Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1318 - 72: The Forceful Kill

Chapter 1318: Chapter 72: The Forceful Kill

Lu Fan was frantic, not knowing what to do, when a five-meter-tall magic mirror suddenly appeared in the room, emitting a sinister fog like a nightmare.

Little loli held a heavy gravity gun with a serious face. Just when she got on guard, she saw Tang Zheng’s towering figure take a stride, crossing through space to appear in front of her, with a line of familiar companions behind him.

"Uncle!" Little loli’s face immediately turned to happiness, but after taking a few steps, she abruptly stopped, staring in horror at the clone of Lu Fan that followed Tang Zheng.

Lu Fan quickly calmed down, raised her weapon, and suddenly thought of a terrible problem: what if Tang Zheng had died in battle? What if this guy was an impostor?

"No, it can’t be. Tang Zheng can’t be dead!" Lu Fan comforted herself and thought rapidly about what to do next.

Pang Meiqin did not approach Lu Fan. The hostility from the little loli made her raise her weapon too. Actually, this caution won Pang Meiqin’s trust; the kid was very mature. If she had thrown herself at them carelessly, Pang Meiqin would have definitely blown the other’s head off.

"Where’s Dantai?" Tang Zheng glanced briefly at the several badly wounded people. The sight of Jing Xiang’s head and chunks of flesh made his eyelids twitch, but he calmed down in an instant, looking towards the magic mirror, which no longer showed any images. The whereabouts of Dantai and his team were unknown.

"They’ve lured Snow White away," Lu Fan responded without hesitation, her eyes fixed on the false Lu Fan.

"Humph!" The fake Lu Fan lifted her chin in pride and hugged Tang Zheng’s arm.

"Let’s go, chase the princess!" Tang Zheng shook off Lu Fan and, like lightning, shot forward. Regardless, he had killed the fake Dantai’s group, and the ones remaining should not be fakes.

Lin Weiguo and the others didn’t question Tang Zheng’s orders. After a glance at Lu Fan, they all followed suit.

The fake Lu Fan deliberately lagged a few steps and finally stopped at the doorway, staring at the original.

"Humph, I knew you wouldn’t leave. Come on!" Lu Fan said with pride. Otherwise, according to her usual habits, she would have already launched a sneak attack.

"As you wish, and for the record, I am the original!" The fake Lu Fan sneered, drawing out White Ivory and Ebony Incense, launching a fierce assault on the original.

Lu Fan was still unafraid, launching a powerful counterattack.

"Tang Zheng, Lu Fan isn’t following!" Lin Weiguo took a glance back, still worried about the little loli.

"This battle was inevitable," Pang Meiqin said calmly. Ai Yixin kept her mouth shut, knowing she had no place to speak here.

"But no one can guarantee that the one who’s been following us is the real deal," Lin Weiguo hesitated and persuaded, "You’ll be able to tell them apart for sure."

"I can’t tell them apart," Tang Zheng admitted truthfully. He secretly harboured a vague idea that perhaps the magic mirror could distinguish the real from the fake.

Tang Zheng’s admission surprised his companions; it might be the first time he admitted defeat, but everyone understood that the group leader definitely had a way. However, that required time, which was exactly what they lacked now.

"The one who survives will be the real Lu Fan," Pang Meiqin uttered a harsh truth.

"That’s not fair. Don’t forget one of them can effectively use two S-grade pieces of equipment," Lin Weiguo said, already hearing the sounds of a battle, fully alert.

"It doesn’t matter. Lu Fan would never allow others to interfere in her battle. So I believe that the one who lives will be the real one!" Tang Zheng had actually left a spider detector when he threw the equipment away, but unfortunately, the impostor was cunning and left no traces.

"We’ve arrived!" Tang Zheng had no more time to ponder these concerns, sprinting at full speed for three minutes until Snow White appeared before them.

"You swindler, I’ll slaughter you," Lu Fan said, her eyes filled with blood vessels, unafraid and opening with a fierce offensive. Sand flowed from her wristwatch, forming into sand spears, stabbing unanimously at the fake Lu Fan.

"Uncle’s chest is so warm and safe; it’s really fun following him!" The fake Lu Fan was no pushover, mocking her original. As a clone, she knew the irrational triggers of her original.

"If you want to enrage me, I’m honored to inform you that you have succeeded," Lu Fan said, furious at the thought of this impostor clinging to her uncle and stealing her place. Suddenly, wisps of red mist burst from her body as she entered a frenzied state, "Uncle is mine; go to hell!"

Tang Zheng was not in good condition. The considerable consumption of life energy, compounded with injuries, had significantly reduced his combat power. So, upon seeing Snow White, he didn’t hesitate to gulp down a bottle of Devil’s Potion.

Boom, Tang Zheng entered Hero Mode, charging at the princess with an afterimage.

The princess fixed her eyes on Tang Zheng, wanting to shoot her magic spear, but he already appeared in front of her, forcing her to block with her gun.

Sparks flew from the collision, and Tang Zheng took the opportunity to slash at the princess’s hand, his blade sliding along her gun, emitting a piercing screech.

With gravity suppression at full power, even the princess felt some effect, her figure involuntarily shrinking. However, in the next moment, her platinum crown erupted with strands of white, thread-like substance. It appeared soft and swayed with the wind, yet its hardness was comparable to the strongest metals, and it even had a domain effect that negated the gravity suppression.

Whoosh. Tang Zheng’s fingertip launched the Ouzhou Soaring Eagle, slamming fiercely against the thread-like substance, but sadly, it couldn’t breach the defense. The hexagonal moon blades also flew out one after the other, but in this BOSS battle, these S-grade gadgets were becoming less and less useful, on the verge of elimination.

