25: Kill the corrupted beast instantly! The ferocious beast hiding in the dark!

To find a weakness with just one glance, he’s practically a human scanner!

Even the most professional scouts from ancient times to the present probably didn't possess such an ability.

Ye Ze coughed twice, his expression unchanged as he said,

“I’m a specialist from the Investigation Department, just more experienced…”

Although somewhat puzzled, Ruan Xiaoyou accepted it upon hearing 'Investigation Department'.

Then, she asked curiously, “What are the Cursed Knight’s weaknesses?”

In that instant, Ye Ze had already used his Eye of Insight to understand the detailed information and analyze the weaknesses.

Ye Ze summarized concisely:

“The weakness lies in his mount!”

“The Corrupted Beast is what the Cursed Knight’s original mount transformed into, but after becoming a Fiend, its memories from its former life also vanish.”

“This means the cooperation between the mount and the Knight is not as tacit as it was in life!”

“Oh~”

Ruan Xiaoyou’s rosy lips parted slightly, looking adorable as if she were diligently listening to a Teacher.

Ye Ze placed the Squirrel on the Panda’s head, using them to demonstrate the Cursed Knight and Corrupted Beast.

“Once the battle begins, you and I will attack the Knight and the mount from left and right, respectively.”

“The Knight will retaliate against you after being attacked by you…”

“And the Corrupted Beast, after being attacked by me, will prioritize attacking me…”

“This is the instinctive reaction of Fiends after losing their sanity.”

As Ye Ze spoke, the Squirrel and Panda, acting as 'teaching aids,' separated as if on cue, standing alone to the left and right.

Ruan Xiaoyou understood his strategy, her beautiful eyes lighting up:

“Like this, once the Knight and mount are separated, their combat power will be greatly reduced!”

Ye Ze nodded, “Then you deal with the Knight, and I’ll deal with the Beast, defeating them one by one!”

“No problem!”

Ruan Xiaoyou agreed happily, then looked at Ye Ze suspiciously:

“Wait, a level 25 Elite Fiend, can you handle it alone?”

Ye Ze smiled, “Don’t worry.”

He had already seen that the Corrupted Beast's skills were all pure strength-based melee attacks.

Any strength-based melee opponent was nothing to fear in front of the Panda!

After confirming the tactics.

Ye Ze and Ruan Xiaoyou both stepped onto the stairs, arriving at the center of the temple.

Around the entire temple, there was only the Cursed Knight and his mount; even other Fiends dared not approach here.

With just one glance, the two were locked onto by the Cursed Knight’s gaze.

“Those who dare approach again shall die.”

The Cursed Knight’s voice was low but revealed a firm will, his broken long spear pointing at them.

Ye Ze sighed, and quickly said, “I’ll go left, you go right!”

Ruan Xiaoyou nodded, and the two split to the left and right, confronting the Cursed Knight, everything proceeding according to plan.

“Approachers, die!”

The Cursed Knight roared and charged towards Ruan Xiaoyou, who was the strongest!

The Corrupted Beast charged rapidly, causing the ground around the temple to tremble, with floor tiles continuously shattering and flying out.

Ye Ze quickly said, “Act! Narrow your attack range, only hit the mount, not the Cursed Knight!”

The Panda received the command, and a Double Peak Strike shot out.

The key to this tactic was not to attack both the mount and the Knight simultaneously, otherwise, it would definitely draw the aggro of both.

At that point, even if a teammate attacked again, they wouldn't be able to pull the aggro back.

With a “boom,” the Double Peak Strike narrowed its range, precisely hitting the Corrupted Beast’s tail.

As expected, the Corrupted Beast roared, wanting to turn around.

At this moment, Ruan Xiaoyou’s triple throwing knives only hit the Cursed Knight, without drawing the Corrupted Beast’s aggro.

The Cursed Knight wanted to pursue Ruan Xiaoyou!

The Knight and the Beast, having been resurrected as Fiends after death, had long lost their sanity and acted purely on instinct.

This divergence immediately created a conflict between the two.

The Cursed Knight furiously jumped off his mount, single-handedly pursuing Ruan Xiaoyou!

Meanwhile, the Corrupted Beast successfully turned around and charged fiercely at Ye Ze.

