side, turning it into a dark stream of light, which instantly bombarded the spatial barrier diagonally above like thunder, creating a huge spider-web-like crack on it.

When the old guard captain who was below saw this scene, his eyes moved slightly, and he was about to use the ultimate ability of the spear master LV.40 to recall the spear to his hand -

boom! ! !
An extremely violent space fluctuation broke out, and the space around the old guard captain was shattered. Like a baseball hit by a home run, the whole person was sent flying backwards under the impact of the artificial space storm and hit the space barrier in the distance heavily.

"Brother Black Sword!" "Understood!" The next moment, Xin Lailai, who was in midair, changed his position again and appeared in front of the soul spells in the sky. His soul thoughts and mental power surged at the same time, and a faint blue light rose in his pupils, which was unique to the extremely concentrated soul energy. He directed the sealing spell formed by the vast soul energy behind him in the direction of the old guard captain.

hum! ! !
A tremendous sealing force that was enough to seal off dozens of Tier 3 Overlord-class units at the same time exploded and hit the old guard captain heavily, transforming into shackles and restraints, frantically suppressing the old guard captain's actions.

"Roar--!!"

A terrifying roar like an ancient beast sounded from under the skull-headed sheep mask of the old guard commander. The old guard commander, who was sealed by the sealing technique, roared, and a series of noises came from his limbs and torso. He just managed to hold up his body with the soul sealing technique composed of hundreds of thousands of soul energy points. Then -

boom! ! !
A brand new pitch-black spear condensed in the old guard captain's hand and collided heavily with the forbidden power that was suppressed on the old guard captain, instantly turning the forbidden power that was originally stretched into a ")" shape into a "＞" shape. Then, with the old guard captain's beast-like roar, it penetrated through with a bang, and exploded the sealing barrier in front of it into soul energy fragments all over the sky, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to shrink slightly in the distance.

Thirteen seconds.

Including the time delayed by the space storm, from the time the old guard captain knocked the white demon away to the time he shot him and Ling Yuzi to death with a sealing technique that had consumed a huge amount of soul energy to prepare, only thirteen seconds had passed in total, which was a full seven seconds less than he and Randy had expected.

Boom! ! !
A huge roar was heard, and the old guard captain who had broken free from the restraints of the sealing technique did not stop at all. He fixed his eyes directly on Xin Lailai, who had blocked his attacks several times in succession. He stepped heavily and threw the spear in his hand again. The black spear that had been enhanced by the LV.40 spear master suddenly turned into a stream of light and rushed in front of Xin Lailai in an instant.

boom! ! !
The spear collided with the heavy sword that had been predicted in advance, and the abyss energy on it exploded. With an earth-shaking roar, together with the protective energy blooming from Xin Lailai's body, the entire spatial battlefield was once again rendered in gold and black. Before Xin Lailai could catch his breath, the spear in front of him had been replaced by the figure of the old guard captain.

Boom——!!!
A heavy sound of breaking through the air was heard, and the old guard captain who had teleported over did not hesitate at all. He swung his spear with his bare hands at Xin Lailai, and halfway through the swing he recalled the spear into his own hand, turning the swing into a powerful and incredibly fast sweep, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to shrink to the extreme. Without caring about anything else, he directly mobilized the remaining protective energy in his body to block the direction where the old guard captain's spear was sweeping.

Boom! ! !
The collision broke out, and the protective energy on Xin Lailai's body suddenly dimmed, and just when it seemed that he was about to collapse -

Space...displacement!
A golden light burst out, replacing Xin Lailai's figure with another pale clone summoned by Ling Yuzi, who collided with the old guard captain's spear instead of Xin Lailai.

boom! ! !
The pale clone was shattered, and the old guard who had missed the attack did not hesitate at all. He turned around and threw the spear in his hand again, not intending to give Xin Lailai any chance to recover the protective energy. Xin Lailai's pupils trembled heavily when he saw this scene.

'The rest!!!'

boom! ! !
The spear fell, and Xin Lailai's figure disappeared again. In her place was an alchemical puppet that was instantly shattered, as well as the remnants of the soul body that had no time to be recovered.

