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"Requip: Heaven's Wheel Armor!"
"Heaven's Wheel: Bladeworks!"
Dozens of energy swords appeared around Erza, rushing towards Ye Yang like a rain of blades.
The sword rain instantly engulfed the area where Ye Yang stood.
Erza slowly landed, her expression serious as she stared in the direction of the smoke.
Her companions around her also fell silent again; they knew this move of Erza's. Although it wasn't her strongest, anyone who took this attack wouldn't fare well.
Under their very eyes, Ye Yang hadn't left the range of the sword rain at all.
As the smoke slowly dispersed, everyone could finally make out a blurry human figure.
Erza's expression changed from serious to astonished.
At this moment, Ye Yang had not suffered the slightest injury, nor had his feet moved even an inch.
("Damn it, how did this guy do it!")
While Erza was stunned, Ye Yang instantly transformed into a golden light and appeared beside Erza, stroking his chin, which had no beard.
"Kawaii ne~"
"When dueling someone, being distracted isn't a good habit, you know."
Erza instantly snapped back to reality, only to see golden light gathering at Ye Yang's feet, sweeping directly towards Erza.
Unable to dodge, Erza took the full force of the blow.
"Bang!"
Erza's figure was instantly sent flying backward. Fortunately, Ye Yang hadn't aimed to kill; Erza plunged her longsword into the ground and slid for dozens of meters before stopping.
As soon as Erza stabilized herself, a finger was already pointed at her forehead.
"You lost, you know~"
After saying that, Ye Yang went directly to Macao, holding out his hand.
"Money!"
Macao quickly counted out 600,000 J and gave it to Ye Yang. Ye Yang took the money, spat a little on his fingertip, and began counting it bill by bill.
After counting it several times, he contentedly deposited the money into the system and walked towards the guild.
Macao watched as a large portion of his money was taken by Ye Yang, and his mood instantly plummeted.
"Gildarts, where did you find this monster? Now I'm in trouble; I'll have to scrimp and save for several months."
The others nodded in agreement with Macao's words. This wasn't just ordinary strength; Erza had been defeated so easily, his power was undeniably immense.
"Hahaha, don't worry about that! I bet 50,000 J on this Stinky Brat. Pay up!"
Upon hearing this, Macao reluctantly gave another 150,000 J from his dwindling savings.
"It's over, it's over; I'm really back to square one now."
Erza stood up, watching Ye Yang's departing back. It was the first time she had been so easily defeated by someone her age.
"Next time, I will definitely win."
Not long after, everyone returned to the guild to continue boasting, drinking, and discussing the recent duel.
Meanwhile, Ye Yang was standing at the guild's quest board, selecting a mission.
"Emmmm... you're the one. Subduing mountain bandits? That's a piece of cake."
"I really hope more missions like this come along; I love them too much."
Below this request form was the number 2,000,000 J.
"Old Man, I want to take this mission!"
Makarov looked up at Ye Yang and the request in his hand.
"Stinky Brat, are you in such a hurry to make money?"
"Of course, I'm poor."
"I still have my dreams."
After saying this, Ye Yang proudly lifted his head.
Makarov's forehead immediately twitched when he heard that.
"Alright, alright, if you're going, go quickly."
"Got it! I'll be back as soon as possible. And I'll leave San Mao and A Gou's matter to you, Old Man!"
"You don't need to remind this Stinky Brat; this old man knows what he's doing."
Watching Ye Yang slowly leave, Makarov couldn't help but curse under his breath.
"Stinky Brat."
The next day,
Ye Yang arrived at the foot of Mount Oxhead in the neighboring town.
"Tsk tsk tsk, so this is the mountain where those bandits reside, huh? They truly have no sense of danger at all."
"There isn't even a lookout at the foot of the mountain."
"This money, I deserve to earn it!"
"Since it's my first mission, I'll walk up."
With that, Ye Yang slowly walked up the mountain path.
What Ye Yang didn't know was that from the moment he stepped onto the foot of the mountain, he was being watched by a hamster in a tree.
As Ye Yang walked along the mountain path, he felt increasingly strange.
"Why do I keep feeling like something is watching me, but I don't sense anyone nearby?"
"Could it be some kind of magic?"
"Aside from some animals, there doesn't seem to be anything else around."
"Wait, animals?"
As he spoke, Ye Yang looked at the nearby animals. Sure enough, these animals lacked the usual liveliness of animals; they were all staring intently at him.
Just then, the sound of an arrow piercing the air came from a distance, instantly striking through Ye Yang's body.
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the bandit stronghold, a brawny man, extremely burly and muscular, sat on the main chair, constantly toying with two beads in his hands.
Beside the brawny man, a thin, sinister-looking man had a magic circle floating in his eyes.
"Brother, the Mage who came to subdue us has been killed by the crossbow arrow."
The bandit leader sneered contemptuously.
"Hmph, truly any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to come and subdue me."
"Those official guilds nowadays are really getting worse and worse."
"Send a few men over to collect everything from his body, and send the corpse to that Lord as a sacrifice."
"Hehehe, understood, Brother."
But when the thin man looked at Ye Yang on the ground again through the eyes of the creatures,
He suddenly discovered that the corpse, which should have been lying on the ground, was gone, and there was no trace of blood.
"How is that possible! I clearly saw the arrow pierce directly through this Stinky Brat's body!"
"How is that possible?! How is that possible?!"
The bandit leader also noticed his brother's demeanor and asked,
"What's wrong, little brother?"
The thin man turned to his elder brother and said, "The... the body of that Mage is gone."
The bandit leader looked at his brother with a solemn expression.
"What exactly happened?!"
"I..."
Before the thin man could speak, the main hall door flew in directly, bringing with it his two doorman subordinates.
The bandit leader immediately stood up, his eyes fixed on the outside of the door.
"Who dares to trespass on my stronghold!"
As soon as his voice fell, a sound came from outside the door.
"Being a bandit is indeed a high-risk profession. Good thing I decisively quit back then."
Soon, a figure appeared before the first and second-in-command.
When the second-in-command saw Ye Yang's appearance, his eyes instantly widened.
"You... you..."
"Alright, alright, stop 'you, you, you'ing."
"I am the one you shot through the body with a crossbow arrow."
"I, for one, like to subdue people with virtue. I've come to collect my medical expenses."