Chapter 145: Chapter 145: A Gentle Touch
Paradise Area. The initial team was assembled, and a battle could break out at any moment.
This sudden uninvited guest didn’t look like a good person, no matter how you looked at him. The blood-stained knife in his hand scraped against the ground, making a hair-raising sound.
The cave wasn’t large, and having just been through a sandstorm, none of them were in good condition.
The small fire on the ground flickered in the wind.
The atmosphere instantly grew incredibly tense.
Everyone gripped their weapons, warily watching the suddenly arrived youth in a dark-colored uniform. He was tall and lean, yet his posture was relaxed, as if he were strolling through his own garden. He methodically swept his gaze over each of them.
Just then, Ai Li of the Butterfly Clan suddenly spoke up. "Actually, our team happens to be short one person. I’m a puzzle solver, Qilin is skilled in Cooking, and A Yuan can use Rain Control. He’s the youngest, but he’s a strong fighter and also has a Pupil Skill. As for her—"
Ai Li didn’t want to talk about this vividly green female.
Her tone was perfunctory. "She’s a Healer."
Hearing the word "Healing," the youth’s gaze, which had just moved away, snapped back to the green-skinned girl. "You. Come with me."
Everyone froze.
’What is he going to do...?’
This youth with his right eye wrapped in gauze looked like bad news. ’Could he have some sort of strange fetish?’
They had formed a temporary team and didn’t know each other well. If this Turtle Clan female was in danger...
The Leopard and the Stag exchanged glances, both tacitly choosing to remain silent.
A smile touched the corners of the butterfly girl’s lips.
Only the little boy sitting by the rock silently tightened his grip on his damaged scabbard.
Just when they thought the girl would cry out in fear or refuse, she unexpectedly ran over with light steps—
Ran??
Seeing Louis again, Yu Zhizhi was overcome with excitement. She trotted right over and, under everyone’s astonished gazes, arrived in front of the mysterious youth.
Up close, she could see Louis’s emerald-green left pupil even more clearly...
Yu Zhizhi’s heart skipped a beat.
’Thank goodness I didn’t call out his name...’
The green eye had left a deep impression on her. She had seen it three times in total, twice in the Lost Tower. And the second time, he had even forced her to drink a medicine that made her feverish.
Despite all that, in Yu Zhizhi’s eyes, he was still Louis.
He was Louis’s other personality.
Yu Zhizhi couldn’t suppress the smile on her face. She brushed off her knee-length skirt, which was covered in sand and dust. In Ai Li’s eyes, this looked like a female preening herself to attract the male before her.
’Tsk.’
She sneered inwardly.
Females of the Turtle Clan were slow-moving, exceedingly plain in looks and figure, and had low fertility. They had never been popular with males.
’No matter how much she preens, it’s useless.’
’She’s going to die regardless, right?’
The youth retracted his gaze and turned to walk out of the cave.
He had no idea what this little turtle was so happy about. ’When I dig out her heart in a moment, I wonder if she’ll still be able to smile?’
Yu Zhizhi followed "Louis," her heart filled with the joy of their reunion.
’So Louis came to Paradise after all.’
He never mentioned it.
The Moon Rising Empire’s Paradise was the Paradise Garden, where all sorts of hunting games were staged monthly. Zero Star Street, where they used to live, was one of the few normal areas, used to house the families of the Guard Team.
The real Paradise was very dangerous.
That was why, on the Teleportation Scroll, the price to unlock it was the cheapest.
After the sandstorm ended, the wasteland outside was covered in massive boulders, splitting the area into separate sections.
Not far from the cave lay the corpses of a five-person temporary team.
The youth pointed to one of them. "Go check if he’s completely dead. If he’s still breathing, save him."
Yu Zhizhi nodded lightly. She stepped carefully across the yellow sand and approached the corpse.
A large, dark hole had been stabbed in his chest, and the blood had congealed. It was her first time seeing a corpse up close; she could even see white maggots eating away at the flesh. A wave of acid churned in her stomach, and turning her head, she dry-heaved a few times.
Yu Zhizhi’s face was pale. ’How could he possibly have a breath left? He’s completely and utterly dead.’
She looked up at "Louis," who had come to her side, a flicker in her eyes.
"Well?" the youth asked, showing no patience.
Yu Zhizhi murmured, "He’s not breathing."
"Tch." He crouched down, a look of unfulfillment on his face. "His spiritual power wasn’t bad, it was a bit fun to fight him. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have struck so hard. I would’ve played with him a little longer."
As he had walked through this area, he had seen countless poor players who had died in the sandstorm.
So far, only one team was still alive.
But this team—
A band of invalids and runts.
Killing them would be effortless. The one with the strongest spiritual power was actually the youngest one, and he’d last three moves at most.
"How about I start with you?"
The youth’s emerald-green pupils darkened slightly, and a strange smile played on his blood-splattered face.
He stared intently at the turtle girl beside him. She had vivid green skin and a red mark that ran diagonally from the bridge of her nose to her left jaw. It was like the red markings on a turtle shell, making it exceptionally eye-catching.
He had returned to Paradise this time to kill to his heart’s content.
No team that encountered him would be left with any survivors.
Yu Zhizhi was staring at his forehead. Just as "Louis" finished speaking, she suddenly raised her hand, her fingertip touching the spot between his eyebrows.
The youth’s body visibly stiffened.
He was just about to raise his knife when his movement paused. His voice was low and deep. "What are you doing?!"
A faint cyan light flowed from Yu Zhizhi’s fingertip. She pressed her lips together slightly, her voice soft and gentle. "You got a cut here."
Under the treatment of the pale light, the small wound between his brows gradually healed.
Yu Zhizhi’s face looked more haggard than before.
’Using her Healing Ability twice in a row...’
A female’s awakened spiritual power was never high to begin with, and now her body was on the verge of collapse. Her breathing grew heavy, and her withdrawn fingertip trembled. She looked up at the youth before her, forcing a smile.
The girl’s vision was hazy, her dark pupils shimmering as if touched by spring water. In the youth’s eyes, her vivid green skin was far from beautiful, but it had a certain special quality.
—Like a lost Little Elf.
"A little tired..." she murmured softly.
And fell headfirst into the youth’s arms.
His arm supported the small, weak body of the little turtle female. She seemed genuinely exhausted and had simply fallen asleep.
"Louis" was completely rigid.
He dropped his knife and pinched the girl’s cheek with one hand. "Hey, wake up!"
’Damn it! I was getting ready to slice open her chest and dig out her heart! I love watching my prey struggle on the brink of death, especially the terrified, wounded look in their eyes. That’s my most delicious meal.’
’If I just kill her now while she’s like this, she’d probably just let out a "muffled groan."’
The youth instantly found it all dull and tasteless.
He shoved Yu Zhizhi away, annoyed.
After a moment, as if he’d thought of something interesting, his gaze landed on her face, burning with intensity.
Back in the cave, the Leopard and the Stag didn’t dare to move. The butterfly girl, however, was busy calculating how she could win over this powerful male.
Just as she was thinking this, she saw him walk in, carrying the turtle female in one arm.
