Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

Chapter 896 Inviting the Wolf into the House and Killing Him (Part 2)

As for the solar battle aura that instantly enveloped the floating city, it was naturally Gao Yang's newly developed sword technique, "Cataclysmic Star Piercing".

Enveloped in the scorching heat of the sun's battle aura, Xiu Gu Qingyan watched as the defensive shield began to melt rapidly, his expression extremely grim.

The scorching sun's flames almost burned through the surrounding space. If he were to teleport at this moment, even if he was lucky enough not to be caught in the spatial turbulence, his body would be shattered by the violent spatial power of the teleportation.

What chilled Xiu Gu Qingyan even more was that, directly in front of the floating city, an extremely condensed solar sword aura was continuously bombarding it.

He raised his staff, then lowered it again.

Given this situation, there is no point in continuing to resist.

'Man-made disaster - Shattered realm!'

Gao Yang appeared outside the floating city and unleashed a sword strike. A series of crisscrossing slashes appeared in front of him, tearing the space in front of him to shreds.

Along with it, the defensive shields on the surface of the floating city also shattered.

Gao Yang raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

The floating city's defenses were extremely strong, and the fact that it was so easily breached could only mean one thing: the floating city's owner had no intention of continuing to resist.

Xiu Gu Qingyan got up from his seat, went to the window of the mage tower, and looked at Gao Yang who was slowly flying into the floating city.

The moment their eyes met, Xiu Gu Qingyan's gaze was crystal clear, and he spoke loudly:

"A powerful warrior I've never met before, Lord Gao Yang, your strength has exceeded my limits. This was an extremely exciting battle. I used all my strength, but I was still no match for you."

"Then, I concede defeat in this battle."

Xiu Gu Qingyan's plan was simple: he was certain that Gao Yang had never met him and therefore would not know his hidden identity.

Since there was no enmity between the two sides, the fact that a mage who controlled the floating city took the initiative to concede defeat was already a great concession, and ending the matter would be beneficial to both sides.

Perhaps, you might even gain the friendship of a high mage from a floating city.

Although there is no such thing as voluntarily conceding defeat in the Gladiator's Summit, if one side voluntarily concedes and the other side accepts the concesion, then the battle will not continue.

Xiu Gu Qingyan had this plan in mind. As long as he took the initiative to admit defeat and Gao Yang agreed, he would have a long time to improve in the future, and he already knew Gao Yang's true identity.

In the future, he will surely find a way to completely hunt it down and seize the only expertise it possesses.

Gao Yang looked at Xiu Gu Qingyan, whose calm and collected demeanor suggested he was truly convinced.

Gao Yang's lips curled slightly as he met Xiu Gu Qingyan's gaze.

If Xiu Gu Qingyan knew that he knew about his identity as a member of the Pantheon, he would probably regret it so much that he would turn green with envy for taking the initiative to disarm the floating city.

This behavior is tantamount to deliberately committing suicide.

When Xiu Gu Qingyan saw the smile on Gao Yang's face, a smile also appeared on his face.

Yes, who could refuse the kindness of a Grand Mage of a floating city?
Gao Yang looked at Xiu Gu Qingyan inside the mage tower and said calmly, "I can accept your surrender, but what's the price?"

Xiu Gu Qingyan was taken aback, then realized that Gao Yang meant he wanted him to pay for his life.

A flash of anger crossed his eyes. It was already humiliating enough to admit defeat in front of everyone, but now he had to pay a hefty price to save his life.

This is naked humiliation!

Faced with Gao Yang's humiliation, Xiu Gu Qingyan took a deep breath, decisively ignored it, and gritted his teeth, saying:

"I am willing to offer thirty magic gems as payment for Lord Gaoyang's assistance just now."

Thirty magic gems were an extremely precious resource, especially for Xiu Gu Qingyan, who was almost destitute from building the floating city. This was the limit of what he could afford.

Gao Yang shook his head slightly and said, "Is the life of a legendary mage only worth thirty magic gems?"

Xiu Gu Qingyan was taken aback, his expression shifting, and he asked again, "Then, according to your opinion?"

Faced with Xiu Gu Qingyan's question, Gao Yang replied without hesitation, "Leave the Floating City, and I will spare your life."

Hugh Qingyan felt a surge of anger. His magic power boiled, and he waved his staff, roaring, "Impossible!"

"If you want it, then step over my dead body."

You think I can't do it?

Gao Yang turned his head and stared at Xiu Gu Qingyan. The distance between the two was only a hundred meters. When a legendary mage was brought to this point by a legendary warrior, he could basically be declared dead.

Xiu Gu Qingyan's expression froze. At this distance, even with the protection of the mage tower, he had almost no chance of survival.

The anger on his face gradually disappeared, and the boiling magic around him subsided again. He looked at Gao Yang and slowly said, "The Floating City is something I have poured my heart and soul into; I cannot give it to you."

If you want it, then so be it, we'll fight to the death.

