Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 954 - 13: Totem Ability

Chapter 954: Chapter 13: Totem Ability

Zhou Peng was completely dead, blown to pieces, not even a bone stick left behind, as a mist of blood filled the air and obscured the view.

"Take cover!" Tang Zheng bellowed, firing suppressive shots down the passage that Zhou Peng had come through, buying time for Teng Yuangxiang and the university girl to hide, while the enemy was clearly inside.

"So quick to react!" Zhou Peng had barely shouted half a sentence when the shield on Tang Zheng’s body flared open, leaving him untouched by the blast. The man with the dark face was taken aback but not scared; instead, he activated his Light Defense Shield and burst out, then threw several high-explosive hand grenades into the nest room.

The explosion rang out again, and flames and shock waves tumbled through the air, nearly singeing the university girl’s hair. Teng Yuangxiang, more astute, darted behind Tang Zheng, using him as a meat shield.

"Don’t stay here, you’ll die." Since the enemy was still bold enough to attack after revealing their intentions, it meant they must be of a high rank. To be safe, Tang Zheng prepared to feign weakness, but seeing the university girl panic and run towards the small cabin dozens of meters away, he sighed and abandoned the tactic, pressing the enemy step by step to apply pressure.

Teng Yuangxiang was startled, then realized what Tang Zheng meant. The enemy’s first target was obviously him, so staying by his side would definitely lead to harm.

"Then you be careful!" Teng Yuangxiang scrambled back down the passage, and her words came from the heart.

"Hehe, what a do-gooder!" The dark-faced man laughed scornfully, seeing Tang Zheng’s actions through his Detection Spider. In the Trojan World, such people were well liked but also died the fastest.

"Kid, just die quietly!" The dark-faced man fired his Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle into the room and released ten puppet spiders, a foot high each and all black, with dim green totem patterns on their bodies.

The dark-faced man’s ability was treacherous. He could draw totems on any object’s surface, granting them life and different effects, such as explosion or acid spray. With this absolutely strong ability, he had killed three third-order Conquerors, even though he was only second-order, which is why he was now so confident.

Clang, three smoke bombs were thrown in, the thick fog billowed out, blinding the vision and covering the puppet spiders’ assault. If they touched Tang Zheng, they could replicate the totem on his body, then the dark-faced man could control him, even make him commit suicide.

"Damn it!" Tang Zheng held his breath and quickly drew his Devil Flame Pistol with his left hand, firing carpet-style at the passage. The enemy’s purpose in throwing smoke grenades was clearly to assault.

Boom, boom, six puppet spiders were blown to bits, but four still managed to make a circuitous approach and lunged at him.

From the previous event, Tang Zheng deduced that Zhou Peng and these spiders all wanted to get close, guessing that the enemy’s ability might require contact to trigger, so he stayed on alert and did not touch these creatures. Watching the spiders lunging at him, he evaded, but their movements were too fast, even changing direction mid-air.

Bang, Tang Zheng fired with his left hand, blowing up one that was leaping at him, followed by a swing with his rifle in his right hand, knocking another aside.

Tang Zheng was about to follow up his shot when he found that where the Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle had touched the spider, a light spot suddenly shone, quickly spreading and forming a totem-like pattern which instantly activated, evolving into a fanged maw that became a steel monster capable of clamping shut.

Tang Zheng tried to drop the rifle, but it was too late, his right hand was caught, as if stung by the teeth of a shore-bound shark exerting massive clamping force. Had it not been for the strength of his protective clothing, Tang Zheng would surely have lost his arm.

"Lucky me!" The dark-faced man commended himself, believing that crippling Tang Zheng’s arm gave him the advantage, making him even more confident and aggressive as he started to assault.

Tang Zheng was not nervous. Taking advantage of the smoke, he summoned an ancient warrior to ambush at the channel entrance.

"Insignificant Skills!" As the dark-faced man lunged forward, he felt a gust of wind on his back and with a leap, he escaped its attack range—he was fixated on enhancing his neural response speed.

The dark-faced man planned to keep the two Chinese women for his enjoyment, moreover, the newbie wouldn’t pose a threat, and he didn’t have time to attack them as he needed to focus all his efforts on killing Tang Zheng.

"Arrogant!" Tang Zheng had been ready to perform, to show a scared expression, but upon seeing the charging dark-faced man, he changed his mind and decided to crush him with a strong offense.

Putting away the Devil Flame Pistol, Tang Zheng drew out Xuě Dàimāru and lunged at the dark-faced man, entering the first stage and summoning Daylily to bestow enhancements on himself.

Daylily, wearing a tailcoat hat and a super-short sexy nurse uniform, appeared and immediately threw a golden halo with a wave of her hand.

"There’s more?" The dark-faced man was startled by the sudden appearance of Daylily, his eyes unavoidably fixed on her.

"Do you need healing?" Daylily smiled sweetly, stepping forward in her black garter stockings, her purple high-heels glaringly conspicuous, distracting his attention.

"Good, this is all his power." Tang Zheng’s methods were luckless—they did not frighten the dark-faced man, instead making him believe Tang Zheng was out of tricks.

The ancient warrior leaped forward, pouncing to kill.

The dark-faced man waved his hand, and over twenty fist-sized paper cranes flew out. Half of them collided with the ancient warrior, exploding on impact, blowing it away, while the rest sped towards Tang Zheng.

