Chapter 364 Retrea (1/2)

After laughing for what seemed like ages, Zhao Kuo finally stopped and slowly lowered his right hand. ”I haven't heard anyone call me 'general' in a long time... Are you trying to make a fool out of me?” said Zhao Kuo, his voice dropping. He gazed sternly at all three of them.

”We would never dare to do something like that to a great man such as yourself,” said Lin Xinrui, looking straight at the general. ”I don't suppose you've heard of... the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor?”

Zhao Kuo didn't speak for a long while. Then he slowly said, ”What does Emperor Qin have to do with me? I only want my revenge on that b*stard Bai Qi.” He said the last two words through gritted teeth.

That name had brought him nothing but shame and disgrace.

He had lost 400,000 men thanks to Bai Qi in the Battle of Changping!

How could he slaughter them all like that?! Butcher! Knave!

Zhao Kuo hung his head silently for a moment, then he continued, ”You three seem like a capable lot, maybe even more so than anyone else who has dared to trespass on my domain in the last few years,” said Zhao Kuo, casually throwing a glance at the Golden Dazzling Light Boxing Champion Kangaroo and the Crystal Peacock Mantis Shrimp.

”I would like to work with you. I know what you're after here in Changping—probably something valuable that can only be found here. I'll let you have it, but I would like something of equal value from you in return.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Heti let out a sigh of relief.

If it's something money can solve, it won't be a problem for us.

”What do you need? You may not know this, sir, but we hail from an organization known as the Sky River Group. We can help you fulfill your deepest desires with our vast financial power.”

”Just like Lu Buwei?” said Zhao Kuo, smiling coldly.

He waved a hand. ”But I digress. Come, tell me what it is you need.”

”The bone of a general and a Thousand-Year Heart of Darkness.”

The air instantly froze.

Zhao Kuo looked at Xu Heti, then at Lin Xinrui with an amused expression. ”The bone of a general? You want my bone?”

”Deal!” boomed Zhao Kuo, leaning back in his chair. ”However, you can only take one with you. As for Thousand-Year Heart of Darkness, I've never heard of it. I wonder why.”

”That would be your heart, sir.” Before anyone could even react, the Crystal Peacock Mantis Shrimp had already leaped into action. Its body vanished in an instant, leaving only rings of smoke in the air behind it.

It materialized before Zhao Kuo in a mere second. Its pincers lashed out explosively at the general. White translucent rings of light spun wildly around the shrimp as soon as its pincers made contact.

The force of the impact was akin to a thunderbolt.

Bam!!!

The shrimp's pincers struck Zhao Kuo in the chest, sending him flying into a wall, where his body left a human-shaped hole. A powerful shockwave spread out around the Crystal Peacock Mantis Shrimp.

The ghost soldiers around them shimmered violently as they were pushed back by the violent shockwave. None of them could even take a step forward.

Zhao Kuo's body crashed through a couple of buildings before finally coming to a stop. Bricks fell over his crumpled form in the last building.

The Crystal Peacock Mantis Shrimp continued swinging its pincers around. Long, slender cracks were starting to appear on its pincers as if they could crack at any moment.

”You're really something, you know that,” muttered Xu Heti. After an attack like that, the Crystal Peacock Mantis Shrimp wouldn't be able to use its pincers for a month. ”You do know your familiar is a glass cannon, don't you?”

After using its full power on an opponent, the shrimp would temporarily enter a depowered state.

In that time, its ”weapons” would be rendered useless.