Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 793 A decisive blow!

"How did you come?"

Li Zheng stared blankly at Zhan Zhouzhou, who had suddenly appeared.

“It was a coincidence.” Zhan Zhouzhou removed the hood of his disguise: “I was resting and was about to return to the outer city when I met Miriel on the way. I heard that you had encountered some powerful enemies, so I came over to see what was going on.”

Watching the fun?
Li Zheng glanced at the already deceased Hollies: "The spectacle you were watching was a bit too powerful, it killed someone. And your rest was a bit off too. So, the professor told you to relax, and this is how you relax?"

"Hmm, my hands are itching. I'm just trying to earn some extra money since I'm bored." Zhan Zhouzhou turned to look at the other two Fire Apes who were already rushing over. "Let's take care of the other two first, then we'll talk about the rest later."

"Hold on for now, I have something to do."

Taking advantage of the fact that Hollies had just breathed his last and his body was still warm, Li Zheng quickly extended his mental energy into Hollies's brain, found the dissipating spiritual world, and broke into it.

Hollione's mental world is also a volcanic landscape, with surging lava and five obsidian stones floating on the surface of the lava.

After retrieving the five obsidian stones, Li Zheng turned and left.

Behind him, his mental world collapsed, shattering into countless pieces, which continued to crumble, eventually becoming starlight-like dust that slowly drifted away and merged into Holliennes's brain.

A thought struck Li Zheng, and he quickened his pace to leave the other person's mind.

He could sense that after Holliennes' mental world collapsed and dissipated, his mind was also compressing, as if it were about to become an infinitely small singularity.

This compression trend is extremely fierce, and even his mental strength cannot resist it, otherwise he would be shattered to pieces, or something even more terrible would happen!

Returning to himself with the five "obsidian" stones, Li Zheng felt a wave of lingering fear: "Luckily, I acted quickly. Otherwise, even if I had been a fraction slower, I might have been trapped in that origin point and unable to break free, even if this part of my spiritual power hadn't been crushed!"

First, keep the "obsidian" in your mind to prevent it from mysteriously dissipating into the dark realm like last time.

Li Zheng looked up at Zhan Zhouzhou. She was fighting two Fire Apes head-on. Although she was not in a dominant position, she was steady and didn't seem to be losing much!

However, it was impossible for Zhan Zhouzhou to defeat those two. Moreover, as the battle dragged on, her stamina was exhausted first, and defeat was only a matter of time.

Li Zheng paused as he picked up the Black Dragon Spear, as if a scene in a video had been suddenly paused and frozen in time.

In front of him, another Li Zheng appeared, as if someone had pressed the play button on a paused video.

Just as he lifted his foot, before he could even take a full step, Li Zheng was put on pause again.

At the same time, a third Li Zheng appeared ahead, while the first Li Zheng had begun to become transparent, dim, and almost disappeared.

In this way, Li Zheng appeared in a freeze-frame animation in the arena where Zhan Zhouzhou was fighting two fire apes, and pointed a spear at the head of one of them.

"Slut!"

Zhan Zhouzhou let out a muffled groan. She understood that Li Zheng was doing this for her to show his current strength. The reason she killed Holliennes earlier was simply because he had taken advantage of a sneak attack.

Too lazy to argue with him, Zhan Zhouzhou unleashed her full swordsmanship. With one less enemy to restrain her, she could finally play freely, her sword flashing frequently, a style quite different from her usual one, making her somewhat unpredictable.

Li Zheng was fighting the fire ape tribesman wielding a staff. His spear technique, after this period of study, had completely abandoned its previous flashy skills, returning to simplicity and retaining only the most basic offensive methods: sweeping, thrusting, pointing, and parrying…

Every move he made revealed the philosophy of "great skill without artifice," and he always managed to defend himself after every attack, leaving the Fire Ape Clan only able to defend for a short period of time.

Zhan Zhouzhou, on the other hand, adopted an increasingly elaborate sword style, unleashing a flurry of sword light and applying pressure to his enemies with her high-frequency attacks, making them difficult to defend against.

boom!
boom!
Flames erupted from the two fire apes, as if two volcanoes had suddenly erupted, distorting the scorching air.

Zhan Zhouzhou's short hair curled from the high temperature and emitted a smell of burnt protein.

Immediately afterwards, she felt a sudden coolness, and the effects of the high temperature completely disappeared.

Extreme isolation!

Li Zheng remained unfazed and cast an extreme isolation spell on both of them. The surface of the Black Dragon Spear could even condense cold air, which rivaled the flames on the Fire Ape Clan and they fought against each other.

The two sides were evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand after a prolonged siege.

Li Zheng's expression remained unchanged. Suddenly, he conjured a mirror image of Zhan Zhouzhou and teleported over the instant it took shape. He wielded the spear with both hands and swung it fiercely, turning the Black Dragon Spear into a bow shape. If this strike landed, it could probably split mountains and shatter rocks!
Knowing the danger, the fire ape clan member dared not take the attack head-on. He stomped his foot and flew backward, intending to return and retaliate, when he suddenly sensed another aura approaching.

He shouted to his companions, "Retreat!"

"Want to leave now?"

"late!"

A figure flew behind the two fire apes, creating a sonic boom. Its huge, thick tail swung horizontally, forcing the two fire apes, who were trying to escape, back down.

Li Zheng glanced at the person who had suddenly appeared. The person had a huge horn on his forehead, grayish-white skin, pure black eyelids and mouth, no nose, only two black bean-sized holes, and was extremely ugly.

Behind it grows a pair of wings with a dry, lava-like texture. The wings are tattered, as if they have been eaten away by insects, with holes of various sizes along the edges.

Its body had large joints, broad shoulders like a giant, extremely rough skin, and tattered clothing hanging on its body, revealing a pair of enormous breasts. Its flat abdomen had grooves formed by bulging muscles. Its lower body was covered by a tattered cloth skirt torn open by immense force, and its legs were as thick as a giant elephant's, with even-toed hooves on its feet.

"Mudala?"

Li Zheng was extremely surprised to see the prompt given by Lao Pu.

This ugly-looking fellow is actually Mudala!
A look of panic flashed across Mudala's ugly face as she raised her hand to cover her features. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw two Fire Apes trying to escape. With a gentle flap of her wings, she stirred up noticeable air currents, instantly blocking one of the Fire Apes.

"Offending the Lord is a capital offense!"

His right hand had already transformed into a ferocious claw, which lashed out and snapped the metal rod in the opponent's hand with a clang. Then, with undiminished momentum, it slammed into the opponent's chest, breaking ribs one after another with a piercing sound.

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou worked together to stop another person wielding a fiery red javelin. The two coordinated, with Li Zheng wielding the Black Dragon Spear at full pressure, while Zhan Zhouzhou seized the opportunity to stab the other person in the skull with his sword, turning his brains into a paste that emitted a burnt smell.

(End of this chapter)