“It really worked!”

Ruan Xiaoyou’s face lit up with joy, proving that Ye Ze’s strategy was truly effective!

Without his mount, the Cursed Knight was merely a spear Warrior.

Now that the opponent’s movements were slow, she could easily kite and even solo kill him with her Dark Spirit Assassin’s high agility!

“As long as nothing goes wrong on Ye Ze’s side!”

After all, Ye Ze was facing a level 25 Elite Fiend, yet he was only level 7!

Given the Corrupted Beast’s strength and size, a single hit could potentially cause serious injury.

However, the next moment.

As Ruan Xiaoyou gracefully kited, she instinctively glanced towards Ye Ze, her pupils instantly dilating!

The Corrupted Beast roared as it charged towards the Panda, its massive body shaking the ground.

Its sharp claws swung with almost maximum force, unleashing a ‘Crushing Blow’!

But the Panda did not dodge or evade.

Its hands drew a circle, conjuring an invisible Tai Chi Internal Strength, making the Corrupted Beast’s claw strike feel as if it hit air, instantly losing its balance.

【Tai Chi - Four Ounces Deflects a Thousand Pounds】!

Using the enemy’s strength to counterattack them with double the force, it was truly the nightmare of all melee enemies!

The Panda’s body spun rapidly, counterattacking with borrowed force!

Its left palm, with lightning speed, struck the Corrupted Beast’s chest, the fierce internal strength combined with the opponent’s ‘Crushing Blow’ strength…

It actually sent the Corrupted Beast flying directly to the ground, where it remained motionless.

“One-shotted?!”

At this moment, Ruan Xiaoyou truly felt that she had underestimated Ye Ze!

She had originally thought that Ye Ze being able to instantly kill a level 15 Elite Fiend was already strong enough.

Against a level 25 Corrupted Beast, he would at least need to slowly hold it off and engage in kiting battles.

She never expected that a level 25 would also be instantly killed?

But Ruan Xiaoyou was, after all, a top 100 national examinee from the previous year, and a student of Hua Dong Martial Arts University, possessing extraordinary insight.

She quickly realized Ye Ze’s method.

“That’s not his strength, it’s a special skill!”

Such skills usually cannot be cast continuously and can only be used as a last resort.

But to be able to instantly kill across so many levels, the quality of this skill…

“Is it Epic, or… Legendary?”

“How does Ye Ze, a level 7 Summoner, have so many ultra-high-quality skills?”

Ruan Xiaoyou came from an excellent family and was an only child, so she never lacked money.

Yet, she only possessed one skill above Epic quality.

But looking at Ye Ze, she had already seen at least three!

“Is this really an ordinary high school student?”

Ruan Xiaoyou truly wanted to peel back his exterior and examine his true strength at this moment.

However, the Cursed Knight was still alive, so she had to continue dealing with this special Elite.

On the other side, Ye Ze let out a long breath.

【Killed Elite Fiend: Corrupted Beast, gained experience: 625!】

He had already anticipated this outcome when he saw that the Corrupted Beast had purely strength-based attacks.

The slight surprise was that the attack bonus was so high that it actually instantly killed the Corrupted Beast!

On the ground, a level 25 great axe and a level 25 armor dropped, both of rare quality.

Their level was too high to wear…

But they could be devoured!

Below level 25, the equipment's attributes couldn't be fully utilized, but devouring them still added attributes.

Ye Ze handed them to the Panda, who then began to exhibit its Iron-Eating Beast habits, chewing on metal like snacks, with a satisfying crunch.

【Eat What You Eat…】

The two pieces of equipment added 8 points of strength, 8 points of physique, and 15 points of defense.

This was equivalent to gaining the attributes of a rare-grade equipment.

Not a loss!

“With the Knight’s mount dealt with, the threat isn’t significant.”

In the distance, Ruan Xiaoyou moved like a swallow, agile as the wind, effortlessly dodging the Cursed Knight’s attacks, dancing gracefully.

However, the Cursed Knight was showing more and more signs of damage.

“The battle is a work of art.”

Ye Ze couldn't help but exclaim, “Watching a beautiful woman fight monsters is a pleasure…”

Without its mount, the Knight naturally posed no threat to Ruan Xiaoyou.

