The Villain Saint is my secondary account

As he spoke, he held up the long sword "Shadow Chaser" in his hand, propped the hilt up with his thumb, and revealed a sinister smile that was hard to decipher. "You should know the rules."

"court death!"

Alex roared, and blue arcs of electricity suddenly erupted from his arm, strikingly bright in the snowy night.

With less than ten minutes until moonrise, he would kill the damned thief before then.

In an instant, lightning crackled beneath Alex's feet, transforming him into a streak of lightning that traced a pale path along the vast altar, hurtling straight toward Ye Xiao.

At the same time, roaring arcs of electricity gathered in his right palm, his five fingers spread out, condensing into a bright blue claw of light, which he swung out with immense force.

Ye Xiao stood still, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes hidden beneath his disheveled hair, and he drew his long sword with a ruthless motion.

The blade, as white as a cicada's wing, emitted a cold gleam as it met the surging, electric claws of magic.

The two clashed, and the condensed lightning element instantly disintegrated, like blue fireworks blooming in the night sky, illuminating the dim altar as if it were daytime.

Fragments of lightning, like a dense meteor shower, filled the sky.

The explosive shockwave whipped up the snow on the ground, and Alex slid several feet away, crouching on the slippery ground, his eyes showing astonishment—this seemingly carefree guy was actually so strong.

The other person's attire clearly indicated that he was a gamer, but why was there no record of this guy in the company's list of followed players?

"You seem a little surprised?"

Ye Xiao, who was also knocked back two steps by the impact, chuckled and turned to the side. He flicked his blade, dispersing the remaining electricity on it. "How does it feel to meet an ordinary player who can exchange a few blows with you for the first time?"

A shadow crossed Alex's eyes. He did not respond to Ye Xiao's provocation. Instead, he took a deep breath, and more arcs of electricity appeared, swirling around his limbs. The snowflakes in the air seemed to be drawn by some force, and their falling became unpredictable.

Ye Xiao noticed the subtle changes in his surroundings and frowned slightly.

This strange feeling was so similar to when I confronted her in the Queen's Library as Ella.

At that time, even though countless tentacles were summoned and attacked from all directions at a considerable speed, they always missed by a hair's breadth just before touching her, allowing the opponent to delay until the barrier was activated and finally trap Ayla.

These thoughts flashed by in an instant, and Alex launched another attack. This time, the electricity no longer gathered alone in his right palm, but transformed into a layer of vibrant blue clothing that draped over his body.

Some of his limbs even transformed into a blue-white color resembling condensed lightning elements, increasing his speed to another level. Almost instantly, he left several pale zigzag lines as he reached Ye Xiao's side.

Ye Xiaofei's rapidly shifting gaze couldn't keep up with the opponent's movement at this moment. In his shock, he gritted his teeth and blocked with his sword by instinct. He was then blasted away by the tremendous force that erupted from his shoulder.

Chapter 177 Static Electricity Induction

Elementalization... Has the strength of the company's players reached such an exaggerated level?

Like a ball, he flew through the air and tumbled several times in a sorry state. After his body slammed onto the ground a few times, Ye Xiao finally regained his balance in mid-air and stopped his momentum by plunging his sword into the ground.

He knelt on the ground, exhaling softly. The flesh on his left shoulder was charred black, and flickering arcs of electricity writhed around like worms, filling half of his body with an uncomfortable numbness.

Once an elemental mage reaches the transcendent level, as their proficiency deepens, they can temporarily convert a part of their body into pure magical elements, granting them powerful abilities that transcend the boundaries of matter.

For example, Alex in front of us has legs that have been transformed into lightning, giving his body an exaggerated speed that surpasses the limitations of the flesh, as well as arms that can condense into lightning strikes.

Ye Xiao, having learned from his previous life, could understand this point.

One thing he couldn't understand was that he should have blocked it at the last moment.

But just as he raised his knife to parry, his opponent, as if anticipating this, changed the trajectory of his right claw strike, narrowly bypassing the blade held across his chest and striking his left shoulder.

While elementalization is one thing, there's no reason why one could perceive the gaps in one's own defenses with such precision, as if predicting the future.

Judging from the previous battles, this guy's moves were not very skillful, nor did he seem to have extensive experience in life-and-death combat. How did he manage to do that?

As I pondered, thunder rumbled in the deep night sky.

Alex was wrapped in an outer garment woven with electric arcs, and his eyes were filled with leaping white light, as if Thor had descended to earth, and he walked step by step toward Ye Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground.

"I have to admit, you are indeed a bit stronger than the average player in the file. But that's all. The moment you embarked on the path of opposing the company, your demise was already sealed."

When facing the Holy Maiden of Light, Alex had to do his best to escape. Using divine spells that were more powerful but would rapidly deplete his divine power would be pointless, since even if he risked his life to strike the Holy Maiden with a few thunderbolts, she might recover in the next second.

But when faced with this damned thief, he didn't mind showing him the difference between a mortal and a chosen one.

