In the basement of the ruined skyscraper, under the illumination of the Radiant Sphere, it was as bright as day.
Several ability users with deep auras were guarding the Radiant Sphere's vicinity.
In the corner of the basement illuminated by the Radiant Sphere, several dozen corpses of corpses were randomly piled up.
In the shadows of the Radiant Sphere's blind spots, Qi Yuan used his area detection to observe the positions of the guards.
Below the Radiant Sphere was the entrance to the underground tunnel. Four third rank ability users were guarding the surroundings, regardless of whether it was the corpses or ability users, none were allowed to approach.
Sickle's figure appeared from the blood-colored shadows, looking at Qi Yuan with a bit of bewilderment.
On Qi Yuan's body, he sensed a formless power that seemed to be interfering with his ability.
"You have Asterite on you?" Sickle couldn't help but ask.
Qi Yuan nodded.
"It was for this Asterite that I almost lost my life!"
Hearing Qi Yuan's reply, Sickle couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder.
"Turns out this old city really does have Asterite, I thought someone purposely released a smoke bomb!"
"What do you think those dangerous fellows are doing down there?" Qi Yuan's eyes flickered.
"If it wasn't for the Asterite's temptation, why would they gather in this old city to kill each other?"
Sickle nodded thoughtfully. If there really was Asterite down there, then it would explain why Venom came out in full force for this old city.
"Even though Asterite is precious, its interference towards ability users is also quite powerful. You should pay attention to the storage container, don't let it be destroyed by the battle's shockwaves!" Sickle reminded.
Qi Yuan was carrying both the Trickster and Asterite on him, even for third rank ability users, these were extremely dangerous things.
Sickle had never thought that someone would carry an Asterite on them without any storage measures. Even though there were some special abilities similar to energy barriers that could restrain the Asterite's interference, those abilities were even rarer than Asterite.
"Four third rank, three of them are ability users, one is a mechanic, their strength isn't weak!" Qi Yuan reported the situation he observed.
Sickle nodded slightly, then his brows furrowed. He also saw two familiar faces, this made him have a bad guess.
"That mechanic is a hunter from Songcheng. Among the three aptitude users, one of them is from Lionheart Castle. I've never seen the other two before. They should be with them. Why are all the people at the entrance of this passage on their side?"
"Perhaps there is more than one entrance here." Qi Yuan casually explained.
"If we go in from here, will we be heading straight into the enemy's stronghold?" Scythe asked.
"That's possible!"
Qi Yuan shrugged. "But I've already looked around nearby, and I didn't find any other entrances."
Qi Yuan took a deep look at the entrance of the underground laboratory. Through area detection, he found that many polluters had already gathered in the darkness and were spying on this place.
A bold idea surfaced in Qi Yuan's mind.
"Let's deal with these guys guarding the entrance first. If the enemy's stronghold is really below, I'll give them a big gift!"
Sickle was slightly stunned, then he guessed what Qi Yuan was talking about and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.
"You want to put the polluters in?"
"There are many polluters here!" Qi Yuan smiled slightly.
"Even if the enemy has three gathering points working together and a group of polluters in, it'll be enough to make them panic. The polluters can also help us destroy the traps inside, we can take advantage of the chaos to kill our way in!"
"Aren't you afraid that there will be too many polluters and we'll get involved?" Sickle asked.
To some extent, the polluters are the greatest enemy of the human race. Except for those in the Last Days Holy Court, they won't listen to the commands of humans. Whether it's cooperating with the polluters or using them, it's a very dangerous thing.
"Don't I have a Trickster on me!"
Qi Yuan laughed. "And I also have a Radiant Ball on me. As long as the polluters step into that underground passage, I'll force them all down!"
Sickle was speechless. The Radiant Ball was one thing, but using a Trickster to drive away the polluters was probably something only Qi Yuan could think of.
"What are you going to do with these four guys?" Sickle asked.
"Two each!"
Qi Yuan said calmly, as if they weren't third order ability users, but two apples waiting to be distributed.
"You can deal with two?"
Sickle glanced at Qi Yuan. Although he had seen the process of Qi Yuan beheading the smoking man, Qi Yuan didn't show his overwhelming strength in terms of attack methods except for his stronger defense.
None of the four ability users here was weaker than the smoking man. If they worked together, even he would have to spend a lot of effort to deal with them.
"The two on the right are mine, the two on the left are yours!"
