While Qi Yuan was surprised by the Beastman's strength, the others were even more surprised by Qi Yuan's performance.
With their eyesight, they could naturally see that the Beastman's claw was a combination of Rank 3 speed and Strength. If it had been a fake Rank 3 player guarding outside, not to mention blocking the claw, there wouldn't have been many who could even predict the Beastman's attack trajectory.
Yet, Qi Yuan had actually blocked the claw. This meant that Qi Yuan's Strength, Speed, and Perception had all reached the standard of a Rank 3.
"He blocked it!"
Scorpion's originally anxious heart finally relaxed. Qi Yuan's attack had thoroughly dispelled his original doubts.
Magic Puppet remained silent. His electronic eyes could see even more clearly.
Not only had Qi Yuan successfully predicted the Beastman's attack, but he had also raised his sword at an extremely fast speed, completely reaching the Rank 3 speed enhancement. The only thing that was lacking was Qi Yuan's Strength.
In the first exchange, Qi Yuan's sword trembled for nearly three seconds before barely stopping. This was a sign that he was at a disadvantage in terms of Strength in the previous clash.
If Scorpion hadn't been so cautious and allowed the Beastman to continue attacking, Qi Yuan would have been unable to hold the weapon in his hand after another clash before his sword calmed down. His Strength weakness would have been exposed.
The reason why most Peak Rank 3 powerhouses were stronger than other Rank 3 powerhouses was because they had fewer weaknesses. In other words, Solitary Light's attacks were powerful enough to make up for his other weaknesses.
"Qi Yuan's Strength isn't enough. If he doesn't use Asterite to make the Flesh Puppets lose control as soon as possible, he will be suppressed very quickly!" Magic Puppet said in a low voice.
"Qi Yuan won't be suppressed so quickly!" Luan said with certainty.
"The reason why Qi Yuan didn't use Asterite immediately is because he has enough confidence to resist the Flesh Puppets' attacks. He wants to get closer and deal a fatal blow to Scorpion!"
"Qi Yuan's true strength is his Defense. Even if his Strength is weaker, these two Flesh Puppets will need time to defeat him, enough for him to use Asterite!"
Luan, who had seen Qi Yuan's strength, wasn't worried about Qi Yuan's safety at all. Although these two Flesh Puppets were stronger than the Insectoids they had killed before, they definitely couldn't crush Qi Yuan's Defense. Even if Qi Yuan couldn't win, he would have enough time to admit defeat and retreat.
Magic Puppet suddenly chuckled.
"You seem to know him very well?"
"He and I have fought together a few times." Luan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and calmly said.
"Before entering the old city, Qi Yuan was already able to stand firm under the siege of a group of Class Two Insect Beasts. Now, I can feel that he is clearly stronger than before. These two Flesh Puppets may not be able to defeat him!"
"If he only has a strong Defense and doesn't have any other trump cards, he'll need some luck to defeat Scorpion." Magic Puppet stared at the two people on the field.
"Scorpion seems to be afraid!" Luan suddenly said.
Magic Puppet glanced at Scorpion and shook its head gently.
"Although Scorpion is overly cautious, he's not stupid. He'll soon discover that Qi Yuan's Strength is weak and attack this point. If Qi Yuan can't deal with it, he'll be forced to use Asterite."
"With Asterite, Qi Yuan has a glimmer of hope to defeat Scorpion, but he's underestimating Scorpion. After all, he's Peak Rank 3. Even without these two Flesh Puppets, Scorpion isn't weak."
"Don't underestimate any Peak Rank 3. Scorpion was able to climb up by stepping on Qinglei. His temperament and Strength aren't weak!"
Luan didn't say much. Although he believed in Qi Yuan's Strength, after seeing Scorpion and Arc Light, as well as the Magic Puppet and Qinglei's two battles, he already knew the difference between an ordinary Rank 3 and a Peak Rank 3. Although Qi Yuan's Strength had improved, it was still too difficult for him to face a Peak Rank 3.
In the arena, Gui looked at Qi Yuan in bewilderment. That sneak attack just now was already the demibeast man's full strength attack, yet Qi Yuan had actually blocked it. This gave him a faint sense of foreboding.
He had collected information on Qi Yuan before. He was clearly a Rank 1 Ability User. This attack was enough to kill an ordinary Rank 3 Ability User, so it should be enough to kill Qi Yuan!
Seeing Scorpion start to hesitate, Qi Yuan's eyes flashed with a strange light. Area Detection was very effective against close-range attacks, but the weakness of Strength was a little troublesome.
Could it be that he had to use this Rank 2 Ability Point to strengthen Steel Strength?
Qi Yuan's mind raced. He originally wanted to keep this Ability Point to evolve Mechanical Intelligence to Rank 2.
After all, Scorpion had a Rank 3 ability similar to Soul Enslavement, and Mask had an ability similar to Mind Distortion. A Rank 1 Mechanical Intelligence already proved that it wasn't enough to deal with these Rank 3 abilities. It needed to be upgraded to Rank 2 to be able to maintain its consciousness under the erosion of these Mysterious Realm abilities.
