Boom!
The sticky fireball in the hands of the Elemental Domain ability user lost control and exploded with a loud bang.
The blazing red fireball ignited the corpse, and the aftermath of the explosion spread, instantly alarming the remaining two people.
There was still an intruder!
The remaining two people were horrified to find that the original four-on-one situation had become two-on-two in an instant.
Facing the remaining two people, Qi Yuan grinned, too weak!
The second-order Iron Defense once again showed its strength, blocking two fatal attacks.
The powerful defense, coupled with the suppression of the Asterite on ability users and energy weapons, this was the real trump card of the successful surprise attack.
The energy sword that exuded blazing heat and vibrated with destructive energy made Qi Yuan feel a dangerous aura. It was very dangerous, but it was not fatal.
This meant that there was a certain margin for error, so Qi Yuan dared to use the suppression of the Asterite and his own defense to gamble.
Obviously, Qi Yuan won the gamble!
Under the suppression of the Asterite at close range, the dangerous energy weapon lost its effect the moment it slashed down, directly leading to the death of the Mechanic.
Carrying Asterite with him, although it would suppress the power of the Decapitator and Doomsday Strike, the suppression on the enemy was more obvious and more unexpected.
The remaining two people saw that things were not going well and tried to escape in different directions, but in front of the third-order peak Sickle and the second-order Iron Speed Qi Yuan, escaping became an extravagant hope.
This was why between the second-order Iron Strength and Iron Speed, Qi Yuan chose Iron Speed.
An ability user who wielded dual blades was able to perfectly blend in with his surroundings, almost to the point of invisibility. When facing enemies, he was an assassin who appeared and disappeared like a ghost, but in front of area detection, he had no concealment to speak of.
Qi Yuan carried the Decapitator and rushed in front of the hidden ability user like a tiger coming down the mountain. Under the opponent's horrified eyes, the Decapitator suddenly drew an arc.
One slash, decapitated the corpse!
Blood spurted out, and the transparent headless corpse slowly appeared from the void, then fell to the ground.
On the other side, Sickle also withdrew the scarlet Death Scythe, leaving behind two shriveled corpses on the ground.
Sickle glanced at the two headless corpses left behind by Qi Yuan, and his heart was full of shock. Although he gradually accepted the fact that Qi Yuan was strong, he still felt a shock when he saw him cleanly take care of two third-order ability users. He vaguely felt that Qi Yuan's true strength was not weaker than his.
That kind of terrifying defensive power was simply abnormal!
Qu Shanhai's old man, he actually said that he was only a first-order, he should really let him see these two corpses!
With Qi Yuan's strength, he didn't need's protection!
He himself was a huge killer!
Whoever came would die!
"The gatekeeper has been taken care of, what are you going to do next?"
Sickle glanced into the depths of the darkness. Attracted by the smell of blood, the Polluters in the darkness became restless. Even from a distance, he could feel the Polluters' heavy breathing.
"Next?
Of course, we'll let these Polluters pave the way for us! "
Qi Yuan smiled and walked towards the ball of light floating in mid-air. He did not need to do anything. As Qi Yuan approached, the bright ball of light suddenly extinguished.
The light that shone on the basement suddenly disappeared, and the whole basement fell into darkness. The Polluters gathered around became more and more restless.
Below the Glorious Sphere was a spiral staircase. In the darkness, Qi Yuan directly threw the two fresh corpses down the stairs.
Under the watchful eyes of the Polluters, Qi Yuan retreated from the dark basement, removing the last obstacle for the Polluters to enter the underground passage.
The Polluters, attracted by the blood, poured into the underground passage like a school of fish.
Sickle suddenly felt his scalp tingle. In less than a minute, hundreds of Polluters poured into the underground passage. Although there were many Stage 1 and Stage 2 Polluters, even if only one-tenth of them were Stage 3, there were still more than 20 of them.
Once so many Polluters stepped into the underground, they would definitely be a powerful force. Once the Polluters broke through the line of defense, even if they could kill these Polluters, they would have to pay a heavy price.
"It's a pity there are still some disobedient ones." Qi Yuan turned to look into the depths of the darkness and exchanged glances with a Polluter that was secretly peeping in this direction.
Another intelligent Polluter. It didn't seem to be very brave!
Qi Yuan revealed a kind smile. In the darkness, the Polluter seemed to have seen something terrifying and hurriedly left, quickly leaving the area covered by the area detection.
"The Polluters nearby have all gone in. It's our turn," Qi Yuan said.
