Chapter 484: Xia Bai's strategy
As evolution levels increased, they started to have their unique points. They had their evolution directions and more abilities.
The evolution level just represented the overall strength or weakness.
Xia Bai might have the speed advantage compared to mutated lifeforms, but it was not enough when she faced those who focused on speed.
The grasshopper flapped its wings and attacked, which caught many off guard.
But Ye Zhongming saw that Xia Bai’s movement was very hesitant. There was a gap in speed, but it shouldn’t be so big.
Since that was the case, then…
Ye Zhongming thought about it. Both sides clashed several times, and Xia Bai was knocked back. If the grasshopper focused on strength, Xia Bai would have vomited blood.
Even then, Xia Bai was injured. The claws left several wounds on her shoulder and back.
Seven-star evolved had a terrifying healing ability but was not an instant heal. Those wounds still bled and dripped on the arena.
The grasshopper was cunning, and it knew where its advantage was. It knew it couldn’t fight head-on with Xia Bai, so it used its speed.
A huge fork knocked XIa Bai; this time, she was sent flying to the ground.
“Fallen Shadow!”
The grasshopper used its second skill. Two images formed from the fork on the claws and knocked into her scythe.
Fortunately, she was still a seven-star evolved. This skill caused her mouth to bleed. She got up and displayed a defensive stance.
“Why is Sister Xia not fighting back?”
“Its defense shouldn’t be strong, right?”
“Is she waiting to see its other skills?”
“Doesn’t her injuries look serious?”
Many Cloud Peak members discussed this. Compared to when she found chances to attack, she was very passive in this one.
This gave the grasshopper huge confidence. Its attacks didn’t stop, and it would use Mental Strike and Fallen Shadow. Her injuries continued to increase.
Maybe as it felt like it was about to win, its attacks grew more frequent, and they got smoother.
“Thousand Spin!”, “Shadow Release!” Two skills were used.
Thousand Spin was a consecutive attack. The fork would flap along with the wings, and the momentum would cause the body to spin. It would hold the fork straight and use this spin to attack the target.
Shadow Release created three shadows with a third of its strength to attack as many times as the main body.
This latter skill was its final ability. It used Thousand Spin along with Fallen Shadow. Four of them started to spin and attack Xia Bai. One could tell how terrifying so many attacks at once were.
Xia Bai had hundreds of wounds on her body when the skills were used.
Although she tried to avoid them hitting her important parts, the number of wounds was enough to cause serious injuries!
Ye Zhongming was excited. If his guess was correct, this should be it.
Xia Bai made a shocking move as if she were proving him right.
When the grasshopper attacked, she let go of the scythe.
Even if she had a seven-star body, she couldn’t block the fork that didn’t look like an ordinary weapon, right? Many people had that thought.
Pu!
One could hear the sound of a sharp weapon piercing the body. A fork stabbed into her left shoulder.
Ah!
Many Cloud Peak warriors exclaimed and were sweating for Xia Bai.
This was not a good sign. She was already severely injured, and this time, her arm had lost its ability to fight.
She would lose if this continued.
But her next move shocked everyone! Not only did she not break free, she moved forward and got close to the grasshopper.
This meant that the fork was fully in her body. It pierced her shoulder and stopped when the fork hit her bone.
As the upper limb of the grasshopper was short, she reached out and grabbed its body. The seven-star evolved body meant that she had the strength advantage, and it couldn’t break free.
It didn’t get out, which meant that it was dead.
The black bugs exploded once again. Unlike when she used it on the Darkness Slayer, she was the target this time.
Black powder landed on her body, and it increased her injuries. Her body started to shake, and she couldn’t control herself. But she could still move her right hand to grab the enemy.
Behind the grasshopper, the scythe that she released moved quietly over!
Disdain appeared in the four eyes.
It had intelligence and was very experienced. It saw this enemy’s ability and had been defending it. It knew that this scythe could attack after the enemy released it.
But the enemy had to make a clear attack movement.
It didn’t see this human use much strength, which meant it wouldn't be too powerful even if the scythe hit it. A sharp weapon would just leave a small wound.
The grasshopper didn’t fear anything and raised another fork to stab at Xia Bai’s neck.
Puchi!
The grasshopper stopped, and unbearable pain spread from its back and across its body. Its nimble body became cumbersome, and its wings stopped listening to it, causing it to fall to the ground.
Before it died, it saw the scythe through its body and poking out from below its neck.
Xia Bai didn’t use strength. Sadness Ink Pattern Scythe’s Momentum Slash wasn’t so strong, but it had another ability.
Sadness Pattern!
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