Rose’s strike was incredibly fast, and Su Xiao clearly couldn’t evade it in time. He angled his long knife to block in front of his throat. If Rose continued her kick, Dragon Slash would sever her foot.

Before the battle started, Su Xiao thought Rose fought with a war scythe, but it turned out to be more troublesome. The scythes were not wielded by Rose herself, but by two blood-red phantoms that could absorb the enemy’s Life Value and restore themselves.

Just as Dragon Slash was about to slice through Rose’s foot, she suddenly halted in mid-air. This didn’t align with the laws of physics. On closer inspection, dozens of blood-red silk threads were wrapped around her. It seemed she had already sensed the sharpness of Dragon Slash,

Even though Rose refrained from kicking Su Xiao, his knife didn’t stop. Dragon Slash tore through the air, with a sharp, piercing sound, aiming at Rose’s legs.

"Surprise!"

Rose’s toes pointed upwards, and two sharp blades ejected from her heels, shooting towards Su Xiao’s head like bullets.

The sharp blade tips aimed directly at Su Xiao’s eyes. He lifted his head with all his might while raising one leg.

Bam!

Su Xiao’s kick landed on Rose’s lower back, causing her to grunt and embed into the ceiling.

Su Xiao fell to the ground with a thud, proving he couldn’t mimic Rose’s bizarre posture; it would easily strain his back.

As Su Xiao hit the ground, Rose also landed with a thud. She bounced up with a kip-up, grimacing in pain.

"My back..."

Rose held her lower back with one hand, slightly bent over, resembling an old man.

Su Xiao had already stood up, a bloody scratch appearing on his face, the wound tingling. The previous two shards had poison, a deadly toxin.

Thankfully, Su Xiao’s physical attributes were high enough to prevent him from embarrassingly dying on the spot. However, the tingling sensation began spreading from his cheek and would soon cover his entire body.

As the poison corroded Su Xiao’s body, the Blue Steel Shadow energy surged through him, halting the tingling immediately. The area affected by the toxin quickly shrank.

Rose also noticed the wound on Su Xiao’s face. When she thought Su Xiao would lose his ability to move, he charged at her instead.

Before Su Xiao could get close, several blade auras had already reached Rose.

Rose once again demonstrated her non-human flexibility, twisting into an awkward yet amusing position, avoiding Su Xiao’s slashing auras.

Clang.

Dragon Slash swooped in, Rose did her best to dodge, but unfortunately, she wasn’t as fast as Su Xiao.

Slash.

Blood splattered, a wound appeared on Rose’s forearm, nearly reaching her bone.

The Blue Steel Shadow energy invaded Rose’s body, causing her to clench her teeth in pain, blood seeping through her gritted teeth.

In close combat, getting hit by Su Xiao’s knife was a nightmare because the attacks would keep coming relentlessly.

Blade lights flickered as Rose, relying on her extremely high Perception Force and flexible body, repeatedly dodged Su Xiao’s strikes.

Slash.

Another wound appeared on Rose’s abdomen. Taking advantage, she swung a punch at Su Xiao.

Bam!

An energy shield blocked Rose’s fist, the ground under Su Xiao’s feet shattered. This time, Rose was much smarter; she immediately covered her head and retreated.

The energy shield exploded, sharp fragments left shallow blood trails on Rose’s body.

After retreating a few steps, her arm went numb, yet another deep wound appeared, nearly exposing the bone. She was secretly thankful she retreated quickly; otherwise, her whole arm might have been chopped off.

With each cut, Rose suffered terrifying damage. She glanced at the battle log, her expression turning grim.

[Warning: You are being eroded by an unknown energy, your Blood Origin has been annihilated by 205 points.]

[Blood Origin conversion ratio, Life Value 70% + Mana Value 65%, current Blood Origin 1206/3100]

[You suffered 328 points of True Damage (unknown energy) + 64 points of True Damage (Demon’s Mark) + 240 points of damage ignoring defense (Soul Cutting) + 196 points of Blade Damage + 107 points of Strike Damage.]

...

The destructive power of one of Su Xiao’s strikes was enough to be described as horrifying. With Rose’s physique, she could withstand at most three strikes before dying; the True Damage was utterly outrageous.

But Rose had already been stabbed several times, yet she wasn’t dead. In fact, she was still lively, wanting to land a few punches on Su Xiao.

