Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 579 General vs. General, King vs. King

The shattering sound wasn't loud, but to Li Xia and the three little ones it was as deafening as thunder.

"Damn, the warning line!"

Aowu's body tensed instantly, and he looked around warily.

The battles between apostles in the hall were like a 'battle of armor and bullets'; aside from the direct combat, the most important issue running throughout the entire event was the main problem.

That is the Apostles' super strong danger warning and perception. How to prevent them from discovering the ambush is the confrontation between perception and counter-perception.

In this situation, various tools came into being, just like warning lines.

It has no other function than to make a distinctive, crisp sound when it breaks.

This sound will then trigger a resonant bell, which will be transmitted in circles, thus achieving an early warning effect.

Because it's just a line, neither perception nor danger instinct will be triggered.

"Already here."

Li Xia said calmly, stretching out his hand to his side. A silver-white spear appeared in his palm, accompanied by leaping lightning.

On a high platform a hundred meters away, several figures materialized from the shadows. The two leading figures, one with his hands on his hips and the other with his arms crossed, looked down at Li Xia, who was standing on the street.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment, and both sides instantly raised their attention and spirit to the peak, an invisible aura gathering.

This momentum extended outwards, causing the ceaseless rain of the City of Tears to unconsciously shift outwards, as if blown by the wind.

The little knight glanced at the group of people opposite him, then at Li Xia and the three little ones, instinctively sensing the overwhelming malice and danger emanating from them. He reached out and gripped the bone nail on his back.

The journey and kindness they shared before have ultimately transformed into unwavering commitment in this moment. It has not left, but has chosen to stand with Li Xia.

"Spread out, stall them, and protect yourselves."

The momentum that had reached its peak exploded with a deafening roar, causing the surrounding rain to pause for a moment before bursting out in all directions.

A noticeable shockwave rippled out from Li Xia's body, causing even the water droplets on the ground to leap up and rush straight towards the group opposite him.

Maud grinned, revealing a bloodthirsty smile, but Yarapus beside him was even faster.

The demon laughed wildly, its golden eyes seemingly burning with two flames. Its legs transformed into curved hooves, scattering the rain as well, and it charged back in as a pitch-black figure.

There was no dialogue, no pulling or tugging, and not even any interest in communicating.

The two sides met and within seconds of each other, they immediately engaged in the most intense battle.

"call out!"

Two figures made a sharp sound in mid-air. Alabos drew a long bone blade burning with black flames and slashed horizontally with a maniacal laugh. His speed was so fast that the bone blade even left a large, exaggerated black trail in mid-air.

Li Xia neither dodged nor evaded, his eyes also seemed to sparkle with starlight, and with a turn of his Night Silence sword, he slashed horizontally as well.

The first move was a head-on confrontation. The opponent wanted to test Li Xia's abilities, and Li Xia also wanted to gauge the opponent's strength.

The moment the two beams of light collided.

"boom"

The deafening explosion overturned the accumulated rain within a radius of hundreds of meters, and the shockwave swept outwards in a ring. The rainwater swept by the strong wind instantly vaporized, turning into a white mist that surged outwards in waves.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them slammed backward at the same time, seemingly trying to use the momentum to retreat.

Li Xia's feet dug two furrows in the ground, and he felt his arms were a little sore and numb. In that last strike, both of them used their full strength, and the result was pretty much what he had expected.

It possesses at least 60+ power, plus additional amplification, especially that evil force, which attempted to invade its body from the Night Silence the moment it touched it, but was instantly annihilated by the True Qi.

That weapon was also a bit strange; it was of a very high grade.
Li Xia's gaze fell on the pale white bone blade that was almost as tall as a person, but he didn't know that Alabos was even more shocked.

He glanced grimly at his bone blade, especially at the chipped nick on the edge, which made his heart ache so much he could hardly breathe.

This bone blade comes from the spine of a high-ranking hell demon. It is extremely hard and perfectly matches his demonic bloodline. It has been with him since he joined Hell Echoes, and he has spent a lot of resources on the bone blade.

There had never been any damage before, but now a single collision had created a gap. Even though the gap was small, it still caused Alabos great distress. You see, the more robust a weapon is, the more troublesome it is to repair once it is damaged.

"How about it?"

