Disaster Strikes - Chapter 42:

The psychic ball shot towards Lu Yi like a lingering shadow.

Having already endured Chen Mo’s psychic attacks, Lu Yi knew that Chen Mo’s damage was quite impressive. At this moment despite the opponent’s confidence and arrogance, Lu Yi did not retreat. He could only face the difficulties head-on and try to defeat this psychic user who hid his abilities so deeply.

His scapula was struck by Chen Mo’s psychic ball and the pain spread instantly. This blow not only caused him to lose 39 points of health but also caused his body to pause slightly. Then his speed increased agian and he rushed towards Chen Mo with all his strength.

As a ranged attacker Chen Mo naturally tried to keep a safe distance from his opponent. However Lu Yi’s speed was too fast. Just as Chen Mo’s psychic bullet was about to be launched Lu Yi was already in front of him.

Lu Yi, who had been waiting for Chen Mo to use a skill, also had energy flashing on his body the moment Chen Mo launched his psychic bullet. His body speed suddenly increased to an unbelievable degree not only perfectly avoiding Chen Mo’s psychic bullet skill but also getting closer to Chen Mo smiling grimly as he swung the claws in his hands.

This was the D-level skill that Lu Yi had mastered just before the trial, Ghost Step Slash.

After the conflict with Ku Wu, he fully realized the importance of basic body skills. In the training that followed, he paid special attention to his body skills training. Even in the selection of basic skill training he regarded basic body skills as the main course of Qing Hong’s teaching. He finally mastered this Ghost Step Slash skill, which focuses on evasion and strong attacks.

This was originally a skill he wanted to use to deliver a fatal blow to Ku Wu, but he unexpectedly used it on this traveler first.

With a “ding” sound.

As Chen Mo’s despicable mind shield flashed on his body blocking Lu Yi’s sudden attack his pupils suddenly contracted.

“A protective shield!?”

Chen Mo did not pay attention to Lu Yi’s surprise. Although Chen Mo was shocked that the opponent had evaded his psychic blast using skill characteristics, he was also somewhat mentally prepared. After all the opponent was a speed type and coupled with the hard training over the past few dozen days Chen Mo had seen it all. Therefore he never arrogantly thought that his strength was completely superior to the opponent’s.

Prompt: Your shield value -46.

The shield value does not calculate defence and the opponent’s normal attack damage should be between 40 and 50.

After the attack, realizing that Chen Mo’s psychic shield was indeed strong and showed no signs of breaking under his attack, Lu Yi with a heart of steel endured Chen Mo’s psychic bullet attack. His body’s energy flashed again and he activated his E-level skill, Ghost Claw Kill.

Lu Yi leapt up and fiercely slashed down at Chen Mo. However, what made his face look ugly was that although this semi-transparent shield swayed violently appearing to be on the verge of collapse, it still did not shatter.

He had released two skills in succession plus one basic attack yet he still hadn’t broken through the opponent’s shield? He even began to suspect if he had been hit by some kind of weakening skill.

Gritting his teeth Lu Yi swung his claws once again. This time, he finally broke through Chen Mo’s despicable psychic shield skill leaving a wound on Chen Mo’s body. However, the feeling was like scratching on a sturdy leather, making Lu Yi frown.

“Right.” Only then did he suddenly remember something.

When he first started school, this guy seemed to have the talent of stone skin and also seemed to have high stamina. From the feeling just now this guy’s defense was probably not less than 10 points and it might even be higher than his!

Thinking of this, Lu Yi couldn’t help but take a deep breath. What was he doing? He was actually wasting time with this guy here?

Immediately, in Chen Mo’s astonished gaze Lu Yi continued to escape forward without looking back. Even if he was attacked by Chen Mo’s psychic ball again he was unwilling to fight with Chen Mo. He had clearly realized that this guy not only had incredibly high damage but also had an unpredictable amount of health and stamina. The odds of winning against Chen Mo in a head-on fight were really slim.

So the two continued their chase and escape, running towards the depths of the forest.

“Hey!”

