Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Only by remaining calm can one find a glimmer of hope in such a desperate situation.

Mai adjusted her breathing.

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale...

After a few rounds, Mai opened her eyes again, her golden pupils reflecting the Dead Servants before her.

"Volvo, you need to be sturdy, I have a lot of faith in you."

Mai tapped the steel roof of the car beneath her feet lightly with the tip of her knife and smiled.

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Chapter 134 Breakthrough Battle

Rainy night, highway in the city, bridge over the river.

The surroundings were eerie, with black shadows whispering amongst themselves, their corpse-colored faces expressionless.

Mai could understand what they were saying, of course. They were expressing their craving for her flesh and blood in dragon language.

“I hate being talked about by men, but I don’t want to be talked about by you guys even more…” Mai said.

These monsters before me, though no longer human, but mindless, dragon-obedient inanimate objects, still possess basic combat intelligence, or rather, instinct. They crave blood and know how to avoid the mercury vapor, which is highly toxic to them.

In other words, their instincts still include a fear of death.

Fear creates weakness. Weakness means vulnerability.

By exploiting the enemy's weaknesses, she can slip into the crevices like a knife and carve out a path to survival.

Before the mercury vapor could completely dissipate in the rain and mist, the Deadpools at the forefront pounced on Mai from all sides. However, just as they were about to reach the Volvo, the beautiful figure on the roof suddenly vanished.

Without activating the Netherworld Illumination, she simply leaped up like a swan, the silver butterfly hairband on her flowing temples swirling in the air.

Rhythmic gunshots rang out in the air. They weren't mercury bullets; Mai had switched to a regular magazine. The 17 bullets in the magazine were propelled out of the chamber by the firing pin in less than two seconds, each shot hitting a Deadpool precisely in the back of the neck.

She knew where these monsters' weaknesses lay, and always fired only the crucial single bullet. Damaging their brains or torsos was pointless, because these Deadpools had already become monsters driven by instinct.

Only by sending a bullet into their necks and destroying their nervous system, which transmits electrical signals, can their actions be completely stopped.

Black, foul blood sprayed in the rain, and the hempen clothes landed lightly on the hood of the engine. Before she could catch her breath, the second wave of Deadpools had already pounced on her.

Without using a gun, Mai rolled off the hood of the car, biting the Glock pistol in her mouth, and pulled a second knife from behind her back with her left hand. Her clothes fluttered in the wind, her long hair flew, and her bare feet crunched through the raindrops on the asphalt, as she twirled like a ballerina performing Swan Lake on stage.

Yet her scarlet eyeshadow was so flamboyant and domineering, her eyebrows sharp and proud, and the way she held the pistol in her mouth made her look like a beautiful female agent from the "007" series of movies, breathtakingly beautiful.

Amidst the sound of rain, a soothing yet sharp slicing sound arose—the slicing of flesh and blood by a sharp blade, avoiding bone. Dark red blood sprayed and fell into the air, like countless ink bottles exploding out of thin air. Mai's figure moved nimbly among the dead, gracefully dodging their clumsy yet brutal attacks.

Her two antique-looking knives were specially designed with thin yet tough blades, capable of easily cutting through the gaps in armor and bones, silently severing flesh and blood, making them extremely suitable for killing.

As the dance ended, Mai crossed her legs slightly, her pretty face flushed from the exertion of so much energy in such a short time, and she breathed softly.

Before the Deadpools around them could even let out a wail, they fell down like dominoes.

Although she specializes in close combat and is extremely confident in her swordsmanship, she is, after all, a ninja, and her greatest strengths lie in assassination and infiltration.

In a one-on-one situation, she was confident she could defeat any hybrid, but in a one-on-many situation, without the aid of firearms, her assassination-focused swordsmanship was not as swift as those with wide, sweeping sword techniques.

Fortunately, she quickly recovered her strength and regained her composure within seconds. Taking advantage of the gap when the third wave of Deadpools pounced on her, she leaped back onto the roof of the car, sheathed her twin swords behind her back, replaced the magazines of her two Glock pistols with alchemical mercury bullets, and held them in her hands again.

"Bang bang bang!"

Without a single wasted word, the two pistols fired a total of 34 alchemical mercury bullets in an instant, sparks flying from the muzzles.

Mai's bullets were completely dispersed, shooting out in all directions. She no longer only used bullets to attack the targets that surrounded her, but instead attacked every enemy around her evenly.

Silvery-white mercury vapor rose again in the rain, and the gunfire continued. Mai quickly removed the magazine and replaced it with brand new ammunition.

Another round of firing began. The Glock pistol, with its extremely high rate of fire, was like a miniature submachine gun, constantly pushing the bullets in its magazine in all directions.

The mercury vapor, highly toxic to Deadpool, spread continuously in the rain, was washed away, and then spread again. The wind blew this mercury vapor in all directions, even enveloping the area where Mai was. Deadpool, accidentally exposed to this mercury vapor, let out a piercing scream.

Mai, standing on the roof of the car, was as proud as a queen. She removed the magazine with one hand, picked up the spare magazine at her waist, and completed the final reload in mid-air.

This time, the bullets weren't fired in all directions, but directly at the group of Deadpools blocking the car's path. She was going to fire all her mercury bullets right there in one go.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

The three rounds of reloading and firing felt like an eternity, but in reality, it only took a dozen seconds.

