Chapter 970: I Bought You a Drink Too! Let Me Warm Up First!

He heard the bland words mixed with a hint of sarcasm.

The smile that had just appeared vanished instantly.

Gulu~

The sound of drinking water rang out, cutting through the smoke, and Tiger saw the Lemon Tea Su Yang was holding.

At that moment, his complexion darkened instantly.

He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "You actually went out of your way to buy a drink?"

Why didn't you wait until next year?

Su Yang, hearing the voice, reacted, handed over a Lemon Tea and said, "I also bought one for you."

Half his body sank into the sand‑stone marsh, and Tiger had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent.

Seeing Su Yang's harmless expression and the Lemon Tea whose ice cubes hadn't fully melted, his mood suddenly improved a lot.

He stuck in a straw and took a sip; Tiger instantly donned a Pain Mask, "So sour~"

Su Yang gave a slight smile, turned toward the ten‑plus players, and asked, "What's the situation now?"

"I've handled half of it; the rest is a bit tricky, so I could use your help," Tiger said, his mouth complaining of sourness but still sucking forcefully.

He sucked so hard his Cheek sank in.

He looked determined to bully that drink to death.

Su Yang's gaze fell on the figure over three meters tall, covered in black fur, with a pair of horns on its head.

It wheezed, exhaling two streams of white smoke from its massive bovine snout.

"Kid, what hero‑saving‑beauty act are you playing? This place isn't where you belong!" the Minotaur buzzed, opening its mouth.

The voice was laced with intense murderous intent.

Soon the smoke cleared completely, and the two sides completed a formal meeting.

Everyone saw the newcomer go into battle lightly armed, one hand in a pocket, the other shaking the Lemon Tea.

He exuded a leisurely, relaxed demeanor.

At first glance, he didn't look like someone who came to provide serious support.

Rather, he seemed like a tourist.

The four people who had been blasted away by the Qi Wave all looked up toward the ceiling.

They saw the Barrier, as glass‑like as it was, suddenly split with a huge hole.

"Broken?!"

The player with the Barrier Innate Talent was horrified.

No one knew the strength of this shield better than he.

A Fourth‑Tier Player simply cannot break through.

Even a Five-level Gene Modification can hold out for a long time.

But how…

Was breached without any sign?

A startling possibility involuntarily surfaced in his Brain.

He blurted out, "Everyone be careful, the newcomer is not friendly, and is very powerful!"

The Minotaur, unwilling to be outdone, said, "A strong dragon never steps on a ground‑snake; no matter how capable he is, he must kneel before me!"

When those words left his mouth, everyone couldn't help but cast a strange look at it.

So bold.

Why haven't we seen you act?

The Minotaur stared ahead, his face unmoved and his heart steady.

This suddenly emerging person gave him a terribly frightening feeling.

A voice in his mind kept urging—

"Stay away from him."

Being one that always trusts intuition, it naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to give away a head.

There were over a dozen Gene Modification warriors of considerable strength here.

Getting the lay of the land wasn't something it could take on itself.

But the others thought the same.

The scene instantly fell into a death‑like silence.

The lesson from past failures lay before them.

Those who had been Petrified could not move, essentially dead.

Many didn't even have time to use their Innate Talent.

Such a bizarre Innate Talent must be guarded against.

"Hmm? What's going on?" Su Yang, seeing no one step forward to challenge, showed a puzzled expression.

He then cast an inquisitive look toward Tiger.

However, Tiger was equally clueless; wherever her gaze fell, people hurriedly avoided it.

She seemed very worried about stepping into the wake of those Unlucky Eggs.

"Probably intimidated by your domineering aura," Tiger concluded after much thought.

"Is that so?" Su Yang used the Hand Ring's selfie function to examine closely, nodding in satisfaction.

"But I haven't yet summoned my most ferocious state; later when I get angry and unleash my might, won't they be so frightened they even pee out two drops?"

Tiger couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter.

"What are you laughing at, don't you believe?" Su Yang raised his brow.

"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something funny." Tiger's complexion was a bit red, looking as if he had been stuck in a swamp too long and got stuffy.

"Like this…" Su Yang turned back, his gaze gradually turning cold.

A gust of fierce wind rose, whipping everyone's cheeks painfully.

Seeing Su Yang's aura steadily rising, a person gave a Reminder, "Watch out!"

The Minotaur dared not delay, its Muscle like a Spiral Knot suddenly swelled, let out a roar and fiercely hurled its greatsword!

"Swoosh—"

The greatsword spun through the air, its force so great that even the afterimage struggled to capture it clearly.

"Well timed!"

Su Yang laughed cheerfully, his left hand suddenly brushed his chest.

In an instant, rolling murderous aura enveloped his whole body.

"Clang!"

The greatsword pierced the Black Mist, as if hitting an air wall, and suddenly halted.

"What?" The Minotaur's face showed surprise.

"The force is good, just lacking a bit of finesse," Su Yang evaluated.

When the Black Mist completely vanished into the body, everyone saw clearly the Silhouette after Shapeshift.

They saw a pair of eyes like obsidian, coldly emitting Radiance.

The handsome, almost demonic face bore inscrutable blood-colored runes.

What a bizarre grin?

It feels like you're facing not a living person.

But a complete Monster!

"I'll warm up first."

He dropped a line, and without waiting for Tiger's response, Su Yang instantly vanished from the spot.

"Bang!"

The explosive roar carried a burst of violent Qi Wave, blowing Tiger's hair into a nonstop flutter.

The terrifying burst of power made the nearby excavator tremble.

The next moment, that familiar greatsword surged forward at an incredible speed.

"How dare you!"

How could the Minotaur not know Su Yang's intention?

He struck back using the same method.

This is blatant humiliation!

It gathered force, its waist and abdomen sank, its two thick legs shook the sandy ground, firmly rooting itself.

Like an immovable Wisdom King, it braved winds from all directions.

I too stand unshakably!

The greatsword was within arm's reach; the massive bull eye seized the moment and instantly raised its hand.

"Bang!"

The palm precisely clamped the blade, and the ferocious grin on its face, just revealed, suddenly stiffened.

The terrifying force traveled up the arm, spreading through the whole body.

What an absurd disparity of power?

As an Imprint Innate Talent holder, it can extract any advantage from a creature it has killed.

And it applies Amplification to itself by the corresponding multiple.

The Minotaur is the perfect template it selected.

None other.

In past battles it was always victorious; no one could match it.

Now it cannot even seize the sword?

"Ha!!"

The Minotaur's blue veins bulged, its face swelling with a bluish‑purple hue.

Its body kept retreating due to the greatsword's rotation, its legs tensed to the extreme from the exerted force.

Even faint signs of spasms appeared.

Yet it still did not choose to let go.

Not out of impulse, but because letting go now...

The greatsword will precisely cut toward its Brain.

Then it will inevitably be split in two, a dead end.

It cannot gamble.

It dares not gamble!