Chapters [307-308]

Chapter 307. Going Through the Backdoor?

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When Lu Ze heard Lin Ling's words, a smile crossed his face, and he looked at her.

In turn, Lin Ling stared back at him.

Moments later, he grinned. "What did you say just now? I didn't hear it clearly."

Lin Ling: "…"

Nangong Jing: "…"

Qiuyue Hesha: "…"

Lin Ling bit her lips, and her eyes burned with fury.

This shameless guy!!

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha couldn't take it anymore.

Thus, both of them cowardly looked away. It was quite a scene.

Eventually, Lin Ling gritted her teeth and said, "Ze is the most handsome in the world."

This time, Lin Ling's voice tore through the roof to prevent Lu Ze from acting shamelessly again.

Lu Ze heard this and put his hands behind his back as he looked up at a 45-degree angle and sighed. "Indeed, my handsomeness is like the brightest shining star in the night. It's intensely dazzling that even Lin Ling was conquered by my beauty, right? It's my sin."

Lin Ling: "…"

Nangong Jing: "…"

Qiuyue Hesha: "…"

Their mouths spasmed as they looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

Where was his face?

Nangong Jing clutched her fists. She really wanted to beat this kid up.

Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes too.

Lin Ling almost exploded with anger.

She wanted to kill him. After a while, Lin Ling said shakily, "I'll see if I can touch Yingying."

Accordingly, she made stiff strides and came before Yingying. She reached out her hand to touch Yingying's soft face. That familiar sense of touch made Lin Ling want to cry.

The world was so cold. Only Yingying's little face could give her some warmth.

The three girls haven't touched Yingying's face for a month. Now that they finally touched it again, they felt very happy.

Half an hour later, Nangong Jing came back to her senses. "Well, we'll have plenty of opportunities in the future. Let's go eat first."

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing with a touch of emotion.

After dinner, Lu Ze and Lin Ling planned to go back, but Nangong Jing suddenly said, "You've cultivated for so long this time. Do you want to do a mission and practice your fighting capabilities? I saw a mission quite suitable for you guys yesterday and reserved it for you two."

Lu Ze was a bit surprised at this.

Reserved it?

Was this going through the backdoor?

I like it!

He asked curiously, "What's the mission?"

Nangong Jing grinned. "It's a natural wormhole mission. The wormhole is connected to a region of void in space. Four Void Beasts ran over. Their power is around 500 to 600 of the Aperture Opening State. Among the students, only you two can complete the mission."

Qiuyue Hesha frowned. "Did this wormhole appear in a Solar System with life?"

Nangong Jing nodded. "It appeared in Gula System. There's a Primordial Planet in the System. A smart race had already been born on it. These six Void Beasts ravaged the Planet. Luckily, there was a team of life evolution researchers who were studying about humanity there and encountered those beasts. Consequently, they reported to the Federation."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded. She thought they appeared in a Solar System with Federal citizens.

Lu Ze asked curiously, "Since the mission difficulty isn't small, what's the reward?"

Outside the region of material astral bodies, there were boundless voids. The environment there was extremely harsh. In some forbidden grounds, not even Cosmic System States may survive.

This region was called Void Space.

There were quite some powerful beings living in void space. Regardless if they reached the Planetary State, they can still survive in space.

The beings born from such extreme environments were usually chaotic and violent.

There was a region of battlefronts at the border of the Milky Way Galaxy dedicated solely to stopping Void Beasts from entering the Milky Way.

Nangong Jing smiled. "This mission will not provide academic credits, but six hours in the Dao Enlightenment Room will serve as a reward. This is pretty useful to you guys."

Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

To be honest, dao enlightenment room time was more important than academic credits for him now. He can learn [God Art] and [Divine Art] faster in there. His combat power mainly relied on those two.

Lin Ling also smiled. This reward wasn't bad.

Lu Ze smiled. "Thank you, teacher Nangong. We'll take this mission."

If Nangong Jing didn't reserve it for them, they might not be able to get this mission. Other than students, teachers who were not busy can also take missions.

Nangong Jing smiled. "Then, head off tomorrow."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded and left.

Back at the dorm, Lu Ze cultivated like usual with the [Red Orbs].

The afternoon soon passed, and he opened his eyes. His spirit force cultivation level had reached Aperture Opening State with 50 Apertures.

He was quite happy with his current speed of improvement. It was more than one Aperture each day. The strength of his body was also approaching 100 Apertures level.

His energy was now enough to sustain a stronger consumption, leading his combat power to increase to a great extent.

