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  Su Yu was constantly pondering ways to improve the "Turtle Shell" method, and after some thought, he went to find Zhang Zhongmou and said: "Old Mouzi, bring me the Honglian sword to try out this move."

  Zhang Zhongmou drew out the Red Lotus Sword and said, "How will you test me?"

  Su Yu's right hand shook, and a semi-transparent black metal shield suddenly appeared in front of his right hand. He said, "Point the sword at this and chop down, remember to aim accurately."

  Zhang Zhongmou laughed and said: "Good guy, what's this move? A new skill you've just figured out?"

  Su Yu nodded and Fang Jue said, "This is a defensive skill, after yesterday's battle, I realized the importance of defensive skills. If I had chosen defensive skills, I wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state yesterday."

  As the boundary is upgraded, the opponent's skills become more and more terrible, and defensive skills will become more and more important.

  Zhang Zhongmou's face suddenly turned into a rock-like state, and he whispered: "Be careful, I'm here——" Holding the Red Lotus Sword, he let out a long whistle and slashed at Su Yu's "armor shield".

  With a crisp "clang", the armor shield was unscathed, but Zhang Zhongmou let out a cry of surprise as his Red Lotus Sword was knocked out of his hand and flew off.

  "Ah yo, I'm going to die from the pain——" Zhang Zhongmou used too much force, and the recoil was equally terrifying. The tiger's mouth was actually shattered.

  Su Yu was slightly stunned, and hadn't expected the "armor shield" to be so sturdy. Just as he felt a surge of joy, Fang Huan shook his head and said: "This brother's special power is mainly concentrated on his head and face, his hands don't have much strength. This sword may be sharp, but it can't break through the 'armor shield'. But if a fourth-tier strongman were to wield this sword, it would be a different story."

  Su Yu came to his senses, Ah, he realized that this "armor" was mainly for dealing with stronger opponents. Zhang Zhongmou was only at the second stage now, and there were no special powers in his hands yet. Letting him try a move indeed had no substantial effect. Being able to block his Red Lotus Sword slash didn't mean the armor could withstand the attacks of other fourth-stage or even more powerful warriors.

  "Brother Fang, why don't you come and help me try?" Su Yu thought of Fang Huo being a fourth-stage strongman as well.

  Fang Kuai let out a hearty laugh and stood up. He was around 1.92 meters tall, and as soon as he stood up, he immediately gave off an intimidating aura.

  The opponent changed to Fang Jiong, Su Yu didn't dare to be careless, immediately, his arms slightly shrugged, and in an instant, a piece of black scales appeared to cover, protecting his arms and chest under the black scales.

  "Come on, Fang Ge." Su Yu's right hand opened, concentrating his hetero energy. The "armor shield" immediately flashed a layer of dark light, almost as if it were a tangible existence.

  Fang Kuai also moved his arms, picked up the butcher knife on the ground with his hand, and said: "My ability is that I can turn all usable things into a part of my body and transform them into weapons." As he spoke, a visible black light wave spread out from his right hand, spreading to the butcher knife, immediately enveloping it in this constantly fluctuating black light wave.

  "Be careful, the butcher knife I've strengthened isn't an ordinary one—" Fang Jiong let out a low whistle, suddenly taking a big stride forward, his hand holding the butcher knife heavily chopping down at Su Ye's "armor".

  A loud "bang" exploded, and the people around couldn't help but cover their ears. The sound was really piercing. Closely following that, Fang Jiong and Su Yu both let out a muffled groan. Fang Jiong's butcher knife was knocked back into his hand, while Su Yu's newly opened "armor shield" instantly shattered into powder.

  Su Yu took a step back, somewhat stunned, looking at his right hand, his face fell into contemplation.

  Fang Huo had just struck once, without using his full strength, but the Cow Knife's single strike was able to shatter the "Armor Shield". To think that the "Armor Shield" was a defensive skill specifically designed for defense, yet it was so easily shattered by an opponent of the same rank. This defensive skill was really too useless.

  "This shield doesn't seem like much... " Fang Jiong also looked surprised.

  Su Yu hummed in response, but her mind was racing back to the moment when the butcher knife chopped onto the armor shield, thinking about the details of the distribution of the strange power that made up the entire "armor shield", where it first collapsed, and how she should improve.

  Fang Jiong saw Su Yu fall into deep thought and didn't disturb him anymore. He retracted his aura and sat back down.

  Zhang Zhongmou handed him a bag of food, Fang Kuai picked up a piece of bread and took a bite, sighing: "It's a pity that the conditions here are not good, otherwise I can let you taste my culinary skills." When it comes to cooking, this former top chef's eyes lit up.

