Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 282 - 31 Blooming of the Young Woman_2

Chapter 282: Chapter 31 Blooming of the Young Woman_2

BOOM, the rabbit explosives exploded upon hitting the young woman’s arm, and those that fell on the ground exploded immediately after, causing an array of debris to rain down within the passage. Li Xinlan’s protective clothing had been insufficient, the resulting damage considerably severe.

"Xin Lan." Tang Zheng’s fireflies had ruptured in numerous places, his face smeared with blood, but in the end, he managed to break through the barrage and caught up to Alice.

"Die." Tang Zheng threw a kitchen knife, striking Alice right in her head, but she didn’t die, continuing to curse at Tang Zheng. This only made him more resolute to eliminate Alice right here.

"Only three to four minutes left." Tang Zheng could already feel his strength rapidly depleting. His explosive seed state was about to end, and once it did, he wouldn’t need Alice to take action. He himself wouldn’t be able to get up.

Li Xinlan, with her severed arm, gritted her teeth, glanced behind her, and stopped attacking Alice but used all her strength to create an ice layer, filling up the entire passageway as much as possible and blocking the way.

"Damn bug." Alice was furious, pulled out the kitchen knife lodged in her forehead and jabbed it towards Li Xinlan’s heart.

The young woman managed to evade half-way, the kitchen knife missed its target, but it still stabbed into her chest.

"Xin Lan." Tang Zheng howled in sorrow, finally caught up and grabbed Alice’s wrist and twisted it forcefully. As the sound of a fracture resounded, his left hand reached for her throat.

There was no warmth one would expect from a girl’s skin, replaced by a slick cold feel. Tang Zheng had no mercy, in his fury he tightened his grip, tearing through skin and muscle and grasping her throat, then made a fist, and fiercely crushed it.

Pu, Alice withdrew her knife, once again stabbing towards Tang Zheng. Li Xinlan used all her might to erect an ice wall in front of him, but unfortunately, it was too thin. The knife still managed to penetrate half an inch into the right side of Tang Zheng’s belly.

Bearing the intense pain, Tang Zheng’s right arm swung like a steel whip, brutally striking Alice’s temple. Since her neck had been almost completely crushed, this attack sent her head flying, first hitting the ice-layered wall, before rolling off towards Zhang Hao.

"What an opportunity." Zhang Hao was not afraid of a mere head, he pulled out his straight knife and directly stabbed down, and then laughed, "She must be dead this time, right?"

Zhang Hao prods the head with his straight knife, examined it up and down, "Take a quick look, did she drop any seeds?"

"Quickly smash it." Tang Zheng just wanted to take a breath, but hearing this, his heart skipped a beat. If a BOSS this strong didn’t drop any seeds, wouldn’t that mean she isn’t dead yet? But his warning still came half a beat too late.

A semi-transparent soul, like smoke, flew out of Alice’s eyes and then quickly darted into both of Zhang Hao’s eyes.

Zhang Hao, who was still laughing, seemed as if he’d been frozen in place - rendered motionless, and then his body started making popping sounds and began contorting bizarrely.

"Damn it, don’t tell me she’s taken over his body." Tang Zheng cursed, and while rushing forward, he pulled out his M1911A1, firing at Zhang Hao. As expected, the bullets had no effect.

"You actually destroyed my body." Zhang Hao opened his mouth, but the voice that came forth was Alice’s. He roared in rage, trading blows with Tang Zheng.

With only one arm left, Tang Zheng naturally came off worse in a brawl, especially since he was dragging a heavily injured body around with him. But the timely arrival of Wujiang helped even the odds. Rushing up to Zhang Hao from behind, he raised his warhammer and struck at his head.

Since Wujiang himself was a summoned spirit, his attack naturally could harm other spirits. Zhang Hao’s head instantly burst like a watermelon, and then his chest caved in from another hammer blow and his entire body was pinned to the wall.

A splatter of blood sprayed from his pores, casting a human silhouette against the white ice layer.

"Xin Lan, can you kill her soul?" Tang Zheng does not possess any magic to kill that kind of ’spirit’ and could only pin his hopes on the young woman.