Qi Yuan pulled out the beheader from his waist. If it wasn't for the inconvenience of carrying Death Reaper on this mission, he could have easily exploded the opponent's head.
Sickle took a deep breath, his right hand filled with blood, once again condensing the hideous blood-colored Reaper's Scythe.
"I'll attract their attention, you prepare to sneak attack and kill one first!" Sickle said.
"No need!" Qi Yuan shook his head, "I'll attract their attention, you sneak attack!"
Qi Yuan was very clear about his own strengths and weaknesses. In a situation where he couldn't use Death Reaper and Doomsday Strike, he had almost no means of sneak attack. It was better to give this opportunity to Sickle.
With his second order Iron Defense and the suppression of Asterite, he was invincible in close combat under the third order. Even if the four of them worked together, there wouldn't be a problem.
Sickle looked deeply at Qi Yuan's neck. The wound on it had already scabbed and was almost healed. He didn't insist on his opinion anymore.
On the rooftop, when he saw Qi Yuan's physical body block the smoking man's Beheading, leaving only a wound and the sound of metal colliding, he knew that Qi Yuan's defense was terrifyingly strong. Now, it seemed that the smoking man had died too quickly. He didn't even have the chance to test out Qi Yuan's true strength.
Qi Yuan held the beheader and suddenly took a step forward. The entire basement shook, and the cement on the ground cracked like a spider web.
With the force of his step, Qi Yuan's speed instantly increased to the maximum. He turned into a bolt of black lightning and rushed out of the shadows, directly rushing toward the only Mechanic among the four of them!
The other three did not have any dangerous weapons in their hands. The biggest variable was the Mechanic. No one knew what kind of weapon they had equipped themselves with.
Therefore, the Mechanic had to die!
The moment they heard Qi Yuan's footsteps, the four of them who were on guard instantly entered battle mode and locked their eyes in the direction of the sound.
"Enemy attack!"
The Mechanic's pupils shrank, and he quickly locked onto the attacker and saw the weapon in the opponent's hand.
"Not a Polluter, an Ability User!
Stage 3! "
After realizing that the enemy's target was himself, the Mechanic laughed coldly and gave up on the idea of using guns. A two-handed energy sword condensed from red light extended from his right hand.
Relying too much on mechanical equipment and not receiving mechanical modifications had become the weakness of a Mechanic's body. This had become a well-known weakness of a Mechanic.
Therefore, in a head-on battle, a head-on attack had become the standard course for dealing with a Mechanic.
The Mechanic coldly looked at the enemy charging toward him like a tank. He did not panic at all. Similarly, he had plenty of experience dealing with such enemies head-on.
The energy sword in his hand was a surprise specially prepared for enemies who charged toward him head-on!
At the same time, the two-handed sword possessed blazing heat and destructive tremor. Its power was far from what those clumsy cyborg weapons could compare to. Under Stage 3 Defense, no one could block a full-powered attack from this sword. Even those with Stage 3 Defense would find it difficult to take its attack head-on.
Not everyone had the terrifying defense of the Rock Helmet!
The other three also locked their gazes on Qi Yuan. One of them took out an energy gun from his waist and aimed it at the charging Qi Yuan from afar.
Another person swung both his hands, and two black daggers slid from his sleeves. Then, his body rippled like water, and he mysteriously disappeared from sight.
The last Ability User's right hand burned intensely. He clenched his five fingers, and a magma-like, viscous, dark red fireball spun rapidly in his palm.
Qi Yuan's speed was too fast, and the sound of his footsteps was too loud. It was to the point that the four of them subconsciously focused their attention on him. They did not notice at all that a blood-red shadow was rapidly approaching from the darkness.
Qi Yuan's consciousness operated rapidly, and his area detection was pushed to the limit. Every movement of the four people was clearly reflected in his consciousness.
Qi Yuan saw the Ability User holding the gun with one hand. His right index finger pressed down hard, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at his heart.
Before the energy beam shot out from the muzzle, Qi Yuan directly held the Beheader horizontally in front of his chest.
Whoosh!
The moment the gunshot sounded, a dark blue beam of light flashed and hit the Beheader horizontally in front of Qi Yuan's chest.
The energy beam had a stronger penetrating power, but it did not have the kinetic impact of a bullet. Qi Yuan's right hand shook slightly, and the energy beam was completely eliminated. Even the speed of his sprint did not slow down at all.
He actually blocked it!
The Ability User who fired the gun was stunned. The speed of the energy beam was far faster than a bullet. Unless it was predicted, there was no possibility of avoiding it. It was the first time he saw someone block the attack of an energy gun in this way.
