thefictionvixens Chapter 1285 Phase 2 Extreme Evil Knight
Chapter 1285 Phase 2 Extreme Evil Knight
Hearing the eerie laughter coming from inside the fire net, Shao Yun couldn't understand the Extreme Evil Rider's reaction at all... They had already been beaten so badly, yet they could still laugh so happily.
Hearing the laughter coming from the Extreme Evil Rider within the flames, Shao Yun looked at Silky, who stood beside him with an expressionless, even somewhat relieved, expression.
“Miss Silky,” Shao Yun couldn’t help but ask, her tone full of doubt, “Your master… could he be a masochist? He’s been beaten up like this, how come he’s still laughing so happily?”
Silky's eyes reflected the flickering firelight before her, her gaze never leaving the black mist. Hearing Shao Yun's question, she calmly replied:
"Perhaps it's because my master has been wandering in the universe for five hundred years without encountering an enemy who can rival him. His long invincibility has made him lose interest in fighting."
"Now that he has met you, he can feel the tension and pain of battle again. He is just happy to have found an opponent."
As time passed, the sky, which had been dyed red by the firelight, returned to its gray background, and the smoke and dust within the ambush area slowly settled, revealing a messy ground.
The remains of locusts and the lingering gray-brown stench of plague were scattered all around. The figure of the Extreme Evil Rider had completely vanished from this ruin, leaving no trace.
Everything seemed to be over, and the Kingdom of Night God returned to its long-lost peace.
Skirk stood there, her eyes fixed on the spot where the Evil Rider had disappeared, her shoulders trembling slightly.
For a long time, the master's extreme cruelty had been like a huge cloud of fear, always looming over her heart.
His power, his madness, his wanton destruction of cosmic civilizations, and the ultimate threat he posed to her filled her with constant fear.
Now, the dark cloud has finally dissipated completely, and the being that terrified her is finally "dead."
"So, we won? He... is really dead?" Skykirk asked weakly, hardly believing her eyes.
Shao Yun also looked in the direction where the Extreme Evil Riders disappeared, raised his hand to touch his chin, but did not feel the relief he had expected.
He turned his gaze to Dains Reeb beside him and asked, "What do you think, Dains? With your senses, can you still detect his presence?"
Daines Reeb closed his eyes, mobilized the energy within his body, and carefully sensed every trace of the surrounding atmosphere, even the dust floating in the air, all of which were taken into his perception range.
A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes. Although he couldn't be 100% sure, he still chose to believe that the Evil Knight was "dead".
"I can't sense any sign of the Evil Knight still being alive, and the fluctuations of abyssal energy have completely disappeared. Perhaps, we really have won."
Upon hearing this, Shao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body instantly relaxed.
"It's finally over... This journey has been incredibly exhausting."
Looking at the scene before her, Skirk was overwhelmed with excitement.
She wanted to laugh, to cheer for the victory, but she just couldn't manage to lift the corners of her mouth.
Her long-closed heart had made her forget how to express joy, and she didn't even know when the last time she showed a genuine smile was.
Over time, she seemed to lose the ability to laugh.
Since she couldn't laugh, Skork gave up on the attempt.
She turned around and said sincerely, "I owe you a favor. You not only saved Teyvat, but also rid the universe of a huge menace."
"Now that my master is no longer suppressing it, the universe will inevitably fall into chaos and will be unable to pose a threat to other civilizations in the short term, and may even scatter like birds and beasts..."
"Finally... it's all over."
However, Shao Yun didn't have much time to respond to her thanks.
He continued to stare at the spot where the Evil Knight had disappeared, a vague feeling of unease creeping into his heart—would the Evil Knight, a powerful figure who had traversed the universe for five hundred years, really die so easily by self-destructing?
Not even a trace of debris or energy fragments remained? This "complete disappearance" actually seemed somewhat deliberate to him.
So, in response to Silky's thanks, he simply replied casually, "Okay, okay..."
Shao Yun's voice sounded somewhat absent-minded, going in one ear and out the other, completely ignoring it.
"Hopefully... there won't be a second phase. An opponent of this level could very well pull off some kind of fake death and resurrection act."
……
Shao Yun stared at the spot where the Extreme Evil Rider had disappeared for a while longer. Seeing nothing there, he also believed that the Extreme Evil Rider was probably dead...
He rubbed his sore eyes and turned to greet Daines Reeb.
"Dain, we..." Shao Yun had only spoken halfway when he suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound behind him. It was the sound of an arrow cutting through the air at an extremely fast speed, accompanied by a heart-stopping whooshing sound!
A jet-black arrow pierced through Silky's chest.
Skirk didn't even have time to react before her body was carried backward by the immense force of the arrow.
