Knights: The journey of support starting with Faiz

Jiang Ye suddenly raised the sword in the stone, and the sword shone with a dazzling golden light.

A huge magic circle appeared in the sky, and countless rocks condensed from the void and crashed down on the zombie king's evil followers!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst a series of explosions, the zombie king's demonic followers were completely engulfed.

When the smoke cleared, all that remained was a bottomless crater and a few twitching vine remnants.

"It's...over?"

Miyin swallowed.

Sento adjusted his glasses.

No, it's not over yet.

Sure enough, the vine fragments suddenly began to writhe wildly, converging towards the center at an astonishing speed.

A vortex of purplish-black energy formed, and the zombie king's demonic followers began to reorganize!

“What a tenacious vitality.”

Jiang Ye said softly, without any surprise in his tone.

He slowly raised the sword in the stone, the energy veins on the sword flickering.

The thruster nozzles adjusted their angle, and the blazing flames gradually transformed into a pure gold color.

"Final Strike!"

Jiang Ye's figure vanished instantly, and the next moment he appeared directly above the zombie king demon disciple who was reassembling.

The sword in the stone slashed down with the force to split the earth, and tiny cracks appeared in the space wherever the sword's edge passed!

“Crack—Boom!!”

Amidst the deafening explosion, the core of the Zombie King's demonic disciple was pierced through by a single sword strike!

Its body was covered in cracks, and then it shattered completely in the blinding golden light, turning into countless points of light that dissipated into the air.

The battlefield was silent, save for the sound of Jiang Ye slowly landing.

He deactivated his transformation, and the two buckles automatically snapped back to his waist.

"Is this...is this the end?"

Tsumuri's voice trembled slightly.

Kiroly stared at the data with a grave expression.

Chapter 275 Anxiety

"From the appearance of the Zombie King's evil followers to their destruction, it only took three minutes and twenty-seven seconds... and Jiang Ye did not use his full strength at all."

Hidetoshi Ukiyo walked up to Eiyo and said something meaningful.

"It seems the production team's assessment of you was too conservative."

Jiang Ye merely glanced at him indifferently, without replying.

At that moment, Izuri's voice rang out simultaneously on the communicators of all the surviving players.

"Congratulations to everyone for passing this round. Due to Jiang Ye's outstanding performance, the Dragon Knight series buckle will be unlocked ahead of schedule for the next round..."

War Rabbit whistled.

"Now it's interesting."

Miyin watched Jiang Ye's retreating figure, her eyes flashing with complex emotions.

"Who exactly is he...?"

Unconsciously, Hidetoshi Ukiyo's fingertips caressed the edge of the desire driver.

The cold touch of the metal could not calm his inner anxiety.

On the field, Jiang Ye's figure had already transformed into a golden lightning bolt.

Each burst of flame from the thrusters left an afterimage on his retina.

"This speed..."

Ukiyo Hidetoshi's Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed the rest of his sentence.

He had never seen anyone use a thruster to this extent—no, this went beyond the scope of ordinary thrusters.

The item known as the "Earth Upgrade Buckle" was emitting an ominous glow around Jiang Ye's waist.

A cold snort came from beside him. Daoist Azuma's knuckles were white from clenching his fists, and the zombie belt buckle creaked under the weight of his grip.

"What a joke."

He said through gritted teeth.

"What gives that guy the right...?"

Before the words were even finished, a deafening roar erupted from the center of the arena.

Jiang Ye's golden figure traced perfect geometric trajectories around the Zombie King's demonic followers, each turn accompanied by a scorching wave of air ejected from the thrusters.

Fukiyo Hidetoshi barely caught a glimpse of Jiang Ye's movements—he was moving around behind the Zombie King at an illogical speed, the Stone Sword trailing a streak of light.

"Roar--!"

The Zombie King roared in fury, and its dark body suddenly split into more than a dozen clones burning with dark flames.

Ukiyo Hidetoshi's heart tightened; this kind of clone technique had previously delayed a competitor by at least thirty seconds.

But Jiang Ye's movements did not stop at all. It was as if he had foreseen all of this. The sword in the stone swept out in a perfect arc.

