Chapter 1194 588: Finale_3

Enduring the pain, the Shark Beast's crimson iron fist swung towards the direction of the attack.

But it only struck a scattering of ashen sparks.

The flame light, exuding an inexplicable sense of desolation, had already reached the Shark Beast's back at the moment of its movement.

[Vortex Slash].

The sword blade once again sliced through the blood and flesh of its side back, just a few centimeters short of severing the Shark Beast's spine.

Without being reckless, it withdrew the sword amidst the sound of wolf howls, dodging another return punch from the Blood Skin Shark Beast.

"Damn it..."

"What is this thing!?"

With a strange burning sensation, intense pain shot through its entire body.

The Blood Skin Shark Beast was like prey struggling to survive under the winter wolf's hunt, its stamina rapidly depleting alongside the wounds left by Wolf Teeth, slowly approaching unavoidable death amidst its wretchedness and embarrassment.

Why!?

Why could an ordinary adventurer, the smallest of foes, withstand its heavy blows repeatedly, and even return to the scene in a stronger stance?

Why did a low level professional, whose professional level wouldn't exceed Level 7 and hasn't even reached the Transcendent threshold, show such combat power now?

Is it innate talent? Or God Favored?

Or perhaps...

The Blood Skin Shark Beast didn't think any further.

As the situation developed to this point, only one party was destined to leave the arena alive, considering these matters was meaningless.

It knew only that if it didn't take action, it feared it would be dragged to death here by the opponent!

"Roar!!!"

The Shark Beast's furious roar burst forth suddenly in the arena.

Seizing the opportunity to drive away the Flame Wolf beside it with another punch, a dense crimson blood light surfaced on its body.

What it used was precisely the Blood Light Burst technique that had previously wiped out the whole Vengeance Blade Blade Squad.

Xia Nan had fully reacted.

The Perception, boosted by 33% in the residual fire state, even allowed him to detect the opponent's intention in the instant when the Shark Beast started accumulating its power.

And his current physical ability was absolutely sufficient to dodge before the blood light touched his body.

But he didn't do so.

Even though the [Embers Resonance] after being raised to Level 3 extended its duration by fifteen seconds, adding it to the previous time was still only a bit more than a minute.

If following the method of exchanging many minor injuries for metamorphosis, hoping to accumulate the Shark Beast's injuries to a degree where it loses combat ability, this minute was simply not enough.

Xia Nan chose this offensive method, partly because with his current combat power, it was indeed difficult to slay the Shark Beast in such a state within a short period;

Partly because he hoped to find a breakthrough by applying pressure on the Shark Beast.

After all, the opponent didn't know his residual fire state could only last for one minute and fifteen seconds now.

For survival chance, the Blood Skin Shark Beast would certainly take aggressive measures to alter the situation.

And facts proved Xia Nan bet correctly.

"Buzz Boom!!!"

A blood-colored light, enough to heavily injure a professional level adventurer, explosively radiated outwards centered on the Shark Beast's body.

Xia Nan neither dodged nor avoided, crossed his Arm Shield and Straight Sword in front, and even exerted force with his feet, using [Teeth Hunting] to charge directly towards the blood light.

Two high-quality equipment pieces shielded him from the first wave of shock, and the physical quality boost and 0.333% life recovery per second granted by [Embers Resonance], further empowered him to withstand the blood light's impact.

Even though the [Abyssal Stream] armor on the upper body and the leg armor on the lower body suffered certain damage, he didn't hesitate or pause.

Crucially, the [Resilience Enhancement] from the residual fire state enabled him to maintain body balance despite such an impact, continuing his actions, barely controlling his arms to separate the Arm Shield and Straight Sword originally used to defend against the first wave.

Blood uncontrollably flowed from his mouth; with an awkward posture difficult for using [Vortex Slash], he tightly gripped his sword hilt, aiming at the neck of the Shark Beast already pierced with a hole by the Light Arrow.

Adding [Heavy Tide], he thrusted directly!

A sense of fatality erupted in its heart, the Blood Skin Shark Beast from the Divine Country felt its heart tense suddenly, watching with astonished fish eyes as the Black Side adventurer held against the impact and even charge forward, reflected the flaming light converging closer to the sharp sword tip.

Stuck in post-impact immobility, it's hard to greatly adjust body balance.

But facing impending death, it couldn't care about anything else.

Only seeing its two thick knee joints explode "poof poof" in blood mist instantly.

Causing related muscle tears, joint dislocation to forcefully overcome body immobility, precariously manipulating the upper body to twist.

Making the Straight Sword that should have pierced through its neck deviate several inches to the side and bottom, penetrating its shoulder collarbone.

"Slash."

An obstructive feeling of penetrating blood and flesh transmitted from the sword blade in hand.

Xia Nan witnessed the Shark Beast's operations firsthand, restrained emotions, maintaining composure and calmness.

Exerting force on his wrist, intending to withdraw the [Ash Fall] Straight Sword.

But found the opponent seemingly enduring the pain intentionally, using the surrounding muscle to clamp the sword blade.

Without a hint of hesitation, Xia Nan decisively released his grip, allowing the Straight Sword to remain lodged in the opponent's shoulder, exerting force with his feet and using [Teeth Hunting] to exit the locale.

In the next second, the Shark Beast's iron fist landed precisely where he had been standing.

With sparking ashes floating in the air.

The desolate flame light moved like a teleport, once again shifting to the side rear of the Shark Beast, the molten crimson flame spreading from the palm to the [Green Pine] sword blade.