Inside an abandoned hospital, dirty syringes could be seen everywhere. A wooden plaque hung from the chandelier in the corridor, with ...17 minutes 56 seconds... written on it.
Su Xiao was not inside a Derivative World, but in a timed scenario simulated by the Arena. His opponent this time was somewhat bizarre. The match had already begun 13 minutes ago, yet Su Xiao still had not found where his opponent was.
With a bang, Su Xiao kicked a wooden door apart. Shattered planks flew everywhere, and he finally found his opponent in this match.
"Sorry for the wait."
A man in sunglasses spoke from inside the ward. The ground beneath his feet was covered in twisted patterns.
"Silence."
The man in sunglasses snapped his fingers. The world around Su Xiao fell into absolute silence. He surged forward to the man's side and brought down his long blade.
"Falling Light."
The man in sunglasses snapped his fingers again, and everything before Su Xiao's eyes immediately turned pitch-black. Before his vision was sealed off, Su Xiao judged from the feel of the slash that it had struck the enemy successfully, severing several ribs in the other man's torso.
The man in sunglasses grunted and staggered back several steps. His eyes beneath the sunglasses were dull and lifeless. He was actually blind. Blind people were extremely rare among Contractors. Only one circumstance could cause permanent blindness: the characteristics of one's class.
A large amount of blood sprayed out. The man in sunglasses staggered back several steps, while Su Xiao stood rooted to the spot. His hearing and vision had been sealed off. More precisely, it was not that his opponent had affected his senses, but that he had changed the surrounding environment.
Su Xiao had already fought in the Arena for more than