Chapter 293: Chapter 158: Showdown! Level 9 Legendary Spiritualist! (Part 2)

After adding the friend, Ge Wu smiled and bowed while retreating, glancing at Tang Ruobing before leaving.

Out of curiosity, he tried to use his secret perception ability to understand the opponent’s general information.

Not knowing is one thing, but knowing is a shock.

The curse marks on Tang Ruobing are even more terrifying than those on Ye Mingqiu. Simply put, she’s like someone who’s bathed in curse power! And, she bathed in an extremely high concentration of curse power!

Why is she still alive?

Why hasn’t even her appearance changed?

Ge Wu couldn’t understand, but he knew very well that this kind of incomprehensible thing is more terrifying. The fact that she can mingle with the Divine Monarch means she absolutely cannot be an ordinary person; she might be another person with a terminal illness.

Initiate the second positioning match.

[Prompt: Please choose your challenge target]

[Current selectable challenge targets: Celestial Ladder Rankings positions 18-36]

[Current positioning rank: 37]

Challenge 18th place.

[Confirm choice? Yes/No]

Yes.

....

After a brief preparation time, Ye Mingqiu once again arrived in the Celestial Ladder Arena. On the other side of the arena was a tall, slender young man with a dagger in one hand, who smiled and said, "I watched the last match; you’re from the Curse System, right?"

"I’m not."

Ye Mingqiu answered honestly.

"Ha!"

The young man sneered, not believing, thinking it’s impossible since a curse instantly defeated the opponent, forcing them to kneel to themselves, and yet he claims he’s not from the Curse System?

Qing Yu is a Level 9 Legendary Spiritualist, backed by a powerful family force, and isn’t particularly afraid of ordinary Curse System Spiritualists.

Three months ago, he was Level 7, ranked 56th on the Celestial Ladder. Now at Level 9, he’s ranked 18th. Because the higher-ranked spiritualists are closer to the limit of Tier One, generally those who break through to Tier Two are the higher-ranked spiritualists, not the lower-ranked ones, which naturally increased his rank considerably.

[Prompt: The battle will begin in three seconds]

3! 2! 1!

The battle begins!

As the Spirit Realm’s prompt sounded, the entire world’s time seemed to halt momentarily. Ye Mingqiu maintained his original combat preparation posture, changing and adjusting almost imperceptibly.

[Time Acceleration]

This is Qing Yu’s talent ability!

A spiritualist who, with their own talent, reaches the requirements for a Legendary Level, must inherently possess a very strong talent. Otherwise, it’s impossible to reach the Legendary Level during Tier One. Legendary Level itself is an out-of-specification level.

Qing Yu’s lips curled into a smile, his body instantly transforming into a fleeting stream of light, coming face to face with Ye Mingqiu. The sharp dagger slashed across Ye Mingqiu’s throat in an instant, delivering a precise and vicious attack, yet Qing Yu wasn’t satisfied with this.

Based on previous battle experiences, he decisively continued to wield the dagger, inflicting one after another large and brutal wound on Ye Mingqiu. Supported by Time Acceleration, the power of his attacks surged immensely, almost capable of cutting through anything.

Next, you will...

"Crunch!"

In Qing Yu’s bewildered gaze, his Radiant Gold Dagger broke on the nineteenth slash, the break clean and neat.

No way!

Absolutely impossible! 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

How could a Radiant Gold Level weapon break!

What the hell is going on!

[Acceleration Ended]

Qing Yu retreated to his original position at the fastest speed, quickly replacing it with a Dark Gold Dagger, staring intently at Ye Mingqiu on the opposite side.

"Sizzle!!"

Instantly, the wounds on Ye Mingqiu’s body burst out with terrifying blood flowers, an immense amount of blood instantly staining the entire field red, while his health bar finally finished loading in the Spirit Realm.

The first of the two health bars was completely depleted, and the second had dropped by three-quarters, with the horror of bleeding still causing it to decline.

"Ugh!"

Ye Mingqiu spat out another mouthful of blood, his life value almost dropped to zero, with the passive of [Undying Tyrant] about to be triggered, putting him in a state of near-death.

What a terrifying attack!

Is this what a Legendary Spiritualist is?

