Chapter 24 : Chapter 24
Chapter 24 You Only Took One Look, and You Already Found Its Weakness?
At that moment, a disturbance arose outside the gate of the eastern courtyard.
Ruan Xiaoyou knocked back the Fiends in front of her and warily kept watch on the movement outside.
"Are more Fiends coming over to surround us?"
But in the very next moment, the figure that stepped through the courtyard gate made her cry out in shock.
"Ye Ze?!"
"Why are you here?!"
It had only been a little over two minutes. Instead of properly dealing with the Fiends on the right side, why had Ye Ze come here?
Could it be that Ye Ze had not gone to hold the right side at all?
That was impossible. She had clearly heard sounds of battle from the right as well.
Could it be...
An unbelievably bold guess surfaced in Ruan Xiaoyou's mind.
She leaped into the air, her body as light as a feather, and in two or three steps landed beside Ye Ze.
Facing her questioning look, Ye Ze smiled and said, "I finished killing them, so I came over."
Hearing her outrageous guess confirmed, Ruan Xiaoyou's beautiful eyes widened even further in disbelief.
Finished killing them... How was that possible?!
And in the next moment, she saw the Kung Fu Panda beside Ye Ze.
Judging from the pressure of its strength alone, it was no weaker than epic-tier!
Aside from that epic-tier squirrel, he actually had another epic-tier summoned beast!
Not even level 10 yet, and he already had two epic-tier summoned beasts?
Even with Ruan Xiaoyou's experience, that kind of setup ranked among the very best for Summoners!
This was a student from War Academy's ordinary class?
Ruan Xiaoyou stared fixedly at Ye Ze, like a little black cat that had just discovered prey.
But with more than ten Fiends still on the opposite side, she ultimately gave up the idea of investigating further, and Ye Ze could not help letting out a quiet sigh of relief.
Once Ye Ze joined the battle, the two of them quickly began clearing out the Fiends in the courtyard.
Ruan Xiaoyou moved like a swallow, her strikes swift and fierce.
As for Panda, its fist techniques were violent and overbearing, specifically targeting the higher-level elite fiends.
Originally, Ruan Xiaoyou alone would have been enough to kill all these Fiends. It would only have taken time.
But now that Ye Ze had arrived, the Fiends had even less ability to resist.
In less than a minute, every Fiend in the area had been slain.
Relying on its overwhelming Strength, Panda seized the chance to kill three level 15 Blood-Skeleton Fiends first.
1125 EXP!
Ye Ze's level 7 experience bar immediately jumped to nearly half full.
After that, the two of them cleaned up the battlefield.
Of all the spoils, including two pieces of level 15 equipment, one skill book, and some materials, Ruan Xiaoyou did not take a single thing.
Ye Ze did not stand on ceremony either. For a little rich girl dressed head to toe in Outstanding-grade equipment, it was perfectly normal for her not to care about these things.
He stuffed everything into his backpack.
But at the same time, he discovered that the missing supplies were not in either of the two courtyards.
Ruan Xiaoyou looked toward the deeper part of the temple. "Let us keep going!"
Ye Ze was just about to respond when something unexpected happened.
"Two of the squirrel's Shadow Clones were killed?"
Even though they were only the squirrel's Shadow Clones, their attributes should still have been somewhere above eighty. And with Shadow Meld on top of that...
Anything capable of killing those clones was, at the very least, no ordinary elite fiend.
Seeing that, Ruan Xiaoyou reminded him, "If even the elite fiends are only guarding the outer courtyards, then the enemy inside definitely cannot be underestimated!"
"I should scout the situation inside first."
Ye Ze nodded in agreement.
There were too many unknowns in the Contaminated Land. Scouting ahead would not hurt.
Ruan Xiaoyou took out a Scout Spirit and sent it flying toward the deeper part of the temple.
This was also an exclusive skill of the Dark Spirit Assassin. It was similar to a drone and could display a live scouting feed on one's personal panel.
The Scout Spirit flew in from the courtyard, passed up a long staircase, and reached the center of the temple.
At first glance, the two of them saw the missing supplies.
The container that had originally stored the goods had already shattered, and countless materials and items were piled up into a small hill.
And in the next moment— A massive black mounted figure came into view.
Ye Ze frowned. "A Special Elite!"
In the image, the tall, powerfully built black rider wore tattered, decayed armor and held a long spear in one hand. Its helmet concealed its face, revealing only a pair of scarlet eyes.
Most striking of all was the giant beast beneath it. Its appearance resembled that of a salamander, and gray fiendish aura billowed from its body.
This looked like the true boss of the stronghold. Ye Ze immediately activated his inspection.
【Cursed Knight (lv.30)】
Type: Special Elite
Attributes: Strength 280, Constitution 260, Agility 180, Spirit 80
Characteristic: Soul of Curses — After striking an enemy, it will randomly inflict a curse that cannot be dispelled.
Skills: Dark Charge, Sweep Through a Thousand Armies, Piercing Spear.
"Level 30 Special Elite!"
A Special Elite was a full step stronger than an elite fiend.
They were all once Blue Star Class Users who had died in the Contaminated Land after being polluted by the Abyss.
That kind of Abyssal pollution was like an acute illness.
It could spread through biological parasitism, toxic corrosion, accidentally activating some treasure tainted by fiendish power, and more... Once treatment was delayed, death was inevitable.
Those who died after being polluted would become special Fiends.
They would permanently lose all memory of their former lives and wander forever through the Contaminated Land.
"Looks like it was a knight-type Class User from the East China Region while it was alive..."
Ruan Xiaoyou guessed, "It might even have been one of the escorts for this shipment."
It had escorted supplies for the East China Region while alive, and even after death, after losing its mind, it was still guarding the supplies...
If it had not been polluted by the Abyss, it might well have become a high-level knight.
"What a pity. It has already turned into a fiend."
Ye Ze then pointed at its mount. "That thing is also a level 25 elite fiend!"
【Corrupted Giant Beast (lv.25)】
Type: Elite Fiend
Attributes: Strength 180, Constitution 150, Agility 200, Spirit 50
Skills: Tail Whip, Shattering Swing, Full-Speed Charge.
Even the mount was a level 25 elite fiend!
Knight plus mount—their combined combat strength was far more than a simple one plus one.
Just as the two of them were watching, the Cursed Knight suddenly noticed the Scout Spirit and thrust out its spear!
The scouting feed cut off.
Ruan Xiaoyou's fine brows drew together slightly as she looked at Ye Ze.
"A level 30 Special Elite like this... in theory, we can already use the Distress Talisman and call for support."
A level 30 Special Elite, with the mount amplifying its combat ability even further, was the kind of enemy that would instantly kill the vast majority of scouts.
And even Ruan Xiaoyou felt that her chances of winning were slim.
The level gap was simply too great!
What was more, both the knight and the mount were practically bosses on their own. Combined with the Cursed Knight's characteristic, one hit from it could cost them half their lives!
"But if we use the Distress Talisman, then the rewards and Military Merit definitely will not be ours anymore!"
Ye Ze's fighting spirit did not diminish in the slightest. Golden light flashed through his eyes.
"We can fight it! I have already found its weakness!"
"Hm?"
Hearing that, Ruan Xiaoyou could not help showing her surprise.
"You only took one look at it!"
"And you already found its weakness?"