Inside an old building in the royal city of Chilliad.
Blood seeped between Su Xiao's fingers. His clash with Death's Shadow Ovia had lasted an extremely short time. It had looked like he had cut her down with ease, but the truth was far from it.
At that moment, Su Xiao's health was falling at a rate of 5% per second. A dark, unknown substance was corroding his body, centered around the penetrating wound in his lower abdomen.
Although Ovia had leaned toward the good-aligned camp, she had been decisive and vicious in battle. After realizing that the Red-Eyed Woman had failed to affect Su Xiao and Uchi, and that Su Xiao had closed in on her, she had instantly decided to drag Su Xiao down with her.
The blood seeping between his fingers turned black. Su Xiao took out a white round stone. He did not drink a recovery potion. Given his current condition, a recovery potion would have had little effect. More importantly, when he had taken out the recovery item just now, his Intuition ability had faintly issued a warning.
What had invaded his body was not energy, but an unknown substance. This was Ovia's trump card.
The Darkness of Death's Shadow had dissipated.
The Hunter had not used any recovery potions, items, or the like. The Darkness of Death's Shadow had not been fully activated.
Black sand-smoke drifted out of the wound in Su Xiao's lower abdomen. The unknown substance inside him gathered toward the wound, then floated out of his body.
Inside the 'Royal City of Chilliad,' even if he won after fighting Ovia, the outcome would not have been good. There were all kinds of monsters here, as well as Sun Warriors. Attracting either side would have been disastrous.
Su Xiao sensed his own