Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 581 Li Xia's most unsolvable state!
Like an explosion of suppressed energy, it erupted amidst the dense drumbeats of several shadow clones of the black charcoal.

Li Xia and Shadow simultaneously lowered their bodies, getting closer to their respective opponents.

"Oh!"

The punches struck the body with a deep, muffled thud, as if sounding the horn of attack, or echoing the beat of a drum.

Li Xia's most unsolvable situation to date has fully unfolded.

Fists, palms, claws, fingers, elbows, knees, legs, and feet—every part of the body seemed to become a weapon, and the rapid and continuous attacks poured down on the opponent like a storm.

Whenever Alabos tried to gather his strength to move away or launch a counterattack, Li Xia's attacks would arrive like a shadow, loosening his taut muscles once again before he could react.

As long as he still relies on muscle fibers for movement, Li Xia's close-quarters fighting style is invincible!

The continuous force reached his body, making him feel weak and sore all over. The avatar behind him was trembling slightly, transferring the damage to him and digesting it.

The flames in Alabos' eyes grew stronger and stronger until his body was on fire as well. Black flames burned on his body as he tried to force Li Xia to retreat.

Even if it only distracts him, it will be fine. With Alabos's strength, he can naturally see how difficult it is to firmly suppress him here with a rapid attack.

This requires an extremely focused concentration and powerful skills to decisively cut off any intention you've just formed.

Because of the reputation of 'Summer of Crimson Lotus', they chose Mord and Alabos, who were also skilled in lightning and fire.

But from another perspective, Li Xia's resistance to thunder and fire is also quite high.

Facing the black flames that seemed capable of scorching the soul, Li Xia appeared oblivious, his gaze fixed solely on Alabos.

The punches continued relentlessly, pounding his body like heavy hammers.

Alabos's heart sank. He knew, of course, that his flames might not be able to harm Li Xia, but he had never set out to burn Li Xia.

All he wanted was to interrupt Li Xia, even if it was just for a moment.

Alabos was 100% certain that Li Xia's spirit was stretched to the limit, and his whole being was in a special state, with his perception, reaction ability, speed, and flexibility all reaching their current limits.

This state is like walking a tightrope over a bottomless abyss; any moment of distraction will inevitably lead to a fall.

But the current situation made Yalabos feel a chill; Li Xiazhen ignored the flames as if he hadn't seen them at all.

Their emotional and mental stability is despair-inducing.

As he watched his avatar's health bar slowly decrease, Alabos, who always relied on his avatars to fight others by trading blows, felt a strange sense of fear creep into his heart.

But this fear quickly turned into a feeling of humiliation, which made him extremely angry.

The black flames burning around his body grew increasingly intense, and he also focused all his mental energy, waiting for an opportunity.

And this opportunity came when he shouted through the team's temporary voice chat:
"Morde!! Are all your men idiots?? Defuse the fire!!"

Maud was even more astonished. After being caught in Li Xia's 'shadow' rhythm, he began to think about how to break free from this 'soft control state' that made him unable to move due to continuous attacks.

His immediate thought was to do what Alabos did: try to use other energies to disrupt the 'shadow's' offensive rhythm.

But Maud soon realized she had done something stupid.

If Li Xia could still be affected or interrupted by these things.

But the shadow doesn't!
He was like a ruthless attacking machine stripped of all emotion, fighting only according to his instincts, devoid of fear and excitement, with only a strong desire to attack the creatures before him.

Therefore, after a brief period of thought, he also came to the same conclusion as Arabos.

The two shouted almost simultaneously in the squad chat: "Disarm!! (Morde!! Are all your men idiots?? Disarm!!)"

At this moment, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were in a peculiar state of mind, a mixture of bewilderment and shock.

The four of them are indeed top-tier fourth-order apostles, but compared to Mord and Alabos, they each have their own strengths.

Just like how both 'Special Jonin' and 'Jonin' belong to the Jonin class, one is someone whose strength in all aspects meets the standard, while the other has an outstanding achievement that makes them Jonin.

Among the Four Horsemen, Death is a hybrid of melee and tank.

