Two warriors desperately charged through the blockade and lunged at Lu Yu.
But they had underestimated Lu Yu’s agility far too much.
As Lu Yu dashed forward, he suddenly stopped, causing the two warriors to lunge into empty space. Helplessly, they watched as Lu Yu leaped over their heads and escaped the encirclement.
“Bang!”
A gunshot shattered the surrounding shouts.
At that moment, Lu Yu’s instinct for danger caused him to shift his body slightly. A streak of blood sprayed from his shoulder blade as a bullet passed through.
“Mr. Liu, don’t let me live!” Lu Yu roared furiously, staggering momentarily before accelerating toward the entrance.
“Grab him!” Liu Heng shouted from behind. “Dead or alive!”
That was an order to kill.
Bang! Bang!
Two more gunshots rang out—one pierced Lu Yu’s thigh, and the other grazed his cheek.
The pursuers were drawing closer.
Zhou Zhen and others had already completed their mission. At this moment, they also knew they couldn’t stay in this camp any longer.
Taking advantage of the chaos, a dozen people slipped away through another route.
Lu Yu had high enough vitality; these two shots didn’t hit vital spots, so he only lost ten points of base vitality, which was nowhere near enough to kill him.
The entrance to the stadium was getting closer.
Liu Heng began to grow anxious.
He wasn’t afraid of Lu Yu stirring up any trouble. What he feared was Lu Yu informing the mysterious figure at the mine’s central about everything.
“Don’t let him escape,” Lu Xing struggled to say. “Uncle Liu, if he really gets away, Brother Lushan won’t be able to protect you around the clock, and you won’t be able to leave this city!”
He was also anxious.
He disliked Lu Yu, but he understood Lu Yu’s methods very well.
This was a ruthless man. He had been ruthless enough in the Lu family, and hadn’t changed at all over the past few years.
“I understand,” Liu Heng, although not a warrior himself, had always had accurate instincts. It was precisely because of his accurate instincts that he had narrowly escaped several assassination attempts.
The closer Lu Yu got to the exit, the more Liu Heng felt as if he were nearing death.
Therefore, Liu Heng absolutely did not want Lu Yu to escape.
However, after the first three shots, Lu Yu changed his direction of escape, and not a single bullet hit him again.
When Lu Yu rushed into the corridor at the stadium entrance, Liu Heng’s heart turned to ice.
“I will come back again! Then, I will make you pay!” Lu Yu’s voice echoed through the corridor into the stadium.
Lu Yu exited the stadium, and outside, there were far more places for him to hide.
“Power—I need power!” Lu Yu roared toward the sky as he burst out of the stadium.
If just now he had possessed the attack skill of the Demon Ape, who could have stopped him from escaping?
But now—he had no attack skill!
Perhaps there wasn’t even a single attack skill in the entire camp.
Just one attack skill would be enough.
“You don’t need to enter the mine yourselves. Tonight, I will come to you,” Lu Yu said as he ran through the streets, stopping only after leaving the camp by one street.
Without hesitation, Lu Yu crushed the mutated Star Spirit Pearl he had collected in the camp.
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Silver Arm: Passive Skill
Level: One (Non-upgradable)
Attribute: Automatically enhances physical strength by 200 points without activation.
Special Effect: Attacks with less than 500 attack power will be completely nullified if blocked by the Silver Arm.
Description: The Silver Arm is one part of the skill set—Silver Armor. Each part of the Silver Armor obtained will enhance attributes and grant new power upon completing the full set.
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Lu Yu had chosen this mutated Star Spirit Pearl precisely for the special effect of the Silver Armor.
As long as he gradually collected the other parts of the Silver Armor skill, he could use them to resist attacks.
As Lu Yu absorbed the Silver Arm, he could see a faint silver glow flickering over his hands.
After the flicker, the silver glow disappeared.
The silver glow quickly faded from Lu Yu’s hands and vanished into his skin.
“According to the skill description, this is a passive skill, likely a protective one,” Lu Yu murmured softly, then swung his fist with full force at the wall behind him.
With his attack power, if he struck the wall at full strength,
his hand would likely break, and his vitality would decrease.
Lu Yu was using his full strength to test the effect of the Silver Arm.
Bang!
His fist struck the wall, leaving a half-inch deep indentation.
Yet, his hand had not a single wound or scratch—it was completely unharmed.
“I see,” Lu Yu’s eyes flashed coldly as he said, “if this is the case, the complete set of Silver Armor skills should protect the entire body. If my physical strength increases, I won’t be worn down by weaker enemies.”
After a moment of thought, Lu Yu left.
He returned to where he had encountered the Demon Ape, looking at the blood droplets on the ground, following the trail.
He needed the Demon Ape’s skill.
With that skill, he would have absolute confidence in making the people of the camp realize how unwise it was to target the mine.
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Long after Lu Yu left the camp, the camp was still abuzz with talk about him.
Many people were speculating about how Lu Yu would retaliate against Liu Heng.
As noon approached, large pots were set up.
Excited people stood outside the stadium, waiting for the returning heroes to bring back food.
On the horizon, dozens of figures slowly approached.
Some carried or supported the wounded, their morale extremely low.
