Chapter 170 Aoki VS Esdeath
Aoki smiled: "I've already explained, it was just a misunderstanding."
There was nothing to hide.
He had no ties in this world, the only person he was close to was Kurome.
He wasn't afraid of revealing his true identity.
Besides, with Honest dead, the empire would inevitably be in chaos.
At that time, it was uncertain whether they would even care about him.
Esdeath drew her longsword, her eyes excited: "That kind of thing is not important at all!"
"That's right."
Aoki stopped talking nonsense, his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of Honest.
"Today, even Esdeath can't protect you!"
Honest's face was calm and cold, and he took a step back.
Boom!
A huge ice wall rose up, blocking the two of them.
At the same time, countless ice spikes attacked from behind.
Behind Aoki, eight tube whips and bone whips composed of white bones emerged, turning into a sky full of whip shadows.
The ice wall and ice spikes shattered instantly, turning into countless tiny ice crystals, shimmering with a beautiful yet dangerous light under the lamplight.
Minister Ernest reappeared in his sight. Aoki's mind raced, and all eight whips lashed out simultaneously.
Just then, Esdeath silently appeared behind him.
*Whoosh!
* With a single strike, the whips snapped in two.
The bone whip flew out from another angle, its sharp point aimed at Esdeath's temple.
Aoki had left the bone whip behind specifically to counter Esdeath.
Solid ice condensed, forming a shield.
But against the bone whip, it only held for a moment before shattering.
"Your strength has increased, very good! Excellent!"
Esdeath's excitement intensified. With a flash of her longsword, the bone whip broke, and simultaneously, ice blades flew towards Aoki.
"Esdeath, you are indeed very strong!"
A slight ripple appeared in Aoki's eyes.
In this world, Esdeath's strength is overwhelmingly superior.
Najenda stated that to defeat Esdeath, one would need 50,000 elite troops, plus ten Imperial Arms users, including Akame.
Esdeath's power lies not only in her ice control abilities, but also in her unparalleled physique, impeccable skills, willpower, and mentality.
She is a well-rounded warrior!
Even more troublesome is the power within Esdeath that affects the effectiveness of "Transparent World."
In fact, this wasn't the first time he'd encountered this situation.
When facing Super Dangerous Beasts, he discovered he couldn't completely see through their bodies.
At the time, he thought it was due to their enormous size and vastly different physical structures compared to humans.
Now, it seems it's purely a matter of level advantage.
Super Dangerous Beasts possess three-star power, while the "King of the White Walkers" is only a two-and-a-half-star class, and the "White Walkers" are only two-star in quality.
He had long realized that class quality affects not only the level cap and free attribute points, but also skill effects.
For example, the Hunter class's "Blood Boiling" skill initially provided a significant boost to his strength, saving his life twice.
However, as his strength and attributes increased, the effect of "Blood Boiling" diminished.
After his attributes exceeded 20, it offered no further assistance.
Class-granted skills are merely abilities, not rules, and their effects are influenced by external factors.
Today's experience only reaffirmed this.
Skill effects not only change based on his strength but are also affected by the strength of his enemies.
It's foreseeable that not only "Transparent World," but also the regenerative abilities of demons and "Spatial Travel" may be affected in the future.
His current strength is far from sufficient to ensure his safety and obtain what he desires while constantly traversing worlds.
"That's why I need more and stronger extraordinary classes!"
Aoki muttered to himself, then his figure vanished abruptly, reappearing on the other side, nine whips lashing out at Esdeath simultaneously.
Esdeath wielded her longsword, weaving a net of swords, preventing any of the whips from getting even a fraction of a second closer.
Various ice-based attacks rained down on Aoki as if they were free.
Aoki fought back with his whips, "space travel," and his partially "transparent world."
Although he was at a disadvantage, his infinite regeneration ability prevented him from showing any signs of defeat.
The battle between the two suddenly became extremely intense.
*Snap!
* Esdeath snapped her fingers, and a mountain of ice fell.
Then, a whip flashed past.
The iceberg shattered instantly. Aoki
emerged unscathed.
"Not bad! Really not bad! Your strength is even greater than Bud's; you're the strongest I've ever encountered!" Esdeath exclaimed excitedly.
Ernest's expression, however, was somewhat grim.
Even Esdeath couldn't quickly subdue this assassin.
Stronger than Bud?
He didn't like that stubborn old man, but he didn't want to hear this news at all.
"Come on, let's continue our fight!"
Esdeath, with an excited smile, launched another attack on Aoki.
"That's enough for today!"
Aoki flashed and appeared beside Ernest, lashing out with his whip without hesitation.
He hadn't forgotten that he came to "ask for directions" from Ernest, not to fight Esdeath.
Although he had enough stamina to wear Esdeath down
, the number of enemies would increase, and killing Ernest would become increasingly difficult; time wasn't on his side.
Because of the wide-range ice attack, Ernest had to retreat, dozens of meters away from their battlefield.
By the time Esdeath realized this, it was too late.
Even if she was fast, she couldn't outrun an enemy's fist that was inches away.
"The timing was good, too bad."
Esdeath smiled slightly.
"Mahavairocana!"
An invisible force swept across, freezing the entire space-time instantly, and everyone's movements stopped.
Aoki's whip was less than ten centimeters from Ernest's head, but it couldn't go any further.
Esdeath calmly walked to Aoki's side and raised her longsword.
"This is a move I created specifically to deal with people who are good at escaping!"
Swish! Swish!
Swish! Aoki was torn to pieces.
The frozen space-time returned to normal.
Thump! Thump!
The shattered flesh fell all over the ground.
Ernest was stunned for a moment before he reacted and kicked a piece of flesh on the ground.
"Hahaha, you trash like you think you can kill me? General Esdeath, this time I'm so grateful to you, you..."
"Wait!"
Esdeath's expression suddenly changed slightly.
One after another, the whip blades pierced out from the pile of flesh, passing through Ernest's heart, head, and limbs.
Ernest's laughter stopped abruptly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
No, no, no!
How could he die here? How could he die at the hands of such trash?
He was the ruler of the Empire, how could he...
With intense resentment, the light in Ernest's eyes quickly faded.
(End of this chapter)