Chapter 268

Li Yao couldn't watch anymore and added a barrier to the Tiger Armor.

This guy...

If you let it play freely,

it just goes head-to-head with its opponent like this?

This shot—

the Tiger Armor could tank it,

but when dealing with a Lord-tier monster, it hadn't reached the point where it needed to get hurt, right?

Two damage values lit up at the same time.

The Tiger Armor took 30%,

while the mech took its own shot solidly.

Seeing this,

the Tiger Armor seemed to feel that the enemy in front of it had no combat value at all.

It pulled out its right arm.

【Queen's Wrath】's rage was already fully charged.

Its right arm was as fast as an afterimage, making a thunderous sonic boom.

With a "Bang," it smashed into the mech's head.

Like a hot knife through butter, the entire head was directly blown away!

【-... (Weakness Attack/Fatal Attack)】

【Cross-level kill of a Lord-tier creature, Akasia frontline heavy cavalry, EXP +3%】

【Wild Devour: When on the surface, Tiger Armor attacks a target to deal 350% physical damage. When at full rage, attack damage is doubled. Cooldown: 15 seconds】

This is Tiger Armor's only offensive skill.

The damage at full rage is extremely high.

It is not surprising to deal such damage.

The key is,

how did it trigger a critical hit?

Li Yao was still preparing to let the Devourer take a bite.

Over these past ten-plus days,

Li Yao has been having the Devourer use 【Evolutionary Devour】 as much as possible.

Its HP has already stacked to 2. million, infinitely close to the level of a Named-tier monster of the same rank!

"What a pity, wasted 100, 00 HP."

Li Yao sighed.

At the same time, he also knew

how ferocious Tiger Armor is when facing enemies.

Every punch locks onto a vital point!

It even

doesn't care at all about its own injuries.

As long as it returns the favor to the enemy twofold, that's enough!

Its advanced techniques make this fighting style even more handy.

Of course,

this personality is not a flaw.

Instead, it allows it to unleash even greater combat power.

As long as one reminds it in advance

not to forget to leave a bite for the Devourer.

The mecha shattered.

A loot chest hovered in the air.

Shang Shang Yana reminded him: "Student Li Yao, you can take a look at its core; that thing is quite valuable!"

Li Yao nodded.

Tiger Armor walked forward and dug a claw into the center of the mecha.

It retrieved a diamond-shaped crystal still wreathed in electric currents.

【Frontline Heavy Cavalry Core (Leader Material)】

【Refining Requirements: Level 35, Alchemy LV8, Forging LV6, Spirit Melting LV3】

【Description: The tactical core of heavy cavalry from the Akasia war front. Contains pure source energy. Has a chance to drop from Abyss Fortress (Purgatory-tier) and Hanging City (Master-tier).】

"What can this thing be used for?" Li Yao tossed the crystal in his hand.

"It can be used as a core material for refining staves, or for refining certain puppets or mechanical tools."

"The market price is between 4, 00 and 6, 00 points."

Before Shang Shang Yana could finish speaking,

a student spoke up.

Li Yao looked at him.

That student smiled sheepishly: "Captain Li Yao, there was a misunderstanding earlier; that wasn't the intention of all of us."

"Please don't take it to heart."

Li Yao didn't even glance at him.

He put the core into his storage ring.

At the same time, he opened the loot chest.

Inside were two pieces of equipment:

a large heavy sword and a suit of armor for warrior-class professions.

Both were Platinum-tier equipment.

Li Yao put them into his storage ring.

He wasn't short on points for now.

He needed to save some high-quality equipment to exchange for Spirit-Calling Stones.

If it were before,

if these students saw equipment they needed,

Li Yao wouldn't have minded selling it to them.

But now,

Li Yao didn't want to do that.

The heavy sword and warrior armor

were equipment with a very wide audience.

Quite a few students were extremely tempted,

but remembering what happened just now,

they were sensible enough not to speak up.

At the same time, they felt a slight sense of regret in their hearts.

Such a powerful Lord-tier monster,

and Captain Li Yao dealt with it in a few moves.

Even if it were a hidden BOSS,

it wouldn't have been without a chance!

What if they could have actually defeated it? Wouldn't they have missed out on a huge benefit?

Defeating a hidden BOSS,

even if their contribution was zero,

the clear-out chest would still be upgraded by one grade.

Watching Li Yao jump into the fourth floor,

everyone had no choice but to cast that thought to the back of their minds.

They still had to find a way to soften Captain Li Yao's opinion of them.

Up until now, many people had seen golden light flash on their bodies.

Such efficient leveling speed,

only Li Yao's team has it!

Everyone arrived at the fourth floor.

The Dark-Wing Black Dragon left on the third floor began to wreak havoc again.

That strange feeling became more and more obvious.

Li Yao could conclude:

as long as they kept destroying the dungeon,

the hidden BOSS would inevitably appear!

Since he was certain,

there was no need to continue destroying things for now.

Li Yao wasn't in a rush for this moment.

Next time, after informing the students in advance,

he would summon the hidden BOSS again.

The monsters encountered on the fourth floor

were spider-shaped mechanical creatures mounted with cannons.

There were quite a few of them,

nearly three hundred.

Every time they appeared, dozens would surround the professionals.

Their main attack method was firing rays from their cannons.

The difficult part was that

when their HP dropped to 10%, they would approach the nearest enemy unit at extreme speed,

lock onto the enemy with their eight legs, and then initiate a self-destruct sequence.

This was extremely troublesome!

If not for the Devourer,

even Li Yao

would only be able to deal with them one by one,

and the clear time would be dragged out very long!

"Boom!"

As always,

the fourth floor turned into a fiery hell.

Kha'Zix began to harvest.

The fifth floor,

which was also the most difficult floor before the final BOSS.

The room was not large.

As soon as they entered,

they smelled the pungent odor of disinfectant.

This place was a laboratory.

Dark green lights flickered on and off.

Twenty pillar-shaped biological containers

held sleeping monsters of various forms.

Each one was Leader-tier.

Even according to the strategy,

using ice elements to freeze the liquid in the containers,

one would still have to face at least five Leader-tier monsters at once.

Most strategy teams got stuck at this stage.

Li Yao didn't need to go through such trouble.

With one blast of dragon breath,

all the containers shattered.

"Holy crap!"

"Captain Li Yao, you can't just fight like that!"

Immediately, a student exclaimed.

"It's over, it's over!"

"These are twenty Leaders! Let's run!"

"Run? Where can we run to?"

They hadn't seen Named-tier monsters,

only knowing that Named-tier were strong, but not how strong.

In their eyes,

Leader-tier monsters, which were hard to deal with even one at a time,

had appeared twenty at once!

They must be even more terrifying than the elusive Named-tier monsters!

For a moment, all the students felt the urge to retreat.

Some even ran directly toward the fourth floor.

Just as they were screaming in fear,

Shang Shang Yana reminded them leisurely:

"You can run,"

"but I hope you can shut up and not disturb Student Li Yao."

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Twenty terrifying monsters awakened.

Various roars and bellows intertwined and echoed!

Shang Shang Yana acted as if she hadn't heard them,

quietly watching the students,

her right hand resting lightly on her sword hilt.

"If you disturb Student Li Yao,"

"I think"

"I might not be able to help myself from attacking you."