246: Chapter 246 Sneak Attack from Behind

Rada had no way of knowing if the Corruptor's recovery ability had any limits.

If it was limitless, even with all his Battle Qi, it would eventually run out, and then things would get difficult.

However, Rada quickly sensed an energy fluctuation coming from behind him.

Rada was secretly alarmed and instinctively looked back, seeing the Elemental Sphere and white ring forming in front of Nie Ning.

'This energy fluctuation... is this guy really a Third-Tier?'

The energy fluctuation Nie Ning emitted was too strong, causing Rada to feel somewhat shocked.

Despite being a Third-Ring Wizard, to emit such an energy fluctuation, a thought sparked in Rada's mind: 'This guy definitely has a treasure on him!'

But suddenly, a tentacle broke through Rada's Battle Qi.

Rada's heart jumped, and he quickly turned his head to dodge, but his cheek was still grazed by the tentacle.

Feeling the Power of Corruption on his face, Rada's expression turned grim.

Although this Power of Corruption couldn't seriously harm him, its corrosive nature would require him to spend a lot of time to expel it.

Moreover, no one knew if this Corruptor had other abilities, which was one of the headaches.

The Battle Qi within Rada's body circulated rapidly, then gathered on his longsword.

The longsword erupted with dazzling white light, then transformed into a ten-meter-long greatsword, directly cleaving the muscular man in half.

But with this strike, the muscular man once again split into another clone.

Three against one, coupled with the uncontrollable recovery ability and no means to deal with the Corruptor, forced Rada to primarily focus on defense.

"Are you ready yet!"

Rada shouted at Nie Ning behind him.

"Ready! Watch this!"

Nie Ning yelled, but a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

As the orb of light in front of Nie Ning transformed into a Light Spear, it suddenly accelerated the moment it passed through the god-forbidden ring. The Light Spear, like a laser, pierced through Rada's back and then pinned him to the ground.

"You..."

Rada spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Nie Ning with disbelief, not understanding why Nie Ning would attack him.

"Look at what's in front of you?"

Nie Ning said with a smile, looking at the muscular man in front.

When Rada's gaze returned to the muscular man, the muscular man's body began to change, slowly transforming from a humanoid shape into a ball of flesh with tentacles.

Seeing this, Rada realized he had been tricked; this Corruptor in front of him was the one Nie Ning controlled!

It was just that everything happened too quickly, leaving him no time to think it through.

"Wh-why..."

Rada asked, his voice filled with unwillingness.

Nie Ning shrugged his shoulders, speaking helplessly, "Sometimes, watching you pretend to be good people is really tiring. Shouldn't you be the clearest about why I'm killing you?"

Without giving Rada a chance to speak, Nie Ning snapped his fingers, detonating the Light Spear embedded in Rada.

'Boom!'

A loud explosion rang out, leaving only a large pit where he stood.

Seeing this, Nie Ning let out a slight sigh of relief.

He had led Rada to this place to distance himself from the teleportation area.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and he eliminated Rada with hardly any effort.

Under Nie Ning's control, the Human-Faced Balloon devoured the remaining flesh and blood to recover from its injuries.

Then, Nie Ning waved his hand again, and the spatial storage item that had been blasted away flew into his hand.

It had to be said that these outsiders were indeed rich; even their spatial items were larger than those they used.

Among the two storage items, one brocade pouch alone had a space of eight square meters, equivalent to three or four of Nie Ning's own storage items.

Unfortunately, there wasn't much inside, mostly weapons, armor, and clothing.

There were a few Knight cultivation methods and Knight skills, saving him the time of searching for Fourth-Tier cultivation techniques.

There were also a small number of materials and elixirs, but overall, they were not of much use to Nie Ning.

Because he was very different from traditional Knights; he primarily relied on beast crystal cores to strengthen his vital blood and physique, so he only needed to focus on improving his magic level.

The greatest use of Knight elixirs was probably to replenish Battle Qi and restore injuries.

Other than that, they offered no other advantages, and cultivating Knight methods would only waste his time.

Without time to organize the items, Nie Ning burned the unwanted clothes and then returned directly to where they came out to wait.

...

About half an hour later, Abbott was the first to emerge.

Although Abbott took longer, he only cleared 13 stages in total, two fewer than Nie Ning himself.

This was normal; answering quickly didn't mean a bad score.

Moreover, the Eye of Astral was originally a power dominated by wizards, so the reference value for wizards was only high, not low.

However, Abbott was a Tier 5 Knight, so it was possible his difficulty was higher than Nie Ning's.

Not long after, Paramond and Ryan also walked out.

One cleared 14 stages, the other 11; that Tier 5 Knight was far worse than Abbott.

Now, only Heloise remained.

In this power that primarily cultivated Alchemy and Star Sorcery, Heloise, with her exceptionally high Alchemy aptitude, was naturally in her element.

Moreover, that girl had also brought Sensen, so there was no need to worry about her combat performance.

However, Paramond and Ryan were very puzzled.

Rada was an old acquaintance of theirs, and based on their understanding of him, he shouldn't have lasted this long.

Did that guy usually hide his true strength?

Or had he already been eliminated?

...

The group chatted idly, but their minds were no longer on the conversation.

Each of them harbored ulterior motives, their minds filled with various calculations, making the atmosphere somewhat strange, like a small boat in a tide, capable of capsizing at any moment.

The only reason they hadn't acted yet was because the items they wanted hadn't been acquired.

If it were about claiming rewards first, they would have probably been fighting fiercely by now.

Time passed minute by minute, and after another hour, a colorful beam of light suddenly descended from the sky.

Facing the colorful beam, even a fool could tell something extraordinary was happening.

Paramond and Ryan prayed it was Rada, while Abbott hoped even more it was Heloise.

As for Nie Ning, he already knew who was coming.

After the colorful glow faded, Heloise, clad in a blue magic robe, appeared.

Perhaps from spending too much time with Nie Ning, Heloise's facial expressions were more varied, and at this moment, she was beaming, clutching her backpack with a wide smile.

For a moment, everyone tacitly avoided asking Heloise how many stages she had cleared.

Anyway, when the fighting started later, snatching Heloise's things first was always the right move.

Upon seeing Heloise appear, Paramond and Ryan's eyes flickered as they began to consider how to deal with Rada when he emerged.

Would they both target Heloise, or would they also include Rada in their target?

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