Chapter 178: Duel! The Might of the Sky Dragon
Regarding the enemies at the lowest level of the Dungeon, Liam was not clear. However, he knew that the Familia of Bell's foster grandfather, Zeus, had not reached the lowest level during their expedition.
Although they already had multiple Lv8 and Lv7 Familia adventurers, they had only reached the seventy-first floor.
The outcome was even more of a total annihilation after being defeated by the final black dragon, the "One-Eyed Dragon."
So to clear the Dungeon, he had to go for the black dragon, as well as the deepest part of the Dungeon.
Orario Central Plaza.
For this Dungeon expedition, Liam had everyone arrive at the central plaza first. After all, this place was very close to Babel, the Dungeon entrance, and the Guild.
It was even very close to a hidden entrance to the artificial labyrinth.
Starting the expedition from the entrance of the artificial labyrinth could directly lead to the eighteenth floor of the Dungeon.
Liam naturally loved this kind of efficiency. He was now wearing light armor as an inner lining, paired with full heavy armor—Dragon Spine.
Then he wore a low-key black cloak over his body, covering about eighty percent of his armor.
By the agreed assembly time, Wien and the others were already fully armed, with all supplies prepared.
Liam sized up his team. At this time, the team, including him, had reached a surprising eight members.
You have to know, just a few months ago, Hestia was even worrying about her first Familia member and was staying in a dilapidated ruin.
In the distance, Asterius approached, "Lord Liam, I want to have a duel with you!"
Seeing Asterius take the two battle axes from his back, the adventurers near the central plaza immediately retreated.
And after creating what they thought was a suitable safe distance, they couldn't help but surround Liam, Asterius, and the others in a hollow area.
This hollow area was about a hundred meters in diameter.
The adventurers who had originally wanted to go on an expedition now all subconsciously came over.
Watching the fun seemed to be human nature...
"What's happening?"
"Are they going to spar here?"
"Isn't that Captain Liam? I remember he's a powerhouse who's all the rage in Orario. Isn't this monster an employee of the Hestia Familia?"
With the mentality of not minding a bigger spectacle, more and more adventurers gathered around.
The Xenos, apart from Wien, all had an employee relationship with Liam and Hestia.
So as long as they finished their work, they could arrange their other time freely. It was no problem at all to even ask for ten days or half a month off.
Currently, the work all the Xenos were responsible for was the renovation and security maintenance of Daedalus Street.
In their spare time, they could also do part-time jobs like security and waiters at the Grand Casino.
Hermes had privately met with this group of Xenos before. This god told them that the conflict between humans and monsters had already accumulated for dozens of centuries.
This conflict could absolutely not be resolved with just a few Duel King competitions.
Asterius didn't know what conspiracy Hermes had in telling them this, but he wanted to know more about Liam.
As the captain and actual leader of the Hestia Familia, he, Asterius, wanted to have a proper duel with Liam.
In his dreams, he would vaguely see himself being killed.
Killed by Liam, by other adventurers.
Perhaps it was just a pure dream, but he, Asterius, hoped that his leader was a supreme powerhouse.
Only in this way could he shelter all the Xenos.
Even if he would die tragically in this duel.
Liam looked at Asterius. Everyone was already preparing for the expedition. Why did this black bull suddenly go crazy?
He really didn't get it.
And, looking at the crowd of onlookers, Liam had a look of helplessness on his face.
How did it suddenly become like this?
"You can use any means. Please duel with me with all your might."
Asterius lowered his head to Liam, then picked up a two-handed battle axe in each hand.
"We're about to go on an expedition. Do we have to do it at this moment?"
"Yes, it has to be now, at this occasion."
Liam sighed, "Since that's the case, then I won't be polite with you. Since it's a duel,
you can accept any means I use, right?"
"That's right! Even I have prepared a sharp giant axe, and even a high-strength battle axe-type magic sword. I'm also equipped with high-defense armor.
A duel is naturally a life-and-death struggle where both sides use all means to decide the winner!"
"Then, the duel begins!"
Liam sighed, "I didn't expect the first duel opponent to be you!"
