"Boss, I'll worship Mr. Li Xi from now on."
The mercenary simply moved his arm and found it no different from when it was intact. Even some old hidden injuries had been healed.
Li Xi, disguised as a battlefield medic, moved among all the wounded. The healing effect of his palm immortal technique was surprisingly good. Li Xi could even work with both hands, treating two patients simultaneously. The ninjutsu bound to his system was truly unreasonable, always understanding intuitively the amount of chakra needed for a particular injury.
The three mercenary groups, already in the lead, now had new combatants rejoining them after being healed. The situation became even more one-sided. Do not underestimate the dozens of mercenaries healed by Li Xi and returned to combat. They were the final straw that broke the camel's back, completely sealing off the escape routes for the attackers.
"Ah, you damn little brat, you dare to save people right in front of us? If I don't kill you, my hatred will not be appeased." This was the barbarian Kai Qi, his teeth itching with hatred upon seeing Li Xi heal one wounded soldier after another. The people they had painstakingly injured were healed in the blink of an eye, rendering their efforts futile. However, Bruce kept him occupied, leaving him only able to vent his anger verbally. To kill Li Xi, he had to get through a thick crowd, and the eyes of the mercenaries looking at him seemed to want to flay him alive.
After most of the wounded on the periphery had been treated, Li Xi, skilled and bold, moved to the front lines. Watching the fierce battle, he strictly followed his main body's orders and stayed out of the fight. However, whenever a wounded soldier appeared, he was always the first to provide healing.
This clearly showed how much the attackers hated Li Xi. Their hard-won opponents were healed in an instant and returned to fighting vigorously. With Li Xi providing support from the rear, the soldiers of the three mercenary groups were like they had an invincibility charm. As long as they weren't killed, they could reappear on the battlefield in a few breaths. Who could withstand fighting against people who seemed immortal?
"Kill him." Kai Qi, still entangled with Bruce, didn't have the strength to deal with Li Xi. He roared, assigning this seemingly simple task to someone behind him.
Those skilled in healing magic were usually support staff with no combat ability. Normally, a level three professional could kill them.
Of course, with the healing magic Li Xi displayed, the three mercenary groups would not allow the attackers to get close to him.
But Kai Qi's cleaver moved in a whirlwind, heedless of the cost. His turbulent battle aura emanated light and heat like a lit torch. No one was willing to face such a desperate move, so Kai Qi's plan succeeded.
Facing such a move where anyone who engaged would die and anyone who touched would be injured, the surrounding mercenaries wisely avoided his onslaught. The simplest and most effective way to counter such a fleeting ultimate technique was to dodge it and let him exhaust himself.
Kai Qi thus advanced a few steps to Li Xi's shadow clone, forcing Bruce aside and sending all the mercenaries trying to protect Li Xi flying. He himself was somewhat drained from the extreme output, but it created the best opportunity for other attackers to kill Li Xi.
Seeing the opening presented by Li Xi and the empty space around him, Kai Qi grinned. The attackers preparing to strike from behind also grinned. Finally, they had a chance to kill this detestable healing cleric.
However, they did not see Bruce smile, nor did they see Alisa and the others smile. Bruce was more than capable of stopping Kai Qi, but knowing Li Xi's capabilities, he would never do something so foolish.
Kai Qi and his men, due to the darkness, had not seen Li Xi's face clearly. Li Xi's past intelligence reports had never mentioned him possessing healing magic, so Kai Qi and his men did not connect the person skilled in healing magic before them with the legendary mercenary Li Xi, who possessed explosive combat power.
The outcome was, as expected. A total of four level four professionals attacked Li Xi simultaneously. Li Xi's shadow clone smiled. Although his main body forbade him from initiating attacks, it didn't say he couldn't counter when attacked. Staying put was precisely to wait for them to make the first move.
Therefore, as the four attackers surrounded Li Xi, laughing and swinging their swords, Li Xi clenched his fist, and a large orb appeared, like a blinding incandescent lamp suddenly lit in their midst.
