Zheng initially planned to quickly finish off Lionheart through instant Destruction. He didnât expect Lionheart to take his first attack head on. The flame barrier that blocked the second attack struck his interest.
âNot a bad skill.â Zheng followed up with three more punches, each one carried monumental force. However, the thin layer of flame blocked his attacks despite him shattering the flame every time.
Lionheart massaged his neck and sneered. âI heard that your clone, the strongest man in the realm, also uses this ability. Only that heâs stronger than me and his flame has evolved to a pure black color. âOnce I absorb your power, he will be my next target. HahaâŠâ
Zheng showed no response. This scene was on the level of a school age kid robbing a martial artist, absurd and comedic. Lionheart didnât know Zhengâs true power was way beyond him. Zheng couldnât even feel worried.
(This ability is practical in both offense and defense. Itâs effectiveness increases with the userâs strength. My clone has the flame in pure black color. Maybe I can improve my combat power if I learn this ability. I will keep this fight going for a while and see if I can learn it while the rest of team Pacific arrive.)
Zheng breathed out. He didnât bother taking out Tigerâs Soul and waved his hand. âCome. Let me see how much of a genius you are. Donât disappointment me, Or you would be dead.â
Lionheartâs face turned blue. âAre you mocking me? Go to hellâŠâ The flame in front of him exploded before he finished talking. Zheng flashed next to him.
âSpend your time to think how you can survive instead of insulting. Keep in mind you are fighting someone way beyond your level. Or do you think that I wonât kill you?â Zheng laughed coldly. He spinned his hands in front of his chest as if there was an invisible ball. Under the appearance of the seemingly slow motion was speed approaching the speed under Soru.
When Zheng made the breakthrough into mid-fourth stage after resurrection, he pondered the issue regarding his lack of variation in offense. Explosion and Destruction were extremely powerful, Tigerâs Soul could cut through everything, but his attacks lacked variation. Overwhelming power could trump any technique, but what if the other party possessed similar power? He would no longer have an advantage in the battle. Wielding Tigerâs Soul with Magic, the new technique he theorized, and the one he just used were experimentations. An enemy that could take his attacks was the best practice target.
Lionheart wouldnât stand there and wait for Zhengâs attack to come. He was confident but he could gauge the opponentâs strength after the exchanges. His wings flapped and brought him up into the air. The flame enveloping him struck toward Zheng.
Zhengâs hands slowed down and different colors emerged in the center of his palms. On the left was a dim black light and on the right a soft white light. The two lights gradually moved to the center, but they did not fuse together. It felt like the lights were separated by a thin line. The line suddenly radiated with blinding brilliance as if Zheng a sun was emerging from Zhengâs palm.
Zhengâs expression grew increasingly serious and drops of sweat rolled down his cheek. As the flame reached one meter before him, he pushed the black and white light out and cried. âDamn it! I canât control it anymore! Go!â
On the other side, Lionheart was flying toward Zheng in the form of a crimson light. After he moved for only half a meter, a light as bright as the sun radiated from Zhengâs hands. Lionheart didnât get to see what exactly happened. The flame that he threw out disintegrated. An intertwining black and white light shot pass him from underneath. The black and white fused into gray at the next instant then the gray transformed into a rainbow of colors and finally it became so bright that his eyes could no longer look at them. The beam shot so far away that he couldnât follow. A deafening explosion followed as if a bomb exploded right beside his ears. The shock knocked Lionheart back into human form.
Lionheart stared at the resulting hole with his jaws dropped. Zheng on the other side showed the same expression. Neither of them uttered a word for a while. A swarm of spider machines eventually came out from a passageway. Lionheart swallowed and said. âThis, this is a draw then. Itâs still early in the movie. We will have a chance to determine whoâs stronger. Iâll take my leave for now.â He turned into a crimson light and flew off at a speed faster than he came.
Zheng was surprised. When he realized what happened, the blond man had already gone far. He didnât have the energy to be concern about Lionheart. He had lost sensations on his arms like they didnât belong to him. Qi circulated through his arms and slowly brought his sensations back. However, the pain was beyond any adjective in existence.
(That power is terrifying being generated from the fusion of refined Qi and Magic, the same method used by the Magic Cannon. If I were even half a second too late, my arms would have been destroyed. Perhaps I need to be in Dragon form to use this technique. Thereâs still room for improvement. Shooting it in a beam doesnât feel as powerful as condensing the energy and use it in close combat. I will ask Doraemon after the movie.)
Zheng looked at the direction that Lionheart had gone. He learned more about this man after the fight. Lionheart was not weak and he was not someone who completely relied on enslaving team members. He had his own fighting style. His stats and abilities mainly came from enhancements but he was also able to create his own ability and convert the enhancements into his own. He had great potential and it wasnât luck that God selected him into team Devil.
(Whatever. Let him go find the rest of team Pacific, then I can kill them all at once. Saves the hassle from looking for them one by one. As for the aliens⊠why are they coming out from the machines?)
