253: Hunting Daliang in the late stage!

“You had your chance, but you’re useless!”

A burly young man stepped on the youth whose limbs had been broken, a mocking expression on his face as he spoke.

“Is this it? Is this it? Zhongyuan Academy’s sixth-ranked?”

“Defeated by me, Da Xia Academy’s ninth-ranked?”

“It seems your Zhongyuan Academy isn’t much either. How about changing the Four Top Academies to three Top Academies?”

“Ganging up on fewer people, huh!”

Liu Xiaofei struggled, wanting to spit on the other party’s face, but with his chest being stepped on, he could only spit on their shoes.

“Tsk, how disgusting. Is this all your Zhongyuan Academy is capable of?”

The burly young man disdainfully rubbed his shoe on Liu Xiaofei’s body, while the other youths nearby chuckled, watching the scene.

“Ganging up on fewer people? You were the one who forced me into a one-on-one duel just now, and you still couldn’t win?” The burly young man finished speaking, then prepared to stomp down, ending Liu Xiaofei’s Four School Joint Examination journey.

“Wait, I’m quite interested in that live broadcast you mentioned earlier. Your fourth-year ranking list was completely dominated by someone in the Jiang Lou Initial Stage, is that true?”

However, before the burly young man’s foot could descend, a handsome long-haired youth stepped out and softly asked Liu Xiaofei.

“None of your business?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me. We’ll definitely find him, or rather, eliminate all of your Zhongyuan Academy’s fourth-year students.”

The handsome youth smiled: “Of course, the fifth-year students won’t escape either. Our Academy’s fifth-year students are already prepared to eliminate all of your Zhongyuan Academy’s people on this Joint Examination battlefield.”

“Da Xia Academy will still take first place this time!”

“Be prepared. Our target is your Zhongyuan Academy’s fourth-year students, and Jiang Yuan is naturally our primary target.”

“I just wonder what will happen when he, who dominated your Zhongyuan Academy’s ranking list, encounters me, the third-ranked person on Da Xia Academy’s fourth-year ranking list.”

As the handsome youth spoke, a ball of flame appeared on his finger: “Actually, it’s useless even if you don’t tell us. We still know what he looks like, a small golden pagoda on his head, right?”

After the handsome youth finished speaking, he flicked his hand, and the flame on his hand directly pierced through Liu Xiaofei’s chest.

Liu Xiaofei stared fiercely at the handsome youth, wishing he could spit a mouthful of blood on him.

If it weren’t for this guy’s sneak attack, injuring him first, how could that guy just now have been his opponent!

“Damn…”

Liu Xiaofei used his last bit of strength to curse, but as soon as the sound began, Liu Xiaofei disappeared.

From then on, Zhongyuan Academy’s fourth-year ranking seventh, Liu Xiaofei — eliminated!

“The uninhabitable zone is almost here. Let’s head into the safe zone first.”

After eliminating Liu Xiaofei, the handsome youth got on the flying vehicle that looked like a small electric scooter and flew towards the safe zone.

Behind him, eight people followed him, also flying towards the safe zone.

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… …

“Bang!”

“Damn!”

Hou Xiong Gao swung the Steel Whip in his hand, blocking Nezha’s Qiankun Circle attack, but the immense power of Universe Throw still made his tiger’s mouth numb.

Hou Xiong Gao couldn’t help but curse: “Damn it, he’s only at Late Stage strength, how is his power so strong?”

As soon as Hou Xiong Gao’s voice fell, he saw Nezha’s figure also descending from the sky.

“Get lost!”

Purple light shone, and the Steel Whip in Hou Xiong Gao’s hand suddenly grew a size larger, then he swung it fiercely towards Nezha.

“I am the eighth-ranked person on Martial Arts Academy’s fifth-year ranking list! Die for me!”

Shatter City: Able to deal double the user’s strength in damage, and also cause twenty percent penetration damage.

“Clang!”

A sound of metal clashing rang out. Although the Three Heads and Eight Arms Nezha successfully blocked this attack, he was still sent flying, crashing heavily into the wall of a building.

“Damn it!”

After Nezha broke free from the wall, he also cursed, and the Fire Tipped Spear in his hand jabbed towards the charging Hou Xiong Gao.

At the same time, Shi Ji and Zhao Gongming were also ready.

As Hou Xiong Gao once again swung the Steel Whip in his hand, Shi Ji’s illusion Skill Card was released.

Purple Quality Skill Card: Deep Dark Maze!

