Free Web NovelChapter 626: Chapter 525: Seven O’Clock in the Evening
Shen Zheqi opened his eyes, a sharp, piercing pain coursed through him, causing him to grunt softly.
The severe injury was real.
The impending death was real too. freeweɓnøvel.com
But he couldn’t die just yet.
He must not die!
Gathering all his spiritual power, Shen Zheqi fixed his gaze intensely on his own palm.
Again, and again.
He didn’t know how long he tried, long enough that the eyes staring at his hand began to feel somewhat sore.
Finally, his fingers twitched slightly.
A hint of joy appeared in Shen Zheqi’s eyes.
He shifted his gaze to the empty space beside him, his voice, faint as a mosquito’s buzz, could only be heard by himself.
"He... Telepathy..."
As his weakened hand rose, a string of Buddha beads materialized, spinning and emitting radiant light.
In the glow, a door opened in front of Shen Zheqi.
When his hand touched that door, he transformed into a golden light, merged into the door, and vanished without a trace!
This place is... a dream.
A dream within the Dream Realm, a dream within a dream.
Moreover, it’s a collective dream,
constructed by all the disappeared Mutant Walkers of Longevity Company together.
No one can enter another’s dream realm.
This is the key to their hiding.
Except for the Dream Demon Frog.
But now, there’s another person who can do it, that person is Shen Zheqi!
Shen Zheqi’s telepathy had the ability to enter others’ dream realms.
To disrupt the Longevity Company’s sacrificial ritual, one must enter their collective dream.
Zuo Xuan surely knew this.
As Shen Zheqi’s once best friend, he knew even more what Shen Zheqi’s talent ability was.
He injured himself to near death because only this could completely eliminate Longevity Company’s suspicions and enter the innermost core.
Only then could he use his telepathy ability to enter the collective dream!
This was an understanding between them.
An absolute trust.
"Old Six..." Shen Zheqi murmured at this thought.
Because of the dream, his severely injured and near-death state temporarily "healed."
Collecting his thoughts, Shen Zheqi silently took out two items from his storage bag.
One was a scepter, the other a treasure pearl.
Tier Nine artifact, the Pope’s Staff!
Tier Nine artifact, the King’s Treasure Pearl!
Shen Zheqi had refrained from using them to prevent alarming the enemy, starting the snake.
Now, having successfully entered the collective dream, where all the Mutant Walkers hid, there was no longer a need to conceal his strength.
He must eliminate the threat!
He must rid the world of these conspirators attempting to overthrow Great Xia, plotting schemes, and playing tricks!
...
"Great Frog, he will bring us a new world!"
"Great Frog, he will bring us a new world!"
Inside a cathedral, the Mutant Walkers of Longevity Company sat cross-legged together, listening to the teaching of the 001 Mutant Walker.
Their state seemed peculiar.
This speech that sounded almost like brainwashing, they remained silent and unopposed, utterly quiet.
At this time, the eyes of the 001 Mutant Walker swept over the crowd, fixing on the large doors behind them.
The doors of the cathedral were pushed open.
A man appeared at the entrance, left hand holding a treasure pearl, right hand grasping a scepter.
Shen Zheqi looked at the crowd.
The crowd also turned to look at him simultaneously.
The scene froze bizarrely at this moment.
A Mutant Walker near the cathedral door suddenly transformed into a beast, lunging fiercely at Shen Zheqi. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
This was a Tier Eight Peak Mutant Walker, his strength was not weak.
But as he approached Shen Zheqi, something even more strange and terrifying happened.
Shen Zheqi didn’t step back or dodge, standing there motionlessly.
As the Tier Eight Peak Mutant Walker’s fist was about to land on him, Shen Zheqi’s right hand, holding the scepter, suddenly moved.
No one could make out how he struck.
They only saw the golden scepter jab casually into the air, and the Mutant Walker’s fist recoiled as if electrocuted.
Then, the golden scepter traced an arc gracefully in the air, piercing through this Mutant Walker’s heart from a cunning angle!
Two moves.
Both at Tier Eight strength, Shen Zheqi dispatched a Mutant Walker with just two moves.
"Kill!!!"
The death of this Tier Eight Mutant Walker was like a provocation, all the seated Mutant Walkers stood up, rushing at Shen Zheqi.
Only two remained still.
The 001 Mutant Walker, and the 009 Mutant Walker.
At this moment, facing the swarm of Mutant Walkers, Shen Zheqi moved.
He advanced without retreat, heading into the crowd, as if on a leisurely walk.
The Mutant Walkers who first charged couldn’t even see how Shen Zheqi moved, as the Pope’s staff pierced through their eyes, protruding from the back of their skulls.
Shen Zheqi withdrew the staff, sweeping it horizontally, breaking the knees of two more Mutant Walkers, forcing them to kneel.
The Pope’s staff swung back, as he dodged the sneak attack from a distant Mutant Walker, and without looking, stabbed backwards fiercely.
A Mutant Walker stared wide-eyed, incredulous, glancing at the Pope’s staff piercing his heart, before collapsing against Shen Zheqi, lifeless.
The Pope’s Staff, as a top-tier Tier Nine artifact, owning it was akin to having nearly invincible close-combat prowess.
Any enemy within range of the staff could not breach its impenetrable defense.
At this moment, the treasure pearl in Shen Zheqi’s left hand emitted light.
A golden radiance erupted suddenly.
The closest circle of Mutant Walkers to Shen Zheqi, whether in Tier Seven or Tier Eight Realm, under the golden light, dissolved into blood in an instant.
Shen Zheqi, relying solely on these two Tier Nine artifacts left by the Pope, carved a bloody path out of so many Longevity Company Mutant Walkers!
The chaos was brief.
After the brief chaos came a deathly silence.
Except for the 001 Mutant Walker, the 009 Mutant Walker Zuo Xuan, and Shen Zheqi.
No one else was alive in the entire cathedral.
Only corpses and pools of blood remained.
"You betrayed the company." The 001 Mutant Walker looked at Zuo Xuan. "All this was planned by the two of you together."
His gaze was calm, his expression devoid of joy or sorrow.
"It’s not betrayal, because I was never part of Longevity Company." Zuo Xuan replied lightly.
"You injected the Deformation Potion. Without the next stage of the potion’s injection and supplementation, you will die completely."
Upon hearing the 001 Mutant Walker’s words, Shen Zheqi sharply turned his gaze to Zuo Xuan, as if seeking confirmation.
Zuo Xuan cracked his mouth into a smile.
"Why look at me with such surprise? Didn’t I already tell you when we met?"
"I can’t return anymore."
"So, stop standing there dumbly, Shen Zheqi. While I still have time, let’s take him down together!"
It is now exactly seven o’clock in the evening.
