42: Chapter 42 Sending you to report to the King of Hell.

In the center of the collapsed area, that deep, muffled breathing grew louder and louder.

Li Zhengyang ignored the uncle and nephew pair slumped on the ground and turned to walk toward the aircraft.

"Take off and circle the perimeter," Li Zhengyang waved his hand at the pilot. "Land to pick me up in half an hour."

The pilot glanced into the depths of the collapsed area, a chill running down his spine.

He didn't ask anything; he simply pulled the joystick, and the aircraft engine roared as it shot into the sky.

On the ground, only three people remained.

Li Zhengyang, Director Wang Dewen, and Wang Ming.

As the wind blew, those two shook like chaff sieves.

"Li Zhengyang! You let the aircraft leave, what are we supposed to do!" Director Wang Dewen's voice completely cracked.

Li Zhengyang planted his dragon gall golden spear into the ground and pointed forward. "Wait for it to come out."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a colossal beast crawled out from the shadows of the collapsed area.

It was over ten meters long, its entire body covered in dark black scales, its four limbs as thick as pillars.

A Level 5 Demonic Beast, the Abyssal Giant Lizard.

The oppressive aura of the Level 5 Demonic Beast spread out without reservation, grinding the surrounding gravel into powder under the invisible pressure and creating a teeth-grinding friction sound.

Director Wang Dewen fell to his knees with a thud, his knees slamming into the rock.

Wang Ming's only remaining left hand clutched tightly onto Director Wang Dewen's clothes, his entire body curled into a ball.

"Zhengyang... Brother Zhengyang! I was wrong! I was truly wrong!" Wang Ming, with tears and snot mixed together, kowtowed frantically.

"It's too late." Li Zhengyang stretched his neck.

"Li Zhengyang! You can't kill us!" Director Wang Dewen tremblingly pulled the letter of introduction from his coat pocket. "We were approved by the Military District Logistics Department; this is an official mission! If we die here, you won't be able to explain it when you go back, and you won't be able to escape responsibility!"

"The Military District Logistics Department approved you to come and kill a Level 4 Demonic Beast." Li Zhengyang looked at him, his tone flat. "This is the territory of a Level 5 Abyssal Giant Lizard. You can only blame yourselves for wandering around and unfortunately encountering a high-level demonic beast. I fought to the death, but I still couldn't save the two of you. It's just a matter of writing a report when I get back."

Director Wang Dewen's pupils shrank to pinpricks.

He finally understood that Li Zhengyang never intended for them to survive from the moment he brought them onto the aircraft. Those so-called practical assessments were all death warrants.

The Abyssal Giant Lizard didn't idle; its eyes locked onto the three people here. Its four thick legs kicked the ground violently, and it quickly crushed its way toward them.

Li Zhengyang moved.

He unleashed the Startling Cloud Step, his figure instantly shifting ten meters to the side.

He dodged the head-on collision but left the space where he had been standing to the uncle and nephew.

The shadow of the lizard loomed over them.

Wang Ming unleashed the greatest potential of his life, shoving Director Wang Dewen aside and scrambling to the side.

Li Zhengyang flicked the tip of his spear, and a wave of internal energy swept out, striking Wang Ming's left leg.

Crack.

"Ah!" Wang Ming screamed as he fell to the ground, his left leg broken.

The lizard rushed over and stepped on Director Wang Dewen's back.

The power of a Martial Sect level beast instantly crushed Director Wang Dewen's spine, and the broken ribs pierced his heart and lungs on the spot; he stopped breathing without even a groan.

Immediately after, the lizard lowered its head and snapped its jaws around the still-screaming Wang Ming.

Half of Wang Ming's body was exposed outside the lizard's mouth, his hands flailing desperately in the air. His desperate screams echoed in the collapsed area, lasting for two seconds before coming to an abrupt end.

Two people, both ended up in its stomach, turned into mush.

Li Zhengyang stood ten meters away, his expression calm.

Back then, they had trampled him to death for 200,000, signing a liability waiver on the arena stage to take his life.

Today's outcome was fair.

"Are you full?" Li Zhengyang raised his spear and walked toward the Abyssal Giant Lizard.

The lizard spat out a few scraps of fabric it couldn't chew, turning its head to stare at Li Zhengyang. It could feel that this human was completely different from the previous few pieces of food.

Hiss!

The lizard opened its bloody maw, and a ball of dark green venom sprayed out, moving so fast it left a blur.

Li Zhengyang didn't dodge.

He activated the Earth-grade superior technique, Indestructible Golden Body, and a layer of pale golden light shimmered across his skin.

The venom ball hit his chest and exploded instantly. The highly toxic liquid flowed down his clothes, burning the fabric until it was riddled with holes, but when it touched the skin underneath, it only hissed with white smoke, failing to even corrode the surface layer.

The lizard was stunned for a moment. This venom, which would rot a Level 4 Demonic Beast to the bone with just a drop, was treated like bathwater by this person.

"Is that all you've got?" Li Zhengyang stomped his foot.

The ground cracked. He burst forth with the Startling Cloud Step, his entire body turning into a golden blur as he charged head-on at the lizard.

He swung the dragon gall golden spear in a full arc and smashed it down.

Collapse Technique.

The shaft of the spear slammed heavily onto the lizard's forehead.

Bang!

The thick, dark black scales exploded on the spot, and dark red blood sprayed half a meter high.

The lizard's massive body, weighing hundreds of tons, was forced to the ground by this strike, its chin shattering the rocks on the ground.

The pure physical strength of a Level 5 Martial Sect, combined with the enhancement of the Indestructible Golden Body, completely crushed it in a head-on collision.

The lizard went completely berserk.

Its thick tail, accompanied by a piercing sound of breaking air, swept horizontally across the waist; this sweep directly snapped a dozen stone pillars nearby.

Li Zhengyang didn't dodge or evade; he clenched his left fist and met the sweeping tail with a straight punch.

Boom!

Airwaves rolled. Li Zhengyang retreated two steps. The lizard's tail bent at an angle visible to the naked eye, the bones inside broken clean through.

"I'm done playing with you." Li Zhengyang gripped the spear with both hands.

The dark golden patterns on the three blood grooves glowed to their limit, and the blood energy of a Level 5 Martial Sect poured into the spear shaft like a bursting river. The vortex at the tip of the spear expanded to the size of a water vat, twisting the surrounding air.

The lizard felt a fatal threat and struggled to get up and run.

Too late.

Li Zhengyang leaped ten meters high, and the dragon gall golden spear, descending from above like a golden meteor, pierced directly into the lizard's neck.

The spear tip pierced through the junction of the head and neck, and the Twist Technique detonated inside its body.

The lizard's spine and heart were instantly ground into mush by the internal energy. Its massive body twitched twice before collapsing with a boom, kicking up clouds of dust.

Li Zhengyang pulled out his long spear and shook off the blood. He skillfully used a short knife to dissect the lizard's skull.

A black beast core, the size of an apple and radiating a rich aura fluctuation, rolled out.

A Level 5 beast core, worth a fortune.

He stuffed the beast core into his space ring, then picked out a few of the hardest back plates and scales to cut off and stow away together.

Right on time, half an hour later, the sound of an engine came from the sky.

The aircraft landed slowly, and Li Zhengyang jumped into the back seat.

"Back to the fortress."

The pilot glanced down.

He didn't see Director Wang Dewen and his nephew, only a mountain-like corpse of the Abyssal Giant Lizard and shocking bloodstains all over the ground. He swallowed hard, didn't dare to ask a single word, pulled the joystick, and flew toward Fortress No. 7.

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