Who are you calling a stable boy?!

Looking at Momoga, Zheng Jing scratched his cheek: "Get up, Lao Gu, I, Old Zheng, am not that petty."

"I'm just too lazy to argue with you guys."

"It's your business if you want to spoil your child, but if you try to do it in front of me, Old Zheng, I won't tolerate it. Rather than waiting for trouble later, it's better to teach him a lesson today so he'll remember it."

He pointed at Shattia: "Especially someone like her, no matter how much you talk, it's not as clear-cut as killing her with a stick."

"You should understand this better than I do."

"Or is it that there's never a time when you Ainz Ooal Gown members have to fight to resolve your conflicts?"

"..."

Momoga did not respond immediately.

Zheng Jing's words seemed to evoke some memories for him, causing him to quietly turn around and look at the guardians.

"......I see."

A moment later, Momoga spoke up: "Shartia".

"exist!"

"I allow you to fight Zheng Jing. Remember, go all out and don't be careless."

Upon hearing this, Shalltear's pale face flushed with excitement.

"Yes! I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

No complicated preparations are needed; let's start fighting right there.

In fact, the reason why Momoga chose to announce his decision to the guardians in the Grand Arena on the sixth floor, rather than in the throne room, was that he was prepared to fight some of the guardians.

He just didn't expect things to develop this way.

"Hmph, since Lord Momoga wants me to go all out, that means—"

Fully armed, Shatia raised her large gun and pointed it at Zheng Jing.

"It's okay if I beat you up, right?"

Upon hearing this, before Momoga, who was watching from the sidelines, could even speak, Zheng Jing, who was in the arena, gasped as he looked at Shatia, who was dressed in red or white fur.

"It's a pity you lack the skill of black skin, otherwise you would have really succeeded in your act."

"what?"

“I, Old Zheng, don’t bully fools. Remember, don’t wave that needle around randomly.”

Zheng Jing pulled out the golden cudgel from behind his ear, his six arms flashing as he looked at Xia Tia, who clearly didn't understand what he was saying, and raised his chin.

"Ready?"

"Heh, do I need to make any special preparations to deal with you?"

Seeing Xia Tia smile, Zheng Jing also smiled.

"Then you'd better catch it!"

As the conversation ended, Zheng Jing had already arrived in front of Xia Tiya, and swept the stick in his hand towards her waist.

Seeing the stick coming, Xia Tia showed no intention of dodging. She raised her spear and thrust it towards Zheng Jing's face.

Shalltear is a priestess warrior skilled in both magic and martial arts. She was created by Perolozino as a level 100 NPC specifically to counter Momoga, as he had been unable to defeat Momoga in PvP for many years.

Therefore, she not only possesses a range of abilities targeting undead creatures, but also has a wide range of comprehensive responses in actual combat environments. In terms of combat ability alone, she has almost no weaknesses and can be said to be the strongest guardian in the Great Tomb.

One of her preferred fighting styles is prolonged close-quarters combat.

Aside from the armor she wore, whose protective capabilities were close to those of a divine artifact, the core of her fighting style was the divine artifact-level weapon in her hand, the [Drip Spear], meticulously crafted by Perolozino.

This weapon can convert a certain percentage of the damage dealt to the enemy into health points.

In other words, it has a life-stealing effect.

This isn't exactly a rare effect in YGGDRASIL, but Perorozino has made it extremely specialized on the [Drip Lance], bringing the conversion rate to over 90%. If combined with Shalltear's racial traits as a [True Ancestor of Vampires], the conversion rate can reach almost 100%.

On this basis, supplemented by the faith-based magic of the priest profession, she can further enhance her own defensive capabilities.

This led to Shalltear's fighting style of trading blows for blows.

Therefore, facing Zheng Jing's seemingly unremarkable blow, Xia Tia followed her usual fighting style and instinctively chose to counter with an attack.

It is evident that when Momoga inquired about Zheng Jing's information earlier, she either did not listen attentively or did not take notes after listening.

Neither of these situations would be surprising to Shalltear.

But it doesn't matter, she'll remember it after today.

—At the cost of one's own death.

"Bang!!"

The solid blow shattered Shalltear's armor and tore apart the waxy flesh around her waist and abdomen, sending her petite body flying and crashing into the wall at one end of the arena, leaving afterimages.

"Cough! Uh..."

With trembling hands, Shalltear supported herself with the dropper gun and looked down, enduring the pain.

The armor on the chest and abdomen was broken, and the remaining parts still hanging on the upper body were also covered with cracks.

Beneath the remains of her armor, her once-proudly beautiful body bore horrific, completely charred scars.

But what terrified Shalltear even more was her current health status.

one strike.

That seemingly casual strike took away half of her health!

Moreover, she discovered that almost all the faith-based protective spells she had cast before the battle had been wiped out by this blow.

It was only then that she suddenly remembered that Cocytus had said that the stick weapon Zheng Jing used was very likely a world-class weapon specifically designed for attack and killing.

Unfortunately, by then it was too late.

"Bah!"

A loud shout startled Shattia, causing her pupils to dilate.

She instinctively looked up at the sound and saw Zheng Jing had already caught up with her and was about to strike her on the head with his stick!

"Lamprays dare to become sentient! Amazing!"

