Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 970 New Tactics
Seeing Xia Shou run back, Jiang Wengao was also stunned, and Su Weiyu, who was carrying Shangguan Yan on her back, also looked bewildered.

It's not that they couldn't run, it's just that none of them expected Xia Shouzhen to actually run.

Of course, they knew that Xia Shou was not trying to escape, but was only temporarily retreating.

From the center of the frozen lake to its edge, a mere few thousand meters, Xia Shou, relying on the speed of his feet in his Blood Demon state, swiftly moved across the distance with several Instant Steps, like a ghostly figure, stepping through the air to reach the roof of the church in the far distance, and arriving beside Jiang Wengao and Su Weiyu.

"How is the minister?" Xia Shouwang asked Su Weiyu.

“At least he’s still alive. Father Charles is on his way and will take the minister back soon,” Su Weiyu replied.

Xia Shou nodded.

Jiang Wengao hurriedly asked, "Brother Shou? Is there still a chance of winning?"

"Winning chances? Do I look like I have any chances of winning?" Xia Shou's blood demon mask matched his emotions, revealing an angry yet comical expression.

"What should we do then?" Jiang Wengao asked anxiously. "There must be a way, we've already fought to this extent!"

Xia Shou remained silent.

At this moment, Jiang Wengao continued, "Flying a kite? I don't think Spread has an advantage in speed, Brother Shou, you can fly his kite!"

"You've been playing too many games. You can only kite if you can deal some damage. I've been fighting for ages and all I've done is zero damage. You want me to kite? I can't even scratch Sprite when my spell power is depleted!" Xia Shou walked forward on his own.

During the retreat, he also had to take care of Jiang Wengao, because Xiao Gao had lent him his superpowers and was now just an ordinary person. Therefore, he could not move freely and flexibly in complex terrains, and he needed someone to help him when he reached some building faults.

Soon, Charles appeared on the bridge above.

A coffin had been prepared beside him.

"Let Shangguan in, I'll take her and we'll retreat."

Xia Shou and Su Weiyu worked together to put Shangguan Yan into the coffin. Charles reached out and checked her pulse, then nodded and said, "She won't die. I'll take her back for treatment. What about you? Are you planning to retreat?"

He looked at Xia Shou.

“If we don’t retreat, we might not necessarily lose.” Xia Shou then turned to Jiang Wengao and said, “Xiao Gao, you should go back with the priest too. There’s no point in you staying here.”

The priest patted Jiang Wengao on the shoulder to comfort him, and then said to Xia Shou, "I actually tried my special move secretly just now, but it didn't work. Sprite's level is over six, but I don't know which level it is."

"You even launched an attack on Sprite?!" Xia Shouyi exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't underestimate the elderly. My husband and I also have some hidden skills. Although it's very difficult to start from 5,000 meters away, thanks to you for delaying for so long, I had a chance to try. Unfortunately, we didn't succeed."

"Xia Shou, if it really can't be done, then let it go. The world is bound to end eventually. This time it's not even a complete extinction. Humanity can start over. There are countless examples of this in history. We can do our best to stop it. If we can stop it by risking our lives, then it's not a loss. But dying in vain is not worth it," Charles advised.

As he spoke, he closed the coffin lid and dragged the huge lid into a square wooden box not far away. As the distance between the coffin and the wooden box shortened, the coffin, which was as long as a person, visibly shrank and became smaller, quickly shrinking to the size of only a thumb.

He placed the miniature coffin into the wooden box, and Xia Shou noticed that there were many other similar miniature coffins in the box.

A sealed object that changes size... Interesting. "Think about what I just said. Of course, the choice is yours." Charles picked up the wooden box and turned to run towards the upper levels of Twilight City.

Jiang Wengao followed closely behind Charles, turning back every few steps.

Xia Shou calmed down and turned to look at Sprite, who had already walked close to the lake. On the roof of another clock tower not far from them, a dozen surviving vampire nobles stood huddled together, looking towards Xia Shou.

Their expressions were filled with dependence and doubt; they dared not approach nor leave. Clearly... the invincible successor of Rosa had been beaten so badly that their illusions had been shattered.

But Sprite's strength made them feel that apart from Xia Shou, the strongest, they had no one else to rely on.

"Ah Shou, what do we do next?" Su Weiyu asked.

Xia Shou sighed heavily, raised his crimson, ferocious mask to look up at the sky, but could not see the sky. He could only see a network of huge, crisscrossing covered bridges and strange, chopstick-like buildings.

"If San Chi Shui could hit him frequently, that would be great. Ten years later, if San Chi Shui could slash him once, it would weaken the effect of his superpower by about 10%. If I had another chance to slash him five or six times, I would really be able to fight him, even if I was not level advantaged."

However, although the blade of the Three-Foot Water Sword had no physical form, the hilt still had a physical form and could be destroyed. The Three-Foot Water Sword was destroyed ten years later.

"Reaching the pinnacle?" Su Weiyu asked tentatively.

“Charles said that Sprite’s level is above LV6. I don’t dare to use her blood vial without the minister’s blood vial. I might not even be able to use it, and there are so many people watching.”

Su Weiyu fell into deep thought.

Xia Shou continued, "There are also ribs and umbilical cord in the shadow. I brought them here because the shadow can be preserved. The umbilical cord will only take effect automatically when the person dies, but the ribs can be transplanted directly."

Xia Shou didn't say anything more.

Although fusing ribs would certainly greatly enhance strength, the rib transplantation of an invincible beast is no joke.

Even with a prime example like Ire already in front of him, Xia Shou didn't believe that this rib could be installed and removed without any side effects, just like equipment.

Xia Shou bent down, took out the stored rib from the shadows, and examined it using the current [text description].

A rib from the remains of the invincible beast.

[It contains some of the habits and power of an invincible beast]

There was no further explanation, perhaps because it was merely stored and could not be devoured or sealed, so the written description did not provide much detailed information.

“We don’t have any way to really hurt Sprite right now, and we don’t have any means to kill him instantly,” Xia Shou sighed.

“I’ll do it,” Su Weiyu said. “My forbidden consciousness destroys the physical body in reality by modifying the shape of the underlying life form.”

Sprite can revert damage to a state before it occurs, but as long as I touch that modified area, the damage will continue to occur even after it has been converted.

“I know that, but you can’t escape the collapse of your fighting spirit. You can only launch an attack from 5,000 meters away. Am I supposed to hold up a mirror and get close to create an opportunity? Impossible. You’ll be destroyed in an instant.”

(End of this chapter)