Damn it!
If he completed the next checkpoint now, the two Ability Points would be used to strengthen Steel Strength and Mechanical Intelligence respectively. All of his worries would be gone!
While thinking, Scorpion once again controlled the Orc Flesh Puppet to attack.
The Orc swung its tail, and its body bounced up from the ground like a spring. With a turn in the arena, it suddenly appeared behind Qi Yuan and attacked with its right hand.
Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed. Although Area Detection was like an early warning radar that could sense the enemy's approach, its effective range wasn't very large. Against an extremely fast enemy like the Orc, there was less than half a second from discovering its tracks to receiving the attack, and it still needed to accumulate energy to block.
Even with the Rank 2 Speed of Steel, he still needed to be fully focused to block the Orc's claw attack.
And that damn Strength!
Once the Decapitator left his hand, he could only use the Rank 2 Defense of Steel to block it!
Behind him!
The opponent's target was the heart of his back!
Qi Yuan held the Decapitator in his hand, and his face darkened. He turned around and slashed with his sword.
Clang!
A crisp sound of metal clashing echoed.
After a fruitless attack, the demibeast man once again distanced himself, not giving Qi Yuan the slightest chance to counterattack.
Without waiting for Qi Yuan to calm down the Decapitator, the Orc once again attacked from the side with a gust of wind.
Sure enough, it had already discovered him!
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed. He wasn't surprised that Scorpion had discovered his weakness. If Scorpion didn't even have this bit of insight, he wouldn't be worthy of being on the same level as Scorpion and the others.
Qi Yuan glanced at Scorpion. The huge Murderous Mackerel was still guarding his side. Without enough strength, he couldn't even block the Orc's attack. How could he block this Murderous Mackerel's attack?
Clang!
Another crisp sound of collision rang out.
This time, Qi Yuan finally couldn't suppress the huge force coming from the blade, and the Decapitator left his hand.
Shit!
Scorpion's heart sank. The Orc's metal claws were extremely sharp. Without a weapon, no matter how strong Qi Yuan's defense was, he wouldn't be able to withstand the Orc's continuous attacks!
Luan also clenched her hands. Under the situation of being crushed in strength, a strong defense would only increase the margin for error. It would be difficult to fight for a chance to turn the tables.
The demibeast man's attack was successful, and the subsequent attacks fell like raindrops. Very quickly, Qi Yuan was forced into a passive position, and his body was torn by the demibeast man's sharp claws, bleeding profusely.
Such a strong defense!
Scorpion stared at Qi Yuan who was being suppressed by the Orc, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes!
Since you made me lose Fan's flesh and blood puppet, I'll use you to replace it!
"I thought Qi Yuan would have some strength. I didn't expect Scorpion to only use a flesh and blood puppet to suppress him!" Ghostface shook his head, seemingly disappointed with Qi Yuan's strength.
"Don't underestimate Qi Yuan. Scorpion hasn't won yet!" Venom said in a deep voice.
Before Venom's voice fell, the situation on the battlefield changed.
Qi Yuan turned sideways and dodged the Orc's side attack. The moment the two sides passed each other, Qi Yuan suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed the Orc's tail like lightning.
The Orc turned around and stabbed Qi Yuan's chest with its claws, but Qi Yuan stretched out his left hand to block it.
The sharp claws and the steel defense collided again, and there was a grinding sound. The claws left three bloody wounds on Qi Yuan's arm.
The half-beast man turned his sharp claws and cut his own tail.
However, Qi Yuan's speed was even faster this time.
Qi Yuan's right hand holding the Orc's tail suddenly swung down. Under the strong centrifugal force, the Orc could not control its body at all. Its whole body was slammed to the ground by Qi Yuan, and there was a dull thud.
Without waiting for the Orc to recover from its coma, Qi Yuan waved his right hand and slammed the skinny Orc repeatedly on the ground.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Under the powerful force, the Orc's body smashed shallow pits on the metal floor, and even the ground trembled slightly.
"What is Qi Yuan doing? Why hasn't he used Asterite yet?" Scorpion seemed to be a little anxious.
Under Scorpion's watch, if he wanted to use Asterite to make the flesh and blood puppet lose control, it would take a certain amount of time. Now that the Orc's flesh and blood puppet had been knocked unconscious, it was a good time to remove the control.
Slamming the Orc on the ground like this seemed destructive, but the actual damage caused was not as good as stabbing it with a knife.
It was extremely insulting, but the damage was not that great!
As Qi Yuan smashed it again and again, Scorpion's face gradually turned pale, and the Murderous Mackerel guarding him began to grimace with Scorpion's mood change. It seemed a little restless.
After continuously smashing the demibeast man into the ground dozens of times, causing the demibeast man to become dizzy, Qi Yuan suddenly raised his head and exchanged glances with Zhui.
While the Orc had not recovered, Qi Yuan directly grabbed the Orc's neck with his right hand, and then rushed toward Scorpion.
Looking at Qi Yuan rushing toward him, Scorpion's heart jumped, as if something dangerous was coming, but Qi Yuan came too fast, and Scorpion had no time to think about it. He could only control the Murderous Mackerel to rush out to meet him.
