Chapter 448: Chapter 387: At this moment, a sudden change occurs! (I find these 8 words for a cliffhanger quite awkward...)
The Demon Blade in hand, the blood Qi is chilling.
Li Zheng’s heart skipped a beat, a surge of rage almost erupted, but he forcibly suppressed it with his spiritual power.
Thunder Wing tore through the sky, leaving only a long streak of blue mixed with purple, traversing hundreds of meters in an instant.
"Found it!"
With spiritual power released, Li Zheng barely exceeded fifty meters before spotting the mutant "Perrick" ahead.
Perrick had lost all human form, resembling a super-sized python, coiled there with its head buried under its body, seemingly asleep.
Calm and quiet like a large heap of flesh.
[Perrick, Weakness: Low temperature.
After transforming into this form, he also acquired some characteristics of snake-like creatures, becoming sluggish in low temperatures, even hibernating.]
Old Prel timely provided a reminder, and Li Zheng understood clearly, his thoughts moved.
The next moment, the Demon Sword was enveloped in astonishing cold air. With the assistance of his spiritual power, the ice attachment was more powerful than ever before.
It was like entering a Cold Domain!
"So cold!"
Zhan Zhouzhou, who followed behind Li Zheng, suddenly shivered, her beautiful eyes filled with shock, instinctively slowing down and widening the distance between them.
"Don’t worry, I’ll help you."
Li Zheng’s voice came, and Zhan Zhouzhou immediately felt warmth return by her side, no longer feeling the slightest cold.
"This kind of enhancement..." Zhan Zhouzhou was incomparably shocked. In less than an hour apart, Li Zheng’s strength seemed like a different person, at least three times stronger!
On the other side, Perrick was either disturbed by the spiritual power or awakened by the sound of the flying device behind Zhan Zhouzhou.
A massive python head, as big as a bucket, emerged from the "heap of flesh," its vertical pupils immediately locking onto the rapidly approaching Li Zheng.
"Hiss!"
Opening its blood-red jaws to reveal a forked tongue, Perrick roared, rearing its upper body, and not far below its head was a large humanoid pattern.
[Perrick, Second Weakness: Throat!]
"Shaa!"
Perrick sensed immense pressure from Li Zheng, especially the Demon Blade in his hand, instinctively fearing it.
The blade seemed capable of directly threatening its life.
It opened its mouth to the sky, spewing out a massive cloud of purple mist, enveloping its entire body.
That mist was highly poisonous, deadly upon contact for anyone below Diamond level!
"Zhou, don’t touch that mist; you can’t withstand it." Li Zheng warned gravely, producing a spare flying device with his free hand.
He aimed the exhaust nozzle forward, and once activated, a strong airflow immediately dispersed the purple poisonous mist ahead.
The poisonous mist was blown apart, and Li Zheng dove into the opening, unaffected by the remaining trace toxins.
One of the Earth Dragon Armor’s traits: immune to toxins Platinum level and below, reducing toxicity above Platinum level!
The remaining toxins were minimal and posed little harm to Li Zheng, akin to being immune.
However, Zhan Zhouzhou didn’t have such protective gear like the Earth Dragon Armor; even the faintest trace of poison would be too much for her. She had to stop before the poisonous mist, hovering with the flying device, circling around the purple mist trying to find an opening.
Occasionally, when the poisonous mist drifted in the air currents, Zhan Zhouzhou would come up with ways to divert it away; if unsuccessful, she would have to retreat further.
"I need to get some anti-poison equipment; otherwise, I’ll end up like Phoenix Mountain, useless!" Zhan Zhouzhou, calm and composed, with eyes glistening.
Among all the people Li Zheng knew, Zhan Zhouzhou was only second to none when it came to pride and ambition.
When they first met, Li Zheng couldn’t even last a single move in her hands, not to mention she practically forced him to trade his hair for her.
Later, when Lin Fan died at Li Zheng’s hands, Zhan Zhouzhou merely thought Li Zheng had taken advantage of Lin Fan’s weakened state.
Defeating Lin Fan was merely a stroke of luck.
However, since Lin Fan, Li Zheng’s strength began to grow rapidly, extraordinarily strong.
During the battle against Lin Feng, each person was no weaker than Li Zheng, yet when facing Lin Feng, they had to team up in threes.
At that time, Zhan Zhouzhou found it incredulous, as Li Zheng alone held up against Lin Feng for a long time until everyone arrived through that group jumping device.
Li Zheng himself, aside from slight injuries, suffered almost no loss!
Then, there was that sparring session in the training room.
Zhan Zhouzhou remembered that spar like yesterday because she had intentionally provoked it just to test Li Zheng’s strength at the time.
Unexpectedly, even though Li Zheng was not as skilled in close combat, he pressured her with seemingly clumsy and flawed techniques!
She, being praised by her grandfather since childhood as a once-in-a-millennium genius in the Sword Dao in the Dragon Country’s history!
Meaning, in the history of the Dragon Country, no one surpassed her talent in the Sword Dao!
Yet now, Li Zheng not only surpassed her in close combat but also in ranged attacks and genetic abilities.
"Why?" Zhan Zhouzhou thoughtfully touched her eyes, containing the Prel’s Eye that Li Zheng traded her.
"We all have the same hacks, so how come your boost is faster than mine?"
Zhan Zhouzhou couldn’t figure it out.
What she didn’t know was the numerous hack-like abilities and items Li Zheng possessed beyond her imagination!
Leaving aside everything else, even just that Genetic Potion Making Station, given to any player, would allow them to rise from obscurity and become a significant force.
Li Zheng dabbling in various areas without specializing in one already had a terrifying accomplishment; had he focused singularly, he would have long left everyone behind.
"Shut up!"
Amidst the poisonous mist, Li Zheng coldly shouted, drawing his blade mixed with electric light in the air towards Perrick’s throat.
He had to disable Perrick’s poison-spreading ability first; otherwise, if the poisonous mist fully dispersed, others would suffer.
However, Perrick was well-aware Li Zheng was not easy to deal with, a cunning glint flashing in his vertical pupils, he swung his massive tail sideways toward Li Zheng.
Others might describe snake or python tail strikes using "whip," but Perrick’s tail should be considered a "pillar"!
The Celestial Pillar swept across with an unstoppable force!
"Ice!"
Li Zheng refused to miss the chance to strike Perrick’s throat, uttering one word, channeling his spiritual power, causing cold air to surge and instantly forming a blue Ice Domain!
The pillar-like massive tail swept into the "Ice Domain," its movements slowed and even momentarily stalled.
The serpent skin surface formed azure ice crystals, visible to the naked eye, creating icicles of varying lengths hanging on its body.
"Hmph, insignificant skill, trying to block me?" Li Zheng’s gaze was cold, shouting angrily: "Die!"
The next second, blue light, almost tangible, enveloped the Demon Blade, accompanied by a streak of blood, piercing through from below Perrick’s head without the slightest hindrance!
"Hiss... ha..."
The vertical pupils seemed filled with disbelief, slowly splitting from the serpent body, along the thin line-like wound, dislocating and falling to the ground with a sound like a drum.
"Weak!"
"Hmm?"
Li Zheng was about to act cocky but realized the challenge wasn’t over, and the system didn’t announce a successful challenge.
"What’s going on..."
Just then, an unexpected change occurred!