  Suddenly, Su Yu jumped up from the other side and said: "Fang big brother, come again."

  Fang Kuai let out a hearty laugh and said, "Good!" Holding the butcher's knife, he jumped up again and chopped down with all his might once more.

  Su Yu's right hand shook, and a "Shield of Armor" appeared.

  With a crisp "ding" sound, Fang Jue's butcher knife was knocked open this time, while Su Yu's "armor shield" was unscathed.

  Su Yu was about to feel happy when "Kai Jia" suddenly made a rustling sound and scattered again.

  "Not yet, it's strange." Su Yu sat down with her head in her hands and fell into deep thought again.

  Next, Su Yu quickly found Fang Kuai to test the shield's hardness again. Every time he gained a new understanding, he would find Fang Kuai to test the shield's hardness and then make improvements. Soon it was the sixth time, this time Fang Kuai chopped four or five knives in a row, each of which was bounced back, while the shield was undamaged.

  "It's done! Awesome, Yu Shao!" Zhang Zhongmou exclaimed on one side.

  Fang Kuai also gave Su Yu a thumbs up, then smiled and said: "Not bad, I couldn't break through this shield, next I'll try using my skills, if you can still defend against it, that would be perfect defense." In fact, he had also developed a competitive spirit.

  Su Yu nodded, her left hand pressed on her right arm, and her right hand in front of the "armor shield", black light flashed by.

  His right hand held the butcher knife and slowly lifted it up, his left hand grasped the hilt, and suddenly a loud roar came from his mouth. From his chest, a series of black ripples spread out, instantly covering his chest and arms in these constantly fluctuating ripples. On the butcher knife in his hand, a long, knife-shaped, radiating black ripple suddenly shot out, about two feet long.

  "Shuì Tiě Zhǎn——" Fang Jiǒng's feet kicked off, and a sharp whistle escaped his mouth. His 19.2-meter-long body, adorned with a radiating black wave pattern, heavily slashed down onto Su Yuèlì's raised "Kǎi Dùn".

  With a "hiss" sound, Su Yu shouted loudly and retreated instantly, barely avoiding the attack. The "Kui Shield" in his hand shattered like tofu, and if he had dodged any later, he might have even hurt himself.

  Unexpectedly, the "Kai Shield" still couldn't withstand a single blow after several improvements. Su Yu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh in disappointment. He had already pushed the "Kai Shield" to its limits with these improvements, and it was almost impossible to make further enhancements. The reason was that he felt the "Kai Shield"'s ability to absorb attacks and its underlying principles had already reached perfection, so why couldn't it still defend against attacks?

  "Haha——" Fang Jiong looked at Su Yu's dejected expression and laughed, saying: "Don't be discouraged, don't forget that this 'Shattered Iron Slash' is my strongest move. I concentrated all my strength to barely break through the 'Armor Shield'. If it were in a real battle, I might not have had the time to unleash such a move."

  Su Yu shook her head slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of something. She smiled and said, "Let's try again, use 'Shattered Iron Slash' once more." Then, she supported the "Armor Shield" once again.

  "Trying a few more times is the same." Fang Jiong was still full of confidence in his "Iron Breaker", although Su Yu's improved "Shield Armor" had an astonishing defensive power, but he and Su Yu were on the same level, if his own strength couldn't even break through his shield armor, it wouldn't be too exaggerated.

  Fang Kuai didn't hold back, immediately focusing his energy again and unleashing "Shattered Iron Slash", a black wave pattern in the shape of a knife blade formed from concentrated light waves, instantly slashing onto Su Yu's supported "Armor Shield".

  Su Yu almost simultaneously, quietly used the "Golden Blood" hidden in his right thumb, extracting a portion of its power and infusing it into the "Armor Shield".

  This was what he had just thought of on a whim, and thus decided to give it a try. "Golden Blood" could be used to assist in attacking, which was certainly formidable, but what about defense?

  The result was quickly revealed, and on the black light shield, a golden pattern suddenly emerged. Immediately afterwards, Fang Jiong let out a loud shout, and the black wave-patterned blade of his "Shattered Iron Slash" touched the shield, instantly shattering it. Fang Jiong grunted in his throat as if struck by lightning, stumbling and almost falling over.

  "What's going on?" Fang Jiong was shocked, just a moment ago, he felt a surge of energy from Su Yu's "armor" that made his heart skip a beat. Not only did it instantly shatter the black sword blade he had gathered, but it also directly impacted and shook his body, causing him to stumble and retreat as if struck by lightning, like a drunkard.

