Chapter 376 - - 373 Crushing decay with effortless ease_1

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When Pei Maer died, the people around him immediately returned to normal.

The State Preceptor lifted his head from his crotch as if he had flown up, looking up at the sky, pretending that it wasn’t him who had bitten Kun just now. Sometimes being too flexible isn’t a good thing—social death for the second time. However, he was relieved that he wasn’t the only one to have suffered a social death.

Cao Lin slowly lowered his leg, gratefully looking at Ge Zong, feeling extremely relieved, thankful for his ability.

Otherwise, if his own blade had come down and slain the State Preceptor, he would never be able to atone for the sin in this lifetime.

Yun Yao, upon regaining consciousness, quickly turned her head to look at the city wall and smacked her lips, thinking, “Damn it, that indiscriminate attack ability is too terrifying. Indeed, it’s Brother Du who’s reliable…”

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Atop the city wall.

Duge also came to his senses, staring at Pei Maer’s corpse for a moment, his gaze then shifted to the young man with a broken leg who had been scared witless.

Thud!

The young man with the broken leg knelt on the ground, “Leng Shi, I can help you, my plague can help you create chaos in other countries, speeding up your pace of unification…”

Boom!

The vine in Duge’s hand smashed onto his head, sending him to follow in Pei Maer’s footsteps.

To die in the midst of sweet desire was perhaps the last bit of happiness he could be granted.

After killing the cripple, Duge quickly flew into the air, conducting a quick survey before chasing in a certain direction.

A moment later.

He returned to the crowd, carrying a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy.

The boy he was holding trembled, mumbling nonstop: “Don’t kill me, don’t kill me, my ability is testing, I can lead the team to rehearse combat against enemies in advance, and the injuries caused during the rehearsals won’t disappear, my ability is very useful for detecting the enemies’ abilities…”

Rehearsal?

The crowd, as if by agreement, focused their attention on the boy; the bizarre events that had just occurred suddenly had a logical explanation.

Fuck!

This ability, a godsend for team battles!

Duge smiled, “Don’t be nervous, what’s your name?”

“Huang Liang,” said the boy.

“Which planet are you from?” Duge asked again.

“From the Purple Hero Star,” the boy hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Duge and said the name of his planet.

“Hang around with me, and I’ll guarantee you a top ten spot,” Duge offered generously, patting his shoulder.

“…” Huang Liang.

“He’s Wang Chong from the last planet, the one who volunteered to share resources; you can trust him, I am from Ceres Star,” Wu Chang looked at Huang Liang and vouched for Duge.

After hesitating for a moment, Huang Liang’s gaze passed over everyone’s faces, then he nodded: “Okay.”

He was always afraid of death, and after witnessing Duge and the others’ combat power, he had been scared out of his wits. Having finally found a chance to survive, how could he possibly refuse?

To live one more day is to enjoy one more day, which was definitely better than dying now. As for the top ten position that Duge had promised, he didn’t really take it to heart at all.

“Huang Liang, does your ability erase memories?” Duge asked.

“It can only be used once a day. During the rehearsal, injuries will be retained, but the enemy’s memory will be erased,” Huang Liang squeezed out a pleasing smile and spoke frankly of the strengths and weaknesses of his ability.

Indeed, a godsend for team battles.

But it wasn’t quite friendly for individuals. The limitation of testing once a day with lasting traces would expose him without a doubt.

If the opponent became cautious, he would still be unable to win despite the rehearsals; it wasn’t omnipotent…

“Brother Du, how did you manage to accurately take out Pei Maer?” Gao Ming looked at Duge, voicing the question in her mind.

Duge glanced at Gao Ming and tossed his coat over to her.

Although Yun Yao was mentally a man and nobody would react to her in that manner, a young girl standing naked in front of everyone was truly inappropriate. That Huang Liang who didn’t know the details had glanced over her body several times already.

Gao Ming chortled and draped Duge’s coat over herself: “I had forgotten I was a woman.”

Duge sighed and turned to Huang Liang: “Because of him.”

“Him?”

“Me?” Huang Liang’s eyes widened.

“Just now, I knew we had lost some memories and knew that there were eight people with Wei Jiuchu,” Duge explained, “But we were only fighting against seven, so after you killed them. I had been looking for the last person to prevent a sneak attack. Then, Pei Maer up on the city wall became my target…”

Duge was indeed searching for the eighth person, but he didn’t rely on locking onto a target. Instead, it was the conversation between Pei Maer and the lame youth that drew his attention. However, considering his unique attributes, which granted him perception far beyond other Alien Warriors, he decided to hide the critical node for his own safety.

