The Paladin in the Abyss

The skull-like Clone Well looked at his "master" with a skeptical face. He and Lancelot were linked telepathically and could somewhat sense each other's emotions, yet from the Human Knight there came not a trace of fear or urgency.

"I'm acting as him, play along."

"Huh?" Lancelot's voice suddenly rang in the skull's mind, which startled him at first, but he quickly caught on. "How should I play along?"

"Anything!" the Human Knight replied briefly and then fell silent. That was because Enrique had suddenly launched a series of rapid and dense thrusts, forcing him to focus completely on the defense, making the scene extremely perilous for a moment.

"Boss! Boss, are you reaching your limit? Wuuwuuwuu, don't die, boss!!" After a brief silence, the skull suddenly started howling, startling everyone else, "Boss, don't push yourself! Let's kill him together!"

"You guys... are not... my match!" Lancelot rolled his eyes inwardly, but still went along with the skull's spur-of-the-moment idea, "Run! I can still... hold on!!"

"Boss! We... we will remember you!" The skull's blunt response almost made Lancelot choke; was this acting too rough?

The rest looked at the skull with odd expressions, bewildered by its abnormal behavior. However, it was the Dwarf who reacted first. In a way, he was the one who had been tormented by Lancelot the most in the team, so he understood best that the Human Knight always had endless tricks up his sleeve.

"Then we're off!" Bruto shouted towards Lancelot, while turning his head to wink at his companions, "We'll wait for you at Skeleton Tower... if you survive..."

Everyone's faces showed puzzlement, first the skull, and then Bruto; these two were acting so strangely.

But the Dwarf's expression gave them a hint, and they all began moving toward the door. Little Isha was very reluctant, but Kalalin whispered 'Enreyes' in her ear, and the clever girl immediately understood.

This is too fake. Lancelot complained inwardly; if the opponent noticed something was off, then his performance would have been a complete waste.

Fortunately, there was one who refused to leave with the others, and that was Elothysia. The Succubus Paladin stubbornly stood her ground, refusing to abandon the Human Knight fighting for her. She had made up her mind that if Lancelot was defeated, she would stay and face her own fate. Enrique aimed to kill her, and the Paladin would no longer trouble others.

Lancelot was naturally quite moved by this, and this genuine display only made his performance more realistic. The opponent's movements clearly became inspired, his swordplay grew increasingly fierce.

Lancelot carefully adjusted his steps, now left, now right, appearing random, but in reality, he was slowly moving their position towards the outside of the cave.

Finally, he was pushed by the Dark Guardian to the edge of the cliff, with the Great Abyss lying behind him, seemingly endless. The Human Knight stubbornly resisted, but kept sparing glances behind him, as if he was very afraid of falling.

Convinced he had the upper hand, Enrique's Great Sword, emanating a dark glow, suddenly exploded with speed. Caught off guard, Lancelot even had his Frostslash knocked away and dropped beside him.

"Die!"

The Dark Guardian crazily began to speak, his tone as if declaring his victory. His longsword delivered the final strike, and the annoying human knight before him had no escape.
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He subconsciously assumed his opponent would try his best to dodge, but it was certainly too late to completely evade, and this sword strike would surely severely injure him. However, what he never expected happened—Lancelot actually fell backward, dodging the thrust. But doing so was akin to suicide, as there was nothing behind him, and neither of the knights battling possessed the ability to fly.

"Brother!!!!!!"

From afar, the cry of little Eisha rang out, the vampire girl's face pale as she watched the scene, and with a bang, she turned into a little bat and began flying toward them.

Enrique's thoughts momentarily blanked due to Lancelot's abnormal move, but in the next instant, a tremendous force also flung him into the air. Lancelot's foot, shimmering with dazzling golden light, hooked under the Dark Guardian's groin like a crowbar and exploded violently at the moment of the kick.

This was him using the technique of Gathering Qi Slash, kicking in an upside-down swordfish pose, directly hitting the target, which wholly unexpected the attack from such an angle, completely unguarded. Compared to the Qingyuan Sword Technique, the power of Gathering Qi Slash was considerably less, and when released with ordinary True Qi, it was so volatile that it dispersed destructively, which is why Lancelot hadn't used this technique since mastering the Qingyun Sword Art.

Compared to Qingyuan Sword Technique, the Gathering Qi Slash couldn't emit Sword Aura for a sustained effect, but its instant explosive effect was still impressive, and it could be executed from any part of his body, so as long as the timing was right, it could still play a decisive role.

As Lancelot kicked, his hands were also busy. He formed a spell, and suddenly a large cluster of tendrils surged at the edge of the cliff, tightly wrapping around the human knight in mid-air, preventing him from plunging into the void below.

Meanwhile, Enrique, who had been blasted into mid-air by that kick, was tumbling downward outside of Lancelot. Almost instinctively, the human knight stretched out his hand and grabbed one of the Dark Guardian's arms, suspending him mid-air.

"You've lost," Lancelot calmly said. "Throw down your weapon, and I can pull you up."

In response, the Dark Guardian did not hesitate to swing his longsword.

But before the enemy could raise his arm, Lancelot had already sensed danger and immediately detected Enrique's intention to exert force. The Qingyuan Sword Technique subconsciously activated, and a translucent Sword Aura was emitted from the upside-down human knight's palm, shredding the arm holding him and severing this Fallen Paladin's hope for survival.

"What's the point," Lancelot's gaze followed the figure of his powerful adversary rolling downwards, uttering a soft sigh.

"Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Cheers came from nearby; they were his teammates celebrating his victory. A smile also appeared on Lancelot's face, and just as he was about to control the tendrils to bring himself back to the ground, a glimpse in the corner of his eye caught a sight that made his expression freeze.

Below, the Dark Guardian fell hundreds of feet before hitting a rockface. The expected scene of his body shattering didn't occur; rather, the rockface disappeared like an illusion, revealing a pitch-black opening, and Enrique's figure vanished into the opening.