"Shh!"

The sword light bloomed like a new moon, tearing apart all illusions in an instant.

Ukiyo Eiju felt a chill creep up his spine—this was no ordinary slash; the energy coiled around the sword's edge clearly resonated with the Earth Upgrade Belt, forming an attack pattern he had never seen before.

"It's about to end."

A somber voice came from the Taoist priest.

Indeed, Jiang Ye had already leaped into the air, with the thruster nozzles fully open, and the Stone Sword was completely enveloped in blazing white flames.

The air distorted around the sword's edge, creating visible ripples.

Ukiyo Hidetoshi's pupils suddenly contracted. He saw it—behind Jiang Ye, a blurry phantom appeared, like some kind of ancient mark.

0 ······Requesting flowers·· ···

"What is that...?"

Without time to think, Jiang Ye fell, the golden sword piercing through the zombie king's chest without any resistance.

The demon's body trembled violently as the dark energy attempted to retaliate, but was completely suppressed by the light emanating from the sword.

Ukiyo Hidetoshi clearly saw that in the last moment before the Zombie King turned to dust, Jiang Ye's eyes held a golden light that did not belong to humans.

[Match Ended! The Zombie King Demon Clan has been defeated!]

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The mechanical sounds of the system echoed across the battlefield, but Ukiyo Hidetoshi seemed to hear nothing at all.

His gaze was fixed on Jiang Ye, who was calmly deactivating his transformation, and the Earth Upgrade Belt around his waist turned into specks of light and disappeared.

But Ukiyo Hidetoshi knew that something was different—Jiang Ye's posture, breathing rhythm, and even the faint but palpable pressure in his eyes were completely different from when he used ordinary equipment.

"Grey Wolf has won first place! Sumida is eliminated!"

Ukiyo Hidetoshi then came to his senses and discovered that his palms had been dug into by fingernails, leaving deep crescent-shaped marks.

He forced himself to relax, but the shock in his heart could not be calmed.

Yu Guangzhong: Master Wuqia was turning away with a gloomy face, her black cloak fluttering behind her.

"and many more."

Ukiyo Eiju called out to him.

Master Azuma stopped walking, but did not turn around.

"What, even Extreme Fox feels pressure sometimes?" Again.

Chapter 276 Cooperation

Ukiyo Hidetoshi chuckled softly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"I'm just curious, what are your plans to do about that monster?"

He tilted his head slightly in Jiang Ye's direction.

"At this rate, we'll all be crushed in the next round."

Master Azuma finally turned around, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"so?"

So maybe we need...

Ukiyo Hidetoshi deliberately dragged out the tone.

"cooperate?"

My wife, the Taoist priest, chuckled.

"Don't be naive. But..."

His voice suddenly lowered.

"160"

"If you really want to know, I can tell you—I will win by any means necessary. Anything."

He glanced meaningfully at Hidetoshi Ukiyo's driver.

"Including temporarily teaming up with someone like you."

Ukiyo Hidetoshi narrowed his eyes.

"That doesn't sound like you."

"style?"

My wife, the Taoist priest, sneered.

"In the face of absolute power, style is worthless."

He turned and left, leaving behind his last words that drifted in the wind.

"Think it over carefully, Extreme Fox. I need your answer when we meet next time."

As Ukiyo Hidetoshi watched Azuma Michinaga's figure disappear into the teleportation screen, the smile on his face gradually faded.

He looked down at his driver, replaying every detail of Jiang Ye's battle in his mind.

That power... is definitely not just something that comes from equipment.

There's something deeper at work, and he has to figure that out.

"It seems our star player is having some trouble."

Hidetoshi Ukiyo looked up and saw that his patron, Gene, was already standing in front of him.

The man from the future, who always wore a playful smile, was unusually serious at this moment.

"Mr. Gene."

Hidetoshi Ukiyo quickly adjusted his expression.

"It's just a routine post-match review."

Gene smiled meaningfully.

"A review? Or... are you thinking about how to deal with that exceptionally powerful new equipment?"