Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Like a red flash, Yang Yu rapidly shuttled beside the data robot, continuously dealing massive damage in coordination with Bai Jin and Iyas’s attacks.

The data robot creaked all over, being sliced apart piece by piece by Yang Yu, which shattered into a string of data in mid-air.

”[Space Stasis]”

A blue film spread out from the data robot, sending ripples that slowed everything around, as if threatening to freeze everything in its vicinity.

However, the data robot was ultimately a step too slow.

Yang Yu’s thorns had silently coiled around its feet without it knowing when.

Before transforming, the data robot had been trapped by this skill before, collecting relevant data. However, its data on Yang Yu was nearly zero, never calculating that Yang Yu would deliver such suffocating attacks, trapping it in a trap.

If only it had gathered a bit of combat data on Yang Yu, it wouldn’t be so passive. Instead, it would grow stronger through countless battles and completely calculate Yang Yu’s every move, sweeping them away completely.

The data robot tried to use the rocket booster on its feet to burn away the thorns, but a red light pierced into Yang Yu’s palm, coating his sword blade with orange.

Without any hesitation, Yang Yu struck with all his might, piercing through the data robot’s core. The ripples that had been spreading from the data robot ceased completely.

In an instant, the surroundings returned to normal, and Iyas’s Light Arrow and Bai Jin’s magic shot past Yang Yu, bombarding the data robot.

Under the duo’s attack, the data robot turned into the numbers 1 and 0, transforming into countless dispersed magic power.

A ”Kara——” chest fell to the ground, spilling out countless Gold Coins that entirely buried the chest.

The Gold Coins spent by Yang Yu were spewed out intact by the Layer Guardian.

With the collapse of the data robot, the bustling, neon-lit streets of the seventh floor gradually disappeared, leaving only the city’s basic framework, turning everything barren.

Yang Yu sheathed his sword and stepped toward the spoils of battle.

At this moment, He Meng suddenly jumped up from the ground, bearing sharp teeth and bit fiercely into Yang Yu’s shoulder without opening her mouth, she emitted a human voice:

”You’ve been watching from somewhere, haven’t you? Why didn’t you come earlier! I thought I was almost dead!”

When Yang Yu appeared just in time to block the data robot with his shield, He Meng was momentarily touched: As expected, Yang Yu wouldn’t easily abandon me as I thought.

However, He Meng sensed something was off.

Yang Yu appeared too promptly, didn’t he? And he appeared without a sound!

He Meng scrutinized closely and immediately realized Yang Yu was fully buffed.

Yang Yu was too well-prepared, not like he rushed over in a hurry, but more like he leisurely prepared thoroughly, then struck suddenly at her critical moment.

The more He Meng observed, the more convinced she was of her inner thoughts. The more she confirmed her inner thoughts, the more He Meng thought and got angry.

Once everything settled down, He Meng couldn’t hold back and bit into Yang Yu fiercely.

Alas, she was already exhausted, and with Yang Yu fully buffed, He Meng couldn’t move Yang Yu at all.

Yang Yu was also quite helpless, as he couldn’t find a more suitable member than He Meng to restrain and grind down the enemy. In case the Layer Guardian really had the setting to gather data and become stronger, attacking it with full force would undoubtedly make the subsequent battles exceptionally difficult, and they might even slip up.

If, by chance, the data robot relied on their combat data and became an opponent they couldn’t possibly defeat, Yang Yu and his team might have to return to the upper floors, quietly waiting for a possible ”refresh”.

The fact of using He Meng is undeniable. Yang Yu pulled out a handful of Clovers and stuffed them into He Meng’s hand.

He Meng pouted, ”It’s always like this, don’t think you can brush me off every time.”

Yang Yu smiled bitterly and put away the Clovers.

He Meng bit even harder, ”I didn’t say I didn’t want it. All the clovers owed for these three days, give them all to me! Double!”

This time, He Meng’s bite was a bit painful, but only to the level of a mosquito bite.

Once relaxed, He Meng was completely out of energy.

”Alright, alright, whatever you say. I’ll tell you the reason for the delay later. During this time, we didn’t try other strategies.....”

Since knowing that the ten people found were the designated ”real people,” Yang Yu naturally sought their help.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard those people tried, they couldn’t breach the data robot’s firewall and could only rely on strong information to defeat or assimilate it.

And that information was Yang Yu, only they could defeat that artificial intelligence.

Alright, the roundabout path returned again.

In the end, Yang Yu could only stay in the lower floor below where He Meng and others were battling, snacking on sunflower seeds while watching He Meng and the data robot’s battle through Bai Jin’s Surveillance Magic.

Just completely treating it as a test of He Meng’s strength.

Pouring a large heap of Clovers onto the ground, He Meng laid on the mountain-high pile of Clovers, feasting heartily.

Lotcar led Bai Jin and the others through the damaged floor to jump to Yang Yu’s floor, completing the reunion.

Clearing away the Gold Coins, Iyas once again opened the treasure box for Yang Yu, and inside, besides an Epic Equipment, there lay a Skill Scroll.

[Seeking Opportunity in Vulnerability], which deals true damage relying on the opponent’s depleted stamina, magic power, and life value, with the specific values being...

After carefully reading the skill description of [Seeking Opportunity in Vulnerability], Yang Yu felt this skill should be called [Taking Advantage of Weakness to Kill], causing more damage the more exhausted the enemy is.

If used against a completely undrained enemy, this move will only deal 2% true damage.

If only the skill had a shorter cooldown, it would have been highly cost-effective. But with nearly an hour of cooldown, this skill is destined only to be used as a finishing move.

Before all the spoils were fully packed away, a melodious ringing came from Yang Yu’s pocket.

Items obtained in virtual space couldn’t be stored in the system by Yang Yu; he could only keep them on his person as he does now.

Taking out his phone, Yang Yu initially thought it would’ve disappeared with the earlier flash, but it was still there.

Upon connecting the call, Yang Yu didn’t hear any voice; instead, a map popped out from the phone, floating in front of Yang Yu and the others, marking the location of the passage to the next floor, displaying a set of information:

”[Congratulations on successfully strategizing the seventh floor.

From this floor onward, you can travel through each floor via teleportation devices.

Each subsequent level will become increasingly difficult.

If there’s no way to pass through, you can return to the upper floors via the teleportation device, thinking while accumulating experience.]”