At this moment, the entire White Silver Fortress was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping to the ground would be like thunder.
Guo Chunfeng, the three battle Yuanying, the Secret Sword Agents, and even the hundreds of prisoners were all staring at Lu Zui in bewilderment!
There were still twelve shocking bloody holes on Lu Zui's head. The shackles on his body that weighed hundreds of kilograms and could be connected to high-voltage electricity at any moment had not been broken, either. He was still locked onto by dozens of super experts and more than ten crystal cannons!
But he was smiling and at ease, as if he were a chess player who had stepped into the game again. He slowly floated to three positions above the ground and looked around.
Wherever his eyes reached, everybody could not help but turn their head away. Not just Guo Chunfeng, even the three battle Yuanying did not dare look at Lu Zui in the eyes, as if he could see through the deepest secrets in their hearts with a casual glance!
Suddenly …
Lu Zui grunted and withdrew his aura. His skin cracked, and dim spots of light popped up. The flesh around the spots of light withered quickly and turned black, without the slightest trace of vitality.
It was as if a cluster of furious fire inside his body was about to burn him to death from inside to outside!
"I'm going to die."
Lu Zui smiled at Guo Chunfeng.
Guo Chunfeng and the three battle Yuanying looked at each other. It was not until then that they realized what was happening to Lu Zui.
The improvement of one's level was not necessarily a good thing.
The higher one's level was, the more energy would be consumed. It was just like the higher the level of a crystal warship, the larger the scale of the power rune arrays would be, and the more crystals would be consumed.
Normal Cultivators would prepare tremendous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and consume tremendous resources before and after they broke into a new level, in order to make up for the loss of their body and soul.
Even though Li Yao had a breakthrough in a battle, he had swallowed tremendous strengthening drugs before the battle, and it had taken him more than half a month of recuperation after the battle. There was no telling how many precious materials and drugs he had absorbed before he managed to stabilize his level.
Lu Zui was different.
He was a prisoner, possibly the most dangerous prisoner since the establishment of the Xing Yao Federation. He was guarded at the highest level. For more than a month, not to mention the resources for cultivation, even his soul had been suppressed at all times. He had been exhausted to the extreme.
Breaking through under such circumstances was simply courting death.
It was as if a thin and weak mouse's brain had suddenly mutated, becoming bigger, smarter, and more complex than a human's brain.
Perhaps it was possible to give the "little mouse" brand-new intelligence, but before that, the nutrients that the brain needed would first suck its body dry!
This was Lu Zui's current situation.
No. No. To be more exact, Lu Zui did not have a breakthrough by accident. He had burnt his life and soul and detonated his two hundred years of Cultivation in the blink of an eye. At the cost of his life, he traded for a brief moment of reflection before his death. That was why he was able to break through all barriers and advance into the high level of the Yuanying Stage!
Guo Chunfeng and the three combat Yuanying were all deeply shocked by Lu Zui's resoluteness!
They had a lot of questions to ask Lu Zui. There were still too many secrets of the Patriots Partnership to be unraveled. How could he die at such a moment?
Guo Chunfeng's face was as pale as ash. In front of his old boss, he was trembling in fury like a rooster that had lost a fight!
"I have one to two days at most."
Lu Zui looked at him with neither sorrow nor joy on his face. He extended two fingers and said, "Ah Feng, do you want to make a deal with me? I still have a production base of the Demon God Virus that I haven't told you yet. I also have three secret storage locations of the Demon God Virus, in which some of the unstable, half-finished products of the Demon God Virus that have been produced in the past few months are stored. Although they are only half-finished products, they will still cause a great disaster if they are released. Do you want to know?
"Hehe. You should be clear that I am not someone that you can deal with with 'soul-searching method' when I advance into the high level of the Yuanying Stage! If I am willing, I can shatter my soul into pieces with a telepathic thought and bring all my secrets to hell. You will never get anything from my soul!
"However, as long as you promise me one thing, I will cooperate with your work dutifully and confess everything. Even if I die, I will not play any tricks on my head before I die. You can retrieve a lot of information from my brain."
Guo Chunfeng's voice was hoarse. "What do you want?"
Lu Zui smiled and said, "I want to meet someone and talk to her alone for half an hour. Whatever happens during the time, you are not allowed to interrupt us. That's all."
"You want to pass messages to your accomplices outside?" Guo Chunfeng said angrily.
Lu Zui was amused. "Ah Feng, are you serious? If I am meeting an accomplice, won't she be walking right into a trap? Besides, you will certainly monitor our every move. Whatever we say or do, even the tiniest constriction of our pupils, will be under your control. What are you scared of? "
Guo Chunfeng was silent for a moment. He calculated the pros and cons quickly and asked, "Who do you want to meet?"