Taking advantage of the moment when the mercury vapor obscured her vision, Mai crawled back into the car from the roof, started the engine, shifted gears, and stepped on the gas.

With a "boom," the engine restarted, and the Volvo S80, renowned for its robustness and durability, shot out dazzling xenon headlights from the mercury mist, like a steel behemoth rushing at full speed through the path cleared by the mercury bullets.

While dodging the mercury vapor and the wailing Deadpools, everyone's attention was now focused on the Volvo S80.

"She wanted to take the opportunity to escape..."

"Hehehe, she's too naive..."

"Quickly chase after them..."

The mercury vapor dissipated quickly in the heavy rain, and the Deadpools roared noisily, crawling on all fours like wild dogs over the remaining mercury vapor, chasing straight towards the Volvo S80.

"..."

After confirming that all the Deadpools had chased the car far away, the inky black mist finally stretched out and gently leaped down from the inverted bridge beams. Black ink left afterimages in the air.

Yanling·Mingzhao

Mai didn't jump far away, but instead jumped to a place a little further away from where the mercury vapor had been, clutching her chest and breathing softly.

Mai's pretty face turned pale. She felt slightly dizzy, a faint nausea in her chest, and some difficulty breathing.

These are symptoms of mercury poisoning. Although she had taken a deep breath and held it tightly before firing those mercury bombs, the mercury vapors still seeped into her body through her skin.

Mercury is deadly to those Deadpools, and equally deadly to hybrids.

"At least we escaped a disaster." Mai shrugged heavily.

After jumping back into the car, Mai first used her high-heeled boots to block the accelerator, and then used the ninja grappling hook she carried with her to hook onto the bridge through the roof of the car.

The instant the vehicle started, she leaped onto the beam using a rope and activated Netherworld Illumination. A small alchemical domain was created within a two-meter radius of her, its area gently covered by ink, like the ink of a Chinese landscape painting, causing her figure to vanish into the pitch-black, moonless night.

The principle of holography is to manipulate light and shadow, creating an effect similar to invisibility by changing the way light is refracted in a small space.

However, this spell is not without flaws. Within the range of the spell, it cannot block information such as smells and sounds, and it leaves faint ink-like traces in the air wherever it passes. Therefore, the spell is most suitable for use in dimly lit environments.

However, the sound of rain masked her breathing and heartbeat, while the stench of thick, black, and filthy blood overpowered her natural fragrance.

This is why she has been slow to activate the Netherworld Illumination.

She must use the power of words at the most opportune moment to help herself escape.

Although those Deadpools lack their own thoughts and consciousness, they still possess the instinct to fight. If she reveals her Word of Power too early, she won't be able to exploit this information gap and use the Volvo to distract the Deadpools.

"I just have to buy a new car for the potato chips." Mai smiled silently.

Moreover, she no longer had any means of transportation; she had used her Ferragamo high-heeled boots to jam the accelerator of a car, and now she was barefoot, not knowing how long it would take to reach the Nibelungen exit.

If we keep going forward, we'll probably still encounter those monsters.

Let's move forward first and then talk about it.

Mai slowly loaded the magazine with ordinary bullets. Mercury poisoning was causing her to experience numbness in her hands and feet. She needed to leave Nibelungen as soon as possible while she was still relatively conscious.

Fortunately, the exit to Nibelungen shouldn't be far from here. She recalled driving up; the number of vehicles around her suddenly decreased after she got on the city highway.

I think that's when I entered Nibelungen.

Mai released the light of the underworld and breathed heavily.

Mingzhao doesn't expend much energy, but in her current state, maintaining Mingzhao's condition for an extended period is already somewhat difficult.

Not knowing how far it was from the exit, Mai decided to conserve her energy.

Once the Deadpools catch up with the Volvo, they'll find the car empty, and they'll definitely turn back. Then I'll have to use the Netherworld Light to evade their pursuit.

We can only hope they catch up a little later.

As Mai was thinking this, her jade-like toes, painted with purple nail polish, had just waded through the puddle when a clear, cold voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"So it's the Netherworld Illumination? That's quite a rare Word of Power. No wonder you were able to evade their hunt."

Mai was taken aback, drew her twin swords, and leaped back to see a petite figure in a black cloak standing in front of her.

……

Amidst the increasingly rapid sound of rain, Xia Mi suddenly stopped in her tracks.

“We’ve arrived,” she said softly.

arrive?

Lu Mingfei held up his umbrella and looked around. Sure enough, the wind blowing in his face carried a sense of déjà vu.

It smells fishy and is sticky.

"Let's move aside." Xia Mi stretched out her hand, shielding Lu Mingfei's chest, and pulled him away from his original spot, taking several steps back.

Lu Mingfei hadn't realized what was happening yet when he saw two beams of light pierce the darkness like two swords.

It's a car speeding at full speed!

The car sped straight in its direction, with a bunch of dark-skinned Deadpools scrambling inside.

"Senior brother, senior brother!" Xia Mi said excitedly, tugging at Lu Mingfei's sleeve. "We don't have to walk anymore, a car is here right now."

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Chapter 135 Familiar Cheat

Rainy night, on the city's highway.

The Volvo S80 was being dragged and pulled by Deadpool, its body swaying and the wheels screeching under the weight.

“No one…”

"We've been tricked..."

"More fresh flesh and blood..."

Lu Mingfei couldn't hear the babbling of these dead servants, but he saw an empty car, seemingly without anyone in it, rushing towards him.