Sickle was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "I can turn into a blood shadow and enter during the chaos. How are you going to go in?"
Although a large number of Polluters would catch the enemy off guard, it would also make the people below more vigilant. Without the addition of intelligent Polluters, these bestial Polluters might not be able to break through the enemy's line of defense. Under such circumstances, going underground was even more dangerous than sneaking in.
"I'll take the elevator, of course!"
Qi Yuan chuckled and turned to the abandoned elevator.
In the old era, an underground laboratory of this depth would definitely have an elevator. Although the elevator had been abandoned, the elevator shaft was still there!
Qi Yuan directly used brute force to pry open the tightly shut elevator door, revealing a pitch-black elevator shaft that seemed to be bottomless.
Sickle glanced at the empty elevator shaft. A light wind mixed with dust blew in his face.
"I'll go down and take a look first!"
Sickle turned into a blood shadow and drifted into the darkness. After a few minutes, Sickle returned with a trace of shock in his eyes.
"They're really down there, and they're exchanging fire with the Polluters!
I heard gunshots! "
"Let's hope these Polluters don't die too quickly!"
Qi Yuan reached out to grab a lift chain and jumped directly into the elevator shaft.
Qi Yuan felt as if he had arrived at his own home ground as he felt the metallic aura all around him. Although this metallic aura could not compare to star energy stones, it could still be absorbed by his body and used as nourishment to recover from his injuries.
Underground laboratory.
A large number of Polluters poured in, catching the Lionheart Castle by surprise. Although they had organized people in time to block these Polluters in the spiral staircase, the impact of hundreds of Polluters still caused more than a dozen casualties.
"Why are there so many Polluters?
Where did the people above go? "Venom's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness.
At the entrance of the spiral staircase, there were four Grade 3 guards and a radiant ball that was enough to block the Polluters outside. Even if it could not block them, the people above should only have enough time to escape and issue a warning.
With so many Polluters pouring in through the passage, it could only mean one thing — an accident had happened to the people above.
If not for Luo Fanxiao noticing the influx of Polluters in time and blocking them all in the spiral staircase, the casualties would have been even greater. Even the Iron Chariots and Dark Fairy Tale might have taken advantage of the chaos to attack.
Ghostface walked over and looked at the spiral staircase that was blocked by a few Mechanics. The eyes behind the mask were obviously gloomy.
"We have to clean up these Polluters as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the war starts, we won't even have a way out!"
Arc Light's eyes flashed with electric arcs, but he did not speak. He had originally planned to set up a few traps in the corridor, but they were decisively rejected by Lionheart Castle and Ghost Town.
In an enclosed space like the spiral staircase, only a few plasma bombs would be needed to blow up at least half of these Polluters. Unfortunately, the trust level of the alliance between the three parties was too low. Lionheart Castle and Ghost Town were worried that these traps would fall on their heads in the end.
"There are too many Polluters. We need a Combat Domain with strong enough defense to block the front and a few Elemental Domains or Mechanics to minimize the casualties," Venom said in a deep voice.
The few of them looked at each other. There were hundreds of Polluters in the spiral staircase. Although they were all unarmed bestial Polluters, the Tier 3 Polluters inside were not so easy to deal with. At the very least, they would need a Tier 3 strengthened defense to barely ensure that they would not be torn apart by the Polluters.
Venom and Haematosuchus both had Tier 3 strengthened defense, but they would definitely not waste too much strength on the Polluters. Furthermore, taking on so many Polluters' attacks head-on would definitely accumulate a large amount of Polluter energy in their bodies. Even if they could remove the Polluters through surgery, their strength would be affected. No one would be willing to sacrifice themselves for others.
After a moment of silence, Venom suddenly said, "Let's use Rock Armor.
"Let Rock Helmet block these polluters. With his strong defense, he should be able to crush these polluters."
Haematosuchus and Ghostface looked at Arc Light at the same time. Rock Armor was from Songcheng, and he only listened to Arc Light's orders. If they wanted to use Rock Armor as a meat shield, they had to get Arc Light's permission.
Rock Armor was still fighting Hillghost in the arena, but the few of them did not doubt that he would win. What they were worried about now was that Arc Light was unwilling to let Rock Armor take the risk to deal with the Polluters.
Faced with their gazes, Arc Light said expressionlessly, "One Asterite."
Although the three families had joined forces, if they wanted to obtain the Asterite, they would still have to send their own people to fight for it in the arena.
Venom and Ghostface looked at each other. In the end, it was Ghostface who gave in.