After resting for a while, Lu Ze ate dinner and went back to his bed. He entered the [Pocket Hunting Dimension].

As soon as he went in, Lu Ze used chi stealth technique. The situation of him being hunted in the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] was getting more and more serious.

In this map, there were four types of [God Art Bosses]. The power of the blue bird boss was around 400 to 500 Apertures.

The lightning warhorse and gray lizard bosses were around 500 to 600 Apertures. Meanwhile, the power of the black tiger boss, who was the strongest, was around 600 to 800.

He had been getting a lot of [Wind God Art Orbs] lately, so his [Wind God Art] was progressing substantially. The power of his [Green Jade Slash] was around 600 Apertures.

If he used [Star Crippling Punch], his combat power would reach more than 700 and approach 800 Apertures.

Even those who just opened 360 basic Apertures and progressed to Mortal Evolution State only had a power of 700 Apertures.

This meant that Lu Ze was on par with ordinary Mortal Evolution States.

He had only started school for two months, and he already had such power. This was very terrifying

Up until now, only Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling know about Lu Ze's actual power.

Lu Ze hadn't been to the martial trial tower for a long time. He was still ranked first in the 1st year ranking but dropped a few ranks on the overall ranking. Other people were progressing too.

At the same time, Lin Ling hadn't been into the martial trial tower during this period. Her overall ranking dropped more than Lu Ze's.

Quite some senior schoolmates wanted to spar with Lu Ze during this time, but Lu Ze didn't answer. He didn't want to become more famous. If they didn't go to class with Ye Mu and the others from time to time, other people would've thought they had disappeared.

Lu Ze shook his head and disappeared into the grass, looking for prey.

A day later, a gray lizard was resting in the grass. Lu Ze threw his evil glance at it.

He had killed quite some blue bird boss lately, but the gray lizard and lightning warhorse were not much weaker than him. It would cause a huge commotion every time he tried to kill them, so he didn't pursue them much.

His [Wind God Art] was progressing slower now. Quite some of the information in the [Orbs] were repetitive. He felt it was time to target another beast.

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Chapter 308. The Only One

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Lu Ze directed his gaze at the resting gray lizard. Afterward, his eyes flashed with purple color, and the [Wings of Wind and Lightning] emerged from his back.

At present, the speed of his [Wings of Wind and Lightning] was extremely fast. It was not slower than the level one of the Mortal Evolution State.

Lu Ze instantly appeared above the head of the gray lizard. Dark rays then surged on his right fist.

[Star Crippling Punch]!

Feeling a lethal threat, the gray lizard boss suddenly opened its eyes. A gray spirit light flashed and transformed into a thick gray shield, blocking before Lu Ze's [Star Crippling Punch].

Rumble!!

When the fist and the shield collided, the surrounding grass was torn to pieces instantly.

After a brief moment of stalemate, the shield broke. Although the power of his fist force diminished, he still chose to strike the lizard's head.

Rumble!!

Subsequently, the lizard's head was smashed into the ground. A huge wound appeared as blood slowly poured out.

It was indeed the lizard boss. Even at this moment, it wasn't dead.

Although it had [Regeneration God Art], its body was also not weak.

Lu Ze's full-powered fist only managed to heavily injure it.

However, Lu Ze was not a noob hunter either. Naturally, he wasn't going to give the boss time to recover.

At this time, he used [1st Body God Art], [Strength God Art], and [Star Crippling Punch].

Rumble!

Rumble!!

Rumble!!

After releasing three consecutive punches, the soil, where they were currently fighting, was plowed through, leaving a giant crater with a range of several kilometers on the ground. The terrifying aftermath brought along loud thunderous sounds on the entire region.

The lizard couldn't even defend itself effectively against Lu Ze's attacks. Upon the fourth punch, it lost all its strength and finally died. One must find a good place to sleep. Sleeping in the wild was dangerous.

Shouldn't this be common knowledge?

Lu Ze's face slowly recovered as he looked at the lizard turning to dust. Although his spirit force cultivation and body had both improved, he still couldn't use a full-powered [Star Crippling Punch] several times.

A few seconds later, the gray lizard boss turned to dust completely. Lu Ze picked up the [Orbs] and flapped his [Wings of Wind and Lightning]

Two days later.

Lu Ze looked at the boss in front of him in the air.

This was a half-dragon with a gray mist surrounding its entire body. It seemed to be the overlord of gray lizards. It was one of the four overlords he had seen before, and it was extremely powerful.

