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Chapter 161 Battle! Level 9 Legendary Psionicist!
It's actually a growth-type equipment.
Ge Wu was terrified.

As a psionicist specializing in curses, his understanding of cursed equipment is more extensive and in-depth than that of ordinary psionicists.

Ordinary cursed overlord-level equipment, although extremely dangerous, still has a high probability of survival if you run away immediately after contact.

But
If you encounter a top-tier, cursed, growth-type equipment, then you're completely doomed!
This type of overlord-level equipment can drain its host until there's not even a bone fragment left! Run? Overlord-level equipment with growth potential craves growth and will relentlessly pursue and bite its host until it kills and devours it completely.

horrible!terrible!

Ge Wu trembled with fear. If he had previously appeared respectful on the surface but secretly wished Ye Mingqiu dead, his current thought was: Father! Please don't die, please don't die, at least don't die in front of me!

If this thing is released, all the other low-level psionicists around here will be doomed!

Even the safe zone is useless!

Upon seeing, it will automatically bind → after binding, it will automatically pick up → after picking up, it will automatically equip → after equipping, the equipment effect will be triggered → the host will die instantly upon triggering the effect.

Security protection?

Useless!
Instant death is an effect of the equipment. The equipment has an automatic binding effect. Within the safe zone, the equipment will not go against the will of the spirit world, but once you leave the safe zone, you're doomed!
If you're lucky, an elder skilled in breaking curses might intercept and provide emergency relief; if you're unlucky, you'll die on the spot!
This type of equipment will continuously apply multiple negative effects to the host! It can even be an instant death effect! When these effects hit repeatedly, the host will either die or be crippled.

fear! horrible!

This thing is scarier than nuclear weapons!

Before it develops, it's fine. It can be solved in various ways, such as forcibly destroying equipment with the [Destruction] attribute, or breaking or sealing it with enough power.

However, if this equipment were to develop and absorb enough power, it could achieve characteristics such as relative indestructibility and unsealing.
The level of threat would be completely different.

If any family or faction finds this equipment and takes it home, and if they're unlucky, their entire faction will be completely wiped out that same day, their resources will be completely consumed, and their personnel will be almost entirely wiped out.

Thinking of this, Ge Wu mustered his courage and secretly slipped a [Soul Fragment] into Ye Mingqiu's hand, asking softly, "Father, can your equipment still be upgraded?"

"Ah."

Ye Mingqiu accepted the [Soul Fragment]. Although he didn't know much about it, anything involving the soul was unlikely to be cheap, so he figured he could negotiate a few words.

"So how did you get it? Did you encounter any danger?" Ge Wu continued to ask.

"generally."

Ye Mingqiu directly displayed the initial data of the Eye of Omargon.

Five terrible passive abilities, all designed to kill the host. This kind of information can be leaked at will, and there's no need to worry about others stealing or robbing it.

On the contrary, if others see the effects of this equipment, they will most likely treat Ye Mingqiu like their own father and beg him not to die in front of them. If the Eye of Omargon gets out, all the psionicists around will be in trouble.

"Holy crap! Dad, how did you survive?"

After reading the attributes, Ge Wu's legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground. It could cause instant death every minute, and if the instant death failed, there would be mental corrosion to replenish the damage. What's even more terrifying is that this thing can also consume equipment. Basically, it's equipment that will kill you in every way.

This thing is a total rip-off! It's terrifying!

"Ah~"

Ye Mingqiu sighed and said, "Guess why I'm only level 4 now?"

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He understood immediately.

It's not that this guy qualified for the ladder challenge at level 4; rather, he was already strong, but [Eye of Omargun] managed to reduce him to level 4.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should have somehow gained the opportunity to coexist with this equipment temporarily and won't die for now, but whether he will die in the future is a new question.

"thump!"

Ge Wu knelt down again, grasped Ye Mingqiu's trouser leg with both hands, and said sincerely, "Father, please add me as a friend. Please, just let me know when you're going to explore the Spirit Realm!"

To be honest, he was quite afraid of being matched with Ye Mingqiu in the same world because the Eye of Omargon was a cursed item. Compared to other psionicists, he preferred to focus on cursed items because they were highly beneficial. If something happened to Ye Mingqiu, he would be the most likely to die.

After all, he's only at level 4 now, and it's uncertain whether he'll even survive.

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Ye Mingqiu did not answer.