  Su Yu smiled slightly and retracted the energy of "Golden Blood", the black scales on his body disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

  Fang Jiong looked at Su Yu with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty, then sighed: "This guy is formidable, truly formidable." Su Yu had just entered the fourth stage realm, yet he was able to improve his skills on his own, and even used "Armor Shield" to reflect his strongest attack back at himself. Such an astonishing display couldn't help but make Fang Jiong feel admiration and respect. The black-robed man who died at Su Yu's hands had indeed met a deserved end.

  Liu Zhong, Xie Zhi Ming and Huo Shan who had just joined the team also looked at Su Yu with shining eyes. At this time, everyone could confirm that in this team, Su Yu, who had never been outstanding before, was actually the strongest one.

  This night was calm and peaceful, with no unexpected accidents occurring. After dawn broke, everyone packed up and continued on their journey. Qin Jia Gui held the map in his hand, occasionally comparing it to the terrain, his eyebrows furrowed together because after this night had passed, the map seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

  Along the winding mountain road, after everyone had finally made their way around this seemingly bottomless precipice, they finally saw a mountain peak.

  The mountain peak was not high, like a short and stout person, but it covered an extremely vast area. When Qin Jia Gui saw the mountain peak, he let out a breath of air and said: "It's here, according to the map markings, the exit is somewhere in this mountain."

  Everyone listened and was invigorated, but then they were slightly puzzled. Is the exit really among these mountain peaks? It feels like there's something strange that can't be put into words. However, the only exciting feeling is that after walking for so many days in this vast primitive forest, we finally saw a different view. Although it was just a short and bare mountain peak, it still made people feel excited. At least, what's in front of us isn't the monotonous sight of countless trees in the forest anymore.

  "Since we've arrived, what are we waiting for? Qin Jia Gui, let's go!" Zhang Zhongmou shouted.

  Qin Jiagui hummed in agreement, comparing the directions, and then walked around a mound, only to see that what appeared before him were rows of short, stout trees with strange shapes, flanked by sloping mountain walls covered in all sorts of plants and vines, presenting a primordial landscape that seemed never to have been disturbed by human presence.

  "It should be around here, let's go." Qin Jiagu led the way around a strange tree that was both short and stout, as the group of sixteen people began to slowly make their way into the mountain.

  The mountain road was difficult to walk, and the group of people walked very hard. Fortunately, everyone had a special power in their body. Zhao Shichang and Zhang Zhongmou were still opening the way in front, Qin Jiagui occasionally observed the terrain and indicated the direction. In this mountain road, they stopped and turned again and again, finally, the group of people stopped, there was no road ahead.

  Qin Jiagu looked at the map and surveyed the surrounding terrain, his facial expression somewhat stiff.

  Right in front of us was a valley, the valley was filled with all kinds of green vines and shrubs, and there were also many short and stout strange trees, these strange tree trunks were also covered with ivy, and we couldn't see any way out. The reason why Qin Jia's face was stiff was because according to the map, this was supposed to be the exit.

  "The Qin family is noble, but where's the exit? There's no road ahead." Zhang Zhongmou inserted the Red Lotus Sword into the ground beside him, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

  Just ahead is a dead end, there's no road at all. But why does the map indicate that the exit is here? Qin Jiagu was full of doubts and muttered to himself: "How can this be...the map clearly marked this as the exit...even if it's not the exit, there should be something, how can there be...no road..."

  Other people's faces can't help but reveal a look of disappointment and even despair.

  To think that this map and the exit were the only spiritual beliefs that supported them through so many dangers to get here, now suddenly realizing that nothing is left, this blow, it's simply unbearable.

  "Perhaps the exit is hidden," Lei Cui suddenly interjected, "with so many green vines and trees blocking our way. If there really is an exit, it wouldn't be blocked by these plants."

  "Right." Qin Jiagui's spirit lifted, and he said, "Perhaps the exit is blocked, everyone, let's clear away these plants first."

  "Alright." Zhao Shichang waved his right hand, and a bone knife appeared. In fact, everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts, but now this was their only hope, and they could only comfort themselves by thinking that the exit was hidden by the plants.

  Zhao Shichang wielded the Bone Knife and charged forward first, Zhang Zhongmou also picked up the Red Lotus Sword, Ma Ziyue drew out the Starlight Knife, and everyone rushed forward, clearing away the dense foliage here to search for the so-called "exit".

  Qin's eyes were fixed on the map, muttering to himself: "It should be here... it should be here... where is the exit...?"

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