Chapter 1362: Chapter 829: Liu Zheng: You Two Are Like a Pair of Tigger Twins and Two Crispy Sharks_2

"Wait a minute!"

Just when Liu Zheng thought Ma Baoli would take the opportunity to counterattack, the latter shouted loudly.

Her shout not only stunned Liu Zheng and the Yaksha but also froze Teresa and her subordinates.

Yes, just as Ma Baoli grabbed Teresa, three women in the same silver armor wielding great swords rushed out from the shadows, pointing their blades directly at Ma Baoli.

"Stop."

Teresa also raised her hand to stop them.

While everyone was speculating on how the situation would develop, Ma Baoli suddenly pulled Teresa’s great sword into herself, piercing straight through her abdomen.

"That sword just now, I return it to you."

Ma Baoli gritted her teeth and said, enduring the pain.

"What a fool, it’s hard to survive in Metropolis like this."

Teresa shook her head and said.

"Hmph, don’t think I lost because of this."

Ma Baoli pulled out her hand, controlling her muscles to barely close the wound.

"Come again!"

She shouted. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"You’ve already lost, little fool."

Teresa gently shook, and countless black spikes grew from the great sword in an instant.

If these spikes had exploded inside Ma Baoli just now, even if she wasn’t dead, she’d have lost most of her combat capability.

"You think I wouldn’t know how?"

Ma Baoli sneered, a mix of the Five Elements Divine Thunder swirling in her palm, with black and white qi intertwining at the center.

This was a Two Forms Divine Thunder, a level higher than the Five Elements Divine Thunder. She hadn’t mastered it due to insufficient Innate Qi but could simulate it somewhat.

With this Two Forms Divine Thunder, unless Teresa could live without her head, it would result in mutual destruction.

Teresa smiled, retracting the black spikes and returning her arm to its original form.

"Did you mean it when you said you’d pay double?"

She looked at Liu Zheng.

"Of course."

Liu Zheng paused, then nodded.

"I want triple. This isn’t extortion; our rules are that if the task can’t be completed, triple is refunded."

Teresa said.

"Wow, you guys need to open a bank to afford that."

He exclaimed.

"We do a thorough power assessment of the target. Of course, sometimes there’s oversight in our evaluation. For instance, this time you gave us quite a surprise."

Teresa glanced at Ma Baoli with the corner of her eye.

"You surprised me too. How much?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Let’s say one and a half million."

Teresa thought for a moment and said.

"Hiring you guys for five hundred thousand is quite cost-effective."

He said rather tactlessly.

If it were just Teresa alone, five hundred thousand would be quite expensive.

But with three subordinates here and more likely at the clinic, even if these subordinates were only half as strong as Teresa, five hundred thousand is still a bargain.

"Money is only part of it; they have something we desperately need."

Teresa shook her head.

"What is it? Don’t underestimate me just because I’m a delivery guy; I have quite the network and might be able to get it."

Liu Zheng pursued.

Teresa, with strength and principles, was a very useful mercenary.

Teresa looked at him but didn’t answer.

"Alright. Here, this is one and a half million."

Liu Zheng didn’t press, taking out one and a half million and placing it on the ground.

"Kreel."

Teresa called out.

"Yes."

A female swordsman with short ear-length hair walked up to Liu Zheng, took off a cloak from her back, wrapped up the money, and walked back to Teresa’s side.

"Your mission is canceled, but I can’t cancel the task of recapturing Lin Pinru. If you don’t want conflict with us, don’t have your people assist in escorting."

Teresa said.

"Wow, was this also part of your employer’s plot?"

Liu Zheng was slightly surprised.

"Maybe. There are too many smart people in Metropolis."

Teresa shrugged.

"Alright, then please sign for the delivery."

He took out a food box and delivery slip.

"Goodbye, Little Ma Baoli. Hope you surprise me more next time we meet."

Teresa signed for the delivery and looked back at Ma Baoli, her tone gentle.

"I’ve said it, I’m Ma Baoli, no ’Little’!"

Ma Baoli exclaimed in frustration.

"Ha!"

Teresa let out a short laugh, then flapped her wings and flew towards the clinic, followed closely by the three female swordsmen.

