Chapter 388: Chapter 330: Why Sign That Agreement?
Rolling Wheels’ continuous attacks had no effect on Li Zheng, not even touching the edge of his clothes. The armored dragon turtle rolled tens of meters after landing before finally stopping.
"This is a bit troublesome." Li Zheng shook his wrist. The earlier strike had left his joints aching, indicating that the armored dragon turtle’s shell was exceptionally hard.
"If I can’t penetrate its defense, no matter how low the risk, I can’t kill it..."
He glanced at the armored dragon turtle that Sakura was containing. Although it was unsteady on its feet due to the ground spikes, it was actually undamaged. Once Sakura’s Original Force was depleted, there would be another fully intact armored dragon turtle in the field, turning it into Li Zheng 1V2.
"Just one is difficult enough. If I had to fight two..." Li Zheng frowned, thinking of a strategy, when suddenly his expression changed, and he turned his gaze towards a spot.
At a place about a hundred meters from the battlefield, there was a ripple in space, as if a stone had been dropped into a pond, causing ripples to spread out.
Li Zheng was very familiar with this phenomenon. It was a sign that someone was using a space-jumping device for transportation.
"Someone’s coming? Yuanfei Yuluo? Or Misaka Tsuchiemon?"
He frowned because only these two people were likely to come looking for him at this moment.
But regardless of who the visitor was, even if both came together, they would be of no help to him.
On the contrary, it would make the armored dragon turtles go from half full to nearly full.
The ripple reached its peak and finally stopped, revealing a silhouette.
Unexpectedly, the visitor was neither the Misaka siblings nor anyone Li Zheng knew.
Li Zheng observed the figure from afar, his gaze becoming terrifyingly serious because the scanning information provided by Lao Pu was nothing but question marks!
Not even the person’s name could be detected!
[Find a chance to escape! Escape!! ESCAPE!!!]
Lao Pu’s exaggerated reaction made Li Zheng tense all over.
Even when he first encountered Divine Power, Lao Pu hadn’t reacted this way.
Who exactly is this person?
Li Zheng’s eyes flickered. Just a moment ago, he had glimpsed the armored dragon turtles trembling!
Sakura also abandoned her effort to contain the armored dragon turtle, quickly flying to her master’s side, ready to retreat at any moment.
Although the armored dragon turtles were considered hostile entities by default, Li Zheng wouldn’t be able to leave the area through normal means without dealing with them.
However, he could use the administrator’s daily teleportation ability to bypass all restrictions and return to Channel 879.
But the next time he came to 995, he would inevitably appear here again. If the armored dragon turtles hadn’t left, he would still have to confront them head-on.
"This is really troublesome."
Li Zheng hesitated slightly, then was filled with terror.
The person was over a hundred meters away, yet he could hear what sounded like a complaint clearly in his ear, as if it were being whispered right beside him!
"Don’t even think about using the administrator’s privileges to teleport away. That would only cause me more trouble. Stay put up there, and wait for me... using your time units, thirty seconds."
The voice echoed again, sharp and somewhat weak.
Hearing it, a ridiculous thought crossed Li Zheng’s mind: How chaotic must this person’s private life be to sound so drained?
However, considering that the individual could transmit his voice unerringly across a hundred meters, such terrifying skill indicated strength beyond imagination, so Li Zheng dismissed the absurd notion.
At that moment, the figure began to walk towards them step by step, unhurriedly.
Strangely enough, in Li Zheng’s eyes, the distance between them halved after just a few steps!
"Damn, a cultivator has barged in!" A bead of cold sweat trickled down his face.
The methods displayed by this person, from "Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission" to "Shrinking Inches," matched the ones Li Zheng had read about in fantasy novels.
In the Matrix, someone with such abilities at the very least possessed one Wind and one Earth high-tier genetic ability!
"Roar... groan..." The two armored dragon turtles let out hoarse roars, warily retreating.
Facing the newcomer, they didn’t even have the thought of resisting. From their hearts, fear forced them to back away continuously.
"Luck is on my side, coming across the only pair of turtles traveling together in this channel. Take them back to make two pots of good soup as compensation for this trip."
The person muttered to himself, soon walking past not far in front of Li Zheng, heading towards the armored dragon turtles.
"Woo..." The two armored dragon turtles seemed to sense something, letting out a wail before turning to flee in terror.
Originally used for attack, "Rolling Wheels" was now used for escape, and its speed was not slow at all.
Yet no matter how they accelerated, they felt like they were running in circles on the spot. Not only did the distance from that terrifying figure fail to increase, it grew closer and closer.
In that moment, the instinctive fear grew stronger, and an intense sense of impending death made the armored dragon turtles unable even to consider resisting.
"Such vitality. The more vigorous the ingredients, the more flavorful the soup. This trip was almost worth it." The person approached, swiping their waist, causing the weapon to appear in their hands.
Li Zheng saw it clearly this time—it was a jet-black, broad-backed, heavy cleaver, identical to those used by butchers at the meat market.
The moment the cleaver appeared, the two armored dragon turtles seemed to sense something extremely terrifying, immediately breaking away from their Rolling Wheels state. Digging madly at the ground with all fours, they frantically tried to flee.
Their four gray-yellow eyes overflowed with endless fear. It wasn’t fear of death but seemed to be fear of something else entirely.
Unfortunately, regardless of their struggles, they ultimately achieved nothing but futilely running in place.
"Sweethearts, I am very precise with my strikes, ensuring you won’t feel a thing." The person spoke softly, yet their voice echoed in the ears of all creatures.
The next moment, the cleaver sliced through the air, and an armored dragon turtle was instantly decapitated.
Strangely, its body continued executing its last conscious act—running madly.
A torrent of blood spurted from the wound, the scent of earth mixed with blood spreading in the air.
These were diamond-level blood materials, yet the person paid no mind as the blood sprayed onto the ground, raising the cleaver once more.
Thwack!
Another airborne strike, and the second armored dragon turtle followed its companion into death, bleeding itself as it ran.
Li Zheng watched from behind, both alarmed and pained.
Alarmed that diamond-level creatures were treated like playthings by this person.
Their method of killing the armored dragon turtles reminded him of slaughtering live chickens at the market—chopping off the head with one blow or slicing the neck veins.
Then leaving it on the ground, letting it flutter while the blood drained from the wound until it fully died.
And what pained him was that so many diamond-level blood materials were wasted, just like chicken blood.
"Now, let’s talk about you, Li Zheng." The person finished dealing with the two armored dragon turtles, turning to look at Li Zheng suspended in mid-air: "Why did you sign that agreement?"