Chapter 457: Brat, You Just Wait for Me
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*Slap!*
The palm strike was precise and firm, landing with a crisp sound.
He Jianzhu’s head buzzed. Seeing this brat, who lacked any virtue of respecting the old and loving the young, raise his hand to strike a third time, she quickly put her hands behind her back.
She grabbed the large hand’s wrist. “Stop!”
“Hmm?”
Xia Feng raised his dark eyes slightly. He Jianzhu’s stiff smile returned to gentle. She said softly and gracefully, “Auntie knows she was wrong. Can you give Auntie some face?”
He Jianzhu’s voice was soft, possessing a disarming affinity. Xia Feng pondered for a moment and relaxed his shoulders as if about to lower his hand.
Seeing this, He Jianzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, this matter could naturally not be let go just like that!
When had she, He Jianzhu, ever suffered such humiliation? If it weren’t for the fact that this mission targeting Xia Feng was of the highest level, she would have… she would have immediately dispelled her clone and avoided him if she couldn’t defeat him.
Her main body was also strange, sending such a weak clone to execute a top-level mission. Naturally, she was bound to be bullied.
The strength of a clone was generally divided by age. Her current clone was very young, with very low strength and little stored memory.
However, just wait, you brat. I’ve noted this grudge!
Today, this child not only tricked me multiple times, bullied my clone, and freely struck my buttocks, showing no respect for elders! This is an unbearable humiliation! If I ever have the chance, I will make him kneel and present his backside, making his buttocks bloom with pain!
As for the mission to gain Xia Feng’s favor…
Mission is mission, and personal revenge is personal revenge!
After completing the mission, I will settle personal scores. There is no conflict!
“Miss Jian Zhu, you’re cursing me in your heart, aren’t you?” Xia Feng felt like he was about to sneeze. The hand he had lowered was raised again.
He Jianzhu reacted quickly, blocking her rear with the back of her hand. She clasped his hands together, her delicate fingers interlocking with his.
“Little Feng, there’s no need for you to be so hostile towards me.”
He Jianzhu said helplessly, “If you’ve met my other clones, you should know that I’ve always been helping you and have never harmed you.”
What she said was true. Xia Feng blinked and hesitated for a moment before finally lowering his hand.
However, in fact, he didn’t have much hostility towards He Jianzhu in the first place. As for hitting her just now… well, he just felt like hitting her.
Who told this woman to look 99.99% like Mu Qingtong? She just looked so tempting to bully.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng felt a bit helpless. Dammit, I can’t bully Mu Qingtong, so I have to bully He Jianzhu to console myself?
“Fine.”
Xia Feng pinched the silver-haired woman’s delicate jaw and tilted her head left and right. “I’ll let you go for now.”
To be honest, the He Jianzhu he met in the garden bore seven parts resemblance to Miss Mu. She looked more mature and even majestic, inspiring a sense of respect.
Clearly, the He Jianzhu in front of him was likely her younger self, looking exactly like Miss Mu.
This made Xia Feng wonder if Mu Qingtong was also one of He Jianzhu’s clones.
Thinking this, Xia Feng shook his head. It was unlikely. If that were the case, He Jianzhu would be too monstrous.
*Boom!*
As Xia Feng fiddled with her chin, He Jianzhu felt displeased. Just as she was about to say something, a roar came from the distant gray depths.
Layers of gray mist, like tidal waves, surged towards them. Visibly, a terrifying blood-red mushroom cloud rose in the distance.
After rising, the mushroom cloud did not dissipate. Instead, it began to move towards them like a cloud layer flashing with thunder.
As the mushroom cloud moved, a few scattered figures stumbled out of the mist, including oddly shaped Nightmare Clan members and Calamity Eaters.
They were fleeing towards them frantically. The mushroom cloud behind them was like a thunder god wielding heavenly punishment. With a single blood-red lightning strike, a living being was directly annihilated.
“Brat, don’t just stand there, hurry up and run,” He Jianzhu’s low voice sounded in his ear. Xia Feng complied, turned, and ran. “What is that thing?”
“Magic Mist Thunder. This thing is prevalent in the Calamity Demon Sea. It’s like a landmine buried in the grass. If you’re not careful, you’ll trigger an explosion, and then it will start chasing life forms indiscriminately.”
“Those below the Venerable level, or below Six-eyed, will die upon contact. Only those at Seven-eyed level can possibly contend with it.”
“Is that so…” Xia Feng looked back at the blood-red mushroom cloud again. Through the Calamity Demon Heart, he could clearly sense that a large amount of Bloodworms were contained within the mushroom cloud.
These Bloodworms seemed to have come alive, gathering together to indiscriminately attack life forms.
“I don’t see many living beings in the Calamity Demon Sea. Have they all been killed by this thing?”
“Some of them have.”
He Jianzhu seemed very familiar with this place and explained softly, “Those who can enter this place possess either Heart Calamity Blood Mist or Heart Calamity Demon Blood. Therefore, not all these fellows enter this place solely to seek the Calamity Demons’ God Relics. Some purely come here to plunder others’ Heart Calamity Demon Blood, hoping to eventually obtain the Calamity Demons’ authority of immortality.”
“Of course, some Nightmare Clan members come here to devour dead spirits. The Calamity Demon Sea is filled with high-level dead spirits, making it a treasure trove for the Nightmare Clan.”
The so-called dead spirits refer to remnant souls that have lost their physical bodies, spirit particles, and spirit bases, retaining only their spirit substance. These souls would normally dissipate quickly, but because of the special environment, they did not die and became dead spirits.
For the Nightmare Clan, ascending the eye levels is very simple: continuously slaughter life forms and devour their spirit substance. The more powerful the life form, the better the spirit substance, and the better the effect of improvement.
Therefore, dead spirits are also on the Nightmare Clan’s menu, and they are a great tonic for those weak beings who cannot resist.
Xia Feng continued to fly towards the Refining God Tower he sensed. He did not encounter many living beings along the way.
It had been almost ten hours since he entered the Calamity Demon Sea, and he had encountered fewer than ten life forms.
It was as if they had all died out.
Xia Feng was puzzled and wanted to ask He Jianzhu more questions, but at that moment, the back of his neck felt a chill.
A deathly coldness suddenly descended!
In his perception, the space above his head quietly cracked open, like a king cobra opening its great mouth, revealing sharp fangs and flashing its forked tongue towards his head, closing in.
Xia Feng reacted swiftly and directly entered the Holy Knight Space. Half a second later, he reappeared a hundred meters away.
*Bang!* The snake-mouth-like crack bit empty air. A bone-white long snake, rustling, wriggled out of the space. As it coiled, a man’s figure appeared in the center.
He was a lean, pale-faced, effeminate-looking man. A bone snake coiled around his waist, writhing gently, its vertical pupils emitting a cold green flame, staring fixedly at Xia Feng.
At the same time, a man with a spider on his head sped from the distant sky and landed beside the bone snake man.
The bone snake man first looked at He Jianzhu, his effeminate eyes flashing with excitement as he stared for two seconds. He then glanced at Xia Feng. “Is this kid the one the Peach Blossom Star Lord is looking for?”
“Lord Shepan, the Peach Blossom Star Lord will arrive soon. He instructed us not to act rashly.”
The spider man said in a deep voice, “There’s no need for you to make a move now.”
