Baldr's spell was broken, resulting in a significant decrease in his divine protection, but the divinity of his divine body was not affected.
Under normal circumstances, the extremely sharp Xuanyuan Sword cannot exert its maximum effect on Balder. It seems to have caused him a lot of wounds, but in fact they are not fatal.
Although his self-healing ability is far less than before, Lu Xiao can still notice that the scars on Badr's body are slowly healing.
'We must create an opportunity to kill with one strike. It is not good for me to remain in a stalemate like this.'
Lu Xiao is still unable to fully understand the special attributes that only gods possess: divine personality, divinity and divine power. Judging from the form of expression, even if Baldr's battery life is greatly weakened, it is still considerable.
Compared with the previous use of the Immortal Slash as the main weapon, holding the Xuanyuan Sword in one hand freed Lu Xiao's left hand. Lu Xiao's left hand could move freely without the need for shield protection.
In view of this, when he was practicing in the Marvel world, he specially conducted targeted exercises on one-handed spellcasting.
Badr, who has started to learn to defend, is more difficult to deal with than before, but from another perspective, his offensive aggressiveness is weaker than when he is attacking but not defensive, giving Lu Xiao more room for maneuver in close combat.
'Let's take a gamble.'
"Wind and thunder!"
With the blessing of explosive spells that do not require chanting or casting spells, Lu Xiao's movement speed and attack power have been significantly improved.
Of course, this outbreak has time limits and side effects.
After ending the effect of Thunderbolt, the user will be weak for a period of time. Lu Xiao must defeat Badr before the duration ends, otherwise the situation will be reversed.
"Crack!"
Balder, who raised his hand to block the edge of Xuanyuan Sword, immediately noticed something was wrong. The opponent's attack power suddenly became stronger for some reason, and the depth of the cut into his arm was significantly increased than before.
Before Badr could clear his mind, Lu Xiao had already changed his position and appeared behind him.
The golden sword that was aimed straight at the back of the heart did not completely hit the target. Balder ducked sideways at the critical moment, and the sword edge cut a long and ferocious wound against his back.
Lu Xiao originally didn't expect to be able to defeat the enemy with one blow. While drawing out the sword, his left hand changed the handprints, and his left foot suddenly exerted force when it landed on the ground.
"rise!"
Under the control of the alchemy technique, the soil on the ground turned into strong chains, temporarily binding Badr's hands and feet.
At the same time, Lu Xiao concentrated the power of space to create a spatial singularity at the connection between Balder's left arm and shoulder, which had weak divine protection.
This process was very difficult. Badr sensed something was wrong the moment the singularity appeared, and struggled desperately to get rid of Lu Xiao's shackles.
When Lu Xiao passed by Baldur with the help of forward momentum, Lu Xiao returned and swung the sword horizontally while maintaining the spell, and the sword pointed directly at the vital part of Baldur's neck.
Not everyone can use both distraction and distraction like Lu Xiao. In order to save his life from Lu Xiao's suddenly intensified attack, Badr paused his struggle and leaned back as much as possible to avoid this round of fatally threatening attacks.
There is a saying that goes, "Look at the head but not the bottom." Badr did escape the immediate threat, but the double attack launched by Lu Xiao was not over yet.
The suddenly strengthened space suction force caused Baldur to scream in agony, and his left shoulder was forcibly torn without any direct physical damage.
Not caring about dodging the spray of divine blood, after breaking off Badr's arm, Lu Xiao calmly continued the pursuit.
After adjusting his posture, he kicked off the ground again and teleported. Baader, who was immersed in the pain of his broken arm, tried his best to escape, but the remaining part of his torso was still tightly bound by the shackles made of alchemy.
"Farewell, God of Light."
With the blessing of gale and thunder, the Xuanyuan Sword stabbed into Badr's left chest from the front with the help of Lu Xiao's acceleration.
The broken-armed Baldur was shackled in place and unable to move, and his divine core (heart) was completely pierced by the Xuanyuan Sword.
