Absolute Death Game

"So it was you, you—bitch." Li Jian seemed enraged, cursing viciously as his back bled profusely; the wound was significantly worse than the gunshot wound he had suffered earlier.

"Got a problem with that—bastard!" Yaoyao retorted without any courtesy, her words as sharp as the dagger in her hands. Her weapons were a Tiger Fang Bayonet and a Butterfly Knife; whether they were genuine or replicas was unknown, but it didn't matter as long as they were effective.

Suddenly, Situ Yu realized, the whisper-like murmur he had heard was Yaoyao's voice. She must have been invisible right beside him just then; everything she said was true! His heart surged with excitement, astonished that such miraculous things could happen right before his eyes.

Li Jian coldly swept his gaze over the three of them, "No problem at all. Since you wish to die, let's all go to hell together!"

With that, he let out a ferocious roar, like a wild beast in a fit of rage—Rage of Chiyou!

As he roared, his body suddenly swelled, his muscles growing massive and sinewy, his suit bursting open as his hair and beard grew out like a lion's mane, making him look as if he had undergone a major transformation into a Super Saiyan.

The entire man increased in size, the once two-handed axe now gripped like a one-handed axe in his hand, his aura geometrically amplified, so overwhelming that Yaoyao found it hard to breathe.
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"Oh dear, things seem to have gotten a bit out of hand," she muttered to herself, instinctively stepping back.

"Don't tangle with him; let's get out of here!" Xiao Buli said, glancing at Situ Yu with a frown, "What are you still doing here? Get out of the building immediately."

His shout only irritated Situ Yu, who had come back to help them out of goodwill, only to be treated so ungratefully.

Before she could even respond, Li Jian burst into wild laughter: "Think you can leave? It's not that easy." With a powerful swing of his huge axe, he aimed a Cleaving Strike at Yaoyao.

Yaoyao leaped high into the air, her figure like a soaring eagle, nimbly dodging Li Jian's ferocious attack. She then clung to the ceiling behind Li Jian, kicking off it with force and using the recoil to pounce straight at the center of Li Jian's back.

Before Li Jian could recover from his axe swing, Yaoyao had daintily landed on his shoulder, one hand pressing down on his head, the other sliding the Tiger Fang Saber toward his neck, poised to slit his throat.

If the cut landed, Li Jian would be left either dead or severely maimed. In desperation, he stamped his foot, unleashing a surge of Demonic Flame throughout his body. A bad feeling flashed through Yaoyao's mind, and she hastily flipped backward to evade. The next moment, fierce black flames roared up from Li Jian's body.

Turning around, Li Jian's face twisted into a terrifying grimace of rage. A cut had appeared on his neck, his clothes had burned to ash in the intense flame, revealing his bulging, intimidating muscles, highlighted against the pitch-black Demonic Flame, making him resemble a demon god.

As the black flames slowly cooled off, a layer of pitch-black armor encased Li Jian, making him appear like a Demon General straight out of a video game.

Xiao Buli and Yaoyao exchanged glances; none of their mixed-up skills were of any use now. He donned his Ethereal Armor and activated his Sunfire Sword Qi, standing shoulder to shoulder with Yaoyao, while Situ Yu finally came to her senses, recognizing this was not a battle she could join, and retreated to a safe distance.

"We can't win head-on; let's play dirty," Xiao Buli whispered, to which Yaoyao acknowledged with a hum, and both disappeared from their spot.

"Invisibility? I hate such sleazy occupations the most, but don't think you can escape your doom!" Li Jian laughed uproariously as he spun around, the Demonic Flame on his axe turning into clusters of Fireballs that he hurled in all directions. With over a hundred black Fireballs released, their power was sufficient to disrupt the Invisibility Effect.

Xiao Buli dodged left and right but was hit by a black fireball; his shield held, yet his figure was revealed—

He was less than five meters away from Li Jian. He had intended to use the invisibility to land a sneak attack but was now in a tricky spot.

"Come on!" Resigned, he bellowed and, with both hands on his sword, unleashed a Mysterious Ice Slash straight at Li Jian, who recklessly received the blow and countered with a Savage Collision that sent Xiao Buli flying.

A loud crash sounded as the Ethereal Armor shattered. Xiao Buli didn't have time to conjure another shield when Li Jian fiercely pushed off the ground, leaping into the air. His leap wasn't aided by Qinggong but by sheer explosive Strength, so powerful it cracked the marble floor beneath him.

Leap Slash! Li Jian raised his axe high, bringing it down with the force of a thunderous onslaught. Xiao Buli dared not meet it head-on, using Chaotic Shadow Split to create two identical images of himself dashing to either side. As Li Jian landed, shattering the ground, the two images of Xiao Buli attacked from both sides.

Without a moment's hesitation, Li Jian swung his axe at the Xiao Buli to his left, who showed a look of horror and raised his sword in defense.