The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

The machete blocked Pace, but this was what Pace expected.

He immediately let go of the cold steel knife that was in a stalemate with Balza, crouched down on the ground, and then drew out the axe -

"Kacha!"

The slightly blunt axe tip sank deeply into Balza's thigh. Pace was almost certain that the axe tip had embedded into Balza's bones.

But even so, Balza's lower body remained motionless, as if he felt no pain at all.

Oops, hurry up...

The intuition in his mind made Pace shoot the rope behind him. At the same time, he decisively let go of the axe that was embedded in Balza's thigh and grabbed the cold steel knife falling from the air.

Then, as the Element Energy Claw pulled him back, he blocked it with his cold steel knife—

"clang--"

The sword swung by Balza created a strong gust of air, and the huge force made Pace's hand numb.

With the help of the "Fighting God"'s power, Pace slid backwards, and the exoskeleton on his heels extended barbs, fixing him firmly on the ground, preventing him from sliding too far.

8) Martyrs, Roses at the Tomb (Part 5)

"Boom——"

The factor energy thunder resounded in the sky, as turbulent as the heart of Pace.

He looked at Balza opposite him: even though an axe had been embedded in his thigh, the old guard still walked steadily, without any sign of injury.

Is this the power of red sugarcane, turning people into feelingless killing machines?

Pace knew the side effects of red sugar cane: he had seen with his own eyes that after taking just a small amount of the juice, Perlis suffered so much pain that she was almost exhausted. If Carly had not prepared the potion at that time, no one knew what would have happened.

No pain, enhanced senses, burst of strength, the effects brought by red sugarcane seem wonderful, but in essence it is just overdrawing a person's vitality and bursting out in a short period of time.

As for Balza, judging from his condition, he had already injected a large amount of red sugarcane juice into his blood circulation long before boarding the Academi Sky Eye, which gave him a very strong perception by the stream, so that Carly and Pace were completely unable to pass him at that time.

And now, he injected more - more and more, Pace could see the bulging, red blood vessels on the old guard's chest muscles. Over time, the veins had spread to his old face, like the roots of some plant, and even the whites of his eyes had been eroded into a red color.

He was going to die, that was Pace's premonition.

"I must admit, Thebiter, you have become stronger."

Balza's voice was steady, as if it was some kind of mechanism of last breath. His steps became stronger and stronger, and he walked towards Pace leisurely, with the scimitar in his left hand tightly grasped.

"But you can't stop me, you can't stop Wilkin's [fangs]."

"Damn old thing," Pace murmured in a low voice, leaning down slightly, "Stop talking nonsense. Do you think you are the only one who has made up your mind?"

"You'd better be," Balza said, with a slight smile on his face, "because you have no way to escape."

After he finished speaking, a faint "sizzling" sound came from behind Pace's ear, and he subconsciously shrank his shoulders.

He turned around and found that the golden spear thrown by Balza earlier hit the escape pod in the center of the venue squarely. The three pods were surrounded by blue factor energy currents and looked like they would explode at any time.

So...that attack was intended to destroy the escape pod?

Now it seems that there is only one way left.

Looking at Pace's appearance, Balza smiled softly, then flicked his hand lightly, and the boy's dog tag suddenly hung at his fingertips.

"I destroyed my dog ​​tag a long time ago. You should give your dog tag to that Hafurgard. This is the last dog tag between you and me."

Balza said, flicking his hand lightly, causing the dog tag to wrap around his wrist.

Then, he swung the scimitar in his left hand violently, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Let me see the blood and steel of the Ten Thousand Mountains, Thebit."

After saying this, Balza rushed forward and pounced on Pace like a roaring lion.

Faced with the powerful enemy, Pace did not retreat at all. Instead, he drove the giant armor and sprinted towards Balza with the help of the exoskeleton.

......

While struggling to make his way through the monotonous dense forest, Kemp saw the light signal not far away getting closer and closer to him, almost reaching him.

Along the way, he carefully avoided all sources of noise. Fortunately, except for the increasingly frequent sounding of factor energy thunder, everything went more smoothly than expected.

He was almost at his limit. Carrying Jessica on his back and enduring his almost crippled right hand, he couldn't hold on for much longer.

But even so, he still held the small pistol that once belonged to Jessica firmly in his left hand. The pistol that once belonged to his father was now tucked into his waist. Although it was filled with factor energy bullets, he could not lift it.

Kemp's remaining strength could only allow him to withstand the recoil of one pistol. With Jessica's small pistol, he could at least fire a few more shots.

"Well..."

Jessica, curled up on Kemp's back, moved uncomfortably and let out a faint sigh.

"It's almost there, Xiaoxi," Kemp squeezed out the words from between his teeth with all his strength, "be patient a little longer."

Yes, we are almost there. As long as we can reach that prism signal, Jessica can escape, right?

Just a little bit.

......

"clang--"

Pace chopped out the cold steel knife again, but was still firmly caught by Balza.

But this time, he did not choose to retreat, but launched another series of attacks -

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Pace's vision turned bright red, and something residing in his body was activated, causing him to roar like a tiger.

"clang--"

"clang--"

"clang--"

Balza endured Pace's attack again and again. The veins on his wrists were bulging and it looked like blood would spurt out at any moment.

But even so, he did not retreat, but continued to fight with Pace with knives.

At this moment, the distance factor energy storm began to shrink, and there were only three minutes left.

