63: At the entrance of Huaxu, Jiang Yuan wants to grab the monster

"Wuwuwu... I'm already this miserable... and you're still laughing at me..."

"Alright, alright, I won't laugh anymore."

Luo Xi let out a couple more sobbing whimpers, wiped the corners of her eyes, and looked at Jiang Yuan with her tear-reddened purple eyes.

"Tell me your Martial Artist ID."

"9893720, what for?"

Luo Xi pulled up her panel and tapped lightly with her finger.

A prompt instantly popped up in front of Jiang Yuan.

[Purple God, applying to join the party]

Jiang Yuan looked at her in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"Party up, of course."

"Come on, I already said I didn't mean it. Besides, I saved your life and helped stabilize the collapse of your Mental Domain. Why should I party up with you? That's just another person sharing my EXP! Can you not drag me down?" Jiang Yuan said, spreading his hands.

Luo Xi tilted up her small face to look at him, her eyes brimming with tears, wearing an expression as if she was about to cry again.

"I lost my Teleportation Stone. Do you think someone in my current state can survive on the seventh floor?"

Combined with her exquisite, alluring yet innocent face, set off by her purple mage robe that highlighted her proud figure and her long legs faintly visible beneath it, this expression was practically like a top-tier charm skill, making it hard to fend off.

"Although you saved me and I'm grateful, who do you think caused my Mental Domain to collapse? Not to mention you saw all of my... my..."

A seductive flush appeared on her snow-white cheeks.

"Alright, alright, stop talking!"

Jiang Yuan hurriedly said,

"Is it okay if I agree to party up with you?"

A trace of joy flashed in Luo Xi's eyes.

"But I also have a condition." Jiang Yuan looked at her.

Luo Xi panicked slightly and hugged her chest, blushing as she said, "You wouldn't happen to want to... Lewd stuff, absolutely not."

"..."

"You've got your mind in the gutter. I want that item named [Flower Ruins Secret Key] that you keep in your System inventory."

"Oh, so that's it."

Luo Xi only realized she had thought wrong and let out a sigh of relief.

She took out the item.

"Here you go."

Such frankness and complete lack of defense actually stunned Jiang Yuan for a moment.

Such innocence really had a strong sense of contrast.

He sighed inwardly and clicked to accept the party invitation.

After partying up, one could see teammates' Ranks.

When Luo Xi saw Jiang Yuan's Martial Artist ID and Rank, she couldn't help being startled.

"L, LV16?!"

She was only LV8.

Just how many Vicious Beasts did he have to kill to level up this fast?

"How many points do you have right now?" Luo Xi couldn't help asking.

"Around 1,100 or so," Jiang Yuan replied casually.

"O—Over one thousand one hundred?!!"

Luo Xi opened her mouth wide with an expression of disbelief.

Up until now, her points were only a little over 300.

Looking at the black-haired, golden-eyed youth beside her, Luo Xi, who had been crowned a Genius since childhood, inexplicably felt a complete sense of frustration.

"What kind of Awakening talent do you actually have?"

"Secret."

Jiang Yuan finished the last skewer of grilled meat, patted his butt, and stood up.

"Let's go."

By the time the two of them rushed to the Flower Ruins entrance based on the map's hints,

they happened to see 'Wu Ping' and the Dark Beetle Knight locked in fierce combat.

Jiang Yuan wore a speechless expression.

Wasn't I the first one to enter the hidden map?

How did one after another all run ahead of me?

"Boom!"

A loud explosion rang out.

The Dark Beetle Knight's stomp attack directly shattered the ground!

'Wu Ping', his entire body exuding a pale Soul Aura, flew backward into the air. Bringing his hands together, the Void Realm before him vibrated, and clusters of gray Soul flames smashed toward the Dark Beetle Knight.

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Massive Mental Energy damage numbers popped up from above the Dark Beetle Knight's head.

Luo Xi was extremely shocked watching this,

"That guy named Wu Ping is actually this strong?!"

Jiang Yuan's gaze was profound as he stared intently at 'Wu Ping', thinking inwardly: "This Mental Energy is extremely powerful; it doesn't look like it belongs to him... There really is something strange about him."

"Could it be... parasitism?"

"Whoosh!"

The Dark Beetle Knight waved the long spear in its hand, sweeping a pitch-black spear radiance over ten meters long through the air as it slashed toward 'Wu Ping'.

