Surviving in high-level martial arts and stacking Hextech

Chapter 15 Thank you, Aunt Zhang

Zhang Ruanruan's voice exploded in Jiang Feng's ears like a thunderclap.

"A mutant king?! How could something like that be here?!"

He subconsciously looked up and followed the other person's gaze.

The crisscrossing metal pipes ahead were riddled with holes from being soaked in dark green rust, and murky sewage dripped continuously down the pipe walls, forming puddles on the ground that emitted a pungent smell.

The fireflies seemed to be trapped in the sewage, their faint light flickering in the darkness... and that was where Zhang Ruanruan's gaze ended.

The next moment, Jiang Feng suddenly realized something, and his pupils shrank sharply!

Those weren't fireflies at all!

That's...that's.....

A monster's eyes?!

The moment Jiang Feng realized all this, shards of metal mixed with cement crashed down, and a terrifying radiation concentration far exceeding that of any previous aberration surged out of the darkness ahead like a tsunami!

His face turned deathly pale instantly, and countless fragmented, frenzied whispers exploded in his ears, tearing at his reason.

Hold your breath and focus your mind!

Zhang Ruanruan stepped in front of him, and a cold voice rang out, "Release your [Blessing]."

Jiang Feng knew without him saying it; in fact, the instant the voice rang out, he had already activated his cultivation technique, and the [protection] of the Yuanji Chains was formed in an instant, barely resisting this mental pollution.

Meanwhile, Zhang Ruanruan's side—

A layer of almost transparent sky-blue Daoist aura rose from her body, effectively isolating the spiritual pollution from the outside.

The "protection" of the water purifier's bones!

In the darkness, the sickening sounds of bones grinding and muscles twitching could be heard.

The eyes opened and closed rapidly, and a small, palm-sized, bluish-green worm covered in eyeballs slowly floated up from the puddle.

"Stay behind me, don't come out." Zhang Ruanruan's voice remained calm.

"Can we do it? Or should we run?" Jiang Feng asked anxiously, following his heart's choice.

He knew their chances of escape were slim, but the true combat power of this mutated royal species was already infinitely close to the Qi and Blood Realm. He didn't think Zhang Ruanruan's strength at the fifth level of Body Tempering was enough to kill them.

"Need not."

Zhang Ruanruan's usually aloof expression relaxed slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "Don't forget, I was born with the Daoist bones."

She was genuinely happy because she realized that she could protect others just as her former senior brother had protected her.

.........

Zhang Ruanruan closed her eyes.

Crimson aura rose from her body, intertwining with the pure white Daoist energy, forming a red and white streak of light.

The [protection] of the Qi and Blood Realm and the [protection] of the Pure Water Bone Realm merged into one at this moment.

"besides."

Her left hand was slightly bent and placed on top of her right hand, then she slowly raised it.

Between his palms, clouds of lightning appeared.

"Huh!!!"

Sensing danger, the mutated king creature unleashed a dozen tentacles from its sides, tearing through the air with a whistling sound, as they swept towards the two of them simultaneously!

Wherever the tentacles passed, the hard metal pipes were easily severed as if made of paper. Just as these tentacles were about to touch Jiang Feng and his companion—

Zhang Ruanruan's figure suddenly moved.

Jiang Feng couldn't see anything clearly, but he heard a thunderous sound explode throughout the space. The next moment, a muffled roar exploded in the space. When he refocused his gaze, several deep wounds that revealed bone had appeared on the tentacles of the mutated king!

"babble!!!"

"babble!!!"

"babble!!!"

Wang Zhong let out a deafening roar, its injured tentacles suddenly retracting, and at the same time, a dark green liquid, like a water gun, sprayed from each of its eyes toward Zhang Ruanruan, its spray seemingly corroding even the air.

"Hmph." Zhang Ruanruan sneered, neither dodging nor avoiding, letting the liquid fall onto her protective aura. But as soon as it touched her, the liquid seemed to melt away like ice and snow in spring, melting and purifying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"babble!!!"

This time, the roar of the King seemed to carry a hint of surprise and doubt. It was as if it had understood something, and it instantly lost the will to continue fighting. The tentacles on its body began to retract into its flesh.

After just two rounds, it actually tried to escape!

But Zhang Ruanruan didn't give it that chance at all. She formed a hand seal with her right hand, bringing her index and middle fingers together and placing them near her lips, then—

"drink!"

Terrifying lightning gathered at her fingertips, and all her protection and martial arts techniques were absorbed into them at that moment. From a great distance, she raised a finger toward the heart of the royal prince.

"Pfft—"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a faint, almost eerie, piercing sound.

The terrifying electric light emanating from Zhang Ruanruan's fingertips pierced through Wang Zhong's body without any hindrance, precisely striking its 'heart'.

The power of thunder surged into the opponent's body like a tidal wave.

The roar of the mutated king came to an abrupt halt.

Its body froze instantly, all its compound eyes exploded at the same time, and before the dark green blood could even splatter, it was completely purified by the Daoist energy.

The few remaining tentacles withered and carbonized at a visible speed, falling off layer by layer.

This royal species has completely lost its fighting ability.

Silence returned to the contaminated area.

Zhang Ruanruan withdrew her hands and took a soft breath.

"The death of this aberrant king has had some impact on this area. I'm afraid that in the next few days, aberrant species of king or lower will no longer appear here."

Zhang Ruanruan frowned slightly. "I need to report this to Sister Liu. It's really bad news that we've encountered this kind of royal seed that only appears in the inner circle."

"Okay." Jiang Feng suppressed his shock and confusion, and quickly asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's alright." Zhang Ruanruan shook her head, glanced at him, and a rare faint smile appeared on her lips. "It's just a monster that hasn't even reached the Qi and Blood Realm. You don't need to make that face."

"If you ever have the chance to go to Tianyuan in the future, you will know that there are many people like me."

Jiang Feng: "......."

Seeing that the other person was still making fun of him, he finally felt relieved.

As expected of a martial arts genius of the Dao Bone level, his strength is truly terrifying!

If I could also possess marrow cleansing resources, my martial arts aptitude could be improved...

At this moment, Jiang Feng's desire to obtain a stronger martial bone reached its peak.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, he realized that the most important thing was to get Zhang Ruanruan out of there. He stepped forward to help her up and was about to leave when Zhang Ruanruan suddenly slapped his hand away.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Feng asked, puzzled.

Zhang Ruanruan paused for a second, as if she had sensed something, and said with a strange expression, "That king-level species still has some strength left, so... how about I hand it over to you?"

The mutated monster at this level has a much stronger regenerative ability than the normal type. In addition, Zhang Ruanruan had not yet fully mastered her martial arts technique, so she was unable to defeat it in one go.

That's incredibly embarrassing.

"Huh?!" Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, and the next second, his eyes flashed with wild joy.

"Hmm." Zhang Ruanruan pointed to the corpse of the King in the distance and nodded.

After more than ten hours of teamwork over the past two days, she knew very well that the young man in front of her would not miss any opportunity to hone his skills.

After being repeatedly weakened by her, this mutated king's power has been reduced to less than one-tenth of its original strength, and it will no longer be in any danger.

"........."

There was a brief silence in the air for a few seconds.

Immediately afterwards-----

Jiang Feng looked at Zhang Ruanruan and uttered a few words with a serious expression.

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang."

Zhang Ruanruan: "Huh????"