He instantaneously gripped the Blood Spear, crimson crystal lines spreading, covering his arm, with scarlet life force flooding his body, stopping the bleeding and healing rapidly.

You should know, the life-saving ability of the Blood Spear is strong enough to revive Ye Mingqiu even after he dies. Allowing nearly fatal injuries can be healed by the Blood Spear’s ability.

[Healing Skill]

The magic learned by the Blood Spear isn’t much, including the Healing Skill. Although a spear learning healing magic seems somewhat inappropriate, it wielded it effectively with superb healing speed.

Not only that, Ye Mingqiu’s passive [Indestructible] exerted its force, and his blood value started recovering rapidly, wounds healing at a visible pace.

[Holy Healing Skill]

Ye Mingqiu raised his hand, casting a spell. Golden light enveloped him, repairing the gruesome neck injuries as his blood value jumped upwards again.

"What the hell?"

Unable to stifle it, Qing Yu cursed.

Prior to encountering Ye Mingqiu, Qing Yu always thought his abilities were invincible and unbeatable. No matter what system a spiritualist belonged to, facing the speed far exceeding their own would be swiftly slaughtered by Qing Yu.

This explains why Qing Yu could climb to rank 56 at Level 7. Know that those on this ranking have exceptional talents and very high basic attributes.

However...

Now, there’s a slight unexpected event...

"Your strength is commendable; I’m facing this kind of dire situation for the second time," Ye Mingqiu commented.

Earlier, he almost died.

"Monster!"

Qing Yu cursed under his breath and transformed into a shadow, charging at Ye Mingqiu again, though slower than before. The ability effect of [Time Acceleration] is incredibly strong, but the corresponding cost isn’t trivial; he can’t use Time Acceleration a second time immediately.

"Clang!"

The Blood Spear met the dagger, releasing a crisp sound. The dagger seemed alive as it slipped past the Blood Spear, continuing to leave another gruesome and terrifying mark on Ye Mingqiu.

Unconcerned with greed, Qing Yu immediately withdrew after one slash to create distance, beads of sweat dotting his brow.

From the earlier probing, Qing Yu now truly understood this guy didn’t use any skills previously; it’s simply that his body defense is extraordinarily high, just having a particularly high value.

To what extent is it high?

He’s even tougher than Level 10 Legendary Tanks! Moreover, not only does he have high defense, but he has plenty of health!

Though Qing Yu had just used a Dark Gold weapon, his attacks effectively held significant power under the support of his various passive abilities; a typical Level 10 Hero would be instantly killed in full health.

However!

A strike with such terrifying power only took a small chunk off Ye Mingqiu’s health, just a small chunk, indicating the opponent’s health is astonishingly long.

This health value definitely exceeds twenty thousand, right?

What kind of monster is this!

More terrifyingly, through the recent power struggle, he could feel Ye Mingqiu’s power isn’t weak either; at least it reaches a determination level of 200, meaning his frail body wouldn’t withstand even a single blow.

"Really troublesome."

Ye Mingqiu slightly frowned and raised his hand to cast again, [Holy Healing Skill] invoked once more.

In Qing Yu’s slightly widened pupils, the health bar he had just cut decreased was replenished again, even the first health bar neared full restoration.

"No... what the hell is this?"

Qing Yu couldn’t resist swearing.

While he had seen powerful tanks and fast self-healing speeds, he truly faced someone like Ye Mingqiu for the first time, someone with so much health, fast recovery speed, strong body defense, considerable power, and not slow speed.

This guy indeed isn’t from the Curse System!

The Divine Monarch is from the Tank System!

And even an ultimate large tank!

Ye Mingqiu also displayed a solemn expression, though he hasn’t used [Divine Majesty], he genuinely equipped the [Lord of Light and Shadow] title.

[Divine Shell]: Immune 30% damage not from traits possessing [God].

If not for equipping the [Lord of Light and Shadow] title granting high damage immunity, he might have triggered the passive [Undying Tyrant] earlier; there’s even possible activation of the Blood Spear passive.

Qing Yu is the strongest attacking spiritualist Ye Mingqiu has encountered so far; these are the terrifying powers owned by the top Level 9 spiritualists cultivated by major forces!

"You are strong, truly strong."

"Thus, to show respect, I will fully use my power to fight you."

Tyrant Form!

Activate!