Chapter 125: Chapter 117: I’m Not Short! (Shocking Voice!)

The fist enlarged before his eyes, the surface covered with lightning that stimulated him first; Li Zheng felt like the hair on his face was standing on end.

“Damn, thanks to Zhan Zhouzhou for shaving my hair, otherwise, wouldn’t I turn into a Golden-haired Lion King with just this?”

For some inexplicable reason, Li Zheng’s first thought was a mix of sarcasm and relief. The speed of his thoughts was lightning fast, and before the fist even reached him, he still had time to think about his strategy.

“Down!”

The powerful airflow from the Flying Device suddenly stopped. Without the lift, Li Zheng went into freefall, dropping just in time to dodge Lin Feng’s deadly, furious punch.

“Trash!”

A cold smirk played on his lips, Li Zheng pointed the barrel up, aiming at Lin Feng’s chest and abdomen, then decisively pulled the trigger!

The Energy Bomb was silent and soundless; at almost face-to-face distance, Li Zheng, with the extreme reflex speed of a Bronze++ level, couldn’t even clearly see the Energy Bomb already hit Lin Feng.

“Puff!”

Due to the hurried shot, the bullet didn’t carry the Ice and Fire Ability, leaving it with only the destructive power of a Gold Level Salted Fish Spear.

Upon contact, the clothes covering Lin Feng’s chest and abdomen burst open, exposing a body with a glistening metallic texture.

Although it wasn’t entirely unharmed, the damage wasn’t high. Compared to the effect on those Gold Level wild creatures, it was much less impactful.

“Humph!”

The shot knocked Lin Feng back slightly, creating some distance between him and Li Zheng, who was lightly shoved by the recoil. Lin Feng snorted coldly and activated his Exoskeleton Armor, morphing one leg into a long whip aimed at Li Zheng’s neck.

“Damn!”

Li Zheng was startled, raising the Salted Fish Spear in front of him to try to block the blow.

The enhancement the Exoskeleton Armor provided to Lin Feng was truly terrifying. As the leg swung over, Li Zheng felt as if he was hit by a heavy truck traveling at 300 miles per hour while in mid-air.

“Crack!”

The salted fish was fine, but all the bones in both of Li Zheng’s forearms became dislocated at the elbow and struck his own face along with Lin Feng’s kick.

“Puff!”

Spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, Li Zheng was sent flying backward, smashing hard into a rocky wall of the cave.

It seemed complicated, but this exchange between the two happened in a matter of mere seconds, with speed reaching its extreme.

“Trash is trash.”

Only now did Lin Feng’s jumping momentum exhaust itself. Without floating flight tools, he had to land first before he could continue to chase the retreating Li Zheng.

[Hover Propulsion Device is damaged. Please repair it promptly.]

Li Zheng was hit so hard he was disoriented, his head dizzy, and a tightness in his chest made him nearly black out.

“Repair!”

Gritting his teeth, Li Zheng struggled to stay conscious, his tongue pressed against his aching teeth, and unbelievably, he felt them move.

“I almost lost my teeth. Doesn’t this guy know not to hit the face? No chivalry! Tui!”

Spitting out some bloody saliva, Li Zheng shook his hands to prop himself up, gritting his teeth to exert force.

“Crack.”

He forcibly realigned his dislocated hand bones, and the intense pain forced a cold sweat to break out.

“This guy is too strong!”

Li Zheng muttered to himself, knowing he wasn’t Lin Feng’s match; the opponent’s strength was unnaturally overwhelming.

“This definitely isn’t a level an ordinary Player can reach! Something’s off!”

“Whimper.”

A faint sound reached his ears, and when Li Zheng turned his head, he found himself right beside the cave wall where he entered.

Little Sakura held the Air Purifier, its tail wedged into the stone ceiling, nearly hanging upside down as it looked at him with eyes full of worry.

“It seems like I can’t save that gadget now.”

Sighing softly, Li Zheng, taking advantage of Lin Feng’s landing, dashed into the recess behind the stone wall, swiftly pulling out a circular device, twisting it with effort. The disc snapped open on top and bottom.

“Hiss~ Didn’t they say dislocations don’t hurt? Why is it so painful for me?”

Enduring the pain, Li Zheng placed the separated disc on the ground, then quickly grabbed the Titanium Alloy Spear, and filled in several names on an input board that appeared before him.

“Now… I just have to hold him off.”

Gripping the spear tightly, his dislocated arms still throbbed painfully. Li Zheng took a quick glimpse, noting the area Lin Feng kicked was already swollen–an injury to the bone.

“So it turned out to be a bone injury; by the looks of it, likely a fracture, no wonder it’s so painful.”

