Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 601 The Arena Apostle Who Broke His Defenses

The 100-meter distance was quickly closed in just a few seconds thanks to Skaar's all-out sprint.

Meanwhile, the teammates in the stands became increasingly excited as they got closer.

This is Skaarl's ultimate move. He once cleaved through the Armament Haki of a Marine Rear Admiral in One Piece at the third level, leaving behind a dashing silhouette.

"That's it! Cut off his head!"

"Charge! Skaarl!"

Skaar seemed to sense his companion's encouragement. He opened his mouth and roared, and the flames on his body intensified, even forming a fiery lion that enveloped him.

"Roar!"

The lion opened its mouth and let out a non-existent roar, and Skaar charged forward with a deadly attack that was a condensation of his essence, energy, and spirit.

He leaped high into the air, looked at Li Xia who remained 'unmoved', twisted his claws, and left a bright slash mark in mid-air!

Skaar's eyes shone with boundless confidence. No matter why you don't dodge, even if you are ranked number one overall, you will be severely injured by my earth-shattering attack!
The outcome is decided!

"Super Special Move: Berserker Sky-Splitting Slash!"

A tremendous roar, accompanied by flames, and several flashes of cold light struck Li Xia's chest heavily.

"Break apart—"

As Skaar roared, he felt a tremendous force rebounding from his claws. This force flowed into his arms, and his entire body trembled violently.

"Boom!"

The flames on Skaar's entire body were directly shattered by this force, and the originally magnificent fire lion turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

He looked at the spot where his claw blade had struck, and a layer of exquisitely beautiful, glass-like armor was faintly emerging. A faint golden light flowed and shimmered on the armor plates, making it more like a work of art than armor.

Only the piece of armor that he had struck had been partially revealed; the rest remained empty.

Sgar: ?

Li Xia:
He looked down at the God-Enemy Armor that had automatically appeared, and at Skaarl, whose avatar had lost a quarter of its health due to the armor's recoil.

It was unusual for it to carry a hint of apology:
"Sorry, I forgot about the armor."

Li Xia patted his chest, and the layer of glass armor that shimmered with an extremely beautiful light disappeared directly into his body.

"It's all right now. Would you like to try again?"

Looking at the concern on the person opposite him, Skaar felt his whole body trembling with anger. What was this all about?

My ultimate move has an attack strength of 14, and so far I have never encountered a situation where it failed to break through the opponent's defense.

He looked at the young face opposite him, and a sudden realization dawned on him.

Yes, the opponent must have gotten a powerful defensive item to show off in the arena.

It must be like this.
Skaar slowly raised his head, his eyes flashing with the ruthlessness of a lone wolf.

I admit, you're very strong, and your equipment is unimaginable, but you shouldn't have done that...
Skaar raised his claws, leaving gleaming claw marks in mid-air, and slashed towards Li Xia's neck.

Pretending to be something you're not in front of my purple-grade ultimate weapon with an attack power of 11, almost 12!

"Ding!!"

The claw knife stopped at his neck with a crisp metallic clang. The blade of the claw knife gleamed coldly, and you could feel its sharpness just by looking at it.

But no matter what, it couldn't cut into the neck that seemed to glow faintly.

The relatives and friends in the stands were petrified, still standing and waving their fists, staring at the scene below with their mouths open.

Skaar:
Li Xia:
"impossible!"

With bloodshot eyes, Skar frantically brandished his weapon, the clanging sounds filling the entire valley.

The cold light flashed, almost forming a dense net that enveloped Li Xia completely, sparks flying everywhere.

Suddenly, all the cold light disappeared, and Li Xia was directly teleported to the preparation room.

[Executioner, the enemy has withdrawn from the battle.]

You have won this match.

Li Xia remained silent for a while, then poured himself a glass of water. He never expected that there would be a fourth-tier apostle whose defenses were not breached.

It's one thing that the God-Enemy Armor with a defense level of 15 can't be broken, but even after removing the armor, it still can't break through the defense.

this.
I recalled the arena when I first entered the fourth tier, although most of the apostles were taken away before they could even touch me.

But some people still got hurt, like the one who was also frying fish.

After drinking three cups of water, Li Xia pondered for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.

It must be because the claw-wielding warrior was too weak; the other apostles might not be so bad.