"I can give you a near-divine weapon in exchange for my surrender, how about it?"

Gao Yang remained expressionless. Upon seeing this, Xiu Gu Qingyan flashed a light in his hand, and a golden battle sword about three meters long appeared in front of him.

"This is the quasi-divine artifact, the Blazing Sun Sword, one of my spoils of war. I now present it to Lord Gao Yang."

After saying that, Xiu Gu Qingyan pushed it out the window, letting the Blazing Sun Sword fly towards Gao Yang.

Gao Yang did not reach out to take it, but continued to look at Xiu Gu Qingyan.

Xiu Gu Qingyan's expression was extremely grim. On one hand was the floating city, the lifeblood of his nation, which he had painstakingly built and had just come into existence; on the other hand was his own life. Both were equally important to him.

Just as Xiu Gu Qingyan's expression was changing, a destructive aura suddenly rushed into his senses.

He suddenly looked up at Gao Yang, and what came into view was a semi-transparent golden sword light.

"mean!"

Xiu Gu Qingyan roared in his heart, and several magical shields instantly appeared around his body, but he did not expect that the golden sword light would ignore these defenses and rush directly into his mind.

A golden sword beam entered Xiu Gu Qingyan's mind, transforming into Gao Yang's appearance. He looked at the figure that appeared in the other's mind, his voice icy:
"Scraps of the Pantheon."

Xiu Gu Qingyan was startled; he hadn't expected that his hidden identity had already been exposed to Gao Yang.

It's too late to know now.

Xiu Gu Qingyan roared, unleashing a massive mental tsunami in an attempt to blast Gao Yang out of his sea of ​​consciousness.

But Gao Yang simply swung the Greatsword of Will in his hand, and golden sword marks crisscrossed, easily annihilating the mental tsunami stirred up by Xiu Gu Qingyan.

Looking at the mental tsunami collapsing like dominoes, Xiu Gu Qingyan's eyes were filled with regret.

However, in just a moment, he regained his composure, raised his hand and pointed at Gao Yang. His extreme mental power surged forth, and a jet-black mental death beam shot towards Gao Yang's consciousness.

This death ray of the mind carries unparalleled penetrating and corrosive power.

Gao Yang raised an eyebrow and immediately unleashed his Greatsword of Will.

The golden sword energy collided violently with the Death Ray of the Mind. To Gao Yang's surprise, the sword energy of his will that he had unleashed began to rapidly disintegrate under the erosion of the Death Ray of the Mind, then assimilated, and finally completely merged into the Death Ray of the Mind, shooting towards him.

The mental death ray was so powerful that it could shatter his willpower. It was of an extremely high rank, and Gao Yang guessed that it was very likely the only specialty that Xiu Gu Qingyan possessed.

However, doing so at this point is somewhat too late.

Gao Yang let out a soft shout, and an extremely dazzling radiance of will burst forth from his body. He raised the greatsword of will high and then slashed down with a thunderous roar.

'Man-made disaster, a decaying force.'

The Greatsword of Will descended, colliding once more with the incoming Death Ray of the Mind. In the next instant, countless sword energies erupted from the Death Ray of the Mind, instantly disintegrating it from within.

Having shattered Xiu Gu's mental death ray, Gao Yang no longer held back and unleashed another sword strike.

"Man-made disaster, annihilation!"

The world before his eyes turned gray and white, and a dazzling sword mark slashed towards Xiu Gu Qingyan.

As the sword mark struck, Xiu Gu Qingyan's thoughts paused for a moment.

In the world of consciousness, the effect of willpower attacks is far stronger than that of ordinary sword techniques, which is why Gao Yang used a series of willpower sword techniques to fight Xiu Gu Qingyan.

After the sword strike, Gao Yang's consciousness dissipated directly into Xiu Gu Qingyan's sea of ​​consciousness.

Upon regaining consciousness, Gao Yang did not hesitate for a moment and unleashed a sword strike.

"Natural Disaster: World Destruction!"

The sword tip drew a perfect and precise arc in front of him, and an endless aura of destruction rose up. A pitch-black sword mark instantly appeared outside the mage tower where Xiu Gu Qingyan was hiding.

The sword flashed, and the defenses outside the mage tower offered no resistance whatsoever, being easily sliced ​​through.

When Xiu Gu Qingyan came to his senses, he saw Gao Yang reach out and tear open the mage tower's defenses, stepping into his mage tower.

"exile!"

Xiu Gu Qingyan slammed his staff down, and in an instant, a surge of magical energy spread outwards from him.

Gao Yang blocked the incoming impact with one hand in front of him.

Then, a sharp, cone-shaped sword aura was unleashed, instantly striking Xiu Gu Qingyan's chest.

Xiu Gu Qingyan was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the seat behind him, a trickle of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

He looked up at Gao Yang, his heart filled with horror.

The moment Gao Yang appeared, he considered teleporting away, but the surrounding space was as solid as steel, making teleportation impossible.

"Very surprised?"

