Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 733 - 75: Killing the Queen Mother and Prohibiting Return

Chapter 733: Chapter 75: Killing the Queen Mother and Prohibiting Return

"If I kill him and get the spoils of war, my strength could increase at least threefold." Greed gnawed at Zhuo Lie’s heart like a snake, causing his initially planned action to collaborate with Tang Zheng in defeating the Mother Empress to falter.

Despite his temper, Zhuo Lie was no fool. If he didn’t take action, Tang Zheng would certainly see through his intentions. So, he pretended to exhaust all his strength and released a Steel Barrier. If he could smash Tang Zheng to death, it would be a good bonus.

A huge steel gate carved with the image of a lion appeared out of thin air, ready to squash the Mother Empress and Tang Zheng into pulp.

A massive shadow quickly obscured the sky, crashing down with the power of Mount Tai. Tang Zheng’s face remained calm, ready to dodge, but the Mother Empress was one step ahead. She grabbed his neck and slammed him into the ground, creating a deep pit.

The Warlord rushed forward. Still five meters away, he quickly threw his warhammer. With a loud swoosh, the chain extended, and then it struck the steel gate with a bang, sending it flying towards Zi Xin.

Zhuo Lie’s face darkened, his gaze shifting to Tang Zheng. The man was completely engrossed in battling the Mother Empress, utterly ignoring him, causing him to be unable to shake off an inexplicable resentment.

"Is he testing me?" Zhuo Lie stretches out a hand, and the steel gate that had been flying towards Zi Xin stopped midway and rotated back towards him.

Tang Zheng noticed that the Warlord had deliberately thrown the Steel Barrier to Zi Xin, hitting Zhuo Lie’s weak point and forcing him to save Zi Xin. His superb control over his ability had been revealed.

"He is onto us." Zi Xin frowned, whispering a reminder to Zhuo Lie after using his predictive ability. "We should retreat while we can. We won’t be able to get the spoils now."

Zhuo Lie was reluctant to give up. The reward of killing Tang Zheng was far too lucrative and would instantly elevate him to one of the most powerful individuals in the Asia Region. Reluctantly, he decided to fight.

"Zi Xin, wait for me outside." Zhuo Lie gritted his teeth, made his decision, and quickly pulled out his heavy magnetostorm rifle and shot the mother empress twice. "Tang Zheng, I’m here to help you."

Tang Zheng was quite close, and also within the range of the blue and black electromagnetic storm ball.

"Great, let’s kill the Mother Empress together." Tang Zheng didn’t believe that a third-order explosive type Conqueror would make such a basic mistake. Seeing Zhuo Lie attack, he quickly ordered the Warlord to assist Zi Xin.

The two, who claimed to be fighting on the same side, were now fighting each other earnestly.

Battling the two forces made Tang Zheng feel as if all his bones and muscles might shatter. Half of his cheek had turned into crystals and fell off, making him look ghastly and horrifying. He could barely hold out for a minute, not even thirty seconds.

"Even if I’m nearing my death, I’ll drag you two down with me." Tang Zheng tried to summon the Monkey King clone, but to his disappointment, he couldn’t use it in this technological environment. But he didn’t give up. Holding on to the Mother Empress who was debilitated by the gravity suppression, he threw her towards Zi Xin.

Zhuo Lie, whose hands have now turned into hard steel, had a quick face-off with the Warlord. Realizing that he won’t be able to kill him in a short time, he immediately activated the Steel Barrier, forming a giant gate in mid-air which came crashing down, intending to trap the Warlord and buy some time.

"Dammit." After escaping from the Warlord, Zhuo Lie was about to attack Tang Zheng when he saw the Mother Empress flying towards Zi Xin. He had to change direction instantly and go to Zi Xin’s aid.

"This bastard." Lu Fan, lying on the ground, seeing Zhuo Lie attack Tang Zheng was burning with anger. She struggled to get up to help, but coughed up blood at the slightest movement, slumping back into the pool of blood. She wanted to use the Great Saint Tattoo on the back of her hand, but it was restricted.

"Tang Zheng, be careful." The women were terrified, they longed to help but were held back by the Phantom Virus, the Love Bug Virus, and the clones.

"Zhuo Lie, you scoundrel." Chu Bai Chuan cursed, his arms were already engulfed in flames, each swing spewing a flame dragon.

The current situation was perilous, only thanks to Chu Baichuan, Ruan Feifei, and the severely injured Li Xinlan who had formed a defensive line, preventing the Love Bug virus from breaking through. Even Ai Yixin, who was pregnant, had joined the fight, as did Pang Meiqin. The Beautiful Leg Stewardess was continuously battered, covered in wounds and blood.

The Wild Beast Seed Ability was finally successfully used by Jing Xiang. Red Sister was hiding behind Jing Xiang, and only because of her subordinate’s ability to control the virus, was she still alive.

"Damn you, Tang Zheng." Zhuo Lie threw the Moon Blade and moved in front of Zi Xin, blocking the Mother Empress.

The Mother Empress screamed, unleashing her sonic attack, and then pointed her finger. Several black spheres appeared but didn’t have the chance to be launched. Zhuo Lie, whose face was covered in blood, promptly reached out and grabbed the fingers of the Mother Empress. He exerted his whole strength to bend them upwards before pulling them back towards her rapidly approaching face, jolting his knee upwards.

