Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

But it was obvious all their plans were going to fall completely flat. Su Li patted Jes Stuart on the shoulder and said, "Since you’ve already gone all in, then give it everything you’ve got. Let me see your strength."

The referee was still fairly impartial, not giving any special treatment because of Su Li’s status, and directly announced the start of the match.

Jes Stuart also took a deep breath. At this point, all he could do was gamble everything on one last fight! He was different from Edwin; he was already carrying a massive load of loans and debt, so adding a bit more didn’t matter—at worst he’d just be repaying it for life. Only by fighting to the bitter end did he have even a sliver of a chance!

So he directly raised his Perfect-level Blood Axe and hacked toward Su Li. This stunning strike triggered a chorus of shocked exclamations from everyone in the arena.

Since the start of the arena matches, this was without a doubt the most dangerous attack yet. In the finals, the Elite Knights had all switched to their finest equipment, the very state in which they could head to the battlefield to kill the enemy. This fierce and vicious strike, its axe light even illuminating the entire arena, carried a tremendous momentum that made everyone’s backs go cold. One could completely imagine how miserable the end would be for enemies and Monsters on the battlefield facing such a blow.

Yet Su Li merely shifted his body slightly and dodged this ferocious and brutal strike at an angle that was off by a hair’s breadth. The fierce axe blade brushed past his shoulder at almost a hair-width distance!

Jes Stuart’s eyes instantly widened, because this kind of limit-distance precision wasn’t something an Elite Knight like him could judge accurately. Up until the second before the axe brushed past, he had still been full of confidence that this strike would definitely land on the Lord! He had even already braced himself mentally for the massive rebound damage transmitted back from the Rare Level Armor.

But as if protected by the Goddess, his axe was shifted by the Threads of Destiny just a fraction, and only brushed past the Lord. In that situation, he no longer had time to pull back his War Axe. The next moment, a violent impact slammed into his abdomen; he only felt his internal organs churn as if overturning rivers and seas, while a terrifying flame burned him so badly his entire body trembled. From blood vessels to skin, it all felt like it was about to split open.

Blast Furnace Breaker, a powerful Rare Level weapon: when wielded by a Knight with the Flame Attribute, this weapon would be wreathed in blazing Fire Fox Spirit Light, inflicting terrifying Flame Attribute damage on the enemy.

Moreover, this Flame Attribute damage would continuously stack a Vulnerability status, putting the opponent into a fear-of-flame state, with subsequent damage approaching the Divine Damage dealt by Divine Magic.

You could say the sensations on Jes Stuart’s body were absolutely not an illusion. If he took off his Armor, you’d see that where his abdomen had been struck by that flaming Heavy Hammer, it already looked like erupting volcanic lava, with cracks several millimeters wide opening everywhere.

And this was with a Rare Level Battle Armor protecting him, blocking a large portion of the physical impact; only the near-Divine Damage level flame burn couldn’t be stopped. If a River Giant, Stone Giant, or Green-skinned Big Guy–type Monster took such a hit, they’d probably be killed on the spot, with a massive Warhammer wound blown open in their abdomen.

Jes Stuart immediately let out a roar, tanking the damage head-on, and swung his War Axe at Su Li’s abdomen again.

His Blood Shield title wasn’t just for show—he could withstand continuous blows and still defeat his opponent.

But that also meant he was actually very easy to defeat in the early phase. In Su Li’s view, his attacks were far less oppressive than Edwin’s yesterday.

What’s more, Su Li was under the protection of a Legendary Level Talisman. Even though Jes Stuart was already attacking quite conservatively, Su Li could still easily evade his strike.

Since the start of the match, Su Li hadn’t even moved his feet. With just a single Martial Arts skill, Mountain Shattering, he brushed close to Stuart’s shoulder and suddenly slammed into his chest and abdomen again, making this Knight’s wildly swinging War Axe lose all power before it could even bite in, while his whole body went flying backward four or five meters.

This scene, like a one-sided beatdown, instantly drew a tidal wave of cheers from the surrounding spectators.

The disparity was simply too huge, especially when Jes Stuart roared and launched another attack, chopping down at Su Li with a Powerful Slash of Hua Mountain. Su Li simply grabbed his shoulder, gave it a hard shake, then suddenly executed an over-the-shoulder throw and smashed him into the ground. After that, his right foot stomped down hard, directly twisting Jes’s right arm backward at a ninety-degree angle. The entire forearm lost all support, hanging limply at his side.

Everyone could see clearly that the difference in combat strength between the two sides was just too great.

With the Legendary Level Talisman’s blessing, Jes Stuart couldn’t even touch the hem of Su Li’s clothes. Su Li stood in place without moving, not even using his Blazing Blood ability, and simply broke Stuart’s right arm. This was a complete crush of Jes Stuart’s combat strength.

The key point was that Jes Stuart was nothing like Dawn Knight Edwin or Legendary Stinky King Logan, who possessed abilities that could burst out power close to Champion Level.

Once Su Li activated [Blazing Blood · Red Dragon Monarch Flame], Jes Stuart had even less ability to resist. His combat strength was such that in the opening small rounds against other Knights, he usually lost. Let alone facing Su Li in his current peak state—after detonating his Champion-level Knight bloodline power, Su Li directly grabbed Jes by the neck and smashed him down. A series of bone-cracking sounds made people suspect that even his spine had been broken.