Chapter 556, Section 555: Blood Crystal Armor
Ironjaws moved with extraordinary agility and speed in the water. With a sudden swing of its tail, before the eddy it created could fully form, its sharp claws, covered in fine, hard scales, were already close to Louisa, viciously aiming for the gap between her throat and waist armor.
He couldn't understand why this vampire would choose such a flashy but impractical suit of armor. If there was any advantage to it, it was that the material was exceptionally sturdy; his full-force attacks couldn't even leave a white mark on it.
However, this defensive advantage proved utterly useless against the large gaps deliberately exposed in the armor.
If Ironjaw saw this armor in a different setting, he might even mistake it for some kind of entertainment outfit for a special occasion.
Despite his doubts, Ironjaw focused all his attacks precisely on the "weak points" of these armors.
However, the skills of this vampire should not be underestimated.
Despite the many gaps in her armor, her movements were astonishingly fast. She could block or deflect attacks with minimal effort, or even use manipulated blood to directly counter them, thus neutralizing the iron jaws' cunning attacks.
You have to understand, he's a snake-man, so he naturally has a certain advantage in underwater combat.
The fact that the opponent could so calmly block his rapid and relentless attacks clearly showed that he was also a true powerhouse who had entered the hall of fame.
This was anticipated before the fight began and did not surprise Ironjaw.
"Aren't you going to use that greatsword on your back?" Ironjaw asked during a break in the battle.
"Then you'll have to work harder."
"Hmph! Arrogant fellow!"
Unable to break through after a prolonged attack, a glint of malice flashed in Iron Jaw's eyes, and he immediately resorted to treacherous tactics.
Strands of dark green venom silently seeped from his fangs. In the high-speed battle, as they passed each other, this venom was cleverly diffused into the surrounding water, quickly spreading out.
The venom talent awakened by some snake people is actually quite limited on land. In battle, how many opportunities do you have to bite your opponent firmly or spray venom at close range?
However, in water, the practicality of this ability increases dramatically.
The venom spreads with the water, penetrating everywhere.
Now, all he needs to do is keep this vampire occupied and let the toxins accumulate in her body...
...
Louisa was somewhat disappointed.
She had intended to take this opportunity to thoroughly test the new armor's performance limits in actual combat.
But the pressure from this top-tier snake-man opponent seemed somewhat insignificant.
Even without using her armor, she felt she could handle it.
Thanks to the "Water of Life" and other resources that Lin Jun regularly distributes, Louisa's level has quietly increased to LV58.
Although she is still at the Diamond rank on the surface, with the many skills that Lin Jun has added to her one after another, her true combat strength has long since entered the Hall of Fame realm.
Although the snake-men's attacks were ruthless, and the water currents generated by their claws were sharp enough to easily cut through the rock armored creatures dozens of meters away, they still failed to bring Louisa a real sense of crisis.
As for toxins?
Louisa wasn't blind; she had noticed the dark green hue that was quietly spreading in the water long ago.
The snake-man probably thought that his relentless attacks had ensnared her, preventing her from escaping the poisonous area. In reality, Louisa didn't care at all.
[Toxin Resistance LV9]
When adding skills for the leader, passive skills and resistances are always the highest priority.
The poison is not completely ineffective, but it would probably take half a day of continuous soaking to accumulate to a level that would affect her movements.
Although the opponent failed to meet the expected testing intensity, a better sparring partner could not be found for the time being.
Armor...
activation!
In an instant, the A-grade magic crystals that had already been inlaid on the armor simultaneously emitted a purple halo!
The magic was forcibly drawn from the surrounding waters and gathered together, even forming several small magic vortexes around Louisa. The chaotic energy collided with each other, and even produced some miniature magic explosions!
Iron Jaw's intuition was screaming a warning!
Without even thinking, he swung his snake tail violently and retreated rapidly, creating a distance of dozens of meters. He looked at the figure enveloped in violent magic with surprise and uncertainty.
"What...what the hell is this?!" His hoarse voice was filled with undisguised horror.
In the reflection of his constricted vertical pupils, Louisa slowly opened her arms, her body trembling slightly from some extreme stimulation, and a long, low moan, seemingly both painful and pleasurable, escaped her throat: "Ah—"
Immediately afterwards, the originally menacing metal spikes on the armor seemed to come alive and become soft.
Without affecting joint movement, they bend and fork inward like living things, their sharp ends tearing through the flesh beneath the skin, like countless greedy roots spreading deep into her body.
It was only then that Ironjaw realized that this piece of equipment was actually half a torture device.
Looking at the vampire who seemed to have found pleasure in pain, yet whose aura was several times more dangerous, Ironjaw couldn't help but spit out a low curse through gritted teeth:
"abnormal!"
One of the knights watching the battle nodded his mushroom hat in agreement.
Fresh blood was drawn out along the barbs that penetrated deep into her body, flowing and connecting in the grooves and gaps of her armor, eventually condensing and solidifying, completely enveloping Louisa in a layer of crystal-clear dark red blood crystals, with only her pale but excited face exposed.
