Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 769: Chapter 79: Investment from the Gray Market Trading Company and Su Li’s Advancement_3

The value of a single Rare Level artifact is beyond what can be measured in wealth.

Their substantial gains are not only due to the richness of the Black Pine Forest but also because these Ranger Knights and Adventurers are much more professional in exploration and adventure than the military.

With their assistance, the Rare Level event that Handsome Gilles experienced was successfully completed, and he obtained a Rare Level [Sea Gold Talisman], an ancient Elven heirloom shining with protective energy, becoming more powerful when facing evil warlocks.

After wearing this Rare Level talisman, Gilles’s movement speed, defense, and spell resistance are significantly enhanced.

Additionally, it possesses an incredibly powerful trait [Shining Light], which when Gilles wears this talisman, activates whenever he uses his bloodline abilities. In the intense light, all allies within at least 200 meters experience a massive boost in defense, as strong as steel.

Under this trait, the stronger Gilles is, the tougher his army becomes, becoming like Soul-Burning Steel, uncompromising.

However, whether Gilles is strong or not is not Su Li’s concern right now. Under the bright sunlight, through his sweat-blurred vision, Su Li focuses on one thing alone: how can the knight in front of him be so powerful?

At this moment, Su Li is panting heavily, his lungs wheezing like an old bellows, yet he doesn’t dare to drop his guard even a little. With both hands tightly gripping his warhammer, he stares at the knight ahead who brings him an unparalleled sense of oppression.

The opponent’s name is Klaus Benjamin, nicknamed Frost Throat, a High Tier Elite Knight of the Ice Series. In battle, he can enchant his warhammer with ice bloodline and unleash an extremely cold breath, having once used it in a battle to shatter an entire charge of Goblin Wolf Riders. Currently, he serves as a Knight Commander in the High-level Attendants unit and is one of the top 8 from the High-level Attendants unit selected for the Radiant Competition Festival. Su Li’s battle with him will determine who advances to represent the High-level Attendants unit in the grand competition of the festival.

To be honest, before fighting him, Su Li had hardly heard of his name. Su Li could recognize each Hesse Guard Knight on sight, calling out their nicknames, achievements, and even family details, but he wasn’t as familiar with the High-level Attendants unit.

In other words, Klaus Benjamin not being selected for the Hesse Guard Knights made Su Li assume that his combat power might be relatively average.

But after engaging with him, Su Li was shocked to find that this High Tier Elite Knight’s combat prowess was simply unbelievable!

The things Hilude told him were clearly well-intentioned lies!

Only through real combat and slaughter could he understand that knights sharpened by blood and fire cannot be simulated on a training field.

Indeed, under the special training of Hilude and Freya, Su Li was able to predict some of the opponent’s next moves, but battle itself is not an exchange of moves; it’s about life and death, decisive and courageous adaptability.

It was something that neither Freya nor Hilude’s simulations could replicate; this desperate, ferocious fighting is the true style of knightly combat.

Both Su Li and Klaus were using warhammers, and even with perfect-grade battle armor, a single hit from these warhammers would cause instant damage.

The warhammer has almost become the emblem of this Radiant Competition Festival, as its power is undeniably the greatest among weapons with no sharp edges, used as training equipment.

Especially after using bloodline abilities, the blue and red warhammers charged with potent Spiritual Energy strike with deafening thunder.

Several times Su Li felt a chill run through his chest from the hits, almost believing he had died in battle, his heart grown cold.

Of course, Klaus wasn’t feeling great either; though Su Li initially struggled in the battle, as he adapted to the rhythm, he demonstrated unmatched tenacity and fighting power. Particularly when his bloodline erupted, it made Klaus feel as if facing the dreadful Red Dragon Tyrant.

Klaus felt his legs trembling, knowing it wasn’t inner fear but a sign of the opponent’s formidable bloodline ability. The intense flames seemed to ignite all his blood vessels. He glared at his opponent: ”Which knight from the warband are you? There are many flame-attribute Knight’s Squires, but few as powerful as you. Are you Arsonist Remi Maxwell? Or Thug Emmanuel Richard?”

Su Li’s face was hidden beneath both a helmet and a mask, obscuring his features, but his whispered laughter was audible: ”No need for distractions; the same move won’t work twice against a Holy Knight. Trying to divert me again for a sneak attack?”

Upon hearing the laughter, Klaus felt the situation was dire: ”Your stamina recovers too quickly!”

Indeed! Su Li’s extensive knightly training daily has pushed his endurance to the extreme.

With a loud roar, Su Li surged forward with a Martal Art - Mountain Collapse! It’s a common technique from the Sun Goddess Church, not involving Divine Grace or bloodlines but capable of delivering considerable damage through a high-intensity physical boost in an explosive charge.