Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"Well done!"

The Nile doctor, undaunted, drew his knife and plunged into the snowstorm.

"Are we going to go in alone with a sword?"

Liu Zheng frowned.

Although he had never practiced combat sports, he had at least heard of some things in the combat sports circle.

The single-edged sword against the spear is the most classic offensive and defensive routine in weapon routines, and it often appears in movies and martial arts performances.

In reality, the success rate of a single-handed attack is only around 90%, but it's more like a 90% chance of death and a 10% chance of injury.

The "single sword against spear" technique recorded in all swordplay manuals is not intended for you to use in actual combat; it's just to tell you that such a move exists.

If you really encounter a suitable scenario, the first thing to do is to run away if you can. If you really can't escape, then use it. At least you can die with some dignity.

However, Metropolis is a world of the extraordinary, and with the help of supernatural abilities, the situation might be different.

"I hope the doctor wasn't just acting impulsively."

Liu Zheng secretly took out the dragon fishing rod.

If things go wrong later, he might have to resort to underhanded tactics as well.

"Click!"

The Nile doctor was not fooled by the gunfire and the snowstorm; his blade struck precisely an inch below the spearhead.

However, the spear tip shifted by only a fraction of a second, changing its aim from his heart to his lung.

If he is stabbed, he will still not escape death.

"With such meager skills, you dare to claim you won't hurt me? It's laughable."

Seeing this, Xue Ma smiled contemptuously.

Then, just as the spearhead was about to pierce the breastplate, a golden scorpion tail emerged from under the Nile doctor's crotch, its stinger springing out like a spring and piercing directly through the spearhead.

The snow horse was startled, its hooves sinking as it tried to wield its spear, but was held firmly in place by the scorpion's tail.

"My scorpion tail venom is so potent that even a god would suffer greatly from it. If I didn't want to make friends with you, it would be stabbing your neck right now, not the spearhead."

"The Nile doctor said neither humbly nor arrogantly."

"You're just putting on an act. If you want to subdue me, then show me what you've got."

Xue Ma shouted and spun the gun barrel. The ice ball on the gun immediately expanded and shot out countless ice needles.

"Very well, since you won't listen to words, then let's settle this with swords and spears."

The Nile doctor also lost his temper, and his tone became more murderous.

He wielded his scimitar in a dazzling display of light, deflecting all the ice needles, while with his other hand he raised his scepter and smashed the ice spear in half.

Dual-wielding? I can do that too!

Xuema released one hand, conjuring two short spears that swayed left and right like a two-headed snake, lunging at Doctor Nile.

"How about we try this move?"

The light from the solar disk dimmed, and a faint solar disk emerged.

Just like the solar disk, Doctor Nile himself also diverged.

Since Xue Ma has the advantage of superior strengths, he will use his superior numbers to defeat Xue Ma.

"Even if you split into countless forms, what do I have to fear? Hahaha."

Xue Ma laughed heartily, and doubled his speed again. Now, without the need for wind and rain to conceal it, the trajectory of the spear tip was impossible to discern.

That being said, when the two are evenly matched, one can hold out for a while in a two-on-one fight, but as time goes on, Xue Ma's marksmanship gradually becomes scattered.

If this continues, it will likely show signs of defeat within ten moves.

"There must be a lie between the two of them."

Xuema thought to himself.

Once the real body is killed, the illusion will naturally crumble.

But which one is the real entity?

It glanced at the two sun disks and had already made up its mind.

"Go!"

With a flick of his wrists, Xue Ma unleashed a shower of ice needles from both ice balls.

While the two Nile doctors were struggling to parry, it combined its two ice spears into one, turning it into an extended spear that it thrust into the chest of one of the Nile doctors.

The Nile doctor was caught off guard and was shot through the chest.

Thick layers of ice spread from the wound to his entire body, freezing him into an ice sculpture in an instant.

The snow horse shook its spear, and the ice sculpture immediately shattered into a pile of ice blocks, while the sun disk above the Nile doctor's head also went out.

And the sun disk above his head was the brighter one.

"As the art of war says, 'Make the deceptive appear real, and the real appear deceptive.' I don't care which one is real and which one is fake; I only care which one is stronger. As long as I kill the stronger one, even if the remaining one is real, I have already won."

Xuema thought smugly.

As it expected, although the remaining Nile doctor did not disappear, he still had a solemn expression on his face.

"Today I will take your head!"

With unrestrained spirit, Xue Ma slightly tilted his spear tip, deflecting the curved knife from the Nile Doctor's hand, and then pressed the scepter under his spear with another horizontal strike.

