Chapter 1 After Becoming an Infant

After the weapon spirit Zhu Jiuyin changed from its ignorant phase to its infancy.

Qiao Yu clearly felt that the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade was different than before!

If the previous Candle Dragon Crescent Blade was just an extremely powerful weapon, now that Zhu Jiuyin had reached its infancy, this blade had become a part of Qiao Yu's body!

The entire blade was incredibly smooth to use, like an extension of his own arm!

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu suddenly felt a little grateful towards Huang Xiuqiang. If it hadn't been for the stimulation from his great hammer, perhaps Zhu Jiuyin wouldn't have evolved into its infancy so quickly.

"Boy, what kind of blade is that?" Suspicion and uncertainty flickered in Huang Xiuqiang's eyes.

His experienced eyes quickly discerned that the power that had just blasted him away didn't originate from Qiao Yu, but from the blade in Qiao Yu's hand!

"This? This is a butcher knife." Qiao Yu grinned.

Huang Xiuqiang's expression instantly darkened.

A butcher knife? Wasn't that implying that he was a pig?

"Courting death! Flame Blast Divine Hammer!"

Huang Xiuqiang swung his hammer, and a violent power, like a volcanic eruption, surged towards Qiao Yu.

Although Huang Xiuqiang's use of the Flame Blast Divine Hammer wasn't as terrifying as Huang Huayu's, it was still extremely fearsome.

"Zhu Jiuyin, let's go!"

Faced with this violent offensive, Qiao Yu didn't dodge or evade. Instead, he raised the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade and charged forward.

Weapon spirit Zhu Jiuyin had just evolved into its infancy, and Qiao Yu was brimming with confidence! And this confidence was given to him by Zhu Jiuyin!

Qiao Yu clearly felt Zhu Jiuyin's thoughts. Zhu Jiuyin was saying that the hammer of his opponent was just trash!

"Chop!"

Qiao Yu swung his blade down, directly cleaving through the violent power and colliding with Huang Xiuqiang's great hammer.

However, the moment they clashed, Qiao Yu couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Then, he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily onto the ground.

"Fool! Did you really think you could cross two realms and be my opponent with just a blade? The difference between our strengths is like heaven and earth!" A sneer appeared on Huang Xiuqiang's face.

After getting up, Qiao Yu couldn't help but cough up another mouthful of blood.

"Zhu Jiuyin, old buddy, are you kidding me? Didn't you say that great hammer was just trash?"

Qiao Yu couldn't help but communicate with the weapon spirit in his mind, but the next moment, Qiao Yu almost became enraged.

"What? You're saying I'm too weak?! I'm even more trash than the owner of that great hammer? What utter nonsense!"

Qiao Yu cursed aloud. He was, after all, the champion of the Global College Battle Tournament. How could he be trash?

But despite the curses, Qiao Yu knew very well in his heart that weapon spirit Zhu Jiuyin was telling the truth.

No matter how strong a weapon was, it still needed to rely on a powerful master to unleash its true power.

To put it simply, if Qiao Yu was also a King-level, Huang Xiuqiang, along with his hammer, would have been split in two with that one strike.

"Boy, obediently accept your death!"

Huang Xiuqiang walked over, a look of greed already appearing in his eyes as he looked at the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade.

He had clearly also recognized the extraordinary nature of the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade.

"Obediently accept my death? Sure, beg me." Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow.

"Hmph! What's the use of being all talk? Flame Nether Divine Hammer!"

Terrifying hammer force carrying a skyful of flame explosions swept towards Qiao Yu, just like a volcano erupting directly in front of him.

Qiao Yu couldn't withstand this terrifying power at all. He was directly blasted away, crashing through countless walls before barely stopping.

That hammer from Huang Xiuqiang actually sent Qiao Yu flying into the central district, only a few meters away from the Tazan Building.

"No! If this continues, I'm really going to die here!"

Qiao Yu stood up, clutching his chest, which was already a bloody mess.

Even using the Recognize the Thief as Father card could only deal with one King-level Huang Xiuqiang, but the Hunter Guild had a full five King-levels. The situation seemed to be in a dead end.

"The best way to break this situation right now is to advance to High-level!" A glint flashed in Qiao Yu's eyes.

When he left the Tazan Building, Hua Jun told him that the Mechanical Empress would recover in three hours.

At least two hours had passed since then. As long as he advanced to High-level, he could stall until the Mechanical Empress recovered.

And as long as the Mechanical Empress recovered, Huang Xiuqiang and the others wouldn't even be enough for the Mechanical Empress to kill with one hand.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu immediately turned around and charged towards the Tazan Building. He believed that Mond would definitely send guards to stay behind and guard the Tazan Building.

"You're only thinking of running away now? Too late! You must be buried with my son today!"

Huang Xiuqiang sneered, hanging behind Qiao Yu like a cat playing with a mouse. With every swing of his hammer, terrifying flame explosions attacked Qiao Yu's back.

Qiao Yu could only try his best to dodge. He was only a little bit of experience away from leveling up, and now wasn't the time to get entangled with Huang Xiuqiang.

The crescent blade switched to its Dim state. With a fifty percent agility boost, Qiao Yu quickly arrived at the foot of the Tazan Building.