Ge Wu panicked. He immediately took out ten [Enhancement Protection Stones] from his storage space and stuffed them into Ye Mingqiu's hand, saying, "Dad, please, just one friend slot! I'm really out of stock! Besides, I still need to get you skill advancement books, and it's hard to trade without a friend slot!"

"alright."

Ye Mingqiu accepted the [Enhancement Protection Stone]. On the surface, his expression remained unchanged, but in reality, he was very happy. After all, he had obtained ten Enhancement Protection Stones, one Soul Fragment, and a Skill Advancement Book without doing anything, which was a great gain.

He had already figured out exactly how to use it: directly upgrade the basic strength, increase the body's basic potential, and further raise its upper limit.

Of course, if possible, he would actually like to upgrade [Undying Tyrant], since this skill can greatly increase the maximum health, and the effect is excellent. But the problem is that ordinary skill upgrade books cannot be used to upgrade it, and the upgrade requirements for four-star skills are higher than those for three-star skills.

After adding Tang Ruobing as a friend, Ge Wu bowed and smiled obsequiously as he left, glancing at her before he did.

Out of curiosity, he tried to learn about the other party's general information through his hidden perception ability.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

The curse marks on Tang Ruobing's body were even more terrifying than those on Ye Mingqiu's body. To put it simply, it was as if she had taken a bath in cursed power! Moreover, she had taken a bath in an extremely high concentration of cursed power!
Why is she still alive?

Why hasn't her appearance changed at all?
Ge Wu couldn't understand it, but he knew very well that this kind of incomprehensible thing was even more terrifying. The other party could be mixed with the God Lord, so she could definitely not be an ordinary person. She might be another terminally ill patient.

The second placement match has begun.

[Hint: Please select your challenge target]

[Currently selectable challenge targets: Rankings 18-36 on the leaderboard]

Current ranking: 37

Challenge for 18th place.

[Confirm selection?]

Yes.

After a brief preparation period, Ye Mingqiu returned to the Heavenly Ladder Arena. On the other side of the arena stood a tall, thin young man holding a dagger in one hand, smiling as he said, "I watched the match just now. You're a curse user, right?"

"Not really."

Ye Mingqiu answered honestly.

"Ah!"

The young man scoffed, not believing it. He instantly killed the other party with a curse, forcing the other party to kneel before him, and even said that he wasn't a curse user. Was that even possible?
Qingyu is a level 9 legendary psychic with a powerful family backing him, and he is not particularly afraid of ordinary curse-type psychics.

Three months ago, he was level 7, ranked 56th on the leaderboard. Now, he's level 9, ranked 18th. Because the higher-ranked psionicists are closer to the first tier's limit, it's usually the higher-ranked psionicists who break through to the second tier, not the lower-ranked ones, which naturally caused his ranking to rise more significantly. [Hint: Battle will begin in three seconds]

3! 2! 1!

The battle begins!
The moment the spirit world notification sounded, time seemed to stand still in the entire world. Ye Mingqiu, who was in battle preparation position, maintained his original posture, with changes and alterations occurring in an almost imperceptible manner.

[Time Acceleration]

This is Qingyu's innate ability!

A psionicist who can reach the legendary level with their own talent must possess extremely strong talent; otherwise, it would be impossible for them to reach the legendary level at the first rank. The legendary level is itself an extraordinary level.

Qingyu's lips curled up, and his body transformed into a fleeting streak of light, appearing in front of Ye Mingqiu. In an instant, a sharp dagger sliced ​​across Ye Mingqiu's throat, a precise and ruthless attack descending, but he was not satisfied with that.

Based on his previous combat experience, he decisively swung his dagger again to finish off Ye Mingqiu, leaving one huge and cruel wound after another on his body. With the support of the accelerated time, the power of his attack increased dramatically, almost capable of cutting through anything.

Next, you
"Crack!"

In Qingyu's bewildered gaze, the Radiant Gold-grade dagger in his hand broke cleanly during his nineteenth slash.

impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
All the Radiant Gold-grade weapons are broken!
What the hell is going on?!
[Accelerated End]

Qingyu retreated to her original position as quickly as possible, quickly switched to her spare dark gold dagger, and stared intently at Ye Mingqiu opposite her.

"Hey!!"

In an instant, Ye Mingqiu's wounds burst into terrifying blood blossoms, the massive amount of bleeding instantly staining the entire area red, and his health bar was finally loaded by the spirit world.

The first of the two health bars was completely depleted, and the second bar was also reduced by three-quarters, accompanied by a terrifying continuous drop in bleeding.

"puff!"