Plague is a water mage who excels at crowd control and support.

Warfare is conducted from a distance, with formidable offensive power and considerable suppressive capabilities.

Famine is a pure melee attacker with considerable attack power, but in other aspects, it can only rely on the Rinnegan and the Ice-Ice Fruit to withstand attacks.

But Aowu relied on his talent and the laws to restrain the plague, and hid in the dragon egg. The dragon egg was just the right size to cover Aowu and the little knight, allowing them to withstand the sniper bullets of the war.

Black Charcoal is pulling Famine along, and even though Famine's eyes are bloodshot, killing Black Charcoal, who has extremely high reaction speed, agility, and also possesses the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, is not so easy.

With the help of Howling Sky, the little knight unilaterally beat Death to a pulp. If Death hadn't been so tough and resilient, and if it weren't for the combined effects of the plague and famine, he might have been crushed to death by the little knight.

After all, both soul photons and energy can penetrate defenses!

The fourth tier is indeed a qualitative change, but the avatar only enhances their survivability and allows them to use the avatar to bear the laws. If even one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were to bear the laws, the outcome would be one-sided.

But do they have rules?
No!

The scarcity of laws is even greater than that of time-space coins, so how could they possibly have a chance?
Moreover, the lower the level, the rarer the law. According to their guild's internal hierarchy, at least the fifth level is required to apply, and it might not even be approved for the sixth level.

Alternatively, they can exchange merit points. Top-tier Fate Hunters like Mord and Alabos work so hard to meet quotas in order to accumulate internal merit points and exchange them for laws, even obscure or unimportant laws, they are still laws!
At this moment, Li Xia's investment in the three boys finally yielded an immense return.

With the Little Knight, whose strength surpasses that of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, holding the line, the three little ones, working together with exceptional skill and determination, managed to hold off the other three knights, creating a 1v1 advantage for the Little Knight.

Even though they were in a sorry state, even though they were in danger, even though they were at a disadvantage, they and the little knight managed to hold off the four horsemen.

Especially after Awoo demonstrated the law of gravity, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were green with envy.

The law!
This is a law! At the very least, a law of 'gravity,' completely different from those messy, garbage laws!
Especially during the famine, he was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Aowu's comment that he was only slightly stronger than a summoned beast had already upset him.

Now it's not even as good as a 'summoned beast (Awoo)'. What about all the suffering and dangers it went through?
Why not just give it to the other side as a summoned beast? Then you'll have everything you need.

It wasn't until Mord and Alabos's roars echoed in the squad's language channel that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse snapped to attention. Without any hesitation, Famine turned his gun around, took a quick aim, and pulled the trigger.

A line of fire traversed hundreds of meters of space in an instant, heading straight for Li Xia's chest.

To break up Li Xia's attack rhythm, you only need to interrupt his attack rhythm.

But as the line of fire approached Li Xia, it seemed as if an invisible force field was acting on it. When it reached Li Xia, a suit of armor as clear as glass suddenly appeared.

The bullet hit the armor, but it bounced off like a mosquito bite.

Li Xia acted as if she hadn't seen anything and continued to unleash her furious attacks.

"?"

Zhan Zheng suddenly raised his head, unable to suppress the astonishment in his eyes. Although it was a casual shot, it was still an armor-piercing bullet with an attack intensity of 13, yet it didn't even break through the defense.

She quickly checked her combat notification:

Your Searing Shot has been weakened by 40% due to equipment skills.

Your Scorching Shot has been weakened by equipment.

Your scorching shot failed to penetrate the equipment's defenses.

Your Scorching Shot dealt 0 damage.

War opened its eyes wide, and then actually laughed—a furious laugh born of extreme anger. The fact that it couldn't even break through that egg had already enraged War to the extreme.

The fact that she couldn't even defeat a newly ascended fourth-tier apostle made her feel a deep sense of humiliation.

No, it should be said that it cannot break through the defense and the damage is 0, which is the greatest humiliation for all apostles who take the ranged route!
A sniper style that sacrifices many things in pursuit of maximum attack power, yet fails to inflict damage—isn't that a disgrace?
"****!"

