Chapters [157-158]

Chapter 157. Sorry for Disturbing, We'll Leave Immediately!

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Not far ahead, the huge, black beast flashed with blue spirit light, releasing a powerful pressure. The entire cave shook as though it would collapse at any time.

At this moment, the light in Lin Ling's eyes slowly receded. She said weakly, "Okay, it's at the spine behind its head. The metal distribution there is weak! Use your full power, and you should be able to break it!"

Lu Ze grinned. Green and red light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes.

He used a fire god art and formed a red barrier to protect Lin Ling, while he charged at the beast.

This huge beast seemed to attack differently than others. It relied on its powerful defense and continued to gather spirit force for its attack.

Lu Ze appeared behind its back where Lin Ling had said.

He punched down with flames and wind.

Rumble!!

The black beast was very confident in its defense. It was proven before as well that Lu Ze's attack wasn't effective.

It didn't react when Lu Ze appeared behind it, but when Lu Ze punched out, it's sixth sense made it restless.

With that punch, it would die!

It didn't know why, but the black beast trusted its instincts.

It roared, and the gathered spirit force turned into a faint blue armor covering Lu Ze's punch.

The green red fist force clashed with the armor.

Rumble!!

Thunderous raves spread, and the cave shook more violently. Large pieces of rocks fell down.

"Roar!"

A painful growl sounded.

In terms of power, the black best was weaker than Lu Ze. Its only power was its defences.

Now that there was a flaw in it, Lu Ze's fist easily tore open its spirit force defense and struck on its weakness.

Bone-cracking sounds came. The black armor cracked, and the crack started to spread.

The fist force seeped into the beast's body. Blood spilled out, making this beast howl in pain.

Lu Ze said coldly, "Die!"

He punched again.

Rumble!!

The shell splashed away pieces.

Another punch!

Rumble!!

The spirit force fist tore through the armor and struck its tender insides.

Sharp winds and scorching flames exploded inside the beast, and its organs and muscles were instantly destroyed.

This cave could collapse at any time.

Lu Ze looked at the huge cave entrance on the wall that connected to the beast lair.

His eyes flashed. Should he go in and check?

His mission was to kill all the black beasts, after all.

Who knew if there were more inside?

Captain Mu Han didn't even have intel of his Core Martial State level nine beast.

It was too dangerous to go inside like that.

If more battles occurred, this cave would really collapse.

He wasn't going. He would go back and report the situation first.

His life was more important.

Lu Ze came back to Lin Ling and waved away the barrier.

He said, "Let's go back first, things don't seem to be so simple."

Lin Ling clearly felt the same and nodded. "Mhm."

Her voice was feeble. Clearly, she overused her god art.

Just when they were planning a tactical retreat, a deep growl sounded from the tunnel.

The tunnel started to collapse. A black beast—smaller than the one Lu Ze just killed—charged out.

When it saw the huge beast behind Lu Ze, its eyes went red. It charged at Lu Ze without hesitation.

"Oh, sh*t!"

Lin Ling also looked at the collapse dazedly.

How were they going back now?

Why was there another one left?

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He took Lin Ling with the wind and dodged the attack.

The beast furiously smashed the ground, and the cave shook vigorously again. Huge rocks fell down incessantly.

"Lin Ling, can you still use god art?" Lu Ze looked at the pale-faced Lin Ling.

Her cultivation level was too low, and it would be hard for her to use it again.

However, he couldn't break the defences.

He was still too noob. Lu Ze felt he should go die in the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] more.

He couldn't even take care of a Core Martial State beast.

Lin Ling said seriously, "I'll try again."

Her dim eyes glimmered with light again. Her face instantly went pale, and her eyes turned red.

"Stop!"

Lu Ze quickly grabbed her hand.

Her eyes were going to be ruined like this.

Lin Ling bit her lips and sighed eventually. "I can't."

Lu Ze grinned and said, "It's fine, it's very slow. If we run fast enough, it can't catch up to us."

"Our path is blocked, you're still laughing!"

Couldn't he be more serious??

