Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

A few blinks later, a hail of large, sharp arrows swooped down.

Already covered in wounds, he was riddled with arrows.

If Zhuge Liang had used him when he borrowed arrows with straw boats, borrowing hundreds of thousands more arrows wouldn't have been a problem.

Suddenly struck by a heavy blow, Liu Zheng, who had always pressed forward without hesitation, couldn't help but stop, and a hint of clarity appeared in his empty eyes.

"Hmph, as expected, young people who don't learn good habits need a beating."

Yu Ququ noticed the change in his eyes and thought smugly.

The heretical path is actually similar to a spoiled child. A spoiled child thinks he is omnipotent, fearless, and that all rules and laws are bullshit.

If you try to reason with him at this point, he'll just think you're a noisy jerk.

Only by beating him into submission will he realize that the world doesn't revolve around him.

In fact, the path of killing and evil is not forbidden; in fact, it might even be considered the righteous path in other worlds.

But in the metropolis, that's the wrong way.

Because a metropolis has only one center, which is the City Hall.

The number of kills required by the evil path of killing can easily lead to population imbalance and species slaughter.

This would require the city hall to send staff to deal with the influx of people from overseas, greatly increasing its workload.

As is well known, all bureaucracies abhor anything that increases workload.

Especially when it comes to overseas affairs, which cannot be resolved through formalism, it infuriates them.

If Liu Zheng dares to provoke the wrath of the city hall bureaucracy, even the sewers might not be able to protect him.

Ultimately, you either have to hide in a shelter or simply complete the instance.

The jade cricket knew this path was blocked because it knew it from the ancient texts left by its ancestors.

The cricket race's desire to evolve is inseparable from the path of killing, and thus they have befriended many powerful figures in the path of killing and obtained a lot of information.

Now, the jade cricket is going to use its killing intent to subdue Liu Zheng's killing intent, grab his ear and drag him onto the right path.

"Fire arrows!"

It swung its sword again.

Another volley of arrows rained down on Liu Zheng.

After firing their arrows, the archers threw away their bows and arrows, pulled off the elytra on their backs, and transformed them into swords and shields before charging forward.

The reason is simple: they only had two large arrows, and they had already used them all.

Faced with yet another volley of arrows, Liu Zheng finally moved.

He plunged his sword arm into the corpses of the cricket soldiers, held them up in front of him, forming a shield wall.

"Good response, but unfortunately this is my battlefield."

The jade cricket raises the jade seal.

"The soul is back!"

It shakes the jade seal as if it were waving a banner to summon a soul.

The cricket corpses that Liu Zheng had lifted up immediately transformed into a phantom and flew into the jade seal.

Without changing his expression, he stuck a few more dead crickets into the ground and held them up.

"The soul is back!"

The jade cricket shook the jade seal again, and retrieved the cricket's corpse.

Just as Liu Zheng was about to stab the corpse again, a rain of arrows pierced the air and pierced him completely.

Aside from his head, which he instinctively protected, it was difficult to even see his face through the arrow shaft.

"Therefore, a heretical path is a heretical path."

Jade Cricket shook its head.

Using killing to control others eventually leads to cultivating one's killing intent into a form of consciousness, at which point one becomes almost indistinguishable from a real person.

But before reaching that level of cultivation, those who follow the path of killing and evil basically act on instinct, which naturally leads to numerous flaws.

"Alright, kid, it's time for you to wake up."

"All soldiers, follow me and charge!"

Yu Ququ let out a loud cry and charged towards Liu Zheng, brandishing the Emperor's Sword.

"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!"

The cricket army roared in unison, charging forward alongside the jade cricket.

Facing the swarm of crickets charging forward, Liu Zheng remained expressionless, busy pulling the arrows from his body.

Blood flowed from the wound and was licked by the tongue that stretched out from the face on the sword arm.

With each lick of blood, the corresponding face would display an expression of ecstasy, and the facial features would become more like his own.

Using the method of killing to control others means killing oneself as well as killing others.

Once those murderous faces transformed into Liu Zheng's likeness, his path of killing had reached a minor stage of mastery.

Of course, he himself was also basically out of his mind.

His movements as he pulled out the arrows appeared slow but were actually swift. By the time the cricket army rushed in front of him, he had already removed all the arrows that would have hindered his movements.

Of course, the price was dozens of bloody holes in his body, making him look like a beehive.

"kill!"

Several soldiers raised their broadswords and slashed at Liu Zheng.

He raised his sword arm and slashed forcefully.

