158: Can I steal skills from the Empress?

That's right, behind this knight, there are two pairs of wings, one large and one small.

When spread out, they cover the sky and the sun!

The gray feathers are full, with wisps of pitch-black demonic energy floating about, and streaks of bright, chaotic red.

Chen Ming originally thought the feathers had mutated.

Unexpectedly, the next second, they all opened!

Revealing huge, bulging, blood-red demon eyes, staring intently at Chen Ming.

They stared at him without blinking, blood vessels bulging like old tree roots.

"..." From Chen Ming's perspective, it was quite eerie.

On the Black Knight, besides the thorn-like design, there were dark red gems adorning its chest and the brow of its helmet.

Behind it, like a god or Buddha, stood a sun disc, giving an overall sense of a Fallen Angel.

Seeing the Fallen Holy Knight emerge from it, and after the teleportation gate completely closed, Chen Ming was 100% certain that it was the final boss of this dungeon instance!

As long as he defeated this guy, he could close the teleportation entrance.

Chen Ming was very much looking forward to extracting it as an Undead, possessing it, and thus completely controlling it, experiencing the thrill of fighting with this body.

Just looking at it, he couldn't help but want to own it.

The word 'handsome' was simply not enough to describe it.

After the blood-colored runes were completely drawn, the Fallen Holy Knight raised an arm and pulled the great sword from the ground.

Rumble!

Without any martial ethics, it directly swung the great sword in its hand with full force, a full 180 degrees.

Raising monstrous waves of blood-red Sword Qi, surging towards Chen Ming and Qin Hongyue.

Chen Ming estimated the power of this single strike: for ordinary people, killing tens of thousands would be effortless, no different from cutting leeks.

However, the enemy the Fallen Holy Knight faced this time was not an ordinary person; she came from a planar world, a fantasy continent where martial arts were supreme, and she was the Human Empress!

Facing that Sword Qi, Qin Hongyue's expression didn't change; she clenched her five fingers and easily blocked it.

With a slight exertion of force, it instantly shattered, making a crisp sound, as if glass had fallen to the ground.

The Fallen Holy Knight seemed very unwilling for its move to be so easily resolved by Qin Hongyue; it changed its grip on the great sword from one hand to two.

After quickly swinging twice, unleashing an X-shaped Sword Qi, it then performed a horizontal slash, like a hexagram, attacking Qin Hongyue again.

Boom!

Just like swallows returning to a familiar place, Qin Hongyue raised her hand and waved, erasing the Fallen Holy Knight's hexagram sword formation from existence.

It was instantly erased, leaving not a single trace of its presence.

Seeing that the Fallen Holy Knight was still unwilling to give up and wanted to raise its sword again, Qin Hongyue lost patience and didn't intend to give it a chance to breathe.

With a thought, the spiritual energy sword that had been condensed beside her flew out.

In the process, one sword manifested into ten thousand illusory shadows.

This time, they did not disperse their attacks but condensed into a sword dragon.

The sword dragon was so large that it was not inferior to the Fallen Holy Knight.

Opening its dragon mouth, it charged straight towards it, full of momentum.

Bang! Boom!

The sword dragon bit the Fallen Holy Knight's blade, which was halfway through its swing, and then directly knocked it flying, taking it vertically into the sky with the force of pulling a green onion from dry ground.

Ten thousand sword intents continuously washed over and ravaged its steel body.

The moment it was topped into the clouds, it exploded with a bang, armor fragments and feathers scattering everywhere, like blooming fireworks.

The massive dragon body, large enough to cover the sky and sun, then disappeared.

【Successfully killed Fallen Holy Knight! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Diamond Treasure Chest +1!】

"A Diamond Treasure Chest that can open S-Class Skills, it's indeed the final boss!" Chen Ming's idea was firm.

After that, it was the same old process.

【Stealing in progress...】

【Stealing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Class Skill Hexagram Slash, S-Class Skill One Thought Heaven, One Thought Hell, A-grade skill Bewitching Eye, A-grade skill Holy Blessing, A-grade skill Bloodthirst, A-grade skill Great Sword Slash...】

【Extracting in progress...】

【Extraction successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining new Undead Servant: Fallen Holy Knight +1!】

Chen Ming checked; it was equivalent to killing one Fallen Holy Knight and netting himself three S-Class Skills.

Excluding the S-Class Skills not obtained from the treasure chest, what Chen Ming cared about most was the skill [One Thought Heaven, One Thought Hell].

He clicked to view the introduction.

【S-Class Skill One Thought Heaven, One Thought Hell: Switching to Holy Knight can enhance healing power; switching to Demonic Knight can enhance attack power!】

"So it's a support skill." Chen Ming added it to himself.

With this skill, when he needed to increase the healing amount of healing spells, he could switch to Holy Knight; when he needed to increase attack power, he would switch to Demonic Knight.

It was a support skill that increased the upper limit of skills; the more powerful the skill, the more terrifying the boost it provided.

【You have obtained S-Rank Clearance Treasure Chest +1!】

"Directly sent to the system inventory?"

Chen Ming didn't mind; it was quite convenient this way.

Seeing the departure teleportation gate open, Chen Ming said to Qin Hongyue, "We should leave."

"Yes, Master." Qin Hongyue agreed and left with Chen Ming.

However, they entered not the instance teleportation gate, but the teleportation gate Chen Ming opened, leading directly to Fushan Residence.

Why repeat the process when one teleportation gate could solve the matter?

During the process, Chen Ming selected the Diamond Treasure Chest dropped from killing the Fallen Holy Knight and confirmed opening it.

【Opening Diamond Treasure Chest...】

【Opening successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Class Skill: Ten Thousand Swords Technique!】

"Ten Thousand Swords Technique?" Chen Ming privately thought that it was the luck boost brought by other skills that allowed him to get what he wished for again.

After witnessing Qin Hongyue's operation, he was indeed deeply curious about the ultimate skill of one sword transforming into ten thousand swords.

Unexpectedly, the next second, he opened it from the treasure chest.

He checked the skill details.

【S-Class Skill Ten Thousand Swords Technique: Can summon ten thousand long swords for large-scale continuous strikes, maximizing output!】

It was roughly similar to what Chen Ming had imagined.

If there was a difference, it was probably that its power was not as great as the cultivation method Qin Hongyue used, equivalent to a simplified version.

Chen Ming didn't mind; after all, Qin Hongyue was his person.

Otherwise... use a skill to steal from her?

Of course, this was just a joke.

Chen Ming wasn't sure if the SSS-level Permanent Steal skill would work on Qin Hongyue, who came from a different plane, cultivated spiritual energy, and was completely outside his system.

With a try-it-out mentality, he used [Permanent Steal] on Qin Hongyue.

Following that, the system panel actually unfolded before him.

It was densely packed, displaying all the "skills" Qin Hongyue possessed, not missing a single one.

SSS! SSS! SSS...

At a glance, except for SSS-level, it was all SSS-level; there was nothing else, not even an SS-grade could be found.

After scrolling a few times and seeing that he hadn't reached the bottom yet, Chen Ming decisively gave up.

He felt it was a bit discouraging.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, 'Fortunately, she is on my side. If she were to appear as an enemy, with my current strength and that of all humanity, it would probably be very difficult to deal with her!'

'However, looking at it from another perspective, if I ever lack skills in the future, won't I just be able to steal directly from her?'

Cultivation methods and skills are different; after stealing, they can be cultivated again.

Therefore, Chen Ming believed his idea was completely feasible.

There was definitely no need to do that right now.

He withdrew his gaze and focused on the present.

Chen Ming decided to continue opening the S-Rank Clearance Treasure Chest.