Lu Ze pointed at the cave "Isn't there another way here? It's fine, I'll take you out."

Lin Ling's mouth twitched. She didn't know what to say anymore.

Then, Lu Ze used wind god art to take them into the cave behind.

There were all sorts of strange stalactites inside.

Lu Ze didn't know whether there were beasts, so he didn't even dare to use mental force in case a powerful boss found him.

A furious roar sounded behind him. That beast had caught up.

Lu Ze glanced back and disappeared with Lin Ling.

If this was on flat grounds, he could easily throw that guy off.

The two moved rapidly in the tunnels. If there were branches, Lu Ze chose left.

Gradually, he couldn't hear the roars anymore.

Yet, they were successfully lost.

This beast lair was much larger than they had imagined.

Lu Ze had run a hundred kilometers but still didn't see a repeating place.

Nor did he see other beasts.

Another half an hour later, Lu Ze looked dazedly at the tunnel.

This maze was huge.

He found a random place to put Lin Ling as he took out his phone. "We'll make contact with the base first. I'll see if there's a signal here."

Quantum communication was very developed right now. You could reach most places in the galaxy if you had a connection.

But there were always places in the universe that naturally distorted signals.

…for example, now.

Lu Ze put his phone back helplessly. "There might be some field interference."

Lin Ling took out her phone too to check, but it had no signal either. She frowned. "It seems we can only find a way out first."

Lu Ze smiled. "Lin Ling, let's eat first. So hungry."

Lin Ling rebuked seriously. "What time is it now and you're still thinking about eating? Can you be more mature like me??"

But when Lu Ze took out Alice's food, the intense smell made Lin Ling shut up and sit next to Lu Ze.

As they ate, Lu Ze asked, "Are your eyes fine?"

Lin Ling nodded. "Light backlash. I probably can't use it for three days."

Lu Ze nodded and breathed easy. "That's good."

He was really worried something would happen to her. After all, he had a responsibility.

Lin Ling glanced at Lu Ze and joked, "Oh, the foodie Lu Ze knows how to care about people?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Your cultivation level is too weak, your body is weak too, your mental force is weak too. If you're strong enough, you wouldn't get backlashed."

Lin Ling's smile faded.

This bastard!

Not everyone was him!

Wasn't she already improving very fast??

Lin Ling ate two more bowls of food.

After eating, Lu Ze checked around with wind god art and mental force. He found that in a few kilometer radius, there were no beasts.

Thus, they found a place to hide and recover.

They were both tired after fighting for a day.

Lu Ze closed his eyes and entered the [Pocket Hunting Dimension]. The next moment, he opened his eyes again.

There was a tear on the corner of his eye.

He didn't go in for long, and some huge boss crushed him from the sky.

Today, he was Lu "Insect" Ze.

Then, Lu Ze used [red orbs] to cultivate.

Lin Ling was recovering, too.

It was night at the base.

Ye Mu and the rest were sent to help with the rescue.

In a cave, Ian said worriedly, "I wonder how Ze and Lin Ling are going. The beasts inside seemed strong."

Ye Mu laughed. "Don't worry, what can possibly happen to Ze? Perhaps the two are doing something happy right now."

Xavier laughed.

The girls looked contemptuously at the lewd Ye Mu. Xuan Yuqi said coldly, "Do you think Ze is the same as you?"

"I, I don't think Ze is that sort of person…."

"If you were to have a young duke title, it would be lewd young duke!"

"Hehe, thank you, lewd young duke is still a young duke."

…

Six hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. Due to the spirit body, his spirit force cultivation had no bottleneck before the Mortal Evolution State. He was almost Abstruse Martial State level five now.

However, this was still weak. He couldn't even take care of a Core Martial State level nine beast. There would be even more powerful races in the future.

He got up and looked at Lin Ling.

When she closed her eyes, she looked softer and girl-like.

However, she suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were still a bit dim.

Seeing Lu Ze look at her, she winked, "What are you doing? Stalking me?"

Lu Ze said speechlessly "… Let's go, get out earlier."