Maud still had her arms crossed, seemingly in no hurry at all. Where could the other side possibly run off to?

They either abandon the mission and leave, receiving a terrible evaluation, wasting a world, only to be hunted down again in the next world and have to keep running.

Once you run away, the other side is finished.

Mord and Alabos have guilds to replenish their resources, but what about them?
It won't take many, at most two worlds, before their reputation plummets, and even the privileges that once protected them will be reduced, making the hunt even easier.

Therefore, Maud never thought of setting up any elaborate traps or nets.

No, and traps or similar things could be detected anyway, so the end result would be to find a battlefield that both sides can accept.

So all he had to do was wait here, hold the last objective point, and watch the enemy bravely and fearlessly charge forward.

Then it was crushed by itself!
"This is a bit tricky. The strength attribute is at least fifty or higher, and the weapon is the same as the one in the intelligence report. It's very strong."

Alabos looked away from his bone blade and said in a low voice:

“In a one-on-one situation, I could kill him, but it would take some time.”

“That’s normal, I understand. You’re in charge of holding him off. Those four henchmen won’t take long, maybe a few minutes at most. Then we can surround and kill them!”

"no problem"

The phantom behind Alabhas flickered, growing ever more real, its flames burning ever brighter, revealing sharp teeth:

"Let's start the party!"

You have been attacked by Apostle No. 278766 of the Hell Echoes.

[Apostle No. 278766 is currently forming a temporary team]

You have gained the authority to retaliate against Apostle No. 278766 and his squad.

[It has been detected that the guild to which Apostle No. 278766 and his squad members belong has repeatedly engaged in malicious killings of other Apostles.]

[Counterattack against privilege escaping is in progress. Locked.]

[Executioner, you have obtained special disciplinary authority! Within this rank, you have unlimited counterattack privileges. Kills will be considered disciplinary actions, and the kill reward will be increased by 20%]

Li Xia glanced at the prompts and then ignored them.

The Temple of Light practically told him outright: kill freely, kill without restraint, they'd been wanting to teach him a lesson for a long time. "Little knight, can you summon your shadow?"

Li Xia asked softly, and the little knight nodded, gripping the bone nail tightly. It had always been lonely, wandering aimlessly in this dark world.

But the appearance of Li Xia and the three little ones was like bringing a glimmer of light to the dark world, and the little knight felt as if the emptiness in his heart was being filled by something.

It is this fulfillment and synchronization that transforms into power, releasing the light within.

A faint glow gathered on its body, like the first light of dawn.

"Awoo, Black Charcoal, Howling Sky."

Li Xia was silent for a moment, then also revealed a faint smile:
"The other side must be thinking you're easy targets. Let them know what kind of opponents we usually play!"

The brief pause was not a truce, but rather a more brutal attack after both sides had tested each other's strengths!

Without the slightest hesitation, the two groups, separated by hundreds of meters, charged at each other simultaneously.

Electricity crackled around Mord's body, black smoke billowed from his nostrils, and his metal fists glowed with blinding light as he prepared to blast the little knight's body.

Of the four followers, only this little one posed a threat to him, but Mord didn't take it seriously. At most, it was just a follower; no matter how strong it was, how strong could it be?
"Intentionally—"

The power accumulating in the metal gauntlets grew stronger and stronger, just as Mord was about to unleash that devastating punch.

Suddenly, an unusually intense light appeared before his eyes. At first, the light was not dazzling, but soon it became as bright as the sun in the sky. Mord subconsciously squinted his eyes, but felt a killing intent and a sense of threat that was not strong, but extremely pure, coming from directly in front of him.

Weird!
He threw his half-charged fist directly at the person in front of him.

The terrifying shockwaves, layer upon layer, instantly covered the area in front of them like ocean waves.

But on the other side, it was as if an unshakeable dam had suddenly risen, and an equally powerful fist intent surged back.

A thunderous explosion resounded in mid-air, and the dissipating shockwave instantly swept away all raindrops within a kilometer radius.

A few seconds later, the raindrops began to fall haphazardly to the ground, splashing up ripples in circles.

The smile was gone from Maud's face. Even though his punch hadn't been fully charged, the force of the punch was dispersed rather than concentrated at one point.