The reason for this was the two blood-red phantoms. As long as they fought with the enemy, the higher the enemy’s physical attributes, the faster Rose’s Life Value recovered. Unless Su Xiao could continuously slash her three times, Rose wouldn’t kick the bucket.

Rose’s ability seemed insoluble, but she was like a dancer on the blade edge; a slight misstep and Su Xiao could cut her into several pieces.

That wasn’t even the biggest problem. Because of a slight speed difference, she was occasionally slashed by Su Xiao. She could resolve the terrifying damage, but the Annihilated Blood Origin was an imminent crisis.

The Blood Origin was Rose’s core energy, just like Su Xiao’s Mana Value. Without the Blood Origin, she couldn’t maintain the two blood-red phantoms.

The blood-red phantoms had two weaknesses: first, high consumption; second, they couldn’t be too far from Rose.

It had to be said that Su Xiao hadn’t triggered the Soul Electrification effect. Once triggered, it would be Rose’s demise. In fact, one of Su Xiao’s slashes had triggered the Soul Electrification effect, but the control effect was transferred to the blood-red phantom. Immunity to control ability was a must for a Lone Wanderer.

The Blade Aura crisscrossed. In less than five minutes of battle, the Akatsuki Organization’s base was already devastated. The walls were full of slash marks and dents.

The slash marks were naturally left by Su Xiao, while the dents were Rose’s handiwork.

This girl seemed frail, but in reality, she was a violent woman. Even with Su Xiao’s constitution, being hit by her was a surefire way to get fractures.

Boom.

A loud crash sounded, and Su Xiao was slammed into the wall. A 300-strength energy shield shielded his front, with a barrel-sized hole already punched through it.

Rubble fell as Su Xiao got up from the big pit in the wall, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Heavy panting ensued, accompanied by limp arms and significantly torn clothes — it was Rose.

"You... are too tough. Today... I must... kill you."

Rose, out of breath, spoke and then lunged at Su Xiao, who didn’t hesitate to slash downward.

"Condense!"

Rose shouted, and blood-red silk threads immediately wrapped around Su Xiao.

Su Xiao was prepared for this move. With a burst of strength, he snapped the blood-red silk threads.

Just as Su Xiao continued to swing his knife toward Rose, she took advantage of his pause to rush and hold the arm that wielded the blade.

Su Xiao kneed Rose in the abdomen, almost causing her to faint. But in the next moment, she made a surprising move.

Rose gripped Su Xiao’s knife-wielding arm with both hands, stretched her head forward, opened her mouth, and her four little white canine teeth glinted coldly.

Crunch. Rose bit down on Su Xiao’s hand, targeting the area just below his pinky, where the flesh was ample and the bones were most fragile.

Su Xiao, who often bit Shinfuru to heal, was feeling poetic justice at this moment.

Rose, a strong third-tier contractor and the Fallen Blood Angel successor, also resorted to biting when pushed to her limit...

Although biting was rare in battles of this level, Su Xiao was surprised to find that Rose severely hindered his ability to swing the knife. Even if he managed to swing the knife now, it was unlikely to strike her.

Even worse, Su Xiao’s left arm was fractured and could not be used in the fight.

As Rose bit him, her fist flew toward Su Xiao’s chest. Although she knew she would die today for sure — having been slashed several times by Su Xiao left her Blood Origin nearly annihilated, making the two blood-red phantoms disappear three seconds ago.

With a thud, a little fist struck Su Xiao’s chest, breaking at least three of his ribs.

"I’ll go all out (I’ll go all out with you)."

With her mouth full on Su Xiao’s hand, it was hard to make out Rose’s words, but perhaps only she understood them.

Crunch! Another biting sound was heard as Bubu Wang bit down on Rose’s thigh.

Bubu Wang shook its head, its eyes seemingly saying: "Little Bitch, you dare bite my master? I’ll show you what real biting force is."

Compared to the rushing Bubu Wang, A Mu was much more straightforward. A Mu had already regained consciousness and grabbed one of Rose’s small legs.

Seeing A Mu’s familiar technique and stance, both Su Xiao and Bubu Wang had a bad feeling.

"Wait, it’s combo time; this woman is already at her limit..."

Before Su Xiao could finish his sentence, he felt a whirlwind, pain lancing from his hand. In mid-air, Bubu Wang also helplessly thought if it could speak, it would roar: "A Mu, you idiot, it’s combo time, don’t swing."