51: How deep is the water in this world?

“Really, you really are willing to team up with me.”

Beyond his surprise, the fat man was also deeply moved. Xia Qi was the first person willing to team up with him, even knowing about his problematic Talent.

“Hey, kid, you look like you’re only Rank 20. Don’t you regret this.”

Seeing Xia Qi invite the fat man to team up, Li Ming was dumbfounded. How could there be such a person, someone who would jump into a pit even knowing it was there?

“I’m happy to.”

Xia Qi couldn’t be bothered to waste more words on Li Ming and directly led the fat man into the dungeon amidst everyone’s astonished gazes.

nightmare difficulty [Inferno Wild Boar]

After they entered, the fat man finally reacted, his lips turning pale, trembling all over.

“Ni… nightmare difficulty!”

“It’s over, it’s really over!”

“Little brother, let’s get out of here quickly. Losing one dungeon attempt doesn’t matter, but you only have one life. Running now really isn’t shameful.”

The fat man grabbed Xia Qi’s arm, wanting to leave, but unfortunately, he wasn’t the captain and didn’t have permission to leave.

Xia Qi calmly shrugged off the fat man’s hand and stepped out of the light circle.

“Oh no, why did you go out? If you go out, you can’t leave within five minutes.”

“It’s over, it’s over. It’s really not me tricking you; you’re seeking death yourself.”

Watching Xia Qi walk directly out of the safe zone, the fat man pressed himself against the wall, trembling.

Only a fool would follow him out for such an obvious suicidal act.

“Come out quickly! Didn’t you just say you’d protect me?”

Xia Qi waved at the fat man, signaling him to come out quickly.

“Even if you protect me, you can’t choose nightmare difficulty.”

At this moment, the fat man’s legs felt like jelly, and his hands were limp; he was speaking weakly.

“So you really are a jinx. It seems what they said was true, sigh…”

Xia Qi sighed with great regret, his eyes fixed on the fat man, looking as if he had misplaced his trust. The fat man felt his scalp tingle, and a deep sense of guilt welled up in his heart.

“Ah~ Don’t look at me like that! Damn it, I’m really not a jinx! It’s just nightmare difficulty, so be it!”

With that, the fat man mustered his courage and walked out of the safe zone, staggering to Xia Qi’s front. He patted his chest and continued, “How about it, I’m really not a jinx, right?”

“Mm, then you lead the way.”

“Uh…”

Hearing that he had to go first, the fat man’s legs started to go soft again, and he hesitated to move.

Xia Qi was not polite and directly kicked the fat man’s butt, not wanting to waste time.

The kick was not light, and the fat man was caught off guard, sent flying several meters, entering the attack range of an Inferno Wild Boar.

Roar!

The Inferno Wild Boar was a short-tempered creature. Seeing an intruder, it immediately roared and charged at the fat man.

“Mama mia!”

“Fifty Percent Empty-Handed White Blade Catch!”

In a panic, the fat man quickly drew his worn bronze longsword, while simultaneously activating his Talent to deal with the enemy.

The Inferno Wild Boar, whose gaze was originally fixed on the fat man’s chest, under the influence of a strange power, now stared directly at the longsword in the fat man’s hand.

Clang!

A metallic clang was heard. The fat man’s randomly swung sword was actually caught by the Inferno Wild Boar’s hooves.

One person and one boar maintained this bizarre white blade catch posture, staring at each other.

“Interesting!”

Xia Qi’s eyes lit up, knowing that Lucky had played a role, and the 50% chance had been greatly increased.

“Su… successful!”

The fat man looked in disbelief at the equally disbelieving Inferno Wild Boar. Logically, the success rate of activating the white blade catch Talent in a panicked state should be even lower.

He hadn’t expected it to succeed on the first try.

“Ha, haha, see? I told you I’d protect you.”

The fat man gasped and laughed, using all his strength to try and cleave the sword towards the boar’s head.

But he underestimated the strength of the nightmare difficulty Inferno Wild Boar. Its hooves clamped down tightly, and the blade couldn’t move an inch.

Moreover, to maintain the Talent ability, the power within his body was being rapidly consumed.

“Not good, little brother, attack quickly, or I won’t be able to hold on.”

Before the fat man could finish his sentence, a purple Divine Lightning as thick as an arm suddenly descended.

Boom!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Inferno Wild Boar was directly blasted into dust, leaving only a pair of charred hooves still gripping the fat man’s blade.

[Killed Rank 20 Inferno Wild Boar, Experience +7000]

[Obtained Inferno Longsword.]

[Obtained Inferno Boar Hide X2]

[Inferno Longsword: Rank 20 Silver Weapon, Strength +50, Intelligence +50, Melee and Sword Skill power increased by 7%]

Good luck, it actually dropped a Silver Weapon.

Xia Qi’s gaze shifted, and he immediately replaced the bronze longsword in his hand with the Inferno Longsword, instantly boosting his prestige by quite a bit.

“Oh my god…”

The fat man slumped to the ground, staring at the Inferno Wild Boar’s corpse, which had been pulverized down to its bones, with only its hooves remaining. His entire brain had crashed.

“You… what Rank are you exactly?”

“Rank 18.”

Xia Qi rolled his eyes, kicked the fat man, and continued to search for monsters inside.

“Rank 18 is so fierce, then you must have S-Rank Talent. So you’re the big shot!”

The fat man immediately scurried to catch up with Xia Qi.

Only now did he realize that Xia Qi choosing nightmare difficulty wasn’t a mistake at all, but because he truly had the strength for it.

“Brother, don’t worry, I’ll definitely protect you up front.”

“Who’s your brother? I’m only 18.”

“I know you’re Rank 18.”

“I meant 18 years old.”

An 18-year-old, Rank 18 S-Rank Talent expert!!!

The fat man’s worldview was shattered once again. He had never imagined that casually finding someone to trick, oh no, to team up with, would lead him to encounter a Prodigy.

“Sigh, back in the day, I was also a prominent figure in First High. Now, the waves behind push the waves ahead!”

While coordinating to kill monsters, the fat man sighed with emotion.

After Xia Qi finished off a boar with Divine Lightning, he glanced at the fat man.

He hadn’t expected this fat man to be an alumnus.

However, Xia Qi clearly didn’t want to get involved with the fat man. The reason he brought him to farm the dungeon was entirely because he had copied his Talent.

Furthermore, he also intended to see the fat man’s performance within the dungeon.

Fifty Percent Empty-Handed White Blade Catch, although not an elemental Talent, in some sense, this Talent might be much more amazing than elemental Talents.

According to Xia Qi’s understanding, this was entirely a Karma Talent.

Once it evolved into Hundred Percent Empty-Handed White Blade Catch, how terrifying would this Talent be?

Xia Qi found the thought frightening.

The depths of this world were even greater than he had imagined.