Bai Qiu charged at Gilshak once again, and blade and spear clashed anew…
This time, it was Gilshak who found itself at a disadvantage.
Bai Qiu already held a slight edge in raw stats, and on top of that, a long-handled weapon naturally had an advantage against a medium-length weapon like a long blade!
The spear in Bai Qiu’s hands moved like a coiling dragon, entangling and constraining Gilshak so that whether it advanced or retreated, it felt restricted and uncomfortable.
From time to time, Bai Qiu would even find openings and leave wounds on its body!
Dark King—Gilshak… if this is your limit, then this battle ends here!
Bai Qiu knocked aside the long blade, tightened his muscles, took a small step back, and drew the spear slightly behind him—then in an instant, he thrust forward with a direct, unstoppable strike!
With a thunderous boom, the spear produced a sonic blast from its sheer speed.
If this strike landed, it would undoubtedly cause severe damage.
Yet Gilshak showed no fear.
Gripping its blade with both hands, it raised it high for a vertical slash.
Dense dark energy gathered continuously—but both it and Bai Qiu knew that before the blade could fall, Bai Qiu’s Spear would pierce through its body first!
At the very moment the spear was about to hit, a ripple of spatial distortion appeared out of nowhere—and Gilshak vanished instantly!
Bai Qiu was startled.
Sensing the presence behind him, he had no choice but to forcibly twist his body, reversing direction and sweeping his spear backward to block!
A surge of energy erupted, and the spilling blade aura carved several marks into the armor on his back!
He barely managed to block it.
Bai Qiu’s expression turned grim—just as he was about to counterattack, Gilshak blinked again, instantly reappearing ten meters away…
Unable to win through stats alone, it had begun to rely on mechanics—and the most troublesome kind: teleportation.
This skill was the hardest to deal with, because there was no way of knowing how many times it could blink, or how far it could go.
In short, now that it possessed a teleportation ability, whether to fight or not was entirely up to Gilshak.
Meanwhile, Bai Qiu could only remain passive—forever on the back foot!
….
“Damn! He finally gained the upper hand, and it still has a move like that?!” The players were astonished.
As spectators, they had watched Bai Qiu go from a disadvantage to an even fight, and then from even to gaining the advantage…
And all of that—was achieved in just a little over a minute.
Just as they thought Bai Qiu had victory in the bag and were ready to celebrate early, that pitch-black skeleton suddenly used a blink skill?!
After Gilshak used blink, Bai Qiu fell back into a disadvantage once again—this time even worse than at the beginning!
At times he was sent flying, embedded into building walls; at others, he was struck by sudden blade attacks, further damaging his armor!
Several hundred meters away from the battlefield, on the rooftop of a building, A Yuan saw Bai Qiu fall into danger again, forced entirely on the defensive, and began to grow anxious.
Zhang Shiyao patted its head and said softly, “Don’t worry, A Yuan. Brother isn’t as disadvantaged as he looks. Just wait a bit longer.”
Hearing this, A Yuan calmed down slightly, giving up the thought of going to assist Bai Qiu, and continued to stay hidden while watching the battle…
…
At the center of the battlefield, after several exchanges, Gilshak blinked and disappeared again.
Without hesitation, Bai Qiu spun and swept his spear—but this time, it didn’t appear behind him.
Instead, it appeared right in front of him…
Bang!
Bai Qiu was sent flying by a direct front kick.
At this rate, he would soon be knocked into the Sanctuary Barrier…
Just as he was about to touch the sacred light ring, Bai Qiu condensed a layer of magic barrier near it.
The moment his feet touched it, he kicked off forcefully!
Gilshak suddenly blinked near the barrier and slashed down—but it happened to see that Bai Qiu seemed unwilling to retreat into the barrier.
Ironically, that refusal to escape saved him this time!
Originally, Gilshak had intended for that strike to cut Bai Qiu in half—leaving one half of his body inside the barrier, and the other outside.
Gilshak blinked again, appearing in front of Bai Qiu, and delivered a spinning side kick that sent him flying back toward the barrier once more.
Facing Gilshak, who could blink without interval, Bai Qiu seemed to have no power to fight back!
It was venting its frustration this way—after all, this human had truly shaken its pride…
And so, Bai Qiu was tossed around like a ball outside the Sanctuary Barrier, battered back and forth by Gilshak…
Once again kicked toward the barrier, Bai Qiu still created a foothold with a magic screen, using it to push himself away from the safe zone.
But this time, he had already thrown his spear—filled with Dark Prison infernal flames—ahead of time!
When Gilshak blinked again to predict Bai Qiu’s landing point, it didn’t expect Bai Qiu to predict its landing instead.
Immediately dropping its playful attitude, it raised its blade horizontally to block the incoming spear, then lifted it upward to deflect the attack.
After all, against a thrown spear, it didn’t need to fully block it—just slightly alter its trajectory.
But Bai Qiu followed right behind, closing in before Gilshak could swing again.
His magic-covered fist shot upward in a rising uppercut, striking directly at its jaw!
Gilshak was sent flying instantly, but Bai Qiu didn’t let up.
Before his feet even touched the ground, he created another magic barrier as a foothold, kicked off it forcefully, and chased after the ascending Gilshak.
With a powerful sweeping kick infused with magic, he struck hard against its back!
Gilshak was kicked away, crashing heavily into the Sanctuary Barrier, causing the barrier to tremble…
At the very moment he kicked it away, Bai Qiu once again condensed a magic barrier beneath his feet as a foothold.
Just as Gilshak rebounded off the barrier— He shot forward, grabbed it by the neck, and slammed it against the barrier!
Maintaining that hold, he began sprinting forward at full speed!
By the time Gilshak reacted, it realized it was being pinned and dragged across the “turtle shell” by a human—while tens of thousands of humans inside the barrier were witnessing its humiliating state…
But before it could use Blink, Bai Qiu suddenly hurled it away.
It spun and tumbled across the ground for dozens of meters!
The chaos of the moment made it impossible to lock onto a teleportation point!
A cloud of dust rose as Gilshak scraped across the ground.
Bai Qiu grinned and said, “Courtesy demands reciprocity! How does it feel to be used like a rag, Dark King?”
At that moment, Bai Qiu casually raised his hand and caught the returning Purgatory Darkflame Spear.
He didn’t press the attack, instead waiting calmly for the dust to settle…
“HUMAN!!!”
This time, the voice of the Dark King, Gilshak, did not echo in Bai Qiu’s mind—it came directly from its mouth.
Its furious roar made the surrounding space tremble!
The soul-fire within its eye sockets flickered violently.
The surging dark energy was no longer stable or condensed—it was like a dam breaking, roaring and overflowing!
— The end of the Chapter–
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