Qin Siyang focused his gaze and saw that the person who came was Lu Daoxing.
He couldn't help but let out a breath.
But with Chang Tianxiong's experience right in front of him, he still didn't dare relax completely.
Qin Siyang had Hong Liang by the throat, while Lu Daoxing was holding Jiao Zhijie's head.
The two looked at each other and fell silent for a few seconds.
Lu Daoxing raised his brows, his garlic-shaped nose twitching as he showed a guarded expression, "You really are Little Qin?"
Qin Siyang didn't waste words and directly pulled out the bird-shaped lie detector.
"I am Qin Siyang. I just killed Hong Liang."
["Truth."]
"You are Lu Daoxing?"
"I am Lu Daoxing. I just killed Jiao Zhijie."
["Truth."]
After confirming that Qin Siyang had no issues, Lu Daoxing stepped into Qin Siyang's room in great surprise, "Little Qin, how did you—"
"Professor Lu, wait a moment."
"What is it? Haven't I already proven I'm me?"
"Could you put Jiao Zhijie's head away or toss it aside? It's still dripping blood. The whole room smells like blood now, I won't be able to sleep."
Lu Daoxing pursed his lips and put Jiao Zhijie's head into a storage box "My room got blasted to pieces and I didn't say anything, yet you're the one living so delicately?"
"Hehe! Thanks for cooperating, Professor Lu."
Lu Daoxing walked into Qin Siyang's room, circled him once, and finally fixed his gaze on Hong Liang, whose eyes were bulging and who had completely stopped breathing.
"Hong Liang… you killed him?"
Qin Siyang glanced at Hong Liang's corpse and shook his head, "Not entirely sure."
"Not sure? Isn't he dead as can be?"
"I never saw him use a sequence ability from start to finish. What if it's something like resurrection? Maybe the moment I let go, his neck reconnects and he comes back to life."
Lu Daoxing scratched his garlic-shaped nose, "Dead is dead. Where would he get a body to come back to life?"
"Not necessarily. Even if his head fell off, he might still come back. Who knows if he has some special method."
"Little Qin, are you telling me a sci-fi story here?"
"Isn't this kind of method uncommon?"
"Of course it is. What do you think?"
Qin Siyang originally wanted to argue a bit more with Professor Lu.
But on second thought, could this be Chen Fenghe's exclusive technique? Since he had benefited from his master's wife, it wouldn't be right to reveal her trump card to others.
So he gave a somewhat worried "oh" and let go of Hong Liang's neck.
Lu Daoxing immediately crouched down to examine Hong Liang's corpse.
Meanwhile, Qin Siyang stayed on guard, ready to deliver a fatal blow the moment Hong Liang came back to life.
Lu Daoxing looked around, his hand constantly touching the cracked part of Hong Liang's Tier-4 armor.
"This… why does it feel like the broken part of this Tier-4 armor was smashed apart by pure physical force…"
As he spoke, Lu Daoxing turned to look at Qin Siyang, as if seeking confirmation.
Qin Siyang picked his nose and looked out the window, acting like he hadn't heard anything.
But even without Qin Siyang answering, Lu Daoxing could still notice something.
He stared at the raised parts on Qin Siyang's gauntlet and saw that the hard protrusions made of Yellow Silver Star ore had been polished until they were shiny and smooth. He froze for a moment.
He grabbed Qin Siyang's hand, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"You… really smashed a Tier-4 armor with brute force?"
Qin Siyang gave a vague explanation, "Uh, how should I put it… it's actually pretty normal. After all, Yellow Silver Star ore is very hard, right?"
"Normal my ass! Even if Yellow Silver Star ore is hard, Tier-4 armor isn't soft either! Do you know how much force it takes to break a Tier-4 armor?"
"It really is hard to break through! I hit the same spot over thirty times before I managed to shatter that armor…"
Lu Daoxing's hair practically stood on end, "It broke after just thirty-something punches?"
