Looking at the sword that had been knocked away from his hand, Wu Yu sighed inwardly. It seemed that the puppet's limit was already reached. Wu Yu completely gave up the idea of ​​using the puppet to fight the enemy in his place.

With the help of skills, critical hit damage can definitely be dealt, but if you can't break through the defense, it doesn't matter whether you get a critical hit or not.

Just now, when the two swords clashed, Wu Yu used a clever trick, causing the tip of his sword to pierce Layton's heart at an odd angle. However, Layton immediately unleashed a powerful earthy yellow battle aura, which knocked Wu Yu's sword away. If it were his true form, Wu Yu would have become stronger when faced with a stronger opponent and directly broke through that battle aura. However, the puppet's power had been locked by its own properties, and no matter how Wu Yu manipulated it, he could not break through its defenses.

Although it was a bit of a pity, at least the immediate trouble was resolved. When the sword in Wu Yu's hand was knocked away, Layton did not choose to press his advantage, and Wu Yu knew that he had already admitted defeat.

This is a duel based on skill; using external force like battle aura is against the rules.

Layton stared in disbelief at the tear in his clothes, his head bowed. It was too powerful. He knew he would have died if he hadn't used his fighting spirit.

Layton didn't make any excuses, sheathed his greatsword, and readily admitted, "I lost."

"It's the result I should expect," Wu Yu said calmly as he walked back.

Wu Yu wasn't the type to make empty promises after winning, especially since it was a one-sided battle. To talk about luck would be disrespectful to his opponent.

Layton was impressed by Wu Yu's swordsmanship, so he didn't say much about Wu Yu's arrogance. But there was one thing he couldn't understand: "Swordsmanship of this level can't be developed by practicing behind closed doors. But you don't even have battle qi, and your speed is too slow. Strong people won't even fight you. Where does your power come from?"

"Guess?" Wu Yu said with a wicked smile. How could he possibly tell a stranger like you about a system?

"Could it be that you deliberately concealed your strength, and that you actually possess battle aura?" Layton suddenly thought of something and voiced his thoughts, but then he immediately denied it. "No, if a strong person were to come and play in the mortal world, they would just suppress their battle aura to the first level to receive the adventurer's medal. Revealing such strong swordsmanship would be putting the cart before the horse."

"Brother, stop guessing. Some things are meaningless even if you know the answer." Wu Yu came over and patted Layton on the shoulder, forcibly cutting off the topic.

Seeing how composed Layton was in defeat, Wu Yu's malice towards him lessened somewhat. This guy didn't seem to be the kind of jerk who enjoyed teasing others. Wu Yu's tolerance was still able to tolerate his previous provocations, which was why he told him not to waste his time on useless things anymore.

Wu Yu then looked at the signboard girl and asked the question he was most concerned about, "Can you help me register an adventurer's identity?"

"Oh, oh." The signboard girl nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

She typed something into the control panel.

"bite."

A drawer popped out of a locker in the distance, and the signboard girl ran over, took out a medal, and handed it to Wu Yu.

Wu Yu stared at the medal in his hand. It was a black iron medal with a design of a sword and a staff intertwined, representing magic and martial arts, the two mainstream cultivation systems in this world, which are also symbols of power. This Adventurers' Guild really exudes an aura of dominance.

The signboard girl explained according to the established procedure.

"Sir, congratulations on becoming an adventurer. Your file has been added to the guild headquarters' database. From now on, you can accept missions from all adventurer guilds around the world. Missions and medals are divided into four levels: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Iron, corresponding to the Saint, High, Medium, and Low levels of extraordinary beings, respectively. The level medal represents the guild's belief that you have the strength to independently complete missions of the corresponding level. If you want to upgrade your medal, in addition to meeting the strength requirements, you must also complete the advancement missions issued by the guild."

After listening to the not-so-complicated rules, Wu Yu nodded in understanding. To put it bluntly, the Adventurers' Guild was just a trading platform with loose management and almost no binding force, which was quite convenient for someone like him who was unregistered.

“Miss Ailian, please bind me and Wu Yu together. We will form a two-person team. I will be the captain, and the team name is tentative. I will tell you next time I come.” Jack interrupted again.

Hey! Hey! Hey, how did we suddenly become a team? And why are you the team leader? Didn't you even ask for my opinion? Ha, what a domineering man, but I don't fall for that domineering CEO act.

Wu Yu kept muttering to himself while winking at Jack, but Jack clearly didn't understand what he meant, so the decision remained unchanged.

While operating the game, the mascot asked curiously, "Young Master Jack, you actually team up with others? Over the past ten years, countless people have invited you to team up, but you've refused them all. May I ask why you teamed up with this gentleman?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yu looked over with great interest, seeing this as another good opportunity to get to know him better.

"Because Wu Yu will be living with me in the future, and we'll be spending more time together, it will be more convenient to form a team."

"Is it really that simple?" the signboard girl said with a disbelieving look.

"It's that simple." Jack answered without even blinking, and with his unchanging expression, it was impossible to tell if he was telling the truth.

"How boring." Wu Yu sighed, toying with the black iron medal he had just received, and walked upwards alone.

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