The Dark Prison Gate closed and slowly faded into the air. Sphinx's trump card was sinister—and sudden.
When the Violator Alliance had been blasted back by Su Xiao, anyone else would have fled overnight. Sphinx had not only stayed; he had also prepared a counterstrategy in a short time.
Unfortunately, Sphinx had lost. The reason was that he had failed to find an obvious weakness in Su Xiao, apart from his low Charm Attribute.
Or rather, Sphinx had already tried to eliminate Su Xiao through that weakness. Enchanting Phantom was his attempt in that regard. The result had not been optimistic—no, it had been awful. Not only had the assassination failed, but she had instead strengthened the enemy. No wonder Sphinx wanted to kill Enchanting Phantom.
"We'll continue."
Connie slowly exhaled. The next moment, she vanished from the spot.
Bang!
The air was blasted into layers of ripples. Before Connie could charge forward, a bullet shot toward Su Xiao. By the time Su Xiao sensed it, the bullet was no more than five meters from his head.
The bullet's flying speed was astonishingly fast, fundamentally different from the previous two shots.
Blade Dao Saber—Blood Blade.
Su Xiao abruptly vanished from the spot. The instant after he disappeared, the ground where he had been standing caved in and collapsed with a boom, sending cracks spreading everywhere.
Scarlet feathers drifted down through the air. In truth, they were crystallized Blade Glow and blood energy. When Su Xiao burst forward at extreme speed, they served to protect him. After completing that mission, the crystals shattered. Due to the nature of the blood energy, their dispersal made them look like scarlet feathers, but they were actually crystals.
Thud!
The bullet, a full ten centimeters long, sank into the ground. The earth around its landing