Immediately after, the armor on his body suddenly moved. Like an exoskeleton, a bone-like mechanical arm popped out, installing the duel disk he had placed on his back onto his left arm.
Asterius's right hand held up a magic sword, and an astonishing flash of thunder shot up into the sky at this moment.
The surrounding adventurers all let out gasps of surprise.
"They're really going to fight! I recognize this black Minotaur. The little rookie Bell and Liam have both used this card.
On the card, it's six stars! Does that mean its strength is comparable to a Lv6 adventurer? I remember Liam is still Lv4, right?
How on earth is he going to fight this!"
The surrounding adventurers were all watching, and were full of worry for Liam.
As adventurers, as long as the other party didn't call for help, and wasn't on the verge of death or something, participating in the battle was suspected of snatching prey and spoils.
A dazzling ball of lightning approached at high speed from a distance. However, the next moment, two huge purple cylinders instantly appeared in front of Liam.
The dazzling ball of lightning instantly fell into one of the lightning ball's interior, and then flew out from the other purple cylinder.
This ball of lightning returned the way it came, directly landing on Asterius's body.
A dazzling lightning flashed, electrocuting the entire body of the black Minotaur until it was charred black.
"BOOM!"
Asterius was hit by this blow and was sent flying fiercely.
"Magic Cylinder, Type: Trap Card,
Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack, you can target 1 attacking monster. Negate that attacking monster's attack, and inflict damage to the opponent equal to its ATK."
Seeing that the other party still had the intention of getting up, Liam then took out another card.
At this time, he saw a countdown light circle appear at the edge of his duel disk. According to the passage of time, the light circle would completely disappear in thirty seconds.
"That is to say, in a real battle situation, one turn is thirty seconds? So, what if I forcibly change it?"
With this thought, Liam forcibly drew a card in this turn. His hand was replenished to five cards.
And so he found that his stamina was immediately drained by a full one-eighth, "So that's how you play it?"
"Normal summon from hand, Dungeon Magic Rabbit, and activate its special effect. Special summon two Magic Rabbits from the deck!"
In Yu-Gi-Oh, one turn basically only has one normal summon and one tribute summon.
His hand became four cards, "With three Magic Rabbits as tributes, I summon from my hand, Slifer the Sky Dragon!" His hand became three cards!
He held up the Sky Dragon. The card shone with a dazzling light, and he placed it in the monster card area of the duel disk.
And at this time, the effect description of the Sky Dragon changed, becoming the appearance of the first part of the original work.
That is to say, the effect displayed on the card face could not summarize all of its abilities.
The sky was instantly covered with dark clouds, and then in a bolt from the blue, a dazzling white pillar of light landed in front of Liam.
The sky-covering Sky Dragon descended on the central plaza.
After Liam summoned the Sky Dragon, he didn't feel his stamina being drained.
But with the appearance of the Sky Dragon, he found that his stamina was rapidly being consumed.
He had a premonition that if he waited until the end of this turn and his hand increased again.
As the Sky Dragon's attack power increased, the stamina he consumed would reach an extremely exaggerated degree.
"Thunderforce Attack!"
A blue and white light and thunder spewed from the upper mouth of the Sky Dragon. The dazzling attack enveloped the entire body of the black Minotaur.
The black Minotaur, which had just barely gotten up, now directly lost its combat ability, its whole body becoming incomparably weak.
The crowd watching was now completely shocked, looking at Liam one by one.
"What is this situation? So duel cards can actually be used in real combat? Isn't this too exaggerated?"
"That card just now was so cool! I also really want to have that card!"
The bone-like mechanical arm on Liam's back removed the duel disk and placed it on his back. The massive Sky Dragon's figure also became transparent at this time and dissipated...
Then he came before the black Minotaur and pulled the other up from the cold floor.
"If I had used all my means, you wouldn't have been able to defeat me. If not for the fact that I'm going on an expedition, I would have had time to have a good spar with you."
"Your strength has won my admiration. Thank you for your guidance this time."
The black Minotaur discovered the huge gap between himself and Liam. It still needed more training, more battles.
