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Chapter 224 Despite All Efforts, Unable to Break Through the Defense

"What a terrifying aura! Is this the strongest legendary psychic? It's terrifying. Even from this distance, I can feel the aura emanating from him. If I were to encounter him head-on, I probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape."

"Yeah, that aura is terrifying. Who would have thought he's a support-type? This is support? This is a support-type?!"

As Tang Ruobing listened to the whispers of the other students, the scene of Ye Mingqiu's duel with the God of Day couldn't help but flash through her mind, and her heart began to race.

Ye Mingqiu wasn't actually releasing his aura intentionally; he was simply no longer holding back.

This is just his natural aura!
It wasn't the full force of his attack!

"Qingyu, after seeing the news about Zhou Shen, you must have thought that Ye Mingqiu used tricks and shortcuts to win and kill him, right?"
"You're right, this is the most reasonable and correct path. Under normal circumstances, the Day God is absolutely impossible to defeat. The urgently summoned psionicists must use a mechanism to counter him and kill him using the awakening mechanism."
'but'
'That Ye Mingqiu guy, he's not a normal person. He's a madman who charges at the God of Daylight the moment he sees him and challenges him directly. He's a madman who killed the God of Daylight in a head-on battle!'
"Although there were some shortcuts and teammates helping me, the difference between this and the shortcuts and help you imagine is worlds apart!"
"Tick!"

Large beads of sweat fell to the ground, the crisp sound sending shivers down Qingyu's spine. If he were just an ordinary weakling, he wouldn't be able to feel that oppressive feeling so clearly, but he possessed extraordinary talent and exceptionally powerful perception.

The blood-red portrait was reflected in his mind, and the terrifying beast gradually opened its eyes, its fierce gaze fixed upon him.

'Why has this guy become so terrifying? Just how much has his strength increased? Why don't I feel even a level 10 overlord isn't this terrifying?'
"Whoo~"

Qingyu took a slow, deep breath, quickly adjusting himself to his optimal state. He cleared his mind and burst forth in an instant, transforming into a fleeting beam of light that swiftly arrived beside Ye Mingqiu, the silver dagger gleaming with a cold light.

At this moment, he did not use time acceleration directly, because the situation was bad and he had to use time acceleration on the possible crisis that might occur next, and then turn the tide at the critical moment.

"Um"

Ye Mingqiu frowned slightly, then simply raised his hand. A golden, dazzling, and holy light enveloped his arm. He did not use a weapon, but simply blocked in front of him with his bare hands.

The silvery light collided with the arm wrapped in divine power, producing a crisp, resonant sound, like the clash of metal.

"when!!"

Ye Mingqiu exerted his strength and instantly deflected Qingyu's dagger, saying, "No need to hide your strength, take out your real weapon."

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Qingyu fell silent.

He felt the numbness and tremors in his hand, looked at the silver dagger in his hand, and instantly began to ponder the value and meaning of life. He couldn't understand why his full-force attack hadn't even broken through his hand's defenses.

It should be noted that the opponent was armed; he possessed the Blood Spear. However, at this moment, he didn't even use his weapon and blocked the attack with his bare hands.

I'm wielding a top-tier weapon!

A supreme-level dagger!

A dagger that simply adds up numerical values!

And it's +12!
Why was he able to block it with his hand? How could his physical strength be so outrageous? Is this the level a first-tier psionicist should have? Just how high is his physical defense? How high is his damage immunity?

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Ye Mingqiu noticed Qingyu's unusual behavior and couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that he was already fighting with all his might just now? Is a Overlord-level dagger really that weak? The stats are way too low!"

He had always been cautious. During the battle, he subconsciously used the creation technique of Qi Refining with his divine power to form a buffer crystal under the energy of gold. However, the crystal was too small and fragmented to be noticeable to outsiders.

In reality, those tiny crystals of divine power can withstand a significant amount of impact damage; this is a technique for using divine power.

Compared to Qi Refining, this technique is actually somewhat weaker. Although the basic strength of divine power is higher, its plasticity is slightly lower, and the structural precision of the chip is not as good as that of Qi Refining, so its final strength is also weaker than that of Qi Refining chips.

But in the present world where there is no Qi cultivation, this is still a pretty good technique.

"Whoo~"

Qingyu exhaled deeply, bent down, and a phantom image gradually appeared on his body. His aura became sharper and more piercing, as if he had activated some kind of special state that could greatly enhance his basic attributes.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, he moved with incredible speed. Those present could barely see his shadow; they could only see his afterimage flashing across the battlefield.

Ye Mingqiu stood calmly in place, his instincts kicking in naturally. The source of the hostility was firmly locked onto, and with his reaction speed enhanced, he was perfectly able to react to Qingyu's sudden attack.

