84: Chapter 84 Saving the Day

Qian Mo was bewildered.

He could clearly sense that the group opposite him had not seen through his disguise at all.

Yet they attacked suddenly and unreasonably, with every move being a lethal strike, not even giving him a chance to speak.

Bending down again to dodge a wind blade, he supported himself with one hand on the ground, kicked the Fifth who had just rushed forward, and used the momentum to fly back to Yu Linger's side.

"This is a Spiritual Talisman, it can teleport you to any location within one kilometer. I will find a way to destroy the barrier core in their hands; once the barrier disappears, you can teleport out directly."

Qian Mo spoke quickly, but every word was clear.

"Then... what about you?"

Yu Linger took the talisman paper handed over by the youth.

"I have more, don't worry about me."

The youth's words carried no emotional fluctuation; this was a skill he had cultivated over many years as an assassin in his past life.

No matter how critical the situation was, his eyes only ever held the problem and the solution to it.

Yu Linger stared blankly at the expressionless youth, watching him fearlessly charge forward to fight against the battle-hardened desperados of the Poison Fang Exploration Team.

Several times, the tips of blades brushed past his neck, yet she still could not see a single shift in emotion in his eyes.

If she didn't know that Qian Mo was a living human, she would have really thought he was a combat android developed by some shady company...

Yu Linger silently stepped back a few paces.

After all, she was still a Young Miss who had never had blood on her hands. The Killing Intent and powerful Spiritual power fluctuations in the field made it hard for her to even breathe, let alone use her Superpower normally as she usually did.

"You piece of trash! Go help, don't just watch the show!"

Behind a stone wall above the crowd, Xing Yaoyan shouted at Yu Linger in her heart, feeling frustrated that she couldn't live up to expectations.

She had already recognized that the man below, who was fighting one against four and still not losing ground, was Qian Mo.

Not only because of his familiar black Spiritual power and black Balance, but also the aroma contained within the black Spiritual power that made her silently drool was an important characteristic.

"Even I, having experienced it once, am still attracted to it now, so you, encountering it for the first time, surely can't resist it, right..."

Xing Yaoyan slightly turned her head to look behind another stone wall; the faint, heavy panting was clearly reaching her ears from there.

There were other Star Beasts lurking here.

This was also the reason why she hadn't entered the fray...

"I am absolutely not doing this to prevent him from being ambushed! I just don't want to expose myself first and lose the initiative! Yes, that's it..."

She didn't know why, but she suddenly said this to herself.

She had never blamed Qian Mo for abandoning her; after all, at that juncture, any normal person would prioritize self-preservation.

But she was very angry now, because she watched him desperately protecting another woman...

"Pah, pah, pah! Xing Yaoyan, have you forgotten that your Soul is still male! Besides, you and he have already gone your separate ways; whatever he wants to do, he does, why do you care so much!"

Giving herself two mental slaps, Xing Yaoyan finally suppressed the abnormal stirring in her heart and focused on the battle below.

Qian Mo was still dodging left and right, simply using his Spiritual power to strengthen his body, without the slightest intention of using his Superpower.

"Qian Mo! Are you an idiot? Are you trying to act cool without using your Superpower!"

Xing Yaoyan could sense that Qian Mo had also reached a Breakthrough to the second rank. Given that he could kill a third-rank Snake Demon with his Superpower back when he was first rank, wouldn't using his Superpower now be a guaranteed win?

Actually, she guessed right; he was indeed acting cool, but it was all because of the task just issued by the System.

[Random task triggered — Show Your Might: The host needs to take on four opponents and achieve victory without using any Superpower. Task reward: One opportunity for Superpower enhancement. Note: Hope the host works hard to act cool and properly show your might in front of her~]

"Show my might in front of Yu Linger?"

As usual, Qian Mo ignored the last improper remark from the System; his eyes only saw the four big characters "Superpower enhancement".

The System hadn't issued any tasks for a long time, and this first movement brought a big one.

He had to seize this hard-won opportunity no matter what.

Through these few minutes of collision, he had completely figured out the Superpowers of these four people.

