Published: February 12, 2025
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“Tomorrow I'll take the first test, I've been reviewing the questions these past two days, and I must keep it to a minimum, tomorrow I'll return to normal~”
From the moment Tong Lv was killed, vice president Yang began to retreat rapidly. Just a moment ago, he still held a glimmer of hope that Tong Lv might surprise him in this life-and-death moment, but the reality proved that there was no surprise at all, only fear of the King of Cloud Summit's strength.
So strong!
Vice president Yang had seen top-tier figures in action before, such as during the battle against ninth-level life when Wen Yan, the Grand President, and the director fought with all their might. He knew he was far from their level.
However, no one had ever made him feel the way Ye Zhongming did.
Yes, it seemed that he was injured, and it appeared that he and Tong Lv had made him somewhat embarrassed, but vice president Yang held a mental account of Ye Zhongming’s known abilities.
Bloodline? Useless. Staff of Nature? Useless. Mysterious Soul Artifact? Useless. Elemental Spirit? Useless. Thunderous Mechanic? Useless. Crystal Energy Magic Bullet Gun? Useless. Magic crystal weapon? Useless…
There were too many things that the King of Cloud Summit hadn’t used, let alone the fact that he certainly had more than one trump card.
So what if he was injured? The amount of potions on him could probably make many large factions feel desperate, allowing him to recover in an instant.
This meant that Ye Zhongming was still in peak condition, and vice president Yang would not go to his death.
Ye Zhongming remained in place, drank two bottles of potions, one healing potion and one detoxification potion, feeling slightly better, and immediately collected the valuable items from Tong Lv, as well as the magic crystal and materials from the dark tiger.
He glanced at the direction in which vice president Yang had left, chose not to pursue, and continued to rush toward the plains.
Although he had killed someone who might be a significant figure in the divine hall, Ye Zhongming's sense of crisis had not diminished; instead, it intensified.
Ye Zhongming was certainly not afraid of being killed. Worst case, he could release those magic monsters right there. However, if the terrain was unfavorable and the magic monsters couldn't leverage their numerical advantage, then their relatively singular attack method would simply mean delivering magic crystals to the divine hall and the zero commerce association’s pavilion of quality.
Tens of millions of magic crystals, or even more, could quickly close the gap that had given Cloud Summit a slight lead, potentially allowing them to be surpassed.
That was something he absolutely did not want to see.
Originally, he was there to make a gamble; if it turned into sending them money, that would be extremely embarrassing.
However, Ye Zhongming had only run a little over a hundred meters when a series of wind sounds came from above.
Ye Zhongming looked up and saw a shadow in the sky pressing down toward him.
With his excellent eyesight, he recognized that it was a massive electric-bellied kunpeng.
This was a terrifying mutated flying creature, especially for life on the ground.
By the fifth year of the apocalypse, many creatures had completely departed from the shadows of Earth's original ecological life, such as the electric-bellied kunpeng. The differences lay not only in appearance but also in lifestyle and other aspects.
The electric-bellied kunpeng typically had a low evolution level; as an aerial creature, its combat ability in the air was not impressive, and due to its large size and bright colors, it was easily targeted by other flying creatures. Thus, this type of life was not very common in the apocalypse.
However, for the electric-bellied kunpeng, once its evolution level exceeded five, it would greatly improve.
At level five, this creature would inevitably gain a talent ability called 'Summon!'
Periodically, it could use this summoning ability to call flying creatures within a certain range around it to become its companion life.