When battle armor is rendered useless, it usually means one thing: before repairs could be made, the damage exceeded its durability.
Xiao Minâs blue-grade battle armor, though not at the gold-grade level, was still a top-tier piece among blue-grade equipment. For it to be shattered in a single strike meant it had suffered instant, catastrophic damage.
Undoubtedly, the attack from Troyiliaâs transformed hand was horrifyingly powerful.
Ye Zhongmingâs brows furrowed tightly.
Given Xiao Minâs current status in Cloud Peak, it wouldnât be strange for her to possess one or even several gold-grade pieces of equipment. However, for the sake of unity within the Female Guards, she had refused.
Ye Zhongming had agreed at the time, but now he regretted it. If he had insisted, Xiao Min would have obeyed, and perhaps this bizarre half-man, half-womanâs attack wouldnât have breached her defenses.
He didnât know how deep the wound in Xiao Minâs abdomen was, but the fact that the bleeding hadnât stopped told him it couldnât be minor.
Amid his concern, Ye Zhongming also observed Troyiliaâs condition.
The crystal grenade Le Dayuan had crafted for Xiao Min was no ordinary itemâeven Ye Zhongming himself didnât have one.
Le Dayuan hadnât given the grenade a name, but Xiao Min had dubbed it the "Hand Cannon"!
The glittering fragments inside were actually stacked magic crystal energyâeach piece would release a tremendous burst of energy upon contact. In essence, this thing was more like a combination of many crystal grenades.
Of course, crafting such an item not only required a large amount of high-level demon crystals but also carried an extremely high risk of failure and danger.
After making just one, Le Dayuan never attempted it again. Why? Because it simply wasnât worth it!
The materials and magic crystals consumed to create a single "Hand Cannon" could be used to produce many, many of the latest-model crystal grenades, which, when used properly, would be far more effective than the former.
In order to attack Xiao Min, Troyilia hadnât dodged the glittering fragments, and he paid dearly for it. Every explosion from those fragments dealt full damage to him.
Like Xiao Min, he not only lost all his defensive equipment but also suffered severe injuries.
Cloud Peakâs cutting-edge technology wasnât something to be taken lightly.
Of course, Troyiliaâs attack had also grievously wounded Red-White Simbaâequally terrifying.
Xiao Min released her grip on her wound, glanced at her longsword to confirm it was undamaged, then suddenly raised her other hand into the air.
A long saber appeared in her grasp.
"Blade and Sword Twin Mastery?!"
The little boy was stunned, uttering the name of a high-tier job in the apocalypse.
Compared to the dime-a-dozen Swordsman job, Blade and Sword Twin Mastery wasnât the absolute pinnacle, but it was still an elite class.
The fact that Xiao Min hadnât revealed her true strength from the start made both the little boy and Troyilia tense up.
Crushing a healing crystal in her hand, Xiao Min traced two different trajectories with her weapons and growled a low, guttural "Die." Two distinct skills shot toward the half-man, half-woman.
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On one sideâa dazzling sword light.
On the otherâa fierce saber aura.
Xiao Min leaped off Red-White Simba, transforming into a bolt of lightning as she charged at her opponent.
Red-White Simba howled. Even though its previous two mental interference attempts had failed, it still exerted its ability once more, hoping to aid its master.
Troyilia chuckled darkly. The other side of his bodyâthe female halfâmoved.
A normal hand suddenly expanded into a giant, fan-like appendage, becoming as soft and elastic as the other side had been earlier. When Xiao Minâs blade and sword arrived, it enveloped them directly.
The idea of blocking Xiao Minâs attack with bare flesh should have been nothing short of a fantasy.
Both of her weapons were blue-grade, and combined with her eight-star evolution level and class skill bonuses, her offensive power was devastating.
Just like before, Xiao Min saw the enemyâs response but didnât alter her course. She refused to believe he could intercept her this time.
The two clashed once more in close combat.
Splatters of something resembling melted flesh flew out.
The grotesquely enlarged hand was split open by Xiao Minâs strikes, but the wounds healed almost instantly. Then, whether it was her longsword or saber, both were seized by the massive palm, immobilizing Xiao Minâunless she chose to abandon her weapons.
Troyiliaâs lips curled into a smirk. Then, abruptly, the giant hand released her weapons and morphed into a fistâan enormous, terrifying fistâthat shot toward Xiao Min.
The distance between them was minimal, and the fist, like rubber, could extend in length.
Boom!
Xiao Min was sent flying.
This time, it wasnât just her equipment that shatteredâlikely some of her internal organs as well. Gouts of blood spilled from her mouth, drawing gasps from the Cloud Peak members watching below.
"Kill her!"
"Slaughter that woman! Dig out her battle beastâs demon crystal!"
"Weâve won this round!"
"Hahahahaha!"
"What did I tell you? As long as Troyilia and Melfis take the field, you canât win!"
The last line came from the little boy, Adam.
But Troyilia, whom they had pinned their hopes on, didnât move. He remained rooted in place, even as they speculated whether he would finish off the severely wounded Xiao Min or her battle beast first.
"Whatâs going on, Troyilia?"
"Kill her! What are you waiting for?!"
"Troyilia, execute your opponent! Otherwise, you and Melfis will have to stay with our family for another yearâno, two years!"
The little boy grew impatient.
Despite his confident facade, he was anxious inside. If victory could be secured quickly, he wouldnât drag it out.
Now that Troyilia held absolute dominance yet hesitated, Adam was deeply displeased.
Just as the Hidden Snake Journey members were shoutingâ
A spear slowly emerged from Troyiliaâs abdomen.
A blue-grade weapon had pierced straight through the half-man, half-womanâs chest, the tip protruding from his backâright where the heart should be.
No one knew when this spear had struck, but one thing was certain: Troyilia had lost.
Though he had grievously wounded the woman from Cloud Peak, he himself had been dealt a fatal blow!
Xiao Min slowly sat up, painstakingly retrieving a healing potion from her spatial equipment and drinking it. Watching Troyilia topple backward, she flashed a brilliant smile.
But that smile lasted only a second before freezing.
The normally unflappable Female Guard deputy captain actually showed a flicker of fear on her face.
Because she sawâ
Troyilia, who should have collapsed dead on the ground, had stopped mid-fall, his body frozen at a steep angle!