Free Web NovelChapter 832: Chapter 96: Su Li’s Formidable Strength
Su Li never expected that the boomerang of destiny would hit him on the head in such a manner.
He never expected that he would be the first to experience the issue of having subordinates who are too powerful.
This has to be said, sometimes having subordinates who are too powerful can be quite a headache, and suppressing subordinates of this level is no easy task.
Especially the few knights recommended by Hilude, none of them looks like an elite knight.
Some of them have iron lungs, able to battle fiercely all night, using mobility to pierce an entire herd of Roaring Beasts under their lances. Some can charge alone and slay an undead mage amidst thousands of troops.
Some can outright defeat 7 Green-skinned Big Guys! You should know that Knight Oerstein at most only defeated this number of elite knights. Although Big Guys riding war pigs are almost the weakest elite cavalry, they are still elite cavalry.
Even though Su Li is confident, he has never tried taking on 7 elite knights by himself!
As he sighed, Hilude said with a smile, "Lord, it’s your turn now. Your battle today is simple, only two matches, I believe you can win easily. So each of us female courtiers placed a bet for you. It’s worth mentioning, Ingrid placed the largest stake, she bet 2000 Golden Crowns on you, you don’t want her investment to go to waste, do you?"
Ingrid’s trust in him is truly unconditional.
Su Li’s fighting spirit also soared, he donned the ready-made Vibranium Rune Armor · Blazing Soul Law, and said, "Then I can’t let everyone down, let’s meet our knights."
After wearing the armor, he didn’t wear Mole’s mask but instead wore the Wild Skull, covering the upper half of his face.
Mainly because the effects of Mole’s mask are minimal on human knights, as elite human knights are characterized by high defense, high health, and high morale. This makes them very ferocious and battle-savvy, though their melee damage might be somewhat lower, unlike some blade units such as Elf Sword Saint, the Slaaneshi Army, and the Chaos Dwarves’ Kedah Fire-Bearer, but their line-holding capability is unparalleled. Fear effects that work wonders on other races almost have no effect on them.
Humans in this world have truly maxed out their talents in courage, loyalty, and resilience; in terms of courage and resilience alone, they are at the level of monsters and demons.
That’s why the Empire stands firm, humans can fight against various demons, monsters, and evil legions for thousands of years. The fundamental reason remains that humans themselves belong to one of the most powerful monsters in the Old World.
Su Li’s mentality and ferocity have significantly changed since entering this world.
Therefore, he prefers to choose the Wild Skull, an item from the Tal Church, which can be decorated on the head with a lion’s skull and skin, a beast’s gigantic skull and horns, making the knight appear especially tall.
Su Li chose a Wild Skull made from a lion’s skull and mane, its effect is to slightly increase his attack capacity, and provides a low chance to use the Blazing Blood ability for free once.
After donning all his equipment and items, Hilude helped tidy up his cloak, circled around him, and said, "No problem, Lord, your current image is vastly different from when you’re in Hesse Guard Knights armor, even acquaintances might not recognize you at first glance."
Su Li nodded with satisfaction, waved a hand, and said, "Then bet 1000 Golden Crowns for me as well, wait for my triumphant return!"
Hilude showed a gentle smile, "Alright, Lord. I’ll be waiting for you to return victorious."
Then Su Li waved goodbye to Hilude, summoned a few regular attendants to block the sight of others, and surrounded him as he entered the arena.
He walked out of the dark passage, stepping into the entrance, and instantly, bright sunlight poured down upon him. The stands of the arena erupted with cheers like a tidal wave, thousands of people waving their arms, the sound wave blowing dust in a frenzy under the blazing sun, engulfing him completely into this fervent clamor.
Indeed, in the arena, the feeling of thousands cheering for you, the thrill and passion of being the center of attention, cannot be truly felt from watching from afar.
Su Li at once kind of understood why the human nations are all so enamored with spectating. The Empire, as a nation founded by knights, its people are even more so.
Today was his turn to flaunt his skills on the stage!
When he arrived at the respective platform, his opponent had already been waiting eagerly for a long time. Upon seeing Su Li finally stepping onto the platform with his face covered, the opponent couldn’t help but taunt, "A coward hiding his face, are you stalling out of fear that I’ll beat you till you wet your pants soon?"
Su Li smiled calmly, as that’s the style of Imperial knights, arrogantly domineering, rude and irritable, with quite a foul mouth.
So Su Li wasn’t at all angry, very serenely selected a standard warhammer provided by the host, and said to this knight named Titus Hayes, "Hope you stay this confident later—when I beat you so bad your mom won’t recognize you."
The intelligence on this Titus Hayes was thoroughly collected by Hilude, he is a follower of Manan, not sure if this arrangement was intentional or not.
