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This delayed their climb, and the two fell several meters before Li Cheng managed to stop their descent by drawing his sword from behind and driving it into the rock face.

However, Cronus wouldn't give them a chance to catch their breath. With a flick of his wrist, he created an arc-shaped ripple that sliced ​​through the wall and rushed towards them.

"Damn it!"

Li Cheng pulled the lock from the lilac tree back to his side, dodging the spatial slash that was about to strike.

Seeing that Brother Kuizi was badly injured, the rat in Li Cheng's collar suddenly jumped out, its body curled up like a small whirlwind, and flew to the former's bloodied back.

"Lord Saint?"

While Li Cheng was still in surprise, the rat plunged into Kui Zi Ge's wound, and tiny tentacles emerged from the flesh, miraculously restoring his charred body.

"what……!"

The scorched-black-faced spy suddenly opened his eyes. He looked up in surprise and saw Li Cheng. "Oh, boss! You came down too?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Cheng was both angry and amused, but the opening of a crack below immediately froze his smile on his face.

Kronos emerged from the crack, a hookah dangling from his lips. Li Cheng quickly stepped against the wall, grabbing Kui Zi Ge as he tried to avoid him.

However, at that moment, the air seemed to suddenly turn into a quagmire, and Li Cheng sank into it, his movements involuntarily slowing down until he came to a complete stop.

Even his wide-eyed, astonished gaze remained fixed, unable to move, as he could only watch helplessly as Cronus slowly walked towards him step by step.

How am I supposed to deal with this bastard who can manipulate time and space simultaneously?

Li Cheng couldn't help but feel despair. Enveloped by the opponent's time-stopping domain, he couldn't use any of his items. He was doomed.

"Boy!"

Elon noticed the situation above him and slapped the wall, sending an earthen dragon roaring out from within.

He turned and leaped into the air, instantly merging into the head of the earth dragon.

The ferocious earth dragon opened its huge mouth and charged straight up, trying to rescue the trapped Li Cheng, but then a white light flashed across the sky and the earth dragon's neck was instantly severed.

Elon's body fell out of the earth dragon, a deep, dark bloodstain clearly visible on his chest.

He reacted extremely quickly, but the pain immediately blocked the stone sword in front of him. Suddenly, a dark figure appeared, and a black knife grazed the edge of the stone sword and accurately pierced Elon's chest, pinning him hard to the wall behind him.

Elon's throat tightened, and a trickle of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, flowing onto his gray beard.

He grabbed the black knife and tried to pull it out, but "Ye Xiao," who appeared instantly, stepped on the hilt of the knife, pinning him down.

"I told you, even if we do it again, you'll still be defeated."

Ye Xiao's voice was icy cold as he twisted the knife handle with the sole of his shoe. Even as the excruciating pain of his wound being ripped open came from his forehead, Elon's veins bulged, but he still gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Li Cheng, who was imprisoned, caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye and was extremely anxious. He blamed himself for being a terrible teammate this time. Elon had rescued them several times but they still couldn't escape, and he had even caused the other side to suffer a heavy loss.

"What are you going to do about it?"

"Cronus asked in a low voice."

"Take them all back to the master alive, they'll be useful..."

Before Ye Xiao could finish speaking, Elon spat a mouthful of blood onto his face. "Dead fish eyes! Kill me or torture me, do it now!!! If you dare let me go, I'll kill you as long as I have a breath left!!!"

"I changed my mind."

Ye Xiao raised her hand to wipe the blood from her face, her gaze towards Elon revealing a chilling aura.

"It would be better to kill this old man."

After speaking, he raised his left hand, and the pitch-black tentacles extended along his arm and emerged from his sleeve, slowly twisting together to transform into a black blade made of solidified flesh and blood.

Without another word, he casually slashed at Elon's neck.

"clang"

However, when the blade struck, it didn't make a sound of flesh entering it, but rather a soft clang of metal striking metal.

A tall, slender figure clad in a jet-black trench coat landed unexpectedly between Elon and "Ye Xiao," his right hand gripping a silver-white blade to block the black sword formed from tentacles.

"Brother Elon, while dead fish eyes are indeed a good description, using them as an insult is still a bit hurtful."