Zhang Hao was killed and Alice had no choice but to transform herself into the ethereal form of a soul and surge out, aiming to seize control of Tang Zheng’s body.

Li Xinlan, weak from exhaustion, had been waiting for this moment. Her life energy continued to overflow from her body, transforming itself into a last, desperate strike.

Just like the raging seas in a storm, the ice layer in the passageway churned and raged. Like a phalanx of arrows, one ice spear after another grew out of the ice layer, attacking from all directions. It created an ice spear cage, firmly imprisoning Alice’s soul and tearing it into countless pieces, until it finally disappeared.

Due to the excessive loss of blood, Li Xinlan couldn’t control her Seed Ability any longer and thus the soldiers were affected too. If Tang Zheng hadn’t reacted quickly and backed away, he would have been skewered as well.

Zhang Hao not only failed to help but almost became Alice’s puppet. Therefore, Tang Zheng felt no regret for killing him.

"Xin Lan, we won." Tang Zheng, lying on the ice layer, started to laugh as his seed power began to fade but heard no response from the woman. Immediately, he turned his head towards her.

An ice wall was blocking the exit of the passage. Li Xinlan sat against it, her head tilted to one side, her cheeks pale and her eyes shut tight.

"Sister Xin Lan." Tears surged forth, dampening his eyes. Tang Zheng tried to stand up, struggled, fell down, then using all his strength, he crawled towards Li Xinlan.

"Sister Xin Lan, answer me." After crawling a few steps, Tang Zheng suddenly stopped, his head buried deep in the icy ground. He felt the cold, which seemed to still contain the woman’s warmth, and he let out his first cries.

"Sister Xin Lan." Tang Zheng didn’t need to confirm it for himself: Alice’s kitchen knife had injured her organs, even if it didn’t hit her directly. Combined with the explosion from the rabbit explosives, she might have been saved if treated in time. However, she didn’t have the time and continued to use her life energy to build an ice wall to defend him and unleashed an ice spear cage that killed Alice in the end...

"Why, why?" An anguished Tang Zheng, clenching his fists, beat the ground. No longer able to see Sister Xin Lan or even hear her last words, he felt a crushing weight in his chest, coupled with a heartrending pain.

Tang Zheng shivered, thinking of Bai Guo, Lin Weiguo, and Li Xinlan. For the first time, he felt hatred towards the Silver Trojan, wishing to destroy everything, including it and the room.

"That’s right, Trojan, quickly teleport us back. We completed the mission. As long as we’re back, Xin Lan can be saved, she’s not dead yet!" Tang Zheng shouted hysterically, and again used all his strength to crawl towards Li Xinlan. However, there was no response from the Trojan and no signs of teleportation.

"We still have to kill the monsters in the Chess Room before we can teleport." Lifting himself using his remaining arm, Tang Zheng stood against the wall and began to move forward. However, before he could take a few steps, hurried footsteps echoed from within the passage.

"Uncle, are you there?" Lu Fan’s cries echoed throughout the passage, his voice filled with desolation and fear.

"Tang Zheng." Qin Yan called out his name, causing him to lose all his strength. He leaned against the wall, sliding slowly onto the ground.

Tang Zheng knew, it was all over. They had slain the monsters, but the game had yet to end.

"Uncle." Lu Fan finally saw Tang Zheng, covered in blood in the dim passageway. He ran over, terrified.

"Uncle, where’s your first aid kit? I can help you stop the bleeding. And Aunt Xin Lan...." Lu Fan took a bottle of coagulant and bandages out of his backpack. Just as he was about to help, he froze. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Li Xinlan, lifeless, leaning against the ice wall.

"Uncle." Lu Fan’s voice cracked with grief, tears streaming down and staining his cheeks.

Qin Yan came forward quietly, giving a sigh. She too was covered with bloodstains. Had she not been able to dissipate damage through her liquid transformation Seed Ability, she would also have been killed by the butler.

" Li Xinlan is dead?" It turned out that Pang Meiqin had survived. Seeing this tragic spectacle after entering the passageway, she felt mixed emotions. She thought she should feel pleased about one less rival, but seeing her comrades die off one by one, she suddenly lost faith in their survival.