Activating the Steel Barrier, Zhuo Lie’s knee turned completely into solid metal. However, before it could strike the Mother Empress, she blocked it with her hand, and they started wrestling with each other.

Tang Zheng released all the stored Rabbit Explosives at the two men, engulfing them.

"Zhuo Lie is going to die!" Zi Xin’s face tightened. He immediately used the Hero Card he had redeemed to escape, obtaining Spiderman’s abilities. One hand shot out spider silk, adhering to Zhuo Lie’s back, the other shot silk towards a building ten meters away, ready to make their escape.

Bang, a gunshot suddenly sounded, and a spinning bullet grazed Zi Xin’s cheek, leaving a trace of blood. His prophetic ability saved him once again.

Bang, bang, bang, three more bullets fired right after. Despite his injuries, Dantai was still capable of shooting. He’d guessed that the other had prophetic abilities, but so what? Zi Xin was still a boy after all, and his body hadn’t been strengthened much. Even if he predicted the bullets, they were of no use if he couldn’t dodge them.

Zi Xin struggled to dodge, sweat trickled down his forehead, but in the end, he still managed to pull Zhuo Lie out of the Rabbit Explosives’ blast just in time.

"Damn it." Dragging Zhuo Lie while airborne, Zi Xin’s nerves slackened slightly, then his face changed dramatically.

Bang, a bullet that Dantai Zongqi had been brewing for a long time shot out. It pierced Zi Xin’s skull like exploding icy watermelon, shattering it instantly.

"So, the bullets Dantai shot earlier were just bait. He had planned to attack right after I saved Zhuo Lie. Yes, my trajectory under the spider silk was predictable. And at this time, there would be a brief relaxation in my mood after successfully saving Zhuo Lie." Zi Xin died, his abilities vanished, and he fell to the ground. Before his death, he understood why he was shot, but even if he had realized earlier, there was no way to avoid it. Zhuo Lie’s impending death prophecy left him with no other choice, nor could he delay even for a second.

"Sorry, this is all I could do." Zi Xin died without being able to say a single last word.

"Zi Xin." Zhuo Lie roared, he landed on the ground, about to rush towards Zi Xin’s corpse, when Dantai’s attack arrived.

One bullet after another hit Zhuo Lie, but they were blocked by three steel barriers that suddenly emerged from his body.

The Steel Barriers were like giant doors, engraved on them were three huge lion heads, life-like, roaring non-stop, eager to devour.

"I want you to accompany Zi Xin in death." A few Rabbit Explosives stuck to Zhuo Lie exploded, sending him stumbling a few steps back, his body was covered in blood. But Zhuo Lie didn’t care, in his roar, life energy crazily emerged from him and flowed into the three Steel Barriers.

The three lion heads opened their bloody mouths, a large amount of steaming hot molten steel began to burst out, wherever it went, everything was turned into steel. Under the sunlight, the metallic ocean was rapidly spreading.

"Warriors, kill him!" Tang Zheng was exhausted, and his battle with the Mother Empress had reached a critical point. Due to Zi Xin’s death, the virus was released again, damaging the surrounding virtual world. Plus, the explosion tide of dozens of Rabbit Explosives had severely injured the Mother Empress.

The Mother Empress’s underwear had been torn to pieces long ago, her once perfect body was now beaten to a pulp, covered in stains, and many places lacked even skin.

Tang Zheng didn’t take another look, nor did he dodge the black beam, in fact, he had no strength left to dodge. He just grasped his sword, plunging it into the Mother Empress’s heart. Using all his strength, he stirred it and then pulled it up, cutting through her neck, slicing open her head.

"You lowly, you lowly ants, you will pay for this." The Mother Empress’s voice, severely damaged, was far from the clear and pleasing sound it once had, instead it became a hoarse electronic tone.

Zap, with one horizontal slash, the Mother Empress’s head flew into mid-air, then rolled down. Right after, three nebulous star seeds, luminous with dreamlike colors, exploded.

The Mother Empress was completely dead!

The Light Defense Shield bubbled up from Tang Zheng; the molten steel was diverted like it had run into a mountain, but it continued to corrode it.

With the death of the Mother Empress, the collapse of the virtual world sped up, everywhere began to collapse, everywhere there were black holes, as if they had been bitten off, leaving mottled traces.

The clones had all disappeared, and the insect virus, along with the phantom virus, had lost their habitat and began to break down, turning into dust. They shrieked and dived, continuing their last struggle.

"Congratulations to Tang Zheng’s team, Zhuo Lie’s team. Task completed; however, due to internal conflict, the teleportation is halted. Please resolve it."

The survivors, who had been ecstatic to see the Mother Empress killed by Tang Zheng and thought they had survived, heard the ruthless announcement from the Trojan and were dumbstruck. After a moment of silence, they all stared at Zhuo Lie and Yi Ting.

"I mean no harm!" Yi Ting immediately felt the hostility, screamed, and while raising her hands, she darted to Xu Biyun’s side and pointed her gun at her.

"Don’t force me to die with you." Yi Ting was about to go insane, she didn’t want to be killed at the last moment, "Bai Guo, come out, I know you’re nearby."(To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)