CHAPTER 285: CHAPTER 245 MEMORY RELEASE DEVICE (BLANK)

The earth ridges closed in, forming a man-made "basin," which looked more like an arena that had suddenly appeared on the flat ground.

The overturned capsule dwelling crashed into a stone pillar behind, and the painful groans of Shinoda Chizuru came out, clearly indicating she was struck several times inside the dwelling.

If she was determined to hide in there, Li Zheng could even have Xiao Ying repeat the move, using the capsule dwelling like a shaker in a bartender’s hand, shaking her to death!

However, Li Zheng did not plan to kill Shinoda Chizuru with his own hands, because she wasn’t a Bloody, and if he killed her, he would become a red name.

"Stop!" Kitajo Akemi’s figure appeared under a stone pillar, angrily yelling to stop Li Zheng.

Others did not know the Outer City’s rules; Kitajo Akemi was genuinely concerned about Shinoda Chizuru’s actions.

Thud—

Li Zheng did not respond to her interference; instead, he stepped forward, changing direction violently amid the rapid impact, charging towards Kitajo Akemi.

High-temperature flames gathered on his fist, and in almost the blink of an eye, Li Zheng reached Kitajo Akemi, throwing a punch.

Striking with full force, leaving no room!

Unlike Shinoda Chizuru, Kitajo Akemi was burdened with a life; killing her gave Li Zheng no psychological burden.

In the face of the flaming punches, Kitajo Akemi endured the high-temperature burning and raised her dagger to block.

At the moment the dagger met the armor, the face of this Mud Furnace woman changed dramatically; she felt an irresistible, bizarre force coming from Li Zheng’s fist.

If she really chose to resist hard, although she could pierce the armor on Li Zheng’s hand with skill, crippling one of his hands, she could hardly keep her own arm intact.

In an instant of life and death, Kitajo Akemi’s wrist flicked lightly, and the dagger’s blade skidded across Li Zheng’s fist, deflecting the punch slightly.

Simultaneously, her body seemed to liquefy, turning black and merging instantly into the shadow of the stone pillar.

That was the shadow cast by the flames draping over Li Zheng’s body.

"Xiao Ying!"

"Awooo!"

Li Zheng and Xiao Ying seemed to have some understanding; he didn’t even need to give a command, and the little guy dispersed the stone pillar.

Without the stone pillar’s cover, Kitajo Akemi was exposed by the firelight, her hair curled under the high-temperature flames, and the hand holding the dagger was already severely burned red during the brief contact just now.

For the first time, Kitajo Akemi had been forced out of the shadow state by someone, and in panic, she wanted to activate her ability again, to hide in the shadow of another stone pillar.

How could Li Zheng give her the chance?

He raised a foot and kicked fiercely towards her face.

Kitajo Akemi, activating her ability while sidestepping to avoid, was kicked on the right shoulder by Li Zheng at the moment the ability was activated.

Sizzling—

Like fresh meat falling into a pan of hot oil, the metal exoskeleton armor, enveloped in high temperature, peeled off a piece of flesh on Kitajo Akemi’s shoulder.

Then, she liquefied and disappeared, only to fly out from the shadow of another stone pillar.

The tremendous force exerted by the exoskeleton armor, even when she completed the shadow transformation, could not fully dissipate, and she was forcibly kicked out by the residual force of Li Zheng’s kick.

Possessing a hover propulsion device, Li Zheng hardly needed to retract his leg for force discharge, maintaining the kicking posture, grabbing her before Kitajo Akemi landed.

The mechanical hand wrapped in high-temperature flames grasped Kitajo Akemi’s face, pushing her onto the ground.

Her face, already not so pretty, was disfigured in an instant under the high-temperature burning.

The unimaginable pain made Kitajo Akemi emit a miserable cry.

Even so, the Mud Furnace woman actually raised the dagger, trying to stab Li Zheng in the heart through the gaps in the exoskeleton armor.

Such a ferocious force surprised even Li Zheng at her pain tolerance.

Helplessly, Li Zheng hit Kitajo Akemi’s arm bone from the side, shattering it.

His hand gripping her face exerted force from the wrist, wiping hard in one direction.

Crack—

Kitajo Akemi’s neck twisted a hundred and eighty degrees, lying face down, motionless.

After confirming Kitajo Akemi’s Identity Card appeared on the corpse, Li Zheng dispersed the high-temperature flames bathing all over his body and let out a long breath.

Putting away the opponent’s Identity Card, Li Zheng looked regretfully at Kitajo Akemi’s corpse, tidying up the broken shoulder strap to keep the body decent.

After this ceremonial act, Li Zheng belatedly realized that he overdid it.

Then he unleashed flames to cremate the opponent’s body.

At this moment, Li Zheng looked at the burning corpse and sighed again: "What a pity... If you hadn’t tried to stab at the end, I would have spared your life."

Kitajo Akemi was probably the player with the highest combat power Li Zheng had encountered so far, apart from Zhan Zhouzhou.

To face her, Li Zheng even resorted to shameless tactics, like attacking "family members," showing how much pressure he was under.

Kitajo Akemi, hidden in the night, was like a viper with a flicking tongue, possessed enough patience, never striking rashly without the certainty of a hit.

When Li Zheng wore the exoskeleton armor on purpose to show flaws, she didn’t appear, making even Li Zheng sweat in anxiety.

Because if Kitajo Akemi had really attacked before he put on the exoskeleton armor, Li Zheng wasn’t confident he could fend off her attack without transforming into Power Demon Incarnation.

Activating Power Demon Incarnation once consumes a large amount of Genetic Force; a few more times, and Li Zheng would definitely be dragged down first by Kitajo Akemi.

The ensuing battle also saw some unexpected changes for Li Zheng; namely, Xiao Ying used Earth Ridge Piercing to forcefully narrow Kitajo Akemi’s activity range.

This was something Li Zheng hadn’t foreseen.

His original plan was to have Xiao Ying continuously attack the capsule dwelling, forcing Kitajo Akemi to approach him and engage in close combat.

Instead, Xiao Ying’s move accelerated the battle rhythm to the final step, making Li Zheng have to marvel again at the little guy’s combat talent, which was extremely strong and borderline outrageous.

He even considered sending Xiao Ying to Zhan Zhouzhou to have the other party help cultivate for a period.

This kind of combat genius, it’s a pity to keep following him.

"Sigh, lost a chance to gain dagger specialization." Li Zheng turned away in frustration, leaving the burning corpse behind, heading towards Shinoda Chizuru’s capsule dwelling.

On the way, he took out a helmet-like item, looked at it twice, confirming its attributes.

[Memory Release Device (Blank)

Tier: Diamond

Type: Special Item

Description: An item for recording a segment of memory, originally used for intelligence coercion, later modified to have some special functions.

Effect: The user can copy a memory or an ability into it, and then release it later.

Remaining uses: 2/2

Note: This item can only record one effect at a time!

Note: If you record an ability (non-genetic type) upon first use, you will lose all usage chances at once!

Note: If used on another individual, the other party needs to be temporarily unconscious!]

This item came from the golden treasure chest two days ago, which saw two treasure chest crits, and this was one of them.

Li Zheng only came up with how to resolve his being framed situation after obtaining this item.