Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 960 Kicking a Stone Before Stepping on an Ant

Why did Xia Shou still die in the future that Ke Hen saw?
The reason is simple: in the brief moment she activated Bird's Dream to pull Spree into the domain, someone outside killed Natsume.

Who could kill Xia Shou, who can enter an invisible state and wield the Night and Fire Scepter?

There was only one person Shangguan Yan could think of.

No, it might not be just one person... it could be a group, but their identities are undoubtedly those of traitors from the Moyu Division.

The counterattack of the Scar Era was already orchestrated by a traitor, and Winter Raven had specifically warned that the enemy's choice to strike when she was vulnerable in her area of ​​operation was undoubtedly the most likely way to succeed.

At least in the most probable future, the traitor has most likely succeeded.

Perhaps by not expanding on the specific area, this outcome could be avoided.

But that's the choice of the weaklings!

If she kills Sprite without activating the Bird's Dream, then even if she resolves the historical counterattack, she won't be able to catch the traitor. Therefore, she must activate the Bird's Dream.

However, this battle in the domain was not conducted in a normal combat manner. The Bird's Dream was only used to expose a weakness and allow the traitor to appear. Her real purpose was to find that traitor!
Originally, the pull should have continued down to the Sea of ​​Oblivion and Memory, but Shangguan Yan broke free directly. The domain of Bird's Dream instantly collapsed, and the seawater, which did not exist in reality, evaporated and disappeared into nothingness like rising water vapor. It appeared to evaporate, but in reality, no water vapor was produced; it simply vanished into the void.

Shangguan Yan and Sprite are back.

Shangguan Yan glanced sideways at the traitor whose face was obscured by a mosaic beside him, a smirk playing on his lips, his narrowed eyes radiating an aura of wickedness and malice. "Heh, we meet again."

"You came back really fast, did you see through me? But you're still too slow." The traitor said to Shangguan Yan, then turned to look at Xia Shou.

Shangguan Yan followed the other person's gaze and looked at Xia Shou, who was lying in Su Weiyu's arms.

Xia Shou's liquid body was torn between collapse and re-condensation, and Su Weiyu's hands and clothes were covered in blood.

"Minister, it's a Spirit Origin attack," Xia Shou said.

"It's too late, it's my..."

Before the traitor could finish speaking, his body turned into charcoal, and in the next instant, his entire body was burned to pale ashes.

Half a second later, the internal support of the standing ash statue completely lost its balance, and the whole thing collapsed into a pile of dust.

The grayish-white powder piled up into a small sand dune on the ice field, blowing alone in the wind.

Xia Shou watched this scene in shock. Su Weiyu stared blankly at the pile of ash that had been blown away, her mouth slightly agape, her mind completely blank.

Shangguan Yan looked at the traitor who had turned to ashes, then turned to look at Sprite. For a rare moment, he lost control of his facial expression, revealing a look of puzzled surprise.

"The noisy guy is gone, let's continue."

Sprite, who did all this, didn't even glance at the pile of ashes. He stepped over the ashes and stood between Xia Shou and Shangguan Yan.

Xia Shou looked at Sprite's chest, where the scar, the result of Xia Shou's burning blood into fire, had disappeared.

Even without seeing clearly what just happened, Xia Shou could guess what had happened in that brief moment.

Similar to the [Unresolved Scar of Death] that Shangguan Yan gave him last time, this technique completely eliminates the need for an attack. Simply observe the target through the scar, activate it, and the scar's appearance will instantly be displayed on the target. Sprite must have used this move just now!
But Sprite and the traitor...aren't they in cahoots?
Xia Shou was completely stunned.

Why did Sprite kill the traitor?
"It's not over yet. I'll use the king's price to go to the Kingdom of God and ask him for it personally." After saying that, Sprite turned his head and looked straight at Shangguan Yan with calm eyes. "You seem to be proficient in splitting as well, so... let's settle this with hand-to-hand combat."

As he spoke, the King of Rift slowly walked up to Shangguan Yan.

The two were no more than half a meter apart, and for fifteen seconds neither of them made any move, only staring at each other.

"I've always envied fools, like Damian. Only a fool like him could master martial arts to that level, while I... even as a king, I still can't master that kind of amazing skill."

Woman, can you fight?

"If you don't take me down first, you can't just easily crush the others, can you?" Shangguan Yan laughed.

"Before stepping on an ant, you'll kick away any stones that are blocking your way."

No sooner had Sprite finished speaking than Shangguan Yan's fist struck her face.

boom!
The violent air vibration, the excessively fast punch speed compressing the air, created a visible ripple of air at the point of impact. Shangguan Yan's red hair was blown wildly, and the sleeves of his shirt were cut with gas blades, revealing his fair and slender wrists, which were beautiful wrists that did not resemble those of a martial arts practitioner at all.

With a punch, after a 0.3-second delay, a deep, fist-sized crack appeared on the ice beneath Sprite's feet, and the massive tremor of the ice traveled directly to Xia Shou's side.

Spreadt stood motionless, not even tilting her cheek, like a statue cast in iron.

"He also knows the art of idealistic martial arts?!" Xia Shou exclaimed in surprise.

He had never heard of Sprite's mastery of the Mind Martial Arts. Moreover, the Mind Martial Arts was not something that everyone could learn. It was a technique that truly emphasized talent, and had nothing to do with intelligence or comprehension. It was a power of belief.

It's self-deception to believe that it's impossible to learn this technique. Just like Xia Shou couldn't learn it, and Su Yue was able to use the "Child's Cut" technique to perform martial arts. Only Su Weiyu, for some unknown reason, inexplicably has the aptitude to cultivate this technique.

As the King of Rift, Sprite's strength is inevitable, but strength itself has nothing to do with the idealistic martial arts. It's a bit too coincidental that such a skill, which requires a very high level of natural mental state, just happens to appear in a king.

“No, that’s not idealistic martial arts. Neither iron blocks nor force-cutting would have that effect. He must have cut through the kinetic energy!” Su Weiyu frowned.

As a martial arts practitioner, I have this kind of intuition.

Sprite is probably not a martial artist; he used his supernatural abilities to achieve a similar effect to using an iron block to absorb force, as seen in martial arts!

"Not bad," Shangguan Yan said.

Sprite gave her a cold glance, then extended his hand to Shangguan Yan as well.

"Don't even dream about it, there's no way you'll get close." Shangguan Yan's voice came from behind Sprite. In an instant, she easily used her Instant Step to avoid Sprite's touch.

Now, Sprite is no longer a threat to Shangguan Yan.

His slashes and the cutting of intentions are based on his understanding of "scars," and Shangguan Yan also has a corresponding understanding of this forbidden knowledge.

(End of this chapter)