168: S-level mission!
Li Ziyu was still wondering if the opponent surrendering would count as completing the mission.
Now, seeing the fireball condensed in front of the Cardinal and the Black-robed Cultists constantly approaching him, Li Ziyu's expression instantly turned cold.
The air-raid shelter was already an enclosed space, and a group of people shouting loudly in it was like ten thousand ducks quacking simultaneously in one's ears.
"Noisy? Heh, wait until you're dead, then you won't find it noisy!"
The Cardinal snorted. Despite the young man's youth, he was truly arrogant, still acting tough even when facing death.
At this moment, the fireball had already exploded around Li Ziyu.
The Cardinal watched the sparks fly with a mocking expression, as if he could already foresee Li Ziyu turning into charcoal.
The Cardinal raised his hands, preparing to shout the church's slogan again to heighten the atmosphere.
However, at this moment, Li Ziyu's voice rang out:
"Is this all you have? Do you have anything else?"
The firelight disappeared, and Li Ziyu's figure appeared completely unharmed.
"You blocked it!? How is that possible!?"
The Cardinal was stunned, unable to believe how Li Ziyu could block his attack, and exclaimed in surprise.
"What is your strength?"
To maintain his prestige among the Black-robed Cultists, the Cardinal had not held back at all with that last fireball.
He was very clear about the power of that strike; even a main battle tank would be instantly blasted to smithereens!
But this young man in front of him was completely unharmed under his full-power attack!?
An unbelievable look flashed in the Cardinal's eyes; he didn't even know how the other party had done it.
"It seems this should be all of your strength."
Seeing the Cardinal's expression, Li Ziyu understood and shook his head in disappointment:
"I still wanted to test the effect of the Divine Illumination Underworld King Scripture on you, but you are truly weak."
When the Cardinal attacked just now, he deliberately did not dodge.
The purpose was to test the effect of the Divine Illumination Underworld King Scripture.
Just now, he used Mental Power to condense a defensive shield around him to block the opponent's attack. Considering the Cardinal's strength as a Sixth-level Elemental Martial Artist, Li Ziyu had already prepared for the defensive shield to be breached.
As a result, the Cardinal's full-power attack couldn't even make his defensive shield waver in the slightest.
He truly didn't know if his Mental Power was too strong, or if the opponent's strength was too weak.
"You! What was that technique just now!?"
The Cardinal looked at Li Ziyu with a stunned expression.
However, he quickly realized their enemy-friend relationship, and while speaking, he condensed several more temporary fireballs, even more powerful than before, and threw them at Li Ziyu.
"You are not worthy to know."
"Divine Illumination Underworld King Scripture!"
"Shinra!"
Li Ziyu did not defend this time. Through the Cardinal's attack, he could roughly deduce the extent of his defense when using Mental Power.
As he spoke, Li Ziyu opened his palm towards the Cardinal.
The Divine Illumination Underworld King Scripture activated, and a wave-like surge of Mental Power instantly gushed out from his entire body, converging into Li Ziyu's palm.
Then, Li Ziyu aimed at the Cardinal and clenched his palm fiercely:
"Tengen!"
"Creak, creak, creak!"
In an instant, a mountain-like pressure centered on Li Ziyu's palm, transforming into visible ripples that instantly enveloped more than half of the air-raid shelter.
"Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!"
And under this mountain-like pressure, the Level 6 Martial Artists Cardinal and dozens of Black-robed Cultists exploded instantly without even a sound!
Like flies that had just sucked blood being squashed, they turned into a cloud of blood mist on the spot!
A-rank mission to apprehend cultists, completed!
...
Outside the air-raid shelter, Li Yang, Ji Wudi, Liu Donghan, and Chen Si had arrived.
"Such a strong fire element fluctuation. With this kind of flame fluctuation, there's a Sixth-level Elemental Martial Artist inside!"
"His strength is no less than mine!"
Li Yang signaled Ji Wudi and the others to stop, concentrating on sensing inside the air-raid shelter.
A moment later, his expression was somewhat grim:
"Although the Battle Skill used by the person inside is crude, the power of the fire element is definitely at the Sixth-level primary strength. Moreover, he has already touched the threshold of Sixth-level intermediate. Even I would have to be careful to defeat him.
It seems the difficulty of the A-rank mission is harder than we imagined!"
Li Yang's face was grim. At this moment, Chen Si suddenly looked inside and said:
"Brother Yang, it seems there's someone else inside?
Hmm, it's Li Ziyu!"
"Li Ziyu? He's already here? Heh heh, it seems that Level 6 Martial Artists was targeting Li Ziyu.
In that case, we'll wait outside! Li Ziyu will probably be defeated soon. When they're both injured, we'll go in for the harvest!"
Li Yang looked inside and found that the figure with his back to him was indeed Li Ziyu. He sneered and prepared to retreat to the side to watch the show.
The other three also looked like they were ready to watch a good show.
But suddenly!
An unparalleled repulsive force emanated from inside the air-raid shelter!
It instantly covered Li Yang and the four others.
The powerful repulsive force made the four unable to react in time, and they were instantly flung hundreds of meters away with a bang, crashing heavily into a hill, sending rocks flying.
As the dust settled, the four crawled up from the ground, clutching their chests:
"Cough cough, what just happened!?"
"Damn, what was that thing? How did we get flung away all of a sudden?"
"Holy cow! That was Li Ziyu's technique! Look inside the air-raid shelter!"
Chen Si coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and subconsciously looked inside the air-raid shelter. When he clearly saw the scene inside, his eyes instantly widened, and he pointed at the air-raid shelter with a look of horror.
Li Yang also followed Chen Si's gaze and looked inside the air-raid shelter.
When he clearly saw the scene inside the air-raid shelter, his brain instantly felt like it had been struck, a complete blank.
"Li... Li Ziyu actually instantly killed that Sixth-level Cardinal!??"
...
After resolving the Cardinal A-rank mission, Li Ziyu rescued the two girls and then exited the air-raid shelter.
"The A-rank mission has been completed. Now I can accept an S-rank mission!
As long as I complete the S-rank mission, I can enter the second stage!
The Martial Saint Inheritance will soon be mine!"
Walking out of the air-raid shelter, Li Ziyu glanced at the four dazed Li Yangs in the distance, ignored them, and rushed towards the center of Modu City.
He had already discovered Li Yang and the four when they were outside the air-raid shelter.
However, with his current strength, even if the four of them combined, they would not pose a threat to him.
Moreover, the other party was also well-behaved and did not cause trouble, so Li Ziyu did not bother with them.
"Currently, the mission completion is sixty percent. As long as I complete one more S-rank mission, I can enter the second stage."
"The closest S-rank mission is in the urban area, I'll go for that one!"
[Mission Level: S]
[Danger Level: Unknown]
[Current Mission Completion: 60%]
[S Mission Reward Completion: 40%]
[Mission Details — World Echo has caused a great change in Daxia. The Daxia government intends to establish Daxia's first Martial Arts University in Modu.
Mission Objective: Participate in the Martial Arts University entrance examination and surpass Martial Saint Xingyao Wusheng in talent, making Martial Saint Xingyao Wusheng feel ashamed of himself.]
[Mission Difficulty: Unknown.]
[Hint: After accepting this mission, the strength of all Martial Artists in the Martial Saint Secret Realm will be suppressed to First-level Primary Martial Artist, and all Battle Skills will be temporarily stripped.]