Chapter 44

A smile curled at the corners of Li Yao’s mouth.

While they were talking just now, he hadn’t been doing nothing.

He had secretly ordered the Void Mantis to circle around that old bastard Yan Yan Xinghong several times.

This was also the reason for Wu Wu Yuanqu’s surprise.

Fortunately, not all high-level professionals would spend effort on reconnaissance skills.

Yan Yan Xinghong’s reconnaissance skills were inferior to Wu Wu Yuanqu’s and could not detect the existence of the Void Mantis.

Li Yao had also considered the possibility that the other party was putting on an act.

As long as he relied on the deceptive nature of the Chess Player talent to bait an attack on himself, he could create distance.

Afterward, by fleeing separately from the Void Mantis, he was confident he could escape this place.

And as long as he left,

he had already thought about how to deal with this Yan family.

Just as Li Yao was about to make a move,

Qin Qin Xuehou’s voice rang out.

“Li Yao, stop talking nonsense.”

“The noble families of the Dragon Kingdom are definitely not all parasites like the Yan family!”

“I, Qin Qin Xuehou, declare here:”

“As long as you can defeat Yan Yan Gaojie, that old bastard won’t be able to touch you at all!”

Yan Yan Gaojie had a guardian, and Qin Qin Xuehou had one too.

Making this statement now was just because he couldn’t stand the Yan family.

“Qin Qin Xuehou, you!”

Yan Yan Gaojie glared over, and Qin Qin Xuehou glared back without fear.

If it weren’t for the Qin family elder holding him back, he would have already slashed this little bastard!

Being mentioned in the same breath as him was a disgrace!

“Good, good, good!”

Yan Yan Gaojie laughed in anger.

“I want to see how you block me without your summoned beast!”

Yan Yan Gaojie’s first move was his only SS-grade skill.

An endless sea of fire wrapped around him, turning into a fire dragon that converged on his fist.

He crossed the wall of fire and blasted straight toward Li Yao.

In an instant,

the sea of fire mottled, and the entire earth was engulfed in red flames.

This was a full-force strike from a top-tier heaven-gifted of the Dragon Kingdom, an SS-grade Dragon Flame Venerable!

However,

“Boom!”

A powerful force struck his face; Li Yao’s feet sank into the ground, splashing up a large amount of gravel and dust, and the ground itself trembled.

“Isn’t that guy a Summoner? Why didn’t he call his summoned beast to block in front?”

In the distance, Shang Shang Zijin, who was hugging her chest, frowned and said in a low voice.

If there was even a sliver of a chance, she still hoped Li Yao could win.

After all, if Li Yao lost, the First Clear treasure chest would fall into Yan Yan Gaojie’s hands, and she would have no qualification to covet it at all.

Even Qin Qin Xuehou’s expression was somewhat ugly.

“With the strength to defeat a Lord-level creature, surely he wouldn’t be unable to break free from Yan Yan Gaojie’s [Flame Prison]?”

Shang Shang Zijin: “Perhaps we overestimated him; not all Purgatory-grade instances are that difficult.”

In the dust, Yan Yan Gaojie still maintained his punching posture.

“Too weak.”

“No matter how strong a Summoner is, they are just clowns who rely on their summoned beasts.”

??!!

The next second,

Yan Yan Gaojie’s pupils contracted violently.

Li Yao’s figure gradually appeared in the firelight.

An unknown energy blocked Yan Yan Gaojie’s fist; his body was slightly bent, and his feet were sunk into the ground.

Other than that, he was completely unharmed.

Shackles?

No!

Yan Yan Gaojie looked at the scene before him in disbelief.

Even if it were Shackles, and even if he had extraordinary stamina, there should still be damage!

Even if it were forced damage!

Where was the damage value?!

“Zheng!”

Not giving Yan Yan Gaojie time to think,

the White Jade Bone Blade was unsheathed.

Swish!

A clean and decisive slash; the mantis phantom dyed the blade purple-black.

[-0]

[-0 (Poison)]

“Holy shit!”

Yan Yan Gaojie looked at the damage prompt on his panel and felt his soul leave his body!

His Flame Sun Burning Shield had lost more than half its durability from this one strike!

Not yet Second-Turn, and the damage value exceeded ten thousand?!

You’re telling me you’re a Summoner?

Li Yao looked at the damage value appearing on the other party, his expression unchanged.

He had never doubted his own strength; if the damage caused was zero, it could only be the other party’s reason.

One could only say he was worthy of being an SS-grade professional.

He actually had shield-type skills.

“Void Mantis.”

Yan Yan Gaojie had long been prepared for Li Yao’s summoned beast.

The moment the Void Mantis appeared, he turned and threw a punch, while simultaneously using a displacement skill to create distance.

Two damage values appeared simultaneously above the heads of Yan Yan Gaojie and the Void Mantis.

[-0]

[-1054]

The Void Mantis only landed the Shadow-Breaking Strike; the second move, Taste of Fear, was dodged by the other party’s displacement skill.

Yan Yan Gaojie’s skill intensity and combat literacy were far beyond the likes of Yang Yang Junfei.

Li Yao slashed open the wall of fire surrounding him.

