Bang, bang, bang...

Rose swung her fists, each punch leaving afterimages, each blow striking A Mu’s head, leaving A Mu dizzy.

Compared to the beaten A Mu, the attacker Rose was even more speechless. She had lost count of how many punches she had thrown at this Minotaur. Never mind the abnormal effects attached to her attacks, her power attribute alone, at 83 points, was enough to crush any third-tier summoned creature.

What kind of Minotaur was A Mu? Its mission was to take hits. Even if struck by Rose dozens of times, even if Rose wielded the demon scythe, unless hitting a vital spot, she couldn’t do much against A Mu in a short time.

Right now, Rose wanted to join forces with the ’Blood Demon Doll’ to attack Su Xiao, but she was hindered by the frost effect from A Mu and wouldn’t approach Su Xiao while slowed.

Comparing Su Xiao and Rose, Rose was slightly superior in power, but Su Xiao had the speed advantage.

"Annoying bull."

Rose landed an uppercut with all her strength, hitting A Mu right on the chin.

Bam!

A Mu’s head snapped back, nosebleed flying, staggering backward a few steps. The punch hit hard, but A Mu just wiped the nosebleed away and charged at Rose again.

"Tch."

Rose sidestepped A Mu’s somewhat clumsy punch, grabbing A Mu’s arm with both hands and throwing A Mu with an over-the-shoulder throw.

With a crash, A Mu lay on the ground. Before it could get up, Rose leapt into the air, stomping down with one foot towards A Mu’s head. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Crimson Lotus."

Another boom sounded, and A Mu’s head was deeply embedded into the ground.

A Mu’s body convulsed as it sank into the ground, its raised hands falling limp.

"Finally settled."

Rose exhaled a long breath, her face slightly pale. The move she just used seemed ordinary, but in truth, it was one of her big moves, usable only after transformation.

A Mu’s survival ability was too strong. To enemies, A Mu was like a piece of leathery candy, hard to kill and hard to shake off.

Had A Mu really been defeated so easily? Of course not.

At the moment, A Mu was merely stunned but not dead. Its vital signs were barely healthy, and under the nourishment of the Ice and Snow Goddess’ Aura, it would recover soon enough.

A Mu’s arm twitched, and in its unconscious state, it stood up.

"This..."

Rose saw the dull eyes of A Mu, clearly indicating unconsciousness, likely to remain so for a few minutes.

In reality, A Mu was indeed unconscious, but Bu Bu Wang had taken over its control.

Around the corner, Bu Bu Wang sniffled, tears welling in its eyes, its dog face tingly and sore from the punch, worried it might ruin its looks.

Controlled by Bu Bu Wang, A Mu raised one large hand and subconsciously touched its cheek.

"Moo!"

’A Mu’ roared and stormed forward to Rose.

"You’ve got to be kidding."

Rose faced A Mu with a punch to the face, a blow so powerful it nearly knocked the over 400-pound A Mu to the ground.

However, this couldn’t stop the furious ’A Mu’. No, it couldn’t stop the furious Bu Bu Wang.

Rose was held up by A Mu, and Su Xiao couldn’t free himself either. He was up against two blood-red apparitions, exceedingly troublesome.

These two blood-red apparitions were almost defenseless. With Dragon Slash’s sharpness and the destructive power of Blue Steel Shadow, they should have long been dispelled.

But that wasn’t the case. Su Xiao was still entangled with the two blood-red apparitions, and moreover, two silk threads connected him to them.

Every time Su Xiao was about to disperse the apparitions, his life value would drop by about 10% momentarily.

In this way, the two blood-red apparitions were nearly impossible to disperse, or rather, as long as Su Xiao’s life value was above a certain threshold, he couldn’t disperse them.

Moreover, the attack power of the two blood-red apparitions was extremely strong, for they were wielding Rose’s two demon scythes. Realizing this, Su Xiao made a gesture toward Bu Bu Wang hiding in the shadows,

Bu Bu Wang immediately understood Su Xiao’s intent, and A Mu’s arms spread wide under its control.

