Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 220 - 41: Killing with Bare Hands

Chapter 220: Chapter 41: Killing with Bare Hands

"Brother Tang? Don’t you want to get out of the Trojan Horse Game? Why did you spend all the points you’d earned? We can’t afford to save any, but you’re different. You always have 2,000 points left, and along with this time, if you’re lucky, you might actually get out." Bai Guo was walking beside Tang Zheng, lowering her voice to prevent Liu Nai from hearing.

"If I hadn’t bought these basic pieces of equipment, I would have been done for. I need to go all-out to survive until I’m familiar with the game." Tang Zheng ruffled Bai Guo’s hair, "But after this round, I’m going to start saving points."

"I thought you wanted to buy the Four Beauties." Bai Guo playfully stuck out her tongue and made a face.

"There are indeed lots of coveted items on the Trojan’s inventory, but they are used to seduce the toys into risking their lives. I’m not ready to die." Tang Zheng laughed, explaining that, if calculated based on an average of 3,000 points earned per game by Conquerors, with reasonable point allocation and some luck, after six or seven rounds, one could basically leave. After all, the more rounds you play, the fewer points you spend after your basic equipment is complete, but greed for unnecessary entertainment props would lead to more rounds of life and death in the game.

"Reviving dead people, where did the Silver Trojan come from?" Thinking that some people had already left the game alive and could continue living their everyday lives, Tang Zheng’s heart was filled with anticipation. "Looking at my points from the previous two rounds, if I push a little harder this round, I could probably leave this damn Trojan Room after passing the next round."

"We won’t be able to relax after you leave, Brother Tang." Bai Guo’s unconscious complaint made Tang Zheng pause. If he left, Lin Weiguo might be fine, but the four stewardesses might have it rough. Should he wait until they all left? Tang Zheng shook his head. He didn’t believe he was as lucky as a level A veteran. As long as he participated in the game, he had a high chance of dying. Tang Zheng was in a quandary again.

"Brother Tang, I was just saying. Don’t worry, I’m sure everyone will be fine and get out alive." Bai Guo quickly corrected herself. She knew Tang Zheng, with his empathetic nature, might actually stay to help them. The kind-hearted Bai Guo thought it would be too unfair.

Tang Zheng didn’t know how to respond. He didn’t want to lie to Bai Guo or say anything insincere. As for Li Xinlan, with whom he had a wild night, he didn’t know whether his feelings for her were love, or lust. This confused him.

All the alien and ironblood warrior corpses in the subway station were cleared, and some scattered people started appearing on the stairs as if nothing had happened.

"What is Trojan?" Liu Nai interjected just in time, easing Tang Zheng’s awkwardness.

Just as Tang Zheng was about to dodge the question with an excuse, a crossbow arrow with a flash flew in from the station exit. He immediately pounced on Bai Guo and Liu Nai, pressing them to the side, then continued to roll downstairs without stopping.

As expected, Tang Zheng was right. Arrow after arrow was shot, forming an arrow rain.

Ding, ding, ding, the crossbow arrows were embedded half an inch deep into the concrete stairs. The sudden situation also caused panic among the crowd nearby, who screamed and fled.

"I actually missed. Boy, your reactions are sharp." Sergey leisurely walked down the stairs while storing his crossbow in his space watch and pulling out a giant guillotine axe that was taller than him. The axe was surrounded by blue electric light, crackling constantly.

"Aren’t you overly conceited, charging at us like that!" Tang Zheng, who shoved Bai Guo and Liu Nai behind him, pointed his Thunderstorm rifle at the approaching Russian hulk, simultaneously calculating: the man dared to use a close-range weapon against a long-range one, indicating his confidence. "Are there helpers?"

"Don’t overthink, I just prefer fighting upfront rather than sneak attacking, and I like shredding my enemies into pieces!" Sergey only looked at Bai Guo and Liu Nai because, in his view, Tang Zheng was as good as dead. Based on the wristwatch’s information, this kid wasn’t even a Conqueror. "Moreover, there’s no ambush, there’s only me."

"Are you a member of the Russian Trojan Squad?" While the opponent was not attacking, Tang Zheng seized the moment to collect intelligence and undermine his confidence. "You’ve been following us to show up at the perfect time, but only you appeared. This implies the operation isn’t authorized. Um, are you eyeing our loot?"

"Don’t you know that killing different room’s Trojan Squad members can also earn points?" Sergey didn’t bother keeping secrets. But as for what Tang Zheng had guessed, it kind of startled him. It wasn’t surprising to infer what Sergey was up to, but to react and connect the dots in a matter of seconds demonstrated a sharp mind. However, he quickly calmed down.

"Ha ha, you just make me feel more at ease. You’ve enhanced strength and wisdom, right? Without your team, you can’t fully demonstrate your strengths." Sergey gave him a thumbs-up, "In front of you, is a powerful soldier."

Sergey also understood the art of undermining opponents with words, destabilizing their emotional state. But unbeknownst to him, he secretly estimates the distance and finds that he can urge his ultimate ability to attack now, if it wasn’t for Liu Nai standing too close.