When Liu Heng received the report and rushed out, he found that no food had been brought back.
A young man who looked very similar to Lu Xing walked at the front. His left eye was hollow, with bloody buds slowly growing. His chest looked as if it had been crushed by a warhammer, caved in nearly halfway.
But this young man was strong—he could still walk back like this.
“Lu Shan, what happened?” Liu Heng was shocked as he looked at the young man at the front.
The young man at the front raised his head and shook it. “Almost succeeded. We got the information, but its vitality was too high and its attack power too strong. Most importantly, the monster’s intelligence wasn’t inferior to humans. After being surrounded, it backed against the wall, minimizing the directions from which it could be attacked. We couldn’t take it down.”
A soldier beside Lu Shan said, “Commander, if it weren’t for Lu Shan covering our retreat, not many of us would have made it back.”
Another soldier said, “This monster has attack skills. Once unleashed, it can kill five or six people in one strike.”
“What?”
Everyone around was shocked.
In all this time, they had only obtained some defensive abilities and attribute-enhancing abilities. As for attack skills, they hadn’t even heard of them, let alone seen them.
“One strike kills five or six people—how powerful is that?”
The people around murmured, looking at Lu Shan.
They had recently witnessed Lu Yu’s methods, and now they saw Lu Shan.
Faced with a monster capable of instantly killing five or six people, Lu Shan could still cover the retreat. Was everyone in the Lu family this terrifying?
“Don’t worry, Uncle Liu,” Lu Shan clenched his fist, his lone eye flashing with sharpness. “I’ve already figured out its attack methods. Once I recover, I guarantee I’ll trap it without letting a single person die.”
Liu Heng nodded. “I believe you. But let’s not talk about that for now. Lu Shan, do you know a person named Lu Yu?”
“What, Lu Yu!” Lu Shan suddenly raised his head, his left eye’s partially healed wound bursting open again. His heart beat faster in his chest, even lifting the collapsed part of his chest slightly.
“He came,” Liu Heng briefly explained what had happened in the camp.
“Don’t worry,” Lu Shan sneered coldly. “Since he won’t be reasoned with, I’ll deal with him. Since he doesn’t want to leave this city, he won’t be leaving at all.”
“But the bigger problem is, now that Lu Yu has escaped, the news about the mine might reach that mysterious figure.”
“That is indeed a problem,” Lu Shan’s heart sank.
They weren’t afraid of anything else. What they feared was that mysterious figure at the mine.
Someone who could place dozens of corpses of Black Demon Wolves at the edge of the mine, especially in this era, was itself a symbol of power.
It wouldn’t be easy to kill such a person.
Yet Lu Yu was still alive—this city was indeed interesting.
Lu Shan smiled faintly and walked into the camp.
If nothing unexpected happened, tonight would be a lively night for this camp.
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Following the blood trail, Lu Yu was searching for the Demon Ape.
Although the blood trail had disappeared halfway, Lu Yu had already reached the southeastern edge of the city.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this area should be the Demon Ape’s territory.
A Demon Wolf howled in pain as it fell beneath Lu Yu’s fist.
Lu Yu didn’t even glance at the Star Weapon in the Demon Wolf’s hand. Such weapons were useless to him now.
Lu Yu excitedly brought up the data.
This was the hundredth Demon Wolf he had killed.
The first-level effect of his Slaughter Star Soul should now activate.
Text floated before his eyes, causing his hands to clench into tight fists.
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Congratulations! You have hunted one hundred Demon Wolves, unlocking the first-level special effect of the Slaughter Star Soul.
Now, you receive a 10% progress bonus toward the second level of Slaughter Star Soul.
You are still 86% away from reaching the second level of Slaughter Star Soul.
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“This is great?” Lu Yu hadn’t expected that activating the special effect would bring such a reward.
A 10% progress boost was equivalent to saving seven hundred Star Spirit Pearls.
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Congratulations! Successfully hunting one hundred Demon Wolves grants you an increase of 500 base vitality, 300 attack power, and 200 physical strength!
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“Wow.”
Lu Yu inhaled sharply.
This was the first time receiving such a rich reward—three basic attributes increased, equivalent to completing a level-up skill!
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Unlock Special Effect:
Skill—Slaughter Strike: When you possess a Star Spirit Pearl, you can pay the cost of ten Star Spirit Pearls to attach a Slaughter Strike to any of your attacks. The Slaughter Strike will cause the enemy to be stunned for one second and reduce their vitality by an additional 300 points beyond your attack power. The skill has a cooldown time of five seconds.
Slaughter Strike’s additional damage ignores physical strength but can be blocked by armor-type skills.
Upgradeable Skill—can be upgraded up to level nine as the Slaughter Star Soul increases in level.
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“Attack skill—did I read that right?” Lu Yu rubbed his eyes hard to confirm he hadn’t misread.
A skill that could be used by consuming just ten Star Spirit Pearls.
It caused one second of stun and reduced 300 vitality points.
The Slaughter Strike’s effect was no worse than the Demon Ape’s Berserk Strike. With one second of stun, he could land at least three hits.
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Completion of the first-level special effect.
New task unlocked: Hunt one hundred Black Demon Wolves…
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