However, faced with that overwhelming power, Ye Xiao simply smiled and staggered to his feet, pulling out the long sword stuck in the ground with a "whoosh." "Alright, I'll return the Blood Crown Heart to you, okay?"

"what?"

Before Alex could react, Ye Xiao suddenly took out a necklace with a blood-red gemstone from his pocket and threw it at him.

Alex instinctively caught it, but the moment the necklace fell into his palm, it suddenly turned into a small black ball with a rope attached.

"boom"

The next second, the black ball suddenly exploded, releasing a dazzling burst of fire.

Clearly, this was actually an alchemical bomb disguised as the Blood Crown Heart by Ye Xiao using the "Ring of Myriad Manifestations".

"You piece of shit!"

Alex's blood pressure soared after being hit in the face by the sudden explosion. Fortunately, he had taken precautions and deliberately used his lightning-elemental hand to catch the blast, managing to grab it in time to prevent the shrapnel from damaging the parts of his still-flesh-blooded body.

Otherwise, being injured by this dog's trick would be a lifelong disgrace for him.

Even so, the massive burst of firelight temporarily obscured Alex's vision.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ye Xiao flicked his left hand and threw three flying knives that turned into cold light and stabbed towards Alex's chest.

Although the Miracle Sorcerer's teleportation ability is currently unusable due to changes in the laws of space, it doesn't prevent him from using this method to cause harassment.

Although he couldn't see, Alex still angrily swung his arm, which had transformed into lightning, and accurately knocked away the three throwing knives. Then, he pushed off with both feet and shot out of the smoke like an arrow, heading straight for Ye Xiao.

"Did you think you could prolong your life with such petty tricks!?"

But before he could even touch Ye Xiao's body, Alex, whose eyes were closed due to the smoke and dust, failed to notice the unusual burning sensation in front of him that had not yet dissipated, and a warning suddenly appeared in his mind.

He immediately stopped in his tracks, crossed his elemental arms in front of his chest, and the next second a fierce fire spear slammed down in front of him.

The violent explosion illuminated most of the altar, and Alex, covered in charred smoke, was thrown out in a sorry state.

"We took turns rolling around on the ground, and we almost swept the snow off our clothes."

Ye Xiao twirled the staff in his left hand, then summoned a jet of fire from the tip of the staff to sweep around.

The unsettling feeling in the air that had been making him feel uneasy immediately lessened.

Alex rose from the flames, one arm returning to its original flesh, and wiped the dust from the corner of his eye. "...You're actually an elemental mage?"

"I only know a little bit."

Ye Xiao, whose head was still bleeding, shrugged. "I thought you were quick-witted, able to change direction precisely even at lightning speed. Turns out you were just using these kinds of tricks."

"Tsk."

Alex said coldly, "You're lucky."

"luck?"

Ye Xiao smiled. "You really think so?"

Upon hearing this, Alex's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

Although he was very annoyed, he already knew perfectly well that this damned guy in front of him had indeed seen through his weakness.

It has to be said that this unkempt player was more difficult to deal with than any player he had ever encountered before.

While lightning elementalization would greatly increase the speed of his physical movements, his brain would not be elementalized and would not have a corresponding response. The excessive speed was like a mouse with its sensitivity set too high, making it difficult to accurately control the range of his movements.

You might even fail to notice your opponent's movements or other attacks in your field of vision, causing you to crash into them at too high a speed, just like the fire gun you just got hit by.

Alex was able to control his movements so precisely because he had previously created a weak electric field, causing the surrounding objects to become charged with static electricity that he could sense.

At this moment, Alex could perceive the movements of all the objects in the area that were charged with static electricity, even without using his eyes. Therefore, he was able to easily deal with Ye Xiao's parries and Ayramid's initial impenetrable pursuit.

This is an ability that only the Chosen of Thunder, who has reached the extreme affinity for the lightning element, can master. Therefore, Alex can recklessly transform his body into lightning to the maximum extent without having to consider the side effects of excessive speed.

But he didn't expect that his opponent would see through his tricks after only two rounds of fighting. And coincidentally, this guy was a damn elemental mage who was good at manipulating fire.

The high temperature of a flame can ionize the air, producing a large number of positively and negatively charged ion clusters, which eliminate the attached charges on surrounding objects. Alex, as a researcher at the company, naturally understood this.

But what's most infuriating is that if the other party had simply set fire to eliminate the static electricity, Alex would at least have been on guard and prepared to react. But this bastard threw a bomb to blind him first, and then set fire to eliminate the static electricity.

Because of the residual heat from the explosion, Alex didn't react quickly enough. At the same time, Ye Xiao was secretly setting fire to eliminate the static electricity outside, so he closed his eyes and thought that as long as he rushed out of that small area of ​​the explosion, he could re-establish a connection with the electric field.

Although he quickly sensed something was wrong after successfully establishing a connection, it was this fatal time difference that allowed him to take the full hit of the fire spear technique that struck him squarely in the face.

If he hadn't protected his chest in time, he would have been dead, given that he is also made of flesh and blood.

"Alright, I acknowledge your skill. State your name now. I'll make sure to record your death in the company's player profile when we get back."