After all, his constant agility is as high as 308, which is even higher than Qingyu's agility.

coming soon!
Ye Mingqiu's eyes changed slightly. He raised his hand again and wrapped his body with golden holy power, occasionally reaching out to resist and constantly colliding with the silver afterimage.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!!"

A series of crisp sounds erupted as the giant trees on the battlefield were severed by the daggers, but they did not fall immediately. The speed of the strikes was so fast that the trees did not even flinch, and only after several seconds did they quietly fall, revealing the neat cuts inside.

The attacks rained down, but they still failed to harm Ye Mingqiu, being easily blocked.

As the attacker, Qingyu's mentality was gradually collapsing. He simply couldn't imagine how high Ye Mingqiu's defense and damage reduction were, that even his high-frequency attacks couldn't break through his defense.

It's worth noting that his Overlord-level dagger has a passive effect that stacks armor penetration, allowing him to directly ignore 500 points of the opponent's defense, which is quite effective.

The problem now is that ignoring 500 points of defense doesn't seem to have any effect on Ye Mingqiu, and the feel of Qingyu's attack doesn't even change significantly.

That is
Ye Mingqiu's physical defense might have reached over 5000? Or even higher? Making 500 seem insignificant to him? Huh? Huh??

Qingyu slowly stopped his attack, staring intently at Ye Mingqiu with an unusually solemn expression. He had used his detection ability earlier.

But he couldn't tell!

Because the other party has the ability to conceal information!

Looking at the two enormous health bars above Ye Mingqiu's head, and the fact that his health hadn't decreased at all, he suddenly felt a sad sense of powerlessness.

How much constitution do you actually have?

Qingyu couldn't help but ask.

"Four hundred."

Ye Mingqiu replied.

".Grass!"

Qingyu couldn't hold back any longer and swore.

Under normal circumstances, a legendary tank-type psionicist with a constitution of 200 is considered strong, and a constitution attribute close to 300 is already considered a genius among geniuses. Ye Mingqiu, however, has a constitution attribute that has reached an astonishing 400.

To be honest, this is beyond the comprehension of ordinary psionicists; even legendary psionicists have never seen such outrageous physical attributes.

Moreover, it's not just his attributes that are high; he also has a lot of passive abilities. If he only had high constitution, it would be impossible to achieve such a terrifying effect; at the very least, he could still break some skin.

Now he finally understood why Tang Ruobing had asked him that question before.

[Time Acceleration]

Qingyu's gaze grew sharper, and time around him seemed to slow down. His time flow was several times faster than others, making his already extremely fast speed even more terrifying.

He started running, and a sharp silver dagger shot out with a deadly glint in its eye. In the field of accelerated time, no one else could defend against it.

unless
"Ok?"

Qingyu's gaze changed drastically. He discovered that several bright gold chips had quietly risen in front of his silver dagger as he slashed at Ye Mingqiu. The chips were produced at an extremely fast speed, and their positions and structures were relatively tricky, forming a defense specifically designed to counter his attack.

This is a targeted defensive ability! He doesn't rely entirely on his physical constitution to resist! No wonder ignoring the defensive effect was completely useless; it turns out the damage was blocked by the chip and didn't hit Ye Mingqiu directly!

I'm finally at peace with it!
If it weren't for the chip, I could definitely have dealt damage!

Damn it, the speed at which this thing generates chips is terrifying. What level of reaction speed is this? I have to activate time acceleration to see it clearly, otherwise I can't even detect it.

Having understood everything, Qingyu adjusted his position and launched several slashes at Ye Mingqiu at top speed. Under the accelerated time field, the dagger, with its several-fold speedup, instantly unleashed terrifying power far exceeding its normal range. [Acceleration Ends]

Qingyu stood behind Ye Mingqiu, calmly twirling her knife with a composed smile.

then
"Crack!"

The silver dagger made a crisp cracking sound, its surface covered with fine cracks, but as a +12 Overlord-level dagger, it stubbornly survived and was not completely shattered.

On the other side, several scarlet bloodstains appeared on Ye Mingqiu's body, and his previously unmoving health bar finally dropped by an almost imperceptible amount.

He slowly turned his head to look at Qingyu, a crimson glint flashing in his dark eyes. A slight fighting spirit rose, and Ye Mingqiu's temperament subtly changed. A chilling aura of killing intent surged in all directions like a storm, and a faint red, bloody wind quietly rose.

"I surrender."

Qingyu spoke immediately, and his body turned into a stream of light and disappeared. At that moment, he felt a terrifying threat of death.

At the same time, he finally confirmed something very important: from the start of the battle until just now, Ye Mingqiu had never really taken it seriously; he had just been fighting casually.

The battle ended, and the spectators on the rooftop began to whisper among themselves.

The battle between legendary-level psionicists was even more terrifying than they had imagined. Qingyu's speed was so fast that they could hardly see his shadow, while Ye Mingqiu was able to deal with him easily and was not even injured.

"That guy, although he's fast, his damage output doesn't seem to be very high."

