"BOOM—!!!"
A tremendous roar erupted like thunder from clear skies.
The entire underground cavern trembled violently three times.
Dust clouds billowed upwards.
Debris flew in all directions.
Yin Mingtao, who had been preparing to push his subordinate forward as a human shield, suddenly felt darkness descend above him.
A terrifying pressure enveloped him from above.
He didn't even have time to look up.
"CRACK!"
That was the sound of his cervical vertebrae screaming under unbearable pressure.
Immediately after.
A large foot encased in nano-fluid combat boots slammed heavily into his face.
"THUD!"
Yin Mingtao's entire body flattened like a squashed toad.
His face made what could be called negative-distance contact with the hard rock floor.
His nose bridge shattered.
Teeth went flying.
His brain buzzed and instantly turned into slurry.
But it wasn't over.
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Three more heavy landing impacts.
Right beside Yin Mingtao.
The powerful shockwaves sent the nearby lackeys who had been rushing to help flying, tumbling across the ground like rolling gourds.
As the dust settled.
Four dark figures stood like iron towers from hell, firmly planted at the center of the plaza.
Their nano battle suits shimmered with cold light.
Particularly glaring in the dim cavern.
Qin Yu casually ground his foot against the still-twitching Yin Mingtao beneath him.
"Oops."
"My apologies."
"Slipped."
He looked down at the unrecognizable mess beneath his foot.
His tone carried not the slightest hint of remorse.
"Isn't this our poison master?"
"Why such a grand gesture?"
"Not even keeping your face?"
Beside him.
Yao Qian bounced cheerfully, her mechanical exoskeleton emitting faint humming sounds.
Pointing at Qin Yu's perfect landing posture, she shouted with admiration:
"Perfect score!"
"Absolutely perfect!"
"Brother Yu's Flying Kick was simply awesome!"
The young girl clapped excitedly, stars shining in her eyes.
"Is this the kinetic enhancement of the S-Class Nano Suit?"
"It's unbelievable!"
"That move just now must have multiplied the gravitational acceleration by at least five times!"
"It even cracked the ground!"
Yao Qian crouched down and poked at Yin Mingtao's exposed ear with her gloved finger.
"This old man seems done for."
"Did Brother Yu's kick mix his brains into slurry?"
Li Ruobing stretched her neck, producing crisp cracking sounds.
She whistled while looking at the cracked stone slabs near her feet.
"Pretty intense."
"Good thing there's a buffer system."
"Otherwise my legs would have broken from that landing."
She raised her head.
Her electronic eyes scanned the stunned crowd around them.
"Hey."
"Weren't you all pretty arrogant just now?"
"Weren't you going to use people as shields?"
"Keep going."
Dead silence filled the area.
Only the massive gargoyle remained frozen nearby.
Its simple stone brain clearly couldn't process this sudden situation.
It had been about to crush these insects.
How did four harder ones suddenly fall from the sky?
As for the surviving hundred-plus people.
They now stared at the black figure standing on Yin Mingtao's head.
It was like seeing the King of Hell himself.
Fear.
A terror deeper than when facing the Gargoyle.
Instantly shattered their psychological defenses.
"It's... it's Qin Yu!"
"Number one on the leaderboard is here!"
"He didn't leave!"
"He's been watching from above all along!Someone screamed in collapse.
Yu Weiwei stood at the very back of the crowd.
The moment those four landed, she had already reacted.
She was a clever woman.
And a vicious one.
She knew Qin Yu's methods all too well.
That man simply didn't have any instinct to go easy on women.
That fool Yin Mingtao thought hiding in the dungeon would keep him safe.
And what happened?
Got trampled like a stepping stone!
"RUN!!"
Yu Weiwei shrieked.
Her voice turned sharp and piercing from extreme terror.
"Don't just stand there!"
"Scatter and run!"
"Anyone who wants to live, follow me!"
She shoved aside the underling blocking her path, turned and sprinted back toward the insect tunnel they came from.
