“Let’s see how you kill me.” Huos sneered.
Li Yao also laughed. With a shake of his wings, to the astonishment of everyone, Li Yao actually flew up.
At this moment, Li Yao was like a bloodthirsty monster. He used to be a refined gentleman, but now he was completely different. The violent blood glow, the bulging veins, along with the eerie runes on his body, were all peculiar and evil.
The speed of Li Yao was not fast, but he still slowly took Huos into the air with him.
Huos eventually understood Li Yao’s plan, but it was already too late. His own technique was indeed overpowering, but he couldn’t undo it. In this situation, a glint of panic finally flashed in his eyes.
Li Yao had already flown to a height of over a hundred yards. “You have three seconds left in this state.”
Huos’ face turned totally ashen. He had been hoping that Li Yao didn’t know the timing of his transformation, but when Li Yao clearly stated the time of his transformation, he was utterly disappointed.
After all, if Li Yao had made a miscalculation, Huos might have been able to break free. Even if he was in the sky, he was confident that he could fight Li Yao. The outcome was uncertain, but at least he would put up a fight.
However, since Li Yao knew his cooldown time, he lost that chance.
As expected, right after Li Yao spoke those words, he let go of both his hands and forcefully threw Huos downwards.
Huos was currently in his lizard form, which was much heavier than his original form. Coupled with the Earth Crystal that was condensed, the weight was incredibly heavy. The force and speed of the fall under this kind of weight were extremely terrifying.
Added to that, Li Yao’s strong throw, the huge crystal fell like a meteor.
When he was about to hit the ground, the state he was in came to an end, but he had no time to react.
Huos was never one to give up easily. He hadn’t completely lost hope yet, because they were already at the edge of the arena.
There were spectators around. In his plan, if there was enough time, he would release the Earth Crystal form, then transform into the Lizardman form, and initiate a charge. This way, he could evade the damage from the fall, and there was a chance to struggle and seek an opportunity.
But he never thought that Li Yao would calculate so accurately. The moment that he was about to hit the ground, the Earth Crystal form ended.
Huos harshly struck the ground, shattering a large number of stone slabs. His enormous lizard body was embedded in the stone slabs.
In everyone’s eyes, Huos, who was supposed to have a full health bar, had it emptied in an instant.
The Lizardmen fell into silence, while the human players were first silent, then erupted into cheers.
Among humans, if they entered the barrier, they would complete a generous reward task. Furthermore, if they broke the barrier, they could complete even more tasks.
They fanatically watched the slowly descending Li Yao. This mysterious man ended the myth of Huos, fought for the human race, and convinced them that the top talents among the humans were not weaker than the aliens, but perhaps even stronger.
The previously low morale suddenly surged. They once again had the confidence and the will to keep fighting.
Li Yao gently landed on the ground and looked at the Shaman Priest.
“You are very strong.” The Shaman Priest said while reviving Huos.
Li Yao shook his head and said, “I know my own situation better than you. I don’t need your compliments. What I care about is, do your Lizardmen keep your word?”
“I don’t have that authority.” The Shaman Priest shook his head.
Li Yao’s face changed, “What, you don’t hold to your words, or do you want me to fight you as well?”
The Shaman Priest smiled, “If I were to fight you, the outcome would be unclear. Besides, I am not a battle maniac, I have no desire to fight you. As I said earlier, Huos is the one in charge here.”
“I see.” Li Yao nodded.
Both of them fell silent, then Huos was revived.
“I lost.” Huos’ eyes flickered with a hint of pain, but it quickly disappeared. “Who are you? Tell me. When my power grows in the future, I’ll challenge you.”
Li Yao shook his head, “I’m not interested in fighting with lesser beings like you, it would be a waste of my time. Do you think I’m a free training partner?”
“You’re too arrogant…” Huos, who had originally managed to suppress his anger, saw it rise again due to Li Yao’s words.
“If you like to deceive others and yourself, then just think of yourself as my opponent.” Li Yao shrugged indifferently.
Huos, enraged, was huffing and puffing incessantly. His snake-like vertical pupils locked tightly onto Li Yao, as if they were about to burst into torrents of anger.
“There’s only one thing I care about right now. Do you Lizard folks keep your word or not?” Li Yao completely ignored the other’s anger. He had gone to great lengths to use the unfamiliar Vampire, which he wasn’t accustomed to, in order to avoid revealing his identity and to avoid trouble.
If they want to gang up on him, he could just switch back to the Hunter class and fight them off, and then devise another way to get near the barrier.
Li Yao had countless strategies. It was just that he hadn’t expected such a situation at the beginning and was unprepared.
“We, the Lizard Holy Clan, keep our word. Since we have made a promise, we will carry it out.” Huos gritted his teeth and said, “Turn off the barrier, let them all in.”
“That’s more like it.” Li Yao directly donned the blood-red cloak. He was ready to hit the road; he had no interest in continuing this game with them.
“But you have to know, you may enter the barrier, but we, the Lizard Holy Clan, never said we wouldn’t continue hunting you.” Huos glared at Li Yao with blood-red eyes, obviously wanting to kill Li Yao after he entered the barrier.
“Feel free to come.” Li Yao transformed into a Blood Shadow and quickly charged towards the inner area, disappearing from everyone’s sight in the blink of an eye.
It was only after Li Yao disappeared that the human players reacted. They hadn’t yet asked who this Earl was.
But now there was no sign of Li Yao. Many players were filled with regret, but it was too late.
“Let them go,” Huos said loudly. “No hunting them for thirty minutes.”
Huang watched the players rush in like a tide and sneered, “These foolish humans, do they really think that we opened such a large barrier just to block these wastes?”
“This time the cost of the barrier was too great, but luckily we could hide some things. Hehe, Undead Capital…” The Shaman Priest turned into a spectral wolf and disappeared after a few leaps.
“Boss, did you figure out who that master is?” asked a female player next to Flaming Red Lips.
Flaming Red Lips, who was on a warhorse, was taken aback when she heard the question, then said, “I don’t know, he did transform after all.”
“Even Boss doesn’t know. How can this be?”
Flaming Red Lips chuckled, “It’s completely normal. You should know, besides professional players, there’s an even stronger group of people. Although they rarely show their faces.”
All the girls were astounded, then their faces filled with joy.
“Don’t get too excited, I’m saying there’s a possibility. There’s a formidable character among the miscellaneous players. But all the leaderboards don’t have him, so it could be him.”
Everyone curiously asked who it was, but Flaming Red Lips just smiled and said nothing….
PS: I finished tidying up my house and realized I didn’t have any chapters drafted up. After I wrote a chapter, I realized that I hadn’t eaten dinner. I’ve successfully fainted from hunger….