Victory

Not having time to see where his longsword fell, nor bothering with the split in his tiger's mouth from the blow, Liu Zhi endured the pain, drew the dagger from his waist, and lunged at the Jaguar Warrior.

Unexpectedly, the Jaguar Warrior lunged forward, precisely grabbing Liu Zhi's location. He pressed Liu Zhi's shoulder with his left hand, raising his macuahuitl with his right, about to hack at Liu Zhi's head.

Liu Zhi wanted to struggle but was held firmly by the Jaguar Warrior, unable to escape.

In this situation, he could only counter-stab with his dagger into the Jaguar Warrior's left hand. Liu Zhi then flicked his wrist and upward.

He severed the Jaguar Warrior's left hand tendons.

But this couldn't change anything; the macuahuitl was about to fall on Liu Zhi's head.

Liu Zhi panicked and ducked his body, presenting his back to the macuahuitl.

On Liu Zhi's back was a relatively thick backpack, filled with a large amount of documents and some items.

As the macuahuitl chopped down, the Jaguar Warrior felt a sharp pain in his back and spurted blood.

The Jaguar Warrior knew Liu Zhi wasn't dead. He casually lifted Liu Zhi upwards, intending to bring him up for another strike.

This lift exposed a weakness in the Jaguar Warrior's chest.

Liu Zhi disregarded everything else, flipped his dagger, and stabbed into the Jaguar Warrior's chest.

The moment the dagger pierced flesh, the Jaguar Warrior reacted, shaking his hand to throw Liu Zhi off.

But he forgot that Liu Zhi had just severed his tendons. He only managed to fling Liu Zhi about two to three meters away.

Seizing such an opportunity, Liu Zhi wouldn't miss it. Ignoring his severe injuries, he flipped his backpack and hurled the entire thing at the Jaguar Warrior.

At the same time, he followed behind the backpack, charging towards the Jaguar Warrior.

At this moment, the Jaguar Warrior couldn't see clearly, only hearing a gust of wind rushing towards him. He swung his macuahuitl downwards, directly slicing the backpack in half.

Using this chance, Liu Zhi darted in front of the Jaguar Warrior. His short dagger surprisingly carved a 'Z' in the air.

The first stroke of this 'Z' landed on the Jaguar Warrior's throat, spraying a large amount of blood.

Then, Liu Zhi didn't stop. The subsequent two strokes landed on the Jaguar Warrior's body. As he completed the 'Z', Liu Zhi, for some reason, felt an urge to stab into the second stroke of the 'Z'.

If the battle hadn't been so dangerous, Liu Zhi would have even considered acting on the impulse.

But he couldn't now. Forcibly suppressing his urge, Liu Zhi, after opening three wounds on the Jaguar Warrior, quickly retreated. After backing four to five steps to safety, he took a deep breath and looked at the situation before him.

However, what Liu Zhi saw was the Jaguar Warrior kneeling on the ground.

The warrior's face was filled with unwillingness and confusion. His skin was rapidly turning black and rotting, as if he had been poisoned.

This situation also puzzled Liu Zhi. He lowered his head to look at his dagger, which seemed fine. He hadn't poisoned it.

Then, Liu Zhi saw his backpack, now cut in half, with its contents scattered on the ground. This gave him a general understanding of what had happened.

Several items Liu Zhi had picked up from Perkin were at the top of the backpack and had been cut through.

The pure silver water flask was directly sliced in two, and a black liquid flowed out.

Liu Zhi noticed this liquid was flowing into the Jaguar Warrior's body along with his blood. The blackening and rotting skin was caused by this black liquid.

Liu Zhi looked at all this with some awkwardness, unsure of the situation.

Just then, the Jaguar Warrior stood up from the ground. His eyes had turned completely black. Although he still held the macuahuitl, it didn't look natural anymore, more like he was holding an oar.

As he began to walk towards Liu Zhi, the Feathered Serpent, who had been watching from the side, hissed at the Jaguar Warrior.

A foul-smelling aura rushed towards the Jaguar Warrior. His skin seemed to be sliced by wind blades, and large amounts of blackened flesh scattered backward from where the Jaguar Warrior stood, covering half the platform on the pyramid's summit.

Then, the Feathered Serpent began to move, crawling to the Jaguar Warrior's remaining skeleton and hissing at the black flesh on the ground.

For some reason, Liu Zhi understood the meaning.

"Heretic, demon."

Liu Zhi couldn't help but step back, fearing he would be mistaken for an accomplice and killed by the Feathered Serpent.

Fortunately, the Feathered Serpent didn't treat Liu Zhi as an enemy. It extended its head towards Liu Zhi, its huge eyes staring at him for a long while before hissing.

Liu Zhi tried to dodge the tongue that was about to poke his face, straining to hear the Feathered Serpent's voice.

The voice sounded hollow, as if from the horizon, yet incredibly real.

"You have won. You are the warrior of Kukulkan. This city belongs to you."

Liu Zhi was startled, and then the shadow before his eyes vanished. The Feathered Serpent returned to its original coiled position.

At the same time, standing opposite Liu Zhi were three natives: an elder and two youths. Their attire was the same as before, but now they each held something.

In the elder's hand was a crystal skull. It looked like it was carved from a whole Sailor, but Liu Zhi had a feeling it was a real skull.

The two youths behind him held a staff and a pyramid statue, respectively.

The staff was two meters long, made from a polished tree core. It retained the tree's original color, with a feathered serpent carved from obsidian coiled at the head.

The feathered serpent was winged, and there seemed to be a slot for a crystal on its back.

The pyramid statue was made of pure gold, and both its style and decoration were scaled-down replicas of the pyramid Liu Zhi was currently standing on.

As these three approached Liu Zhi.

The Feathered Serpent's voice sounded again.

"What's your name?"

"Liu... Sandru, Sandru Ailanci Aide."

"Good. From today on, you are the king of this city. I name you Aide the First."

As he spoke, the three walked forward with their items, intending to hand them over to Liu Zhi.

Just as Liu Zhi was about to reach out, his vision blurred, and everything seemed to vanish before his eyes like a bubble.