“Ruoxi: No, it’s actually coming for me again!”
“Just how many props did Lin Zhen prepare for Ruoxi? First a knife for fancy cuts, then wax dripping (?)”
“If Ruoxi knew what Lin Zhen was thinking right now, she’d probably be sweating.”
“Correction (in the physical sense).”
‘Think too much. How could I be sweating?’
‘When Wither Heart pierced through, I was already drained.’
Yun Ruoxi pouted. Her sweat had already been drained when Lin Zhen almost stabbed her earlier. She was still too weak. Moreover, the power of this A-Rank Secret Technique, in her current view, was nothing special.
The only reason it had worked was because Lin Zhen had exploited the information gap and caught her off guard. Otherwise, Lin Zhen wouldn’t have waited until this critical moment to reveal that trump card.
As for the future, if the Spark really could grow, that would be a different story. When that time came, she could just ask the all-powerful System; it would definitely have a corresponding skill to counter it.
“And now, Lin Zhen, you should just obediently stay put!”
With a thought, Yun Ruoxi shaped her telekinesis into a massive invisible hammer hundreds of meters wide, and with a howling gust of wind pressure, she smashed it down fiercely toward Lin Zhen.
The next second, Lin Zhen reacted extremely quickly. The iron wings on his back instantly folded and aligned, transforming into a sturdy triangular pyramid that firmly encased his body.
Boom!
A deafening loud noise. The triangular pyramid, like a bullet struck at high speed, was driven straight nearly thirty meters into the ground, and then fell silent.
Yun Ruoxi flew to hover above where Lin Zhen had fallen. She opened her right hand and gave a slight squeeze with her palm. The already deformed and twisted triangular pyramid was instantly lifted into the air by her telekinesis.
Creak creak!
A screeching sound of metal twisting rang out as she forcibly pried open the triangular pyramid with her telekinesis. But inside, aside from a few drops of remaining blood, it was completely empty.
Yun Ruoxi casually tossed aside the scrapped pyramid, looked down at the ground, and indeed found a hastily dug tunnel.
“As expected of the protagonist, really slippery…”
[Armor recharge 100%, Ability: Earth]
[Emotional Fuel: Anger, Remaining: 10%]
Yun Ruoxi raised her right hand, and the Pavlov armor immediately lit up with a blinding yellow light.
“Almost out of ‘energy’, I need to save a bit.”
The next second, the ground beneath her feet rumbled and split open, with huge fissures spreading deep into the earth.
Deep underground, Lin Zhen, who was using his superpower to form a small drill and frantically digging downward to escape, was instantly flipped out from the soil and exposed directly to the sunlight.
Lin Zhen looked up.
“You even have earth element powers, how troublesome!”
Lin Zhen raised his head sharply, looking at the pitch-black battle armor “Dark Dust” floating in the sky, bathed in sunlight like a descending god or demon, and couldn’t help but show a hint of helplessness on his face.
He had used all his trump cards—the small stellar energy electromagnetic cannon and the [Bloodstain] dagger—yet still couldn’t take down the Dark Dust.
At this point, this was probably his last chance to escape. If only the Dark Dust didn’t have earth element powers, he might have actually succeeded in escaping from her. Unfortunately, the real world never had “if only” or “what if.”
“Want to catch me? Then come on!”
Lin Zhen gripped the bloodstained dagger that had materialized in his hand again, and roared loudly at the Dark Dust in the sky.
Dozens of sharp star energy metal cones floated up around him, glinting coldly. Even in such a desperate situation, he showed no sign of giving up.
Whoosh!
The star energy metal cones shot toward Yun Ruoxi at high speed, but she gracefully dodged each one. Seeing this, Lin Zhen gave up on long-range attacks and charged straight at her with the bloodstained dagger.
Silver [Spark of the Stars] continuously ignited around him, burning away all the telekinesis that came near him. With such frequent activation of the Spark, even the full cycle network could no longer cover the consumption of the Spark of the Stars.
Lin Zhen’s face grew paler during the charge, his whole body showing signs of exhaustion. But his body temperature was rising rapidly.
Yet he managed, with sheer grit, to charge to the edge of the fissure and reach the feet of Dark Dust. At this moment, the star energy within him was nearly depleted.
The excessively high body temperature made his consciousness drowsy, and his vision began to blur.
But even so, he still pushed off with all his strength, leaping high into the air. Using the last shred of strength in his body, he swung the dagger viciously toward the Dark Dust’s face!
“Let me… see you, Xiao Xi.”
Lin Zhen’s eyes were bloodshot, but his gaze was frighteningly bright, carrying a nearly obsessive longing. This strike wasn’t meant to succeed. It only sought to see the face beneath the Dark Dust’s mask, whether it was the person he had been yearning for day and night.
“Sorry, no. It’s not time for me to take off my mask yet.”
Yun Ruoxi sighed inwardly and was about to activate her telekinesis to blast Lin Zhen away. But the next second, Lin Zhen’s eyes closed, and he completely lost consciousness. His body, still carrying the inertia of his leap, came straight toward her.
“Have you reached your limit?”
Yun Ruoxi gently bit her lip.
‘That’s right.’
A battle lasting six minutes, even her star energy had consumed nearly two-fifths. This level of combat intensity was terrifying for any three-star energy user. Moreover, Lin Zhen was only level two.
This guy… He really was giving his all for her. He had submitted a nearly perfect answer sheet. The displeasure Yun Ruoxi felt from the earlier failure, and her desire to teach Lin Zhen a harsh lesson, vanished completely.
How could she blame a man who had given everything for her because of her own mistake?
Thinking of this, watching Lin Zhen hurtle toward her, Yun Ruoxi could still see the lingering fatigue and pain in his tightly furrowed brows. Lin Zhen… He was too tired.
Ever since he learned about Tuocha Si two months ago, the string in his mind had been taut, and with the appearance of the Evil Beast and her own arrival, it had only grown tighter, never relaxing for a moment. \
A flicker of pain appeared in Yun Ruoxi’s eyes. She had been a man in her past life, so she could better empathize with Lin Zhen’s feelings and understand all his efforts and obsession.
‘Forget it…’
She sighed silently. The telekinetic giant hammer she had just conjured silently dispersed, transforming into a gentle wisp of telekinesis, like a warm breeze over the hills, softly caressing Lin Zhen’s face.
She couldn’t actually touch Lin Zhen, so she used telekinesis as a substitute.
“Xiao Xi… is that you?”
The stray hair on Lin Zhen’s forehead was gently blown by the telekinesis. Then, as he lost consciousness, he continued to mutter unconsciously.
Thud.
He crashed into Yun Ruoxi’s arms without any lethality. It didn’t hurt. It was soft.
Yun Ruoxi silently dismissed the gentle telekinesis she had prepared to catch him, and extended her arms to hold him securely in a princess carry.
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