Gao Yang flashed to Xiu Gu Qingyan's side and looked down at him.

"With my understanding of the rules of space, you're still far from being able to use teleportation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Yang placed one hand on Xiu Gu Qingyan's face.

The next instant, scorching solar energy erupted from Gao Yang's palm, incinerating Xiu Gu Qingyan beneath him.

Flames swept through, and Xiu Gu Qingyan's body turned into green smoke and dissipated.

'They escaped?'

Gao Yang looked around, then closed his eyes slightly to sense the surrounding space.

As his will dispersed, he entered a state of 'unity of man and nature'.

In a state of harmony with nature, his control over the surrounding space has reached a new level.

Sensing every corner of the mage tower, Gao Yang's lips curled into a chilling smile once more.

Gao Yang loosely clenched his fist, and a black dot appeared in his palm.

The next instant, everything inside the mage tower began to collapse toward his palm.

Upon contact with the burning battle aura emanating from his body, they were swiftly destroyed.

Soon, Xiu Gu Qingyan's body was forced to appear.

Gao Yang looked at Xiu Gu Qingyan, who had transformed from a decorative object back into a human body, and felt the unwillingness and regret in the other's eyes. Without pausing, he pressed his palm against the other's face again.

This time, Xiu Gu Qingyan did not dodge Gao Yang's palm.

Before he could even speak, Gao Yang's immense and dazzling willpower, like a tiger descending from the mountain, forcefully tore apart Xiu Gu Qingyan's soul defense, as if a thick, red-hot iron rod had brutally pierced his body.

"Ahhhh~~~"

A shrill scream came from Xiu Gu Qingyan's mouth, and dark mental energy surged wildly outwards from him like a raging tide, trying to push Gao Yang away.

But each surge of the Black Tide was blocked by the radiant will on Gao Yang's body.

Ignoring Xiu Gu Qingyan's struggles, Gao Yang began to peruse Xiu Gu Qingyan's memories.

Soon, with Gao Yang's relentless invasion, Xiu Gu Qingyan's mental defenses finally collapsed, and his limbs slumped down, motionless.

Having reviewed Ernest Goring's memories last time, Gao Yang's goal this time was extremely clear: to target Goring's sole specialty.

Soon, Gao Yang sensed the only specialty that Xiu Gu Qingyan possessed.

Unfortunately, two of the three unique specializations that Xiu Gu Qingyan possesses are spell specializations, which mainly enhance the casting speed, range, and power of spells, and are of no use to Gao Yang.

Only one specialization, 'Mind Resonance', can be integrated into Gao Yang's combat system.

The unique skill "Mind Resonance" can amplify the user's mental power and strengthen their control over their mental will, which is undoubtedly excellent news for Gao Yang.

This means that his immortal will can be further strengthened.

Without pausing, Gao Yang began to peruse and comprehend everything in Xiu Gu Qingyan's memories related to this unique specialty.

As he repeatedly observed and contemplated, after an unknown amount of time, a notification from the comprehensive network suddenly appeared before Gao Yang's eyes:
"Network notification: You have come across information related to the unique specialty: Mind Resonance. Current comprehension progress: 1%."

Seeing the prompt appear in the corner of my eye, everything else fell into place.

As Xiu Gu Qingyan's screams escalated from their initial piercing cries to their final, barely audible groans, a new notification from the network reappeared:
"Network notification: You have come across information related to the unique specialty: Mind Resonance. Current comprehension progress: 100%."

"Important notice from the network: You have obtained all the information about the unique skill: Mind Resonance. When the owner of the unique skill: Limit Breaking Power actively or passively relinquishes the skill, you will automatically condense the unique skill."

Seeing the prompt appear before him, Gao Yang did not hesitate at all. He exerted force with his palm and completely crushed Xiu Gu Qingyan's head.

The unique skill has been acquired, along with the method to control this floating city.

For Gao Yang, the gains from this battle were already substantial enough.

"Network Notification: You have killed a Network player (Legendary level). You have gained 90000 Legendary experience points and 1 Legendary reputation point."

"Network notification: Based on your legendary class effect, you have gained an additional 3400000 legendary experience points."

"Network notification: Unique ability detected: Mind Resonance. Current status: 'Unclaimed'. Unique ability: Mind Resonance can be condensed. Condense?"

Gao Yang looked at the refreshed prompt and, without hesitation, chose to condense.

"Important notice from the network: Unique skill: Mind Resonance is beginning to form. Current formation progress: 0.1%. Estimated time required: 28 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes, and 58 seconds. Please ensure your survival during the formation period."

After closing the prompts, Gao Yang appeared on the surface of the floating city. Following Xiu Gu Qingyan's memories, he found an inconspicuous room and went inside.

Inside the room was a small teleportation array.

Gao Yang stepped into the teleportation array and appeared in a completely enclosed room that was only five square meters in size.

In the center of this secret chamber, a dimensional core radiating a bright light floats quietly.

(End of this chapter)