"Ah… yeah…"
Qin Siyang felt even more helpless.
In truth, he had shattered the armor after just a dozen or so punches.
It was just that Qin Siyang had never systematically studied the classification of hunter-god equipment tiers, so he didn't have a concrete concept of the strength of each tier or how they were differentiated.
In other words, he only knew that Tier-4 armor was pretty tough, but not exactly how tough.
To avoid making his strength seem too monstrous, he had exaggerated a bit, yet he still shocked Lu Daoxing.
Qin Siyang's tone grew more uncertain, "Well, I just broke through my sequence level, so my strength is much higher than before."
"Even if your sequence level is six. Even if it's seven, you still couldn't smash a Tier-4 armor in thirty-something punches."
"Is Tier-4 armor really that hard?"
"Of course! Otherwise why do you think Tier-4 armor is standard gear for everyone? It's precisely because it's almost impossible to break with pure strength! Physical-type sequence ability users like [Warrior] and [Phantom Assassin] have a lower upper limit precisely because of the existence of Tier-4 armor!"
"I see," Qin Siyang analyzed on his own again, "Then someone stuck at sequence level five who keeps increasing their physical strength should also be able to break a Tier-4 armor."
"So what if a physical-type sequence user is stuck at level five? Under level suppression, they could never break the Tier-4 armor on a level-six sequence user in their lifetime."
Qin Siyang nodded, "Oh, I overlooked that. Makes sense."
"No, Little Qin, your sequence…"
Lu Daoxing stared at Qin Siyang, full of curiosity, but stopped himself from continuing.
In the end, countless words turned into a single sigh.
Lu Daoxing scratched his head irritably, "Looks like I can't keep coasting anymore. Once I pay off my debts, I'll focus on researching Tier-5 equipment."
Qin Siyang said from the side, "Professor Lu, actually Tier-4 armor is still pretty tough."
"Just shut up already."
Holding back his emotions, Lu Daoxing suddenly broke down because of Qin Siyang's interruption, "I know that as sequence ability users generally become stronger, Tier-4 equipment won't be enough for future battles and will eventually be eliminated, but that should be something five or even ten years from now. I never thought there'd be a freak like you who could make the bubble of Tier-4 equipment burst ahead of time."
"Actually, it's not that bad…"
Lu Daoxing ignored Qin Siyang.
He picked up the fragments of Hong Liang's armor, then looked at Hong Liang's lifeless body and fell silent for a few seconds.
His gaze carried a trace of melancholy as he muttered, "Look at yourself. You thought your skills were decent, stopped advancing after developing Tier-4 hunter-god equipment, and believed that alone would make you famous. In the end… what the hell did you even research?"
Qin Siyang looked at the confused Lu Daoxing and couldn't tell whether he was scolding Hong Liang or mocking himself.
Lu Daoxing brooded alone for another two or three minutes, then turned to Qin Siyang and said, "Little Qin, your matters are your own secret, so I won't ask. Today, the deaths of Hong Liang and Jiao Zhijie at the clubhouse definitely can't be hidden. You and I will stick to the same story and tell others that both of them were killed by me."
As he spoke, Lu Daoxing took out a lighter and flicked it at Hong Liang's corpse.
In an instant, the lighter produced a pale green flame that directly engulfed Hong Liang.
In just a few seconds, Hong Liang turned to ashes.
Qin Siyang asked with a pained expression, "Professor Lu, why did you burn the body? Without the corpse, wouldn't all the information in his brain go to waste?"
"I know Hong Liang's level. He's not as good as Jiao Zhijie, he couldn't come up with anything advanced. Besides—"
Lu Daoxing glanced at Qin Siyang, "If his body were taken by someone else, the fact that you can smash Tier-4 armor with your bare body would be exposed. I'm afraid that would bring you big trouble."
"Oh…"
"However, that ant in the corner is a bit interesting. You can take it."
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