154: When the young man in black holds a sword!

"Cannot use the storage space, so I can only push quickly. Otherwise, it will become increasingly difficult once my Physique is exhausted."

"I'm not worried about energy; I can just make more on the spot."

The advantage of having a talent is that as long as you have energy in your body, you can achieve a closed-loop supply, so whether the storage space can be used or not is a minor issue.

Xia Qi was calmly thinking when a notification sound interrupted his thoughts.

"Ding! You have comprehended the passive skill, Calm as Still Water."

"Calm as Still Water: Your state of mind is undisturbed, greatly reducing the influence of external factors, and decreasing energy consumption."

He just calmly thought for a moment, and this also allowed him to comprehend a passive skill, Xia Qi thought with a peaceful mind.

Hmm?

His emotions really seemed to have stabilized a lot, without any fluctuations from comprehending an additional skill.

Xia Qi looked down. The moment he stepped out of the safe zone, wandering monsters were already appearing around him.

Three humanoid monsters, clad in armor, wielding standard long spears, flicking fleshy tails, and with double wings spread on their backs, were patrolling the vicinity.

Looking at their physical characteristics, they indeed bore some resemblance to Dragonkin.

But compared to the Dragon Clan, they were still far off.

Xia Qi had never seen a true Dragon; he had only heard about them from others.

They were said to be dozens or even hundreds of meters tall, very similar in appearance to the Western type of ground-dwelling Dragon.

As for the Dragonkin here, at most, they were just mutated humans containing a trace of Dragon Bloodline.

Compared to true Dragons, they were mere midgets.

The patrolling Dragonkin were not far from Xia Qi, only about two hundred meters away, and they quickly discovered his presence.

After two roars, several Dragonkin flapped their wings and flew towards Xia Qi.

With a thought, Thunder Wings materialized behind him. Ground combat might put him at a disadvantage, and Xia Qi didn't want to foolishly stand there and take a beating.

Lightning struck like a bolt, surging into the Dragonkin's bodies.

Crackle! Sparks flew as electricity sizzled.

Several Dragonkin immediately cried out, their speed slowing slightly. After a brief gasp, they immediately charged again.

"Such high Spell resistance, it feels like I'm just tickling them."

Slightly surprised, Xia Qi casually cast an Insight Weakness on them.

"Dragonkin Patrolman (Infernal Level Elite Monster)"

"Rank: 33"

"Strength: 2000"

"Agility: 1600"

"Intelligence: 1000"

"Physique: 2000"

"Skill: Whirlwind Slash"

Seeing the attributes, Xia Qi inwardly thought, 'No wonder.'

Such attributes already far exceeded those of regular monsters.

One must know that these were just the trash mobs in a Infernal Level dungeon.

Their attributes were already comparable to those of boss monsters in normal dungeons.

The difficulty was truly absurdly high.

It was as if fighting every ordinary monster here was like fighting a boss monster.

The Dragonkin Patrolman had very high Physique, a full two thousand points, plus the Dragonkin's inherent magic resistance bonus. This was why Frenzy Lightning could only cause a brief slowing effect when it landed on them.

The damage was very low.

Unless Xia Qi's current talent had risen to SSS Rank, it wouldn't be much different.

"It seems I can only use sword techniques. Elements are a bit weak; I can kill them, but it's time-consuming and laborious."

Calmly analyzing, Xia Qi immediately changed his approach and equipped a gold-Rank longsword.

This was something that had just dropped on the battlefield, and its attributes were much better than the spider king longsword.

The longswords of the Dragonkin Patrolmen also glowed with a red light.

Skill: Whirlwind Slash!

Four or five Dragonkin Patrolmen simultaneously activated their skills.

The skills formed a fan-shaped attack, and the skills of the four or five Dragonkin monsters just happened to cover Xia Qi's entire front area.

If he didn't retreat, he would be within the enemy's attack range.

Facing patrolmen who unleashed their ultimate moves without a word, Xia Qi was surprisingly calm. He did not choose to retreat but instead met the challenge head-on.

The moment they made their move was also the moment their weakness was exposed.

Why retreat?

Talent: Time Jump.

A two-times time acceleration eerily enveloped the world, and energy in his body visibly drained away.

Xia Qi didn't care, because he had already seen all the weaknesses of the several patrolmen.

Talent: Insight Weakness!

Talent: Hundred Percent Empty-Handed White Blade Catch.

Sword Skill: Demon Slayer!

"Cut them down!"

With a soft shout, Xia Qi, holding his longsword, lunged forward with a burst of speed. Relying on the two-times time acceleration, he rushed in front of the several Dragonkin just before their skills landed.

Pfft!

The sharp blade, without any elemental attributes, cut through the Dragonkin's flesh and bone like butter.

Buzz!

The blade vibrated within the muscles, and the power of Qi and Blood surged in continuously.

In just one exchange, the pupils of one Dragonkin Patrolman dilated violently. Aside from its head, it could no longer feel any sensation from its body.

Following that was the dull thud of a heavy object hitting the ground. A perfectly intact Dragonkin was cleaved into pieces with a single strike, and hot, bloody blood splattered everywhere, a gruesome death.

Clang!

His wrist twitched slightly, and not a single drop of blood stained the sword blade.

Xia Qi looked indifferently at the remaining four Dragonkin, his sword hilt lowered, its edge slightly raised, his clothes fluttering, like a Sword Grandmaster.

"Wa-lu!"

"Woo woo woo!"

The several Dragonkin Patrolmen had never seen such a sight. For a moment, they made all sorts of strange sounds.

They sounded like wails, yet also like fear.

"Stop shouting, go to sleep with it."

His figure vanished again, and the sword light flashed like a fleeting glimmer.

When he reappeared, another Dragonkin Patrolman was in four pieces, and thick blood Qi soared into the sky, but Xia Qi paid no heed.

What a fast sword!

If the Dragonkin could speak, they would probably have cried out in alarm by now.

Unfortunately, they could hardly make a second strange sound, because Xia Qi moved again.

A few seconds later, the several Dragon Clan Patrolmen were nothing but a pile of minced meat left on the ground.

Xia Qi walked down the mountain path, indifferently crushing the remains.

"Killed a Rank 33 Dragon Clan Patrolman, Experience +800,000"

"Obtained Dragonkin Blood X5"

"Obtained Dragonkin Tooth X10"

"Obtained Dragonkin Scale X20"

...

The anticipated Materials did not drop, but Xia Qi was not surprised.

What he encountered now were still the most Elementary trash mobs. The Materials General Hu wanted should be from higher-Rank monsters.

The experience points given were quite generous, which Xia Qi was satisfied with. He should have hope of reaching Rank 29 here.

Rank 30 was not far off either.

The structure of the Dragonkin Camp dungeon was not complex; one could see the entire layout at a glance.

Going down the winding mountain path, he would encounter many Dragonkin Patrolmen along the way.

Xia Qi didn't find them too difficult to deal with. He would activate Time Jump and sweep through them with Demon Slayer.

At this moment, if any Dragonkin approached, they would be met with an overwhelming stench of blood.

From the halfway point of the mountain, it extended all the way down.

On both sides of the road, pools of bloody, mashed fragments were everywhere.

And a black-clad youth, carrying a longsword, arrived at the foot of the mountain path.

Looking at the clusters of Dragonkin not far away, a faint smile drifted across his calm, placid face with the wind.

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