The Second's Superpower was "Wind Control", which could manipulate wind to attack; the Fifth's Superpower was "Earth Armor", which could generate dense rock armor on the body surface; the Sixth and Seventh's Superpowers were both enhancement-type Superpowers.

"Now, it's my turn..."

The Aura on the youth suddenly changed, and at the same time, a sharp dagger was held in his hand with an inverted grip.

The next moment, a chilling Killing Intent erupted completely.

The four men were all stunned for a moment by the youth's sudden change.

And in this split second, Qian Mo had already moved with strange footwork to get in front of the Sixth.

The Sixth only felt a flash of white light before his eyes, then felt a chill on his neck, and subsequently saw his own back.

"So fast! This kid was hiding his strength just now!"

The other three were all shocked. They completely did not expect that the youth, who had been passively taking hits, would suddenly attack and cause a casualty with just one strike.

"Seventh, watch out!"

Almost at the same time, the Seventh quickly lunged to the side, the snow-white blade light brushing past his scalp.

He then rolled a few times, hiding behind his two teammates.

Having failed to land a hit, Qian Mo didn't feel any regret.

After all, the opponent was also a battle-hardened exploration team; the same move definitely couldn't be used a second time.

He then pulled another dagger out of the System space.

These two daggers were a set of Spiritual Artifacts he had specially asked Xiao Meng to have customized through connections before coming to the Longxiang Academy; he didn't expect them to see blood so soon...

Sensing that the youth's Aura had deepened further, the three dared not underestimate him anymore and immediately went all out, hoping to use their third-rank Spiritual power advantage to drag him until his Spiritual power was exhausted.

Qian Mo also knew their thoughts at this moment; after all, since they couldn't touch him, they could only fight a war of attrition against him...

"But... never doubt that an assassin hasn't prepared for a one-hit kill before formally revealing their edge..."

Suddenly, he threw one dagger forward, then quickly wiped his free hand from his chest, and subsequently pulled back through the air.

The Fifth, who had been preparing to use his Earth Armor to withstand the dagger, felt his feet slip, and his entire body tilted to one side, just happening to expose the Seventh behind him.

The youth had entangled invisible threads around his ankles without him knowing!

"Pfft."

The Seventh was killed with a knife to the head.

This wasn't over yet; the youth had already rushed forward, stabbing the dagger in his hand fiercely into the gap of the Fifth's Earth Armor.

The Second reacted quickly, immediately casting a wind wall and wind blades to provide support.

But to his surprise, he saw the youth suddenly turn his head to reveal a strange smile at him, and at the same time, a pulse pistol had appeared in his hand, its dark muzzle pointing right at his brow.

"When did you discover..."

"Bang!"

A bloody hole appeared on the Second's head.

Qian Mo knew that under normal circumstances, this pulse pistol was useless against an Esper's Spiritual power protection, but in the previous battle, he discovered:

If this Second used his Superpower to attack, the Spiritual power surrounding his body surface would have a brief lapse; therefore, as long as one grasped this timing, one could take him out with a single shot.

"Second Brother!"

Seeing that he was the only one left among the four brothers present, the Third became furious, directly gathering all his Earth Armor onto his fist, wanting to kill Qian Mo on the spot while he was still unsteady.

But this huge rock fist stopped abruptly just one inch from the youth's nose.

The next moment, the Earth Armor on his hand dissipated into light particles in the air.

And at the back of his head, a dagger was stuck straight in, with a transparent thread tied to the back of the dagger, the other end of the thread connected to the end of Qian Mo's other dagger.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining one opportunity for Superpower enhancement. Now that the System points are sufficient, the System will begin an upgrade. During the upgrade process, it will be unable to provide any help to the host except for the System space. Duration: 24 hours.]

"Done."

Qian Mo clapped his hands and turned his head to discuss the subsequent solution with Yu Linger.

But to his surprise, Yu Linger was staring at his back with a look of terror!

"Something's wrong!"

The momentary relaxation after the crisis was resolved had lowered his vigilance; he really hadn't expected that there was still an unknown enemy hiding in the dark.

Just as he prepared to use this "mysterious mask" to block a lethal attack, a strong golden light suddenly lit up behind him.

A golden, slender hand steadily caught a bone blade that was more than ten times larger than it...