Chapter 22

Even if Tang Zheng was injured, if he had to leave, it wasn't impossible!

However, once he chose to retreat, he would be letting go of the opportunity to silence the witness. Moreover, during the retreat, he would have to risk exposing his back to the opponent.

"No, I must silence the witness!" Tang Zheng shook his head.

In fact, Tang Zheng had already learned the second volume of the "Star Attraction Technique," the "Star Pulse Flow," so he was very clear that fighting a one-star martial artist one-on-one was a suicidal act.

The entire "Star Pulse Flow" mostly discussed the issues of star energy flow before and after the first life palace was lit.

In Tang Zheng's view, the difference between a one-star life palace being lit or not came down to two points.

The first point was that the main star entering the life palace would rapidly cleanse the star pulse with its own attribute. The ordinary star energy in the martial artist's body would be washed away and transformed into one-star star energy. Although the total amount would decrease to some extent, the quality would be greatly improved.

Tang Zheng understood this in gaming terms: ordinary star energy could not break through the defense of one-star star energy at all!

The second point was that the biggest difference between a one-star martial artist and an ordinary martial artist was that one-star star energy had a certain degree of extensibility. For example, in the battle at Fengmen Village, only Tian Meng's table leg and the flying knife in the hands of the Viper had star energy attached to them—because they were one-star star energy, which could extend to weapons and release martial techniques.

Similarly, Tang Zheng understood this in terms of his previous life: a one-star martial artist could start learning and using skills!

Considering either the first or the second point, the best choice for Tang Zheng now was to find a way to leave as soon as possible...

However, while he had a way to leave, he also had a way to silence the witness!

"Die!" Xiao Gui pulled out the dagger from his leg bindings and slowly moved his body toward the dead end. His bloodshot eyes were filled with a疯狂的光芒.

"Hey..." Tang Zheng wiped his mouth again, and the smile on his face grew wider as he saw the blood on the back of his hand.

Xiao Gui's star energy circulated, and a layer of black mist enveloped the dagger as he charged at Tang Zheng. The spotted leopard constellation behind him flickered, unstable but never extinguished.

Ding!

The moment Xiao Gui attacked, Tang Zheng gathered his star energy in his feet and dodged, causing Xiao Gui's dagger to stab into the wall.

He quickly pulled out a small packet from his inner pocket: "This is the last bit..."

After dodging, he circled around to Xiao Gui's back, gathered star energy in his hands, and pushed forcefully against his back.

The fragrance spread...

It was the familiar scent of the "Paper Intoxication" powder.

After using it last time, Tang Zheng only had this much "Paper Intoxication" left. Since he had seen Tian Meng and his little book boy's reaction to "Paper Intoxication," he estimated that using this amount of powder to blind Xiao Gui should be no problem!

However, as the "Paper Intoxication" spread, Tang Zheng felt a surge of power in Xiao Gui's body!

Looking again, Xiao Gui had pulled out the dagger that was deeply embedded in the wall and swung it back!

"Rage?" Tang Zheng hissed, stepping back quickly and leaning backward.

Rage was the most dangerous effect of "Paper Intoxication."

Back in Fengmen Village, Tian Meng's little book boy had raged. If not for Tang Zheng's intervention, the boy would have died that night.

Tang Zheng's backward lean barely avoided the blade.

However, the black mist on the blade easily cut his neck, and blood gushed out quickly.

"Damn, at least it wasn't a vital attack!" Tang Zheng crouched and rolled.

If his reaction had been slower, he would have been decapitated by the small dagger!

However, in the face of life and death, Tang Zheng also experienced up close...

This was the power of the main star!

This was a one-star martial artist!

This incomprehensible power, which could transform a person on the brink of death into a formidable fighter in just a few minutes, was beyond Tang Zheng's understanding!

Yes, this was what he wanted!

What he wanted was something he could never possess, even if he were reborn a hundred or a thousand times!

"Hehe..." Tang Zheng quickly stepped back, pressing his neck to stop the bleeding, but his eyes were filled with the fighting spirit of a top-tier player.

Xiao Gui's fatal blow had missed, and he was now panting heavily. His face was completely pale. Under the influence of rage, his combat power had increased again, but the life force was flowing out of his heart wound even faster...