The barbs at the end of the arrow caught tightly on her clothes and flesh, dragging her straight into the sky of the Night God's Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, Skirk's figure disappeared into the Night God's Kingdom, her fate unknown.
Under the astonished gazes of Daines Reeb and Shao Yun, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and black mist poured out continuously from the cracks in the rubble, gathering into a cloud.
The black mist spun and condensed rapidly, and the Evil Rider, which had disappeared without a trace, gradually began to rebuild its body.
Limbs and torso covered in armor, and finally the head—in just a few seconds, a complete Evil Knight stood before the two once again.
The Extreme Evil Rider stretched his neck, which was slightly stiff after the remodeling, and the gaps in his armor made a "click-clack" sound as he let out a hearty laugh.
"It was really good. This battle with you was very satisfying. It's been a long time since I've met someone who made me use 'feign death' to buy time."
Looking at the resurrected Extreme Evil Rider, Shao Yun swore:
"Damn it! There really is a second stage! You're pretty good at faking your death! Did Zhongli tell you?"
The Extreme Evil Rider ignored Shao Yun's words, raised his hand to brush off non-existent dust from his body, and while familiarizing himself with his reconstructed form, said in a cautionary tone:
There's a saying that goes, "Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit."
"Besides, I, Surtroch, am not some rabbit that can be easily manipulated. How dare you underestimate me and think you can so easily and completely eliminate me?"
He paused, then looked down at his armor...
The armor was no longer as indestructible as before; fine cracks could even be seen on its surface, and the abyssal energy it emitted had weakened considerably.
Extreme Evil Knight was quite frank, proactively acknowledging his condition.
"However, I must admit that the trap you set is indeed formidable. Burning flames, erosion by plague, and imprisonment by locusts—three forces working together..."
"You have now taken away three-quarters of my strength. It will take at least several years to recover to my peak condition. However, even a quarter will be enough."
Looking at the "resurrected" Extreme Evil Rider before him, Shao Yun raised his chin and asked bluntly:
"Then... how did you survive? Don't tell me you're the one I thought didn't die..."
Seeing that Shao Yun was being so direct, the extremely evil rider didn't hide anything and frankly said, "There's nothing complicated about it, it's just a little trick that utilizes space."
“I tore open a tiny spatial rift and hid my core consciousness and some of my energy inside, leaving behind only an energy shell to deceive you.”
He paused, recalling his experiences within the space, and continued:
"Phew~ I have to say, that miniature space was extremely unstable. It took me three whole days to stabilize myself and re-form a physical entity."
"I thought a lot of time had passed outside, but I didn't expect to see you all still here as soon as I came out. It seems I didn't spend much time at all."
Daines Reeb had no other choice. He drew his longsword and said, "There's no point in saying more. Come on!"
Just as Daines Reeb was about to rush forward, Shao Yun suddenly reached out and stopped him, pulling him behind him.
"Dain, his target is me, not you..."
Watching the interaction between the two, the Extreme Evil Rider raised his hand and flicked it into the air, and a uniquely designed longbow appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"Actually, swords are the thing I'm least good at; my best weapon is the bow and arrow! Feel honored, because I'm going to give it my all!"
When Shao Yun saw the Extreme Evil Knight brandish his bow and arrow, he was taken aback at first, then recalled the scene when he fought against Tartaglia before, and couldn't help but complain:
"No... truly a lineage indeed! Your grand-disciple Tartaglia is not skilled with a bow and arrow, but uses one as a weapon."
"But you're the worst at using a greatsword, yet you've been fighting us with one the whole time... You've really caught up with us..."
The extremely evil rider gripped the "Gusenord" in his hand with utter fanaticism.
It had been so long that he had almost forgotten what it felt like to fight with his most proficient weapon; and Shao Yun had actually forced him to reveal this trump card bow.
"Hahaha! That's exhilarating! Truly exhilarating!" The Extreme Evil Knight roared with laughter, his voice echoing through the ruins of the Night God's Kingdom, filled with undisguised elation.
"It's been a long time since I've been this serious. Today, I'll give you a proper introduction to this weapon that has accompanied me in my conquest of the universe, 'Gusenord'!"
"Three hundred years ago, I used it to shoot through a civilization's weapon made from stars, or rather, from the heat of stars? But... hehe."
At this point, the Extreme Evil Knight sneered and continued with disdain, "And the result? I fired an arrow with 'Gusenord,' and the arrow pierced through the core of that weapon, directly detonating the star's core."
"Do you know? I watched with my own eyes as that star expanded and exploded in the universe, eventually completely engulfing that arrogant civilization."
"The sight was absolutely magnificent!"