Chapter 41: Susanoo? ?
Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's pupils constricted. Even Seven Gates Guy couldn't shatter the Counter Shield with a single kick, yet this woman had done it, and done it effortlessly.
Was this woman's strength simply too terrifying? Su Xiao glanced at her long, shapely legs. Although those legs radiated power, they couldn't possibly possess such exaggerated strength.
If it wasn't raw strength, then it had to be something wrong with those heart-shaped Nen energy projectiles.
While Su Xiao was thinking, dozens of heart-shaped Nen projectiles flew toward him. They were fast and urgent, and had the ability to float, making evasion completely impossible.
Dozens of heart-shaped Nen projectiles slammed into the Counter Shield, shattering on contact.
Su Xiao swung his fist back at the Counter Shield. With a crack, dozens of Counter Shield fragments appeared covered in large cracks, finally bursting apart.
That heart-shaped Nen energy could drastically reduce defensive power. Even the Counter Shield with its formidable defense had been weakened to such a degree. If that heart-shaped Nen energy touched a human body, the result was unimaginable—perhaps the body would become as fragile as glass?
Just as Su Xiao figured out the enemy's ability, Butterfly had already charged forward.
"Not bad."
As she spoke, Butterfly raised her leg for a flying kick. She was wearing ultra-short shorts, so this kick inevitably revealed a bit too much.
The kick wasn't fast, but Su Xiao's gaze was subconsciously drawn to the enemy's beautiful legs. This wasn't sudden lust—it was the enemy's charm ability. Mind Blade could indeed immunize him against control skills, but Butterfly's charm skill was too high-level. Mind Blade resisting control skills was already impressive. Against this persistent charm effect, Su Xiao could only rely on his willpower.
Whoosh~
A sharp sound of breaking air came. Su Xiao tilted his head at the critical moment to dodge, and that long, beautiful leg swept past.
A streak of blood appeared on Su Xiao's cheek—it had been cut by the heel of her high heels.
Don't underestimate that kick from Butterfly. The speed she burst out with in that instant was definitely no slower than Su Xiao's sword strikes, and her leg was wrapped in a large amount of Nen energy.
These weren't actually the main points. The main point was that Butterfly's specialty was control-type abilities; close combat was just a supplementary skill.
Under the suppression of the second-tier derivative world, Butterfly, a control-type contractor, could actually fight Su Xiao in close combat without falling behind. This alone showed the gap between third-tier and second-tier.
Just as Butterfly's kick landed, her old strength was spent and new strength hadn't yet formed—this was the perfect moment to counterattack.
Su Xiao slashed out with his sword, targeting Butterfly's beautiful leg.
"Hard!"
A large amount of Nen energy wrapped around Butterfly's long leg. Su Xiao's blade struck her calf.
Ding!
The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out. Dragon Flash had actually been blocked by Butterfly's body.
After taking the slash, Butterfly's other foot stomped the ground, flipping backward. She wasn't as relaxed as she appeared—a shallow bloody mark had appeared on her calf.
Green Steel Shadow energy invaded Butterfly's body, and the veins on her face bulged.
"This..."
Feeling the waves of pain in her body and the battle information fed back by the Reincarnation Mark, Butterfly could no longer remain calm.
[Affected by unknown energy erosion, your Nen energy has been devoured by 140 points.]
[Affected by unknown energy erosion, you have taken 140 true damage + 20 true damage (10% of Nen ability consumed) + 23 slash damage + 35 blade edge damage.]
Seeing this long string of notifications, Butterfly's expression changed repeatedly. Even as a third-tier contractor, this was her first time seeing such a high amount of single-hit true damage.
"That sword is... a growth-type weapon?"
Butterfly looked at the Dragon Flash in Su Xiao's hand, the light in her eyes gradually growing hot.
"Indeed, it was the right decision to leave Huang Fen and act alone this time. I'll take that sword of yours."
The Nen energy on Butterfly's body surged. With her blowing a kiss, heart-shaped Nen projectiles emerged one after another.
"Hard!"
The Nen energy erupting from Butterfly's body contracted, wrapping her legs like a layer of armor.
"Mental Scream..."
Butterfly's hands formed a heart shape, aiming the gesture at Su Xiao. Just as she made this move, she suddenly remembered—the enemy was immune to her control abilities.