The Carapace Shield popped out, blocking the explosion, and Tang Zheng swung his armature, striking at the dark-faced man.

"Explode!" The dark-faced man was not afraid at all and let out a loud shout. Tang Zheng’s rifle detonated with a bang. He was ready to press the attack when his expression suddenly changed, as he saw the Tyrannosaurus Protective Clothing on Tang Zheng’s arm.

"SS level?" The dark-faced man realized too late that he had overestimated himself, and hesitated for a moment.

Tang Zheng didn’t give him a chance. The Osprey soared out, directly blasting the dark-faced man’s Light Defense Shield and struck him squarely in the chest. Then, Tang Zheng activated the second stage, and the clone summoned by the Mother Empress’ Crystal Heart appeared, pinning down his neck.

"Die!" Tang Zheng’s Yukimaru stabbed into the dark-faced man’s body, and with a pull, it sliced open his chest, causing his viscera to spill out with a swift motion.

It was only then that the dark-faced man managed to grab Tang Zheng’s arm and imprint a Totem on it.

"You..." The dark-faced man wanted to detonate the Totem, but he never got the chance. Tang Zheng made a blade with his fingers, stabbing it into the man’s mouth. Due to the brute force, it ripped his mouth apart and pierced through the back of his skull.

The dark-faced man was like a salted fish impaled by a spear, and then he was slammed into the ground by Tang Zheng’s single arm, smashing his entire head.

The dark-faced man died, paying the price for his underestimation.

"A second-order, daring to be so rampant, pah!" Tang Zheng spit out a mouthful of blood. A metal fragment had grazed his mouth when the rifle exploded.

Taking out the Devil Flame Pistol, he fired one more shot to blow up the dark-faced man’s head. Only then did Tang Zheng begin to collect the spoils of war, taking his Space Wristwatch.

"Ah, it’s a Firefly!" Tang Zheng released the Bug Heart and devoured his Protective Clothing, "It’s safe now, you two can come out."

"I knew you wouldn’t lose," Teng Yuangxiang said as she hurried in after hearing the shout, complimenting him.

"Enough of that, take this." After unlocking the Wristwatch, Tang Zheng tossed her a Thunderstorm rifle and then picked up the captured Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle. As for his own damaged one, he put it away for the time being, intending to give it to that wretched man to repair with points.

"Could I have one of those glowing shields?" Teng Yuangxiang asked tentatively, but eager to survive, she boldly asked Tang Zheng, "I can do anything for you, even be cannon fodder."

Teng Yuangxiang was just saying it. She would definitely run if trouble came.

"Perform well." Tang Zheng tossed the Light Defense Shield to Teng Yuangxiang. He didn’t lack such a gadget, so it was better to use it to win people over and strengthen the team. Teng Yuangxiang was ruthless enough, and given enough time, she would definitely adapt to this killing game.

"Thank you, I will definitely repay you for your kindness." Teng Yuangxiang, who was not expecting much, was instantly overjoyed when she saw Tang Zheng being so generous. She was about to hug him and kiss him, but was swiftly blocked by the quick-reacting Tang Zheng.

"There’s no need." The dark-faced man’s equipment was scant, aside from three Emergency First Aid Kits, a Beetle Assault Vehicle, and ammunition worth three thousand points. Other than that, he sold all his spoils cheaply to buy Firefly and S-grade Firearms.

"It’s a pity, if this guy could have cooperated with his team, he would have been a formidable enemy," Tang Zheng felt fortunate that the dark-faced man was inexperienced, otherwise, it would have been a fight to the death.

"Apart from ability, the diversity of props is also important. At the very least, it must catch the enemy by surprise." Tang Zheng summed up his experience and then broke the limbs of the four Nepalese, arranging their corpses on the ground.

Though disposing of the corpses could lower the chances of being discovered and to prevent assumptions about his abilities, Tang Zheng now preferred to intimidate his enemies. After all, nothing worked better than corpses.

"Is this useful?" Seeing Tang Zheng place a bomb under the corpses, Teng Yuangxiang looked at him in astonishment and then shivered. This guy was really treacherous, but it made her even more afraid to defy him.

"Let’s go," Tang Zheng said as he left.

"What are you waiting for, let’s go!" Teng Yuangxiang, who thought herself superior to the university girl, scolded her. "Don’t drag us down, or get lost."

For the next four hours, for Teng Yuangxiang and the university girl, it was another kind of torture. Watching Tang Zheng inspect the terrain calmly and gather anything potentially useful in the undamaged rooms, they were extremely impressed. If it were them, they would have gone mad.

"Are these of any use?" Seeing Tang Zheng flipping through a book, Teng Yuangxiang was puzzled and picked one up herself. She realized she couldn’t recognize any of it.

"I’m looking for a map of this Starship. This is the residential area, there should be some related materials here. Also, those who fight against the Insect Race would have given them some pamphlets about the Bugs," Tang Zheng deduced purely based on routine thought. If the Natives didn’t do this, he was out of luck.

But fortune favors the diligent, and after twelve hours, Tang Zheng finally found a partial map.

"Is it useful?" Teng Yuangxiang looked at Tang Zheng anxiously, and when he nodded, she immediately cheered, hugging his arm. "You’re amazing." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.)