After Xili fired, the entire world fell silent. Outside the door, Ring 8 rose from the ground. He had nearly been blasted into a sieve, his whole body riddled with soybean-sized holes.
"`The Mechanism Legion Commander has been parasitized by the Zerg! Quick, cut off his head!`"
Ring 8 shouted, and more than a dozen members of the Eclipse Organization immediately charged into the cathedral. The others hesitated.
"Do it."
Kingsley's voice rang out. Upon hearing the order, the Eclipse members outside the cathedral stopped hesitating and surged inside.
Inside the cathedral, booming sounds came from ahead. Dense buckshot streaked with sparks blasted through the walls.
With a whoosh, a blazing-red triangular metal fragment spun past Su Xiao's cheek.
Click!
The wooden-handled folding saw blade in the hands of an Eclipse member sprang open and charged straight at Xili.
Within seconds, the cathedral descended into chaos. Pillar after pillar of light as thick as a finger rained down from above, punching the cathedral roof full of holes.
Clang.
Su Xiao blocked a pillar of light crashing down from above with the long blade in his hand, causing the ground beneath his feet to crack.
Rapid footsteps approached from behind Su Xiao. A nimble figure dressed in white charged over.
The long blade flipped in Su Xiao's hand. Pinning the end of the hilt between his forefinger and thumb, he pressed downward, driving the blade's tip into the ground.
It had been a light stab, yet it produced a boom. A shockwave spread from the point of impact, rippling outward. Broken stones flew in a ring, and the white-clad assassin's speed slowed.
Su Xiao gripped the hilt, and the blade suddenly let out a crisp ring.
Clang!
A slash mark appeared out of thin air before the white-clad assassin's neck. The