Feeling the rapid passage of life force, Badr showed no unwillingness or nostalgia, and his face was full of relief that he was about to be freed.
"The fragrance of the earth, the fresh air, it turns out... this world is so... charming."
Taking his last breath with a smile on his lips, Baldr remained standing and closed his eyes.
"call……"
After taking the initiative to cancel the Thunderous Wind, Lu Xiao felt exhausted both in his soul and body. This feeling was something he had not seen for a long time.
After inserting the beacon into Badr's body, which was still warm, Lu Xiao watched the progress of the dial nervously.
"...are you kidding me?"
I don’t know if Freya’s spell was broken, which caused a certain loss of Baldr’s divine power. The divine power dial finally stayed at the embarrassing number of 98%.
"By the way, there are arms."
Quickly pulling out the beacon from Badr's chest, Lu Xiao held on to her last glimmer of hope and inserted it into Badr's torn off left arm.
"99%..."
Lu Xiao sat down against the big tree speechlessly: "...System, you must have calculated it in advance, right?"
This question was not answered, and the system chose to remain silent.
"Gan! Where should I find the remaining 1%? I won't kill Freya as well, right?"
Kratos and Atreus are also a choice, but everyone knows that they will not let something of unknown origin absorb their power.
Although Kui Ye is not in the best condition now, considering his terrifying record at his peak, Lu Xiao would rather offend Odin than offend this god of death.
"Bang~bang~bang!"
Several muffled sounds were heard outside the mirror space. When Lu Xiaoqiang stood up with his weak body, the mirror space that should have been invisible to people was broken from the outside.
The battle between Lu Xiao and Badr lasted for a long time. Freya persevered in tracking the coordinates of multiple transfers, and finally found the final battleground.
After Somur's huge body smashed open the mirror space, Freya saw Badr with his heart pierced at a glance.
"No!!"
Lu Xiao had long been mentally prepared. Killing Baldur would definitely make him Freya's must-kill target.
But in Freya's current state, even if she wanted to tear Lu Xiao into pieces with her teeth on the spot, it would be useless.
Odin's curse is still in effect and she cannot harm others in any way.
Freya cast a spell to free Baldur from his restraints, and checked his condition in panic, but in the end all she gained was despair.
After being stunned for a moment, Freya, who had always exuded a gentle aura, underwent obvious changes.
She turned her head and glared at Lu Xiao with resentful eyes, and swore the most vicious oath she could think of.
"I swear, I will let all the pain and disaster you can imagine befall you."
"I will drag your cold and broken corpse through every corner of the Nine Realms! Feed your filthy soul and body to the lowest ghouls in Helheim!"
Facing Freya's curse, Lu Xiao, who had been prepared for it for a long time, still had a calm mind.
"I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Just like Badr said, no matter what happens, you will never learn a lesson."
It's not that Lu Xiao didn't want to kill Freya on the spot, but now that he was in a weak state, whether he could kill Freya was still a question.
Even though Freya was affected by Odin's curse and couldn't hurt anyone, her superb magical attainments from the Warner gods were not limited. As long as she didn't hurt anyone, self-protection was absolutely enough.
Instead of wasting time here to attract Thor, Lu Xiao chose to hide in the dark for the time being and discuss the matter in the long term.
Lu Xiao maintained a strong posture on the surface, and in front of Freya, he endured his weakness and calmly opened the portal back to the Temple of Tire Bridge.
"Badr was killed by me. If you want to seek revenge, I will accompany you anytime."
Ever since she said the harsh words, Freya had been staring blankly at Balder's body, seemingly unaware of Lu Xiao's departure.
"Ugh!"
Just after returning to the bridge, the fatigue of holding on came over again, and Lu Xiao, who had always been steady, staggered a little.
"Crack!"
A seemingly weak arm supported Lu Xiao. The dizzy Lu Xiao only saw the other person's clothes and general outline of his body, and his heart suddenly relaxed.
"Go back to the secret room and hide, I need to rest for a while..."