So he put down his water glass and firmly pressed the continue button again.

This time, he wants to try his luck with the mage!

"Boss, over here, over here—"

In a coffee shop, the three little ones sat in a booth by the window. Li Xia casually ordered a drink and sat down, still deep in thought.

The three little ones, who were about to report the general situation to their leader, looked at each other in bewilderment. What had been keeping their leader pondering was the future of the Hall of Light, or the hope of transcending and reviving?

"Boss?"

Li Xia snapped out of her daze and shook her head:

"It's nothing, I just have some questions."

The previous series of battles in the arena made Li Xia begin to question his life.

In the first match, he thought the Claw Warrior was bad, but in the second match, he was matched with an Electro Mage who was extremely aggressive. As soon as he entered the game, it was as if the Electro Mage had a deep grudge against him. Before he could even move, a wave of skills hit his face.

But those skills, let alone deal damage, many of them simply dissipate on their own when they hit the body, even if you remove the Divine Enemy Armor, it's the same, the demigod body and the passive of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts alone can resist the spells.

This is instinct, this is his inherent resistance, which cannot be restrained.

Therefore, the strength of Li Xia's avatar was not tested, but the abnormality of his demigod body combined with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts was tested.

Before he could continue testing, the opposing mage, who had exhausted all his mana, broke through his defenses and retreated.

Li Xia was left standing there with a complicated expression, looking as helpless as a fourth-tier supreme expert.

The others did manage to break through the defenses, but as they watched their damage finally penetrate the physical defenses and multiple resistances, it became ineffective against the avatar.

Li Xia couldn't do anything about the divine armor worn by his avatar! It was a projection of the origin, and he couldn't remove it! So those apostles who had broken through their defenses also broke through their own defenses and simply withdrew.

After several consecutive tests with the same result, Li Xia didn't want to continue testing. Just then, Awoo called out to him again.

After listening to Li Xia's story, the three little ones looked at each other again, then picked up their coffee, gulped down a big mouthful, and said:
"Boss, do you mean that even when we stand still, the other side can't hurt us?"

But during our previous battles, we were like monkeys, desperately dodging their attacks that couldn't break our defenses?

"Yes, in a sense."

Li Xia sighed and picked up her teacup as well:

"However, standing still and exchanging blows is not good either, because there will always be attacks that cannot be blocked. There is nothing wrong with treating every battle as an evenly matched opponent and going all out."

"But the arena's pure training function is becoming less and less important."

The reason why the arena can train apostles is because it is almost entirely a real combat arena where they can find equally matched opponents and greatly hone their combat skills.

The problem is that Li Xia's own accumulation was too profound, and during the third-tier advancement battle, he unfortunately killed an old god. When he advanced, instead of being harmed, his accumulated power was released even more.

Having passed the Supreme Trial in the previous world, his accumulated knowledge was effectively doubled.

As a result, in Guangming, one of the eight major pig farms, it seems that there is no one who can rival it.

Li Xia was certain that even if he were to face a fourth-tier supreme expert right now, he would definitely win!
We can wear down the opponent with sheer force!

Ultimately, the light is too weak, not enough for a hundred flowers to bloom. Even those core seed apostles are nothing more than fattened pigs.

"I'd love to see the arenas of other halls. I remember there was some kind of championship tournament. I bet those are pretty good."

Li Xia thought for a moment, then shifted her attention back to:

"How's it going? Any news on Dawn and the equipment?"

"Oh right, I've got it!"

Aowu smacked his lips, snapping out of his daze, and slammed the coffee cup heavily on the table. The rich coffee swirled violently inside, splashing out of the cup, but before it hit the ground, it seemed to lose its gravity, wobbling and flying high into the air, condensing into a ball and falling back into the cup.

"Damn it, those guilds are real bastards. A black marketeer vaguely told me that those guilds' avatar shops have price collusion."

They sell at the same price, and they buy at the same price, relentlessly driving down the price.

Li Xia nodded thoughtfully. He could understand why the guild would do that. It wouldn't be that the guild wanted to deduct those hundreds of thousands of Hall Points.

More likely, it would make the apostles feel that going to the World of Light to fight for incarnations and sell them is "not cost-effective" and "not worth the effort."

