Chapter 447: Chapter 386: Demon Blade Unsheathed!
Li Zheng lay on the bed for ten minutes before he recovered from the exhaustion of excessive spiritual power consumption.
"Running out of spiritual power is even more torturous than pulling three all-nighters in a row. It’s unbearable!" Li Zheng sat up, rubbing his head as he decided that he must use spiritual power in moderation in the future and not mess around like this time.
He glanced at the time. It was already eleven at night, and it had been a while since they came out from the last activity instance. Why were there still no updates from Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang?
"Those two... could they have gotten into a fight?"
Li Zheng decided to ask. When they left, it seemed like they were about to kill each other. Hopefully, there hadn’t been any fatalities.
"Little Phoenix, what’s up with you and Yan Guang? Still not out yet?"
Message sent.
After a while, Li Zheng received a reply: "Almost there, almost out!"
Huh?
What do you mean?
Have they been arguing all this time or fighting?
"Be careful not to kill each other." Li Zheng cautioned, as they are all acquaintances. It wouldn’t be worth it if something happened over a little conflict.
Phoenix Mountain replied: "As if! This is just the first time; how could it be so accurate?"
Li Zheng: "As long as you’re aware."
Message sent, Li Zheng got off the bed to find something to do.
Halfway down, his movements suddenly paused.
Wait a minute!
What did that kid just say?
Li Zheng opened the private message, carefully scrutinizing each word of Phoenix Mountain’s last message.
[First time?]
[So accurate?]
"Damn..." Li Zheng cursed under his breath, closing the private message with a dark expression, and jumped to the floor.
Not long ago, they looked like they were about to kill each other, and now they were already getting cozy?
And judging by the tone, did Yan Guang succeed?
For a moment, Li Zheng didn’t know who he should congratulate.
So he wished them a bittersweet farewell!
Li Zheng thought sourly, why hasn’t any girl like Yan Guang chased after him?
Isn’t he the most influential man in Channel 879?
And isn’t he better-looking than Phoenix Mountain?
Isn’t he even a hundred times more handsome than that kid?
[You have a new private message.]
Open it.
Mo Lian: "Mr. Li, do you have time to chat now?"
Li Zheng replied: "No time!"
He still had to continue challenging mutants later; who has time to chat with you?
He wasn’t idle enough for that.
After waiting for Phoenix Mountain for a while, Li Zheng felt bored and sighed: "I also want a sweet romance~"
[You have a new private message.]
He opened it without looking, replying directly: "Didn’t I say no k... oh, it’s Zhan Zhouzhou."
Deleted all the messages and looked at the message from Zhan Zhouzhou: "Don’t wait anymore, I’ll explore another room, and we’ll challenge the last mutant before twelve and rest."
Li Zheng replied: "Okay, then I’ll explore another room too."
Phoenix Mountain didn’t know when it would end, and waiting was not a solution; thus, Li Zheng decided to summon Sakura again, packed up the capsule, and went exploring.
With enhanced spiritual power, Li Zheng explored faster.
This time he chose a room with a Diamond creature.
Once inside, cooperating with Old Prel, he found its hiding place, and from forty meters away, launched an explosion with Fire Attachment, taking it out directly.
With a significant boost to spiritual power, the suppressive effect on rage was indeed strong, and when the blood rain fell this time, Li Zheng felt nothing, just calm.
It’s just that the harvest left Li Zheng somewhat speechless.
As the saying goes:
The Diamond creature was blown apart, with half the body missing.
After decomposition, it turned out that half the materials were gone too.
However, Li Zheng didn’t care about this point; he was racing against time, and whatever he could get was fine.
Saving the last regular exploration, he spent the next fifteen minutes using up the extra exploration for the Mysterious Declaration.
After tirelessly exploring, the number and quality of materials obtained were unstable, ranging from Gold to Diamond.
There was just no Vibranium...
In the end, Phoenix Mountain almost made it just in time, sending Li Zheng a message at eleven fifty: "All done."
Li Zheng felt a sense of relief, We were lucky not to wait for you, or else we would’ve lost big time!