He silently mused, eyeing that Exoskeleton Armor with great longing.

“This thing is far more cost-effective than human body modification, and it doesn’t lag behind in boosting combat capability. If I could get a set, it would be fantastic.”

“Clang! Tap! Tap!”

The sound of metal striking the ground was approaching, slow yet steady.

Though Lin Feng was arrogant, he did not lower his guard against Li Zheng, who was hiding behind the rock wall. He cautiously and vigilantly approached.

“I can’t let him discover this Jumping Device, I have to take the initiative!”

This Jumping Device was the item that Chu Xiao previously traded to Li Zheng. Its effects and level were the same as the temporary items provided by the system in dungeons, allowing several players to be invited to one’s location.

However, this unrestricted group Space Jumping Device surpassed others in terms of the number of players it could invite, reaching up to nine.

Moreover, this Jumping Device wasn’t a one-time-use item. As long as it had enough energy, the same item could be used once a day.

The only drawback was the extreme energy consumption, requiring one Platinum Level Power Core per use, regardless of the number of players invited.

Chu Xiao temporarily lent this item to Li Zheng to prevent him from facing unbeatable enemies or traps.

Luckily, Chu Xiao recharged the Jumping Device in advance; otherwise, Li Zheng really couldn’t afford the cost.

As for the more detailed reasons, Chu Xiao did not explain.

Li Zheng suspected that from the beginning, Chu Xiao and the others had already doubted Lin Feng, the number one “expert” in combat power rankings. After all…

Even for someone like himself, who possessed random Treasure Chests, he was only ranked fifth. How did Lin Feng hold such an advantage over him in the power rankings?

Li Zheng suddenly stood up, actively charging out from the recess in the stone wall, attacking Lin Feng with his spear engulfed in flames, illuminating his face a fiery red.

“Lin Fan, that fool, actually got killed by trash like you. That fool couldn’t even trade the Death Declaration to me before dying, arrogantly sending me a picture of the killer.”

Facing Li Zheng, who charged at him once again, Lin Feng stopped in his tracks, uttering words while having already activated his Light Spirit Ability, turning into a feather-like state, drifting backward in the face of Li Zheng’s advance.

“He thought that after getting the Death Declaration, I wouldn’t avenge him? That’s too naive! Such self-righteous naivety makes me laugh!

The Death Declaration should have been exposed by you, right? Only the function of that item could most likely send you to the room where other players are.”

“Hand over the Death Declaration, and I’ll give you a swift end!”

Lin Feng’s eyes revealed an icy chill from beneath the gas mask, looking at Li Zheng as if he were seeing a piece of rotten flesh.

He thought Li Zheng had relied on the Death Declaration’s ability to coincidentally enter this room and had not considered that Li Zheng might be actively searching here.

After all, in his concept, human nature is inherently selfish and cruel.

On Earth, it’s only because of the constraints of the environment and regulations that a peaceful and stable environment can be maintained.

But this is the Matrix!

Moral values are unnecessary here!

As long as you prevent your prey from leaking your information, no one can constrain you or criticize you!

Even when you grow strong enough, if you slaughter the entire channel, who dares to say you “broke the law”?

In such an environment, he didn’t even go to rescue his own brother Lin Fan, who was in danger.

How could Li Zheng, an “ordinary player,” possibly know someone was in danger here, let alone come to rescue on his own initiative?

Thus, Lin Feng had already determined that Li Zheng possessed the Death Declaration and was relying on this item’s ability to increase exploration opportunities, accidentally running into him committing murder here.

Li Zheng, unmoved, coldly laughed at Lin Feng, who was close yet just out of striking range.

Behind Lin Feng, a gigantic figure emerged, opening its mouth to spray a mass of multicolored sticky substance at Lin Feng’s back.

The sticky substance dried upon contact with the wind, transforming into something like glue, encasing Lin Feng’s legs.

“Smack!”

His legs, originally fixed to the Exoskeleton Armor, were suddenly glued by this sticky substance and couldn’t be freed momentarily.

“Damn beast, I should have killed you first!”

Lin Feng instantly realized who had ambushed him, feeling a sharp pain in his legs, which gradually turned numb, causing anger to swell in his heart.

The substance spat out by the Five-Colored Xuan Poison Spider naturally contained potent toxins.

As a Gold Level elite pet, it could easily corrode a body enhanced with Gold Level Ability.

“Ha… Haha… Hahahahaha!”

Seeing this scene, Li Zheng burst out laughing, “Well done, little spider!”

With a shake of his hands, the spear spun into a flourish, darting toward Lin Feng’s forehead, its tip suddenly turning ice blue, exuding a chilling aura.

This time,

Lin Feng,

Danger!