Zheng was about to continue down the path to his destination. He noticed the spider machines all stopped and the aliens walked out. The aliens were more slender than he expected, with a resemblance to human figure.
âUh⊠why are they holding a bow made of silver light? Zheng muttered. The scene that followed totally shocked him. Twenty of the aliens drew their silver bows. Suddenly, hundreds of light arrows were fired from the bows. In the time that his mind blanked out, it was too late to dodge. Several arrows hit his arms and legs.
The pain that he expected didnât come. The arrows only managed to pierce his skin when he had the protection from Qi, so they were rather weak. The strangest thing was the aliens charged at Zheng after only one round of arrows.
Zheng picked up Tigerâs Soul. At the same time, he was worried the aliens had special attacks up their sleeves. He carefully slashed his sword. The light blade shredded the aliens into pieces. They were completely defenseless and all died in one hit. Zheng was shocked again.
(Itâs too strange. Did something hit their heads so that they are looking to kill themselves? The attacks that look powerful were weak. They had no defense to support their close combat. It doesnât make sense.)
The spider machines further away were backing off while Zheng contemplated. He didnât bother chasing after them and continued toward his destination. He was still trying to come up with a way to contact the other members so everyone would meet up at his destination, not knowing the other two groups of team China were already going there under the guidance of team Pacificâs psyche force user.
âSo thatâs it. I get the danger that this movie possesses. The movie does not specifically counter any sort of team. The stronger a team is, the more dangerous this movie becomes.â HongLu explained to the others with a chuckle.
This group also encountered the weird aliens with weak attacks and defenses. The aliens appeared as if they were looking to suicide, which confused everyone. HongLu laughed then explained. âThe aliens are still experimenting. They havenât been able to utilize the genes of the players yet. Though I wonder when did they steal our genes. However, it verifies my conjecture that the aliens let us into the mothership in order to steal our genes.â
Seeing that the group still didnât get it, HongLu continued. âYou should understand if you think over it carefully. I have seen a sci-fi movie that also depicted a plot of alien invasion on the Earth. At the end of the movie, the microorganisms on the Earth wiped out the aliens. That is similar to how the Europeans carried their bacteria and virus to the Americas. When the difference in environments is on the scale of planets, the aliens have to have their way of overcoming this obstacle in order to survive the different planets they traveled through. The red plants and feeding the plants with human flesh are this method.â HongLu paused for a second then pinched the hair in front of his forehead. âIf this method absorbs genes to enhance themselves, we players are the most attractive targets for them. They can reach the next stage of evolution once they absorbed all of our genes. This is where the difficulty of this movie comes from. Anything else that happened up to this point wouldnât be able to explain the difficulty. I suspect the aliens would only grow stronger with time, at an increasingly fast pace, until they reach the same power as the players. Before that time comesâŠâ
(Our fate depends on whether Xuan can achieve his plan.)
âThis boy is impressive.â
Far, far away from this group, Julian frowned. He had made up his mind to bring this boy into his team. It would take up a spot but completely worth it. The retarded leader⊠could just die in this movie. The spot itself was more valuable than Lionheart. Lionheart was also no match to Zheng. He managed to escape but without his help, there was no way for Lionheart to even injure Zheng. The second decision Julian made was to abandon his leader.
(Heâs looking for me. It still takes some effort to kill him. Itâs unfavorable to me if team China are to actually meet up. I also canât avoid Lionheart. If he canât find me, he will become suspicious. Given how he already has an intent to kill me, it will lead him to break off from the team and give away the chance to wiping team China. Letâsâ give him a treat and kill those three members from team China. He shouldnât be strong enough to beat me even after he absorbs their powers.)
Julian made up his mind and responded to Lionheart, who had been calling him.
âI canât go with you to fight Zheng Zha. His strength is too great. Furthermore, itâs useless as you donât have the strength to injure him. Why donât you kill those few stronger members from team China and absorb their genes first. We underestimated the team that won against team Celestial. Among that group of three, only the girl is a normal person. The other two are strong, a ranged fighter that can pierce alien barriers and one with an undying body able to transform into sand. Their abilities are perfect for you. How about we head out to fight Zheng Zha after you absorbed their abilities?â
Lionheart looked through the psyche scan sent by Julian. Heng was firing with a bow and Imhotep was dodging in sand form. Both abilities were impressive. He pondered for a moment then said. âOkay. Send their location to me. Hide yourself. Once I absorbed their abilities, come to me and we will go fight Zheng Zha. I underestimated him. The original of the strongest man in the realm couldnât be underestimated. I will kill him and absorb his power. And then I will become the strongest man. Haha.â He turned into a crimson light and flew toward Heng, Imhotep, and XueLin.
Julian sneered. He walked in the direction of Zheng and contemplated.
(Have to take care of this issue in the movie. If he grows too strong, his power would overpower any of my abilities. Iâve abandoned some of my interest to calm him down, but I canât let things go too smoothly for him. Delay him until I finish off Zheng Zha. Letâs do this.)