Since that was the case, he would take it a bit more seriously.

Li Yao put on a piece of equipment that had been gathering dust for a long time.

[Goblin’s Proof of Courage]

Under the [Shackles] state, his strength value was already enough to wear this equipment.

At the same time, he activated the equipment skill [Courage].

A faint red light suddenly appeared on Li Yao and the Void Mantis.

Their strength both broke through the three-thousand mark.

Although he had a hundred percent confidence in defeating Yan Yan Gaojie without this equipment,

he had already developed a killing intent and needed to kill Yan Yan Gaojie completely before that old bastard could react!

Looking at Li Yao in this state,

Yan Yan Gaojie’s entire back was soaked in cold sweat.

His figure retreated slowly, his brain spinning rapidly, frantically thinking of countermeasures.

That mantis’s strength value was also terrifyingly high.

The other party was definitely in the [Shackles] state!

As long as he dragged it out for 20 minutes...

No.

He must have activated this state in the Original Instance; as long as he dragged it out for a few minutes, or even the next second, it might end.

There’s a chance!

Don’t panic!

Yan Yan Gaojie secretly cheered himself on.

Yan Yan Gaojie didn’t even notice himself,

but the pressure Li Yao was putting on him now was even greater than that of Qin Qin Xuehou and the others.

And this was still with Li Yao’s summoning restricted.

Meanwhile,

Li Yao held his blade and charged forward, closing the distance.

“Dragon Flame Shield!”

Yan Yan Gaojie roared.

“Clang!”

A flash of fire blocked in front of him, making a crisp sound against Li Yao’s long blade.

[-2381]

Li Yao’s mouth curled into a smile.

Regardless of how much damage that shield blocked,

he only knew that the turtle shield was gone.

Yan Yan Gaojie threw a punch in retaliation.

Li Yao’s agility wasn’t high, so he couldn’t dodge.

To reduce the risk of exposing his Chess Player talent, he cast [Shelter] on himself.

[-0]

At the same time, his figure disappeared.

In the shadows, Li Yao and the Void Mantis converged, appearing simultaneously in front of and behind Yan Yan Gaojie.

Yan Yan Gaojie felt an unprecedented chill envelop him, yet he couldn’t find anyone.

Blade light flashed.

Li Yao didn’t hold back at all.

[-]

[-]

“Hiss!”

“How is this possible!”

Exclamations rang out from all directions.

Ten thousand damage; even a Third-Turn professional only had a chance to reach that when using core skills.

Since when could a Summoner who had only changed jobs a few days ago

casually deal such damage?

Yan Yan Xinghong was so shocked his liver and gallbladder were splitting.

He immediately prepared to dive over, but was blocked by two figures.

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Yan Yan Xinghong stared at the two with an ugly expression.

“Wu Wu Yuanqu! Do you intend to watch Yan Yan Gaojie die here?”

Hearing this, Wu Wu Yuanqu’s figure paused.

If it were just a sparring match, he would have blocked it.

But if Li Yao really killed Yan Yan Gaojie here,

then the person coming from the Yan family wouldn’t be this Yan Yan Xinghong.

Even he wouldn’t be able to protect Li Yao!

No.

On second thought, Wu Wu Yuanqu stood firmly in front of Yan Yan Xinghong again.

This kid’s strength was unprecedented; Yan Yan Gaojie was like a little chick in front of him.

If he killed him, he killed him.

If the Yan family dared to touch a hair on his head, those people above would be the first to disagree; when would he ever need to block them?

“Let the juniors handle their own affairs; is it appropriate for us old guys to participate?”

“You motherf—!”

Two terrifying damage instances caused fatal destruction to Yan Yan Gaojie’s body.

The long blade sliced directly from his shoulder to his waist.

The Void Mantis even chopped off Yan Yan Gaojie’s right arm.

The intense pain caused Yan Yan Gaojie to pass out.

“Not dead?”

Looking at the sliver of health remaining on the other party’s head,

forty thousand damage hadn’t been enough to kill him.

Li Yao didn’t believe Yan Yan Gaojie’s stamina could reach eight hundred.

As expected of a noble family descendant, their life-saving methods were endless.

Almost without hesitation,

he pulled the long blade from Yan Yan Gaojie’s body and stabbed it straight toward his brow.

“Animal! You dare!”

Yan Yan Xinghong’s voice came, but Li Yao remained unmoved.

He could only speak, so it seemed that the old man had blocked him.

“Pfft.”

The long blade sank into his brow.

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Yan Yan Gaojie’s life force dissipated completely.

Li Yao hadn’t used any skills for this strike, so he could deduce that Yan Yan Gaojie’s stamina was around five hundred.

“Truly terrifyingly strong.”

Li Yao muttered, bending down to strip the equipment off Yan Yan Gaojie.

Being able to have five hundred stamina at level twenty-something, it must all be Platinum-grade equipment.

Just then, a gust of wind swept by.

Li Yao only managed to get Yan Yan Gaojie’s weapon before the body disappeared.

Meanwhile,

Yan Yan Xinghong’s furious voice rang in Li Yao’s ears.

“Animal, you remember this.”

“The Jingcheng Yan family has their eyes on you!”