Chapter 26: Then Give It A Try

Zhou Huai saw this scene, his heart also tightened with a start.

This fellow's saber technique was not only fierce and tricky, but its speed could actually keep up with Yasuo's agile movements!

Far surpassing those small fry from before!

This was definitely the Bloodfiend Syndicate's trump-card high-end combat power!

That's right.

In a third- or fourth-rate guild, there always had to be a few ruthless characters capable of holding down the fort.

Zhao Tianqi licked his somewhat dry lips, a beast-like bloodthirsty glint flashing in his eyes.

"Come again!"

He let out a low roar, and his figure shot out explosively once more!

The saber light was like a waterfall, instantly enveloping Yasuo!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of clashing metal rang out endlessly, and sparks continuously splattered in the dim forest!

Under the AI's ultimate control, Yasuo's sword momentum was like the wind, making his defense airtight.

Every block or dodge was executed to absolute perfection.

However, under the opponent's violent power and continuous attacks, his figure was suppressed into retreating repeatedly!

Deep dents were trampled into the mud and fallen leaves beneath his feet.

The gap in attributes was clearly manifested at this moment!

Just at the moment when Zhao Tianqi's saber momentum was exhausted and his new strength had yet to be born!

A flash of data flowed through Yasuo's eyes!

A flaw!

He suddenly exerted force with his feet, his body twisting at an incredible angle!

The longsword in his hand was like a viper flicking its tongue, as fast as lightning!

It transformed into a fatal thunderbolt, piercing straight for Zhao Tianqi's vital heart!

This sword strike was tricky! Ruthless! The timing was seized to absolute perfection!

Zhao Tianqi's pupils shrank abruptly!

A chill instantly rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his crown!

The shadow of death shrouded his heart!

He desperately wanted to twist his body to dodge or block, but it was already beyond his capability!

At the nick of time!

"Impudent!"

A fierce shout rang out like a thunderclap on flat ground!

Zhao Tianming, not far away, moved!

It was as if he had been gathering momentum for a long time!

The silver spear in his hand awakened like a dormant flood dragon!

The spear thrust out like a dragon!

Fast!

Fast enough to tear the air apart and emit a piercing screech!

A flash of silver light!

Carrying the terrifying might of piercing through everything, it pierced with absolute precision toward Yasuo's side ribs exposed by his charge!

The angle was extremely tricky!

The timing was grasped with even more absolute precision!

At this time, Yasuo's old strength had gone, and his new strength had not yet been born!

His sword momentum was already out, and he could not change his move!

Facing this fatal sneak attack from another top expert, even AI control could not completely evade it!

Puchi!

The spear tip fiercely stabbed into Yasuo's ribs!

Blood splattered!

-528!

A crimson, glaringly huge damage number floated up from above Yasuo's head!

His health bar plummeted instantly!

Only a pathetic one-third remained!

Zhou Huai frowned sharply within his consciousness space.

His heart sank.

Such high attack power!

His own set of rare-quality equipment definitely crushed peers in defense attributes.

Yet he was still poked out of more than half his life by the opponent's single spear strike!

This person surnamed Zhao's level and attack attributes were probably frighteningly high!

"Retreat! Immediately break away from the battlefield!"

Zhou Huai gave the order without hesitation.

He absolutely could not fight head-on!

Taking advantage of the spear's impact force, Yasuo gritted his teeth against the intense pain and rolled backward along the momentum!

"Lightning Rush!"

Chila!

A flash of electricity!

His figure instantly widened the distance, and he turned around without hesitation, shooting into the dense dark jungle behind him like an arrow released from a bowstring!

After a few flickers, he disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"Big Brother! What do you mean by this?!"

Having escaped death by the skin of his teeth, Zhao Tianqi was still shaken, which was immediately followed by a wave of anger and embarrassment.

He shouted at Zhao Tianming: "I was dueling him just fine! I was about to take him down! What are you sticking your hand in for?!"

Zhao Tianming expressionlessly retracted his long spear and cast a cold glance at him.

"Idiot! This isn't a ring match!"

"Quickly finish the fight, take the money, and leave! You're wasting time!"

A trace of shock and doubt flashed in his eyes as he lowered his head to look at his spear tip.