Only by growing in countless death matches could it continue to grow.
The black Minotaur barely bowed to Liam, "This time it's two losses and zero wins, Lord Liam.
I will continue to challenge you to a duel next time. Please don't slack off."
"Two losses? When did I ever defeat you?"
Liam was a little puzzled.
"You've killed many Minotaurs. I was one of them. Let's just count it as two losses for now. The other records of dying in one encounter won't be accumulated."
The black Minotaur left the spot, its expression clearly much more relaxed.
Liam nodded and led the Familia members to take action.
At this time, Bell had already run over, "Mr. Liam, can duel cards also be used in real combat?"
"It has to be a specially made duel card, like this set in my hand. You want it? But my cards are not for sale.
If you want them, then use duel cards to defeat me. This way, whether it's the trap card I just used, the Familia card, or even that Sky Dragon God Card.
As long as you can defeat me once, you can ask me for one!"
Liam looked at the surrounding adventurers.
"You all also have this chance, but to challenge me, you must at least achieve a certain ranking in the Duel King competition, right? For example, the top eight, champion, runner-up, third place, and so on."
The surrounding adventurers all became excited because of the God Card displayed by Liam.
A combat system that had never existed before, powerful and mysterious various cards.
These were all the changes that Liam had brought to this Orario.
The black Minotaur's injuries, Liam gave it a bottle of healing potion to let it recover its mobility.
Afterward, the group directly left the central plaza and arrived at the hidden artificial labyrinth entrance that Liam had bought with a large sum of money.
Currently, the four entrances and exits of Daedalus Street, as well as the two entrance and exit positions in other places, had already been controlled by Liam.
As long as he threw money at it, these entrances and exits were theirs.
Following the passage, Liam's group reached the eighteenth floor of the Dungeon in one go.
Wien, a small one, now directly spread her two dragon wings under her cloak.
"Liam, Liam, am I flying up to the sky now?"
Liam rubbed her head, "This is the eighteenth floor now. It's temporarily unnecessary. We'll fly when the ground visibility is not enough and the space is sufficient."
Wien nodded forcefully, "Mmm!"
Her own factory stats were equivalent to a Lv3 adventurer. Bringing her out on this expedition was also with the idea of letting Wien develop a bit.
As for this expedition, Liam hoped that his Sword Soul template could be raised to level 55.
Basically, every five levels would be a staged improvement, so if he could raise his level to 55 in this training, it would naturally be the best.
The current expedition team's number was not small. With mutual cooperation, he thought the danger was not too ridiculous.
After a short rest, Liam and the others directly reached the nineteenth floor and once again began to fight.
Wien, Ryuu, Ais, respectively, took their positions according to Daphne's requirements.
Liam, as before, was fighting. The surrounding walls were all glowing.
While Wien was a little nervous, Liam had already summoned his Selfless Sword Domain and taken out two armaments.
One after another, sword auras were slashed out from the blades in Liam's hands, slaying the distant monsters one by one.
Wien looked at Liam's back, her face full of admiration.
"Liam is so amazing. I also really want to be able to help him soon."
Ryuu came over, "If you want to help Liam, then your own strength must be improved as soon as possible.
Swordsmanship, various experiences, and mentality, etc., you must find ways to learn and improve in all aspects."
Ryuu still maintained her usual attire, a green cloak, two blades, and a wooden sword.
Ais's gaze was continuously locked on Liam's figure. She had barely entered the threshold of the Selfless Sword Art, but compared to Liam's swordsmanship, there was still a world of difference.
Just being able to release a Selfless Sword Aura with a certain destructive power was far from enough!
The battle was over. A pile of materials appeared on the ground again.
Just as Wien was about to go over and pick up the dropped items, Lili had already rushed out at the first moment.
"Don't compete with Lili for work! These dropped items, for now, it's enough to leave them in Lili's care!"
Seeing the increasingly strong Liam, the sense of crisis in Lili's heart was also getting higher and higher.
Her adventurer level must also be raised as soon as possible. In this team, she absolutely did not want to be the one to drag them down!
(End of this chapter)
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