Kaka...

Ice crystals climbed over Rose’s body, instantly transforming her into an ice sculpture.

Crack!

A piece of ice shattered, and Rose’s ice sculpture was covered in cracks, indicating she could break out of the ice in a short time.

A Mu turned and charged toward Su Xiao. Su Xiao used the handle of his knife to knock away a blood-red apparition, while A Mu collided with the other, allowing Su Xiao to break free and rush straight toward Rose.

Letting A Mu handle the two blood-red apparitions while Su Xiao dealt with the unarmed Rose was the best choice.

As Su Xiao was ten meters away from the blood-red apparitions, the two blood threads on him snapped, then attached to A Mu’s body.

In almost an instant, Su Xiao reached Rose, who had already broken free from the ice. Her entire body emitted cold, and her speed visibly decreased. Moreover, she still retained the frost effect from A Mu.

Frostbite (Passive Lv.39): Attacks can apply a frost effect to enemies, reducing their moving speed by 10%, lasting for 3 seconds.

Note: This skill can stack, up to 10 layers. The stacking increases the duration, but the slowing effect remains unchanged at 10%.

Note: With each stacking of the frost effect, the duration doubles, capable of stacking up to 25 minutes and 36 seconds.

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At this moment, Rose was afflicted with 10 layers of frost effect, but because A Mu had activated the ultimate ability ’Winter Wrath’, Rose was forcibly frozen, reducing the frost effect’s duration. Originally lasting 25 minutes and 36 seconds, now it would last at most around 5 minutes.

As Su Xiao rushed to Rose, his long knife was already slashing towards her neck.

"Ning."

Rose shouted, and Su Xiao suddenly stopped as blood-red silk threads firmly wrapped around him.

With a crack, some blood-red threads snapped. Su Xiao wasn’t under skill-type control but physical control effects, which could be forcefully broken free with sufficient strength.

Due to Su Xiao’s immense strength, the blood-red silk threads snapped one by one, but in close combat, such a pause could be deadly.

Rose stepped forward, her right arm bent, fist tight, and her small fist gleamed with a blood hue, smashing towards Su Xiao’s head.

Thud!

The entire underground base trembled, an invisible impact spreading around, large cracks appearing on the walls.

Rose maintained her punching posture in front of Su Xiao; her fist hadn’t hit Su Xiao’s head but struck a light blue energy shield of 600-point strength.

Crack.

Cracks appeared on the energy shield, showing the punch’s power, yet the fist attached to the shield trembled.

It makes sense, too. Rose’s punch was equivalent to an ordinary person punching a board. Regardless of the destructive power, her right hand went numb.

The energy shield suddenly shattered, like broken glass flying towards Rose.

Rose raised her hands to protect herself, her clothes slashed with several gashes.

A long knife, silently, slashed towards Rose’s neck, echoing Su Xiao’s combat style of seizing every opportunity to attack vital points.

Rose sensed the knife through the Blood Web, which functioned similarly to an intuition ability but could do more, like the blood-red silk threads that encased Su Xiao earlier, another use of the Blood Web.

Rose, of course, knew she couldn’t let Su Xiao’s direct hit land. Her upper body arched backward. Though of the power type, her body was extraordinarily flexible.

The long knife almost grazed Rose’s nose tip, sending a chill through her heart, informing her that Su Xiao was faster.

Rose’s upper body continued bending back, and just as she was about to fall, she supported herself with one arm on the ground.

Five fair fingers plunged into the stone, and Rose shifted her weight onto this arm, first bending it, then forcefully pushing off.

With a loud boom, the nearly fallen Rose suddenly shot forward, her legs together, kicking towards Su Xiao’s throat.

This attack angle caught Su Xiao off guard. For him to mimic such a posture, whether he could hit the enemy aside, his arm and neck would break from his own force in attempting it.