35th floor of Ian Grant.

Lost in the Forest.

Snow.

The world is lonely, covered in silver, and every falling snowflake presents the most perfect hexagonal ice crystal.

Such a beautiful scenery is absolutely rare in reality, but no one appreciates it at this time.

Because of Asuna's words, the entire forest fell into a dead silence.

Many players can't help but pluck their ears.

They thought they were having auditory hallucinations.

The reason why they showed such an unbelievable look was because the statements of the three of them were really incomprehensible.

Yes, Xia Qianshi's killing of the Tooth King is indeed a very bad thing, but this is not incomprehensible.

Although many players are afraid of Xia Qianshi because of this, in their hearts, they still regard him as a respectable person.

Later, Xia Qianshi joined the Smile Coffin, which made him even more infamous, but because there was never news that he attacked ordinary players, players did not regard him as the kind of heinous criminal.

Fear Him, and at the same time respect Him.

Alienate him, but not exclude him.

This is probably the attitude of ordinary players towards Xia Qianshi.

Ordinary players are still like this, Asuna and the others, as Xia Qianshi's relatives and friends, should be closer to him, right?

Klein looked at Kirito with a blank expression, then at Xia Qianshi, and then grabbed his hair vigorously.

What the hell is going on?

He and Kirito are very good friends, every time the two chat, Kirito will unconsciously lead the topic to Xia Qianshi, and the respectful demeanor between the words is definitely impossible to disguise.

Kirito is not a person who is good at acting.

Why, then, would he now draw his sword against someone he respects?

"Hah...... Ahaha!! ”

The first to break the silence was neither Xia Qianshi nor Asuna, but Linde, the leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance.

As if he had found something to rely on, he laughed when he regained his frenzy again, and stretched out his hand to point at Xia Qianshi-

"Fallen into a criminal, do you think you're still the hero you once were? Now you are just a street rat that everyone rejects! ”

He looked at Asuna and Xing, with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression: "As the so-called evil demon alien is punished by everyone, President Xing, and Captain Asuna, I think we might as well join forces and drive this degenerate away first, and then discuss the distribution of props, how about it?" ”

Hearing this, Asuna and Yuki looked at Linde like fools, their small mouths squirmed slightly, and they spit out a word viciously.

“…… Get lost!! ”

Caught off guard, Linde was stunned by the scolding.

A grievance in my heart for no reason, I'm helping you, why are you scolding me?

However, thinking that his own side alone was not Xia Qianshi's opponent, he still tried to explain: "His strength is not as simple as you think, I think we are still ......"

“…… Why are you still here? ”

A sudden voice interrupted Linde's words, and he subconsciously turned his head following the sound, and the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened!

The blood-red glow condensed on the black, one-handed straight sword, extending upwards from the hilt until it was twice as long as the blade.

The light, including the sword body, was four meters long, and the combined form was like a blood-red giant sword, and Xia Qianshi, who was holding this giant sword, was bathed in this blood-colored light, and his expression was indescribably cold and terrifying!

“…… I remember what I should have said, let you go!! ”

The giant sword is swinging fiercely!

"Boom ————!!"

The domineering sword skills stirred up snowflakes in the sky, and the loud sound made Asuna frown fiercely, and when the snowflakes dispersed, I saw all the members of the Holy Dragon Alliance staggering to the ground.

The sword skills didn't hit them directly, but just the aftermath of the concussion made them unsteady on their feet!

"Plop!"

Linde's knees weakened, his eyes fell to the ground blankly, and in front of him, a deep mark was cut on the ground that was four meters long!

He had never felt that death was so close to him!

Bearing the one-handed straight sword that had dispersed the red light on his back, Xia Qianshi said lightly: "Get out, next time, my sword will not be crooked." ”

More than 30 people from the Holy Dragon Union fled in the wilderness!

Guilds located in the Lost Forest, there are still three left.

No one dared to speak first, everyone was immersed in the power of the sword just now, even Asuna and Yuki, their pupils flashed with horror.

It was a sword skill they had never seen before, but it was so powerful that it definitely surpassed any sword skill known so far!

Even Asuna wasn't sure if she would be able to take that sword and not die.

Only Kirito had a sudden look in his eyes.

This sword skill, he had seen before!

It was a memory from a year ago, this teenager who was obsessed with "SAO" had watched the promotional animation of "SAO" over and over again, so he also remembered the shocking sword wielded by a top-level one-handed straight sword in the promotional animation.

The sword technique is called Magic Sword Erosion, which belongs to the one-handed straight sword sword skill, and the top-level sword skill is the ultimate skill that can only be qualified to be learned after the proficiency reaches 950 or more......

The only thing that he couldn't understand was.

He specializes in one-handed straight swords, but his proficiency is still in his early 900s.

Xia Qianshi's one-handed straight sword proficiency reached 950, and presumably the proficiency of the knife was not low......

What kind of battles did he go through to improve his skill proficiency to this point?

"Hoo ————"

The cold wind swept in, and the moon of osmanthus in the game corresponds to December in reality, with a cold wind howling and freezing ground.

It's Christmas Eve, and in a few minutes, it's Christmas.

According to the information given by the NPC, at the turn of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, that is, at 24 o'clock on December 24 and 0:00 on December 25, the apostate Nicolas will appear under the giant fir tree.

"Gaga...... Squeak......"

With a tooth-aching sound, the snow slipped from the branches and fell on Xia Qianshi's shoulders, making him feel a little chill in his heart.

Turning around, he faced the remaining three guilds in a single posture—

It is said that there are three guilds, but Asuna and Yuki are the leaders of the guild, and the rest of the Wind and Fire Forest Mountain is also based on Kirito's opinion.

Therefore, because of the same purpose, the three guilds have been united.

"I don't care about the other treasures that the boss bursts out, I can give them all to you, but I only have that resurrection prop, I have to get it."

He took a deep breath: "You know, I didn't use the resurrection prop for my own use...... Tilberu, you should want to resurrect him too, right? So, I really don't know why you're standing in front of me. ”

"That's why we're going to stop you."

Asuna said something like that.

Taking a deep breath, she was about to continue speaking, but at this moment————

"Jingle bell—"

In the silent and lonely sky, there was a sudden strange ringing of bells.

"Jingle bell—"

Everyone looked up, and a giant monster came out of the air under the pull of an elk sleigh.