Realizing this, Butterfly felt a bit speechless. She knew how strong a Sword Technique Master LV.30+ was. That kind of long blade that ignored control and came straight at her left a deep impression. She had nearly died to such an enemy once.
If Su Xiao were a third-tier contractor, Butterfly would flee without a second word. But Su Xiao was a second-tier contractor. Even if his abilities countered hers, she still had ways to win.
At this moment, Su Xiao's expression wasn't looking good. Third-tier contractors were stronger than he had anticipated. If Brother Wu San's intel was correct, the strongest of these three high-tier contractors hadn't shown up.
Even so, Su Xiao was struggling against this enemy whose abilities he countered. If all three of them teamed up against him, he would definitely die.
Having personally experienced the power of a third-tier contractor, if all three enemies arrived at once, Su Xiao wouldn't have the illusion of "I can turn this around." He knew the gap between first and second tier, and as an even stronger third tier, that gap would only be larger.
But today's situation was an opportunity. This woman was likely the tracking + control of the three-person team. As long as he killed her, no matter how strong Huang Fen was, he couldn't find Su Xiao. Su Xiao didn't believe the Blood Gate Adventure Team could track him in every derivative world.
With this thought, Su Xiao's gaze gradually sharpened. A new Counter Shield formed around him.
His long blade slashed forward. A pale blue blade glow shot out from the edge, flying toward Butterfly at extreme speed.
Butterfly waved her hand, and several heart-shaped Nen projectiles flew to meet the blade glow.
The blade glow collided with the heart-shaped Nen projectiles. As expected, the Nen projectiles shattered. Butterfly's palm was like a blade as she chopped at the incoming blade glow.
With a crackling sound, the blade glow shattered.
A whining slash came through the air. Su Xiao had already closed the distance to Butterfly during the gap created by the blade glow.
Sensing the long blade slashing toward her, Butterfly's brows furrowed. She was hesitating whether to use her heart-shaped Nen energy to touch that blade and destroy it.
Before Butterfly could control the Nen projectiles, Su Xiao had already taken the initiative to slash at her.
"You..."
Although Butterfly felt some "heartache," she still manipulated the heart-shaped Nen projectiles to fly toward Dragon Flash.
Zzzt~
Electric arcs surged. The Green Steel Shadow energy on Dragon Flash splattered, and those heart-shaped Nen projectiles failed to touch the blade's body.
The muscles on Su Xiao's sword-arm bulged as he put all his strength into a slash aimed at Butterfly's neck.
Ding.
The long blade struck Butterfly's neck, but a layer of golden shield enveloped her. It seemed that after being eroded by Green Steel Shadow energy, Butterfly no longer dared to take Su Xiao's slashes head-on.
Failing to land the hit, Su Xiao raised his leg for a side kick, using all his strength.
Bang.
The kick landed squarely on Butterfly's side waist, causing her curvaceous waist to cave inward.
Although he had successfully hit the enemy's weak spot, Su Xiao suddenly felt his hairs stand on end.
Butterfly's body shifted, and like a dancing butterfly, she circled from Su Xiao's front to his back, so fast that afterimages appeared.
Over a dozen heart-shaped Nen projectiles slammed into the Counter Shield, and Butterfly quickly threw a punch to break it.
Crack~
The Counter Shield shattered on impact. It wasn't that the Counter Shield's tier was weaker than those heart-shaped Nen projectiles—it was that the gap between Su Xiao's and Butterfly's skill levels was too vast.
After breaking the shield with one punch, Butterfly stood behind Su Xiao. She wrapped both arms around his waist, and Su Xiao immediately felt a soft embrace. He could even feel her full chest pressing and deforming against his back.
This embrace was intoxicating enough, but equally lethal.
Butterfly's flexible waist arched backward, intending to suplex Su Xiao. The back of his head rushed toward the ground at high speed.
Boom!
Dust surged. Butterfly maintained her suplex position, and in her soft embrace was Su Xiao, body arched backward, head pointing down.
Crack.
The sound of bones breaking came. At this moment, Su Xiao's body was surrounded by an energy exoskeleton, formed by an energy shield—somewhat similar to the Uchiha clan's Susanoo.
"Su... Susanoo? No!"
Butterfly was initially shocked, but after clearly seeing the appearance of that energy exoskeleton, she immediately judged that this was not Susanoo.