Even though there were flying ants there.
The flying ants wouldn't wake unless disturbed.
But staying here...
Whether facing that enraged Gargoyle.
Or confronting that merciless Qin Yu.
Meant certain death!
"Run quickly!"
The remaining seventy or eighty people snapped out of their daze.
Yin Mingtao had already been crushed.
Their backbone was gone.
Their greatest reliance was gone.
If they didn't run now, were they waiting for Qin Yu to slice them up?
"Whoosh—"
The crowd instantly erupted into chaos.
Everyone wished they had two more legs, crying for their parents as they followed Yu Weiwei back.
Some even threw away their weapons to run faster.
Qin Yu stood in place.
Watching the fleeing backs of those pathetic figures.
He made no move to pursue.
"Brother Yu, letting them go?"
Li Ruobing was practically itching for action, her laser blade thirsting for battle.
"That bitch was insulting you earlier."
Qin Yu sneered.
Applying more pressure with his foot.
"Crunch."
Yin Mingtao, who had been twitching slightly, went completely still.
"Just a few stray dogs."
"The flying ants in that tunnel were only knocked out by poison earlier, not completely dead."
"Now that the poison gas has dissipated, they're probably hungry."
"Running back now."
"Right in time for dinner."
Qin Yu withdrew his foot.
Turned.
Faced the thoroughly enraged Gargoyle.
"Besides."
"Compared to killing those trash."
"This big guy here is much more valuable."
"ROAR—!!!"
As if responding to Qin Yu's disdain.
The five-meter-tall bull-headed Gargoyle finally regained its senses.
It felt a strong provocation.
Those green flame-like eyes suddenly erupted with blinding light.
"Lowly... insects..."
A voice as heavy as grinding millstones squeezed from its stone throat.
"DIE!!!"
The Gargoyle gripped its rusted giant axe with both hands.
Its massive body bursts forth with speed belying its size.
"Whoosh—"
The giant axe descended with an air-rending shriek.
Straight toward Qin Yu's head in a vertical chop!
This axe strike.
Carried immense force.
Before it even landed, the fierce wind pressure sent scattered stones flying across the ground.
"Ruo Bing."
Qin Yu stood his ground.
Didn't even bother dodging.
Just called out calmly.
"Your turn!"
"Got it!"
Li Ruobing laughed loudly.
Instead of retreating, she advanced.
Her black nano battle suit instantly tightened, muscle lines bulging beneath the armor.
She bent her knees slightly.
Like a fully drawn bow.
"For your grandma..."
"Open!"
"Clang—!!!"
A deafening metallic crash rang out.
Sparks flew everywhere.
Li Ruobing stood with her arms crossed, forcibly blocking the descending giant axe.
Her feet instantly sank three inches into the ground.
The surrounding rocks cracked like a spiderweb.
But she.
Did not retreat a single step!
"Is this the power of an S-class Elite Monster?"
Li Ruobing gritted her teeth, her face beneath the visor flushed red, yet her eyes shone with terrifying excitement.
"Quite the strength!"
"But..."
"That's all you've got!"
The Gargoyle clearly hadn't expected.
That this insect, only as tall as its knees, could withstand its full-force strike.
It froze for a moment.
Trying to pull the axe back.
It roared in fury.
Lifting its massive right foot, intending to crush Li Ruobing.
"Big dumb ox!"
"Look over here!"
In the distance.
Yao Xue had long since taken her firing position.
She knelt on one knee.
The exoskeleton armor on her shoulder clicked open.
Revealing the dark, hollow barrel of a gun.
This was no ordinary firearm.
It was an S-class "Netherworld" biotoxin sniper rifle.
Silent as death, poison seeping into the marrow.
The massive body instantly lost its balance.
"Boom!"
The Gargoyle dropped to one knee.
The entire plaza trembled from the impact.
"Now!"
Qin Yu moved.
Qin Yu, who had been observing from the sidelines, finally bared his fangs.
He didn't use any flashy weapons.
