30: First time in the abyss (IV), the winner will be decided!

Soon.

News spread that two Tier 3 Vicious Beasts were suspected to be fighting and slaughtering each other in the Level 1 Abyss. The small guilds and rookie hunters still lingering inside hurriedly evacuated, fearing they would be caught in the fallout if they were even a second late.

Little did they know that the Vicious Beasts they imagined were just two high school students entering the Abyss for the very first time...

...

In the central zone, an area with a radius of one kilometer was frozen solid, filled with towering icebergs and ice pillars, and the gloomy sky even presented a pale icy blue.

Lin Qingyan, with her three thousand strands of dark hair dancing in the wind, stood atop an ice pillar, surrounded by pale cold qi, looking cold, noble, and like an Ice Goddess.

However, her expression at this moment was extremely ugly, staring intently at the opposite side.

"Bang!"

Amidst violent tremors, an ice prison composed of dozen-plus ice pillars had a hole smashed into it, and a handsome youth radiating crimson Aura all over his body walked out from within.

"First the healing type, then a class similar to a Spellweaver, and finally this kind of ice-type natural talent capable of changing celestial phenomena... I guess you must have awakened a second Awakening."

Every step Jiang Yuan took forward, his footsteps covered in scorching Qi blood landing on the ice surface would emit a hiss, and steam would rise.

"To actually shatter the ice prison with your bare hands... I have never seen such a Physical Body like yours, what kind of Awakening is that?!"

Lin Qingyan said with a solemn expression.

She had thought that after unleashing her talent, the battle would end quickly, but she hadn't expected him to be so troublesome.

The cold qi that could freeze everything was blocked outside by the Aura formed from his Qi blood ripples, and with her current Rank, she was actually unable to extinguish it!

Moreover, her God Speaker skill control was completely ineffective against him!

Inconceivable!

She dared to guarantee that there was definitely no such Prodigy in her past life; could it be that her Rebirth had brought about some kind of butterfly effect?

"Dong!"

Jiang Yuan did not answer, and simply took another step forward.

"Boom!"

The Aura on his body suddenly surged several times over, and the violent wind pressure blew away the ice debris all over the ground!!

Amidst Lin Qingyan's somewhat startled gaze.

"Kǎ zīzī zī!"

Jiang Yuan's whole body's Aura burned fiercely and scorching hot, with streaks of crimson electric arcs churning around his body, his black hair dancing, his eyes radiating a blazing golden light, and his entire body emitting a terrifying wave of air and coercion. The scorching Aura caused the surrounding cold qi to be unable to approach.

[Exploding Star State]: Burst all Qi blood throughout the body and enter the Exploding Star state. Under this state, 1% of stamina is consumed per second, all negative effects are removed, all controls are ignored, defense is increased by 1000%, attack speed is increased by 500%, critical strike rate is increased by 300%, and there is no cooldown time.

"To be honest, before fighting, I didn't expect there to be someone as strong as you among our peers."

Jiang Yuan raised his head, his blazing golden pupils looking at Lin Qingyan like a candle flame in the dark night.

"To be able to make me use Exploding Star, I have to say, you are also quite formidable."

Looking at Jiang Yuan in this state and listening to his calm words.

The sense of crisis in Lin Qingyan's heart surged drastically, and there was even a trace of panic.

But...

How could this be possible?!

She was a person of Rebirth, a dual-talent legendary class Martial Artist, and Empress Qingyan who once reached the peak of the King Realm!

To actually feel fear from a peer?!!

"I don't believe it! It's impossible for me to lose!"

Lin Qingyan gnashed her teeth.

Unable to admit it, and unable to accept it!

Losing her composure, she disregarded the side effects of overloading her talent and consecutively blurted out four words.

"Gravity!"

"Slow!"

"Shatter!"

"Thunderstrike!"

As soon as the four commands were issued.

Fresh blood flowed from her eyes and nasal cavity.

Four strands of inescapable rule-based power carrying a guaranteed-hit effect landed on Jiang Yuan. Yet both the gravity and slow effects were completely nullified, while the shatter and thunderstrike hit Jiang Yuan—who was in the Exploding Star state with a 1000% defense boost and Aura ripple protection—without even stinging, failing to break his defense.

Disregarding the consumption, Lin Qingyan unleashed her ultimate move once again.

"Ice God Domain!"

With Jiang Yuan as the center, a radius of a hundred meters instantly transformed into a world of ice and snow. Countless sharp and hard ice thorns extended from the ground, and snowflakes in the air condensed into ice cones, attacking him in unison!

"Sōusōusōu!!"

Jiang Yuan threw a punch toward the ground.

"Boom!!"

"Bang——!"

The terrifying fist force shattered everything, blasting a huge hollow with a diameter of ten meters into the ground!

Streaks of crimson ripples diffused and impacted from the surface, tearing the entire Domain apart!

In front of absolute strength, all tricks and means were just flashy bells and whistles!

"My Ice God Domain was actually defeated so easily..."

Lin Qingyan couldn't believe it.

The next instant.

"Sōu!"

Jiang Yuan's figure flashed once more, utilizing [Divine Speed] to instantly teleport right in front of Lin Qingyan, smashing down with a punch!

"Quiet..."

Lin Qingyan still wanted to use a skill to resist, but her body could no longer hold out, unable to release any skills.

"Kong!"

Jiang Yuan's fist stopped right in front of her, and the violent fist wind wantonly whipped up her hair, completely shattering an ice pillar behind her.

"You lose."

Jiang Yuan's words also completely crushed the pride of the Rebirth Empress, echoing continuously in her mind.

I lost?

Did I lose?

How could I possibly lose?

Past glories, the superiority of a person of Rebirth, the responsibility of becoming the savior... everything was shattered by this single punch!

Unable to bear the blow, Lin Qingyan's vision went black, she spat out a mouthful of blood, her posture swayed twice, and she fell straight forward.

Like a light, fluttering catkin, she collided against Jiang Yuan's chest.

Jiang Yuan was stunned.

Without paying attention, an exquisitely beautiful campus belle was suddenly added to his arms.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not trying to scam me, are you?"

"It's just losing once, and you passed out already? Is the blow really that big?"

"Wake up, doing this will affect my killing monsters and leveling up."

Jiang Yuan said while pinching her little face. I have to say, as expected of a campus belle, her skin was as crystal-clear and tender as if water could be squeezed out of it, and the texture felt simply too good.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help playing with it a bit more, treating the exquisitely beautiful face of the campus belle regarded as a Heavenly Immortal in school as a toy right on the spot, squeezing it toward the center for a moment, stretching it to both sides the next, and not forgetting to make her pull a funny face before using a camera to take a photo of the two of them together.

If Lin Qingyan were to see that she, a dignified Empress, would one day fall into such a humiliated plight, she would probably be angered into fainting once more.

"There's still no reaction; it seems she is indeed unconscious."

"This willpower is way too fragile."

Jiang Yuan was somewhat speechless.

There was no other way.

He couldn't just leave her behind and ignore her...

"I'll just have to take her with me."

Jiang Yuan placed the unconscious Lin Qingyan onto his back. A pleasant, refreshing fragrance washed over him, and the soft tactile pressure from his back made Jiang Yuan's Qi blood surge uncontrollably.

"Mn-ng..." Lin Qingyan let out a soft groan from her mouth and nose that was enough to make one lose control.

Oh-oh.

Who would have thought that while her slender figure didn't look like much, she was unexpectedly quite well-endowed.