Chapter 597: Fight? Time to Run

Chapter 597 -363: Fight? Time to Run

With Baili Xueyuan, a Tier Four Peak Extraordinary, actively providing Spiritual Power, Lin Qi no longer had any worries.

Rapid Growth was operating at nearly full power.

But Lin Qi had roughly figured out Master Ma’s combat logic and didn’t heal him completely.

He merely suppressed the life-threatening injuries.

If Master Ma had a health bar above his head, it would constantly be fluctuating around 10%.

…

「Inside the underground pipes.」

MacLeod found that no matter what he said, the two remained unmoved.

The two even started discussing things right in front of him.

“Master, can you hold him off? I’ll take the Sword in the Stone and retreat first. You and the Wizard can bring up the rear. I’m not strong enough—if reinforcements from the Round Table Conference arrive, it’ll be difficult for me to escape.”

Hearing this, MacLeod’s breathing quickened noticeably.

The Sword in the Stone!

It was his trump card, yet now it had fallen into the hands of this unknown Knight.

This was a disgrace!

And a sin…

Even as the head of the Round Table Conference, he could not bear the price of losing the Sword in the Stone.

According to the contract signed by the Round Table Conference’s Knights and the European Big Business Alliance, any damage to the Alliance’s property due to personal factors required a payment of triple compensation.

Tier Four Peak Extraordinaries seemed incredibly glamorous to the outside world, but ultimately, they were responsible to the Intercontinental Giant Corporations behind them.

Given the value of the Sword in the Stone, if it were lost, even if MacLeod died, the value of his corpse would be squeezed dry for compensation.

What’s more, the European Big Business Alliance would never let MacLeod die.

And MacLeod, possessing the “Life Towards Death” Knight’s Will Badge, wasn’t so easy to kill.

“Gentlemen, why don’t we have a proper talk?” MacLeod’s will to fight had sharply diminished. He now saw the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps as a top-tier power comparable to the Round Table Conference.

If the fight continued, it would only lead to both sides suffering heavy losses.

Unfortunately, neither King Arthur nor Master Ma had any intention of wasting time arguing with MacLeod.

Master Ma made the decision immediately: “You retreat first. Leave this to me.”

King Arthur nodded at once. Seeing a new message from Guang Ling, he quickly relayed it to Master Ma, “Master, hold him off for thirty seconds, then retreat immediately. The people from the Round Table Conference are almost here.”

With that said, King Arthur didn’t hesitate for a second. Hoisting the Sword in the Stone, he activated Fearless Charge, smashed through the pipe wall, and started his escape along a predetermined route.

How could MacLeod let King Arthur leave? The Sword in the Stone was his life!

He immediately unleashed his Will Power to stop him.

But Master Ma’s health bar was being kept critically low by Lin Qi, leaving him in a mysterious state of “near-death.”

In this state of extreme injury, Master Ma’s Will Power was immensely vast.

He might have difficulty defeating MacLeod, but holding him back was no problem at all!

“Damn Mercenaries!”

The two exchanged more than ten blows in a matter of seconds.

Master Ma was gradually put on the back foot.

But whenever Master Ma’s “injuries” showed signs of worsening, “Rapid Growth” would kick in.

With his “Suffering Will,” Master Ma was essentially using the Wizard’s health-lock cheat, a level of combat power that would give even MacLeod a headache!

“Damn it!”

“Damn it!”

“Damn you all!”

MacLeod’s eyes were bloodshot, and a thick “Death Intent” was practically overflowing from him.

A blood-red fluid streamed from his eye sockets. This liquid, a mix of tears and blood, was filled with a massive amount of super-viruses.

MacLeod no longer had the high spirits he’d shown in front of Baili Xueyuan a few hours ago. He realized he could no longer sense the Knight’s location.

His reconnaissance-type Prosthetic Body also gave no data feedback.

He couldn’t even feel the aura of the Sword in the Stone!

This meant that the unknown Knight actually had a way to control the Sword in the Stone!

Damn it!

Who in the world was that Knight?

Could there be a traitor within the Round Table Conference?

MacLeod was about to unleash his fury on Master Ma.

This potent “Death Intent” was MacLeod’s final trump card. The move might have limited direct combat power, but it was exceptionally vile.

After the blood, saturated with a massive amount of super-viruses, flowed from his eye sockets, it would then turn into a bloody, steamy mist.

Although the combat power of this freakish Martial Artist before him had expanded enormously, he was fundamentally just a Tier Four Third Stage.

But the viruses in MacLeod’s body had the power to corrode even a Tier Four Peak!

Even if he couldn’t get rid of this damn Martial Artist right away, he would make him suffer pain that life could not bear.

Sixteen types of X-disease!

Savor them one by one!

MacLeod had no idea that just as he shed the bloody tears symbolizing “death,” Lin Qi, located on the 66th floor of the S-Class Pharmacy Society Mansion, wore a strange expression.

‘This Grand Knight Commander is truly… an unlucky bastard.’

While thinking this, Lin Qi activated the Ability he had acquired at Tier One.

The bloody mist, just moments from corroding Master Ma, suddenly solidified back into liquid. Then, right before MacLeod’s eyes, it reversed course, stuffing itself back into his eye sockets the same way it had come out…

MacLeod’s eyes went wide.

Damn it!

Damn it!

Damn Mercenaries!

That rat hiding in the shadows, that damn Wizard!

What is this damned Ability?

Why is it such a perfect counter to me?

MacLeod didn’t understand the true nature of Lin Qi’s Ability and remained on high alert for a killing blow from the hidden Wizard.

He had no idea that Lin Qi’s power to manipulate blood couldn’t affect anything inside his body at all.

The Ability Lin Qi had acquired at Tier One had no capacity whatsoever for fighting above its level!