Under the increasingly resounding factor energy thunder, the Thebites and the Wilkins fought desperately without any slackness.

I don’t know if it was because of the bonus of Pesce’s Debite bloodline, or the fading effect of Balza’s red sugarcane, but the fight between the two men gradually became equal, and even began to tilt towards Pesce—after a high-intensity knife fight, Balza gradually lost the rhythm of active attack, and instead began to passively accept Pesce’s attacks.

At the same time, the red veins on Balza's body gradually receded, sweat began to seep out of his forehead, his movements gradually began to become slow, and he lacked a counterattack against Pace's attacks.

Seeing Balza gradually falling into defeat, Pace also began to speed up his attack, allowing the rage in his blood to dominate him.

"Dang——dang——dang——"

Even though he was becoming increasingly powerless, Balza showed no signs of panic. The pupils in his red eyes were wide open, as if he was using all his attention to look for an opportunity to break through.

Then, at a certain moment of knife confrontation, Balza seized the opportunity and thrust upward suddenly, forcing Pace to step back two steps.

It's coming! Pace subconsciously deployed the factor energy shield, trying to block Balza's next attack.

However, Balza threw the scimitar to the other side.

"clang--"

Pace turned his head and found that Balza's scimitar had accurately hit the base of the escape pod, where the factor energy was stored.

The next second, the factor energy exploded and broke apart——

"boom--"

The factor energy shock wave caused by the escape pod explosion made Pace's body tremble. The strong light at the moment of the explosion made his eyes blur. He only had time to see a golden shadow that flew out of the explosion.

Oops, Balza has seized the opportunity. If he gets the Golden Spear, then he...

Thinking this, Pace subconsciously slammed the Factor Energy Shield to the ground, and deployed his shield wall for the first time.

"boom--"

The second explosion followed the first, and the violent shock wave hit Pace's shield wall, but apart from that, no other attacks followed.

When Pace's mind gradually became clear, he opened his eyes and found Balza standing not far away, with more scars on his left half of the body burned by the factor energy.

His right hand was firmly holding the golden spear, and a faint smile appeared on his old and gradually decaying face.

"Let's decide the outcome with one strike," Balza's voice was a little hoarse. He looked at Pace who was gradually getting up, standing upright, "Front-on, and we'll finish him off in one blow."

......

8) Martyrs, Roses at the Tomb (Part 6)

The factor energy arc burned traces on the ground one after another, and there was a raging fire burning on the ground, decorating the open space in the forest as hot as a Shura field.

The old Wilkin guard, Balza Durant, was the Asura demon who had returned from hell. The tip of the golden spear was burning with flames, lingering with the red factor energy.

Balza gradually took a stance, holding the front end of the spear handle with one hand and the other hand with the palm of his hand against the end of the spear handle.

The standard [HeartBreaker] stance was even more focused and deadly than the same move he had just casually stabbed out.

This is a duel posture, a real head-on confrontation.

Looking at Balza's serious and sophisticated look, Pace breathed slightly.

One strike decides the outcome? This old fellow, having already resorted to such a despicable method as red sugar cane to fight, chose a duel where honor comes first at the last moment?

Pace curled his lips, deciding that he couldn't judge such a person.

After the battle just now, Pace felt that his physical strength was gradually exhausted. It wouldn't be long before he could no longer fight at such a high intensity.

At the same time, his anxiety was growing. At this moment, there were less than two minutes until the energy storm arrived. If he didn't end the battle, he would be swallowed up.

Indeed, solving the problem with one blow is the best way.

"..."

The dark pupils reflected the firelight and the devil-like [fangs]. In the gradually hot atmosphere, Pace did not speak, but took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He recalled the old butler's teachings, took a deep breath, and then imagined himself walking in a frozen forest.

Gradually, the cedar forest and the white snow and mountains extending to the horizon appeared in front of him.

Ah, it’s Wanren Mountain. I have been away from my hometown for some time.

Although the road to the top of the mountain has always been known as a frozen place where bones are buried, after experiencing so much, Pace feels that Debite is indeed safer.

In the mountains, he has to face the great forces of nature, the cold wind and the blizzard.

And outside Wanren Mountain, what he has to face are people, people wearing countless different masks.

They either hold daggers or hide them.

Humans are indeed much more complicated and difficult to deal with than nature.

"call...."

Recalling the cold atmosphere of his hometown, Pace felt the fire around him gradually fade away, and his body surface became cold.

In a trance, the cold wind from Wanren Mountain blew past, and Pace returned to the journey to the top of the mountain in a carriage.

He saw the figure sitting opposite him: the little girl with long pure white hair. She was sleeping soundly, snowflakes fell on her head, melting slightly, the snow water blended into the pure white, leaving no trace.

Little princess, before I knew it, a lot of time has passed.

Looking at the sleeping Perlis, Pace curled up his lips into a slightly tired smile.

He took off his cloak again and put it on Pearlis, then pulled up the linen hood for her to block out the snow.

No matter how many times, I will block the snowflakes for you.

"call...."

Pace exhaled deeply, opened his eyes, and returned to the purgatory-like glade in the forest.

He still hasn't forgotten everything that has supported him to this point: whether it is atonement to Perlis or revenge for Lianna.

And most importantly, he wants to kill his former self.

The cowardly self who cowered in the tavern and escaped from everything.

And the next time, it will be Pace Monarch that blooms on the mountain top.