With the eyepatch removed, Li Xuan's right eye was as dazzling as a golden amber. The golden pupil held a certain pressure, making it difficult for anyone to meet its gaze.
"Alright… let's see what this Jao Shingan can do." Li Xuan gestured for Liv to stand behind him. He lowered his hand from his eye, and his brilliant golden pupil fixed on the Honkai Zombie in front of him. The ability of the Jao Shingan began to activate automatically…
"1, 2, 3, 4…" Li Xuan counted. On the fourth second, a golden glint flashed in his 'Jao Shingan'. An unseen force materialized, and the struggling Honkai Zombie suddenly shuddered and went limp…
Then, the pattern on the six-star emblem 'Jao Shingan' on his collar—which resembled the Sharingan from Naruto—glowed faintly. A purple mark appeared on the Honkai Zombie's forehead…
A circle with a black dot in the center, surrounded by three tomoe. This was the 'Jao Shingan's'… Death Mark!
"….." The Honkai Zombie stood motionless, but its faint breathing indicated it was still alive.
"Liv, shoot its leg with your Smoothbore Guns." Li Xuan stared at the listless Honkai Zombie with the spirit of a researcher, his mind beginning to wander. He had to admit, if you ignored the slightly狰狞 face, the Honkai Zombie's figure was actually not bad…
"Yes, Master…" Liv once again pulled two Smoothbore Guns from her skirt and aimed them at the Honkai Zombie. To be honest, these guns weren't very powerful; it usually took two shots to kill a Honkai Zombie.
Bang! Liv aimed at the Honkai Zombie's thigh and pulled the trigger. A small spark erupted from the muzzle of the small, silver gun, and a silver bullet flew out, striking the Honkai Zombie's thigh.
The moment it hit, Li Xuan clearly saw the light in the Honkai Zombie's eyes dim and fade… Its breathing stopped… and the Death Mark on its forehead vanished.
"It's really dead…" Li Xuan reached out and touched the cold corpse. The faint Honkai energy reaction from the Honkai Zombie's body was now close to zero.
Normally, one of Liv's bullets to the thigh would never have been able to kill one of these creatures—or maybe they weren't creatures anymore—whose vitality was comparable to a cockroach…
Hmm, this skill is a bit niche… After all, it takes four seconds to activate and isn't very effective against Honkai Beasts. But Li Xuan wasn't too concerned, because…
The six-star emblem 'Jao Shingan' could be upgraded to a seven-star emblem… and any weapon that was upgraded to seven stars would experience a massive leap in power… For example, the Mjolnir that the white-haired dango used. At six stars, it was decent against Honkai Zombies, but after upgrading to seven stars, it could instantly kill a Honkai Beast… its power to smash through walls was off the charts… and it came with special effects…
"Mm, let's try another one…" Li Xuan took out a leek the length of his forearm, preparing to desecrate the corpse… no, that's not right, to conduct an experiment…
This was the five-star weapon 'This Thing Can't Be a Leek'. Its ability was 'It's a Mutation-dayo~', with a 6% chance to cause the genes of a creature it hits to mutate… As for what it would mutate into, he had no idea…
Whack whack whack whack~ The weapon, which was 90% identical in shape to the leek often held by a certain virtual diva princess from his past life, 'This Thing Can't Be a Leek', was now in Li Xuan's hand as he rapidly struck the dead Honkai Zombie. Miraculously, the three vibrant green leaves of the leek left red marks on the Honkai Zombie's body…
And so… two minutes passed.
The sound of "whack whack whack whack…" finally stopped… Li Xuan casually tossed aside the now somewhat wilted 'This Thing Can't Be a Leek' and sat down on the ground, panting. He had hit it nearly a hundred times, but the Honkai Zombie hadn't changed at all…
Now Li Xuan was certain of one thing… this thing was just a joke!! Looking back, the thought of a grown man hitting a dead Honkai Zombie with a leek for two minutes was inexplicably embarrassing…
"Let's go, Liv… we're heading back." Li Xuan took the towel Liv thoughtfully handed him, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and patted her on the head.
"What about this?…" Liv asked, pointing to the still vibrant green leek on the ground.
"It's useless, just leave it there…" Li Xuan said dismissively, picking up the golden Familiar Egg and walking out of the abandoned building.
"Mmm…" Liv watched her master's retreating figure, hesitated for a moment, then picked up the leek from the ground, tucked it into her dimensional skirt, and followed him.
Ten minutes after they left…
Squeak squeak? The spot where the Honkai Zombie's body had lain was now empty. A small figure flashed through the room and ran out the door.
...........
"Ahh~ I'm so hungry…" Li Xuan walked into the house, carrying the golden Familiar Egg. By now, Raiden Mei should have been done with lunch…
Li Xuan led Liv up the stairs towards Raiden Mei's place.
"Brother Li Xuan? You're back?" A voice suddenly came from above them. Li Xuan looked up… it was Bronya Zaychik.
In contrast to Kiana's impatient and disdainful attitude, Bronya Zaychik had always been respectful and gentle towards Li Xuan, possibly because he had saved her multiple times.
'Crap…' Li Xuan suddenly realized he had forgotten to put the Familiar Egg in his ring. What should he do now?
Wait… Bronya probably doesn't recognize it, right? I'll just try to bluff my way through this…
"Haha~ Good afternoon, Bronya." Li Xuan tried to hide the Familiar Egg in his arms with his slightly oversized sleeve, his eyes darting towards his own room, preparing to make a run for it.
However…
"Brother Li Xuan, isn't that a Familiar Egg in your hands?" Bronya Zaychik said nonchalantly, glancing at the object in his arms.
Her words struck Li Xuan like a bolt from the blue…
"..." Li Xuan stared wide-eyed and confused at the completely calm Bronya Zaychik.
How did you know?!
(End of Chapter)