Although Xi Jian's quick reaction allowed her to dodge the energy cannon, it also exposed a weakness for Assassination Shadow to exploit.
A sharp hand blade whistled past, and a large amount of blood gushed from Xi Jian's back.
Ren Laotaiye raised his arms high, sparks flying from his ten fingers, and energy bullets, comparable in power to ordinary rifles, poured out.
The True Ice Superconductor began to work, with powerful cooling ensuring it wouldn't overload.
Xi Jian was now caught in a pincer attack, assailed from both front and back.
The most crucial point was that neither of these two was affected by the 'Ambiguous Scent'!
Assassination Shadow sliced open Xi Jian's stomach with a hand blade, and through shared vision, Qi Xiao saw the cross hidden inside her body.
But the next second, the massive wound suddenly healed, and the cross was once again enveloped within.
Even her right shoulder, which had been melted by the energy cannon earlier, regenerated.
Qi Xiao's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
Damn it, how did Bu Zhihuo Mao kill her before?
This guy is truly resilient, practically a legendary King of Durability.
Ordinary physical damage had no effect on her whatsoever.
Instead, control skills like Frost Bullet and Charm were effective against her.
I wonder if the toad potion will work.
That's right, Qi Xiao had smeared toad potion on both of Assassination Shadow's hand blades.
Now that Xi Jian had been cut, it remained to be seen if the poison would take effect soon.
Sure enough, Xi Jian's expression suddenly changed; the toad potion was starting to work!
Although the wound had healed, it still couldn't stop the poison from taking effect.
Xi Jian's back and lower abdomen began to break out in dense red rashes, similar to those of a toad.
Itchy! So itchy!
Sometimes, itchiness is even harder to endure than pain.
She had no choice but to distract herself by scratching the bumps to relieve the itch.
But as the bumps were scratched open, white fluid flowed out, and more and more bumps appeared on her body.
"Hahahahahahaha! Itchy, so itchy!"
Xi Jian was in a state of frenzy, throwing away her tail sword and frantically scratching herself with both hands.
Even the tentacles extending from her navel began to grow red bumps.
The faster she scratched, the more bumps broke, the more white fluid flowed out, and the more new bumps appeared.
Thus, she fell into a vicious cycle.
She gritted her teeth and, like a crab shedding its shell, forcibly shed a layer of skin.
Qi Xiao raised an eyebrow, not expecting her to have such a move.
Xi Jian stood naked, laughing loudly.
But her good fortune didn't last; those bumps continued to emerge.
The poison was inside her body, not just on the surface!
Xi Jian, not believing it, shed another layer of skin, but it still didn't solve the problem.
During this time, Assassination Shadow kept delivering additional strikes, adding new toxins to her body.
Xi Jian writhed and rolled on the ground, itching uncontrollably.
Qi Xiao seized the opportunity; Assassination Shadow sliced open Xi Jian's stomach and retrieved the blood-stained cross from within her.
At this point, Xi Jian seemed to completely lose all resistance, lying motionless on the ground.
The pink mist and the strange fragrance also disappeared, as if they had never existed.
And the stomach, which had been sliced open by Assassination Shadow, did not recover; at this moment, Xi Jian looked as if she were dead.
Qi Xiao frowned deeply, not daring to be careless.
Playing dead? Luring me closer?
No!
This guy, she swapped Xi Jian's soul back!
She's forcing me to save Xi Jian!
Qi Xiao made a decisive move, controlling Assassination Shadow to bring Xi Jian to his side.
At the same time, K was also carried back by Ren Laotaiye.
Qi Xiao took out a piece of clothing from his jie bracelet and covered Xi Jian's body.
Gao Bie obtained the cross and, without bothering to wipe off the blood, immediately deployed the Soul Gathering Array.
A white halo enveloped the area, and two souls could be seen slowly floating out of Xi Jian's body.
One was a light blue soul, similar in shape to Xi Jian.
The other was a light pink soul, with countless tentacles wriggling, an eerie form.
At this moment, K also woke up.
He himself was a succubus, possessing impressive self-healing abilities.
Although his tail had been torn off, the wound had already healed.