When he saw the mechanical guards at the foot of the Tazan Building, Qiao Yu was so excited that he almost cried.

"My kin! I finally get to see you all! Eat my blade!"

Amidst the mechanical guard's bewildered expression, Qiao Yu directly ambushed and split him in two. Immediately, a series of Underworld notification sounds rang in Qiao Yu's mind.

[Detected player Qiao Yu resolving an NPC passerby guard through melee combat, rewarding 31 free attribute points, Experience +1550]

[Ding! Congratulations to player for successfully leveling up, current experience points: 250/32000, rewarding 20 free attribute points.]

[Ding! Congratulations to player Qiao Yu for advancing to High-level, rewarding Grade A equipment, Everglow Armor!]

[Everglow Armor]:

Grade: A

Durability: 100%

Effects: Health Points +1000, player's damage received is reduced by thirty percent; when durability is 0, the Everglow Armor is damaged, and the player randomly obtains one Grade S disposable item.

Class Restriction: None

"What the heck?"

After glancing at the effects of the Everglow Armor, Qiao Yu almost couldn't resist personally taking action to smash the Everglow Armor apart.

Randomly obtain one Grade S item!

You have to know, Sage's Blessing, a treasure that can create an extra life out of thin air, is also considered a Grade S item!

However, Huang Xiuqiang, who followed closely behind, obviously wouldn't give Qiao Yu that much time. Qiao Yu had just taken off the Mad Spider Armor and put on the Everglow Armor when a great hammer was constantly magnifying in Qiao Yu's eyes.

Boom!

Huang Xiuqiang smashed his hammer down, shaking the earth. The few mechanical guards next to Qiao Yu were instantly shattered by the aftermath.

At the same time, the Everglow Armor on Qiao Yu's body lit up, and the attack that landed on Qiao Yu was instantly weakened by thirty percent!

In Huang Xiuqiang's astonished gaze, Qiao Yu forcibly withstood this strike from Huang Xiuqiang!

Qiao Yu's face lit up with joy. His defense value and health points were already ridiculously high. Coupled with this thirty percent damage reduction, Qiao Yu, who had advanced to High-level, finally had the ability to trade blows with Huang Xiuqiang!

With his left hand pulling out the Dark Staff and his right hand tightly gripping the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade, Qiao Yu instantly transformed into an Undead Magic Tank.

"Skeleton Legion! Gate of Akka! Undead Giant Kun! Voice of Van Hellsing!"

After advancing to High-level, Qiao Yu also had a stronger control over his ridiculously high attribute points!

Qiao Yu didn't hesitate at all and released four Undead skills in a row.

At this moment, the Mechanical Maze City was like a gate connecting to the Undead World, and countless undead creatures gushed out. As far as the eye could see, there were only stark white bones everywhere.

"You think you can stop me with this trash?"

Huang Xiuqiang roared angrily and swung his hammer in a circle. Any undead creature touched by the aftermath, whether it was a skeleton warrior or a headless knight, was instantly melted.

"Who told you I was going to rely on them to stop you?"

Qiao Yu revealed a smile. Then, an Undead Displacement directly appeared next to Huang Xiuqiang.

After being chased by Huang Xiuqiang for so long, Qiao Yu took the initiative to attack for the first time!

And the timing he chose was extremely precise, just when Huang Xiuqiang's old strength had been exhausted and new strength hadn't been generated yet!

Although the power of swinging the giant hammer was great, it wasn't so easy to retract it!

"State is Bright! Chop!"

Qiao Yu slashed his blade towards Huang Xiuqiang's neck, preparing to perform a "taking the head" show for Huang Xiuqiang.

But at this moment, Huang Xiuqiang actually used the momentum of the hammer swing to turn his entire body a full circle and swing it back at Qiao Yu!

Bang!

Under the collision of the huge momentum, the crescent blade and the great hammer in Huang Xiuqiang's hand flew out at the same time.

After spinning around in a circle several times in the air, the Candle Dragon Crescent Blade was as smooth as cutting tofu, and it sank into the bluestone brick pavement.

Huang Xiuqiang's great hammer also crashed to the ground, smashing out a deep pit.

Qiao Yu and Huang Xiuqiang instantly became bare-handed.

"Boy, without that blade, let's see how you fight me!" Huang Xiuqiang let out a sinister laugh, the killing intent in his eyes growing stronger.

At this time, in addition to the hatred of killing his son, he vaguely had a trace of fear for Qiao Yu's talent.

Offending this kind of genius had to be nipped in the bud as soon as possible, otherwise the entire Hunter Guild would probably be uprooted.

"Well... if you were talking about before, I would indeed suffer a sharp drop in combat power without the blade."

Although Qiao Yu's body was covered in wounds and blood, he had a smile on his face.

With a wave of the Dark Staff, a Yin-Yang Conversion was directly cast on his body.

[Neutral State: Yin-Yang Conversion]

[During Yin-Yang Conversion, the player's defense is reduced by one hundred percent, and attack power is increased by one hundred percent, lasting ten seconds.]

"But the unfortunate thing is, I recently learned a set of boxing techniques from my uncle, who has pus on his head and sores on his feet. I haven't used this set of boxing techniques in the Yin-Yang Conversion state yet, so today I'll use you, old dog, to test out the boxing!"