About five minutes later, Ruan Xiaoyou had secretly laid out ten black energy orbs.

She flashed away, moving much further, then snapped her fingers.

“Boom——”

A pillar of explosive fire, like magma, shot into the sky, engulfing and burning the Cursed Knight, utterly defeating him!

“Rest in peace. The supplies you were escorting will return to East China.”

Seeing this, Ye Ze murmured softly.

Ruan Xiaoyou waved at him, “Come quickly! Bring this corpse back!”

Ye Ze stepped forward and put the Cursed Knight’s corpse into his one-slot inventory.

Ruan Xiaoyou reminded him, “A special Elite’s corpse is worth at least 300 military merits!”

“That much?”

Ye Ze was taken aback.

However, he soon realized:

“They were once East China Warriors; even in death, they should return to their roots.”

Ruan Xiaoyou then began to inspect the lost supplies, and casually said to Ye Ze:

“The corpse is 300 military merits, searching for supplies is 500 military merits, it’s all yours.”

Ye Ze was greatly surprised, “Ah? Why…”

“Without your tactics, I would have had to use a call for help charm…”

Ruan Xiaoyou didn’t wait for him to speak, continuing, “Besides, I don’t lack the Demon Suppression Army’s rewards.”

“I came to complete the academy’s mission, to return these supplies to East Wu City.”

“Completing the mission, the academy’s rewards are much better than the Demon Suppression Army’s!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Ze understood much better; no wonder she came to the Pollution Land despite her high attributes.

It turned out her main purpose was these supplies.

That made sense.

It just meant he unfairly gained hundreds of military merits, since without Ruan Xiaoyou, he definitely wouldn't have been able to defeat the Cursed Knight.

Ruan Xiaoyou seemed to read his thoughts and said playfully,

“If you feel bad about it, just call me 'Jie Jie' for a listen~”

“…”

Ye Ze’s mouth twitched… How could his dignity be sold for a few hundred military merits!

Never mind, he’d compensate her later.

He decisively changed the subject, “Cough, these supplies are mostly materials for dungeon research.”

Ruan Xiaoyou was surprised, “You recognize all this?”

【Superconducting Crystal】【Illusion Magic Core】【Stardust】…

Of course, Ye Ze didn't recognize them; it was all feedback from his Eye of Insight.

These items were almost useless in individual hands, but in the hands of the bigwigs at the research institute, their utility was immense!

No wonder even Hua Dong Martial Arts University would issue missions to recover them.

After looking around.

Ye Ze’s attention stopped on a piece of fragment:

【Cultivation Chamber Fragment—A container for housing a certain fierce beast, now shattered.】

“Could it be that this batch of supplies isn’t just research materials?”

Seeing the cultivation chamber fragment in Ye Ze’s hand, Ruan Xiaoyou’s delicate brows furrowed, her expression solemn.

“It actually escaped!”

Ye Ze asked curiously, “What was originally contained in here?”

Ruan Xiaoyou: “It was a fiercely wild beast, which could also be contracted as a Summoned Beast.”

There were two ways to contract a Summoned Beast:

One, using a skill book; two, personally signing a contract with a wild creature based on one’s ability.

There weren't many wild beasts that could be Summoned Beasts, and Ye Ze didn't expect to encounter one today!

Ruan Xiaoyou then dampened his spirits:

“But because it’s too fierce, no Summoner in the entire East China Region has been able to contract it.”

“So Qingfeng City, which captured it, wanted to send it to Hua Dong Martial Arts University, hoping to reduce some of its ferocity.”

“I didn’t expect it to end up here and escape.”

No one in the entire East China Region could contract it?

Ye Ze was immediately surprised; he had never heard of a Summoned Beast so difficult to contract.

Conversely, a fierce beast that Qingfeng City went to such lengths to contract must be powerful!

It was just a pity that it had already escaped…

As Ye Ze was thinking, he suddenly felt something, his expression startled, looking in a certain direction:

“Wait, it doesn’t seem to have run off yet!”

Just now, a notification popped up in front of Ye Ze:

【Your Squirrel Shadow Clone has been killed!】

The last two Squirrel Shadow Clones were killed again!

That fierce beast was near them!