"This brat… his armor is freakishly high!"

"He's clearly only Rank nine, yet after taking my full-strength spear strike, he actually didn't get one-shotted?"

He suddenly raised his head, looked in the direction where Yasuo disappeared, and said sternly: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and chase!"

"This brat is extremely fast; he's definitely an agility-specialized Professional!"

"If we let him run away, it'll be troublesome!"

Young Master Mo on the side also reacted at this moment, and hurriedly shouted into the communicator: "Jasmine! Keep your eyes locked on him for me! Don't let him run away!"

There was a trace of lingering fear on his face, but more of it was anger and greed after being provoked.

"Rest assured, he can't run away!"

The night grew deeper.

The jungle was like a giant beast choosing people to devour, opening its pitch-black mouth.

Yasuo's figure shuttled at high speed among the dense trees.

He completely disregarded the startled birds along the way and the red eyes of exotic beasts peering from the darkness.

The sound of the wind whistled past his ears.

He constantly changed directions, utilizing the complex terrain in an attempt to shake off the tracking.

After confirming that there was temporarily no Aura of pursuers, his speed slowed down slightly.

The Shadow Wind set's [Combat Withdrawal Health Regeneration] effect quietly triggered.

Wisps of vitality merged into his body.

The wounds were healing slowly.

His health bar recovered upward bit by bit.

In the end, it steadily stopped at full status.

Feeling the Clone's status, Zhou Huai felt slightly more at ease.

Those two opponents were both very strong in strength.

One-on-one, Yasuo could still manage to cope by relying on AI control and equipment advantages.

Once the two joined hands to form a pincer attack, Yasuo would have zero chance of winning!

The most urgent task was to raise his Rank!

As long as he rushed to Rank ten and comprehended new skills, his strength would inevitably skyrocket.

At that time, there would be a possibility of a reversal!

Just at this moment!

Urgent wind-breaking sounds and heavy footsteps, like maggots on tarsal bones, quickly approached from the rear-side once more!

Soon, Zhao Tianqi's figure, carrying irritation and excitement, appeared at the edge of Yasuo's vision.

"Hey! Buddy! Don't waste your effort!"

"You can't run away! Obediently resign yourself to fate!"

Zhao Tianqi's voice carried the banter of a cat playing with a mouse.

Zhou Huai's heart sank.

So fast?!

How is that possible?!

Could the opponent have planted a tracking mark on him?

"Lightning Rush!"

Without any hesitation, Yasuo once again transformed into a bolt of electric light, instantly widening the distance!

He rushed toward the deeper dense forest.

"Damn it! Are you a rabbit? Running so fast!"

Watching the electric light receding once more, Zhao Tianqi spat fiercely in anger, gritted his teeth, accelerated, and pursued fiercely.

"Let's see how long you can run!"

The chase was staged once more.

Deep in the dense forest, three figures moved at high speed like ghosts, entangling and separating.

Relying on the powerful mobility of his S-grade profession and the AI's precise judgment of the terrain, Yasuo could always narrowly escape before the encirclement closed in.

Several times, Zhao Tianqi's blade grazed right past Yasuo's back!

The fierce Saber Qi even split the air!

Zhao Tianming, like the most seasoned hunter, could always launch a fatal surprise attack from unexpected angles.

However, under the AI's super-strong pre-judgment, Yasuo could always make evasion moves at the limit!

Every single time, he made the fatal attacks miss!

Furious, Zhao Tianqi screamed in frustration, yet he could do nothing about it.

"Damn it! So slippery!"

"If I catch you again, I'll definitely chop you into minced meat!"

This ultimate tug-of-war of endurance and skill lasted a full five or six hours!

Chasing from dark until the sky was faintly bright!

Even though brothers Zhao Tianming and Zhao Tianqi had high Ranks and rich experience, their stamina was somewhat unable to hold up anymore.

Sweat soaked their clothes, and their breathing became heavy.

Leaning against a large tree, Zhao Tianqi gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, his chest heaving violently.

"Hoo… hoo… Big Brother… what is this brat… actually made of?"

"Running for a whole night… doesn't he need to catch his breath at all?"