The princess let go with one hand, dodging the slashing attack. The magic spear thorn’s blade, like a treacherous snake flicking its tongue, suddenly whooshed and twisted, stabbing sinisterly towards Tang Zheng’s face.

Although Tang Zheng had a shield spring up on his body, he didn’t take the hit head-on. He shook his cloak, his body disintegrating into smoke and vanishing, reappearing behind the princess, and delivering a war-ax style roundhouse kick to her head.

Boom, the princess, although not breaking her guard, was still knocked to the ground by the force of the kick. Tang Zheng pulled out a strand of nightmare vines and sprinkled them towards the princess.

The gaps in the thread-like shield lit up with white light, blocking the vines. However, they writhed stubbornly like tenacious maggots, determinedly burrowing in.

Tang Zheng’s assault was relentless, like a sudden storm, giving himself no time to rest, knowing his time was limited.

Qin Yan saw Tang Zheng, her face lighting up with joy. After catching her breath, she activated Shadow Country, synching with Tang Zheng to attack—the energy spear’s thrusts becoming tricky and unpredictable.

"We should join in too!" Lin Weiguo, though having his body repaired by the bug heart, had not much battle strength, but he wanted to help Tang Zheng. He took out the devil’s potion allotted to him and chugged it down, charging towards the princess.

Pang Meiqin was all action and no talk, drinking her potion before swinging the Ripper, filling the room with the continuous crumbling of walls and the roaring sound of the chainsaw blade’s crazy rotation.

Sha Ou took a deep breath of relief, but immediately felt as if he were in the sights of an evil wolf. Turning his head, he saw Ai Yixin staring at him, making no attempt to hide the hostility in her eyes.

Ai Renqi couldn’t believe this guy was still alive, and was almost enraged to death. But then she felt a thrill of pleasure—she could finally slaughter her once more. Killing a fake just wouldn’t quell her rage.

"What did I ever do to you?" Sha Ou was a rough man, long having forgotten the incident. In his eyes, Chu Baichuan’s death in battle was just bad luck, and there was nothing wrong with what he did.

"You..." Hearing Sha Ou say that, Ai Yixin nearly choked with anger. After a few bitter laughs, she underwent whole body diamondization and attacked Snow White. She finally refrained from internal strife at this time.

"Crazy bastard, I didn’t even touch your aster!" Sha Ou muttered, never recalling where he had wronged this woman. Besides, he had robbed banks in the past; he had a naturally fierce temperament. He refrained from confronting Ai about this matter only out of regard for Tang Zheng.

The Snow White "princess" was a BOSS with both offense and defense integrated, without any apparent weakness. This type of foe was the most difficult to deal with. Dong Zixuan, with her level of strength, didn’t even have a chance to interfere, her only use being, perhaps, to draw the princess’s attention once as cannon fodder to delay the magic spear for some time.

Tao Ran’s time-space blackfish could always bite the princess, yet that proved ineffective, not even breaching her defense. Ultimately, the decision of victory or defeat lay with Tang Zheng and Qin Yan, even if the old soldier and the beautiful leg stewardess were ineffective.

Tang Zheng, too busy to even ask questions, adjusted his breathing, striving to extract every bit of strength. He dared not let his mind wander. With the help of the potion and coordinating with Qin Yan, they finally managed to suppress Snow White.

"Where’s Dantai?" Dong Zixuan, having calmed down, thought Tang Zheng might need information, so she asked Sha Ou.

"He’s dead, that pile of sand dust is him, and the flame on Snow White is his doing as well," Sha Ou exhaled a turbid breath, activating his telekinesis, striving to interfere with Snow White’s attacks.

Everyone, including Tang Zheng, couldn’t help but twitch at this revelation. Was that man actually killed?

"His death was meaningful. Snow White’s strength has dropped at least three levels, and it’s still declining," Qin Yan, after all, had faced the princess in her prime, and understood this well.

Dantai Zongqi, after all, had only self-destructed after entering Hero Mode. The release of that kind of energy was intense and wasn’t about instantly killing the enemy, but a perpetual torment.

Under the continuous, wave-like barrage of attacks, Snow White’s shield finally broke. Tang Zheng, without any hesitation, drew out Rabbit Explosives and threw them onto her face at the quickest speed.

The princess turned her head to dodge, but the rabbit dolls suddenly extended their arms, grabbing her hair and clinging to her.

"Explode!" With Tang Zheng’s roar, the rabbit bombs detonated, a blaze engulfing Snow White’s head. Not letting the opportunity slip by, he threw another bundle at her.

A series of explosions rang out one after another, the flames disorienting Snow White, with only fire filling her vision. Then a stabbing pain came from her chest, as she desperately threw out the magic spear.

Tang Zheng jabbed the Xue Dai Maru into Snow White’s chest, ready to enlarge the wound when the magic spear came attacking. He teleported immediately, then resolutely took out the Magic Mirror, releasing a Dark Impact.

A thick beam of light shot from the Magic Mirror; Snow White instinctively felt fear and tried to dodge, but her left arm was still hit and consumed by it as if swallowed by a black hole, leaving only half left.

This piece of equipment was specifically designed to counter her. The strategy was to first kill the Queen and the seven dwarves; otherwise, in the final hour, the dwarves would teleport over to help.

The fake Tang Zheng indirectly did the Warhammer Team a favor. Otherwise, with Tang Zheng’s current battered lineup, they would not have stood a chance against Snow White.(To be continued. If you like this work, I invite you to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)