Skill - Cleave.

'Wu Ping' immediately dodged, his entire body undergoing changes as cyan scales appeared on his skin.

Talent - Dragon Body!

Fully transformed into a Dragon, he plummeted rapidly from the air, delivering a heavy flying kick straight into the Dark Beetle Knight's chest, causing even its incomparably hard armor to crack with several fissures.

"Hum!"

Red light lit up from the Dark Beetle Knight's body.

Berserk!

Terrifying power surged over, sending 'Wu Ping' flying with a sweep.

"Bang!"

The Dark Beetle Knight's spear was entwined with white Qi mists, fiercely thrusting into the ground as ripples spread outward, followed closely by—

Boom!!

The ground shook violently, and the terrifying shockwave continuously spread outward with the spear as the center, blowing away the topsoil together with the surrounding trees.

By the time the dust cleared,

a huge crater nearly a hundred meters in diameter and ten meters deep had appeared in place.

"Hiss..."

Seeing this scene while being brought by Jiang Yuan to dodge the attack, Luo Xi couldn't help drawing a sharp breath.

This was the skill power of a Tier 3 Elite monster!

Truly terrifying!

Looking at the Dark Beetle Knight's health bar which was only left with half,

Jiang Yuan reached out and clenched his hand forward, a dark gold bone spear appearing in his grip as his Aura shifted.

A silver-white long saber also appeared at his waist.

Luo Xi said in surprise: "Could it be that you want to steal the mob..."

"Of course."

A playful smile appeared on Jiang Yuan's face,

"A Tier 3 Elite, there's no reason to give it to someone else."

However, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move; he could wait a bit longer.

"Thud."

'Wu Ping', who had executed the Dragon Body, crawled out from a pile of rubble. His expression was somewhat pale, and he had sustained some injuries.

Wu Ping asked nervously in his mind: "Teacher, are you alright?"

'Wu Ping' comforted him: "I've slept for too long and almost forgotten how to fight. Don't worry, it's merely a mere Tier 3 Elite monster; I still have a whole bunch of moves I haven't used yet."

His gaze changed, and he instantly flashed to the side.

The Dark Beetle Knight's massive body crashed down, its single kick causing an entire area to completely collapse.

"Soul Chains!"

'Wu Ping' shouted loudly, and thick gray chains appeared in the Void Realm, directly binding the Dark Beetle Knight tightly.

"Roar..."

The Dark Beetle Knight roared lowly and struggled. Red light shot from its eyes, and massive amounts of dark Aura diffused from its body, transforming into swarms of flying black beetles that pounced toward 'Wu Ping'.

Skill - Beetle Dance!

'Wu Ping' blocked the attack with a Soul barrier and cast a skill once more.

Soul Black Wood!

Several giant, sharp-tipped gray wooden stakes extended from the Void Realm, fiercely piercing into the Dark Beetle Knight's body and nailing it firmly in place.

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Its health bar suddenly dropped to only a quarter remaining.

Jiang Yuan chose to make his move at this moment as well.

Right in front of Luo Xi.

He stamped his foot, his figure flashing as he appeared right in front of the completely unguarded 'Wu Ping'.

'Wu Ping' was startled: "It's you...!!"

Golden pupils flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes.

Divine Might + Mental Spike!!

'Wu Ping' instantly felt a stabbing pain in his Soul, his reaction slowing down by a split second.

And it was precisely this split second.

That allowed Jiang Yuan's punch, entwined with crimson Qi flames and wisps of black lightning, to land heavily on his abdomen.

"Bang——!"

The air burst apart!

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!"

'Wu Ping's body slammed into the ground like a shooting star, blasting out a sunken giant crater.

[Divine Speed]

Jiang Yuan's figure flashed once more, arriving before the bound Dark Beetle Knight. Gripping the dark gold bone spear, he unleashed a strike!

[Space-Rending Strike]

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Jiang Yuan then drew the silver white fang from his waist, crimson Qi flames entwining around the snow-white blade as he slashed out with a single slash from the air.

"One-Sword Style. Armor Crack. Silver Slash."

Amidst Luo Xi's shocked and dazed gaze,

a hundred-meter-long crimson blade radiance flashed by, sweeping across the Dark Beetle Knight's body and cleanly splitting it in two right down the middle.