You Think You're So Great Just Because You're Rich?!

Lu Yuan was being besieged.

Three Little Stone Men and two black scorpions.

As Lu Yuan's Gene Tempering Level continued to rise, the strength of his Black Iron Body rose as well.

During his time in Origin Land, he had absorbed quite a few spirit crystals, raising his Tempering Level to 12%.

Although that Tempering Level was not particularly high, one had to remember that Lu Yuan had engraved an Extraordinary Gene of Elite Quality.

As a defensive ability, it was enough to rival ordinary Gene Warriors with a 50% or even 60% Tempering Level.

On top of that, he was wearing Gene Armament armor, so his defensive power was naturally formidable.

As long as his vital points were not struck, these ferocious beasts could not inflict any real damage on him. At most, they made him feel a little pain.

With no need to worry about defense, Lu Yuan focused on practicing his movement techniques and swordsmanship.

With equal strength, the Gene Warrior with superior combat techniques would naturally possess greater fighting power.

Lu Yuan did not want to fall behind in that regard either.

By dodging again and again, he made his movements more efficient.

By attacking again and again, he made his swordsmanship sharper.

Evading the combined assault of five ferocious beasts was quite difficult.

He was struck repeatedly.

But he was not worried in the slightest.

This kind of evasive ability could only improve through constant practice.

The longsword in his hand danced, leaving wound after wound on the five ferocious beasts from time to time.

Before long, one Little Stone Man turned into a pile of rubble and fell to the ground.

The remaining four ferocious beasts continued their assault on Lu Yuan, and dodging became much easier for him.

Still, he was hit from time to time.

Lu Yuan continued attacking. Just as he killed another Little Stone Man, a piercing whistle split the air behind him.

A chill ran down Lu Yuan's back, and he instinctively sensed danger.

His foot shifted, and his body slid sideways a step.

An arrow carrying a fierce gust grazed Lu Yuan's cheek and struck a Little Stone Man in the head.

Boom!!

A hole was blasted through the Little Stone Man's head by the violent arrow.

Its body swayed before collapsing into rubble.

That attack was even stronger than Lu Yuan's.

Lu Yuan's pupils contracted slightly as he turned to look.

The moment he turned around, a fireball came flying straight at his face.

"Trying to ambush me? How underhanded!"

Lu Yuan cursed inwardly and moved again.

The fireball flew past him and landed on the back of a black scorpion.

The black scorpion shrieked as flames engulfed it. A bloody hole exploded through its upper body, and it collapsed without rising again.

At the same time, Lu Yuan saw a Cat Person Swordsman rushing toward him with a sword in hand.

Seeing that swordsman, Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

"It's you!"

It was the Cat Person Hunter he had encountered yesterday.

If it was him, then those two attacks just now...

Lu Yuan raised his head and looked toward the corner.

The cat person archer and Elemental Warrior from last time were there as well.

But this time, Lu Yuan did not have another warrior squad to help him.

Three against one.

This was a little troublesome.

Lu Yuan's face darkened.

The Cat Person Swordsman quickly charged up to Lu Yuan.

That strange rhythm of breathing sounded in Lu Yuan's ears again.

The Cat Person Swordsman gripped his greatsword and slashed diagonally down at Lu Yuan's neck.

Lu Yuan planted his feet and swung his own longsword.

Clang!!

Sparks flew from the two blades. Xi Ye's expression changed, and he staggered back two steps.

Seeing that Lu Yuan had not retreated even a single step, his pupils shrank as a trace of shock appeared on his face.

"Your strength has increased by so much?!"

Last time, their clash had been evenly matched. Xi Ye had even held a slight advantage.

Yet after such a short time, Lu Yuan had already gained the upper hand in terms of strength.

Lu Yuan smiled.

Last time, he had only just entered Origin Land, and his Tempering Level had not even reached 9%.

But this time, his Tempering Level had reached 12%.

That was an increase of nearly fifty percent in Tempering Level!

Although Lu Yuan's Black Iron Body did not primarily enhance strength, it still provided a considerable boost to it.

Compared to last time, even if Xi Ye had improved, he could no longer match Lu Yuan.

After that exchange, Lu Yuan stepped forward, intending to press his advantage.

But the moment he took a step forward, a sharp whistle tore through the air.

An arrow shot toward Lu Yuan's eyes, while a fireball came rushing at his face.

Lu Yuan frowned.

He sidestepped, dodging both the arrow and the fireball.

The moment he dodged, the Cat Person Swordsman advanced again, thrusting his longsword toward Lu Yuan's unprotected abdomen.

Lu Yuan raised his sword horizontally, knocking the Cat Person Swordsman's blade aside, then kicked at the Cat Person Swordsman's abdomen.

The Cat Person Swordsman's pupils contracted, and he raised his left palm to block the kick.

A dull thud rang out, and the Cat Person Swordsman stumbled back several steps.

But Lu Yuan had no time to pursue. Two arrows shot toward him in succession, while an even larger fireball than before came flying at him.

Molly and Nan Qi naturally witnessed Lu Yuan's battle with Xi Ye from afar.

Their expressions changed as well.

"What's going on?! Xi Ye is being suppressed?!"

"How is that possible? Last time, their strength was clearly about equal. If he went all out for a short burst, Xi Ye should be able to suppress this human!"

