Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

There was no sense of the shield hitting a person, nor did I see the figure of Yang Yu in front of me. The shield became a bit heavier, and Gushan immediately determined that Yang Yu had found a way to attach himself to my shield.

In actual combat, the chances of encountering an opponent who completely follows the rules are very slim.

To secure a victory, many people rack their brains and employ all sorts of strange moves.

Even though it seemed unbelievable, Gushan trusted his battle intuition.

This battle intuition isn’t innate but honed through countless battles.

The higher the level of the fight, the more a slight difference can lead to a significant deviation.

A moment’s hesitation might cause you to miss an attack opportunity.

Choosing to trust his battle intuition might help grasp that slight margin.

After determining that Yang Yu was on his shield, Gushan immediately used the shield’s weight, flipping it to smash it to the ground.

At the moment the shield struck the ground, countless thorns grew from the ground, wrapping around Gushan’s muscular body from all directions.

Gushan’s Defense far surpassed Yang Yu’s, but their Strength was about the same.

Even without weaving the thorns into more solid ropes, it still bought Yang Yu a considerable amount of time.

A purple thorn wrapped around Yang Yu’s arm, pulling him forward, allowing him to escape from the range of the descending shield.

By the time Gushan broke free from the thorns, Yang Yu had already disappeared, and the massive iron-like shield slammed onto the ground.

Cracks quickly spread across the compacted ground, and countless fragments flew upwards, transforming back into sand, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Yang Yu’s figure quickly passed through this cloud of dust, striking towards Gushan’s back with his sword.

With difficulty, Gushan managed to catch a glimpse of Yang Yu and judged that the attack wasn’t worth blocking, so he lowered his body to shovel the surrounding sand and gravel.

The moment Yang Yu’s sword blade touched, Gushan forcefully lifted his shield and twisted his body, once again smashing it towards Yang Yu.

The gravel was tossed out with the swing of Gushan’s shield, stirring up dust.

It seemed that Gushan intended to use the sand to create a thin dust cover, to determine Yang Yu’s position based on the direction of the dust flow, or by throwing sand to reduce Yang Yu’s hit accuracy, but that was not the case.

Yang Yu’s movements vanished again, only to reappear behind Gushan, swinging his sword blade.

After only a few steps, suddenly Yang Yu felt a pulling force beneath his feet, and a patch of quicksand had appeared underfoot at some point, trapping him.

This was a trap Gushan had set up in advance, laid during the shoveling of the sand.

Although Yang Yu was a warrior, his fighting style leaned more towards a nimble assassin.

Gushan was unsure if it was because he was too slow, leading Yang Yu to use such tactics, or if Yang Yu simply enjoyed using such tactics.

In any case, the natural response to an assassin is to use an anti-assassin strategy.

Control and then control again before seeking the opportunity to deal damage.

”[Sand Immobilization]”

Just as Yang Yu pulled one foot out of the quicksand, two small mounds of dirt rushed towards him.

If he weren’t entangled by this quicksand, Yang Yu could have evaded those small dirt mounds with his Speed, but now there wasn’t enough time.

The two small dirt mounds engulfed Yang Yu’s thighs, as if bricks were being built around them, securely fixing Yang Yu’s legs in the mounds, preventing any escape.

”[Heavy Strike]”

In the blink of an eye, Gushan lifted that enormous shield and smashed it down toward Yang Yu again.

Even with the same Profession, due to differences in learned Skills, training methods, and habits, different fighting styles can emerge.

The higher you climb, the more distinctive personal combat styles become.

Gushan is a Defensive Battle type, but unlike other Sword and Shield or Spear and Shield combined Defensive Battles, he prefers extremely heavy, massive shields.

The massive shield is both his Armor and his weapon.

The power of [Heavy Strike] depends on the weight of the user and the weapon, aligning with Yang Yu’s need for Special attack methods.

More importantly, if the combined weight of the weapon and user exceeds that of the target, it also causes a certain Stun effect; the greater the weight difference, the longer the Stun lasts.

With this move, Gushan had knocked out many unlucky opponents.

The massive shield approached, and Yang Yu wanted so much to shout for Iyas, to let Iyas release the restraints on him; however, this was a test type of duel, Defensive Battle vs. Defensive Battle, a one-on-one endurance contest.

Raising his shield, Yang Yu could only activate [Copper Wall Iron Curtain] and [Shield Block] for blocking.

Unfortunately, while [Heavy Strike] is called Heavy Strike, it causes Magic damage, penetrating through Yang Yu’s shield and impacting directly on him.

Yang Yu’s head felt dizzy, just like staying up all day and only getting two hours of sleep before waking up.

Coming to his senses, Yang Yu saw Gushan once again swinging the massive shield at him from the right.

This time it was [Shattering Rock Shield Strike].

This move, upon hitting, can reduce the opponent’s double resistance by 20% for a certain time and increase their chance of receiving a critical hit, an excellent team support Skill.

As the shield struck, feeling the dirt mound holding him loosen slightly, Yang Yu struggled to pull his legs out of the mound.

Instead of retreating, Yang Yu advanced, using the height difference, ducking underneath Gushan’s armpit, stabbing toward Gushan’s side abdomen.

Yet another trivial injury.

However, Yang Yu’s evasive maneuver caught the attention of the [Dragon God’s Might] present.

”What an incredible reaction speed; it’s the first time I’ve seen anyone able to evade Gushan’s combo attack,” said Ling Lu Huakai.

Glantham, holding his chin, nodded, thinking he hadn’t misjudged the person.

Someone capable of leading a team against the Evil Dragon’s offspring isn’t just any ordinary person.

Even Luo Bei, who planned to use Yang Yu and Gushan’s clash time to flirt with Iyas, temporarily forgot about that plan after witnessing their battle.

As Yang Yu anticipated, his duel with Gushan lasted quite a while.

At first, Gushan could still demonstrate various Skills to Yang Yu; however, as time went on, due to Yang Yu’s Passives like [Blazing Blood], [Fierce Battle Spirit], and others, he became increasingly strong in each clash.

Gushan found it increasingly difficult to withstand Yang Yu’s strikes; he was forced to fill the time strictly with solid Skills to prevent Yang Yu from finding an opportunity, having no chance to showcase any flashy Skills to Yang Yu anymore.

When Yang Yu activated [Fury Blood] again, Gushan voluntarily lowered his shield,

”This is about enough, I think.

The more you fight, the stronger you become.

But as long as I time my Skills well, it’s still quite difficult for you to hit me.

Your regular attacks can barely get through my Defense.

It’s already getting late, and who knows how long this would go on if we continued.

I still have Skills I haven’t shown you, and learning Skills takes time...

So, let’s call it for today, and we can battle again another time.”