After more than ten minutes, Chen Mo, who had been chasing Lu Yi all along, gasped and said, “My physique is definitely superior to yours and my stamina recovery speed is much faster than yours. In this jungle you can’t distance yourself from me. If you keep this up, you’ll only have a dead end.”

Strength determines the maximum stamina while physique determines the speed of stamina recovery. Lu Yi was also panting but he ignored Chen Mo’s shouting. He already hate this guy to the core.

After another half an hour. Lu Yi, who was running ahead, was really out of strength.

He was panting heavily almost about to vomit the acid in his stomach. His cheeks were also cut by the branches and leaves during the escape leaving several bloodstains. He looked at the cooldown time of the potion’s effect then looked at the guy behind him who was also panting but was steady in his approach. His heart was filled with despair.

He’s like a piece of toffee, sticking tightly to me!

Chen Mo’s stamina recovery speed was indeed superior and because of these vines and branches restraining, he needed to constantly hack through thorns and open the way and wasunable to distance himself at all.

“You bastard! I should have killed all of you in the academy…”

Two minutes later.

Chen Mo sat panting on the ground, next to him was Lu Yi’s body gradually fading away. Lu Yi was still tough, knowing that he had no way out, he went all out not giving Chen Mo any advantage at all.

Therefore after Chen Mo killed him his body, along with his equipment and everything in his storage space would be reclaimed by the disaster world and gradually disappear.

This was also one of the characteristics of a natural disaster.

After resting for a while, Chen Mo finally managed to recover. After nearly an hour of pursuit, he was exhausted.

Just as Chen Mo was about to get up and leave there was a strange sound from behind him in the jungle, which made him alert.

After a moment, it turned out to be Tian Tian walking out of the jungle behind Chen Mo.

“It’s you?”

Chen Mo took a defensive posture but Tain Tain hurriedly said “I mean no harm. I followed your trail especially, It seems that you should be the final victor now.”

“No harm?”

Slightly furrowing his brow, Chen Mo remained vigilant. Intentions were not proven just by words.

Tian Tian continued, “I didn’t harm that martial artist or rather I am not his match and couldn’t harm him. After I confused him he was thrown into the forest. I thought that’s fair to Gao Shu and the others.”

“You’ve got one thing wrong. If you want to negotiate you should find Lei Wu. Besides our martial artist investigator wouldn’t agree, just like it would be absurd for us to negotiate with the Hive organization.”

Chen Mo’s cold rejection didn’t make Tian Tian give up.

She continued calmly “I am confident I can persuade the martial artist investigator. As for Lei Wu, negotiating with him would undoubtedly lead to death. Moreover, I can see that you have a high status in this team. As long as you are willing to help we can definitely succeed. More friends mean more options, right?”

“You mean, be friends with me?”

Chen Mo with a thoughtful look said meaningfully “Given our current opposition, I don’t like hearing empty words.”

After a brief moment of surprise,Tian Tian immediately adopted a charming posture.

She seemed to accidentally touch the shoulder scratched by a branch exclaiming softly as she revealed her fair skin.

Then with a charming demeanour she said “If the gentleman can help the lady through this difficult time, the lady has nothing to offer but herself. However the lady is weak so please be kind.”

Chen Mo rolled his eyes.

While the other party’s charm and allure were satisfying to his eyes as a man his rationality warned him that this was a dangerous woman.

“If this is your sincerity, then I must decline. I have already enjoyed the view enough this time so I won’t trouble you any further, hehe.”

Chen Mo’s mocking laughter made Tian Tian’s face look unpleasant.

Her disappointment was not just because of the mockery, there was something deeper. It was Chen Mo’s charm value which seemed to have only increased by one or two points. This guy seemed completely immune to her charms!

Seeing that Chen Mo was really about to leave, Tian Tian didn’t say anything more.

“Five medical bandages, three bottles of recovery potion, one bottle of small green potion and the mission intelligence map from the Dr. White’s Base.”

She gritted her teeth, “This is the greatest sincerity I can show!”

Chen Mo, upon hearing this, pondered carefully. The fact that she still had so many potions on her was surprising.

