Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 154 - 154 53 Ability Promotion

154: Chapter 53 Ability Promotion 154: Chapter 53 Ability Promotion Huang Ya twisted his neck, trying to move his head to the side, but under the squeeze of gravity, the movement was pitifully small.

“Too late.” With Tang Zheng’s roar, the bronze sword pierced down with a thunderous momentum, piercing into Huang Ya’s cheekbone, splitting his mouth and nose into two.

Bright red blood gushed out instantly.

The swampy mud on the ground started to churn like a rising tide, crawling up Tang Zheng’s body.

In just a blink, it had covered up to his neck.

Huang Ya was making his last-ditch effort, supplying all life energy to his Seed Ability.

He glared at Tang Zheng while stretched out his hand to grab the blade of the bronze sword.

His lips moved, but no sound came out.

Tang Zheng couldn’t speak either, let alone breathe.

The thick mud had crawled up to his face, covering his mouth and nose.

Yin Shangwu jumped down from the tree and stood far away, expressing indifference to everything.

She had no intention of intervening because only this kind of adversity would put one’s potential limit to the test.

“If you die, it just means you’re not strong enough,” Yin Shangwu sighed a little regretfully.

She thought he was an outstanding toy, but it turned out he was quite incapable.

She shrugged her shoulders, turned and left.

She knew the gruesome condition of being tortured by this ‘Swamp Coffin’ ability.

Once someone was covered by it, they wouldn’t even be able to swallow their own saliva.

Their throat would be crushed quickly, followed by their body being squashed into a lump of rotten flesh.

Even if Huang Ya died, this effect would continue.

“I won’t lose!” Tang Zheng’s veins bulged out all over his body, like earthworms rising on the skin, then burst out, seeping blood.

Under the support of this determination, his bones and muscles began to make a slight noise.

“Huh, that’s interesting.” Yin Shangwu stood still, surprised to see Tang Zheng still struggling.

She gripped the handle of her knife, debating whether to save him, “If he can reach this level, he can be considered a qualified toy and ally.”

At the moment of being bound by the mud swamp and nearly suffocating, Tang Zheng suddenly felt a fire burning in his chest.

His heart was beating uncontrollably like an engine.

Then a new surge of life energy poured out, and then rushed through his limbs and body.

Tang Zheng had been using gravity suppression until now, so these life energies found a place to vent…

As soon as she was five meters away from Tang Zheng, Yin Shangwu’s body sank, as if being hit by a hammer falling from the sky.

She immediately released her Seed Ability to protect herself, but her body still sank slightly, with both of her feet stuck an inch deep into the mud.

“No way, a newbie actually activated a Seed…” Yin Shangwu looked incredulous.

She stared blankly at the front of the Terracotta Warrior, which was moulded from mud but resembled Tang Zheng.

There were now cracks appearing on it, and some light golden light was seeping out.

“Die!” With a roar, Tang Zheng moved his arms, breaking the mud shell that had re-covered his body.

Then he held the bronze sword and cut open the head of Huang Ya, who had already died.

Brain pulp and blood flowed everywhere, soaking the ground covered with rotting leaves.

Yin Shangwu shielded her face and quickly retreated.

As expected, the pieces of mud on Tang Zheng exploded like bullets, scattering and hitting the surroundings with a patter.

Tang Zheng gasped for breath, his eyes, full of blood strands, stared brutally around.

When he saw Yin Shangwu, he forced his legs to pounce and slashed his bronze sword at her neck.

Yin Shangwu drew her knife for defense.

Amid the crisp sound of metal collision, she could hardly hold the handle of the knife, her wrist was numbed by the shock.

“Tang Zheng, it’s me.” Yin Shangwu quickly retreated, keeping a distance from Tang Zheng.

She didn’t want to have direct confrontation with someone who had activated the first stage of a Seed.

Tang Zheng hadn’t lost his sanity.

After the danger was temporarily removed, he began to calm down and saw Huang Ya’s corpse with half a head cut off.

“What’s happening to me?

Seems like there’s something wrong with my body?” Tang Zheng only felt a surge of power raging inside his body, like a flood, making him uncomfortable and wanting to vent immediately.

“You’ll be fine in a few minutes, let’s treat the wounds first.” Yin Shangwu handed over some bandages.

Tang Zheng’s protective clothing had many tears, and blood was flowing out from these places.

When he unzipped it, the situation was even worse, like a blood bag had burst, blood was all over the ground.

“Damn it, I’ve been mutilated.” Annoyed, Tang Zheng felt aching all over his body, and not a square inch of skin was intact with cuts everywhere.

“You lucky bastard, you should be happy.” Yin Shangwu was referring to Tang Zheng’s ability having leveled up, but it seemed he misunderstood her.

“I only killed a Conqueror.

There’s nothing to be proud of.” Tang Zheng scowled, feeling relieved.

Huang Ya’s bizarre ability was extremely tricky.

Luckily, he managed to lure him close, otherwise he would have been done for.

