The queen raised the knight's sword high, but nothing happened. There was no brilliant light, no surge of sword energy.
"Holy Sword Slash! Holy Sword Slash!"
The queen was a bit stunned. She lowered her raised arm and looked at the knight's sword in her hand, confused. The situation became quite awkward.
"What a 'powerful' move," Su Xiao's timely mockery made the queen feel frustrated.
At that moment, the queen noticed a notification from the Reincarnation Paradise: she had run out of mana.
The queen couldn’t understand this situation. From the start of the battle until now, she had only used three skills. She was afraid of running out of mana, so she had bought an expensive necklace that increased her mana by 30 points.
While the queen was puzzled, Su Xiao understood clearly that it was the 'Blue Steel Shadow' skill that had burned through her mana.
He didn’t know how effective 'Blue Steel Shadow' was against mages, but it worked wonders against shield warriors with low mana.
With just a few strikes, even if the opponent didn’t die, they wouldn’t be able to use any skills.
Su Xiao had been wondering for a long time about the 'Mage Slayer' class. The name seemed very targeted at mages, but how was he supposed to fight a mage?
If he could get close to a mage, the pain from 'Blue Steel Shadow' burning their mana would allow him to strike continuously, but getting close was a big problem.
The skills of 'Mage Slayer' that were not unlocked should solve this issue; otherwise, this class wouldn’t deserve the name 'Mage Slayer.'
Thinking about this was premature. Right now, the priority was to take down the enemy in front of him.
After confirming that the queen had no mana, Su Xiao charged forward.
Even if the queen had drunk some unknown liquid and suddenly became stronger with a few more skills, without mana, she was just a toothless tiger.
As for the knight's sword in the queen's hand, Su Xiao ignored it completely; she didn’t know how to use a sword.
Once he got close, he swung his knife toward the queen's throat.
The long knife sliced through the air, creating a wave of force at an odd angle.
The queen raised her sword to block, but it was a miss. Su Xiao had changed his slash into a cut, and a small part of the queen's ear flew off.
Losing part of her ear was not a pleasant experience; the queen felt a buzzing in her head.
The Dragon Slash was still in the motion of being swung, and to strike again, it needed to recharge.
Su Xiao simply continued his charge, almost pressing against the queen, raising his left knee and smashing it into her side.
There was a spot on her side without rib protection, making it particularly vulnerable.
Before the queen could recover from the buzzing in her head, she took a heavy hit, and the pain was unimaginable.
Su Xiao jumped back a step, about a meter away, and before his feet hit the ground, his knife flashed again, cutting into the queen's chest. Her armor was sliced open, and blood poured out from the wound, bringing her more agony.
The energy bird above her head had a soothing effect on her pain, giving her a bit of strength to fight back.
The queen’s awareness wasn’t strong enough. A determined warrior could ignore most pain during a battle.
"You bastard, die!"
The queen swung her sword with all her might. Su Xiao didn’t take the hit directly but nimbly jumped back.
As he landed from his jump, he pushed off the ground and leaped forward.
The queen's sword just missed him, leaving her wide open.
"Thud."
A not very deep wound appeared on the queen's throat, causing her to stagger back a few steps.
"Ha~ ha~."
The queen gasped heavily, feeling like her lungs were a broken bellows, making every breath a struggle.
"What happened to that confident look you had earlier?"
Su Xiao approached the queen calmly. From the start of the battle, he had remained relatively composed.
If it were a shield warrior, sniper, and support all attacking him at once, he wouldn’t be so relaxed.
But the sniper, their main source of firepower, was tied up with Lingwu Shizhao.
The shield warrior in front of him had strong survivability, but in a direct melee, they were worlds apart from Su Xiao.
He vaguely realized something: if the contractor's development direction was PVE, then his was PVP. This was intentional from the Reincarnation Paradise; he was a hunter and would often fight contractors.
A tank good at taking damage confidently engaging in close combat with a killing master would lead to predictable results.
"This is impossible. I should be stronger than you in terms of attributes, equipment, and skills. Why is this happening? Something must be wrong."
The queen's eyes were filled with unwillingness.
"Who knows? But that thing above your head seems to be disappearing."
Su Xiao wasn’t entirely at ease either. The female shield warrior was incredibly tough after her stamina reached 24 points. It was quite hard for his Dragon Slash to break through her defenses; this was the first time he encountered such a situation.
This gave Su Xiao a warning: if the gap in attributes was too wide, even with his superb combat skills, he might not be able to win.
However, the queen was clearly not in that category. She had only reached her current attributes after taking drugs.
The two elemental birds above the queen's head suddenly let out a cry, bursting apart and turning into countless light spots that merged into her body.
The healing effect ended, and the queen's health quickly dropped.
Seeing this, Yezi in the distance turned pale. She didn’t have much mana left either and could only prolong the queen's life for a few seconds at most.
But according to the queen's orders, her remaining mana had other uses, which was their hope for victory.
Just as both the queen and Yezi felt a bit desperate, Su Xiao had already charged in front of the queen, slashing with his long knife.
In this critical moment, a heavenly voice reached the queen's ear.
"Queen, I dealt with the opponent."
The voice was heavy, punctuated by a few coughs.
"You killed Lingwu Shizhao?"
The queen was overjoyed.
"No, that guy was tough. He escaped at the last moment, but he was seriously injured."
Even though Lingwu Shizhao wasn’t killed, the queen didn’t care because their main source of damage was finally free.
"I'll fight you to the end."
The queen roared, throwing away the knight's sword and lunging at Su Xiao as if seeking death.
Su Xiao was quite surprised; something felt off, and he instinctively stepped back.
But the queen's lunge drove the Dragon Slash deep into her lower abdomen. Su Xiao tried to pull it out, but the queen gripped the blade with both hands.
With a ripping sound, her fingers were almost severed, but she didn’t care, lunging toward Su Xiao and hugging him tightly like a koala clinging to a tree.
It’s important to note that the queen's strength attribute was now 15 points, 2 points higher than Su Xiao, so he needed some skill to break free.
Su Xiao gripped the handle of the Dragon Slash and twisted it violently inside the queen's abdomen.
"Ah~!!"
Tears streamed down the queen's face, but she still wouldn’t let go.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out from a distance. Su Xiao had sensed the danger long ago, but the queen's weight and her armor together were over 200 pounds, making his movements quite limited.
In the final moment, Su Xiao could only slightly turn to the side to avoid being hit in a vital area.
A bullet, about the length of a pinky, pierced into Su Xiao's abdomen, continuing its path to go through his body and into the queen.
This shot caused Su Xiao to lose 70% of his health.
The queen's body went limp, her arms growing weak.
At that moment, Yezi, who had been standing in the distance, used their trump card.
"Judgment!"
With a shout, a massive energy cross appeared above Su Xiao's head.
The cross shone with holy light and came crashing down on Su Xiao.
"Boom!"
Su Xiao heard a buzzing in his ears as the energy cross shattered.
[You have been killed by 'Judgment.' Your health is below 15%. The killing effect is activated.]
[The Demon Body has passively triggered, killing failed, immune to this kill, and 9% of health is deducted.]
The end of this chapter.