Su Xiao did not bother looking at the reward for killing the Mechanical Eye. He held Dragon Slayer Flash horizontally behind his back, and with a clang, it knocked away a bullet.
Just after blocking a bullet that had flown in from who-knew-where, Su Xiao raised his left arm to shield his side. A crystal layer climbed over his arm.
Bang!
Su Xiao was blasted away by a Warhammer spewing blue flames. While he was still in midair, several bullets and elemental attacks of various forms came flying at him. Among them was a pink energy arrow and a mass of pitch-black smoke.
With a roar, flames engulfed Su Xiao.
"He should... be dead, right?"
A tall woman wielding a blue-flamed Warhammer rolled her shoulders. She was a contractor from Paradise of Light, with strength somewhat above average. Her teammates called her Cold Flame, a name related to her abilities.
Su Xiao fell from the flames and hit the ground with a thud, a pink energy arrow still lodged in his shoulder. It was clearly some kind of control ability.
When Cold Flame saw Su Xiao hit the ground, she immediately determined that he was not dead and had likely already been restrained by some ability.
A strange light flickered in Cold Flame's eyes. She rushed forward, then leaped when she was several meters from Su Xiao. Raising the blue-flamed Warhammer high, she smashed it toward his head.
Boom!
The ground cracked, and cold flames spread outward. The hammer missed, but this was within Cold Flame's expectations. She had noticed long ago that the enemy used a blade. Blade techniques could cultivate the mind, and once one reached a certain level, they became immune to mental control.
"Freeze..."
With a swish, a blade arc appeared before Cold Flame, and both