"Big Ball Rasengan"
The orb, a meter in diameter, consumed more than half of the shadow clone Li Xi's chakra. Such a super-chakra-consuming ninjutsu was not something a normal shadow clone could use.
The four attackers would swear to the gods they had never seen such a move. Energy? Battle aura? Magic? Divine power? Psionic energy?
What kind of energy could create such a massive condensed mass?
The timing chosen by Li Xi's shadow clone was exquisite. The four attackers had no time or space to dodge. They could only rely on their last glimmer of hope and instinctively use their weapons to block, expecting this energy aggregate to be a mere facade, all show and no substance. As soon as their weapons touched, both the weapons and their bodies were pulverized by the high-concentration chakra, like minced meat in a grinder, ready to be stuffed into dumplings. Sudan Novel Network.
When the Big Ball Rasengan dissipated, only four complete skulls remained on the ground, testifying to its ruthlessness and power.
"You do your thing, I'm just here to heal."
The shadow clone Li Xi, having stunned everyone with a single move, acted as if he had accomplished a trivial task. He made no follow-up attacks, showed no signs of triumph, and continued to search for the next wounded soldier across the battlefield.
"Li Xi?"
By the light of the Big Ball Rasengan, a voice filled with disbelief came from the attackers. This was the man who had once made them afraid to accept missions. No one had mentioned that this old man would be here. Had they known he was here, they wouldn't have dared to attack rashly.
A true powerhouse who treated Grandmaster-level magic like ordinary techniques, one who had returned alive from the undead plane. If Li Xi were to act, their entire force of over three hundred... no... less than three hundred men would not last twenty.
The barbarian Kai Qi, being the closest, saw Li Xi's face clearly. His earlier arrogance of vowing to kill Li Xi was gone. His cleaver, held somewhat unsteadily, pointed towards Li Xi. He had expected Li Xi to kill him, but found that Li Xi's enjoyment of finding the wounded far surpassed his desire to take their lives.
"Go."
The attackers didn't know why Li Xi didn't kill them. But since they had survived, who would dare to ask this old man why he showed them mercy? Never seeing him again was their greatest wish.
The barbarian Kai Qi, true to his level six status, possessed a continuous combat ability that earned a thumbs-up even from opponents like Bruce. Even with injuries and exhaustion, his cleaver could still tear through the thick three-layer defense line.
Despite being struck several times by Bruce and revealing white bone in several places, he relied on his superior physical innate advantages to break through the encirclement of the three mercenary groups. Because of his formation-breaking and leadership in charging, nearly two hundred men managed to escape alive.
The original force of over three hundred men now returned with less than two hundred in a sorry state. In just a few hours of battle, one-third of their men were lost at the walls, a heavy blow.
Of course, they had also inflicted significant casualties on the three mercenary groups. However, Li Xi had forcefully rescued them, resulting in fewer deaths for the mercenary groups than for the initially superior attackers.
The three mercenary groups did not pursue. Their mission was to protect the princess, not to kill as many enemies as possible. Therefore, their front line remained outside the walls. They would not leave their assigned area for a minor victory. If this were a diversion tactic by the enemy, and they left their defense line to sneak attack the ancient castle, then even if they annihilated all the approaching enemies, their mission would still be a failure.
In the dark cavern of the mercenary world,
"Come out! Who posted this mission? May your ancestors be cursed! Why didn't you mention Li Xi would be there?"
"Exactly! Come out! Who posted the mission? Are you trying to send us to our deaths?"
"I'll curse your mother! If Li Xi hadn't held back, none of us would have returned today. Get out here!"
The barbarian Kai Qi led the attackers in a desperate sprint, almost losing his shoes, fearing Li Xi would pursue them. Fortunately, Li Xi did not appear until they safely returned to the underground cavern. Yet, without pursuit, they still ran like this, their nerves frayed. This was a profound humiliation!
Naturally, they needed a scapegoat, especially with such a valid reason. So, upon returning to the underground world, Kai Qi and the other attackers cursed the mission board, knowing that the mastermind behind it would certainly see what had happened.