HongLuâs group also received location guidance from Julian and looked for Zheng on the way. Suddenly, the map being sent to their minds suddenly expanded. It also showed the location of Heng, Imhotep and Xuelin on the map and Lionheart who was speeding toward the group. It would take him only a few minutes to reach team Chinaâs other group.
What was team Pacificâs psyche force user trying to do? Why did he show the location of their leader? And why did it also show the other groupâs location on the map? Was this a trap?
(Possible but the chance is slim. The most reasonable explanation is wants to use Hengâs safety to delay us from meeting up with Zheng too soon. However, itâs like holding a candle to the sun. Unless⊠thereâs an internal conflict within team Pacific. The psyche force user wanted to interfere their leader and not us. While we delay their leader, he can finish off Zheng then arrive at the aftermath of our fight with their leader.)
HongLu gripped the silver plate. He sent the message to the group. Despite figuring out the cause for action taken by team Pacificâs psyche force user, he frowned.
(Thereâs no good solution. Itâs a scheme under the sun. Everything is exposed to us but we canât do anything about it. We donât know how powerful their leader is and if the other group can handle him⊠Itâs a tricky situation.)
HongLu pinched the hair in front of his forehead. There was not much he could do at this point when the scheme had been set up and he had become a chess piece inside. Wit no longer had much of an effect in the grand scheme of things. They could only walk along the path already set up for them. The strength of the two parties would determine the winner. Only the strong could break himself free from the scheme.
Anck-Su-Namun said in a panicking voice. âThat manâs flame looks similar to Zhengâs flame. Would he be able to injure Imhotep?â After Imhotep joined the team, he practiced with all the members. His body was undying but magical items and abilities could damage him. The flame that Zheng possessed was a counter to Imhotep due to its soul burning property. An undying body was of no use when its soul was gone.
âUh. Yes. This is the same flame that Zheng has, looks more powerful than the original. Thereâs no choice. Go help them, YinKong. You should be able to defeat team Pacificâs leader.â HongLu frowned as he contemplated before saying to YinKong.
YinKong shook his head. âNo. That manâs strength isnât too impressive. Heng and WangXia will be able to take on him. You can add in Zero at the most. I need to fight the psyche force user.â
âUh?â Everyone was shocked as they all stared at YinKong.
She blushed, giving her a lovely charm despite her metrosexual appearance. She was attractive. YinKong lowered her head a little and said. âThe psyche force userâs ability can cause the target to see illusions or misconceptions. The other me seem to be familiar with this ability. So IâŠâ
She suddenly giggled, taking away her cute and shy expression. âRight. I want to fight that person. There are some psyche force related questions I want to ask him. Hehe. I hope that doesnât disrupt your plan, HongLu.â She lowered her head next to HongLuâs face.
HongLu backed away with a blushed face. His heart beat rapidly at the sweet scent of a girl. He was only just over ten after all. He frowned and said. âWe have to defeat their leader in order to save the other group. Thereâs no way to escape from him given his speed. Okay. WangXia and ChengXiao go help them.â
ChengXiao cried. âWhat are you kidding me? My legs are broken. I am not the monster Zheng is. He can probably live with his head cut off.â HongLu looked at YinKong and said. âItâs your suggestion so we will leave his wound to you. Also show us the marvel of mid-fourth stage.â
Zheng only reached the mid-fourth stage a while ago so he was less aware of the capacities this stage brought forth. YinKong on the other hand had reached early fourth stage many years ago and was near mid-fourth stage.
She walked over to ChengXiao and looked at him with a sweet face. ChengXiaoâs face became boiling red. âWah. Baby face big breastsâŠâ YinKong grabbed his legs and clenched them. The bones were mushed together by force. The intense pain knocked ChengXiao out and he foamed at the mouth.
YinKongâs smile grew increasingly bright and her eyes were becoming cold. She cut open ChengXiaoâs leg with her finger and also cut open her palm. She placed her hand on the broken bones.
A few seconds later, ChengXiao cried himself away. His hands reached for the broken leg immediately. âHot! My legs are burning!â He tried to pat his legs.
YinKong pushed ChengXiaoâs hands away and said. âThe fourth stage does have some interest abilities, like controlling the genes to increase recovery rate a thousand folds. However, it squeezes the personâs life and can only be used once or twice. Donât blame me if your legs grow back abnormally.â
ChengXiao stopped trying to hit his legs. They were almost painted red. Sweat was raining down his head from the pain. He immediately took out a box of needles and stuck them on his legs, bringing relief onto his face.
Ten more seconds later, the redness subsided. ChengXiao removed the needles. His legs were finally reconnected.
He wiped the sweat off his head and was met with the cute smile of YinKong. Before he had a chance to take any verbal advantage of her, YinKongâs expression dropped to zero degrees as she returned to her other persona. She smacked ChengXiaoâs face with her leg and sent him flying several meters.
ChengXiao flipped up with a laughter and wiped the blood bleeding from his nose. âGood! Let me see that manâs strength again. He broke my legs last time⊠Itâs time for me to break his legs!â
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