Stuck in a Chinese novel

For those wondering why he didn't use the black sword...

The answer is that it didn't work against Mana, only Qi.

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The death knight grabbed Yang Haoran by both of his wrists with only one hand and raised the other one over his head, ready to bring it down and blow Yang Haoran's head to oblivion.

Boom!!!

But the death knight failed to do so when a kick struck its head from the side, throwing it a great distance away. Wei Jun had moved silently, not even making any noise from jumping. He wasn't an amateur who would announce his attack with a gutsy line.

He knew the death knight was fast enough to avoid that attack so he kept the attack as silent as he could so that the death knight would have the very least amount of time to react if he somehow managed to detect Wei Jun.

"Thanks," Yang Haoran said, relieved he didn't die, he knew he had to thank his savior even though he was just trying to kill the same savior a while ago.

"I don't give a rat's as*," Wei Jun replied before he said, "Your job is to distract him. Just do that. I have my ways of defending myself."

Yang Haoran sighed. His temporary partner was a very hard person from the way he talked. No wonder the military was trying to get rid of him. A person like Wei Jun who had a problem with authority but also the greatest talent ever seen would be nothing but a threat for the future.

Not to mention, a great deal of soldiers had died because of him. Keeping all that in mind, killing Wei Jun was the correct move in every way.

"He's coming!" Wei Jun said as he moved away from Yang Haoran because the death knight was sure to follow him.

The only problem was that Wei Jun had a very low amount of Death Qi left. If only he could absorb death Qi from the miasma crystals, he wouldn't be in that trouble in the first place.

[Too bad so sad]

'Shut up,' Wei Jun said as he once again dodged the sword heading for his head by a hair's breadth by using almost all of his yang Qi.

It wasn't as bad as it could have been, but whatever it was, Wei Jun wasn't getting any closer to it being a good battle at all. He had to count on Yang Haoran and he didn't like that at all. Still, he couldn't be too arrogant. He knew he needed Yang Haoran's strength but what irked him most was that nothing was going according to his plan.

Sure, killing the death knight was the first phase of his plan but the crucial part of it depended on Yang Haoran becoming gravely injured. If he wasn't, he would be in great trouble over what was soon to come next.

Yang Haoran once again attacked the death knight which connected but this time, the death knight didn't even bother turning to him and remained focused on Wei Jun. Wei Jun tutted and kept dodging the death knight's attacks which were a little slower now thanks to Yang Haoran's interference.

So, there was room for a counterattack.

Wei Jun enveloped his hands in death Qi [Qi construct] and made gauntlets from that.

He began to play boxing in the situation. Jabs and hooks from the sides of the knight that he couldn't dodge because of Yang Haoran's interference. The death knight's armor was slowly crackling away. It wasn't as pristine as it was in the beginning.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Wei Jun's attacks were working. The death knight's armor was full of cracks. However, one thing that still bothered Wei Jun was how easy it was.

According to the system, it wasn't that difficult to defeat the death knight but this was too easy. Wei Jun was smooth sailing. There was something he was missing. Something crucial.

[You closed the dungeon, host]

[Their link to the dungeon core]

[The thing that was keeping them stable]

[Is cut off]

[They're dying anyway]

[I'd give them half an hour at most]

Wei Jun tutted. The severity of the situation became apparent to him. The reason the battle was so easy was because the monsters were preparing for one final move, ignoring every other aspect, keeping the battle only to a defense.

'These fu*ks,' Wei Jun cursed as he saw the cracked armor of the death knight who was still attacking him. Not all of it had cracked because of Wei Jun's attacks. It was cracking because of its own self-destruction.

Wei Jun hurriedly stepped back and grabbed Yang Haoran as well.

"Watch out!!!!" Wei Jun yelled. As if waiting for those words, the wyvern also covered himself with a barrier and abandoned his battle with the Lich.

Boomm!!!

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"What was that?" Lin stood up, her figure bloodied. The giant explosion just now killed almost every monster and cadet around her. Only she managed to survive and even only because she managed to cover herself in her Qi barrier the moment she witnessed a giant force coming towards her.

"That…" She heard someone speak. In panic, as she turned to the voice, she froze as she felt something piercing her heart, "Was the least of your worries."

Wei Jun pulled his hand back. Having killed everyone who witnessed him using Death Qi or witnessed him killing the members of Yang Haoran's party, Wei Jun returned to the spot form before. The spot where the death knight had blown himself up.

"You're back! What were you doing?!" Yang Haoran asked, bloodied himself but also struggling very much. As it turned out, only the death knight had blown himself up due to the severity of the damage. The Lich hadn't.

The Lich was still as pristine as before, a little less lustrous perhaps, but there wasn't much difference.

"To complete phase one," Wei Jun said as he moved forward to join the battle. While the wyvern and Yang Haoran kept the Lich busy, Wei Jun left under the guise of getting some treasures that could help them win that battle.

What he actually did was to take care of the witnesses. As for the Lich, he knew he could leave it unattended for a few minutes. The other two could keep it busy but maybe he underestimated them.

They were both bloodied.

The battle kept going. Spell after the spell was suspended by the Lich while the three physical fighters did their best to fend against it but in the end…

"Kugh!!!" Wei Jun vomited blood as the curse spell took hold of him. It was some sort of poison that had penetrated his Qi core and was damaging him from the inside. Yang Haoran had long since passed out and the only reason Wei Jun wasn't was because most of the Lich's damage was focused on Yang Haoran and the wyvern.

The wyvern himself was on his last legs and soon enough disappeared, appearing in the form of a tattoo back on Wei Jun's hands. Wei Jun hurriedly consumed a health pill but it didn't help. He consumed a phoenix's tear but that didn't help either.

There was no saving from that single spell.

"Isn't there… anything?" Wei Jun asked, his vision groggy. He wasn't sure that even killing Yang Haoran would help.

After all, even if he were to obtain something from the death of Yang Haoran, and in doing so, his quest completion, he wasn't sure anything would help him defeat that monster.

[Then…]

[What's the harm in trying?]

Wei Jun heard his brother's voice. While his focus was dwindling, he considered it for one last time.

And his brother was right. There was no harm in trying. If he was going to die anyway, he should at least die while trying everything he could.

Miracles weren't something he believed in.

But before coming there, there were many things he never believed in.

So what was one more thing?

Wei Jun grabbed the sword lying near him and turned around, The Lich was preparing some sort of fire spell to deal with Wei Jun, killing him in one swift strike. Wei Jun could feel the heat coming from the round sphere. He was sure he wouldn't survive that one.

The Lich was a little confused seeing him like that but if it was his attempt at running away, then it was a pathetic one.

In that state, there was no proper walking, let alone running.

Wei Jun stopped just before Yang Haoran. There was no sympathy or hesitation in his eyes. His brother had said there was a chance so there was a chance.

He didn't care if he was fighting side by side with this man. He always intended to betray him from the start.

So, without hesitation, Wei Jun drove the sword through Yang Haoran's heart, killing him in one swift strike.

And as he did, he received the usual messages but his sight was far too gone to check them out. He could hear though.

And through that, he heard a voice.

"What a surprise. A lich."

[You?]

[How's that possible?]

Wei Jun didn't remember what happened after that. All he remembered was the ethereal voice and the system's shocked voice. What happened after that, he didn't know.