Even now, Lu Ze still couldn't detect the limit of its strength.

At this moment, it stared at Lu Ze with ferocity flashing in its eyes.

The atmosphere turned silent.

Lu Ze's mouth spasmed. "Hello, boss? I'm going home to eat, goodbye."

Afterward, Lu Ze's [Wings of Wind and Lightning] appeared behind him, and he shot backward instantly.

However, the speed of the gray half-dragon was extremely fast.

Lu Ze could only see a blur, and the gray half-dragon suddenly appeared before him and swiped its sharp claws at Lu Ze. Right away, the severe pain overtook his body as his vision gradually sunk into darkness.

When Lu Ze opened his eyes, he was once more back in his room. Sweat covered his entire body. Despite dying once a day, it didn't mean that the pain immediately goes right away.

What could he do?

He also felt miserable. If it was possible, Lu Ze would very much like to receive a [God Art] that could completely eliminate the feeling of pain. He could only shiver on the bed at this time while the pain assaulted his senses constantly.

Moments later, he eventually recovered.

Lu Ze let out a long breath and looked at the ceiling

He was going to remember this. Once he got stronger, he was going to get revenge! He wondered what things the overlord would drop.

Then, he crawled up to take a shower before cultivating again.

The next morning, Lu Ze and Lin Ling went to the space station.

The two came to the renting area of flying ships, so they could proceed with their mission. Luckily, they did a mission with Margaret, or they really wouldn't know they could rent spaceships.

After they rented one with two rooms and an autopilot function, they boarded the ship and headed toward the Gula System.

Lu Ze who sat on the couch said, "I really want to test driving it myself."

Why didn't Lin Ling let him drive the ship?! Lu Ze complained deep inside.

Lin Ling glared at Lu Ze. "When are you going to learn to pilot one? Do that first!"

This bastard didn't even know how to drive it, yet he still wanted to play with it.

What if he broke it?

Although there were spacesuits and their personal armors could survive in space, they weren't Planetary States in the end. They could only survive for a limited period of time. If the spaceship was really damaged, they would have to float around in space.

During such time, they would have to message sister Jing to pick them up. Just that alone was embarrassing enough. Moreover, if the spaceship broke, they would need to pay the compensation fee—100,000 academic credits!

Though they had academic credits, they couldn't just waste it like that.

Lu Ze sighed helplessly. Piloting a space ship, that was every man's dream!

He had made up his mind to learn spaceship piloting as soon as he got back. For the next mission, he was going to pilot the spaceship himself!

At this moment, Lin Ling said, "By the way, are we going to meet with the scientist team first?"

After all, it was the scientist team that submitted the mission. The team left the planet immediately when they saw the Void Beasts on there.

Although Void Beasts could fly, they were slower than their spaceship. In addition, Aperture Opening State Void Beasts couldn't jump space. It was hard for them to catch up to the spaceship.

In order to mitigate the damage of the Void Beasts, they led the Gula people to other places to seek refuge and preserve their civilization.

Lu Ze nodded. "Let's go meet up with them and understand the situation."

Lin Ling nodded as well.

Naturally, she had the same idea. This was necessary given that the planet was enormous, and they were not familiar with the team conducting the investigation in there.

At this moment, Lu Ze suddenly recalled something.

He then asked, "By the way, how did it feel using the [Red Orb] yesterday?"

Lin Ling's face stiffened due to his question. She remembered what this guy forced her to say.

However, the effect of the [Red Orb] was very good.

Moments later, she answered, "Mhm, it's very effective. A lot of my weaknesses in my body refinement has been covered. I even feel I can become a perfect spirit body."

Lu Ze nodded at her answer and took out three blue bird boss [Red Orbs]. He handed these [Orbs] to Lin Ling. "You can use these three."

Lin Ling fell silent.

Why was this guy this nice to her?

Did he like her?

Lin Ling's face turned red. She looked at Lu Ze with embarrassment.

She felt very complicated and didn't know exactly how she felt. "You're giving these three to me? Isn't this a bit too much?"

Lu Ze smiled. "I was originally planning to give you, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha one each person every day. After all, I don't have a lot myself. There would only be more once I become stronger, but since there's only you right now, you can have it."

Lin Ling: "…"

This guy! She thought it was only for her!

A girl would always hope she was the only one. Although their relationship wasn't at that stage yet, she still felt this way.

Then, she said stiffly, "Since you're planning to keep the [Orbs] for sister Jing and Hesha, then save it for them!"

Lu Ze smiled at her words. "Really?"

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