Scorpion subconsciously retreated. He wanted to stay away from Qi Yuan, who was emitting danger. Even if he had the same strong fighting power, he was not willing to take the risk himself. It would be best if the Flesh Puppet could win, but if it could not, he would decisively admit defeat. No matter what, he could not put himself in danger.
The Murderous Mackerel's eyes flashed fiercely, and its huge body suddenly shrank into a ball. With a click, the metal armor on its back turned into a fierce spike as thick as an arm.
Click!
Click!
The Murderous Mackerel, which had shrunk into a ball, began to rotate, and the fierce metal spike rubbed against the ground, making a sound that made one's teeth ache.
Soon, the Murderous Mackerel turned into a rapidly rotating flesh gear wrapped in metal spikes, and rushed toward Qi Yuan.
The Murderous Mackerel's entrenched flesh gear was close to two meters in diameter, and with the addition of the fierce black spikes, it was like a huge cold weapon war machine. Even with Qi Yuan's high defense, he could not help but feel his scalp go numb.
The rapidly rotating Murderous Mackerel's speed was extremely fast, and this barbaric rotation brought about a powerful killing power, as well as a suffocating pressure.
Facing the rapidly approaching Murderous Mackerel's gear, Qi Yuan did not dare to be careless. He dodged to the side, and continued to rush toward Scorpion.
Scorpion also had the speed of a Tier 3 fighter, but because of Asterite No. 2, he did not dare to easily admit defeat and leave the arena. He could only lead Qi Yuan around in circles.
Scorpion ran in front, while Qi Yuan chased from behind. At the very end, there was still a huge flesh gear chasing after the two of them.
The flesh gear's speed was the fastest, and Qi Yuan appeared to be somewhat impatient. He was caught several times by the flesh gear, but he managed to dodge it by a hair's breadth, and was almost crushed by the spikes.
Seeing Scorpion running away without a fight, Qi Yuan's eyes flashed with a strange light. He suddenly swung his right hand, and threw the newly awakened Beastman at Scorpion as a weapon.
Scorpion, who was originally running for his life, was delighted. Youngsters are indeed impatient.
Scorpion was originally waiting for the Beastman to wake up so that he could launch a sneak attack on Qi Yuan. Now that Qi Yuan had thrown Scorpion, although he had lost the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, he had also lost control of the Beastman.
Scorpion could sense that the Beastman had woken up. He was about to command the Beastman and the Murderous Mackerel to surround and kill Qi Yuan, but he did not notice that the Murderous Mackerel flying in the air had changed.
The murderous glint in its eyes became more and more intense. It was a kind of bone-deep hatred.
The Beastman stretched its body slightly in the air, and then leaped into the air. Its body suddenly accelerated to the extreme, and shot towards Scorpion.
Scorpion looked back, and his expression was clearly stunned. There was something wrong with the Beastman Puppet!
When the Beastman was behind him, Scorpion finally realized that the Beastman had lost control.
Another flesh and blood puppet had lost control at the crucial moment!
Scorpion finally understood why Qi Yuan had thrown the Beastman out. He had pretended to be incompetent and furious in order to cover for the Beastman's sneak attack. It was all for this moment!
Facing the Beastman's sneak attack at close range, Scorpion had no time to dodge. The Beastman's sharp claws suddenly pierced forward, and directly pierced Scorpion's back. Scorpion's scarlet blood instantly dyed Scorpion's back red.
The Beastman's claws pierced half an inch, and could not go any further. Scorpion's body also had the third rank of defense.
The Beastman seemed to hate Scorpion immensely. After its attack failed, it did not have the slightest intention of retreating. The claws that pierced Scorpion's back were firmly nailed to the flesh, and the other claws swept towards Scorpion's nape.
Scorpion, who was originally fleeing, had a fierce glint in his eyes. With a backhand grip, he directly grabbed the Beastman's drooping tail.
A Beastman who was enslaved and controlled dared to attack its master!
Who gave you the courage!
Scorpion exerted force and directly tore the Beastman that was nailed to his back, and blood spurted out from his back.
Scorpion grabbed the Beastman's tail and fiercely swung it on the ground. Scorpion then grabbed his neck, and a pair of flickering eyes stared into the Beastman's eyes.
Although the Beastman had temporarily escaped Scorpion's control with the help of Asterite, in such a hurry, he did not have time to establish a new psychological defense. Scorpion's mind was quickly captured by Scorpion.
The Beastman's body stiffened and suddenly stopped struggling. The fierce glint in his eyes gradually dissipated. It seemed that he was about to be enslaved by Scorpion again.
If there was no external intervention, Scorpion would only need a few seconds to enslave this Beastman again.
However, this was not Scorpion's home ground. Behind him, there was still Qi Yuan and the Brutal Murderous Mackerel!
Just as Scorpion and Beastman were tangled up, Qi Yuan used the Asterite again to restore the Murderous Mackerel's freedom.
Without any provocation, the Murderous Mackerel, who had regained his freedom, immediately targeted Scorpion who was enslaving the Beastman!