Ironjaw's heart alarm bells rang loudly, and its whole body burst forth with power. It twisted its body and swung its claws, creating a torrent that was not just simple water waves, but condensed into four crescent-shaped sharp water blades that tore through the seawater and swirled toward Louisa in an intersecting pattern!
Louisa neither dodged nor avoided.
Two of the water blades grazed past her blood crystal-encased side and slashed fiercely at the stone wall behind her, leaving two deep cuts over ten meters long, causing rubble to crumble down.
However, the other two water blades that struck her body head-on shattered completely with a dull thud, like waves crashing against rocks. The turbulent currents quickly subsided, and all the force dissipated into nothingness.
Not even a trace was left!
Such astonishing defensive power shocked Iron Jaw. It couldn't leave a single mark, which meant that even if he had more powerful moves, it would probably be difficult to break through this armor, let alone inflict a fatal wound.
Louisa finally took the greatsword she had been carrying on her back, and her blood also stained the blade, turning it crimson.
"Didn't you want to try out this sword?" Louisa's voice was somewhat unsteady. She had used a lot of her blood in the battle, and she was in a semi-drunken state, but the armor did not affect her fighting movements.
She simply waved her hand casually.
The blood clinging to the blade detached, transforming into a blood-red slash as thin as a cicada's wing yet faster than the limits of vision. It cleaved through the seawater and instantly swept past the location of the iron jaws!
Iron Jaw felt a chill on his right arm and turned his head in surprise to see a thin line of blood silently appearing at the junction of his arm and shoulder.
He subconsciously moved slightly, and his entire right arm, covered in scales, was severed at the shoulder, slowly detaching from his body and sinking into the dark water.
At the end of the slashing trajectory, a snake-man mercenary who was watching the battle from behind a rock pillar in the distance suddenly froze.
Starting from his brow, a line of blood stretched straight down, and then his body silently split into two even halves, drifting to the sides.
"Can't even react in time?" Louisa muttered to herself in disappointment, raising the crimson greatsword once more.
Fear gripped his mind, and Iron Jaw forced himself to suppress a scream, no longer daring to hide it. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out the second, and final, bead containing the crack.
Louisa didn't know what it was, but she still slashed at it with her sword.
The second bead sealing the rift was destroyed by the Blood Blade, causing it to be activated prematurely!
An unstable rift, about the width of a finger, appeared between the two sides, and a terrifying suction force instantly erupted!
Louisa was the first to be pulled in by the irresistible suction. She raised her left arm, and her arm guard got stuck on the irregular edge of the rift!
The terrifying suction force acted on the blood crystal arm armor, and for the first time, fine cracks appeared on the indestructible surface of the blood crystal. Tiny fragments of blood crystal even peeled off the edges and were swallowed by the cracks.
However, the barbs that had penetrated deep into her body were activated again. Louisa groaned as more blood was forcibly drawn out and flowed down the barbs to her arm armor.
The cracks were filled and repaired by the newly formed blood crystals at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although the repair speed was slightly slower than the damage, it still managed to withstand the continuous tearing of the cracks!
Ironjaw was astonished by how sturdy Louisa's armor was, and at the same time realized that this might be his last chance!
The muscles of the left arm, the only remaining member of the Iron Jaw, bulged, and the snake tail pushed its speed to the limit. With the help of suction, it transformed into a blurry afterimage and rushed straight at Louisa's face exposed outside the blood crystal!
The situation was critical, and even Lin Jun was prepared to step in to uphold the fairness and justice of this duel.
However, just as his sharp claws were getting closer, Louisa's bloodshot eyes suddenly lost all color and turned pale!
Petrification rays
Ironjaw's ferocious charge suddenly froze. Starting from his chest and abdomen, grayish-white patterns spread out, and his hard scales quickly lost their luster and turned into stone.
Although it was only a part of his body, it still caused his movements to stiffen for a moment.
Louisa didn't even move her trapped left hand.
With only one hand, she slammed the greatsword horizontally onto Ironjaw's horrified face.
Just like slapping a large watermelon away, the surrounding seawater became even more turbid.
Ironjaw's headless body still carried on its forward momentum, grazing past Louisa before losing all strength and slowly plummeting into the dark abyss below.
After that, the rift continued to trap Louisa for a short while, but eventually it could not continue and gradually closed and disappeared.
Louisa withdrew her left arm, which had been completely covered by the blood crystals again, and her pale eyes returned to their crimson hue as she looked in the direction where the Ironjaw corpse had sunk: "The final choice... is somewhat interesting."
A knight floated lightly to the top of the pig's head, its tentacles sliding back and forth across her cheeks.
"You had your fun, but what about me? Such a powerful Hall of Fame-level opponent, you just killed him like that?!"
A crisis far exceeding that of the previous battles looms over the little pig!
(End of this chapter)
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