Because the Nano Fluid Tactical Suit he wore was itself the ultimate weapon.
"Battle suit mode switching."
"[Strength Amplification: 300%]"
"[Kinetic Overload: Activated]"
At Qin Yu's command.
The black battle suit instantly transformed.
The originally streamlined armor swelled abruptly.
The black fluid seemed to boil, churning wildly across the surface.
A red glow lit up along the armor's patterns.
Like magma flowing through veins.
Qin Yu pushed off with his feet.
His entire body became a black-and-red lightning bolt.
Instantly appearing before the Gargoyle.
He leaped high into the air.
At that moment, the Gargoyle was on one knee, its head level with Qin Yu's.
In its eyes, burning with green flames.
For the first time, an emotion called "fear" appeared.
It saw Qin Yu's raised fist.
On that fist.
The black nano fluid was frantically compressing and hardening.
Finally forming a sharp, drill-like shape.
Spinning at high speed!
"This head."
"I'll take it."
Qin Yu's voice was icy and piercing.
"Break!"
He threw the punch.
Simple.
Brutal.
Leaving no room for argument.
"Thud!!!"
The punch.
Landed squarely in the center of the Gargoyle's brow.
Time seemed to stand still.
Then.
"Crack..."
A fine crack appeared where Qin Yu's fist had struck.
Rapidly spreading.
Covering the entire bull-like head.
The green flames in the Gargoyle's eye sockets flickered violently twice.
Then.
With a "puff."
Went out.
"Boom—Crash!!!"
The massive stone head.
Exploded like a watermelon hit by a bullet.
Countless stone fragments rained down.
The headless colossal body swayed stiffly twice.
Then toppled backward like a collapsing mountain.
"Rumble..."
The dust settled.
Qin Yu landed lightly on the ground.
The crimson glow on his body gradually faded, the battle suit returning to its original pitch-black color.
He shook his hand.
Even with the protection of the battle suit, the recoil from that punch had left his palm somewhat numb.
"S-class is S-class after all."
"This thing's head is really tough."
Qin Yu commented casually.
Li Ruobing threw the giant axe on the ground, panting heavily.
"Yu-ge, you're just too overpowered."
"This is an S-class monster!"
"And you took it down with one punch?"
"My hands were almost shattered from the recoil just now!"
Yao Xue put away her toxin gun and came over to examine the loot.
"Weak point strike."
"Yu-ge's punch just now hit exactly at the energy core's node."
"Moreover..."
Yao Xue glanced at the rubble on the ground.
"Although this thing is hard, it's not agile enough."
"Pure target practice."
Yao Qian came running over while hugging the still-hot cannon barrel, her face excited.
"Did it drop any equipment?"
"Did it drop any equipment?"
Qin Yu walked into the pile of rubble.
Where the gargoyle's heart would have been.
A dazzling golden light was shimmering.
"Of course it dropped."
Qin Yu bent down.
Reached into the pile of rocks and grabbed the glowing object.
Along with a crystal core emitting an earthy yellow glow.
[Game Prompt: Defeated S-class Gatekeeper - Minotaur Gargoyle]
[Acquired Loot:]
[1. Earth Crystal Core (S-class material): Can be used to enhance earth attribute items or vehicle defense]
[2. Labyrinth Key (special item): Credential for opening the bronze gate]
Qin Yu played with the items in his hand.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
"Lucky."
"A good start."
He turned around and glanced at the empty square behind them.
Yin Mingtao's corpse still lay there, like a pile of mud.
From the direction where Yu Weiwei and the others had fled, faint screams could still be heard.
Clearly.
The flying ants over there were enjoying the meal that had been delivered to them.
"Let's go."
Qin Yu took the key and walked toward the massive bronze gate.
"This is just the beginning."
"There are plenty more good things."
"Waiting inside."
He pressed the key into the groove on the gate.
"Click, click, click..."
Heavy mechanical sounds echoed.
The bronze gate slowly opened.
An even thicker mist surged out from behind the door.
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