Chapter 1248

When one's momentum is cultivated to a certain degree,

it becomes far more useful than ordinary reconnaissance skills.

For instance,

the moment Li Yao entered the dungeon, he sensed that extraordinary malice,

as well as

the few creatures with decent strength lurking in the center of the hive.

"Two are quite powerful, likely reaching the upper-middle tier of True Name grade."

"There is another one, though it's hard to say regarding its strength,"

"but the energy within its body is incredibly astonishing."

It gives him a feeling very similar to Xiao Bai.

Li Yao walked through the passage and stopped before a wall.

"Clang!"

The thin sword left its scabbard.

A flash of sword shadows swept past,

and several fine lines appeared on the wall before him, turning into stone blocks that collapsed with a crash.

The Brain-Eating Beehive is actually much like an ordinary beehive;

viewed as a whole, it is simply a larger sphere.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Since he had already sensed the target's presence, acting this way was naturally the most efficient!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

The sound of collapsing stone immediately drew the attention of dozens of Brain-Eating Bees,

which swarmed toward Li Yao in a flurry.

Ji Yuan and the others had not chosen this method of travel precisely to avoid such situations.

Another reason was that the walls were composed of a special substance;

while not absurdly hard,

traveling this way would consume a significant amount of mana.

Li Yao had no such worries.

Whether it was slicing through walls or cutting down these Brain-Eating Bees,

it was no different from slicing through tofu.

"Zing!"

A sword dance flashed by,

and the large group of Brain-Eating Bees before him instantly turned into countless chunks of meat.

【- (Critical Hit!)】

【- (Weak Point Attack / Critical Hit!)】

【- (Critical Hit!)】

The damage was not high;

Li Yao currently had no additional status buffs on him,

relying entirely on his own base strength attribute.

Theoretically, he should not have been able to one-shot these monsters,

but reality is not a game.

As a Master-grade divine weapon, the sharpness of 【Spider Kiss】 far exceeded common sense.

Even True Name grade or Overlord grade monsters could not withstand the slashes of 【Spider Kiss】 with their physical bodies, let alone these elite monsters.

Grandmaster-grade sword technique allowed every one of Li Yao's strikes to land on vital joints.

Combining the two, achieving a critical hit effect was naturally as simple as drinking water.

Just like that,

Li Yao strolled leisurely, venturing deeper along the way.

The number of Brain-Eating Bees had dwindled significantly, and he hadn't seen many scouts or Bull Brain-Eating Bees.

The Azure Bird's skills were still being released,

and the anomaly at the cave entrance had drawn all the Brain-Eating Bees with autonomous consciousness toward that location.

Only ordinary Brain-Eating Bees remained, wandering the hive passages.

The brooch on Li Yao's chest

projected everything happening here onto the screens in the outside world.

After Zhang Yucheng and the others emerged, they stood beside the temporary tactical base.

Seeing the scene of Li Yao's progression,

the corners of their eyes twitched involuntarily.

"Looking at it this way, it makes us seem so weak," Hong Ling couldn't help but sigh.

Ji Yuan looked puzzled. "This damage is clearly normal; why is every hit a critical hit?"

Zhang Yucheng glanced at him, reached up to rub the back of his head, and the temperature on his face rose slightly.

Lin Lao smiled and clarified, "That is because Li Yao's sword technique has already reached the Grandmaster grade."

"His speed far exceeds that of the Brain-Eating Bees. It's like fighting a human—if I cut your head off with one sword, can you still live?"

"Grandmaster grade?" Ji Yuan had never heard of this level.

His own weapon technique had only just reached High-grade Level 7.

He turned to look at Zhang Yucheng. "Is this technique very high? Isn't the grade above High-grade called Master? What about you? What level are you?"

Zhang Yucheng's face turned visibly crimson.

"Grandmaster is above Master."

"Oh." Ji Yuan nodded. It was normal for Li Yao's technique to be high,

but he didn't know the specific concept of this level.

He had sparred with Zhang Yucheng many times,

and in non-lethal duels, he was often suppressed by the other's weapon technique.

Zhang Yucheng's father was the Sword Chief of the Dragon Nation;

he possessed the highest sword technique in the entire Dragon Nation.

Zhang Yucheng was known as the Little Sword Chief, so he shouldn't be too weak, right?

"You still haven't answered my question."

Zhang Yucheng: "..."

Hunting Xi Xia couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Ji Yuan, stop asking. If you keep asking, Zhang Yucheng will really turn red!"

Lin Lao also chuckled lightly:

"Yucheng's sword technique is quite good—Master Level 3."

"Weapon technique cannot be improved by items or skill books; it can only be practiced by oneself."

"Therefore, weapon technique is generally positively correlated with age."

"To reach Master Level 3 at his age, let alone the Dragon Nation, you wouldn't find a second person globally."

Hearing this, Wei Hai, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but speak up: "Isn't Grandmaster above Master?"

"Uh..." Lin Lao was at a loss for words. "Li Yao doesn't count."

Zhang Yucheng nodded in deep agreement.

Ji Yuan also spoke up: "Master Level 3, only seven levels away from Grandmaster. It's fine, if you're weak, just practice more."