CHAPTER 153: CHAPTER 142: I WON’T TOUCH THAT, IT’S FILTHY! (TODAY’S 3RD UPDATE)

"Little Ying, come out!"

Li Zheng shouted anxiously, trying to command Little Ying, who had dared to crawl into the crab claw, to come out.

This little guy, what’s it thinking? At this critical moment... Oh, actually, it isn’t that critical. Feng still has a bit of strength to hold on for a while.

But dealing with the hermit crab is already quite troublesome. Little Ying going in there now is just adding to the mess, isn’t it?

"Ying! Yingying!"

The cheerful sounds of Little Ying came from the crab claw, sounding... quite happy, actually.

"Nom nom nom..." The sound of chewing.

Li Zheng: "...DNMD, who the hell does this kid take after?!"

Looking at the crack he had cut, he vaguely saw bits of flesh flying out. The hermit crab was in agony, twitching and shaking its huge claw, seemingly wanting to get the thing that had entered its shell out.

"The hermit crab’s shell is hard, but the tender meat inside is very fragile. Even Little Ying’s teeth and the Silver Level’s Myriad Blades Wind Scroll ability can cause extremely huge damage to it."

The hermit crab might have never experienced such pain in its life, neglecting even the exhausted Phoenix Mountain beneath it, which could be killed with a few more attacks. The two crab claws clashed against each other, looking just like when a person’s arm gets cut, the other hand instinctively reaches over to press on the wound.

"Now’s the time!"

Li Zheng raised his hand and threw the Black Blade, shouting to Phoenix Mountain: "Finish it off!"

Phoenix Mountain looked up, the blue-white flames in his eyes were almost extinguished, the black horn on his forehead had shrunk half its length, as if it would retract back into his skull at any moment.

It was clear that the prolonged blood loss was pushing his limits.

A mouth full of sharp teeth peeked out from his pale lips. Breathing heavily.

"Finish it off!"

Li Zheng’s voice seemed to be coming from far and near to Phoenix Mountain’s ears. Almost instinctively, he burst with power, infusing it into his leg to leap high, grabbing the Black Blade, twisting his wrist.

Poof!

Crunch crunch crunch!

Clang～

The Black Blade precisely hit the hermit crab’s mouthpart, the blade head was brutally thrust through to the crab’s brain, located behind its eyes, until it was hilt-deep.

Li Zheng maneuvered his flying device, changed direction, caught Phoenix Mountain, and headed towards Xiao Siyuan.

Behind them, the giant hermit crab froze, and after three seconds, collapsed with a thunderous thud, creating a shallow pit, no longer moving.

The two crystalline eyes were dim and lifeless, already dead.

"Awesome, Little Feng!"

Li Zheng rarely offered such praise.

Phoenix Mountain, pale, had already emerged from the Abyssal Bloodline state, his face lacking color, managed a wry smile: "This time... I want half..."

And then he passed out.

"Old Xiao, it’s up to you!"

Li Zheng landed in front of Xiao Siyuan, laying down Phoenix Mountain.

Xiao Siyuan had already prepared a heap of medical equipment, immediately starting treatment, without lifting his head: "Leave it to me, he’ll have a hard time dying."

Yan Guang sat on the ground, lifted Phoenix Mountain’s head, placing it on her springy thighs, making him as comfortable as possible.

Unfortunately, if she weren’t continuously feeling around his rather distinct chest muscles with her right hand, she could have looked quite gentle and virtuous.

[Mist Island, Exploration Level: 100%]

Li Zheng glanced at the instance exploration progress, breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully saying, "Good thing the challenge of this instance’s boss was its high defense, otherwise we would have been doomed."

Rustle ra ra...

Suddenly, the sky started to pour down rain, turning into a downpour in no time.

Li Zheng looked up, not knowing whether it was because of the rain or because the foggy area was turning into raindrops.

The mist above everyone’s head was dissipating, thinning out, revealing a higher sky.

"Is this the real sky?"

Li Zheng gazed, entranced, feeling that he hadn’t seen blue sky, white clouds, or sunbathed in a long time.

"Brother Li Zheng, have you noticed something really strange?" Li Chun, also looking up at the sky, suddenly asked, "It seems like in movies, novels, even anime and news reports, whenever there’s a forest fire, it is always followed by a heavy rain."

"Hmm, I hadn’t noticed, but now that you mention it, it seems to be true."

Li Zheng thought about it carefully, and it did seem to be the case.

Li Chun reached out, attempting to catch raindrops: "Do you think it’s because the heavens have spirits, sending rain to help extinguish the fires?"

The little girl, young and with romantic thoughts.

Li Zheng squinted his eyes, preventing rain from getting in, whispered softly: "I feel, rather, that the heavens send down rain to wash away the grime and sins of the world."

His voice was low, and the rain was loud, so no one else heard it.

As soon as the rain started, Yan Guang took out a very large umbrella, covering Phoenix Mountain, making it easier for Xiao Siyuan to continue treatment.

But Old Xiao, at this moment, still had the leisure to chime in: "That’s just a formality used in literary works, in reality, there have been several forest fires that burned for months before the first rains."

The most well-known being in Australia, Canada, huh.

Li Chun pouted unhappily, saying dissatisfiedly: "Black Uncle, you’re not romantic at all, surely you’ve never had a girlfriend before?"

"Hey, I’ve got a little temper."

Xiao Siyuan was provoked by the "Black Uncle" remark, angrily retorting: "This little girl judges people by looking through the crack of a door!

I’ll have you know, your Black Uncle... Bah! What Black Uncle...

Your Uncle Xiao, I’ve had eighteen girlfriends!"

Li Zheng curiously said: "Wasn’t it twelve?"

Xiao Siyuan glanced up at him: "I’m just bragging to the little girl, why are you ruining my rep?

Even if it was twelve, have you ever dated that many?"

"Are you going to bring up how your twelve exes perfectly represent the twelve zodiacs again?" Li Zheng scoffed, "Don’t forget, only one of the twelve zodiacs is a virgin."

"..."

Xiao Siyuan was stumped, angrily yelling: "That’s still better than you, a twenty-something-year-old virgin!"

Li Zheng squinted: "There’s only one, and it’s a Virgo."

"Crap!" Old Xiao was furious, "Li, are you looking for a fight?"

Li Zheng blinked: "You can’t beat me."

"Damn it... When I was setting your bone, I went too easy on you, just wait, you’ll get injured again someday!" Xiao Siyuan conceded, switching to threat mode.

"Ha, I’ll be under anesthesia." Li Zheng said nonchalantly.

"Crap! Forgot about that!"

"Crack!"

In his excitement, Xiao Siyuan applied too much pressure, waking Phoenix Mountain with a jolt: "Ow～ Black ghost, take it easy, I’m not a hog!"

"Crack!"

Xiao Siyuan, expressionless, said: "Talking is fine, but no insults."

"Ow～～～"

Phoenix Mountain howled in pain at the sky.

Li Zheng squatted down and, amused, looked at Phoenix Mountain: "Why did you provoke him?"

"Damn... I’m the real victim here!"

Phoenix Mountain cried without tears.

"You crazy lady, where the hell are you touching?"

"Crack!"

"Ow～"

Xiao Siyuan, innocently replied: "It wasn’t me, I don’t touch there, too dirty."

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