Zhao Tianming also supported the tree trunk, calming his breath, his eyes similarly filled with shock and doubt.

"Freaky!"

The communicator rang, transmitting Young Master Mo's extremely impatient roar:

"What the fuck are you two doing?!"

"Five or six hours! You still can't even kill a single person?!"

"Trash! A bunch of trash! He's right at your northeast two-kilometer position! Immediately! Right now! Go slaughter him for me!"

"If you still can't handle it, the reward will be halved!"

Zhao Tianming's expression sank, and he directly cut off the communication.

A fierce Qi flashed in his eyes.

He looked at Zhao Tianqi, who also had an ugly expression, lowered his voice, and spoke quickly:

"We can't drag this out anymore! This brat is extremely freaky!"

"We'll split up! You continue to tail behind him and create pressure!"

"I'll take a detour and rush ahead of him to set an ambush!"

"You force him to my preset ambush point! With a pincer attack from front and back, let's see where else he can run!"

Zhao Tianqi's eyes lit up, his fatigue swept away, and he sneered: "Good! That's what we'll do! Let's see if he dies this time!"

The two brothers immediately split up and acted.

Zhao Tianming's figure flickered, silently sinking into the dense forest on the side, speeding away via a shortcut.

Zhao Tianqi slowed his pace, like the most patient viper, and carefully groped toward Yasuo's location following the positional guidance provided by Jasmine.

Soon, the target appeared in his field of vision.

However, the scene before him made Zhao Tianqi stunned for a second.

He saw that Yasuo was not frantically fleeing like a stray dog.

Instead… fighting?!

He was being besieged by several [Iron-Clawed Lynx] of not-low Rank!

Sword light flickered, and lightning arcs leaped!

Several lynxes wailed and fell under his sword continuously.

He was actually farming monsters to level up?!

"Huh?"

Zhao Tianqi almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

He rubbed his eyes and confirmed it was correct.

A sense of absurdity surged into his heart.

This fellow… has he gone mad?

Chased by two Professionals over level thirty for a whole night, with his life capable of being lost at any moment!

He actually still had the mind to leisurely farm monsters and upgrade here?!

Is his brain flooded with water, or is he overconfident?!

Confirming that the target was right before his eyes, Zhao Tianqi no longer hid.

He swaggered out from behind the tree where he was hiding.

His face carried heavy mockery and the smugness of holding victory in his grasp.

"Tsk tsk tsk, buddy, you really have big nerves!"

"Hunted down like a stray dog, and you still have the leisure to farm monsters here?"

"Should I say you're foolish? Or stupid?"

Yasuo happened to slash and kill the last lynx with one sword.

He slowly turned around.

A few drops of beast blood were stained on his face, but his gaze was terrifyingly calm.

He did not immediately turn and run away like the previous few times.

Instead, he sharply scanned the surrounding environment in a circle.

As if confirming something.

Only then did he cast his gaze back toward Zhao Tianqi, speaking indifferently:

"Just you alone?"

The voice was icy cold, without any emotion audible.

Zhao Tianqi was even more stunned by this calm counter-question.

Then he sneered, spinning his long saber into a blade flower with an extremely arrogant posture.

"To deal with a Rank-nine small fry like you, I alone am more than enough! Do I still need others?"

Yasuo nodded.

He raised his hand and slowly wiped away the beast blood stained on the longsword with his cuff.

His movements were unhurried.

As if doing something most ordinary.

The next second!

A sudden change occurred!

Crack-crack—!

A piercing current explosion sound suddenly exploded!

Countless dazzling blue lightning arcs, like wildly dancing silver snakes, instantly burst forth from within Yasuo's body!

Enveloping his entire person!

The violent power of thunder ran rampant!

His hair stood on end root by root, electricity lingered around his body, and his Aura soared crazily!

Resembling a god of war bathed in thunder!

A palpitating destructive Aura instantly locked onto Zhao Tianqi!

Against the backdrop of the leaping electric light, Yasuo's eyes were as icy cold as ten-thousand-year glacial ice.

He slowly raised the longsword wrapped in violent thunder light in his hand, pointing it at Zhao Tianqi.

His deep voice carried the roar of thunder:

"Then give it a try."