Can trap the target’s consciousness in a maze.

Either exit the maze or destroy the maze to escape the environment.

Although it had no damaging ability, this was Shi Ji’s best controlling illusion Skill Card.

Hou Xiong Gao’s target at this time was Nezha, so he naturally didn’t notice Shi Ji using the skill.

After being hit by Shi Ji’s Skill Card, Hou Xiong Gao felt his vision blur for an instant, and then he found himself in a maze with visibility less than a meter.

“What the hell is this place!”

Hou Xiong Gao shouted, then immediately realized he had been hit by an illusion Skill Card.

Without any hesitation, Hou Xiong Gao directly mobilized his mental power to forcibly destroy the illusion space.

This could be considered the most convenient way for powerful individuals to break illusion Skill Cards.

His Late Stage strength made him one of the strongest individuals on this battlefield.

Although he didn’t know the strength of the person who just used the illusion Skill Card, it definitely wouldn’t exceed his own.

Just forcibly destroy it!

At the same time, in the outside world, Nezha easily dodged Hou Xiong Gao’s Steel Whip attack, and the Fire Tipped Spear in his hand directly jabbed towards Hou Xiong Gao’s throat.

Simultaneously, the Huntian Ribbon danced around Hou Xiong Gao, attempting to entangle him.

This was a precaution; if Nezha and Zhao Gongming failed to eliminate the opponent, then with the Huntian Ribbon’s entanglement, they would still have a second chance to attack.

After all, Shi Ji’s illusion couldn’t control the opponent for long.

The difference in their strengths was too great.

As Nezha attacked, Zhao Gongming and Black Tiger’s attacks also appeared from behind at the same time.

Black Tiger’s claws struck Hou Xiong Gao’s body, and the dull purple defensive equipment flashed again, blocking Black Tiger’s attack.

However, Nezha and Zhao Gongming’s subsequent attacks would not be so easy to defend against.

Zhao Gongming, with the Steel Whip in his right hand and the Shadow Thunderball in his left, pressed directly onto Hou Xiong Gao’s body.

Although the purple defensive equipment on Hou Xiong Gao’s body flashed again to block the Shadow Thunderball’s attack, it had reached its limit. The purple Energy phantom shattered, turning into specks of light falling down.

And just then, Hou Xiong Gao also woke up from the illusion. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Nezha’s attack.

He instinctively turned his head, but his throat was still pierced.

But it was precisely because of this instinctive turn of the head that the Fire Tipped Spear only pierced through the side of his throat, near the right side of his neck.

Although it caused great damage to Hou Xiong Gao, it was not a fatal blow.

Nezha’s reaction was also very fast. With a movement of his hand, a large chunk of flesh from Hou Xiong Gao’s neck was directly torn off.

At the same time, Hou Xiong Gao’s neck began to gush blood. If left untreated, he would likely die from excessive blood loss soon.

After all, he hadn’t reached the Sixth Realm’s body reconstruction stage yet.

“I’ll drag you all down with me even if I die!”

Hou Xiong Gao’s eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Nezha, and another purple quality card appeared in his hand.

Lonely Moon Destruction: Deals a large amount of damage to the target, with three damage intensity options.

Normal Damage: No recoil damage.

Triple Damage: Suffers ten percent recoil damage.

Fivefold Damage: Suffers thirty percent recoil damage.

And now, Hou Xiong Gao chose the fivefold damage of Lonely Moon Destruction.

The Steel Whip in Hou Xiong Gao’s hand was already swinging, and the purple card also began to flash.

“Pfft!”

A dull sound, like a watermelon shattering, rang out. Zhao Gongming’s Steel Whip attack also arrived after Nezha’s attack ended.

All of the Steel Whip’s skills were used simultaneously, coupled with Meteor Star, which consumed all Star Power.

Zhao Gongming’s attack reached an unprecedented level.

Not to mention that Hou Xiong Gao no longer had defensive equipment on him; even if he did, the dull purple defensive equipment he had just worn wouldn’t have been able to withstand this attack.

The Steel Whip smashed into his head, breaking it without any hindrance.

Of course, it was Hou Xiong Gao’s head, not the Steel Whip.

In just an instant, Hou Xiong Gao disappeared.

Because he was killed, he was eliminated and teleported out of the Joint Examination battlefield.

“Hoo…”

Seeing that the Late Stage guy had disappeared, Jiang Yuan finally let out a sigh of relief, then a smile appeared on his face.