“I still lack experience.”

“Why didn’t you just summon the Musketeer to blow off his head?” Yin Shangwu was puzzled and couldn’t figure out Tang Zheng’s manner of strengthening his abilities.

“Are you trying to be a close combat combatant or a long-range faction?”

“I still trust my own hands more.

Besides, those are just ordinary bullets that might not break through the defense.

But this Level A bronze sword should do the trick.” Tang Zheng turned over the body of Huang Ya, tore off his space backpack, and plopped down to start searching through it.

“What exactly is your seed ability?

It’s too polarized.

The musketeer’s long-range attack aside, you even have a close combat technique like Gravity Suppression as a seed ability.

Are you trying to become a meat shield?” Yin Shangwu didn’t think it was a good idea.

“It’s too dangerous.

One negligence and it could cost you your life.

The rule of survival is never to put oneself in danger.”

“You are being too one-sided.

Can’t I specialize in everything?

If possible, I’d like to play an assassination series as well.

This way, we can choose the ability that best suits the situation.” Tang Zheng didn’t want to tell Yin Shangwu that his Furious Queen still had four chances to activate new abilities.

“Although this can only be used for five minutes, I’m looking forward to it.”

“Don’t be too conceited and spread yourself too thin.

Even the Conquerors use their points to strengthen their bodies and don’t buy many props.

Otherwise, do you think it would be so easy for you to win?” Yin Shangwu revealed some insider information.

Indeed, some players didn’t trust props and always believed that their close combat abilities were the most reliable.

“Hey, you’re looking down on the close combat series, huh?

I can’t stand those players who rely on RMB.

They think having props is extraordinary.” Tang Zheng retorted to Yin Shangwu while he continued to discard items he thought were of no value.

“He even has the Dongxuanzi’s 36 Dispersed Hands.

Just how desperate is this guy?”

“Oh, come on.

His ability is Swamp Coffin bondage, combined with formidable melee combat.

Your Gravity Suppression just happened to counter him.

If it wasn’t for the seed explosion earlier, you’d be dead by now.” Yin Shangwu continued to discourage Tang Zheng; a content player is not a good player.

“By the way, are Lin Weiguo and others okay?” Tang Zheng felt like they might have encountered enemies since they hadn’t caught up yet.

“I told them to go back to last night’s campsite.

Even if they came, they’d just be a burden.” Yin Shangwu merely wanted to observe Tang Zheng alone.

“Also, the most valuable item that guy had should be a Point Discount Device.”

“What do you mean?

Is it this?” Tang Zheng took out a calculator-like item and shook it.

“It’s plugged into the wristwatch interface.

When buying props, it can randomly increase or decrease points.

But a friendly reminder, if you’re unlucky, you might end up spending a lot more points.”

“It’s like gambling on a slot machine then.

Damn, there’s even a tag that multiplies by ten.

If that gets selected, I’ll cry.” Tang Zheng was miserable.

“With such luck, I might as well just play the lottery.”

“This is much more useful than buying lottery tickets.

Can you buy anything you want with money?

With this, even if you want to buy the Four Beauties, it’s no problem.

By the way, collecting all four of the beauties will trigger a special effect.” Yin Shangwu’s evil taste rose again.

“What kind of effect?

Will it make the bed time last for twelve hours?

Or will it give me the Harem Technique!” Tang Zheng also fired back without showing weakness.

“Don’t you student parties all love anime?

You can collect those female characters too.

Some girls may seem like consumables, but once a condition is met, they can trigger some rewards.” Yin Shangwu pressed a button on her wristwatch, and after a 3D light screen appeared, a female knight in armor appeared in front of Tang Zheng’s eyes.

“How may I serve you, my lord?” The gallant female knight glanced at Tang Zheng and showed a vigilant look.

“This is Saber, an anime character.

I’m training her right now and have just activated a new reward.

Want to see?” Yin Shangwu was like a girl showing off her doll, fondly stroking the knight’s pale blonde hair.

“Not interested.

I didn’t expect you to have such hobbies.” Tang Zheng felt he should keep some distance from her.

“If I were to buy one, I’d choose Ling Boli.”

“If you don’t want the discount device, I can keep it for you.” Yin Shangwu was disappointed and started to eye the items strewn around on the ground.

“No need.” Tang Zheng put it away, found no other valuable items, stood up, and turned to Yin Shangwu.

“You were watching from the sidelines earlier, right?

Why didn’t you do anything?”

“You mean why I didn’t help you?” Yin Shangwu wore a mocking smile.

“Isn’t it shameful for a man to ask such a question?

Besides, why should I save you?

Do you have any value to me?”

Tang Zheng gripped his bronze sword with one hand, not caring that his severely injured body couldn’t handle another fight.

“I’m disappointed in you, but I admire your courage to challenge me!” Yin Shangwu also grabbed her sword’s handle.

She suddenly found that she couldn’t figure out the thoughts of this player.