Tang Zheng looked into his eyes, which had lost focus, seemingly filled only with destruction and killing.

"Die!" Xiao Gui's mouth only had one word left as he pounced.

He threw away the dagger in his hand and lunged at Tang Zheng.

"Ah?" Tang Zheng made a mistake, not expecting that Xiao Gui, who was already blind, could still accurately pinpoint his location.

In the face of life and death, such a mistake was almost fatal!

With his step technique, Tang Zheng was caught off guard by Xiao Gui, who grabbed his right leg.

A sharp crack sounded, and it was easy to imagine what would have happened if he hadn't dodged and been caught by Xiao Gui.

"Ha!" All of Tang Zheng's star energy protected his right leg to prevent serious injury. As soon as Xiao Gui's star energy dissipated, the star energy flowed from his right leg to the tip of his right foot in half a second.

Tang Zheng kicked forcefully, and the star energy-filled kick hit Xiao Gui's crotch!

"Ow..." Xiao Gui's one-star star energy couldn't flow to such a sensitive spot quickly enough, and his face immediately contorted!

Tang Zheng jumped up.

Xiao Gui's hands formed claws and lunged at Tang Zheng's neck.

Clearly, under the influence of "Paper Intoxication," he couldn't see Tang Zheng, and his actions were like the instinct of a wild beast...

"Instinct of a wild beast?" Tang Zheng moved patiently, shaking his head, "Impossible!"

Instinct doesn't appear out of nowhere.

Since Xiao Gui couldn't see him, there must be something he could sense!

Tang Zheng took a few deep breaths and quietly said, "Footsteps? Breathing? No... Star energy!"

His steps were those of an assassin, almost silent, and his breathing, though a bit heavy, was definitely not clear enough for Xiao Gui, who was under the influence of "Paper Intoxication," to hear.

So, almost at the same time Xiao Gui attacked again, Tang Zheng determined what his opponent could sense.

Star energy!

A one-star martial artist's star energy lock on an ordinary martial artist.

Therefore, the threads of star energy no longer circulated around Tang Zheng's body but were rapidly gathered into the purple-golden belt by his extraordinary star energy control.

In the vast purple-golden belt, those few dozen threads of ordinary star energy almost instantly disappeared.

Xiao Gui was stunned.

He was stunned, but Tang Zheng wasn't!

Tang Zheng threw a dagger straight at Xiao Gui's left eye. It was unclear what Xiao Gui saw under the influence of "Paper Intoxication," but he immediately jumped back, and the heavy star energy made him crash into the wall behind him!

Tang Zheng used his step technique to completely control Xiao Gui's movements.

Rage!

Let him rage!

The ultimate result of rage was only one: death!

"Ah ah ah..." Xiao Gui's star energy circulated faster and faster, and the blood from his chest flowed faster and faster.

Then, suddenly.

It was as if a gust of wind had blown out the star in his constellation. The star that had just lit up went out again.

Immediately, his constellation behind him disappeared.

And he fell to the ground, lifeless, his eyes devoid of any expression.

Tang Zheng didn't wait a second, picked up the dagger from the ground, and delivered the final blow!

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Including the Viper in Fengmen Village, this was the second one-star martial artist to die at Tang Zheng's hands.

In the distance, it seemed that someone had noticed the commotion, and Tang Zheng didn't have much time to deal with Xiao Gui's body.

But out of the habit of a high-level gamer, he still spent a few seconds squatting down and searching Xiao Gui's body, taking a few items.

He didn't examine them closely, discarding what was hard to carry and putting the rest directly into his pocket.

However, his appearance when he returned to the carriage startled the driver: "Mr. Tang... Mr. Tang, what... what happened?"

"The West Street is too chaotic, full of damn robbers!" Tang Zheng replied casually, "Let's go back."

"Okay... okay, okay." The driver quickly drove the carriage, taking Tang Zheng back to Tang Family Manor...

The carriage clattered along the stone road, slowly passing through the East Gate.

At the same time as they left Wulong Town, Tang Zheng heard a series of increasingly loud whistles from the West Street.

The whistles were fast and urgent, filled with anger and anxiety.

Unfortunately, they didn't know that the culprit was already lying comfortably in the carriage, leisurely leaving this place of trouble...

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