He took out the activity ticket, invited everyone, selected the target, and teleported!
This time, as Li Zheng once again entered the challenge space, there was a change in his perception.
At the moment he stepped in, Li Zheng sensed a massive aura of danger lurking in the darkness.
Like a venomous snake, lying in wait for the chance to strike.
Following his instinct, Li Zheng looked in that direction, where a hint appeared before his eyes:
[Perrick, a spy from the Western Realm, lurking around the Fudao Island power plant to gather relevant information.
During the nuclear leak, he was preparing to leave Fudao Island and report back.
Unfortunately, luck, unrelated to skin color, was not on his side, as his car broke down before he could leave.
As for the result... it was obvious, wasn’t it?]
He concentrated his spiritual power into a beam, scanning the farthest distance without discovering the target.
"The distance is too far. The maximum range of spiritual power is forty-three meters, and Old Prel’s detection range is one hundred meters. This means the mutant must be hiding somewhere in between." Li Zheng quickly figured out the key point.
Zhan Zhouzhou walked to his side, her beautiful eyes harboring a mysterious look: "You seem a bit different again, that dangerous aura is much weaker, but there’s something else different too."
Hearing this, Li Zheng looked at Zhan Zhouzhou in surprise. Just how extraordinary is this girl’s talent that nothing can escape her eyes?
"Yeah, got lucky and had some encounters, just enough to suppress the rage." Li Zheng said casually, without revealing his acquisition of the Elf Fruit.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, and he covered Zhan Zhouzhou with his spiritual power to see what it looked like when he viewed others with it.
Yet, the moment he cast his spiritual power, Li Zheng’s mind was pierced by a sharp sword light, causing searing pain in his brain and blood tears to flow from his eyes.
Damn!
Damn!
Damn!
Li Zheng was shocked by this unforeseen change, realizing there must be something strange about Zhan Zhouzhou!
"What’s wrong?" Zhan Zhouzhou asked.
"It’s nothing." Li Zheng covered his eyes, wiping away the blood tears and forcing them open.
The blood tears were a result of backlash from spiritual power, not affecting the eye organs or causing severe damage.
Yet the stabbing pain in his head was hard to relieve in a short time, as if someone had jabbed a sword into his brain and stirred it around.
"Maybe the relic I used just now had side effects, but it’s not a big deal, doesn’t affect much." Li Zheng found an excuse.
"As long as you’re okay." Zhan Zhouzhou nodded, glancing around with a hint of doubt in her eyes, as she had clearly sensed someone spying just now, but Prel’s Eye didn’t indicate anything.
"It’s getting late, let’s finish this quickly." Li Zheng glanced towards the mutant, which still hadn’t moved, perhaps because it had already fallen asleep in the dark.
"Phoenix Mountain!" Li Zheng turned and saw Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang cuddling closely with flushed faces that hadn’t faded yet.
Particularly Yan Guang, whose entire aura seemed elevated, more wild.
"..." Li Zheng was silent for two seconds: "Never mind, you two stay here and protect Lin Fengjiao."
"No problem." Phoenix Mountain patted his chest, making a promise.
Lin Fengjiao looked at Li Zheng, then at Yan Guang and Phoenix Mountain, wanting to say something but then closing her mouth.
She blamed herself for being too weak, ending up with the task of eating dog food arranged by Brother Li Zheng...
"The target for this time relies on the two of us; any problems?" Li Zheng asked Zhan Zhouzhou.
"None."
Zhan Zhouzhou summoned the Purple Thunder Sword, her aura growing colder.
Li Zheng also drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade, and an evil aura immediately spread: "I’ll lead, and you assist."
"Okay." Zhan Zhouzhou coldly fixed her eyes on the Demon Blade, nodding slowly.
"Charge!"
Li Zheng shouted softly, extending Thunder Wings behind him, taking the lead.
This time, he wanted to test the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade’s power, so he didn’t plan to continue using the "Explosion" ability.
Some trump cards, even in front of acquaintances, must be kept hidden.