The sudden appearance of the figure made Ye Xiao frown, but the other party was as fast as lightning. Before he could react, the other party kicked him straight for the head.

He instinctively raised his hands to block, and the unimaginable force that struck his arms was like a giant dragon crashing into him. The impact made the bones in his hands tremble.

He flew out upside down like a cannonball, taking several steps in mid-air to stabilize himself.

"who?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Li Cheng, who was imprisoned, felt his heart, which had been taut with despair, suddenly relax.

"That's an interesting question. You're copying my appearance, and you're asking me who I am?"

Without a doubt, the person who arrived was Ye Xiao, the one without the quotation marks.

He stood on a stone platform protruding from the wall, gazing at the man opposite him who looked exactly like him, a smile playing on his lips.

"However, if you really want to know, then I'm afraid this is the only answer I can give you."

"I am your father."

Chapter 173 Two vs Two

From the moment the accident occurred, Ye Xiao rushed to the research institute without stopping.

Opening the door to this space took a little longer because there had to be a gap between Ella's two spatial portal spells. So after Ye Xiao teleported to the research institute, he had to wait for Ella's spatial portal to cool down before he could come in again.

Fortunately, it seems they made it in time.

"I thought it was someone else... but it turns out to be that false god's puppet."

From above, Kronos's voice drifted over, "You probably don't need my help, do you?"

"Then I suggest you all come at me together, curly-haired guy, so I can save some time."

However, what Kronos responded with was Ye Xiao's extremely arrogant words.

"Yo ho."

Cronus then raised an eyebrow, seemingly amused by the situation.

As he spoke, Ye Xiao gripped the longsword "Shadow Chaser" and cleaved the strange black knife stuck in Elon's chest in two. He then flicked the stopper off a bottle of healing potion with his thumb and poured it onto Elon's wound.

Under the effects of the potion, Elon's chest wound healed rapidly. He casually tore off some clothes to bandage the wound, but he was more surprised by the newcomer's face, which was exactly the same as his enemy's, than by the high-purity healing potion produced by the system store.

"Why is there another dead fish eye? What's going on?"

"Now is not the time to discuss this, Brother Elon."

Ye Xiao shrugged. "Can you still fight?"

Upon hearing this, Elon stopped worrying, tightened the bandage around his wound, spread his right hand, and the pebbles took shape in his hand. "Heh, I've only just warmed up."

"Sigh, this feels like another troublesome matter."

At the same time, Kronos's figure also floated down, standing side by side with "Ye Xiao," who had a gloomy expression on his face.

In a two-on-two match, Li Cheng and Kui Zi Ge stood motionless in the air like two spectators, gazing intently at the duel.

An invisible killing intent collided in the arena, and in the next instant, Ye Xiao and the "Ye Xiao" opposite him made their moves almost simultaneously.

The former flung out a dozen throwing knives from his sleeve, while the latter summoned blades formed from tentacles and slashed down.

The crisscrossing slashes grazed Ye Xiao's afterimage, and in the blink of an eye, he flashed between the positions of several throwing knives, creating more than a dozen black flashes before suddenly slashing at his opponent from behind at a tricky angle.

Kronos tore open a spatial rift with a grab, hiding the body of the other "Ye Xiao," and with a snap of his fingers, he launched a spatial singularity straight at the real Ye Xiao's chest.

But then a giant arm formed of solidified rock came crashing down, and Ye Xiao once again dodged the spiraling black ball, leaving only Kronos standing there to take the hit.

Kronos glanced back dismissively, then clenched his fist in mid-air, causing the space where the stone fist stood to collapse instantly, shattering all the hard rocks.

Elon's imposing figure leaped into the air above the stone fist the instant it shattered, dodging the spatial collapse. But a rift immediately opened behind him, and "Ye Xiao," wielding two blades, appeared and slashed down.

However, the black flash that had been traversing the horizon arrived in an instant, and the long sword, with its silver blade, parried the two swords, sending sparks flying in all directions.

Amidst the flashing blades and clanging metal, the two Ye Xiaos clashed for a round without a clear victor, retreating to their respective sides from mid-air.

