85: Chapter 85 Instant Kill, One Hand

The blade light fell.

"Clang—"

On Zhou Xiong's body, there was merely a white mark.

"This…"

Li Chengxi's expression changed drastically.

His strongest subordinate's strongest strike couldn't even break through his defenses!

"Get lost!"

Zhou Xiong roared, and his aura erupted from his body.

Binding, slowing, and spatial abilities were shattered in an instant.

Those six Tier 4 combatants were all sent flying, heavily injured and unable to rise.

"Hahaha!"

Zhou Xiong laughed wildly, "I told you it was useless! You pieces of trash!"

He took a step and walked toward Lin Mo.

"Now, it's your turn."

Lin Mo struggled to stand up.

His shoulder was badly injured; the recovery speed of his body after Dragonization could no longer keep up with the rate of injury.

Yet, the composure in his eyes remained unchanged, as if he was still confident.

"Want to kill me? It's not that easy."

He raised his blade.

"Aurora Flowing Cloud Slash!"

The blade light slashed toward Zhou Xiong.

"Clang—"

It still only left a white mark.

But Lin Mo did not give up.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes…

Every strike landed in the exact same spot.

"Ding, ding, ding—"

The sound of metal colliding was incessant.

Zhou Xiong was a bit smug at first, but gradually, his expression changed.

Because he realized that every one of Lin Mo's strikes was landing in the same spot.

And that spot had already started to crack.

"This… this is impossible!"

He hadn't expected that although Lin Mo's strength couldn't hurt him, the sheer number of strikes was too much.

Furthermore, every strike landing in the same spot meant the damage would accumulate!

"Get lost!"

He struck toward Lin Mo with all his might.

Lin Mo wanted to dodge, but he had exhausted too much energy earlier, and his reaction time couldn't keep up.

"It's over; I have to use the profound meaning of the Void-Treading Lingyan Steps…"

This thought had just flashed through his mind.

However, the next second—

A slender figure appeared out of thin air behind Zhou Xiong.

Zhou Xiong's expression changed drastically. He sensed something was wrong and wanted to turn around, but it was already too late.

"Puchi—"

A fair, delicate palm nonchalantly pierced through Zhou Xiong's pride-and-joy scale armor defense.

"What—"

Zhou Xiong lowered his head in disbelief.

He saw a fair, delicate palm.

In the palm, it held a beating heart.

"This… this is impossible…"

Zhou Xiong's voice trembled.

The defense he was so proud of was as fragile as paper in front of Shen Yi!

Both are early Tier 5, how could the gap be so large?!

"There is nothing impossible."

Shen Yi's voice was very soft, as if she were speaking of a trivial matter.

"My power is not something a half-finished product like you can understand."

Her palm gently clenched.

"Pu—"

The heart burst.

Zhou Xiong's eyes widened instantly.

He felt his life force rapidly fading away.

"You… you traitor…"

He turned his head with difficulty, looking at Shen Yi.

"Lord Cao Shen… will not let you go…"

Shen Yi just looked at him coldly.

"Traitor?"

She smiled, and with a gentle push from her other hand, Zhou Xiong's five-meter-tall giant body crashed to the ground.

"He's next!"

Zhou Xiong still wanted to say something, but his life force had completely faded away.

His eyes were wide open, dying with lingering resentment.

An early Tier 5 Mimic had died just like that.

The system prompt popped up.

[Ding, assisted in killing an early Tier 5 Mimic, slaughter value +4000!]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the achievement, Best Support, achievement points +2]

At this moment, the entire scene was silent.

Everyone looked at Shen Yi in disbelief.

Yi Xiaoyu, Lin Sisi, and Ye Zhixia were completely stunned.

"Shen… Shen Yi?"

Lin Sisi murmured.

"You… you killed Zhou Xiong?"

Ye Zhixia stared fixedly at Shen Yi, her eyes full of complexity.

Lin Mo slowly stood up and looked at Shen Yi.

"Thank you."

He said softly.

Shen Yi turned around and glanced at him.

"No need to thank me."

"Who told us to be partners."

"Partners?"

Yi Xiaoyu and the others were all confused.

Lin Mo didn't explain too much.

He turned his head to look at Yi Xiaoyu and the others.

"Are you guys okay?"

"Lin Mo! You… it's great that you're okay!" Yi Xiaoyu wiped the tears from her face.

Lin Mo walked over quickly, grabbed the black mist binding Yi Xiaoyu with both hands, and tore it apart with force.

"Crack—"

The black mist shattered in response.

He did the same to rescue Lin Sisi and Ye Zhixia.

"Lin Mo, what… what is going on?"

Lin Sisi looked confused.

"Shen Yi… isn't she a Mimic? Why would she help us?"

Lin Mo shook his head.

"She is not an enemy."

"To be precise, she is on our side now."

"On our side?"

The three girls were stunned.

Lin Mo didn't explain too much; now was not the time for explanations.

At this moment, the six Tier 4 Awakeners brought by Li Chengxi finally reacted. Looking at the massive corpse that had crashed to the ground, the expressions on their faces were exceptionally vivid.

"This… how is this possible?!"

A late-stage Tier 4 Awakener exclaimed, his mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.

"Tier 5… an early Tier 5 Mimic…"

"Just like that… just like that, it died?!"

Another mid-stage Tier 4 Awakener murmured, his voice trembling.

"Bo… Boss, did you see that?"

This young man, who looked only in his early thirties, rubbed his eyes as if he couldn't believe everything he was seeing.

"That woman… just one palm strike…"

"And she one-shot a Tier 5 monster?!"

The others were also pale; they knew all too well how strong Zhou Xiong was.

Even their strongest boss couldn't break through Zhou Xiong's defense, yet this young female student had torn through Zhou Xiong's defense with her bare hands.

"You've got to be kidding me… that's a Tier 5 Mimic…"

"How old does that girl look? Eighteen? Nineteen?"

"How on earth did she do that?!"

The six Tier 4 Awakeners were instantly dumbfounded; this kind of impact completely subverted their understanding.

"Are students these days really this outrageous…"

And just at this moment—

"Cough… cough…"

A series of coughs rang out.

Lin Mo turned his head to look.

He saw Li Chengxi struggling to crawl up from the ground.

Although the battle earlier was brief, the aftermath still affected him.

At this moment, his whole body was covered in scorched marks, and he looked extremely disheveled.

But right now, he didn't care about his injuries at all.

He stared fixedly at Shen Yi with wide eyes, both eyes shining, looking even stranger than a Mimic.