"It's only been this long, and he's become so much stronger?!"

"Go all out! Otherwise, we'll have to run away again this time!"

Molly gritted her teeth. A vicious look appeared on her delicate face as the arrow in her hand glimmered with faint blood-red light.

Nan Qi's face was icy as well, and the fireball atop his staff grew larger and larger.

The two sides clashed.

Lu Yuan was individually stronger than Xi Ye, but he could not kill him in a short time.

With Xi Ye holding him back, Molly and Nan Qi could easily attack Lu Yuan from afar.

The three of them coordinated extremely well.

Whenever Lu Yuan knocked Xi Ye back and tried to pursue, Molly and Nan Qi would suppress him with firepower and force him back.

And whenever Lu Yuan tried to go straight after Molly and Nan Qi, Xi Ye would tie him down.

Lu Yuan was not particularly fast to begin with. With Xi Ye restraining him, he became even slower, making it completely unrealistic for him to catch up to Molly and Nan Qi.

For a time, the battle reached a stalemate.

Lu Yuan's expression did not look good either.

"My strength has improved, but these three Cat Person Hunters have improved too. If that cat person archer's arrows were as weak as before, I could even tank her arrows and kill this Cat Person Swordsman first."

He was getting annoyed.

After fighting for so long, he could not kill a single one of them.

That was the helplessness of a Guardian-type warrior.

His defense was absurdly strong, and he was tough as hell, but he lacked an attack powerful enough to decide the battle in one blow.

Gradually, time passed.

Molly fired another arrow. Her forehead was covered in sweat, and she panted heavily.

Nan Qi beside her had gone somewhat pale as well.

He looked at Lu Yuan in the distance, his expression uncertain.

"Something's wrong! Very wrong!"

Molly nodded repeatedly. "Something is wrong! What is going on with this human? He's maintained his combat technique the whole time. Has his spiritual energy still not run out?!"

Nan Qi wore the same look of disbelief. "Our combat techniques are all offensive. After using them continuously, our spiritual energy is almost exhausted. How can his sustained defensive combat technique last this long?! Look at him—he's still full of vigor, like his spiritual energy hasn't reached its limit at all?!"

In the distance, Lu Yuan and Xi Ye's battle continued.

Xi Ye's expression had already turned pale, and his originally light-red skin had grown much duller.

His combat technique was about to fail.

Yet Lu Yuan looked completely unchanged, still covered by his Black Iron Body.

Clang!

Another collision.

Xi Ye's face went pale as he staggered back five or six steps. His hands trembled slightly, and even gripping his sword had become difficult.

He stared fixedly at Lu Yuan.

"How do you have so much spiritual energy?"

Lu Yuan smiled. "Because I'm strong, obviously."

Naturally, he would not tell him that he was holding a spirit crystal in his left hand and constantly absorbing its spiritual energy.

This was already the fourth spirit crystal whose energy he had absorbed.

After all, his Tempering Level was lower than those three Cat Person Hunters, so his total spiritual energy was definitely inferior to theirs.

In an ordinary battle of endurance, Lu Yuan would certainly lose.

But Lu Yuan could absorb spirit crystals to restore his spiritual energy.

That gave him endurance.

Now, Lu Yuan could already sense that the Cat Person Swordsman before him was beginning to run out of steam.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Now it's my turn, right?"

He had worn this guy down for so long and had finally depleted his spiritual energy. It had not been easy.

He stepped forward, his body shooting out like an arrow as his longsword slashed toward the Cat Person Swordsman.

The howling sword wind stirred the Cat Person Swordsman's hair.

His expression changed drastically as he threw himself to the side.

Lu Yuan's sword struck the ground, carving a sword mark into the earth.

Lu Yuan raised his sword and charged at the Cat Person Swordsman again.

The Cat Person Swordsman was horrified and dodged repeatedly.

"Why don't you stop dodging if you've got the guts?"

Lu Yuan was delighted as he attacked without pause.

Feeling immense pressure, cold sweat poured down Xi Ye's forehead as he roared.

"Molly! Nan Qi! Support me!"

Molly and Nan Qi's expressions changed in the distance. With difficulty, they squeezed out more spiritual energy and used their combat techniques to attack again.

With a casual swing of his sword, Lu Yuan knocked away the arrow and extinguished the fireball.

He smiled. "That's all the power your attacks have? Their spiritual energy should be nearly exhausted too, right? Did you think you were the only one getting drained?"

Xi Ye's expression changed upon hearing that.

Seeing Lu Yuan charge at him again, Xi Ye gritted his teeth, a pained look appearing on his face.

He took out a bottle of sparkling potion and drank it.

Seeing the potion, Lu Yuan's expression changed slightly.

A spiritual energy recovery potion?!

He had forgotten such potions existed.

After drinking it, this guy's spiritual energy would probably slowly recover.

"Even if your spiritual energy recovers..."

Before Lu Yuan could finish, Xi Ye took out another blood-red potion and drank it, then took out a pale-green potion and drank that as well.

Molly and Nan Qi nearby also took out potions one after another and drank them.

"???"

Feeling their auras gradually strengthen, Lu Yuan's expression instantly changed.

"Damn it, are potions free or something?! Who drinks them like you do?? You think you're so great just because you're rich?!"