Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 173 The Knight of the Night
"Ow!"

Sakura opened her mouth and spat out a missile, while simultaneously nimbly turning in the air to dodge a slash aimed at her opponent's head.

Night Warrior

Rank: Platinum

Description: A non-player creature that only moves at night, a special life form whose entire body is covered with a special armor-like stomach.

Equipped with a thermal imager, nothing you do can escape its "eyes," even through buildings.

The mind chip is infused with a variety of close combat techniques, making it adept at stealth and assassination.

Weakness: Currently being detected and analyzed, estimated time required is... three minutes.

Old Pu: Damn it!

"Nothing escapes its eyes?"

Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, as if he had missed a beat. He quickly shouted, "Xiao Ying, fly fast, don't stop!"

"Ow!"

Sure enough, as Sakura nodded, the flight speed suddenly increased dramatically, and the next second, a matte black dagger pierced through the air.

At this moment, the figure of the so-called Black Knight disappeared from the spot.

"So fast!"

Li Zheng instinctively reached for his compass to run away with Xiao Ying, but then noticed that there was no sign of a second door being opened in the room he was in.

The only door that was open had a green indicator light on.

"This isn't a wandering monster!"

Since it's not a wandering monster, there are only two possibilities.

First, there were two creatures in this room from the beginning; the black panther was just one of them.

Second, the Night Warrior was released by other players through some means!
It is obvious that if the Night Warrior had been in the same room as the Black Panther from the beginning, then Li Zheng and the guard left side of the gate would not have waited so long for it to attack!

Therefore, it belongs to the second type: the Night Warrior was released by other players through some means.

but……

"Who is it?"

Is the gate slightly to the left?
impossible!
With such a strong helper, he would have released him from the beginning and wouldn't have been forced into that situation by himself!
"Don't think about that now, let's take it down first!"

Once Sakura activates her high-speed flight, her speed is indeed frighteningly fast.

Almost ten seconds have passed since Li Zheng came out, and it still hasn't been caught by the Night Warrior!

However, flying at high speed for extended periods takes a heavy toll on its stamina, not to mention it has to be careful not to be outmaneuvered by the Night Warrior.

Li Zheng activated his flying vehicle, took off, seized the opportunity when the Night Warrior attacked Xiao Ying, and forcefully cut in, his long staff accurately blocking the opponent's dagger.

"Trash, your opponent is me!"

boom!
With a roar, Li Zheng's entire body erupted in flames, which coiled around his long staff into several giant fiery pythons, tearing at the Night Warrior with the force of the staff.

call!
Whoosh!
With a single blow, Li Zheng struck the Black Warrior, but the staff lost its grip. Realizing something was amiss, Li Zheng flicked his wrist, and the golden shield appeared in his hand.

clang!
Sure enough, the Night Warrior appeared beside him, his dagger piercing the shield, penetrating three-tenths of an inch and leaving a shallow mark on the shield.

"A weapon with platinum power!"

Li Zheng felt a chill run down his spine. After this battle, the shield would probably be pretty much ruined.

With a push of the hand holding the shield outward, the cutting blade transformed, and a slender katana appeared in his hand.

Compared to the wide and sweeping moves of the long staff, the katana's trajectory is somewhat restricted, and in Li Zheng's hands, it can only be used for slashing and cutting.

Use a shield for defense and a katana for slashing.

Li Zheng proceeded steadily, but he couldn't even touch the hem of the other person's clothes once.

The Night Warriors are as fast as phantoms, striking and disappearing in an instant, never lingering in one place for more than a second.

"This guy's speed is like teleportation, it's disgusting!"

Another strike missed its mark. Li Zheng twisted his wrist and slashed the katana toward the shield.

However, this time they missed out again.

"Oops!"

A sudden, sharp pain shot through Li Zheng's back, startling him. He realized he had acted rashly in his haste. The Night Warrior materialized behind him, its matte black dagger aimed precisely at the area in Li Zheng's back corresponding to his heart.

There was no time to turn around, so Li Zheng could only urge the aircraft to dodge to the right.

At the same time, he swung his sword behind him.

"It's empty again!"

The katana didn't feel like it had struck anything, so Li Zheng wasn't in a hurry this time. He focused his mind and concentrated his mental energy like never before.

"The Night Warrior's speed is outrageous, far exceeding that of the Platinum Monsters we encountered before."

This indicates that the opponent's "teleportation" is not their normal speed, but rather a kind of amplified ability.

and so……

"No matter how strong your ability is, it will have a cooldown period. I don't believe you can keep teleporting like this forever!"

Li Zheng made a snap decision and transformed his katana into an even smaller dagger, hiding it behind his shield to focus on defense.

If Li Zheng focused solely on defense or evasion, he could easily withstand the Black Warrior's attacks while hiding behind his shield, given his strength.

The tricky part about the opponent is that, whether Li Zheng uses a stick or a knife, it takes him a very short time to swing or thrust it out.

This amount of time was more than enough for the Night Warrior to calmly dodge and evade Li Zheng's attacks.

Passive defense is the complete opposite; Li Zheng only needs to passively ensure that his shield blocks the opponent's attacks.

Suddenly, a bizarre scene unfolded in the room.

Li Zheng stood still with his shield, barely moving more than a few steps; he could simply turn around in place.

Another black figure moved erratically, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, repeatedly stabbing the shield with its dagger.

Each time a shadowy figure appeared, the previous one would quickly disappear.

Gradually, the ground beneath Li Zheng's feet became brighter and brighter, and the surrounding temperature dropped considerably.

In the eyes of the Night Warrior, the world suddenly turned into pure blue.

Even the red figure that had been passively taking hits turned blue and merged into one.

"Chance!"

The dagger emerged from behind the shield like a poisonous dragon, plunging without hesitation into the Night Warrior's chest.

The same tactic of striking and retreating swiftly was employed; the dagger was withdrawn from the wound, taking a trace of liquid with it.

"This doesn't look like blood?"

Li Zheng flicked the pungent, brown liquid off the dagger, and a chill rose around him.

The Black Knight seemed stunned. He raised his hand to wipe his chest, then turned around and looked around, ignoring Li Zheng in front of him and locking his gaze on Xiao Ying in the distance.

brush!
puff!
As his head fell to the ground, Li Zheng looked at the cut beneath the black armor, sparks flying, and then it dawned on him.

"It's a robot?"

The analysis results are in!

Its weakness is...

Um?】

"..."

That weakling, Old Pu, only shows up to make his presence known after the battle is over.

Li Zheng curled his lip in disdain and bent down to dismantle the Night Warrior's body.

However, at that moment, the Night Warrior's corpse turned into dust in an instant.

"Holy crap? This is outrageous! It can't even decompose?"

Li Zheng vomited. Who released this stuff?

Don't let me find you, or I'll beat the crap out of you!
Gan!
"Sakura, go back to your lodgings!"

Li Zheng first gave the little guy a command, and after it crawled back into its enclosure, he sat down at the door.

Tonight is destined to be anything but peaceful.

(End of this chapter)