As the manipulator of [ Heart-Eroding Tobacco ], Burns was naturally unaffected by the toxic smoke, and as for the high temperature, his body, modified by the Aberration plant, was completely unaffected by it.
He glanced back at the several high-ranking knights who were charging ahead with him and said:
"Surround the area from the outside, don't let him escape!"
"Yes!"
The high knights immediately agreed, while Burns had already plunged headlong into the smoke and dust.
The bluish-black smoke, accompanied by intense heat, scorched and baked everything around it.
Xilǐ'er, being in the midst of it all, was naturally not entirely spared.
With his vision drastically reduced, he reached out and discovered that his bright silver armor was being slowly corroded by the poisonous smoke, as if a smooth metal surface were being sanded.
The damage caused by the toxic fumes didn't stop there. Just as Burns had guessed, the hot, flowing fumes had seeped into the gaps in the armor. Xilǐ'er felt the skin on his elbows and knees begin to ulcerate, and his eyes felt a burning pain.
Meanwhile, some plant tissue is seeping out from his flesh and blood, beginning to gently repair the eroded areas.
The toxic fumes had no real effect on Xilǐ'er, and didn't even rob him of his sight.
Ed had already discovered that Xilǐ'er's current life form was very strange.
He was originally a human who survived the long years he was sealed away by the Amber Dragon thanks to the blessing of Grand Duchess Vanessa.
But only his consciousness survived; his body had completely decayed during his more than 100 years of imprisonment, so his consciousness could only attach itself to the armor.
Later, because Vanessa usurped Antos's Authority, Xilǐ'er was able to grow flesh and blood again.
But for Xilǐ'er, there was actually no significant change; it was simply a matter of changing his pure iron armor into armor with iron covering his flesh.
As for his consciousness, it can switch freely between the armor and his physical body, so his vision is naturally not limited by his eyes.
Not long ago, Ed gave him a new blessing, allowing him to repair his body without dying.
In other words, Xilǐ'er is a monster with built-in healing abilities; unless you kill him in one blow, you'll have to endure his constant counterattacks, and you can't even have your senses stripped away.
His eyes were practically just for show.
However, Burns never expected to encounter such an enemy.
The person who claims to be the Son of God of the Tree Worship Church Cult should naturally be an envoy primarily based on the plant system. All plant system users, unless they have reached High Tier, should show him some respect, since he has a fire source hidden within him.
Within the area shrouded in smoke, which was several meters in diameter, Burns finally spotted a blurry figure not far away.
It was a tall figure riding a warhorse, and the fact that he was completely still at that moment was unexpected.
In Burns' view, it's already quite remarkable that a person can remain sober in their own toxic fumes without constantly coughing.
Two plumes of scalding smoke gathered in his hands, and he strode forward, ready to teach the envoy who had humiliated him a lesson.
Just then, Burns suddenly heard a very rare sound, it seemed to be...
The sound of metal being bent by external force.
He looked closely and saw something slowly rotating behind the knight in front of him.
Burns immediately remembered something.
That messenger, that messenger's armor had a pair of steel wings on its back.
Isn't that just a decoration?
He stepped back in astonishment, watching as the pair of iron wings gradually became tinged with a pale blue Psionic Energy glow.
not good!
Burns's mind went blank. As he backed away, he threw out two compressed, hot clouds of smoke.
He was confident that if he hit those two steel wings, he could blow them off.
As two smoke balls were thrown, a high-pitched neighing of a horse rang out instantly.
With his vision largely unobstructed by the smoke and dust, Burns saw the knight's horse leap up and dodge the two smoke balls.
The warhorse landed the next moment, and the wings on the knight's back fully unfolded.
With a powerful flap of its Psionic Energy wings, Burns ' smoke sphere instantly changed shape, transforming from a hemisphere on the ground into a semi-ellipsoid.
I never expected him to have such abilities.
Burns was shocked. He had thought Xilǐ'er was already powerless to resist due to the poisonous smoke, but he did not expect the other party to be so tenacious.
It seems I need to change my plan to take him down by fighting him alone.
"Whoosh!"
A pair of steel wings flapped once more, but this time Burns did not resist; instead, he began to reabsorb the surrounding smoke back into his body.
He has decided to change tactics--
There are currently over a dozen Middle Tier cultivators present at the city gate. Even with the envoy's extraordinary abilities, surely he couldn't possibly fight against more than a dozen opponents alone?
With the help of the strong winds whipped up by Xilǐ'er the Winged Hussars, Burns successfully absorbed most of the smoke and began to recirculate and heat the toxic fumes within his body.
The thick smoke dissipated, and visibility was no longer obstructed, leaving only wisps of smoke slowly spreading in the air.
One archbishop, one archbishop's assistant, and four grand knights...
Xilǐ'er was now surrounded by six men, but there was no trace of panic on his face.
Because he no longer had a face.
In front of the six people, Xilǐ'er said nothing, but silently flipped up the visor of his helmet, revealing his face to everyone.
The pale bones were dotted with sparks of fire; upon closer inspection, one could see that these were embers left by high-temperature soot, constantly burning the plant tissues that were trying to repair the body.
Every time a bit of plant tissue grew out, it was immediately consumed by the flames, especially the eyes, which resembled a pair of torches in the darkness.
As Xilǐ'er looked around, all they saw was that the knight who had previously appeared quite handsome was now a burning skeleton.
Flames emanated from the gaps in Xilǐ'er's armor, scorching the surrounding air, making him appear even more imposing than Burns, whose body had been directly split open.
"Neigh~"
The warhorse beneath him neighed, and the knight, now a burning skeleton, seemed to realize something. He reached out and removed the warhorse's visor from the Radish's face as well.
The warhorse neighed softly, and a piece of its still-burnt skin fell to the ground, where it was slowly consumed by the flames.
All that remained was a pale, burning skeleton.
Seeing this, one of the six men surrounding Xilǐ'er began to tremble slightly.
What kind of monster were they surrounding?