The specific approach still follows the same principle: minimize the number of apostles going to the World of Seeking Light, and ideally, prevent any information about the Tree of Origin from leaking out.

"So black market dealers can buy them, but they don't dare to buy a lot at once. This stuff ties up too much working capital, and those who can afford it won't go to black market dealers; they'll just go to the stores."

Awoo said somewhat unhappily:
"After all, those who dare to accept this are all individual black market dealers, and their working capital is at most this much. However, that black market dealer contacted two more familiar black market dealers."

We agreed to exchange it using Hall Points plus equipment. They're currently sourcing the goods, and a shady dealer said they already have some suitable equipment and invited us to come and take a look.

As they were talking, a man in a suit and tie walked into the coffee shop, carrying a small leather suitcase. After looking around, he strode towards where Li Xia was.

Even before getting close, a warm smile appeared on his face:
"This must be Mr. Xia? It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Black Spade Three, and I run a small business."

The 'subconscious translation' function of the Hall of Light was as effective as ever, and Li Xia heard a self-introduction that was quite Chinese in style.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two got straight to the point. Black Spade Three didn't mince words; he placed his briefcase on the table and pushed it, causing the clasp to pop open and a hazy light to flash from it.

"This Mr. Ao said that the distinguished guest needs clothing-type equipment. I happen to have a few decent pieces here. I wonder if any of them will suit the distinguished guest's taste."

Although he said it was alright, he looked very proud and was obviously very confident in his products.

Li Xia glanced at it; the absence of purple and the varying shades of orange light indicated that the item was indeed of good quality.

Black raven trench coat, sea-patterned top, luxurious robe, light-absorbing short outfit.
Li Xia exhaled and frowned:
"Is that all?"

The previously confident Spade Three immediately raised an eyebrow in surprise, but he quickly suppressed his astonishment:
"None of these were of interest to our distinguished guests?"

Before he came, he thought this order was a sure thing, since the clothes included various types and all had good attributes. Even if they weren't top-quality, they were still presentable.

"Indeed, it's quite good—"

Li Xia hesitated for a moment, but still said, "But what I want is more functionality or support capabilities; I don't need strong defense and survivability."

If it weren't for his previous encounter in the arena, Li Xia would have been quite interested in the Hailan top, as its defensive capabilities were decent.

but now.
How strong can the defensive capabilities of clothing be? It certainly can't compare to the Divine Enemy Armor.

It doesn't need defense or survivability?!

The black marketeer's eyes widened. The other apostles wished their equipment only had these two abilities. After all, clothes are generally for defense, so who needs functions? What are functions? How many attacks can they block?

He frowned, but then a possibility suddenly occurred to him:
"Does our distinguished guest possess any armor or similar protective gear?"

Li Xia nodded noncommittally.

That makes sense; after all, clothes can't compare to armor in terms of defense. The black marketeer sighed, just about to give up on the deal.

But I really envy that patch of morning light.

He was a black market merchant, and he offered higher prices than in stores, but he still made a profit from bartering, plus the cut that black market merchants typically take.

Earning a few hundred thousand from this deal is no problem. That's what black market merchants are all about. A single deal might be worth more than an ordinary adventurer's hard work for an entire world.

He gritted his teeth, then suddenly pulled out an exceptionally exquisite-looking box from his spatial storage, carefully opened it, and stepped back in front of Li Xia.

"How about you take a look at this?"

Li Xia looked at the gemstone in front of her, which shimmered with a faint orange light and sparkled with a dazzling fire under the light.

【Sharp Gem】

[Quality: Light Orange (Tier 4)]

Origin: The Secrets of Jewelry

[Type: Gemstone Inlay/Precious Item]

Sharpness: Increases attack power based on the equipment socketed after being socketed, with a maximum of 2.
[Evaluation: This gem flows with a magical power, capable of channeling energy according to the sharpness of a weapon, applying a more lethal coating.]

Li Xia raised his eyebrows and said without hesitation:
"how much is it?"

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Eight thousand completed today
Tomorrow is my wife's nephew's birthday, and it also happens to be my dad's birthday. We'll go over for lunch, and then go out for dinner with my parents in the evening.

I apologize in advance that I may not have time to update or there may only be one chapter.
Sigh, my wife's birthday is next month too, emmm, so it's just me and my daughter celebrating in the summer.
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