“These supplies are indeed what we urgently need but I’m afraid they’re not enough for negotiations. However I have a plan. If you can complete it, I believe that no one including the martial artist investigator will trouble you again.”

Tian Tian’s eyes lit up at this and she showed joy.

“What plan?”

Chen Mo said in a deep voice “A combination of internal and external forces to rescue Xuan Zong.”

Half an hour later.

When Chen Mo brought Tian Tian back to the battlefield, Ku Wu was immersed in immense sorrow.

Tao Zi was dead! This made Chen Mo furrow his brow slightly.

“Monster!”

Zhang Qiang upon seeing Tian Tian beside Chen Mo suddenly roared in anger making Tian Tian nervous. She glanced at Chen Mo seeming ready to flee at the slightest hint of trouble.

“Stop!”

However Chen Mo’s voice did not calm the man down. Everything in the illusion had been too humiliating for him.

“Don’t you want to save Xuan Zong?”

Upon hearing Chen Mo’s words Zhang Qiang who had previously been angered by Tian Tian’s illusion, suddenly calmed down. Lei Wu and Han Xue also walked over upon hearing this.

“What’s going on?”

Tian Tian breathed a sigh of relief. She had almost slipped away.

Then as Chen Mo narrated his plan to use Tian Tian to infiltrate the Dr. White’s Base and rescue Xuan Zong with the aid of the cellular recovery potion, followed by the plan of cooperation, Zhang Qiang immediately smiled and agreed.

Indeed, this was the most reliable method.

“Girl, if you can rescue Xuan Zong according to his plan, I guarantee that no one here will harm you unless they step over my dead body!”

In Zhang Qiang’s heart, Xuan Zong’s safety was obviously paramount.

Lei Wu also showed a look of excitement. This plan was indeed quite good.

Only Ku Wu still looked resentful, glaring fiercely at Tian Tian. Han Xue and Xiao Ya who had been hiding for a time, could only console him quietly.

With the promise of this martial artist, Tian Tian no longer cared much about Ku Wu’s hostility.

With a renewed vigour, looking towards Ku Wu’s hostile gaze she immediately mocked “I’ve never heard that the DIsaster World sympathizes with the weak. The reason she is so weak is because you all wake up later than us every morning, work less hard than us, are poorer than us, haven’t won the favour of mentors like us and are unluckier than us to be born in the Abyss. Don’t act so high and mighty here!”

Taunting further Tian Tian provocatively added, “If it weren’t for them do you think you could beat me? Don’t act all tough here.”

Being mocked by Tian Tian to his face especially being mocked by a captive, Ku Wu’s face became so dark it seemed like it could drip water.

However, he withdrew his anger and stood up without saying a word. He clenched his fists, realizing that his behaviour was indeed very immature for a natural disaster.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo was learning about the situation from Han Xue’s account.

After Chen Mo left, Gao Shu and Lu Ye both showed remarkable strength. However, Lei Wu was just too strong. Gao Shu wanted to propose negotiations again but was immediately rejected by Ku Wu. In despair, Gao Shu disregarding his own injuries attacked and killed Tao Zi.

Subsequently Ku Wu as if going mad, cooperated with Lei Wu to kill Gao Shu, ignoring the fact that Lu Ye had surrendered insisting on fighting her to the death and killing this gentle starving ghost

It could be said that Lu Ye died quite miserably.

“He’s really acting on impulse.”

Chen Mo silently commented.

But thinking about it, if he hadn’t acted impulsively at the beginning, he wouldn’t have taken the initiative to intervene in the conflict between Lu Yi and Han Xue. This kind of character was not common in the cold and merciless Disaster World.

Later, in order to show her sincerity in surrender Tian Tian took out the medical bandages, recovery potion, and small green bottle potions that she had previously discussed with Chen Mo and they were distributed to everyone.

Prompt: You have obtained intelligence about the base where the missing martial artists and espers are located.

The moment Chen Mo touched the map the Light Brain Data Chip gave a prompt.

(End of chapter 42)