Chapter 271: The Waning and Waxing
"Deathless Bone Spears!"
The half-face mask man brought his arms together, and the dense deathly ash surrounding his body rapidly condensed, transforming into dozens of gray-white bone spears swirling with an aura of decay.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The bone spears tore through the air.
They shot towards Su Zhan from all directions, sealing off all his possible avenues of evasion.
With a furious roar, Su Zhan swept his thick tail violently, knocking away several bone spears, while simultaneously swinging his claws to create a dense web of claw shadows, shattering the spears coming head-on.
However, the bone spears were too numerous and too fast!
Despite his desperate efforts to dodge and block, three spears still cunningly pierced through his defenses!
"Thud! Thud! Ssss!"
One spear grazed past his ribs, taking a patch of scales and flesh with it. An intense burning pain and a strange numbness immediately spread from the wound. Another pierced through his thigh. Though it didn't damage the bone, it caused his movement to falter.
The third skimmed past his neck, leaving a deep gash that exposed the bone.
Su Zhan grunted. The wounds transmitted not just pain, but also a chilling death energy that clung like maggots to bone, hindering his powerful self-healing ability.
The muscles beneath his scales writhed, attempting to close the wounds, but the speed was several times slower than usual.
"How do you like the taste of my Deathless Power?"
The half-face mask man rasped with laughter, his figure closing in again, his withered claws aiming straight for Su Zhan's heart.
Gritting his teeth, Su Zhan ignored the leg wound, forcefully twisted his body, and met the attack with his own claws.
"Clang!"
Another direct clash.
Su Zhan was once again sent staggering back, his chest churning with blood and energy. The wounds inflicted earlier by the bone spears split open from the exertion, blood flowing out. The numbing effect made his movements increasingly sluggish.
In contrast, the half-face mask man also bore several wounds from Su Zhan's claws, but these wounds began to writhe and heal within moments.
The waning and waxing!
Su Zhan's heart sank.
His opponent's attacks carrying this recovery-inhibiting effect was utterly lethal.
If this attrition battle continued, he would inevitably be defeated due to accumulated injuries.
He had to find a way to break the deadlock.
Su Zhan endured another impact from his opponent, the scales on his chest shattering as he spat out a mouthful of blood. Seizing this opportunity, he suddenly lunged forward, his tail stabbing out abruptly.
His claws condensed highly compressed Mist Energy, focusing it into a single point aimed directly at the opponent's abdomen.
Trading injury for injury!
Forcing the opponent to defend!
The half-face mask man hadn't expected Su Zhan to be so ferocious and had to retract his attack and retreat, simultaneously swinging his arm to block the claw aimed at his abdomen.
"Rip!"
The tip of Su Zhan's tail successfully slashed open a wound on the side of the opponent's knee, while his claw was deflected.
The highly compressed Mist Energy still exploded, scorching the clothing and skin on the Skeleton Emissary's abdomen black.
"Seeking death!"
The half-face mask man cried out in pain, angrily shouting as Mist erupted again, violently hurling Su Zhan away.
Su Zhan landed heavily, spitting out another mouthful of blood. The multiple wounds all over his body burned with pain, his recovery speed severely suppressed. The situation was precarious.
Although the Skeleton Emissary was also slightly injured, the impact was far less than on Su Zhan.
The gap was widening step by step.
The fierce battle between the two intensified, energy shockwaves continuously spreading, turning the entire scrapyard upside down.
Su Zhan gained several more deep, bone-exposing wounds. His recovery speed was severely suppressed, his movements noticeably slowed, and his breathing became labored.