"If you want to live, all you have to do is pass the final trial. Then not only can you live, but you can also take the money you deserve. By doing this now, not only will you not survive, but you will lose everything. Don't think you can threaten me with the life of an administrator. That won't work..." Old Gu's eyes flashed with ferocity as he stared at Li Xiu.
"Of course it won't work. You won't let anyone leave here alive, including these administrators. The huge secret of the Sea Heaven Trial Ground cannot afford the slightest mistake. Everyone here must die, except for the Magic Armor Masters and a few of your key people. Isn't that your plan?" Li Xiu interrupted him before Old Gu could finish.
These words stunned all the administrators, and their eyes involuntarily turned to Old Gu.
Old Gu's expression didn't change as he said firmly, "Talking nonsense cannot save your life. Even if God himself came today, he wouldn't be able to save you. Only I, Old Gu, have the final say at the Abyss Base."
Old Gu offered no explanation, and though it couldn't dispel the administrators' doubts, it made them both believe and doubt Li Xiu's words.
Li Xiu knew, of course, that if he really fired, the bullet would penetrate both the administrator in front of him and his own body. The hostage was indeed of no use.
Li Xiu smiled slightly and suddenly moved the gun's muzzle away from the administrator's head, pointed it at the nearby A Fei, while still tightly controlling the administrator's neck with his other arm.
"I know the hostage is useless, but you can try. Before you kill me, I might kill her first."
"Threatening me with her, don't you find it laughable?" Old Gu said coldly.
"Laughable or not, why don't you try and see? Let them shoot," Li Xiu said with a smile, convinced that Old Gu wouldn't let A Fei die before the S-level trial.
Old Gu didn't order to open fire. A Fei was still useful; otherwise, he wouldn't have kept her alive until now.
"Old Gu, I've said it before, why bother with all this trouble? Just kill him. It's all because of that meddlesome Jin Zhenhuan that it's become so complicated." Two Magic Armor Masters came over, their demon armor striking the ground with a sound like metal against stone.
Before Old Gu could answer, one of the Magic Armor Masters walked toward Li Xiu, saying as he walked, "You can try. In my presence, can you kill anyone?"
"Magic Armor Masters are nothing special. If I want to kill someone, even a Magic Armor Master can't stop me." Without hesitation, Li Xiu pulled the trigger, but the Magic Armor Master suddenly moved quickly, blocking the direction of the muzzle.
Bullets poured onto him but were all deflected by the armor, not even leaving a scratch.
Others had already scattered back and found cover to hide.
The Magic Armor Master walked toward Li Xiu against the barrage of bullets, sparks flying from his armor without any damage.
"I told you, in my presence, you can't kill anyone. The only one who will die is yourself," the Magic Armor Master said, looking down from above.
"Is that so? Then let's see if you can stop me from killing," Li Xiu said, suddenly raising his gun and aiming it at the administrator in his grasp, then pulled the trigger.
In an instant, the Magic Armor Master appeared in front of Li Xiu like a phantom, grabbed the gun barrel with one hand, and forcibly bent it.
"I told you, you can't... you..." The Magic Armor Master suddenly felt something amiss before he could finish his sentence.
Li Xiu's left hand viciously struck the Magic Armor Master's waist, and a strange ring imprint emerged on his left pinky finger.
"Such ignorant guys, the power of the demon armor is beyond your imagination. Not just you, even those Trial Takers who have been strengthened countless times can't harm the demon armor... at all..." The Magic Armor Master's tone suddenly changed.
Crack! Crack!
Cracks appeared in the seemingly monolithic demon armor, and in just an instant, it split into several components, peeling off from the Magic Armor Master's body.
Everyone was stunned. That was a Magic Armor Master, the strongest acknowledged human combat force. That the demon armor was shattered by a human punch from Li Xiu was an unimaginable, dreamlike scene.
Stunned by this scene, no one reacted. Li Xiu's gaze was as sharp as a blade as he reached out and grabbed something from the shattered demon armor.
In the next second, the scattered components flew to Li Xiu's body, wrapping him completely in a shell-like demon armor within moments.
"He... he's a Magic Armor Master..." Old Gu was terrified and retreated quickly.
The existence of Magic Armor Masters was so revered that he hadn't imagined one would come to such a place as a new Trial Taker.
Given the rarity of Magic Armor Masters, no matter how much debt they have, some force would be willing to repay it for them. How could they fall to such a point, risking their life here for a few demon cores?
Old Gu couldn't understand, nor did he have time to think further.
Because Li Xiu, now wearing the demon armor, burst forth with terrifying energy. The vents of the propulsion system on the back of the armor pulsed with a strange light, propelling Li Xiu's body to Old Gu's side in an instant.
Old Gu was decent among the Trial Takers, but in front of the Magic Armor Master, he was like a mere chicken or dog, directly grabbed by the neck and lifted by Li Xiu.
Old Gu's pupils dilated in pain as he struggled, his fingers, like iron hooks, clawing at the armor to no avail.
The other Magic Armor Master quickly moved behind Li Xiu, aiming a palm at Li Xiu's back, where the palm began to gather dazzling light, seemingly nurturing some strange, terrifying energy.
This was the unique weapon system of the demon armor, Demonic Light. Even nuclear weapons can't harm the demonic spirit; only Demonic Light can kill it. Similarly, besides demonic spirits, the only thing that can harm a Magic Armor Master is Demonic Light.
There's a saying going around the world now: only a Magic Armor Master can defeat a Magic Armor Master.
But just as the Magic Armor Master was nurturing demonic light in his palm, Li Xiu swung back a hand, and ball-shaped demonic light gathered instantly in his palm, without the long brewing like the other Magic Armor Master, and he threw the ball of white demonic light out instantaneously, hitting the Magic Armor Master's body.
Boom!
The Magic Armor Master's body was blasted away by the demonic light, smashed against a stone wall, collapsing a large area of it, and ended up buried in the rubble.
Old Gu's pupils contracted, full of disbelief. A Magic Armor Master capable of instantly casting demonic light with such an old-style armor, what kind of being was this? He couldn't fathom it.
"Looks like God is still in charge here," Li Xiu said, applying force with his fingers, Old Gu's neck was immediately crushed, killing him on the spot.
Even in death, he couldn't understand why such a person would appear here. If he had a million chances to do it over, he would choose to kill Li Xiu the moment he saw him, never giving him the chance to touch the demon armor.
The Magic Armor Master, whose armor Li Xiu had seized, was petrified. A Magic Armor Master capable of instantly casting demonic light was something he had only ever fantasized about.
A Fei stood there dumbfounded, watching everything, looking at that figure like a Demon God, as if it were all a dream.