However, before Xin Lailai could even breathe a sigh of relief, the old guard captain who had dodged and resisted several bullets seemed to have expected it. He recalled the soul body in his hand the moment the spear hit it, turned around, locked onto the position where Xin Lailai had moved to, and suddenly threw another shot. His movements were so fast that Xin Lailai only had time to see two severely discontinuous frames.

Peng! ! !
The spear was thrown out, and it attacked Xin Lailai at an unimaginable speed. The energy for protecting her body was no longer enough to launch the next spatial displacement. Then -

'Brother Randy!'

Suddenly, a silver-white figure rushed out from behind Xin Lailai, gritting his teeth and raising his hand to block the black spear in front of him.

boom! ! !
The silver-white space barrier collided heavily with the pitch-black spear, and was finally blocked by the dazzling golden light rising from its surface. Randy groaned, and with a ferocious expression, he took advantage of the time when his life-saving item was activated, grabbed the spear in front of him, and wrapped it with space energy, leaving the old guard captain no chance to use it to change his position or take it back.

'Three seconds!!!'

A hysterical roar sounded from Xin Lailai and Bai Mo's minds. That was the duration of the secondary invincible barrier formed by Randy's life-saving item.

Boom! ! !
There was a heavy bang that seemed to shatter the world. The old guard captain, who found that his ability to change positions had failed, was like a demon descending from the sky. He directly ignored the crystal gravity spell cast on him by Xin Lailai, condensed an ordinary spear and rushed to Randy. He smashed it with his hand, colliding with the two guns that Randy used as shields.

boom! ! !
The terrifying impact force made Randy groan. Looking at the secondary invincible barrier in front of him that cracked into a large number of cracks after just one blow, a look of horror appeared in his pupils.

"TM... How on earth did that Black Sword guy manage to hold out for the entire attack? ! ! "

A brief greeting of "fuck you" flashed through Randy's mind, and the next second, the barrier in front of him shattered, and he spurted out a large mouthful of blood like a kite with a broken string. He raised his hand to block the spear swung by the old guard captain, and then was smashed away by the old guard captain with a sound of a large number of bones breaking. Just as he was about to be pierced by the spear thrown by the old guard captain——

Abyss Blade Style: Dragon Breaking Flash!

clang--! !

The blood-red sword and the pitch-black spear collided heavily, deflecting the ordinary spear that was only three meters long to the side. The white magician, who had barely regained his ability to move thanks to potions and crystal suturing, rushed out from the side, helped Randy block the attack with an expressionless face, and rushed towards the old guard captain without hesitation.

Facing the white demon rushing towards him, the old guard captain's eyes flickered with bloodshot. Without hesitation, he grabbed the huge spear that was no longer suppressed by Randy, stepped on the space that was squeezed into a solidified state under his feet, stepped forward, and stabbed straight at the white demon's head.

Boom! ! !
A golden light burst out with a strength almost as strong as the secondary invincible barrier activated by Randy, and blocked the attack with difficulty. Then the white demon took a step forward with a muffled groan, and raised his sword to chop at the black spear that was coming again.

boom! ! !
The next second, the long sword collided with the spear blade, and the golden barrier shattered without any suspense. The same bone-breaking sound as Randy's was heard, and the White Devil's arm was severely deformed to a visible extent as if it had been run over by a truck. Just as it was about to be completely cut off by the spear blade -

Space replacement!

Boom! ! !
The pitch-black giant sword flew through the air and collided heavily with the heavy gun blade. Amid the dazzling golden light and Xin Lailai's muffled groan, it steadily took the blow.

Boom——!!!
The spear swept over again, but Xin Lailai, who had predicted it in advance, just blocked it with an expressionless face.

Boom! ! !
A terrifying impact erupted, completely tearing apart the protective energy that was on the verge of death, but Xin Lailai seemed to ignore it and forcibly dragged his body, which had no more protective energy, and raised his sword again to block the spear swung by the old guard captain.

boom! ! !
The sound of bones breaking under heavy pressure rang out, and Xin Lailai spat out a large mouthful of blood. The field of vision in front of him was dyed blood red, and the health value on the status bar dropped to only 7.8%. However, he still ignored it, summoned the last of his strength, slashed with a sword, and then...