Ye Xiao used the Wind Control Technique to maintain his position in the air, while "Ye Xiao" stood on the solidified platform.

"It keeps flashing around, can you please seal off that space for me?"

With a gloomy expression, "Ye Xiao" retreated several meters and said impatiently.

"I can't use my spatial magic anymore since this area is sealed off. The two of them can still use swords, but I've lost half of my magic."

Cronus expressed his helplessness and powerlessness.

"Tsk, trash."

"Hey, you're not incapable of 'teleportation,' so it's not my fault you're not as skilled as him."

Ye Xiao then gave an impatient snort.

After a few rounds, he could actually sense that his opponent's swordsmanship was far inferior to his own, not even reaching the Saint rank, but his physical attributes were inexplicably exaggerated. His sword-infused slashing techniques were actually blocked by his opponent using a lower-level swordsmanship combined with extraordinary strength.

And that is indeed the case. Although Ella's Ye Xiao did not have the skills honed through countless trials in desperate situations, the full amount of universal points made his physical attributes far superior to those of his peers.

Since breaking through to the extraordinary realm a few days ago, in addition to being able to sense the laws of slashing, the percentage attribute increases from allocating points to various skills have made Ye Xiao unable to understand his own stats anymore.

In addition, Ye Xiao had practiced countless times with his Saint-level self in the memories given to him by the Dream God, so he was extremely familiar with every move.

However, Ye Xiao did not let his guard down completely. He discovered that although this strange "Ye Xiao" was not as strong as the Saint-level Ye Xiao in his memory, his strength seemed to be slowly increasing during the battle.

This rise is not a growth in skill, but rather a gradual recovery, much like a patient undergoing rehabilitation.

This means that if things drag on any longer, the situation could become unfavorable. After all, this is the other side's hometown. Even if he can barely hold out against these two guys for a while, he won't be able to withstand a few more reinforcements coming later.

Fortunately, Ye Xiao never intended to continue fighting to the death; his goal from the beginning was not to defeat these two.

While the two people opposite were bickering, Ye Xiao gave Elon a wink and glanced down at the giant window about fifty meters below, which opened onto the southern continent.

Elon was slightly taken aback, but then he understood.

"The traitor,"

Ye Xiao suddenly spoke, and with her left hand, she pulled out a staff from behind her back.

"Your dad knows a lot of things, so I'll teach you a few more. Learn them well."

His voice attracted Ye Xiao's attention, and upon hearing this, the latter's face visibly turned cold.

"A mere puppet."

This "Ye Xiao" has long since lost the habit of trash-talking, and is certainly not as skilled at verbal sparring as the original Ye Xiao.

But being constantly insulted was infuriating. Before he could even make a move, the other party had already swung their staff and hurled a huge fireball at him.

Elon casually made a hand seal and threw it onto the fireball. Rolling rocks emerged from the blazing flames and merged into a meteor that seemed capable of destroying the world.

"A mediocre spell."

Ye Xiao coldly slashed out with his sword, the cold light piercing through the meteorite and splitting it in two.

The burning stone ball split in two, and Elon rode an earth dragon through it. With a flick of his fingers, the stone sword flew out from behind him and turned into a rain of light.

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of swords, "Ye Xiao" stepped forward instead, his lightning-fast figure instantly passing through the gaps in the stone blades' slashes.

But just as he left, a throwing knife silently arced around to Kronos's side, and the next second Ye Xiao flashed out, his silver blade striking Kronos.

"I can sense spatial fluctuations, so you can't steal from me."

Kronos chuckled softly, snapped his fingers, and a ripple enveloped Ye Xiao.

Upon entering the Time Stasis Domain, Ye Xiao immediately froze in place.

Chapter 174 Hat Trick

"Really?"

Unexpectedly, accompanied by a mocking laugh, Cronus's body was sliced ​​in two the next second.

Ye Xiao's body, holding the knife, materialized out of thin air, leaving only half of Kronos's body standing, his eyes widening in slight surprise.

"Invisibility? You've got quite a few tricks up your sleeve."

The spatial fluctuations caused by the teleportation technique couldn't be hidden from Kronos, but the Shadow Step of the Phantom Assassin class could conceal Ye Xiao's aura.