“Take a close look at the environment. Look at those rubble, giant trees, and the cut marks on the ground. To be able to deliver a slash of that magnitude, that guy’s damage is definitely not low. It’s just that the opponent is stronger.”

"Indeed, the sounds of fighting were very loud, and the confrontation was extremely intense. As expected of the top of the ladder rankings, Ye Mingqiu's strength is indeed ridiculously strong."

"That's part of the story, but I feel like they were playing a friendly match, not a full-fledged contest. They didn't get injured at all by the end."

"really."

Qingyu listened to the whispers of the crowd and couldn't help but feel sad. What they didn't know was that it wasn't him who hadn't used his full strength, but Ye Mingqiu. He had never been serious from beginning to end.

Tang Ruobing walked towards Ye Mingqiu, stopping halfway past Qingyu, then turned to look at him and comforted him, "Actually, you're already very capable, it's just that his situation is a little special."

"Yes, I know, but I didn't expect him to be this strong."

Qingyu sighed.

Before this, he had already guessed that Ye Mingqiu would be very strong, but even so, he still wanted to take the initiative to challenge him. Doing something and not doing it are two different things. Only by truly challenging himself can he avoid regrets.

Life is long, and temporary failure does not mean permanent failure. If you choose to procrastinate and avoid failure because you are afraid of it, that is the real failure.

That is a failure in writing "preparation".

Team Channel
Qingyu: I'm going to challenge the leader.

The Other Shore: [Trying not to laugh.JPG]

Bobtail: How are you? How are you?
Law: [Quietly Bubbling Up.JPG]

Qingyu: I've successfully broken through their defenses.

Bobtail cat: You broke his defenses?
Qingyu: No.

Qingyu: I'm the one who broke down.

After that, no matter how much others pressed him for answers, Qingyu remained silent. He no longer wanted to say anything more about the battle.

The crisp notification sounds kept ringing out, and Qingyu opened the team channel again, feeling like the sky had fallen.

The Other Shore: [Battle Video.JPG]

Bobtail Cat: I barely managed to break through their defenses after trying my best, hahaha, no wonder I broke through.

Law: That's terrible, even the dagger is cracked.

Bobtail Cat: @The Other Shore, by the way, how exactly did you get the video?
Qingyu: @Bi'an, you wouldn't happen to be from this school, would you? I see this camera angle, it's not from the vice-commander's direction, you didn't take this yourself, did you?

Short-tailed cat: Go find the Soul Clan. Look around and see who has the strongest soul power, then just grab them. You're guaranteed to succeed!

Qingyu: Great idea!

Qingyu: You little brat, don't let me catch you!

Qingyu: Fortune changes every thirty years, never underestimate a young girl's potential!
Bobtail Cat: You son of a bitch, Dog Hole Creek!

Law: Hahaha.

Short-tailed Cat: @God, leader, the native I knew before has become a transcendent. She is quite strong. Can I invite her to join?

God: Yes.

[Note: Yuan Chu has joined the Hunter God]

Bobtail cat: Welcome~
Law: Welcome!
The other side: Welcome~
Shattered Star: Welcome.

God: You've made me lose my +1.

Shattered Star: Heh?
Yuan Chu: Thank you all for your welcome. My name is Yuan Chu, a follower of the Lord of Light and Shadow. If you have any religious needs, you can contact me privately to become a follower of the Lord of Light and Shadow. We will all have an incredibly bright future.

Shattered Star: [Trying not to laugh.JPG]

Bobtail cat: What's so funny?
Shattered Star: No, I just suddenly remembered something interesting, related to the leader, but it has nothing to do with her.

God:

Shattered Star: A new person has joined. Why don't you send a red envelope so we can try to grab it again?

Divine Lord: [Red Envelope - 10,000 Spirit Points]

[Shattered Star secured 2 psionic points]

[The Divine Lord secured 1 Spirit Energy Point]

[Yuan Chu secured 3 psionic points]

[Bobcat snagged 6542 psionic points]

[The Other Shore secured 2543 psionic points]

[Law secured 606 psionic points]

[Qingyu secured 303 psionic points]

Shattered Star: Confirmed. Yuan Chu should be a powerful psionicist.

Bobtail cat: Huh?
Bobtail Cat: So that's how they determine it? That's ridiculous.

Bobtail Cat: Although she is indeed very strong, I always feel that there is something wrong with her method.

Qingyu: @Bi'an, you're pretty eager to grab red envelopes, don't let me catch you!
The other side: I'm not even here, how could you possibly catch me? Stop trying, it's useless, continuing to search will only be futile.

Short-tailed Cat: Don't believe it, this guy is definitely hiding in the school, he's just good at hiding. I'll forward you something good privately, it'll help you find the Soul Clan.

Qingyu: Thanks!
Qingyu: Daddy, I'm coming!

Qingyu: Don't run away, kid!

(End of this chapter)