Chapter 1428: Chapter 1428

"You have a good eye, is this price big enough?" Tang Zheng smiled. "Our two teams are inseparable. Tell me, if we were to combat, would I see your Group Leader’s Ability?"

"Sure." The tattooed woman nodded.

"Then telling me in advance wouldn’t be a problem, right?" Tang Zheng chose the easiest thing to break down the tattooed woman’s psychological defenses. Once someone betrays their teammate the first time, the second will come quickly.

The tattooed woman hesitated, contemplating the consequences.

"Don’t want it?" Tang Zheng shook the pendant. "This is a Top-tier Amplifier, it extends the usage time of Abilities, increases destructive effects, reduces Life Energy consumption, and of course, most importantly, if worn daily, it gradually increases the total Life Energy of the user."

"We could choose another method of payment, perhaps my body?" The tattooed woman obviously didn’t care about Qin Yan as she grabbed the zipper and, with a forceful pull, her Protective Clothing opened, revealing the skin underneath.

"Of course you can." Tang Zheng hadn’t finished speaking when Bai Guo interrupted him.

"No way." Natural Stupid’s face became flushed, mentally cursing the tattooed ’foxy vixen’, and attempted to pull her brother-in-law away.

"Don’t mind him." Qin Yan held Bai Guo back and gave her a glare.

Feeling aggrieved, Natural Stupid tried to glare fiercely at the tattooed woman, who glared back. Not good at quarreling, Bai Guo immediately looked away, probably feeling it was a weak move, and quickly turned back.

"What are we waiting for?" The tattooed woman was overjoyed, no longer paying attention to Bai Guo. After all, she was still planning to play Tang Zheng, and this would also help her secure the Chain of Sanctity—an absolute win.

"Hold on." Tang Zheng stopped the tattooed woman who was starting to remove her clothes.

"What?" The tattooed woman looked at Qin Yan and Bai Guo. "How about all three of us keep you company?"

"You can keep him company by yourself, I’m not interested." Qin Yan snorted, knowing Tang Zheng wasn’t the kind of evil spirit driven by lust, or she would have stopped him already.

Bai Guo blushed, the tattooed woman’s words were too vulgar.

"Wow, look at your expression, still a virgin, huh? A rather old virgin at that!" The tattooed woman mocked Qin Yan, nonchalantly touched Tang Zheng. "Come on, don’t waste any more time."

Although the tattooed woman was teasing Tang Zheng, her eyes were completely fixated on the Chain of Sanctity, greedily wishing she could swallow it whole.

"To prove your sincerity, I need your Group Leader’s Ability; you don’t think I’m so desperate for women, do you?" Tang Zheng deliberately showed a hint of mockery, "Breast Augmentation, right?"

"Yes, definitely augmented." Bai Guo instinctively straightened her chest accompanied by her childish face, very tempting.

"You..." The tattooed woman took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, but ultimately conceded, "His Ability is Infinite Projection, he can launch attacks while Invisible."

The tattooed woman consoled herself, thinking these pieces of intelligence weren’t important as they would eventually be known anyway.

"Very good, I’m liking your obedience more and more." Tang Zheng said.

"How about a deeper exchange?"

"Let go of my brother-in-law!" Bai Guo became furious, not yet seeing through Tang Zheng’s intentions.

"Brother-in-law? Looks little girl is in heat. What, you want him that badly?" The tattooed woman teased Bai Guo, deliberately provoking Tang Zheng. "We can keep him company together; I don’t mind."

"I, I..." Bai Guo was distressed and began to stammer.

"Stop this nonsense." Qin Yan interrupted the dispute.

"Qin Yan, you go in first, I have something to handle." Tang Zheng tempted the tattooed woman, creating an illusion that she would betray her team which would make her distrusted and isolated, planting a Landmine that reduced their Team Battle strength, ensuring his side wouldn’t be at a disadvantage if a fight ensued.

Of course, Tang Zheng was genuinely considering winning over the tattooed woman, a Psychic type, which was indeed valuable.

"Do what you must." Qin Yan sarcastically remarked, she was no fool and knew Tang Zheng had an agenda. This man was usually clean and self-loving, how could he possibly touch such a trashy woman.

"Alright, the nuisance is gone, we can continue." The tattooed woman moved closer to him, aiming to kiss his lips, but he blocked her with his palm.

As Qin Yan entered the Shelter’s tunnel, she saw a figure flash by, hiding around the corner. The mature lady suddenly realized, Tang Zheng had let her in to scare off this eavesdropper since the acting was over.

"How can Tang Zheng be ? What’s so good about that woman?" Bai Guo was very displeased, pouting her red lips, huffing with annoyance on behalf of Qin Yan. "Sister, you should have taken the initiative. Now, it has all benefited Meiqin."

"Let’s not talk about this." Qin Yan didn’t want to hear any more. For a moment, she even considered creating a clone of Tang Zheng.

"Hmph, instead of giving him to Pang Meiqin, he might as well be my boyfriend." Bai Guo, watching Qin Yan’s departing figure, was suddenly shocked by the idea that popped into her head, then her face blushed and she lowered her head, chasing after Qin Yan, "No, how could I possibly like Tang Zheng, I just see him as my brother-in-law."