"Is your target Liu Nai as well? To kill or protect?" Tang Zheng needed to be sure. If it was the latter, he didn’t need to worry about Liu Nai and could focus on the fight. Unfortunately, the opposition wasn’t revealing any weaknesses.

"Why don’t you guess?" Sergey said, just in time for him to step within the 15-meter range. As he was calculating the distance before he could attack, a Thunderball was hurled at him suddenly.

In order to ensure his shot hit, Tang Zheng had brought him within fifteen meters. But it was only after he fired that he realized just how wrong he was.

Sergey stomped his feet on the ground, and in the next moment, he dashed off like a shadow. Even with Tang Zheng’s dynamic vision, he barely followed his movement. Bai Guo was completely dazzled by now.

"Don’t worry, he can’t keep this up for long." Tang Zheng guessed that this was the opponent’s intimidation. This sort of high-speed movement consumes a lot of energy, and judging by that guy’s enhanced neural response speed, he was going for explosive power.

As soon as Tang Zheng finished speaking, Sergey charged forward with his afterimage and swung forceful, axe-like strikes down onto Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng sidestepped and the gusty wind brought by the axe, coupled with the chill of the iron, sliced down a few centimeters away from him and exploded on the ground, just like a hand grenade. The ground was webbed with cracks, with rocks splattering everywhere.

Liu Nai yelped as she was hit by the splattered stones and forced to the ground. As Tang Zheng was bracing for the opponent’s chain attack, Sergey suddenly switched targets. He heavily stomped on Bai Guo’s chest, causing him to roll back several meters instantaneously. He then spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Another formidable opponent." Using the seed could extend the use of his abilities by a few minutes. Tang Zheng hadn’t intended on wasting it, but he was left with no choice. However, just as he pulled out a Bronze Seed, he saw an axe coming towards him, aiming to cleave him in two.

Tang Zheng quickly retreated, but still got nicked by the sharp axe blade, leaving a small tear in his firefly protective clothing.

"An A-level weapon?" Feeling the fresh blood seeping through his skin, Tang Zheng’s pupils instantly contracted. He knew that melee weapons below B level wouldn’t affect the Firefly.

"Oh, you’re not wearing an S-level protective clothing, are you? My S-level Double-handed Slaughter Axe can ignore the defense of all props below A-level. It also comes with a Demonic Break and Spiritual Break effect. It’s a shame. If you were a supernatural creature, I could finish you off with just one strike." Sergey flaunted his most valuable S-class prop, trying to divert Tang Zheng’s attention and attack him unexpectedly.

But Tang Zheng didn’t fall for it and prepared for the move. He agilely dodged it and released life energy through his right hand, which was holding the seed, to activate it.

"Huh!" Sergey’s body suddenly felt a pressure, as if he was in an air-filled swimming pool, and all his movements slowed down.

Tang Zheng raised his gun and was ready to shoot him down while he retreated.

"Hehe." Seeing Tang Zheng let out a sigh of relief and show slight relaxation, Sergey immediately had a malicious smile spread across his face. Many flesh and blood vines sprouted from his arm. They wrapped around Tang Zheng’s hands and neck, then like a spring, Sergey yanked Tang Zheng to his side.

"You didn’t think I only had this much skill, did you?" Before Sergey could finish his sentence, a loud thunderbolt struck him from the sky. However, because of his protective clothing, his Thunderstrike Card didn’t achieve much damage.

If he used the Blink Card while in contact with the opponent, they both would move simultaneously. Therefore, Tang Zheng gave up on his card skills. Throwing aside his rifle, he drew out his Bronze Sword. Even if Sergey attempted to tug the vines, it wouldn’t affect his control over the Bronze Sword. But, most importantly, the vine at his neck was rapidly tightening, not only disrupting his breathing but almost snapping his throat bone.

Liu Nai had now regained her senses, she drew her Samurai Sword and rushed over. However, a vine hit her cheek, and she was sent flying.

Bang, Bai Guo fired his gun. Those vines turned into flaming balls and were cut off. Tang Zheng, having broken free, didn’t retreat. Instead, after dodging the axe strike, he counterattacked by thrusting his Bronze Sword. But when the sword had barely pierced Sergey’s body, a reversed axe handle hit him in the chest.

Thud, Tang Zheng spat blood onto Sergey’s eyes, obscuring his vision. At the same time, Tang Zheng grabbed his throat and forcefully shoved his Bronze Sword into his chest.

Sergey’s right hand was locked around Tang Zheng’s neck. More vines sprouted from his arm and constricted Tang Zheng’s neck and arms, tightening as hard as they could. Tang Zheng’s body involuntarily creaked under the relentless pressure as the sound of his bones being crushed echoed.

Due to asphyxiation, Tang Zheng’s face turned a deep shade of red, but he still persisted. With both arms, he guided the sword upwards, slicing Sergey’s upper body into two while severing his head.

Boom, Sergey’s body fell to the ground. He was split in two, and through the gory wound, one could see the pale white breastbone and spine. Blood instantly spread over a large expanse of the ground. (To be continued. If you like this novel, please visit qidian.com to vote for it. Your support is my greatest motivation.)