Ye Mingqiu coughed up blood again, his health points were almost dropping to zero, and the passive effect of [Undying Tyrant] was about to be triggered, putting him in a state of near death.

What a terrifying attack!

Is this what a legendary psionicist is like?

He instantly gripped the blood spear, and crimson crystal patterns spread and covered his arm. Crimson life force poured into Ye Mingqiu's body, stopping his wound from bleeding and healing it at an extremely fast speed.

It should be noted that Blood Spear's ability to survive is so strong that even if Ye Mingqiu dies, he can be resurrected on the spot. Blood Spear can still heal even injuries that are close to fatal.

[Healing Technique]

Bloodspear doesn't learn many spells, including healing. Although it might seem a bit inappropriate for a spear to learn healing, it works very well and heals quite quickly.

Not only that, Ye Mingqiu's passive skill "Undying in a Hundred Battles" took effect, his health began to recover and rise at an extremely fast speed, and his injuries began to heal at a visible speed.

【Holy Healing Techniques】

Ye Mingqiu raised his hand and released a spell, golden light enveloping him, the terrible wound on his neck was healed, and his health jumped up again.

"What the hell?"

Qingyu couldn't help but swear.

Before meeting Ye Mingqiu, he always thought that his abilities were invincible and unsolvable. No matter what type of psionic user they were, they would be killed by him in a short time when facing Qingyu, whose speed was far superior to his own.

This is the fundamental reason why Qingyu was able to reach 56th on the leaderboard at level 7. You should know that those who can make it onto this leaderboard generally have good talent and extremely high base attributes.

But
There's been a slight mishap.
"Your strength is not bad. This is the second time I've been in such a desperate situation," Ye Mingqiu commented.

He almost died just now.

"monster!"

Qingyu cursed under his breath, then transformed into a blur and rushed towards Ye Mingqiu again, but his speed was much slower than before. The [Time Acceleration] ability was extremely powerful, but the corresponding price was also considerable. He could not use Time Acceleration a second time in a short period of time.

"when!"

The blood spear made contact with the dagger, producing a crisp sound. The dagger seemed to have a life of its own, swimming past the blood spear and sliding towards Ye Mingqiu's body, leaving another hideous and terrifying wound on his body.

Qingyu was not greedy at all. After making a cut, he immediately retreated and ran away, creating distance. Beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Through the probing just now, he now completely understands that this guy didn't use any skills, he just had exceptionally high physical defense, it was just a high number.

How high is it?
He's even tankier than a level 10 legendary tank! And not only does he have high defense, he also has a lot of health!
Qingyu just used a sword, and although it was only a dark gold-grade weapon, the damage was quite good thanks to his various passive abilities. A typical level 10 hero would be instantly killed with a single strike, even at full health.

but!

Such a terrifyingly powerful strike only cut off a small portion of Ye Mingqiu's health. Just a small portion indicates that the opponent's health is also incredibly high.

That's definitely at least 20,000 HP, right?

What a monster is this!

What's even more terrifying is that, through the power struggle just now, he could sense that Ye Mingqiu's strength was not weak either, at least 200 or more. With his fragile little body, he would probably be reduced to ashes if he took a hit.

"Truly troublesome."

Ye Mingqiu frowned slightly, then raised his hand again to cast a spell, and the [Holy Healing Technique] was activated once more.

In Qingyu's slightly dilated pupils, the health bar he had just cut off had risen back up, and even the first health bar was almost full.

"Wait... what is this thing?"

Qingyu couldn't help but curse out loud.

He had seen powerful tanks before, and he had seen those with fast self-healing speeds, but he had never seen anyone like Ye Mingqiu before, who had a lot of health, fast recovery speed, strong physical defense, great strength, and fast speed.

This guy isn't actually a curse user!

The Divine Lord is of the Tan lineage!
And it's an ultimate giant tank!

Ye Mingqiu also looked solemn. Although he did not use [Divine Majesty], he was indeed equipped with the title [Lord of Light and Shadow].

[God's Shell]: Immune to 30% of damage from non-[God] trait holders.

If it weren't for the high damage reduction from the [Lord of Light and Shadow] title, he would have been hit by the [Undying Tyrant] passive, and might even have triggered the Blood Spear passive.

Qingyu is the strongest attacking psionicist Ye Mingqiu has encountered so far. This is the terrifying strength of a top-level 9 psionicist trained by a major power!
"You are very strong, really very strong."

"Therefore, as a sign of respect, I will fight you with all my might."

Tyrant form!
open!

(End of this chapter)