"Hurry up, I can’t wait any longer," the tattooed woman urged.

"Have you not figured it out yet?" Tang Zheng smiled genteelly. Acting was no longer necessary, as the people at the entrance must have run off upon seeing Qin Yan.

"What? Are you playing me?" The tattooed woman stared into Tang Zheng’s eyes, finding no eager lust in them, but clarity like water. She was taken aback and then grew angry, realizing she had been manipulated.

"You’re not completely stupid. If you were, our cooperation would be over," Tang Zheng withdrew his hand. "Although rolling in sheets doesn’t waste much energy, it’s annoying to do it with a foolish woman."

"Are you mocking me?" The tattooed woman’s face changed. She might just be a Hero Tier 1, and although she didn’t mind trading her body for equipment, it didn’t mean she had no self-respect.

"No." Tang Zheng helped the tattooed woman get dressed. "May I know your name?"

"Fu Tianxiao!" The tattooed woman didn’t resist but furrowed her brow in thought. "What exactly have you done?"

"Ha ha, nothing much," Tang Zheng shook his head, hugging Fu Tianxiao’s waist as he walked towards the entrance.

"What are you trying to pull? Don’t think I’m easy to bully," Fu Tianxiao halted, her expression turning cold. A Psychic Storm was brewing, seemingly ready to strike with full force.

"Stop the pretense. If you really wanted to fight, you wouldn’t have waited until now," Tang Zheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Fu Tianxiao’s chest, twisting harshly.

Fu Tianxiao winced in pain, breathless, and her momentum weakened.

"Honey, I admit my mistake. Shall we continue?" Unable to intimidate, Fu Tianxiao reverted to her natural charm. "Look at how secluded this forest is, and with the weather being so nice, wouldn’t it be a pity not to have a little outdoor fun?"

As she spoke, Fu Tianxiao leaned in to kiss Tang Zheng, her right hand lightning-fast towards the Chain of Sanctity around his neck.

"I’ve got my eye on this S-grade jewelry," Fu Tianxiao, determined to succeed, coupled it with a Psychic Illusion. Against men, nothing could be more destructively seductive than beauty.

Tang Zheng only saw a blur before finding himself in a bathroom, a red wool carpet sprinkled with petals beside a steaming bath, around which numerous exotic women frolicked, inviting him in.

"Break!" Tang Zheng, having merged with the fire seed and inadvertently strengthened in Bingxu’s memory corridor, resisted the mental attack in an instant.

Gravity Suppression crushed down. Fu Tianxiao’s shoulders sank, nearly immobilized, and Tang Zheng grabbed her right hand that had just touched the Chain of Sanctity.

"How can you wake up so quickly?" Fu Tianxiao’s face was filled with disbelief. "Even Yue Jing couldn’t recover this quickly under my attack. Are you Hero Tier Four? No, your aura isn’t strong enough."

"I’m warning you not to try provoking me again, or it won’t end so easily next time!" Tang Zheng’s index finger slightly bent, lifting Fu Tianxiao’s chin to make her look up at him. "Also, I don’t like your lipstick. Change it to purple next time."

"Mm!" Fu Tianxiao nodded hurriedly, not daring to refuse.

"Still not letting go of the pendant?"

"Sorry, sorry!" Fu Tianxiao, as though electrified, quickly released the pendant.

"Let’s go!" Tang Zheng jumped through the entrance, with Fu Tianxiao following like a well-behaved maid. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel-fire.ɴet

Actually, Tang Zheng had taken advantage during the previous fight. Fu Tianxiao had aimed to snatch the Chain of Sanctity, not daring to harm Tang Zheng since she couldn’t defeat him. Her plan was simply to steal the pendant and seek refuge with Yue Jing, so she didn’t exert much psychic pressure, which caused no harm to him.

Fu Tianxiao’s attack could have caused Yue Jing to falter for a few tenths of a second; she attacked with that intensity and even increased it slightly due to Tang Zheng’s previous commendable combat performance, but still it had no effect. Tang Zheng was evidently much stronger than Yue Jing.

The tunnel’s lighting was dim, but for conquerors, it was not a big deal.

Tang Zheng covered his nose; who knew how long it had been since this place was last cleaned. Jumping down had stirred up quite a bit of dust.

Cough cough, Fu Tianxiao was choked by the dust, coughing a few times and sneezing twice.

Tang Zheng immediately spotted a shadow on the wall around the corner where a man stood with his arms crossed waiting for Fu Tianxiao.

Sha Ou stood beside him, chatting and laughing. Hearing the noise, he peeked out and seeing Tang Zheng, waved hello.

Dantai wouldn’t trust them to move alone. Sha Ou was adept at this sort of thing; if not for his persistence, the man would have already ventured to the entrance to check.

"What a naive group leader, disappointing!" Tang Zheng sighed quietly, surveying the materials used to build the tunnel.

"Why do you say that?" Fu Tianxiao didn’t borrow her thoughts. She felt the group leader, although reckless, was quite decent. After all, he was a Hero Tier 3—an level that could easily defeat many others.

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