Lu Zui gave a name.
Guo Chunfeng's face was as colorful as a bottle of mixed feelings. He was dazed for a long time before he asked, "Why do you want to meet her? Is she a member of the Patriots Partnership, too? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! "
"You will know why when she comes," Li Yao said.
"Take your time to consider," Lu Zui said. "But I don't have much time left. If you don't want me to bring all the secrets to the crematorium with me, you'd better make a decision now!"
Guo Chunfeng stared at Lu Zui, hoping to find any clue from his old boss' face.
Lu Zui, however, landed and crouched in a corner with his withered body, which was still smoldering. His eyes pierced through Guo Chunfeng, the White Silver Fortress, the blue sky, the white clouds, and the atmosphere, to the depths of the sea of stars and to the time a long, long time later.
…
Three hours later …
Deep inside the White Silver Fortress, inside the most heavily guarded prison cell of the highest level …
Lu Zui's head was locked with an even more powerful barrier. His limbs were tied up by more than ten chains that were buried in the four corners of the prison cell and connected to attack magical equipment of more than ten attributes. They could spurt out electricity, fire, and frost at any moment.
Although he could still move his hands and feet, there was very little room for him to move. His ten fingers were all shackled with tiny chains, making it impossible for him to make a gesture quickly.
Even his tongue was pierced deeply with three studs. Should he start chanting any attack spell, his tongue would be electrocuted into charcoal immediately.
For the brutal man who had broken into the high level of the Yuanying Stage by brute force despite the suppression of multiple barriers, it was not wrong to be wary of him at all.
Lu Zui did not move at all. His limbs and his body were even more withered than three hours ago. The black spots leaking out of his pores gradually connected into one.
But his eyes were bulging wider and wider. Indescribable glimmers were beaming out of his eyes, as if he had sacrificed all his vitality to his brain in exchange for a brief moment of brilliance that could pierce through the next hundred years!
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
In front of him, the triple doors of the prison cell were opened one after another. A valiant female Cultivator with burning red hair strode in.
Lu Zui smiled. The glimmers in his eyes were all focused on the woman, as if she were a piece of unpolished jade with infinite potential.
"Fellow Cultivator Ding, you're here."
"Cut the crap. Who the f * ck is your fellow Cultivator?"
Ding Ling Dong strode forward and dashed almost ten meters in one step. She grabbed Lu Zui's collar brutally and lifted him up together with the shackles weighing hundreds of kilograms. Waving her other fist in front of Lu Zui's eyes, she grinned hideously. "Old fart, do you know why I'm willing to meet you? Do you know what I regret the most in the battle a month ago? "
"What I regret most is that I didn't beat you up to my heart's content, old fart!
"I didn't expect that you would deliver yourself to me today! Alright! If you have anything to say, let me punch you hard three times first! Let's be straightforward. Three punches. Just three punches! If you can still catch your breath after three punches, let's talk again! "
Guo Chunfeng was so anxious that he was sweating hard. He shouted through the broadcast rune arrays, "Little Ding, don't be rash. He is dying. He can't take one of your punches!"
"Hehe!"
Ding Ling Dong sniffed and glared at Lu Zui for a long time before she slowly loosened her grip on him. Frowning, she said, "Speak now. Why do you want to meet me? I really don't understand. Even if you do want to meet someone before your death, it should be Li Yao! Why do you want to meet me? "
Lu Zui looked at Ding Ling Dong with a smile, not displeased by her recklessness and rudeness at all. Instead, he was overjoyed as if he had picked up a treasure. He said unhurriedly, "Li Yao is nothing but an idiot who is obsessed with petty kindness. Is he qualified to waste my precious time before my death?"
Ding Ling Dong narrowed her eyes, with dangerous brilliance beaming out of them. "Old fart, watch your mouth. Don't make me blow up your head with one punch!"
"What a pity, Ding Dao … Little Miss Ding, in fact, twenty years ago, when you just lost your parents in the Beast Tide siege, and you were seriously injured, your spiritual root exploded, and you almost became a cripple, I also heard about that matter and thought of adopting you."
Lu Zui said with mixed feelings. "It's a pity that your mother's colleagues in the Grand Desolate War Institution took you away in advance."
Ding Lingdang couldn't help but cross her arms and shudder. "Thank the heavens for that!"
"Also, more than half a year ago, when we organized a meeting to recruit the 'patriots', we examined you carefully. You were excellent in every aspect, except that you hesitated in the end."
Lu Zui did not seem to notice the mockery in Ding Ling Dong's words. He went on. "For safety reasons, we did not recruit you. Otherwise, you might have been one of us.
"Even if I was really a member of the Patriots Partnership," Ding Ling Dong said.
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