Chapter 958: Watch Your Back

Elias fell to the ground, his eyes still filled with bewilderment and confusion.

He didn't understand why the world before him had suddenly gone dark.

Deng Shentong was equally puzzled.

His nerves had instantly tightened, and he was just about to flee.

At that moment, he heard a familiar voice.

"Making such a huge commotion, you're really asking for death!"

A circular portal appeared in mid-air, and Zhang Yi emerged with Hua Hua and Lele, standing before Deng Shentong.

He carried a massive silver-gray sniper rifle on his shoulder, smiling as he looked at Elias's corpse on the ground.

"Zhang... Zhang Yi?!"

Seeing that it was Zhang Yi who had arrived, Deng Shentong's body immediately relaxed.

Zhang Yi raised a finger to his lips in a shushing gesture. "How many times have I said it? Use codenames during operations."

Zhang Yi hadn't just arrived.

He had appeared several minutes earlier.

However, he was waiting for Deng Shentong to exhaust Elias to the limit, a point where Elias's attention would be divided.

Only then could Zhang Yi succeed with a single strike.

"Thank you."

Deng Shentong suddenly clutched his chest, and fresh blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

If Zhang Yi hadn't arrived just in time, it was hard to say which of them—himself or Elias—would have survived.

"No need for thanks with me. After all, I won't be polite with you either."

Zhang Yi picked up Elias's body and said to Deng Shentong, "The credit goes to you, his origin belongs to me. You don't have a problem with that, do you?"

What problem could Deng Shentong possibly have?

Zhang Yi had just saved his life.

"That's fair."

Deng Shentong replied with a smile.

Zhang Yi originally intended to leave immediately, but seeing Deng Shentong's severely injured state, he slightly furrowed his brow.

Leaving Deng Shentong here might allow someone else to take advantage and kill him.

His relationship with the Deng Family was decent, so there was no reason to let something happen to Deng Shentong here.

"I'll take you back for treatment first! Come back after you've recovered."

Although his injuries looked serious, as long as it wasn't a terminal illness, physical wounds like these could be healed quickly.

In a day or two at most, Deng Shentong could return.

Deng Shentong looked at Zhang Yi gratefully, his smile bright as he said, "Thank you!"

"But before that, let's clean up the battlefield first!"

Zhang Yi's gaze swept around the area.

The fighting in this particular area had ended, but the battles involving the other team members were still ongoing.

"This is exactly why I didn't want to bring Baili and the others here!"

Zhang Yi sighed with emotion.

The intensity of this battlefield exceeded ordinary imagination.

Even squad leaders risked death here, let alone regular team members.

Their presence here would only serve auxiliary roles like reconnaissance assistance, with almost no ability to intervene in battles at the squad leader level or above.

Deng Shentong said helplessly, "Probably no one expected superhumans from nations like the Columbus Ocean to appear either!"

Zhang Yi said lightly, "Yeah, who would have thought!"

"I'll go clean up the battlefield now."

As soon as he finished speaking, he instantly vanished from the spot, leaving Hua Hua and Lele behind to protect Deng Shentong.

One minute later, the team of Malaya's number one powerhouse, Tapel Elias, was completely annihilated!

Zhang Yi returned to find Deng Shentong and said to him, "I can only take you back alone. The others will have to stay here for now."

Deng Shentong thought for a moment, then called for Bai Chunyu.

"Old Bai, take everyone and hide nearby. Don't make any rash moves before I return! And absolutely avoid conflicts with others."

Bai Chunyu nodded. After this battle, they had become acutely aware of the brutality on the island.

Zhang Yi, however, asked, "Do you want them to die that badly?"

Deng Shentong and Bai Chunyu looked at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi said calmly, "I was attracted here by the commotion from your fight. While I can't be sure there are definitely other superhumans from the joint forces nearby, what if there are? What will they do?"

Deng Shentong fell silent for a moment.

Zhang Yi had just arrived and didn't yet know about the mysterious creature Deng Shentong had discovered.

But given his current injuries, he truly couldn't continue the mission.

So he ordered Bai Chunyu to take the team back to a shopping mall they had passed earlier.

After these arrangements were made.

Zhang Yi had Lele carry Deng Shentong on his back, then opened a Dimensional Gate to begin spatial traversal.

Although he couldn't determine direction, Zhang Yi had left spatial markers along the way when they came, so he only needed to follow the original path back.

Deng Shentong looked at Zhang Yi and couldn't help but sigh, "Spatial-type superhumans are so convenient! If only I could have gotten you to join the Celestial Squad back then."

Zhang Yi glanced at him and asked with a faint, ambiguous smile, "Then would you serve as my deputy squad leader?"

Deng Shentong raised an eyebrow. "Dual squad leaders! You're the captain, I'm the captain too. That way, no one has to fight over it."

Zhang Yi chuckled dismissively. "We can discuss it after we get back. By the way, I'll take you fishing in Tianhai City when you have time next."

As they bantered, Zhang Yi brought Deng Shentong back along the route.

Deng Shentong suddenly said to Zhang Yi, "Chaos, wait a moment! There's something very important I need to discuss with you."

Zhang Yi stopped. "Oh? What is it? More important than your life?"

Deng Shentong smiled and shook his head. "This little injury won't kill me. And don't think I'm that delicate just because I'm a sixth-generation rich heir."

Zhang Yi nodded. "Good. Hearing that makes me want to punch you already."

Deng Shentong coughed. He cautiously glanced around, though the gesture was purely instinctual.

With Zhang Yi, Hua Hua, and Lele present, it was almost impossible for anyone to ambush them nearby.

"We'll be back on the Xuanwu soon. I originally planned to keep this to myself and take it all alone."

"But now I'm injured, and it will be discovered sooner or later anyway. So I might as well tell you, as repayment for saving my life."

Zhang Yi looked at him. "What is it?"

"Divine Source!"

Deng Shentong said slowly.

Zhang Yi met his gaze. He could sense that Deng Shentong wasn't joking.

Zhang Yi said flatly, "You must have seen wrong. The Divine Source is in Mist Valley."

Deng Shentong shook his head. "No, it definitely was! The Divine Source isn't an inanimate object—it's alive!"

He told Zhang Yi how he encountered those Little Sprites, absorbed one, and how his superhuman ability rapidly increased afterward.

However, after listening, Zhang Yi merely smiled faintly.

"I can tell you with absolute certainty that it's not the Divine Source. However, it should be some kind of miraculous entity, possibly a byproduct or companion of the Divine Source."

Zhang Yi stated.

He had contacted fragments of the Divine Source and understood this better than anyone else here.

Deng Shentong looked at Zhang Yi in surprise. "Why do you say that?"

Zhang Yi said calmly, "Because the power of the Divine Source allows one to break through genetic limitations. If it were just pure energy, killing a squad leader-level superhuman would give you more."

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