Roger and the other count fought back and forth. It was obvious that the count's level was slightly higher than Roger's, but Roger had the advantage of being young and strong and not injured.
The swords and knives clashed hundreds of times in a short period of time. Roger always had the upper hand, but he could not end the battle. The Count was a very experienced warrior. He was always able to save the situation with some life-threatening moves at the most dangerous moment.
Xiao Chen put away the Thorn of the Soul again. Although the spell released by this holy weapon was difficult to resist, the casting speed was greatly slowed down. For the extremely agile Earl, Xiao Chen would not have any chance to aim properly.
Xiao Chen then released the Spirit Whip magic. The silver whips were as agile as snakes, avoiding Roger's body and whipping the Earl again and again.
Although the fighting spirit in the Earl offset most of the effect of the Whip of the Spirit, some of the power still affected him. As the whip hit him again and again, his movements began to become sluggish.
The Count had been accumulating strength for a long time before swinging his sword horizontally. His fighting spirit burst out like a tornado, and the air current swept up the sand and stones that fell from the wall, forcing Roger back a few steps. The Count took advantage of the situation and quickly retreated, trying to escape from the other side. Unexpectedly, a black and purple beam of light passed through the smoke and fire and hit him. There was a very cold and strange power in that beam of light. Both his fighting spirit and the strength in his body muscles began to melt like ice and snow meeting the sun.
The count dodged instinctively, but the beam of light stuck to him like a chain, as if there was a monster hidden in the smoke, with its tongue wrapped around its prey, ready to rush out and devour his body at any moment.
How could Xiao Chen miss this opportunity? Several more mental whips wrapped around Earl Green, constantly dealing damage to his soul.
The double blow of mental and physical damage made the Count start to stagger. His speed dropped again and again, and he could no longer fight with Roger like before. The Count used all his strength to chop the light whips with the long sword infused with fighting spirit, but as many whips were cut off, new ones would come to attack him. Xiao Chen's huge mental power showed extremely terrifying power at this time, and it could last much longer than the opponent's fighting spirit.
At this time, three people and a rabbit came out of the smoke and blocked the Count's way at the entrance. They were three mages, one male and two female. The male mage, who was dusty and coughing with his hands covering his mouth, was Ordas, while the other two female mages were not dusty at all, as if the flames and smoke in the room had no effect on them. The black line shot out from the hand of the blonde female mage in the lead was like a shadow following the Count, and the killer rabbit in front was following her.
"Ha, Ordaz!" Baron Green staggered, and he held on to the wall with his hands to stay standing. However, there was not much anger on his face at this time, only mockery, "I have long known that people who don't fight with swords are cowards in their bones. You are like this, and so is Arus."
Ordaz looked a little annoyed. He stared at Earl Green and said, "Surrender. This is your last chance. Lord Xiao Chen said that you are different from that guy Arus. He always generously gives people who make mistakes for the first time a chance to regret."
Earl Green did not answer, but raised the long sword in his hand and tapped the ground three times with the tip of the sword, which meant insult and contempt in battle.
Ordaz was so angry that he threw a fireball at him. Although Earl Green smashed the fireball with a single blow, the little remaining strength prevented him from dispelling all the flames, and a trace of the flame singed his hair on his forehead.
Still use the knife to poke three points on the ground.
Ordaz threw fireballs at him again and again. The count's strength was getting weaker and weaker. He struggled to chop the fireballs away, but the remaining flames became more and more. Those flames began to burn his armor, clothes, hair, and eyebrows. He became like a torch in the wind. Although he kept using his fighting spirit to extinguish the flames, there were always flames floating around his body.
After all, Ordaz was one level lower than his opponent. He fired six or seven fireballs in a row, but still failed to defeat Earl Green. Roger said, "Sir, he will not surrender. Let me finish him off. A true warrior should have a clean and neat ending, not die in such torture."
"Go." Xiao Chen said in a deep voice, but he did not release the mental whip in his hand, and Elena's weakness ray did not stop, continuing to make Earl Green unable to resist.
Roger stepped forward with the sword in hand, and Ordaz quickly stepped aside. Roger raised the Thunderscar Sword, concentrating his spirit, will, and strength into this final blow.
Green held the long knife horizontally, pointed at the long whip that he could not touch but caused him great pain, and said: "Is this the sense of honor of you Chinese? You don't even have the courage to fight a fair battle, it's ridiculous."
"I never intended to give you any fairness. At our level, is there any point in playing such a trick? I am not a fool who has been brainwashed by the spirit of chivalry. I will not let my companions take risks for the sake of honor. Honor comes from the courage to sacrifice in dangerous situations, not from stupid suicide. On the contrary, I think that you have tarnished your honor of dying by saying such things." The mental whip on Xiao Chen's fingertips burst out with the strongest power, and in an instant, Green could hardly stand up straight, "Roger, finish him off."
Roger did not hesitate at all. While the other party was unable to fight back, he flew forward and pierced Earl Green's heart with a sword.
The Earl dropped his long sword, held the sword stuck in his chest with both hands and slowly fell down, muttering: "This is just the beginning, everything is not over yet."
Roger drew out his Thunderscar Sword and said, "It seems he is very unwilling to give up."
"There has never been a willing loser. However, he is right, everything is not over yet." Xiao Chen stared at the count's body and said, "It's just that we will be the winners."
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Xiao released a fireball into the sky from the window.
Then he walked out of the house from another side door and quietly watched the guards frantically saving people and putting out the fire. Xiao Chen said to Roger, "It depends on Evelyn and the mercenaries over there. We will stay here to control this Baron's Mansion."
"Sir, don't you need to support them? If we join the battle, there might be less resistance."
"No, we have eliminated the main officers and strong men. The difficulty of Evelyn's operation has been reduced to the lowest level. They should learn how to fight on their own. This is a good opportunity for them to prove themselves before joining us. It depends on whether they can grasp it."
"Xiao Chen, I think you have changed a little after the battle with the Super Saint." Elena said suddenly.
"Is it getting better or worse?" Xiao Chen asked back.
“I, I don’t know. I seem to be more decisive, but also... more cruel.” Perhaps Elaina felt that the wording was a little inappropriate, and explained, “Maybe you do this just to survive.”
"Maybe it's not just about survival." Xiao Chen turned around and looked into her eyes. Elena seemed to sense the complex emotions in his eyes for a moment, but she vaguely felt that something was still there.