Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Under this offensive, swift as a gale and fierce as a thunderclap, the animated armor’s body quickly showed numerous signs of damage!

But a sense of urgency welled up in Su Ye’s heart.

The animated armor looked battered, but its many wounds were mostly dents and fractures. Not a single one had pierced through.

What did this mean?

’My attacks can suppress it and break its defenses, but... I can’t kill it? I can’t inflict a fatal wound?’ Turmoil stirred in Su Ye’s mind.

’How can it be this tough?’ Su Ye couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement. He seriously doubted whether this animated armor had ever truly existed.

’Or... was it a monster in a dream, specifically designed to counter his destructive power?’

’Dammit... How do I kill it?’

Su Ye maintained his assault, furrowing his brow in thought.

...

「At the same time.」

「In the corridor.」

"Feng, this War Armor Puppet seems different from the other war puppets, doesn’t it?"

Qin Wuyou frowned. He was currently wearing a blood-colored cloak, hidden behind a pedestal. He sent a voice transmission to Feng Shaochai, who was likewise concealed nearby.

"It is indeed different."

"The other war puppets repair themselves quickly after taking damage; they’re impossible to kill. But this one... not only shows no signs of repairing itself,"

"instead... the damage it’s sustained is continuously increasing?"

"It’s as if something is relentlessly attacking it, isn’t it?"

Feng Shaochai transmitted back, his back against a wall. A Tier Four Concealment Talisman was stuck to his body, and a faint light glinted in his eyes.

After the temple’s sudden transformation, darkness had swept in and consumed nearly all of them, a group of Golden Core cultivators. When they came to their senses, they found themselves separated from their companions and trapped inside the temple!

Gloomy, terrifying, and decadent.

Whispers in the darkness and fleeting afterimages made them feel as if they were in the lair of a vicious beast, sending chills down their spines.

As they explored, numerous animated armors emerged and began to hunt them, the outsiders.

The battles went well at first. The animated armors weren’t particularly strong in any aspect, barely meeting the standard for a Golden Core, and their methods were simple.

In truth, they were even a bit weaker than the Fire Element Lord.

But just like Su Ye, the other Golden Core cultivators also discovered what made these animated armors so difficult to deal with: they swarmed, they used crowd control, and... they were immortal!

That’s right, immortal.

No matter how much damage they inflicted, even if they used immense force to crush the armor completely, the animated armors would soon restore themselves to their original state!

Feng Shaochai had tried it once, dismembering an animated armor into pieces, but moments later, it was as good as new, its war armor reformed.

And its strength had even increased to a certain degree.

This characteristic—reviving after death and growing stronger—made Feng Shaochai extremely wary.

Because of this, he didn’t dare to kill them anymore, fearing that the animated armors would keep getting stronger until he could no longer handle them.

You see, within this temple complex, cultivators could hardly recover their Magical Power on their own.

All the Spiritual Qi was filled with an ominous, cold, and deathly stillness. This kind of Spiritual Qi might be able to restore Magical Power, but no one dared to try.

Feng Shaochai was no exception.

Therefore, the cultivators from the three sects trapped in the temple could only rely on the Spirit Stones and medicinal pills they carried to recover their Magical Power.

But these were non-renewable resources. If they were depleted and their Magical Power ran out, even a great cultivator at Golden Core Perfection would lose seventy to eighty percent of their Divine Techniques!

Thus, he acted cautiously, prioritizing concealment and conserving his Magical Power as he explored the temple complex.

During this process, he happened to meet Qin Wuyou of the Jade Void Sword Sect. The two teamed up and arrived at this corridor.

Then, the two cultivators discovered this abnormal animated armor.

"Feng, what’s the plan?"

Qin Wuyou’s gaze was serious, his hand already resting on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"You want to make a move?"

Feng Shaochai asked in return, somewhat surprised.

"This place is strange. If we’re stuck here for long, our fates will be uncertain... This war puppet might help us unravel the mystery of its ’immortality’."

