Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

”[Dark Ghost Tear]!”

Since he decided to preserve Laplace’s Skill, Gao Yuanyi had no choice but to use another high-output skill as a substitute.

A black-purple glow enveloped his entire arm, as Gao Yuanyi drew a bizarre mark and delivered a solid punch to Black Diamond Lorne’s thigh.

In an instant, black light surged.

At the point of impact, the tough scales of Black Diamond Lorne shattered like glass, cracking with countless black and red lines.

The gaps flickered with a unique light, gradually climbing up Black Diamond Lorne’s hind limbs.

[Dark Ghost Tear] applies a powerful physical attack while also inflicting a short-term magical power drain status on the enemy.

After unleashing this strike, Gao Yuanyi disappeared completely. He used a displacement skill once again, arriving near a Steel Clan member.

Wielding a massive mechanical arm, Gao Yuanyi grabbed the head of the Steel Clan member, used a throwing skill, and hurled the Steel Clan member fiercely toward an incoming Elite Steel Creation.

Then, Gao Yuanyi split into several shadows, evading the Elite Steel Creation with the spinning discs.

Aiming at several Steel Clan members attempting to activate skills, he used Shifting Position to get beside them. Gao Yuanyi roughly gathered them together and executed a powerful suplex.

”Having learned so many displacement skills, it’s really convenient.”

Watching Gao Yuanyi wreak havoc among the Steel Creations, Yang Yu was genuinely envious.

Displacement skills are not common; most are exclusive skills of certain races and require specific racial essence to master.

The Ghost Clan is a mysterious race, seemingly having a natural affinity for displacement skills. Gao Yuanyi seems to have learned all the displacement skills available for more flexible combat.

Yang Yu once tried to learn Gao Yuanyi’s skills for free, but without the Ghost Clan essence, he couldn’t learn any skill from Gao Yuanyi no matter how strong his desire was.

Similarly, Gao Yuanyi couldn’t learn any skill endowed by racial essence from Yang Yu.

If you can’t learn it, then you can’t learn it!

The rules of this world make it impossible for everyone to master everything.

Everyone has their own way of fighting.

Yang Yu drew his sword from his waist.

Black Diamond Lorne had resolutely used such a skill at all costs, already determined to stick to his ideas.

Perhaps, just like in most games, only by completely defeating him can one communicate with him.

Yang Yu had researched that after the Steel Clan transforms, it’s necessary to inflict over fifty percent of their maximum life value in damage to forcibly revert them to their original form.

Black Diamond Lorne has a passive ability to regenerate health, and Yang Yu and the others had no idea how long Black Diamond Lorne had been transformed, nor could they tell how much damage the hero had dealt him.

Quickly bringing down fifty percent of his blood is indeed not an easy task.

As the Steel Creations attacked, Yang Yu dodged while swinging his knife, a red light flashing across his eyes.

These mechanical magic beasts, capable of disrupting the flow of magic power, couldn’t disrupt the release of internal skills.

Yang Yu also noticed the situation over by Bai Jin and them, but he temporarily wasn’t concerned, as Bai Jin and the others could handle it.

His speed suddenly increased, traversing numerous Steel Creations, Yang Yu dodged those elite Steel Creations capable of disturbing magic power.

”[Heavenly Step].”

Reaching a corner temporarily unaffected by the elite Steel Creations, a golden glass appeared before Yang Yu’s right hand. Without hesitation, he stepped onto the suspended golden glass, leaping towards Black Diamond Lorne’s abdomen.

Scarlet pierced into his palm, sword blade coated in orange, Yang Yu swung the blade.

The sharp knife scraped a deep scar on Black Diamond Lorne’s steel body.

[Heavenly Step] is a skill derived from Yang Yu’s must-kill skill [Sky-shattering Dragon Roar], which can create golden glass within a certain range, providing Yang Yu with a stable foothold.

Aside from the need to pre-set all golden glass, this skill has no significant drawbacks.

Its short cooldown allows Yang Yu to use it without reservation.

In fact, what occupies the majority of the must-kill skill’s preparation and cooldown time are two other effects. Once they become skills, each carries a cooldown of nearly half a day.

The skill with the longest cooldown and preparation time is the one that can return 80% of the skill’s cooldown time.

It makes sense, if that skill could be used recklessly, Yang Yu would undoubtedly fight like playing in infinite firepower mode.

After executing a precise and flawless strike, a golden glass appeared before Yang Yu’s right hand, which he used as a stepping point to propel himself, evading the descending steel dragon claw of Black Diamond Lorne.

Black Diamond Lorne shattered a piece of golden glass created by Yang Yu, and the fragments, glowing with golden light, scattered in all directions.

The golden glass created by Yang Yu is not immune to the influence of rotating discs.

In essence, this world’s skills are a form of special magic, a special magic that uses magical power via biological instinct.

Since Black Diamond Lorne indiscriminately disrupts the surrounding magic power, he can naturally affect entities built from magic power.

The golden glass constructed by Yang Yu had not yet shattered on its own when Black Diamond Lorne’s spinning disc approached, instantly flushing the airborne golden glass towards the disc, like flushing a toilet.

Noticing this, Black Diamond Lorne drove more rotating discs to approach Yang Yu.

Yang Yu stepped onto a vanishing golden glass, passing through it as he fell to the ground.

With the aid of [Incredible Braking Boots], Yang Yu landed smoothly.

Black Diamond Lorne whipped his massive dragon tail, aiming at the nearby Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi, who were attacking from the sidelines.

However, Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi cleverly evaded the attack with nimble maneuvers once again.

Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi were as agile as mice. Black Diamond Lorne again realized how troublesome Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi could be; if they were so easily handled, they wouldn’t have escaped unscathed last time either.

”Still not enough.

I thought I was already strong enough, but against the Goddess’ Apostle, it’s still far from enough!”

Black Diamond Lorne’s steel dragon eyes captured Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi’s positions, commanding mechanical creations to run across the ground to constantly lock Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi’s positions, finally leading them into a dangerous trap.

Yet, who would have thought Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi had already seen through Black Diamond Lorne’s intentions. Not only did they avoid falling into the traps set by Black Diamond Lorne, but they also used his traps to launch a powerful joint attack against him.

The steel discs, which Black Diamond Lorne painstakingly created, were nothing more than decorations, unable to harm Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi!

Although Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi’s attacks did not sever his sinew or bone, they still add up over time.

Black Diamond Lorne could sense that Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi indeed possessed the strength to defeat him.

”In that case, there’s only one strategy left.”

Black Diamond Lorne looked toward Bai Jin, who was entangled with the Elite Steel Creations, intending to simultaneously attack Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi while launching a diversionary tactic.