Lin Ling smiled and got up. "Mhm."

Then, the two began their maze adventure again.

…

Two days later, Ye Mu and the squad looked worriedly at the 45th tunnel.

They had rescued all the other living miners and killed some beasts during this time.

But Lu Ze still wasn't out.

Ian said, "Is he alright? He has no signal on his phone, too."

Ye Mu frowned. "He should be fine. Even if he can't beat something, he can run away."

The highest level being on this planet was just near Aperture Opening State.

At least up until now, it was.

Xuan Yuqi said, "Perhaps they went inside a beast lair with no signal."

Yuantian Qianhua nodded. "That's most likely."

Meanwhile, Lu Ze and Lin Ling have been walking around for more than a few thousand kilometers, but they still didn't find the exit.

They did encounter some black shell beasts, but they weren't as strong as the large one.

Just what lair was this??

If they're so good at digging, then why not dig the entire underground of the planet…

Wait!

Lu Ze thought of this possibility and looked at Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, do you think these beasts have dug the entire planet?"

Lin Ling's playful face was lifeless. "…No way."

Lu Ze frowned. "Are you okay? Your face looks bad."

Lin Ling's mouth twitched. She hadn't showered for two days and wanted to shower. But how could she say this?

He would laugh to death!

Lin Ling shook her head. "It's fine, my god art can recover tomorrow. It would be easier then."

Lu Ze nodded. "Are you really fine?"

"Really."

"Then, let's go."

A few hours later, they went into a tunnel and then into a cave.

Then, the two felt dazed.

There were all sorts of metals and crystals inside, shining in different colors.

However, on top laid a huge, black shell beast. It was completely different to the ones they had seen before. Its shell had waves of blue ripples. It was also a hundred meters long.

When the two came in, the beast slowly lifted up its hideous head and looked coldly at the two.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He showed a very polite smile. "Sorry boss, I didn't know this was your home. Sorry for disturbing, we'll leave immediately!"

Then, Lu Ze swept up Lin Ling and ran.

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Chapter 158. How About We Chill?

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Lu Ze and Lin Ling charged outside.

It was a boss!

They couldn't mess with it.

Although Lu Ze's fire god art and spirit force cultivation have been improving steadily these two days, this black beast clearly didn't look like a newly-ascended Aperture Opening State!

Plus, Lu Ze had personally tested the defences of that Core Martial State level nine beast.

Lu Ze wasn't interested in knowing how strong this Aperture Opening State beast's defences was.

So, Lu Ze felt tactical retreat was more suitable.

"Roar!!"

In one second, Lu Ze and Lin Ling were a few hundred meters from the cave.

The roar shook the air, forming waves that bounced around in the cave.

Even Lu Ze and Lin Ling felt a powerful wind blow past. It smelled bad.

Then, heavy footsteps sounded. Lu Ze felt that powerful chi slowly get close.

The boss was planning to chase?

Green light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes as he smiled at Lin Ling. "Grab the handle, the old driver is about to drive."

Lin Ling: ???

Handle?

What handle?

Before she could think, the scene before her twisted. The speed increased so fast that she felt she was flying.

Her face went pale as she instinctively grabbed Lu Ze's arm tightly. She glared at Lu Ze. "Lu Ze! Do you want to scare me to death!!"

This bastard!

So, that's what he meant by grabbing the handle??

She wasn't prepared at all!

And, how was his speed this fast?

As Lu Ze sped up, he and Lin Ling turned into a green blur in this complicated cave.

The Abstruse Martial State black beasts they passed didn't feel anything at all. They just felt a powerful wind go past. When they looked up, they saw nothing.

Core Martial State black beasts just sensed their chi as the two sped off.

They couldn't even react.

They weren't going to tolerate this!!

Although speed wasn't their strength, they had their pride!!

Thus, the Core Martial State beasts along the way roared and chased toward Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

The two left behind happy figures in the caves. However, behind them were tens of not-so-happy black beasts.

The unhappiest one was the extremely powerful Aperture Opening State beast chasing at the start.

