chsdbacks Chapter 748: The Path of Redemption
Chapter 748: The Path of Redemption
Without another word, amid the raging storm sweeping across the arena, Old Zhou once again pulled out his twin electrified tonfas.On Nicholas’s side, the wooden sleigh on the ground had reassembled into a towering Christmas tree!
Gifts from the gift sack flew up one by one to hang as ornaments on the tree, and classic Christmas music began to echo throughout the arena!
Amid the cheerful jingling tune, Old Zhou hoisted his tonfas and charged toward Nicholas.
Nicholas stood beneath the Christmas tree, its star-shaped top shining brightly, a red-and-white striped candy cane appearing in his hand.
“Boom!”
With a flash of lightning, the twin tonfas and the candy cane clashed. The cane shattered into pieces as Nicholas took a blow to the chest, stumbling back two steps.
“Old man, your weapon’s pretty weak!”
Old Zhou shouted loudly, but a reckless grin spread beneath Nicholas’s thick beard.
“Ho-ho, young man, don’t underestimate it!”
Nicholas spat out the blood in his mouth, then lunged forward with sudden force, swinging the broken candy cane back at Old Zhou.
At the same time, Nicholas’s back muscles bulged one by one, pushing up the green tattoo—flat, it was just green, but as the muscles rose and fell, it took on the shape of a Christmas tree!
The two Christmas trees shone in tandem, granting Nicholas immense strength!
Old Zhou raised his tonfas to counterattack, but just then…
The Christmas star on Nicholas’s back began to glow.
The scattered candy fragments reversed direction and coalesced into the candy cane once more.
“Boom!”
The suddenly extended candy cane caught Old Zhou off guard in his defense, slamming hard against his head and shattering again at the front.
Old Zhou staggered from the blow, blood already streaming from his skull now pouring like a waterfall.
But Old Zhou ignored it, shifting his tonfas from defense to offense, sweeping at Nicholas’s arms.
Boom!
Nicholas retreated again, blackened lightning marks scorched into his arms.
Still, he only let out a loud “Ho-ho” laugh as the candy cane reformed in his hand.
Clash! Clash! Another clash!
Like two mammoths locking horns, two heavy trucks with their throttles welded open!
Sugar fragments and lightning flashed, and with each exchange, both fighters suffered injuries.
“Who’s winning now? Who’s losing?”
High Mountain couldn’t help but ask, his voice thick with worry.
“In terms of trading blows, Nicholas has the advantage,” Tycoon said, eyes fixed on the action. “His attacks mostly target Prisoner’s vitals, landing on his head, but Prisoner’s strikes hit his limbs.”
“As long as they keep trading damage, the one still standing in the end will be Nicholas!”
Li Hua pushed up his glasses: “No, they don’t need to keep trading damage. Once the accumulated injuries reach a certain point, Nicholas has a decisive way to end the match.”
“Don’t forget, this match… has a ‘terrain factor’!”
Despite the fighters’ immense physical prowess, speed, and strength, the tornadoes on the field couldn’t lift these agile, tough, and powerful men, only slightly disrupting their movements.
Nicholas had his back to the Christmas tree, which blocked much of the wind—no matter how violently the tornadoes shook its branches and leaves, they couldn’t uproot it.
And that was one reason Nicholas was gradually gaining the upper hand.
Besides the more unpredictable candy cane catching Old Zhou off guard, and the Christmas tree and tattoo providing extra strength…
Nicholas was also less disturbed by the tornadoes!
In a battle of masters, even this tiny difference gets magnified!
But… that wasn’t why Li Hua asserted Nicholas could decisively end the match.
“Boom!”
The candy cane struck Old Zhou’s head again. As sugar shards flew, Old Zhou felt his body losing control.
His ears rang, and the blood streaming down severely obscured his vision.
“Damn it!”
Old Zhou gritted his teeth and tried to counterattack, but his tonfas missed for the first time.
“Why did they miss?”
He looked up and saw the Christmas tree before him had vanished.
Was the time limit up?
No… the other side had canceled this form.
The Christmas tree reverted to a sleigh, and the gift sack settled back onto it.
Nicholas was already standing behind the sleigh.
“Ho-ho—Merry Christmas!”
The white-bearded old man pushed the sleigh with all his might, and it slammed hard into the unprepared Old Zhou.
Every one of Nicholas’s attacks had aimed to weaken his balance and senses.
And Nicholas did this because he remembered more clearly than Old Zhou:
These tornadoes were intensifying over time.
As they fought in a tangled mess, the tornadoes were also devouring each other.
Finally… beside them, a hurricane that had long swallowed most of the arena—one even they couldn’t ignore—had already formed!
The sleigh drove Old Zhou forward. Though he struggled desperately to stop it… how could Old Zhou, knocked off balance by Nicholas, succeed?
“Damn it!”
In the end, Old Zhou was forced into the hurricane, swallowed along with the sleigh!
“Old Zhou!”
In the Free Alliance section, Phantom and Comedian jumped up excitedly.
Xiaoyun narrowed her eyes.
“Nicholas… is really impressive.”
Hearing Xiaoyun say that, Li Nian looked at her in surprise.
“Could it be that Brother Zhou is about to use his [Exclusive Item]?”
Over at Order, High Mountain breathed a sigh of relief at the sight.
“As expected of Nicholas, truly formidable!”
Li Hua nodded slightly: “The inspector of the Central China Region is the strongest among the seven regions, given the complex situation there…”
“He kept track of the terrain element throughout this high-intensity duel, so victory was inevitable.”
But Grandmaster interrupted the two: “No, it’s not over yet.”
“The referee hasn’t started the countdown—that guy hasn’t lost consciousness yet!”
Inside the hurricane, Old Zhou’s body was constantly scraped by the sand and wind, tossed up and down in zero gravity, nearly losing consciousness.
But he was still awake!
“Damn, I guess I have to use the [Exclusive Item]—7-day cooldown, drains all stamina, and disables all [Recovery Items] for the next 7 days… If I could avoid it, I really wouldn’t want to.”
Old Zhou muttered as a rusty brass key appeared in his hand.
This was Prisoner’s [Exclusive Item]…
Its name… was the [Path of Redemption and Freedom]!