The golden scorpion's tail suddenly stabbed at its horse's leg, but the horse saw through it and trampled it underfoot.

"You dare to show off your meager skills before an expert? Let's see what else you can do now."

Xue Ma said proudly.

"You have been in the secret chamber for too long, and you underestimate those outside."

"The Nile doctor said calmly, the seriousness on his face long gone."

Xue Ma sensed something was wrong, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

However, how could the Nile doctor's carefully prepared trap allow it to escape first?

He immediately discarded his weapon and grabbed Xue Ma's icy hands with both of his.

The sapphire scarab and the black scorpion simultaneously emitted a dazzling light, and the two forces poured into his body.

"drink!"

The Nile doctor used all his strength to crush the ice shell and grab the snow horse's front hooves.

"boom!"

He lifted the snow horse up and then slammed it heavily to the ground.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of slamming sounds rang out, and within a few seconds, the snow horse was hit more than a dozen times.

The ice surface it used to trap everyone has now become its own execution platform. Its ice armor cracks and shatters as it collides with the ice, ultimately crashing into the ice with its own flesh.

"puff!"

The snow horse was struck hard in the breastbone and spat out a mouthful of blood that was emitting a chilling aura.

"Your Excellency, how are things now?"

The Nile doctor released it, panting heavily.

He had no choice but to loosen his grip. His physical strength was already weaker than when he was alive, and now he was bearing the power of two sacred objects at the same time. Even with the bandages helping to stabilize his body, he couldn't hold on any longer.

If it falls again, it's hard to say whether Xue Ma will be crushed to death first or his physical body will collapse first.

Xuema did not respond.

Just as the Nile doctor was worried that he might have gone too far, Xuema's body slowly merged into the ice.

"not good."

The Nile doctor was startled and, disregarding the fact that his own body was already overwhelmed, reached out to grab the horse's head.

Chapter 617 Snowfall Burial, Ice Meteorite Sky Burial

"Crack!"

The Nile doctor ripped the horse's head into shards of ice.

"Indeed, my idea was correct."

The snow horse emerged from the ice wall.

It appears to be in good condition, except that the injured areas are covered with snowflake-like patterns.

"As long as you live, someone will always be able to kill you. Only when you die can you live forever."

"Itsuki said slowly."

"But you're not really dead, you just went into hiding. You hid for hundreds of years, but you were still discovered, weren't you?"

Liu Zheng pointed out incisively.

"At least I've lived a peaceful life for several hundred years. If I haven't evolved by then, I'll be old and dead by now."

“I can help you evolve; my master happens to be lacking a horse-following god.”

"The Nile doctor seized the opportunity to speak," he said.

"Where did the original horse from the god go?"

Xuema asked the crucial question.

"He died in battle."

After hesitating for a moment, Dr. Nile told the truth.

"Since you died in battle, your god must be having a hard time too, right?"

Xuema pressed for an answer.

The Nile doctor remained silent, his face grim.

"When I become a god, your gods will start another divine war. Whether I go or not, I will die, and I might not even live for a few hundred years. Ha."

Xuema gave a cold laugh.

"It seems you're determined to reject my offer."

The Nile doctor also lost patience.

"I have lived for eight hundred years. For the first five hundred years, I was someone else's mount and war beast. Only for the last three hundred years have I lived for myself. Give me liberty or give me death."

Snow Horse's voice gradually calmed down, but it made Dr. Nile feel uneasy.

"you are wrong."

Liu Zheng interjected.

"Ok?"

Xuema looked at him.

This unknown creature, though seemingly weak, evoked a profound sense of danger in the creature, no less than that of the divine servant.

There is a poem in my hometown: "Love is precious, freedom is more valuable, but life is the most precious of all."

Life is so wonderful, life is so glorious. As long as you live, there is hope; as long as you live, there is opportunity.

“My first job in the city was at the Bloody Restaurant. I was severely injured on my first day and couldn’t make deliveries. If you think like me, I could have just fought back against the person who injured me, at least I could have died with dignity.”

“But I didn’t. I didn’t hesitate to please my enemies, endure the pain of being eaten by insects, the humiliation of being forced to drink urine, and the loss of being ‘eaten’ by others, and finally successfully completed my first order.”

"And that's how I got to where I am now, with the right to be arrogant and domineering, and the joy of revenge. And I believe that one day I will be able to have the freedom to work when I want to work and lie down when I don't want to work."

"Even if I still don't get my freedom, I can make those who won't give me freedom die."

Liu Zheng said proudly.