Lawrence, disturbed, opened his slightly drunken eyes. He didn't understand what was wrong with Kai Qi and the others; they were acting like they had been attacked by wild dogs. He called over someone he knew, "Mishiu, I heard them mention Li Xi's name. Did you encounter Li Xi this time?"
Mishiu had also just escaped, with seven or eight wounds of varying severity. He was angrily cursing along with the others. He had no choice but to curse. He had almost killed two mercenaries, worth a thousand gold coins.
But in the blink of an eye, the two nearly dead mercenaries were healed by Li Xi and, fighting back with renewed vigor, had beaten him into this state. Mishiu wasn't heartbroken about the almost-earned commission, but rather the fear of almost not returning. If he had known Li Xi was there beforehand, would he have gone?
Now, hearing Lawrence ask him, he had a lot of grievances to pour out. "Boss Lawrence, you have no idea. Li Xi was indeed there, but he didn't attack. He just healed all the mercenaries who had wounded us."
Then, shaking his head, he gave a bitter laugh. "If he had attacked, how many of us would have returned?"
He then cursed in the direction of the mission board. "This mastermind is purely malicious. How can we deal with that Li Xi? Now, because of this deception, all of us almost perished. You son of a b*tch, you defecated and your mother gave birth to you. This mastermind is absolutely rotten."
Lawrence directly filtered out Mishiu's complaints and grasped the key point. His originally slightly tipsy eyes immediately sparkled. He grabbed Mishiu's arm and asked, "You just said that the mercenaries you wounded were all healed by Li Xi. Did you see how he healed them?"
Mishiu looked at the re-energized Lawrence, his eyes flickered, and he smiled, rubbing his fingers together. "Well, about that..."
Seeing Lawrence's shrewd look, Mishiu knew that what he had inadvertently revealed was valuable information. Although he hadn't earned any commission this time, selling some information was still good.
"Good boy," Lawrence took a bottle of high-grade holy water from his spatial ring. "I see you're badly injured. This bottle of high-grade holy water is for your recovery."
Mishiu snatched the holy water with lightning speed. This high-grade item, when diluted, could make ten bottles of intermediate holy water, enough to heal injuries like these ten times. This was a rare high-grade item that money couldn't buy. Only old Lawrence, with his inexhaustible supply of information, could treat high-grade holy water as if it were nothing.
"To be honest, sir, I did see how that Li Xi healed. He just placed his palm on the wound, and green light appeared from his palm, and that was it. The wound healed." He added with some admiration, "The effect is very similar to Divine Healing, but the casting speed is faster, and it's easier. He healed over a hundred people in a short time by himself. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a sorry state."
"No incantation needed?"
"Didn't see any."
"Remarkable effect?"
"Extremely remarkable."
"Did he really not actively kill anyone?"
Mishiu rolled his eyes. "You can't say he didn't actively kill anyone; he killed them passively. Alcie and the other four, not seeing Li Xi's face clearly and following Kai Qi's orders, charged at Li Xi like beasts."
"Those four fellows must have died horribly, right?" Lawrence began to pity Alcie and the other four. To resist a peak level seven expert with level four strength, a gap of three levels was like the difference between heaven and hell.
"Yes, even their bones were crushed into dust. Not a single complete fragment could be found."
Lawrence's eyes began to fall into thought. Since his first encounter with Li Xi's information, he had been very interested in Li Xi's affairs, always feeling that this was a person who could stir up trouble.
The subsequent events clearly proved his intuition correct. This was a powerhouse who had risen rapidly, making his name known throughout the mercenary world in just a few short months.
Lawrence originally thought that was Li Xi's limit. Now, looking at it, he realized he had been shortsighted. The word "limit" seemed nonexistent for Li Xi. He possessed the physical fitness of a level seven valiant warrior, an undetermined magic level, and now used astonishing healing magic. What couldn't he do? If someone were to say Li Xi was a level eight powerhouse someday, Lawrence would believe it without hesitation.
Lawrence suddenly felt a desire to meet Li Xi, to meet this prodigy who was a powerhouse from the moment he debuted, even if it were just for a cup of tea.