It was taking a good nap at home, and then two strange beings entered its house.

Without a doubt, they wanted to steal his collection!

Thus, he planned to kill the two mercilessly.

However, it was dazed to find that it couldn't catch the two at all.

It felt that it was very invincible.

In the entire race, there were only five as strong as it!

How come it couldn't catch up to the two??

Its huge, black body turned into a black flowing light. It destroyed quite some tunnels along the way. It even crushed other black beasts along the way.

It was merciless and dominating!

Despite it working so hard to chase, it found the two slowly getting further away.

If it was some other black beast, it would just roar a few times in their direction and then go back to sleep.

But as the big boss of a race, it couldn't take this.

Spirit light flowed, and the blue runes on its shell started to emit black light.

Its pressure increased again, and its spirit force wave grew stronger.

It roared, and its speed increased again.

Lu Ze was smiling. As long as they were fast enough, the black beasts couldn't keep up.

However, running like this was problematic as the commotion was too big. Anything could happen.

If they didn't encounter this boss, Lu Ze wouldn't be running happily like this.

Finding the exit safely was the right way.

Lin Ling clutched Lu Ze's arm tightly. She was getting used to this speed.

"Ze, what do we do now? That black beast sped up. We won't be able to shake it off like this."

The black beast's speed could keep up with Lu Ze now.

Speed was their weakness. This meant that the power of this beast was probably not just Aperture Opening State primary stage.

Lu Ze raised a brow, "It's fine, we'll go further away. It can't keep chasing us away from its home. Even if it does, we'll wait until your god art recovers, and we'll find a way out."

His body had great recovery powers. Worse comes to worst, he would run as he used [red orbs].

There were all too many [red orbs] in his brain. It would take at least tens of days for him to use them up. He didn't believe the beast would keep chasing.

Thus, Lu Ze led all the beasts to line up and run around for exercise.

Quite some low-level black beasts didn't even know what was going on, and then a strong wind blew past. Then, they dazedly watched as their boss trampled over them.

Those who were stronger didn't die immediately and wailed on the ground but were then trampled by the chasing Core Martial State beasts.

Before they died, all they could think was, 'What was going on??'

Lu Ze felt great, as he found that while using the [red orbs], he could still get stronger!

It was much less effective than when he cultivated, but he was still getting stronger!

New discovery!

While Lu Ze was happy, Lin Ling sensed all sorts of powerful chi.

Her face was pale from the fright.

She didn't know how big this lair was, but they've run over 100 kilometers with such speed.

Lin Ling didn't even dare to imagine how many black beasts were following behind.

Lin Ling looked at the smiling Lu Ze and said, "Ze, should we be more chill?"

Lu Ze was loving it right now. The beasts were even roaring in rhythm.

They had quite the artistic talent, aye?

Lu Ze smiled. "Don't worry, it's only a small scene. I have a special running method. Plus, that big boss is following behind. I can't stop even if I wanted to."

In the [Pocket Hunting Dimension], he had encountered wolf packs, beast tides, and all sorts of things. There was no cover on the grassy plain, and yet he could live so long.

Here, he would run until those black beasts doubted life.

Hearing this, Lin Ling couldn't say anything else.

Lu Ze was right. For some reason, that Aperture Opening State beast kept chasing them.

Half an hour later, they had twisted and turned, but that Aperture Opening State boss still kept up.

However, the numbers following them didn't increase. Some gave up, and some newly joined. The number remained at a few hundred.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling passed a few kilometers-long tunnel. When they were at the end, the boss was at the start.

Lin Ling instinctively turned around.

She dazed and then frowned.

She patted Lu Ze, "Lu Ze, look at the beast behind you!"

Lu Ze turned around in confusion "What?"

He just glanced at it once and frowned. "This boss…"

Lin Ling: "Very similar, right?"

"…Yes."

Due to the shock, the beast closed in on them a little.

Lu Ze had a burst in speed and disappeared around a corner.

Ordinary black beasts just had a black shell, but the Aperture Opening State one showed blue runes.

It was extremely similar to the spirit powered armor!

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