Was it a coincidence or an ability?
The Ability User who fired the gun trembled, and then quickly calmed down. He pulled the trigger in his hand again, and another dark blue energy beam flashed by.
Buzz!
The energy beam shot at Qi Yuan's head once again hit the Beheader in Qi Yuan's hand. Other than leaving two charred marks on the blade, these two shots did not cause any damage to Qi Yuan.
The Mechanic's heart slowly sank. With the speed of a stage-three and this kind of sharp reaction, this person was the enemy that all Mechanics did not want to face the most. Even he was the same.
This kind of person only needed to dodge one or two waves of the Mechanic's long-range attacks, and then use speed to close the distance. In the end, he only needed one slash to easily end the battle.
After seeing Qi Yuan's speed, the Elemental Domain Ability User's eyes flashed with a trace of panic. He was more afraid of this kind of enemy than the Mechanic. He forcibly restrained the spinning fireball that was ready to move. This fireball was enough to severely injure a stage-three combat domain, but it had to be able to hit the enemy.
In the rapid sprint, Qi Yuan raised his head and looked at the Mechanic holding the energy sword in front of him. His calm and cold eyes made the other person's heart tremble. That gaze was like looking at a dead person!
After the spear holding ability user was blocked by the Beheader again, Qi Yuan had finally closed the attack distance of the close combat.
At this moment, the Mechanic had even seen the pattern on the Beheader's blade. As a Mechanic, he could tell at a glance that it was an energy rune.
This blade was also a cyborg weapon?
Why didn't he activate the energy matrix in the blade?
A strange thought appeared in the Mechanic's mind.
Could it be that the four of us together were not enough to make him go all out?
The enemy wrapped in evil wind attacked, and the Mechanic had no time to retreat. He suppressed the fear in his heart and raised the scarlet energy sword in his hand high.
"Die for me!"
The Mechanic roared, and the energy sword that was originally less than one meter in length suddenly grew in length and slashed toward Qi Yuan.
Facing the energy sword that exuded terrifying heat and destructive energy tremors, Qi Yuan's eyes lit up. Seeing that his body was about to be cut by the energy sword, he did not dodge. Instead, he waved the Beheader in his hand and slashed toward the Mechanic's neck.
After seeing Cyclops come back from the dead and killing a lot of polluters, Qi Yuan was used to beheading the enemy.
Looking for death!
Faced with Qi Yuan's frenzied attacks, a ruthless glint flashed across the mechanic's eyes. He had already clearly judged the outcome of this exchange. His speed was faster and his energy sword was more powerful. He would definitely be able to finish off his opponent before his opponent's blade slashed at him!
Shua!
As he expected, after the energy sword slashed down first, the opponent's blade came later.
However, in the next second, the Mechanic's expression changed from ruthlessness to shock.
My energy sword?
The Mechanic looked at the empty energy emitter in his hand in disbelief. The scarlet light sword that was originally full of high temperature and energy tremors disappeared just like that!
Disappeared?
How did it suddenly disappear!
The Beheader's blade swept past.
An explosion accompanied by a violent sound of metal colliding exploded in the void!
The Mechanic's head was thrown high. The blade cut through his neck, and the cut was smooth. In addition to the scarlet flesh, there was also a silver metal spine that was also cut off by the blade.
The death of the Mechanic was like a ruthless slap to the faces of the remaining three people. They could not believe their eyes. The outcome should have been the invader being cut in half by the energy sword. Why did the tables suddenly turn at the last moment? The energy sword suddenly extinguished, and the Mechanic was beheaded in a single strike!
Whoosh!
A blue light beam shot out from the muzzle and instantly hit Qi Yuan's head, leaving a charred hole. Scarlet blood could be seen faintly flowing out.
The defense was broken, but the expected heavy injury and death did not appear.
The attacker's pupils shrank!
Tier 3 Enhanced Defense!
Two pitch-black daggers suddenly appeared from the void and attacked Qi Yuan from behind like poisonous snakes. One stabbed toward his back, and the other toward his waist.
Ding ding!
Two crisp collision sounds exploded. The blade was half an inch in and could not go any further. It was like stabbing a piece of hard steel!
The Elemental Domain ability user's eyes narrowed. Just as he was about to shoot the rapidly spinning sticky fireball in his hand, he saw a scarlet light flash by. Then, he felt a chill on his neck, and everything fell into the dark The Abyss.