A voice like a warbler leaving the valley rang beside Lu Zixun’s ear.
With his mouth slightly open, Lu Zixun looked incredulously at Li Ajie.
This guy—actually a girl—Lu Zixun had not expected that at all.
Seeing the surprise in Lu Zixun’s eyes, Li Ajie touched her short hair with regret and apologized, "Sorry for the misunderstanding. I am Si Han’s girlfriend. You can just call me Ah Jie."
Lu Zixun’s brain had somewhat crashed...
He could only nod subconsciously, "Oh, okay, okay."
Si Han’s lips curved up ever so slightly, his mood greatly improved as he said, "Actually, Lord Cat, you don’t need to worry too much about Ah Jie. I can arrange for Ah Jie to get into Qingniao University; you just take good care of her."
After pausing, Si Han touched the back of his head sheepishly, "That is... well, my girlfriend really likes cats. Lord Cat, do you think... could you let my girlfriend pet you?"
Rolling his eyes, Lu Zixun didn’t even think before decisively rejecting it. Was he such an easygoing cat?
Lying in Li Ajie’s arms, Lu Zixun was making a comfortable sound from his throat.
They had already arrived in a commercial hotel room, and Lu Zixun, tilting his head and half-squinting his eyes, looked at Si Han, "So you’re telling me the severe decline in your strength is because you extracted some to calculate Ah Jie’s fate?"
"Yeah, I had to do it."
With a tender gaze at Li Ajie, Si Han carelessly flicked his hair, "It’s just a bit of strength, I’ll just cultivate it back."
Seeing Si Han’s nonchalant appearance, as well as the sadness deep in Ah Jie’s eyes,
Lu Zixun wasn’t a oblivious cat, so he simply changed the subject, "Why not go to the Si Family? Logically speaking, the Si Family should be stronger than me."
Muttering, Si Han chuckled bitterly, "If you bring someone who’s predicted their own death to the Si Family, then the Si Family isn’t a family of fortune-tellers; they’d be life robbers instead."
With that meaningful remark, Si Han fell silent.
Lu Zixun pondered for a moment before he understood why Si Han came to him.
If anyone could just take their fated challenges to the Si Family whenever they faced an enemy they couldn’t defeat, sooner or later the Si Family would become a thorn in many people’s sides. The present situation is indeed the best.
Rolling around comfortably, Lu Zixun stretched and stood up, "Alright then, that’s settled. I’m heading back now; time to sleep."
"The magic research, I’ll look into it."
Opening the window, Si Han courteously said to Lu Zixun.
"I want something easy to get the hang of, something simple and flashy."
Jumping onto the windowsill, Lu Zixun left the reminder with Si Han and turned his gaze back to Ah Jie, "You just added me on VV. If there’s anything, just send the address directly; I’ll come over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zixun leapt down and disappeared from their view.
"Ding— Gratitude Value from Si Han detected +2000."
"Ding— Gratitude Value from Li Ajie detected +8000."
On his way back to Huiqing Bird University, Lu Zixun also casually stopped by a vending machine to buy a bottle of mineral water.
Just as he was about to continue walking, a figure appeared in front of him, illuminated by the street lights.
Lu Zixun turned around and found a person wearing a mask.
Just as Lu Zixun pretended nothing was happening and was about to leave,
He heard the masked person speak indifferently, "Aren’t you going to say hello before leaving?"
This voice did not sound familiar to Lu Zixun, and he figured it wasn’t meant for him.
As he prepared to leave with small, quick steps, a cross dart embedded itself in front of him.
"Ding—System Prompt Sound—Killing Intent Value from Ling +8000."
Hearing the System Prompt Sound, Lu Zixun was startled and reflected but couldn’t think of anything unexpected.
Since Ye Xun hadn’t died, it was only natural Ling should also be alive.
Without another word, Lu Zixun tossed a mineral water bottle into the air. An ice blade appeared and pierced through the plastic, and as the water fell from the sky, it froze in an instant. Lu Zixun lifted his paw, and with a wave, the water turned into a block of ice.
Creating ice directly from thin air must make it faster to form ice blocks for casting Superpower Techniques.
Caught off guard, Ling was immediately suppressed by the ice block.
Lu Zixun had no intention of letting Ling off so easily. He pulled off the nano longsword hanging at his chest and, with Magnetic Field Control activated, thrust it through the block of ice heading straight for Ling’s head.
Struggling against the pressure of the ice block, Ling felt a sharp killing intent and let out a roar as his tail whipped out, shattering the ice block.
Lu Zixun raised his hand, claws springing from beneath his skin, and grabbed hold of the nano longsword.
Unexpectedly, Ling still had the strength to fight back, which made Lu Zixun’s eyebrows twitch.
Using the momentum to withdraw the nano longsword, he leaped into the air, standing on the sword, and looked down at Ling from above.
Ice chains shot out from his claws, attempting to capture Ling, while behind Lu Zixun, Spiritual Fire ignited, ready to form Superpower Techniques.
Ling agilely dodged Lu Zixun’s ice chains. Looking up at the Lu Zixun in the air, Ling charged up and spat out a stream of green liquid.
Unanticipated, Ling could still attack Lu Zixun in mid-air. Lu Zixun maneuvered the nano longsword to dodge, but it was slightly too late. The Sword God engraved on the longsword was splashed by the green substance and began to corrode rapidly.
Seeing this, Lu Zixun painfully encased the nano longsword in ice to protect it and quickly tossed it into a talisman.
Originally, Lu Zixun had thought that standing on the longsword would allow him to better harness his Superpower, but Ling had unexpectedly pulled a fast one and damaged his nano longsword.
Looking at Lu Zixun still suspended in the air, doubt flickered in Ling’s eyes.
While dodging the ice chains, Ling moved swiftly towards Lu Zixun’s position. Similarly, Lu Zixun continued to chase Ling with the ice chains while continually throwing Ice Blades to harass him.
One person and one Abnormal Creature exchanged blows back and forth in an intense conflict.
"How can this thing be so troublesome?"
With a frown, Lu Zixun muttered to himself internally, wasn’t this just delaying his sleep?
Moreover... Lu Zixun looked at the constantly evasive shadow below and squinted his eyes—this standoff would leave him out of Superpowers if it went on much longer, and that would spell trouble.
After some thought, Lu Zixun landed, looked at Ling charging towards him, and cracked a smile, "Extreme Ice Ring."
A cold blast spread out around Lu Zixun as the center. Ling, who was approaching with great speed, had his ankles quickly encased in thick ice, rendering him immobile.
In the next moment, ice chains wrapped around Ling, locking him in place firmly.
Lu Zixun said with a smile, as the Frost Fire Spear floated above his head, emitting a blindingly bright light from the long-accumulated Spiritual Fire, even through its icy wrapping.
The Frost Fire Spear, thrown by Lu Zixun, impaled Ling’s chest with force.