However, the sword arm, which could have easily severed the cricket soldiers' weapons, failed this time.

A layer of jade-colored luster enveloped the broadswords, shielding them from the attack.

This is one of the effects of the King's Power: it adds an extra layer of enhancement to the weapons and armor of the cricket army, increasing both their attack and defense capabilities.

Seemingly caught off guard by this outcome, Liu Zheng was momentarily rendered speechless.

"Mount up, change formation!"

The seasoned cricket naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass and immediately gave the order.

As soon as the imperial seal was slammed down, the cricket army immediately paired up.

The latter jumped onto the former's back, becoming one with it.

The fused cricket not only doubled in size, but also doubled in the number of legs.

With an invincible momentum, the cricket cavalry clashed with Liu Zheng.

Caught off guard, he was sent flying, followed by a massive stampede of horses trampling over his body.

When the dust settled and the crickets stopped, he had already turned into a lump of minced meat.

However, the four sword arms remained intact, gleaming with a cold light.

The minced meat was constantly wriggling, seemingly trying to transform back into human form.

"You're a tough nut to crack."

"I'm a little annoyed," Yu Ququ said.

This cavalry charge is already its strongest standard skill.

Something even stronger than this could very well actually kill Liu Zheng.

"That's enough, the music has already been played, what's one more tremor?"

The jade cricket sighed, tilted its head back, and swallowed the Emperor's Sword, leaving only the hilt exposed.

Then he fastened the jade seal onto the sword hilt, making it fit perfectly.

"Take this earth-shattering hammer strike!"

The jade cricket bent its six legs, then leaped high into the air, inverted and spun three and a half times in the air, followed by a 720° Thomas spin, before arriving above Liu Zheng and crashing down heavily.

Sensing the imminent danger of death, Liu Zheng raised his four sword arms and thrust them into the air.

"You brat, you're still a decade or more away from being able to withstand this hammer blow from me!"

The jade cricket suddenly shook its head, smashing all four sword arms off at once.

Then, it relentlessly smashed Liu Zheng's meat paste into a bloody carpet.

Even with his incredible recovery ability, he was now powerless to resist.

But after the jade cricket landed, there was little sign of pride on his face.

It looked down at its chest, where a broken sword tip was stuck.

The twisted face above was frantically tearing at its wound, from which flowed emerald-green blood.

"That kid is ruthless."

Jade Cricket shook its head, pulled the sword hammer out of its body, and smashed it down onto the open ground.

"Boom!"

A tremendous drumbeat swept across the entire battlefield, and all the cricket soldiers immediately stood at attention.

"The music has ended; sound the retreat!"

After Yu Ququ finished speaking, she separated the Emperor's Sword and the Imperial Seal, then transformed back into her large teeth and put them back in her mouth.

It jumped up again, its body growing larger and larger. By the time it landed after jumping out of the pottery basin, it had transformed back into the old man's appearance.

The cricket army vanished, and the ten cricket kings in the ceramic basin chirped for a while before crawling back onto the old man.

"You're awake, kid."

The old man flicked the earthenware basin with his finger, and the drumbeat stopped immediately, while Liu Zheng opened his eyes.

"That was really satisfying to kill."

He let out a long breath.

Although it depleted a lot of physical strength and my brain ached like it was being pricked by needles due to the excessive mental exertion, the feeling of single-handedly resisting a massive army was truly captivating.

"You've had your fun, but you've exhausted this old man."

The old man said irritably.

It was already exhausting enough to restrain the cricket army from actually killing them, but later he even had to personally lead the campaign, which made it even more tiring.

"Consider it a favor I owe you. If you ever have any trouble in the future, just give me a call. As long as it's within my ability, I'll definitely help you solve it. Even if it's something I can't solve, I'll still try my best to provide assistance."

Liu Zheng said sincerely.

Once he came to his senses, he understood what had happened in the illusion.

Although the Gold Star Tank Medal was already stirring at that time, even if the old man didn't intervene, nothing should have happened.

But it's always better to resolve things gently than to use force, since there's no animosity between the two sides.

"I'm in trouble right now."

The old man immediately said.

"You know, even though I'm just a deliveryman, I still have some standing in the city. Of course, I'm just saying I did my best when it comes to things outside the city."

Liu Zheng nodded.

“I am in poor health, and my only daughter is getting older and still unmarried. I want to see her get married and have children as soon as possible so that our family line can continue.”

The old man said.

"Well, do you have any preferences regarding the gender of your son-in-law?"

he asked tentatively.

"??? What do you mean by that, kid?"

The old man frowned deeply.