Having just suffered a severe injury, and then being overwhelmed by that roar filled with inner strength, Shatia had no time to dodge and could only raise the dropper spear in her hand to defend herself.

"when!!"

The artifact-level weapon was indeed quite sophisticated; after taking Zheng Jing's blow, the dropper spear did not immediately shatter like the armor on Xia Tia's body.

But looking at the fine cracks that suddenly appeared on the gun, it looked as if it would fall apart at the slightest touch.

How could he possibly help Shattiya withstand the fierce force of Zheng Jing's blow?

"Snapped--"

Like smashing a ripe watermelon, the terrified face of the beautiful woman exploded into a sweet, greasy mist of blood under Zheng Jing's stick.

"hey-hey!"

Shaking off the slight residue stuck to the golden cudgel, Zheng Jing looked at the headless corpse that immediately emitted a soft halo.

"Kid, you've got a second life."

Seeing Shalltear's face contorted with fear and anger after she came to her senses following her resurrection by the prop, Zheng Jing grinned and chuckled.

"This time, can you withstand my third strike?"

Chapter 315: He should thank us!

Since Shalltear is an NPC designed to counter Momoga in PvP, she naturally has a trump card prepared specifically to deal with Momoga: the special skill "Death is the End of Everything".

That was a resurrection item that Perorozino placed on Shalltear. In terms of performance, it was inferior to Momoga's artifact-level ring. It could only be used once a year, and the resurrection location could not be set. It was an instant death and instant resurrection, so it had both advantages and disadvantages.

It's hard to say whether Shalltear, who was resurrected with this prop, can withstand Zheng Jing's three blows before dying again.

But the long dropper gun in her hand definitely wouldn't withstand a second blow.

In that instant, Momoga had the urge to speak up and stop them.

Of course, the confrontation was ended by directly announcing Shalltear's defeat.

"Kid, if you know what's good for you, admit your mistake and beg for mercy now. Maybe you can save Prison Bone some money on resurrection, hmm?"

As if he could read Momoga's mind, Zheng Jing, holding the golden cudgel, pointed at the disheveled Shatia with a mocking expression.

Shattia could not tolerate such provocation.

Suddenly, a ball of silvery-white light flowed out from Shalltear's body, and as it twisted, the ball of light quickly solidified into a form.

That was none other than Shalltear's appearance.

This is one of Shalltear's special skills: Heroic Spirit Warrior.

Seeing that Shalltear sent the heroic warriors to charge at Zheng Jing, while she herself spread her wings and took to the air, beginning to unleash offensive special skills at Zheng Jing, Cocytus, who was watching from the sidelines, spoke up.

"The outcome is decided; as expected, it is a victory for His Excellency Zheng Jing."

"Why do you say that? In my opinion, although Shalltear is clearly at a disadvantage, she still has a lot of special skills and plenty of MP to fight back, so she should not be at her wit's end yet."

Beside him, Demiurge asked a question.

Cocytus stared at Zheng Jing on the field, his jaw twitching as he exuded a chilling aura: "Shartia's fighting spirit is crumbling, which means—"

"Bang!!"

A muffled thud.

As Shalltear's head shattered once more, Cocytus's last words reached Demiurge's ears.

"For Lord Zheng Jing, fighting with her is utterly boring."

Before Shattiya's headless corpse hit the ground, Zheng Jing turned to look at Momoga outside the arena: "Catch."

He tossed the dropper spear toward Momoga.

Momoga, who had just stepped into the arena, reached out and took the food, then looked down at it.

This divine weapon's durability is almost zero.

This is an extremely rare phenomenon for a divine artifact.

But Momoga was not surprised by this.

After all, in his previous battle with Zheng Jing, he had just had two divine artifacts shattered by Zheng Jing.

In contrast, the dropper spear was at least not completely destroyed, and with the power of the Great Tomb, there was still a possibility of perfect repair.

"......Thanks."

"Momoga said in a low voice."

The dropper gun is no ordinary, god-tier weapon.

It is to Shalltear what the God-Slaying Blade Emperor is to Cocytus.

In a sense, it can be considered an important relic that Perolozino gave to Shatia.

For Momoga, it was also a divine weapon that allowed him to reminisce about the past.

After all, when Perolozino was testing Shalltear, he had her fight him with a dropper spear quite often.

Momoga knew that if Zheng Jing wanted to, he could definitely destroy the dropper spear first, and then kill Shattiya.

Upon hearing Momoga's "thank you," Zheng Jing scratched his cheek.

"Alright, take her out. Brother Ke, it's your turn!"

After that, it was Cocytus' turn.

Unlike his stern yet ruthless approach when fighting Shatia, in his battle against Cocytus, Zheng Jing let it use all its skills, even offering occasional pointers along the way. Finally, with a move called "Phoenix Piercing Flower," he struck the same spot as before, sending Cocytus on its way.

Zheng Jing was about to stop here, but after watching two matches, Sebastian also asked to fight Zheng Jing.

Zheng Jing naturally wouldn't refuse the request of one of the few NPCs with a sense of justice in this great tomb.

Not only did he not refuse, but knowing that this kind-hearted dragon man was a martial monk, Zheng Jing took the golden cudgel.

Warrior monks versus warrior monks.