"How are you? Can you hold on?"

Liu Zheng walked to Ma Baoli and asked.

"What do you think?"

Ma Baoli rolled her eyes at him and then collapsed into his arms.

The Thunder Skill is good at attacking but not at nurturing health; she managed to hold on until now purely because her Body Refining foundation was strong enough.

But now that the battle was over, with Liu Zheng closely protecting her, she no longer felt the need to hold out.

"Is there any kind of Healing Technique or something?"

Liu Zheng asked the Yaksha.

"Yes."

The Yaksha nodded, and the gray gem atop the Magic Wand began to glow.

"Shadow Magic: Life Finger!"

A finger-shaped gray aura shot out from the gray gem and into Ma Baoli’s body.

"Hmm?"

Liu Zheng looked at the wound that hadn’t changed at all, then looked at the Yaksha.

"It failed; this spell only has a fifty percent success rate."

The Yaksha shrugged.

"Then can you switch to one that has a hundred percent success rate, please?"

He said speechlessly.

Healing Technique with merely a probability of working—are you running a role-playing game here?

"Shadow Magic: Healing Mist!"

The Yaksha cast again, and a glowing gray mist flowed from the gem and enveloped Ma Baoli.

"How do you feel?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"A little better, but just a little."

Ma Baoli replied.

"Does this spell even work?"

He frowned at the Yaksha.

"Expecting a Dark Elf to heal others is quite a laughable matter; you should look for Druids to handle such tasks. I am just knowledgeable; if you approached my people, they might not even know how to cast Life Finger."

The Yaksha said with no embarrassment.

"Fine, just be proud of not knowing how."

Liu Zheng shot her a disdainful glance, then took off the Heart of the Ocean and put it around Ma Baoli’s neck.

"Even if you can’t heal, surely you can summon water, right? Help me conjure a big wave, as large as possible."

He said.

"Nope."

The Yaksha shook her head.

"What?"

Liu Zheng looked at her with a ’are you kidding me’ expression.

"There is no Water Wind in the Magic Eight Winds. The Life Magic and Heavenly Magic do have spells to summon water, but I didn’t learn them."

The Yaksha replied.

The Dark Sect is composed of Magic Eight Winds, so mastering the Dark Sect means mastering the spells of eight techniques.

However, even an Immortal Species has limited energy, so the Yaksha only has a rough grasp of the other seven techniques, aside from Shadow Magic, and Healing Techniques are the least interesting to her.

"You two are really like bouncing tigers and brittle sharks."

Liu Zheng sighed to the sky.

"Who are you talking about?"

Ma Baoli glared at him.

Although she didn’t know what kind of nonsense he was spouting again, it surely wasn’t anything good.

"Wasn’t talking about you, let’s go."

Liu Zheng carried Ma Baoli towards the clinic.

Although Teresa had said she wouldn’t rush into the clinic to grab people, he wanted to check just to be sure.

"Did you chase those people away?"

At the clinic’s door, the Sphinx walked over and asked.

"Not exactly, you could say we’ve reached strategic cooperation."

Liu Zheng said.

"Hmph, unnecessary; I was planning to use their heads to sharpen my teeth."

The Sphinx grumbled.

"You better make do with the dried fish for now."

He took out a handful of rock-hard dried fish and handed it to it.

"Also, you should thank her. If she hadn’t willingly taken a sword for you, those people would have already made a move against you."

Liu Zheng pointed to Ma Baoli on his back.

"Ridiculous, do I need the help of this female human?"

The Sphinx said proudly.

"Behave, Ando. She helped you, and that’s a fact. I’m indifferent to how you treat me, but I expect you to show the most basic courtesy to my friends."

Liu Zheng said seriously.

"What if I refuse to say it?"

The Sphinx retorted.

"Then I’ll beat you until you do, and you’ll never have new dried fish and yarn balls again."

He replied.

"Who wants them, hmph!"

The Sphinx said and suddenly raised its two front paws quickly, shook them towards Ma Baoli twice, then lay down and ignored them.

"This guy, really..."

Liu Zheng chuckled helplessly and led the two into the clinic.