“When Pei Maer activated his skill, I had already taken to the air, ready to make my move against him,” Duge said with a smile. “I was hit by his skill and, although my mind was in disarray, I still charged towards the target. Then Pei Maer died. His death was purely bad luck. If he had triggered his skill a little earlier or later, he would have been the winner…”

As he spoke, Duge glanced again toward where Pei Maer’s body lay on the city wall and let out a light chuckle.

He was affected by the skill, but Pei Maer was not spared either!

One move sets off a chain reaction. He went with the flow and achieved twice the result with half the effort, while Pei Maer struggled against the tide, expending twice the effort for half the result. With a fourfold difference in luck between them, who else but Pei Maer would die?

Ultimately, it was his own skill that was stronger…

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Huang Liang’s lips twitched, and he felt like crying without tears.

That is to say, if he hadn’t withdrawn before the battle, Leng Shi wouldn’t have been actively searching the battlefield to find him.

In that case, Pei Maer would not have been discovered, and maybe Leng Shi and the others would have been killed by Pei Maer, avenging Wei Jiuchu and the others…

No!

If he were there, he would also be dead. What would be the point of allowing Pei Maer to kill Leng Shi and the others to avenge him?

It’s better this way. At least he is alive…

“It is fate,” the State Preceptor sighed deeply. “Pei Maer committed too many injustices; heaven wouldn’t let him win in the end.”

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With Pei Maer dead, everyone’s suspended fears were finally put to rest.

There was nothing more worrying than chaos in the midst of growth; chaos could destroy all your hard-earned achievements and empower itself, ready to strike back at any time…

Now that was over.

Chaos was dead, who else could be their opponent?

Nobody bothered to investigate exactly how he died; enemies encountered on every Alien Battlefield are different, so dwelling on such matters was pointless.

With the demise of Pei Maer and Wei Jiuchu, Yun Yao advanced to second place, and everyone else’s rankings moved up by one.

A Colonel from North Sea Country named Meng Chu and a wealthy businessman named Su Zhongde broke into the top ten.

In their own fields, these two might have had some influence, but to Duge, the newly promoted top-ten were just two insignificant characters, hardly worth his attention.

After the death of Pei Maer.

Feng Zhong, who had traveled a great distance, returned to Duge’s embrace.

His keyword was rescue. He was the one who helped Linyang City get rid of the epidemic; he formed a medical team and put the cure in the wells…

With Feng Zhong’s return, the title of Sky Doctor Star naturally fell upon his head.

However, the skill Feng Zhong awakened, which could heal the living and assist the dying, would hardly be of much use in the upcoming battles.

After all, when everyone’s attributes were high enough to heal themselves, having him as a doctor didn’t really matter.

One’s understanding and utilization of keywords could truly determine a warrior’s ultimate achievement on the battlefield.

Rescue, such a keyword, was actually most suited for those who pursued charity and national healing.

Feng Zhong understood this too.

But the birthplace of his acquired body was too remote, in a small tribe in West Tibet. It took him over twenty days just to leave that tribe, a situation even worse than Duge’s.

By the time he traced Duge’s whereabouts, Duge had already become renowned far and wide.

Nonetheless, he still managed to establish a medical rescue team, which was quite an accomplishment.

At this point, Duge’s power was firmly established, and whether Feng Zhong’s assistance was there or not didn’t really matter. However, Feng Zhong’s medical rescue was not completely in vain; at least those soldiers and residents injured in the chaos caused by Pei Maer could receive proper treatment.

In just over ten days, Sky Doctor Star’s reputation spread among the people through word of mouth and the promotion of the Linyang Daily Newspaper, propelling Feng Zhong’s attributes swiftly into the top ten, forcefully displacing the newly joined wealthy businessman Su Zhongde.

After providing healing and aid, Feng Zhong awakened his second skill, Kind Heart Beneficial Skill. Any disease that came his way would find a solution in his hands.

With this second skill, the name of Feng Zhong as the Sky Doctor spread even faster.

It must be said that compared to the likes of Earth Tease Star and Earth Alien Star, the people preferred the Sky Doctor Star who could provide them with tangible help.

Over the ten-plus days, Earth Tease Star and Earth Alien Star joined forces to dismantle the 400,000-strong army from Qingwu Country brought by Wei Jiuchu. Then they turned the tables, leading the army back to Qingwu Country and seized its border defenses.

Thereafter, the 400,000-strong army, under the command of Cao Lin and the State Preceptor, began a gradual advance into Qingwu Country, while waiting for the outcome of the battle between Duge and Dachu Country’s army.

Duge assigned Wu Chang, Xiang Li, and Feng Zhong as aides to Cao Lin. With the help of these three Alien Warriors, Qingwu Country, having lost Wei Jiuchu, was really unable to organize any effective resistance.

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