It's, it's successful?
Seeing this, he looked aghast, completely unaware of how this man had managed it.
"Prepare to save her."
Qi Xiao didn't even look at K, simply giving a brief instruction.
As Xi Jian's vital signs gradually disappeared, the two souls' detachment speed became faster and faster.
The tentacle monster realized something was wrong; the expected treatment hadn't arrived, and it began to try hard to burrow back in.
Seeing this, Qi Xiao delivered another blow to Xi Jian.
At this point, the two souls completely exited Xi Jian's body.
Qi Xiao held the spirit-catching net and, with quick reflexes, scooped up the tentacle monster.
The tentacle monster struggled and rolled in the spirit-catching net but couldn't escape.
Gao Bie took out a pre-prepared container.
This was a small, rainbow-colored glass bottle, about the size of an adult male's thumb.
Gao Bie opened the cap and brought it close to the spirit-catching net.
The tentacle monster was sucked into the glass bottle by a pulling force, and Gao Bie immediately sealed the opening.
Xi Jian's soul had already flown very high, but due to the presence of the Soul Gathering Array, she was only held within the white light shield and could not exit from there.
After sealing the tentacle monster, Qi Xiao jumped up again and scooped up Xi Jian's soul.
This was a very peculiar experience; the soul seemed as light as nothing, but when caught by the spirit-catching net, it still had a slight weight.
The tentacle monster weighed about as much as an apple.
And Xi Jian's soul was slightly lighter, only the weight of two or three grapes.
Inside the spirit-catching net, Xi Jian did not struggle, but simply kept her eyes open, looking at Qi Xiao expressionlessly.
As if appraising, as if observing.
K was already working on treating Xi Jian's injuries, but Qi Xiao, seeing the slow progress, took out a bottle of intermediate healing potion and a bottle of intermediate antidote potion, pouring them directly into Xi Jian's mouth.
Back at the Transfer Station, Kong You had given Qi Xiao a total of four bottles of basic healing potion, two bottles of intermediate healing potion, and one bottle of intermediate antidote potion.
Last time, he used one bottle of intermediate healing potion to save Li Huizi, and this time he used the remaining one to save Xi Jian, leaving Qi Xiao with only basic healing potions.
He would have to get some from the trading platform when he got back.
Qi Xiao sighed; healing items couldn't be scarce.
With the two potions and K's healing spell, Xi Jian's body was quickly healed.
Those red rashes also disappeared under the cleansing effect of the intermediate antidote potion.
At this moment, Qi Xiao carefully brought Xi Jian's soul close to her body.
Seeing the soul easily slip inside, Qi Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Xi Jian, as if powering up, resumed her heartbeat and breathing.
Not bad, smoother than expected.
Solved it without even using the disguise card.
This tentacle monster was already so troublesome without even recovering to its optimal state; if more time had passed, it might not have been so easy.
Actually, killing Xi Jian was simple; the difficulty lay in controlling the degree.
How to ensure Xi Jian's death while also ensuring she could be saved, that itself was very difficult.
Coupled with the unparalleled recovery ability granted by the tentacle monster, it made this degree even harder to grasp.
But unexpectedly, a toad potion easily solved it.
This tentacle monster was not afraid of direct damage but was afraid of negative BUFFs.
Having resolved this hidden danger, Qi Xiao also felt much more relaxed.
When Xi Jian slowly opened her eyes, K and Gao Bie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If Xi Jian couldn't be saved, they knew their own fate probably wouldn't be good.
The combat power Qi Xiao had shown before, as well as his various strange items, were not things the two of them could handle.
Gao Bie canceled the Soul Gathering Array and, after bidding farewell to Qi Xiao, left with K.
K flapped his wings, holding Gao Bie, and flew through the night sky.
"Your tail..."
"It's fine, as long as I take this spirit, a new one will grow back later."
"Hmm, this spirit's regenerative power and ability to modify the physical body are indeed very strong."
Gao Bie pulled the glass bottle from her embrace, looking at the tentacle monster inside with a joyful expression.
"Without him, it really wouldn't have been so easy to get."
"Qi Xiao..."