But such immense fist intent is not something an ordinary person can withstand.

He looked at the black figure that was also in a punching stance. Was this an avatar?

No, this is the shadow of the Pale Spirit!
Where is it?
Maud shifted his gaze from the shadows to the little knight who had already pulled out the bone nail and was now facing the attack of his four teammates alongside the three little ones.

Is this a native?
But why would the natives help him?

Various thoughts flickered in his mind. Mord looked at the shadow in front of him that was no different from Li Xia, and slowly clenched his fist. It was just a shadow after all.

"Plague, war, famine, death—kill those followers as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Mord's gaze drifted indifferently to the side, where Alabos had already engaged in combat with his target, both instantly pushing themselves to their peak condition.

Sometimes their movements were so subtle that only the dense, firecracker-like sounds of collisions and the ever-spreading shockwaves revealed the intensity of the battle.

However, Mord had confidence in Alabos. A dedicated PvP hunter demon, at the peak of the fourth tier, and with the overwhelming advantage of his avatar, even if the opponent's strength was indeed somewhat beyond imagination, defeat was only a matter of time.

He looked at 'Li Xia' in front of him again.

It's just a shadow!

The silent blade of the spear gleamed with a blinding cold light as it thrust towards Alabos's head.

Alabos grinned, not dodging or avoiding at all, but simply raised his bone blades and slashed diagonally at Li Xia's neck, the phantom image of two horns on his back swaying slightly.

This method of using an avatar to ignore attacks and launch a preemptive strike is Alabhas's favorite fighting style, bar none.

Orange - The ultimate form, with a coefficient of 2.2, is a shield equivalent to 2.2 times your own health. Before it breaks, you don't need to worry about injuries or enemy attacks.

Countless enemies are hampered by his methods, and even the apostles who rely on their avatars to fight back begin to worry when their avatars are about to shatter.

But Alabos was not afraid. As a demon, only the most brutal death battle could satisfy the destructive desire and fighting spirit brought about by his bloodline.

I don't defend, I only attack!

Sure enough, under Alabos's mocking gaze, Li Xia twisted his wrist, and Night Silence suddenly changed direction, as if it were springy, and slammed hard into the side of the bone blade.

With a loud "clang," the bone blade deviated from its trajectory and grazed Li Xia's head, but the black flames ignited a few strands of hair that were fluttering above his head.

Although the sound quickly died down, it still made Alabos let out an even more unrestrained sneer. But in Alabos's golden eyes, there was always a cold undertone. This was the nature of a demon.

Li Xia acted as if he hadn't heard. The opponent's avatar was indeed troublesome. The damage transfer allowed the demon on the other side to attack him almost without restraint, trading blows for blows.

But he couldn't do that; he could only choose to block.

Li Xia's eyes were equally calm; he was waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

Before that, he had to stay calm, familiarize himself with Alabos' fighting style, and figure out his opponent's fighting logic.

At this moment, he needed time, he needed the three little ones and the little knight to hold on, and he needed his own shadow to hold off Mord.

Even if Li Xia had complete confidence in the three little ones, this was a real crisis, a crisis that the three little ones and the little knight had to face themselves.

Before this, Li Xia was the main attacker, while the three little ones provided support.

Those four apostles were not weak either; they were genuine fourth-tier top apostles with all four dimensions at 55+. Even if they didn't quite reach the very top level, they were still among the second-best.

Even he himself could not be distracted. Fighting against a top-tier fourth-order opponent was not easy. A slight mistake could lead to his defeat or even death in an instant.

And Li Xia's guess was correct. In the instant of the battle, the three little ones felt an unprecedented pressure of death.

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Suppose a peak third-tier apostle has 43 points in four dimensions and 25 points in the weak dimension, and advances to the fourth tier with a coefficient of 0.9.

On average, you gain 12 attribute points per world. To reach 60 points in all four dimensions and 35 points in the weakest dimension, you need 8 worlds!
This is almost the limit for experiencing world dungeons at the current rank; any more and the rating and rewards will decrease.

Therefore, with four dimensions of 60, one is definitely a peak fourth-tier apostle. So it's not that the Mord team's four members have low attributes, but rather that they are generally low.

Hopefully, this will answer everyone's questions.

(End of this chapter)