With bloodshot eyes, Zhan cursed and gritted his teeth as he shoved a bullet that shimmered with purple light into the chamber. Suddenly, a pair of small wings of light unfurled from his back, then dissipated into the air, transforming into a light blue force like the wind that swirled around the long sniper rifle.

"Oh!"

The moment the gun was fired, rings of pale blue light spread directly from the muzzle, as if a huge pale blue light wall had opened up in front of the body.

A beam of light shot out from the muzzle of the gun, piercing Li Xia, who was hundreds of meters away.

This shot even shocked his teammates; no one expected the war to escalate so quickly.

That bullet wasn't cheap; it was a deep purple consumable. Combined with the long cooldown of 'Wind God's Wings,' it greatly enhanced the bullet's armor penetration and flight speed, making it basically the strongest attack among conventional methods besides the 'first shot.'

Li Xia's eyes finally showed a slight fluctuation. As early as when the war gathered the power of wind, ripples had already begun to appear in his extremely calm heart.

Under Alabos's astonished gaze, Li Xia's actions suddenly changed. He struck Alabos hard on the neck, then grabbed his belt and pulled hard, switching his positions.

His arms slid down his shoulders until his thumbs gripped the pulse points of Alabasi's hands tightly.

Alabos knew perfectly well what Li Xia was up to. He roared and tried to break free from Li Xia's grasp.

But where is the time?
The purple light pierced through Alabos's chest in an instant, then grazed past Li Xia's chest.

The glass-like armor suddenly burst forth with a beam of light, and even the powerful blow of war was reduced by more than forty percent by the 'barrier between man and god'.

The purple light weakened considerably, but still managed to penetrate the armor with difficulty, finally striking Li Xia in the chest.

The passive ability of a demigod is equally terrifying. This valuable one-time consumable item, after being combined with the power of the 'Wings of the Wind God', only barely managed to penetrate the flesh before being immediately blocked by muscles as hard as steel.

"Chichi!"

A hole as thick as an arm immediately appeared in the thick demon's body, with faint wisps of blue smoke rising from its edges.

Through the opening, one could even see the demon's heart beating powerfully.

There is no such thing as immunity to friendly fire among apostles; any attack can potentially injure teammates.

This is also an important reason why the Apostle Squad is relatively stable; after all, teammates with good teamwork are less likely to make mistakes.

The hole in Alabhas's chest shrank rapidly, as if it had never existed, but the avatar behind him trembled even more violently.

When the wound on Alabhas's chest completely disappeared, the avatar behind him seemed to freeze, shattering into points of light and vanishing in the astonished gazes of the crowd.

"You are very good!"

Alabos's body undulated like waves, and his violent power instantly freed Li Xia's hands. He moved his body, his face frighteningly gloomy.

Although he was certain that even without dismantling the fire, Li Xia couldn't possibly control him to death directly, it was an undeniable fact that he had consumed most of the avatar's health.

What terrified Alabos the most was that in just one minute, he could wear away most of the blood in his avatar with his fists alone—what terrifying output!

Without an incarnation, I'm afraid I would really be dead!
Even Alabos couldn't help but wonder: why is he so strong?

The average attribute of over 50 points is already amazing enough, and there are no weaknesses in melee, defense, physical strength, or equipment.

He even had the resources to raise his three pets to such an extravagant degree.

Whose servants receive such treatment?
Doesn't that mean he not only got himself to the top tier of the third-level apostle, but after a perfect upgrade, he also had surplus resources to upgrade his pet to the top tier of the third level as well?

Only in this way can we explain why the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, despite being considered top-tier fourth-order apostles, were unable to secure a single kill within the first few minutes of the game, and were even held back by the opponent.

If my guess is correct.
That's absolutely terrifying.

Suppressing his doubts and unease, Alabos suddenly swung his bone blade, unleashing a blood-red slash that flew towards Mord, thus helping him quell the fire.

Those demonic eyes held a chilling killing intent; the richer the opponent, the greater the reward for killing them.

As long as Mord comes to join the attack, no matter how strong he is, he must die!
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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)