Alex narrowed his eyes. It was one thing to have his weakness discovered, but as the Thunder Saint, he was still confident in taking down this guy. "Just because you don't have the static field doesn't mean you can dodge my attacks."

Despite having an elemental mage as a side job, he's still just an ordinary player.

"Hey, you're not worthy to know my name."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, flicked his wrist, and pointed the tip of his knife at Alex, a disdainful smile on his lips. "As for dodging... I feel you may have misunderstood something, Mr. Pikachu. If you don't have more tricks up your sleeve to show me next, the next fight will be your death day."

Chapter 178 Slaying Thunder a Thousand Times

"bluff."

Alex said this, but a strange unease arose in his heart.

After being hit in the face by the Flame Spear Technique, the searing pain made it difficult for him to breathe. Coupled with the injury he sustained earlier when he took a sword to the chest to lure the Holy Maiden into a trap, his body was beginning to give out.

He panted heavily, waving his arms and manipulating the lightning in his hand to strike Ye Xiao repeatedly. But those wildly dancing silver snakes, roaring as they pierced through the night, always missed, exploding into clusters of brilliant sparks on the floor. They couldn't hit the man who was approaching step by step.

Damn it, why?! Why won't this bastard die?!?

"Seriously, buddy? Why are your hands shaking?"

Ye Xiao smiled dismissively, like a ghost passing through the raging fires and exploding lightning. "So much pressure?"

The words caused Alex, who was already agitated, to tremble as he unleashed his lightning strike. In that instant of pause, Ye Xiao leaned forward and pushed off the ground, accelerating rapidly.

Alex was startled and, without looking closely, quickly swung his hand forward, unleashing a bolt of lightning.

This was naturally a shot that missed its target, but after the dazzling firelight flashed, the ghostly figure suddenly disappeared without a trace.

He quickly scanned the area, trying to find that hateful figure amidst the clusters of flames that obstructed his view.

But having become accustomed to controlling the entire field using electric field sensing, he is now forced to revert to his original senses, much like a spirit player who is used to auto-aiming but is forced to switch back to aiming with his naked eye offline, making him incredibly clumsy.

A sudden gust of night wind blew past his side, and Alex caught a glimpse of a black figure emerging from the nearby flames out of the corner of his eye. He immediately turned around in astonishment and unleashed a bolt of lightning, only to see the figure shatter into pieces and instantly transform into a blade of light that slashed straight down at him.

This was a sword aura clone of Ye Xiao's longsword "Shadow Chaser," but Alex had never seen this move before. Startled, he hurriedly dodged but was still struck on the shoulder, causing a spurt of blood.

As if in response, a blur flashed through his vision again the next moment, but before he could unleash his lightning, the blur transformed into a thunderous blade of light that pierced the air and struck fiercely.

Alex hurriedly dodged, but then one after another, like ghosts, emerged from all directions. The swarming blades, along with countless cold lights, transformed into a net that instantly tore the night to shreds.

Without the induction of the electrostatic field, Alex couldn't see the trajectory of the overwhelming blade light at all. No matter how fast he was, he could only crash headlong into the impenetrable slashes like a reckless wild boar.

He elementalized his torso to the maximum extent and held his arms to his chest, gritting his teeth as countless sharp streaks of light pierced through his body, blood splattering onto the floor like wild ink splashes.

As the hundreds and thousands of slashes swept through like a storm, countless deep gashes crisscrossed the ground. Alex, his clothes torn and covered in blood, finally succumbed to his injuries and collapsed to his knees with a thud.

The lightning bolts that had transformed into his arms crackled and dissipated, leaving him back as a battered and bruised flesh-and-blood body, hanging limply.

Ye Xiao's blade was infused with magic, and even his elemental limbs couldn't withstand so many blows.

Only then did Ye Xiao slowly emerge from behind Alex, twirling the thin, cicada-wing-like longsword in his right hand before sheathing half of the blade.

"Any last words, Pip-Boy?"

"cough……"

Alex coughed up a mouthful of blood, sighed helplessly, and then tremblingly raised his hand to remove his shattered glasses, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Don't kill me... A player with your skill level will rise rapidly if I introduce you to the company. The company can give you everything you need."

"Can they resurrect those you killed?"

"This world was already on the verge of collapse, and these lowly natives from another world were going to die sooner or later! You are a player, a human from Earth. To seek hope, the price of human lives is inevitable. Don't you understand that?"

"Of course I understand the meaning of sacrifice, but that doesn't mean anyone has an obligation to sacrifice for you. Even if someone is going to die tomorrow, they still have the right to choose whom they die for."

Ye Xiao curled his lip in disdain, "You electric rat, and Caesar Corporation, you're not carrying out any great cause, you're just a bunch of selfish bastards who want to use other people's lives to survive your own lives."

"I don't understand... We all come from Earth, why do we have to go to such extremes? We should seek a unified stance."

"No, you know very well that our positions will never be aligned. The only reason you're trying to reach an agreement now is because you know you're going to die."

"..."