Chapter 387: Chapter 329: Still the Familiar Recipe
"Old Pu, old Pu, if only you could detect the deadly weaknesses of those on the other side..." Li Zheng sighed deeply. He wasn’t asking for much; just identifying the deadly weaknesses of these armored turtle creatures would suffice. Anything else was optional.
After all... he still wanted a bit of a challenge.
Just as he finished speaking, a few words indeed appeared before him.
[Analyzing...]
"Ah, a young person can be taught!" Li Zheng nodded with satisfaction. With this kind of work attitude, which capital... cough, which boss wouldn’t like it?
"In that case, I’ll wait for you."
Li Zheng decided to wait until Old Pu deciphered the deadly weakness of the Dragon Turtle before taking action. In the meantime, he’d just quietly stay behind a stone pillar.
One minute later...
[Analyzing...]
Three minutes later.
[Still analyzing...]
Five minutes later.
[Endlessly analyzing...]
Half an hour later.
[Desperately analyzing...]
Li Zheng looked at the sky, "Are you freaking slacking off?"
[You just realized? With your current strength, do you really have no clue? If you were a bit stronger, even if it were a god, I’d analyze it for you!]
"A bit stronger, how much is this ’bit’?"
[Just a bit stronger, a tiny bit!]
"Be specific!"
[Six tiers higher than now.]
"Six tiers..." Li Zheng rolled his eyes, "That’s quite a bit, very precise!"
[Nonsense, it’s just an opponent with a ’relatively high’ threat level. What else do you expect? Should I just make it a guaranteed pass for graduation? Just giving you some help, what do you need a bicycle for?]
Now Old Pu couldn’t even be bothered to pretend, the three words "Analyzing" directly disappeared.
"That makes sense!" Li Zheng nodded in agreement, "I was being greedy."
[No BB, UP!]
"UP?" While warming up, Li Zheng said, "Do you know that Down is wolf, UP is dog?"
[...Both are carbon-based lifeforms, what’s so noble about you?]
"Oh, you’re back!" Li Zheng squinted, "The familiar Old Pu is back."
[So you like this vibe.]
"I don’t really like this vibe. I just occasionally reminisce about the past." Li Zheng stretched his legs, "You know, when people get older, they tend to remember the days of running under the setting sun."
[...]
"Almost warmed up." Twirling the Sheathed Sword in his hand, Li Zheng nodded at Sakura, "Let’s go!"
"Awoo!" The little guy, full of energy, threw the Crystal Core he was holding to Li Zheng for safekeeping and flew out with the pink Poli.
Li Zheng spread his Demon Thunder Wings, deliberately suppressing his speed, falling slightly behind Sakura.
Perhaps it was because the Dragon Turtles had expended too much energy wandering at night or they had enough confidence in their strength.
During the flight, Li Zheng and Sakura caused some commotion, but neither of them was startled awake, continuing to sleep deeply.
"Observing for half an hour yet unable to discover their deadly weaknesses, could it be hidden in a more covert spot?" Li Zheng’s eyes wandered to the underside of the Dragon Turtle’s shell, which seemed like a very safe place. If there were a weakness like reverse scale, would it be hidden there?
Once he thought of it, he acted; Li Zheng was always like that.
"Sakura, flip them... over!"
Pointing at the sleeping Dragon Turtle, Li Zheng decisively ordered.
"Awoo!" Sakura raised her flight angle, taking the pink Poli to high altitudes, eyes fixed on the underbelly of the two Dragon Turtles.
Rumble!
Soon, the ground began to tremble, as if some massive creature was about to burst out.
"Awooo—roar!"
The Dragon Turtle suddenly opened its eyes, revealing murky eyeballs, sensing a trace of danger approaching.
Crack, boom!
The earth ridge shot up from the ground, fiercely striking the Dragon Turtle’s underbelly, trying to flip it over.
However, the Dragon Turtle merely exerted pressure with its limbs, its heavy body pressing down with a thud, causing the rising earth ridge to shatter and crumble into rubble, disappearing upon hitting the ground.
The Dragon Turtle’s sizable body remained unmoved.
"Holy crap?!" Li Zheng was taken aback. This was the first time he encountered an enemy capable of countering Earth Ridge Piercing.
"Brute Force? Is it really that outrageous?"
No time to think further, Li Zheng flipped sideways in mid-air, dodging several stone pillars, and flew towards the side of the Dragon Turtle, issuing orders to Sakura, "Fire at will, distract it!"
There were two Dragon Turtles, with similar strength. Although Sakura’s abilities weren’t as effective as before, she could still easily distract one for a short time.
"Awoo!" Receiving the command, Sakura focused on the Dragon Turtle, continuously activating her ability, causing a succession of earth ridges to rise, striking its underbelly before shattering.
"Roar!" The Dragon Turtle had already noticed the incoming enemy, and as it attempted to move its heavy body to attack Li Zheng, the consecutive earth ridges by Sakura almost destabilized it, forcing it to stop in place and defend.
The other Dragon Turtle, waking up concurrently, tried to retract its body as much as possible, curling head to tail into an irregular ball covered in spikes, resembling a sea urchin.
"Come on, that’s just cheating!" Li Zheng angrily complained. If the Dragon Turtle kept this form, how was he supposed to fight?
The next second, a sense of crisis swept over him as that Dragon Turtle started rolling forcefully toward Li Zheng without any external support.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All the stone pillars along the way were toppled by the terrifying force, and the rolling speed of the Dragon Turtle quickened, approaching Li Zheng in no time.
"I’m flying!" With a strong flap of his wings, Li Zheng quickly ascended to avoid getting hit by the Dragon Turtle.
"Luckily I can f... damn, cheating again?!"
Li Zheng hadn’t finished relishing his relief when he saw the Dragon Turtle using the stone pillars it collided with while rolling to propel itself into the air, with innumerable spinning spikes leaving afterimages.
At this speed of rotation, even if the Dragon Turtle wasn’t covered with knives, it was not much different from rapidly spinning blades. Li Zheng had no doubt that a touch from these would slice him into a pile of meat strips.
Rolling Wheels + Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting, a dual ability combo, allowed the Dragon Turtle to achieve feats nearly impossible for their size.
Li Zheng instantly pushed his speed to the third gear, sidestepped, and took a swing with his sword.
Clink!
Li Zheng felt like he’d struck a rapidly spinning grinding wheel, the rotational force deflecting his Sheathed Sword, and the kinetic energy nearly pulling him in!
"The weakness part still labels it as clumsy. Is this what they call clumsy?" Li Zheng frantically retreated, watching helplessly as the large sea urchin flew dozens of meters away, toppling several stone pillars before landing with a thud.
When the Dragon Turtle hit the ground, it caused a tremor.
Two Diamond Level Dragon Turtles, they were indeed strong; Li Zheng felt he didn’t even have a chance to break through their defenses.
But the threat level definitely didn’t qualify as very high.
Li Zheng surmised, if he didn’t have flying abilities, the threat level might be a notch higher.