CHAPTER 133: CHAPTER 108: WASTE KING

The gang formed by the Scrap Kids didn’t cause Li Cunxu any trouble; they were really too weak, almost all at the black iron level.

White Spider mumbled, "There are way too many Scrap Kid gangs here! We run into a new gang every fifty meters."

"Scrap Kid’s wild growth is all because Mechanical City allowed it to happen."

In Li Cunxu’s view, Scrap Kids had already reached a point of overgrowth, and Mechanical City should start controlling their numbers, or else these intelligent Scrap Kids would eventually cause major trouble.

"This is my territory, the realm of the Waste King, and entrance is forbidden."

An evolved Scrap Kid, chubby and holding a scepter, stopped Li Cunxu in his tracks.

Li Cunxu was somewhat surprised; this Waste King’s level was a significant leap compared to the surrounding Scrap Kids.

The Waste King was at the first level of Silver.

Li Cunxu didn’t reason with it; he’d been reasoning all along, but not a single Scrap Kid listened. They had a stubborn attitude, unable to heed others’ words, only understanding physical persuasion.

As an evolved type of Scrap Kid, their personalities looked the same.

"Xiaoruan, slash it with the Silver Sword."

Waste King raised the scepter made of mechanical scraps and smashed it to the ground, shouting loudly with full vigor.

"Scrap Disturbance Field."

Centered around the Waste King, a chaotic electromagnetic field arose within a hundred meters, causing small metallic parts like screws and gears to float in the air.

If you took out a compass now, you would see it spinning aimlessly like a headless fly.

The launched Silver Sword got deflected by the Scrap Disturbance Field, embedding itself in an old refrigerator door ten meters away.

White Spider commented, "What a cool skill. Can I learn it?"

Li Cunxu replied, "You can, but you’ll have to wait until you reach Silver-tier. Its Scrap Disturbance Field is a terrain skill, something that can only be mastered at the Silver-tier level. But your terrain skills will be different since you’re a poison-type pet beast and you’ll need to learn poison-type terrain skills."

White Spider was surprised, "Huh? The opponent is Silver-tier?"

"Yes."

"Then why aren’t we running?"

"Waste King is relatively weak. Xiaoruan can handle it."

"Oh, in that case, it’s fine."

Waste King heard the exchange between Li Cunxu and White Spider, and steam started coming out of its ears in anger.

What do you mean I’m weak? Can handle it?

I’m Silver-tier, do you understand the value of being Silver-tier?

"How dare you underestimate me! Argh! I’m angry now."

Waste King pointed its scepter at Xiaoruan.

"Scrap Projectiles."

A cluster of scrap gathered into a ball and hurled towards Xiaoruan.

Don’t underestimate it just because it’s scrap; its power isn’t weak. Like a missile, it left a crater in the ground.

As the dust settled, Xiaoruan remained standing unscathed.

The outermost layer revealed a faint light armor, underneath wearing a Durian Armor, and its own body had hardened.

Three layers of defense, protecting itself.

"Scrap Disturbance Field interferes with metal and lightning skills, Xiaoruan switch to other skills for attacking."

Xiaoruan spit out several large Fireballs.

Waste King immediately used its Scrap Shield, gathering nearby junk to form a massive shield to withstand the Fireball attack.

Both Xiaoruan and Waste King were positioned as Mages, their combat style resembling a turn-based game.

You throw a skill, I defend.

I throw a skill, you defend.

Xiaoruan had the advantage of abundant Spiritual Energy.

Waste King had the terrain advantage, consuming less Spiritual Energy.

They fought for so long that White Spider yawned, and their battle still wasn’t over.

Li Cunxu loudly exclaimed, "Waste King, let’s cease fire! You can’t beat me, and I can’t beat you, so let’s call it off!"

Waste King said, "You’ve insulted me. You need to apologize."

With almost no hesitation, Li Cunxu’s voice rang out.

"I apologize."

Waste King’s face turned red, the metal parts on its face heating up.

"Your apology was too quick, you had no sincerity at all."

Li Cunxu snapped his fingers, "If you won’t take the good offer, take the bad one instead. Xiaoyi, give it the Holy Poison."

White Spider spat out a toxic needle, piercing Waste King’s hand. Initially, Waste King ignored it, believing that mechanical pets were immune to poison-type skills unless it was a data virus that could poison them.

It wasn’t until the Holy Poison took effect that Waste King realized something was wrong.

"What kind of poison is this? It’s effective on machines."

Li Cunxu smiled without saying a word. He wasn’t about to explain.

Each time the Holy Poison acted up, Waste King was weakened a little. Knowing it was on the losing end, it shouted out for help.

"Lads, the opponent’s using underhanded tactics, quickly, catch them."

Unable to defeat them, Waste King called for backup.

The Scrap Kids following Waste King numbered in the hundreds, charging in a swarm like an army of ants, quite the spectacle.

But it was all for show, not much use.

"Dark Crow, make them stop."

The Dark Crow let out a loud cry, and suddenly, all the Scrap Kids turned their eyes to Dark Crow, each getting cursed with the Phantom Crow Curse.

Waste King watched as its underlings began attacking thin air, battling invisible Phantom Crows, the number of which seemed to grow with each hit.

Li Cunxu commented, "Dark Crow, your Phantom Crow Curse can’t sap a mechanical pet’s strength. It’s a flaw, but also a direction to improve."

The Waste King, weakened by the Holy Poison, raised a white flag in surrender under Xiaoruan’s bombardment.

Yes, a white flag.

Waste King had specifically prepared a white cloth at its back, tying it to its scepter as a white flag.

Its motion of raising the white flag was fluid and in the blink of an eye, the white flag had appeared.

"Can we talk peacefully now?"

"Yes, yes."

Waste King nodded obediently.

Li Cunxu wandered around Waste King’s territory but still didn’t find Hammer Forger.

Li Cunxu asked, "Do you know any places around here where there are other Silver-tier pet beasts like you?"

Waste King replied, "There’s a Junkyard Amusement Park deeper in, with many Silver mechanical pets inside. It’s managed by five Gold-tier mechanical pets. I used to be part of the amusement park, but they thought I had no potential and was too weak, so they kicked me out."

"I wouldn’t advise you to go there; the park is filled with mechanical pets abandoned by humans, and they harbor intense hatred for humans. If you go in, they’ll tear you apart."

The Junkyard Amusement Park was not on Li Cunxu’s to-visit list anymore. Just handling Waste King was arduous, why go in only to offer himself as sacrifice?

Li Cunxu spent several days in the junkyard without catching sight of Hammer Forger. Capturing it seemed like an increasingly distant goal.

Feeling uncontrollably frustrated, lacking both the motivation and mood to search, Li Cunxu headed to the bar to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

After downing a cocktail, Xiaoruan’s face turned flush with a blush.

White Spider drank several glasses of the strongest liquor without any effect; poison-type pet beasts had an innate resistance to alcohol.

But Dark Crow couldn’t hold its liquor, getting drunk after just half a glass.

"Did you hear? Mechanical City University is going to make an exception to recruit Breeders."