"This... Qin, are you confident?"

Feng Shaochai’s face showed hesitation.

"No."

"How could I be?"

"But at a time like this, I’d rather do something wrong than do nothing at all."

Without another word, Qin Wuyou drew his sword. Man and sword became one, transforming into a streak of blood-red light that shot forward!

ZING!

Qin Wuyou’s Spirit Sword accurately struck the animated armor!

The blood-like blade pierced and shattered the animated armor’s chest in an instant!

Spiderweb-like cracks, glowing with a bloody light, spread from the point of impact, causing the animated armor’s entire chest plate to shatter like a mirror!

’This... Is it working?’

...

「Meanwhile.」

"Huh?"

’A blood-red light... Was that a skill?’

’No, the feeling changed... It’s so brittle!’

Su Ye’s expression changed.

Just now, for some unknown reason, he suddenly discovered that the animated armor’s Defense Power—especially on its chest—had plummeted to nothing!

SHIICK!

The once incredibly sturdy chest plate was cleaved by Su Ye’s halberd as easily as splitting bamboo, cut clean in two!

He had sliced the entire animated armor into two pieces. The cut was smooth and flawless, without a single burr!

THUD!

The animated armor fell, crashing to the ground, and moved no more!

"YES!"

Su Ye nearly let out a triumphant roar.

He hadn’t been fighting the animated armor for long—only a few minutes from start to finish.

But in those few minutes, he had unleashed a torrential storm of attacks with all his might, delivering at least five thousand strikes.

The blade of his Moonfall Halberd had even started to dull, yet the animated armor had remained in a state of ’severely damaged, but just won’t die’.

And now...

’I finally killed it.’

Su Ye let out a long breath.

[Killed Divine Attendant Guard. [Pastor of the Sea] EXP +3901]

’It even gives EXP. Excellent!’

Su Ye was delighted.

Then, suppressing his joy, his eyelashes fluttered as he carefully examined the animated armor’s remains.

Su Ye needed to figure out exactly what had caused the animated armor’s Defense Power to plummet... This was very important to him.

’Observe, summarize, replicate.’

With Su Ye’s Divine Techniques, as long as the animated armors’ Defense Power dropped to a normal level, he could take them out one by one and wipe out all several dozen of them!

’This bloody light... it feels a bit like Qin Wuyou?’ Su Ye stroked his chin. ’Did this animated armor fight Qin Wuyou?’

’Doesn’t seem like it... If that were the case, it’s impossible that I wouldn’t have sensed anything.’

’Besides, this bloody light clearly erupted suddenly during our fight...’

’So...’

A look of astonishment flickered in Su Ye’s eyes.

’Overlapping Space?’

Realizing he might be in a dream, Su Ye’s thoughts naturally drifted to the idea of an Overlapping Space.

It was very likely that, at this very moment, Qin Wuyou was in the same place as him.

Just... not in the same space!

’If that’s the case...’

Su Ye crouched down and, using his finger as a brush, wrote a sentence on the animated armor’s vambrace.

[Qin Wuyou? I’m Su Ye.]

Waiting.

A few breaths later.

On the vambrace, strokes suddenly appeared, linking together to form words.

[Yehai! It’s me, Qin Wuyou...]

The surface area of the vambrace was limited, but both were Golden Core cultivators with microscopic control.

Even if the words were as small as dust motes, they could see them clearly and reply.

Soon, dense, tiny script covered nearly half of the vambrace.

Through this exchange, Su Ye gained a general understanding of the situation Qin Wuyou’s party was facing.

The same was true for Qin Wuyou’s party.

[So that’s how it is. An Overlapping Space?]

[In that case, to kill a war puppet, we both need to damage it simultaneously from our two separate spaces.]

This situation quickly led to a collaboration between the two, who were already on the same side.

[Qin, take the animated armor’s remains. We’ll use it to communicate and move in sync.]

[Let’s team up and wipe out these monsters.]

[Okay.]