"This Asterite, Ghostface, come out!"
Arc Light nodded and signaled Rock Armor to finish off his opponent quickly.
In the center of the arena, Hillghost maximized his speed advantage. The joints of his legs were reversed and covered in black scales. There were no palms at the ends of his arms, only black blades.
In order to increase his strength, Hillghost had directly cut off his limbs and transplanted the arms and legs of a Bug Beast.
Rock Armor kept waving his battle axe in an attempt to kill Hillghost, but Hillghost dodged him time and time again. He could not even touch the corner of Hillghost's clothes.
Hillghost was not only fast, but the two blades at the end of his arms were also extremely sharp. Although they could not directly injure Rock Armor, each attack still left bloody marks on his body.
Under the continuous attacks, Hillghost had already cut more than ten wounds on Rock Armor's legs and back, making him look extremely ferocious.
In the arena, Rock Armor was extremely irritable after not being able to touch the corner of his opponent's clothes. He wanted to use the same trick many times to trample on Hillghost, but Hillghost was extremely slippery. He could only wave his battle axe in a rage.
"If Hillghost continues to maintain this speed, he should be able to take Rock Armor down!" Luan said softly.
After a moment of silence, Throbbing Heart slowly shook his head.
"It's not that simple. Rock Armor hides his ability. He definitely has a way to make up for his speed!"
"Why?" Luan was somewhat surprised.
It might be difficult for others to obtain Black Steel Shelter's Tier 3 Speed Strengthening Potion, but with Rock Armor's strength and Arc Light's help, it was entirely possible.
Rock Armor had yet to display the Tier 3 Speed Strengthening Potion. There was only one possibility — the Tier 3 Speed Strengthening Potion was not compatible with him. Even if he used the potion, he could not obtain the corresponding ability.
It was already an extremely difficult task to make Rock Helmet, who possessed both strength and defense, possess the ability to move quickly. Perhaps there were Ability Potions that could achieve this. However, other than the Combat Domain's Speed Enhancement Potions, the other Ability Potions were too difficult to obtain. Even Arc Light might not be able to obtain them.
"It's coming!" Throbbing Heart's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Hillghost brandished his blades and left a cut on Rock Armor's thigh. Then, just like before, he used his speed to quickly pull away.
Roaring incessantly, Rock Armor suddenly extended his left hand and grasped at Hillghost's retreating figure.
The slippery Hillghost instantly felt an invisible pressure envelop him. The void around him seemed to compress, and even his breathing came to a halt. He felt as if he had been submerged underwater, and his speed, which had left behind afterimages, instantly slowed down. It was as if someone had pressed a slow-motion button.
"Void Grip!" Throbbing Heart clenched his fists.
Although Void Grip could not increase Rock Armor's speed, it could significantly reduce an enemy's Speed, just like Hillghost's current predicament.
Rock Armor's strategy was very clear. Since he could not increase his speed to the Tier 3 standard, he would drag down his enemy's Speed. Then, he would use his powerful Strength and Defense to crush his enemy.
The instant Hillghost's Speed decreased, Rock Armor grinned. He then gripped his gigantic battle axe with his right hand and threw it at Hillghost.
The battle axe spun like a windmill as it flew towards Hillghost, who was suppressed by Void Grip. Before the battle axe arrived, the powerful wind pressure had already suppressed Hillghost's breathing. All Hillghost could do was watch as the spinning battle axe flew at him.
"I admit defeat!"
Throbbing Heart reluctantly admitted defeat once more.
This time, Rock Helmet didn't follow up with another attack. However, he couldn't retrieve the axe he had thrown out. As for the Void Grip that was controlling Mountain Ghost, although he had broken free, it was too late to dodge the spinning axe that was flying towards him.
Hillghost only had time to cross his arms in front of his chest before he was struck by the spinning hatchet. A terrifying and irresistible force erupted, instantly severing his arms.
Taking advantage of the momentary buffer, Hillghost bent his body to its limit, narrowly avoiding the spinning battle axe's frontal attack. Even so, the battle axe still struck his chest.
Crack!
Crack!
A series of cracking sounds rang out as Hillghost's ribs shattered.
The spinning battle axe slammed into the arena's metal wall. Hillghost, who had just escaped death, lay on the ground with both his arms severed and his sternum shattered.
Although Hillghost had managed to survive, he had also lost all of his combat power.
"I actually survived."
Rock Armor muttered regretfully. He then opened the lead box's lid and took the spoils of war from his two consecutive victories — Asterite No.5.