The excruciating pain inside Lielin's body continued without pause. Although he did not often fight, his Willpower was fairly firm, so he clenched his fists and continued manipulating the branches around him.
A huge blue-green Blade Glow slashed straight toward him. Lielin instantly realized that the branches in front of him could not withstand it.
The Blue Ghost cleaved through him and finally vanished into the soil behind him.
Lielin lost control of his body again. Just as he was about to use his blood to generate tree roots and bind the severed left side of his body together, Su Xiao charged in front of him.
A dense barrage of slashes suddenly appeared, seeming to cut apart the air in the area. With the assistance of the Apostle Eye, Su Xiao saw Lielin's health plummet to 20%.
Bang!
Su Xiao stomped on Lielin's already shattered body. The surrounding earthen walls trembled. From the looks of it, one more attack from Su Xiao would cause a cave-in.
Su Xiao pressed one hand against the ground. Blue Steel Shadow energy spread outward from his hand, and pale-blue arcs of electricity surged.
Suddenly, Lielin's shattered body trembled. The vitality in his flesh was rapidly stripped away. The battle was over.
Ultimately, Lielin's strength lay in the authority he held. As luck would have it, Su Xiao was also a duke. If the Cera Empire were still at the height of its power, even if Su Xiao were stronger than he was now, he could not have obtained such a position in a short time. But the Cera Empire was now riddled with problems.
Plucking a "fruit" from a towering tree was difficult. One had to climb upward bit by bit. But if that towering tree was already severely tilted and about to topple,