He finally succeeded in eliminating a Late Stage guy.

It was truly not easy.

One must know that this Late Stage guy had been targeted by Jiang Yuan from the moment he entered the 8,000-meter range.

Within that 8,000-meter distance, that Late Stage guy didn’t know how many Instant Flashes from Zhao Gongming and Tiger Fang Arrows and Phoenix Feather Arrows from Nezha he had taken.

When they got closer, there was also damage from Zhao Gongming’s lightning-attribute attacks and gun damage from that unknown team nearby.

But even so, after passing through the hail of bullets over that 8,000-meter distance, his purple defensive equipment still hadn’t been broken.

To be fair, when the Steel Whip was swung, its defensive range was indeed astonishingly large.

But thankfully, Zhao Gongming’s final attack still successfully resolved the opponent.

Before reaching the Sixth Realm Shi Shen and without body reconstruction, while realm advancement would increase various physical qualities,

A Fifth Realm strength still found it very difficult to resist purple quality attack equipment with just the physical body.

Not to mention Zhao Gongming’s full-power strike.

Even a hard skull was directly shattered without defensive equipment.

“It controlled for about 0.3 seconds.”

Mu Qianshan, who was beside him, frowned slightly: “The guy with the sword, his control time was about the blink of an eye, possibly around 0.1 seconds. Although I don’t know if it was the same illusion skill, that guy was clearly stronger.”

“0.3 seconds?”

Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised, not expecting that with a difference of one major realm, the control time of illusion skills would be so short.

He had specifically asked Mu Qianshan to observe the control time.

Starting from when that guy’s eyes glazed over.

But was it only 0.3 seconds?

“After all, there’s a difference of one major realm. It’s already very good that it even works.”

Mu Qianshan also looked a bit helpless: “And during the time it took to eliminate him, although only a few seconds passed, several people have already entered the city.”

“I’m not afraid of close combat, okay?”

Jiang Yuan smiled, watching the purple curtain in the distance gradually advance.

“It’s almost over. At this point, attacking or not attacking is fine. Let’s wait and see if there are any big fish.”

“Okay.”

Mu Qianshan smiled, and at this moment, Nezha and Zhao Gongming had also returned to the rooftop.

The “big fish” Jiang Yuan spoke of referred to those with Late Stage strength.

He wanted to use Zhao Gongming’s Instant Flash control effect to trap the opponent in the poison zone.

The luck accumulated for so long was finally put to use now.

If he could catch a big fish, it would be a gain.

If a few more came, it wouldn’t be impossible, as long as it didn’t exceed five, Zhao Gongming could handle it.

“Initiate plan.”

After Zhao Gongming came up, Jiang Yuan said to him.

Once the plan began, Zhao Gongming and Nezha’s targets would only be those of Jiang Lou strength.

Because for opponents of Jiang Lou strength, both Zhao Gongming and Nezha had the ability to eliminate them in one go.

As for those of Great Beam strength, they would be temporarily left alone.

For now, they wouldn’t attract too much aggro and would try to reduce the number of Jiang Lou strength opponents as much as possible.

Zhao Gongming nodded, then once again drew his bow and arrow, diligently beginning to shoot down those running from the poison.

“What a waste of time!”

Feeling the purple light curtain sweep over him, and his Star Power recovery instantly pausing, Wang Boqing’s brows also furrowed slightly.

These Late Stage guys weren’t very strong in combat, but their goal was to go down together.

Although he later noticed and quickly eliminated them, the purple light curtain still caught up to him.

Wang Boqing swept his long sword, eliminating a person blocking his way, then quickly rushed forward.

The light curtain was very fast, and he still needed at least two thousand meters to catch up to it.

But thankfully, the city was just ahead, which was the safe zone.

Wang Boqing breathed a sigh of relief. He should be able to get there before his Star Power ran out.

Not only Wang Boqing, but others too, for various reasons, panicked after being swept by the purple light curtain and quickly rushed towards the safe zone.

“You talk too much. Don’t you know the saying ‘Villains die from talking too much’?”

The handsome youth frowned slightly after watching the purple light curtain sweep over his body, then said discontentedly to the burly youth beside him.

“We’re almost at the safe zone too, only a little over a thousand meters from the light curtain. We’ll catch up quickly.” The burly youth chuckled awkwardly, quickly rushing forward.

Meanwhile, in the city, the Da Liang teams that had just entered also gathered together.

“I want to eliminate those guys upstairs. I presume you all have the same idea.”