Boom! ! !
A bright golden light that was brighter and heavier than that of the White Mage, Randy, and even the super secondary invincible shield activated by the Winged Gem before burst out. Xin Lailai's injuries seemed to be pulled by something invisible, and they recovered rapidly under the surging life energy and the effect of the life crystal suture technique.

[Hint: The "Oath Set +13 (3/3)" set effect has been triggered. When receiving fatal damage, you will immediately gain a 10-second "pseudo-invincible" state, recover 100% of your health, mana, and soul energy, and gain a "real shield" equal to your total health, mana, and soul energy.]

[Tip: The set effect of "Oath Set +13 (3/3)" has been triggered, triggering "Carved in Flesh and Blood", immediately gaining 20 layers of "Blood Rage", and increasing the bonus effect of each layer of "Blood Rage" by 100%, and the duration is increased to 200 seconds. During the duration of "Enhanced Blood Rage", the "Strong Hegemony" effect will be temporarily increased to "Strong Hegemony·Secondary" effect, and the maximum duration is 10 minutes. ]

A dazzling golden light burst out from Xin Lailai's body, and as it appeared, Xin Lailai, who was dying the previous second, seemed to be suddenly energized. He rushed forward very actively, raised his sword and collided with the old guard captain.

Boom! ! !
[Reminder: The Pioneer has been affected by the effects of "Power Crush", "Strong Armor Break", and "Strong Knockback". Due to the Pioneer's current "Strong Domination·Second Time" and "Blocking Master LV.20" effects, the negative physical status has been exempted! ]

A huge crash sound like a mountain torrent was heard, and this time, Xin Lailai's figure was like a real mountain, standing still and motionless, not retreating a single step, causing the old guard captain in front of him to slightly flicker his eyes with blood, as if he was surprised by the change in Xin Lailai's strength.

Boom! ! !
Another collision occurred, but it still failed to shake Xin Lailai at all.

One strike! Two strikes! Three strikes!

At this moment, the two of them seemed to have turned into two unshakable human fortresses. No matter how powerful the attack from the other side was, they just stood there motionless, not even retreating a single step. Randy, who was recovering from his injuries with the White Devil below, widened his eyes.

"Fuck! Is the Transcendence suit with the survival features maxed out so bad?!"

For a moment, Randy even regretted not increasing the survivability of his Ranger Edition Transcendence Suit to its fullest, but the next second, he pushed the thought back to the back of his mind, not because of anything else, but because...

Ten seconds, almost there!

【Tip: The "pseudo-invincible" state has ended! 】

In mid-air, when the Yuan Mo in Xin Lailai's hand collided with the spear in the old guard captain's hand again, the bright golden light on his body suddenly dimmed, and dissipated with the help of the collapse and the light spots all over the sky. Seeing this, the old guard captain did not hesitate at all, and decisively swung his spear and smashed towards Xin Lailai with the force of collapsing a mountain.

Boom! ! !
A dull collision sound was heard, and the wind pressure from the falling spear split the gray sky above the battlefield into two. Xin Lailai, who still maintained the "Strong Dominant Body·Second" state, steadily withstood the blow in the light of the self-protection energy, and did not give the old guard captain a chance to perform a combo as before.

Peng! ! !
Another straight stab came and collided with the dark heavy sword again. Randy, who was below, looked at this scene, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Boom! ! !
The deafening sound of spears and swords clashing erupted, and in an instant, the whole world seemed to slow down. The long spear with the power of the abyss and the heavy sword wrapped in golden light collided heavily with each other, and finally -

Boom! ! !
The dark light flowing through the old guard captain's body suddenly dimmed like a flame that suddenly went out, and his offensive power also suddenly weakened like a soldier who suddenly lost his strength, and was replaced by...

Entangled Blade, Return to Heaven!

Om-! !

The overwhelming sword force burst out, along with the golden light that shot up into the sky, like a horn of counterattack, carrying with it the abyss energy and the power of the fighting spirit from the tip of the old guard's spear, and slashed towards the old guard captain.

……

(End of this chapter)