Chapter 336 - 333: Why Keep Struggling?

However, Haotian still didn’t understand Blood Spider’s thirst for victory in this battle.

It’s simply impossible to make her admit defeat directly.

When the whistle for the fight rang out, Blood Spider immediately marked Haotian with a Dragon Hunting Mark and turned to hide behind a reef, shooting arrows continuously.

Her shooting accuracy was high, and given that Haotian’s movement speed as a Tank wasn’t fast, her hit rate was quite impressive, making it nearly impossible for Haotian to dodge.

But Haotian didn’t need to dodge; he activated the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor right where he stood!

To conserve Fighting Qi consumption, Haotian actively canceled the Level 4 Effect of the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor: Ice and Snow Field, keeping only his body wrapped in solid ice.

The arrows of Blood Spider struck the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor, leaving only white scratches.

With Haotian’s energy replenishment, these white scratches quickly vanished.

Haotian stepped boldly towards Blood Spider along Crescent Island’s inner bay.

Frozen Mystical Arts unleashed its power, and with every step Haotian took, the seawater beneath his feet froze into floating ice, supporting him steadily on his walk.

This clearly disrupted Blood Spider’s kiting tactics.

She originally intended to utilize high agility to fight while running, draining Haotian’s Fighting Qi energy before seeking an opportunity for victory.

But now, with Haotian in the inner circle of Crescent Island and Blood Spider only able to move in the outer circle, her running distance was at least twice that of Haotian’s.

Haotian thus approached Blood Spider step by step.

Within the range of the Charge Skill, an ice path suddenly extended from beneath Haotian’s feet, directly towards Blood Spider.

Upon reaching Blood Spider, the ice path first applied a cold slowing effect on her.

Then Haotian slid along the ice path at high speed, crashing directly into Blood Spider, stunning and knocking her back slightly!

Blood Spider took a sword hit from Haotian, her Life Value dropping significantly.

Once the brief stun ended, Blood Spider immediately retreated, switching to close combat mode, gripping the Blood Raider Armor Set daggers with both hands, and rapidly running circles around Haotian, leaving marks constantly on Haotian’s body!

Blood Spider was incredibly fast, with a "camera can hardly capture" feeling, only able to switch to wide shots.

Under the enhancement of the Dragon Hunting Mark, Blood Spider’s speed increased to over 120 points, comparable to Intermediate Agility Type Lords.

Needless to say, the additional 50 points of fixed damage bonus from the Dragon Hunting Mark was quite threatening, as Haotian felt the durability of the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor on his body rapidly declining, forcing him to consume more Glacial Fighting Qi to maintain it.

Haotian’s response was simple; he directly activated the Level 4 Effect of the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor: Ice and Snow Field!

The Ice and Snow Field covered a small area, immediately slowing Blood Spider with falling snow, and she had to endure periodic hail strikes.

Blood Spider’s speed greatly reduced, Haotian was now able to keep up. He swung his sword to deflect and held his shield to block, accurately intercepting each of Blood Spider’s attacks on the offensive path.

Their battle entered a stalemate, but Haotian clearly had the upper hand.

Blood Spider couldn’t deal effective damage to him, yet his Ice and Snow Field constantly gnawed away at Blood Spider’s Life Value!

In the fierce battle, Haotian even had the leisure to speak.

"Blood Spider, your performance as a rookie is already quite good. With a year’s growth, you’ll definitely have a place in next year’s championship! Why persist before an unbeatable opponent?

"If I guessed correctly, your deployment next is likely the same as in the quarterfinals, with two Enhanced Elites as central core and deputy generals, and the summoner Xuan Pin as the main general!

"Your original plan was to win just the first and second matches; the order of the remaining three was not deliberately adjusted. But now, it gives us the opportunity to target and break you down one by one!

"The strength of your two Enhanced Elites is mediocre, and our side with Blue Spirit and Qianshu is more than enough to win. As for the final Xuan Pin... Out of respect for a Level 6 Heroic Profession, we’re sending deputy general Luoyue, who counters the Summoning System the best!

"We’re sure to win this match, so why keep struggling?"

Haotian spoke extensively, actually for two reasons.

Firstly, he didn’t want to overly offend Blood Spider, or rather, Bai Pu.

Secondly, he didn’t want to consume too much energy or use too many skills.

Therefore, attacking Blood Spider from a spiritual level and making her give up was the best result.

"You say your victory is certain?"

Blood Spider’s eyes suddenly flashed coldly, and with a swift move, she spun to Haotian’s right side, the place where it’s most difficult for the shield to block, and executed a double cross slash!

"It’s useless."

Haotian was suddenly attacked, unable to deflect in time, but confident in his defense, believing that the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor would absorb the damage from this strike!

Swoosh!

The Extreme Ice Heavy Armor on Haotian’s right side vanished suddenly! A cross-shaped wound appeared on his waist, blood gushing out!

While Haotian was in pain, Blood Spider continued to perform High-Frequency Spin Stab, a blade rotating at high speed like a alloy drill bit, drilling into Haotian’s right side waist!

This was a successful sneak attack where Blood Spider utilized the space-cutting Mystical Arts she had been hiding, causing Haotian a considerable loss.

But Haotian, after all, was a Tank, his Endurance was extremely high!

Blood Spider’s attack on his waist felt the strong rebound force, as if every muscle fiber of Haotian had resilient elasticity, making it difficult for the dagger to penetrate deeply.

Haotian spun around, countered with a shield strike, and sent Blood Spider flying.

"Good... good! Space-type Mystical Arts, huh? No wonder you refuse to concede!"

Once the attack was interrupted, the Extreme Ice Heavy Armor that disappeared from Haotian’s waist reappeared.

This was the peculiar effect of the space-cutting Mystical Arts; when unleashed, Blood Spider had cut Haotian’s waist armor into the subspace, rendering Haotian’s waist defenseless for a short time.

But once the attack was interrupted, the power of the space-cutting Mystical Arts vanished, and Haotian’s waist armor returned.

This differs from the Shattering Mountain Mystical Arts’ shield breaking.

Haotian’s face grew dark, and he said to Blood Spider: "It seems, without showing my true strength, you won’t give up."

Behind Haotian, thin ice blades slowly formed, gradually transforming into sharp ice blades.

Mystical Arts Skill: Ice Wheel Dance!

With the slicing sound breaking the air, ice blades shot towards Blood Spider from different directions, forming a powerful ice wheel.

The edge of the ice wheel aimed inward, meant to shred everything inside to pieces.

This attack was extremely formidable, and left Blood Spider nowhere to hide.

Blood Spider’s figure suddenly vanished, retreating into the void. She chose a clever timing during the whirl of ice blades, just as they were about to collide.

The ice blades were on the verge of crashing into each other.

But with a slight raise of his hand, Haotian retracted the Six Paths Ice Blade, letting them hover behind him.

"Come out, my Ice Wheel Dance is a Mystical Arts Skill that can last 15 seconds. How long can you hide in the void?" Haotian said calmly.