Chapter 169: Hunting Time! Explosive Fireball

Chapter 169: Hunting Time! Explosive Fireball

"Alright!"

Zhao Zheng immediately agreed.

He was well aware that by the fourth day, the disaster would evolve into something even worse—Teacher Liu had warned them about this. It didn't even need to be something extreme. If another hailstorm like last night's occurred, staying behind would mean certain death.

In truth, Zhao Zheng was already satisfied to have survived for three full days.

So, the two of them sat on the still-intact bed, waiting for the time to pass.

Chen Ye rummaged through the rubble and found some of the food he had bought earlier, grabbing a few pieces of bread and biscuits to fill his stomach. Eating too many snacks like these surely wasn't healthy for a person. But they were high in calories, and at this moment, Chen Ye needed all the energy he could get to prepare for the upcoming troubles.

"Junior, want some?"

"No, thanks!" Zhao Zheng smiled and said, "I'm going back soon. I'll have a proper meal once I'm back."

Chen Ye nodded and didn't insist, continuing to eat by himself.

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Senior, how did your fire ability become so strong?"

"I'm not sure! After getting 200 potential points from the Universal Secret Realm, I allocated them all to my mental attributes, and now it's like this."

Chen Ye reminded him, "Junior, remember to keep this secret for me!"

"Don't worry, I won't tell a third person," Zhao Zheng promised.

Then, as if something clicked in his mind, he asked, "Senior, your fire ability becoming stronger is probably the reason why the class monitor entrusted this task to you, right?"

"Exactly!" Chen Ye replied with a grin.

Zhao Zheng felt like he understood now, exhaling deeply before smiling. "Senior, you and the class monitor really do make a great pair!"

Chen Ye countered, "And what about you? Who did you team up with this time? Why are you alone?"

"I was with Shao Wenhui, but he encountered an electrical mishap yesterday. I sent him back," Zhao Zheng explained honestly.

"Oh?"

Chen Ye gave Zhao Zheng a knowing look.

Understanding his senior's implication, Zhao Zheng quickly clarified, "Senior, it's not what you're thinking. I was originally supposed to team up with that guy Cao Yu, but a few days ago, he suddenly changed his mind. Somehow, he convinced Ren Qianqian to team up with him, so I had no choice but to partner with Shao Wenhui."

"I didn't say anything!" Chen Ye laughed.

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng could only sigh helplessly and stopped talking.

Chen Ye then asked, "What about Cao Yu and the others?"

"I haven't run into them," Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and said, "They were probably teleported to another city."

As the two continued to chat, time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had gone by.

There were just thirty minutes left before Zhao Zheng could return.

At that moment, Chen Ye's ears twitched, and his gaze shifted toward the ruins to his left.

Zhao Zheng immediately noticed Chen Ye's reaction and asked, "Senior, what's wrong?"

Chen Ye didn't reply. Instead, he raised his hand.

Poof!

A fireball, about the size of a basketball, appeared in Chen Ye's palm.

Then, without hesitation, Chen Ye casually tossed the fireball toward the ruins.

Whoosh!

The fireball, trailing a long tail of flames, shot through the air toward the ruins. The coolness of the scene left Zhao Zheng in awe.

As a young man, Zhao Zheng naturally envied such abilities and wished he had powers like that.

The next moment...

Boom!

Chen Ye's fireball struck the distant ruins and exploded instantly. It was like a high-explosive grenade going off.

The principle behind this effect was simple. After releasing his fire ability, Chen Ye used his mental power to compress the flames into a stable fireball shape. Once the fireball hit a target, its stable state was disrupted, causing the flames to erupt all at once, resulting in an explosion.

Almost immediately after the explosion...

A figure leapt out from behind the ruins and, without any hesitation, charged straight at Chen Ye.

It was a slender white woman. But the speed she exhibited was incredibly fast.

Zhao Zheng was shocked, quickly standing up. Before he could react, the woman had already closed in on Chen Ye, drawing a short blade from her waist and aiming it directly at Chen Ye's throat, attempting a swift kill.

At the critical moment, Chen Ye finally moved.

In a flash, his hand lashed out like lightning, slapping away the woman's short blade and breaking her right arm in the process. Then, with a claw-like grip, Chen Ye grabbed her throat.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye—so fast that it seemed unreal.

The intense pain from her broken arm had just begun to register when her scream was abruptly silenced by Chen Ye's hand gripping her throat, cutting off her airflow.

A suffocating sensation overwhelmed her immediately.

When she tried to counterattack with her left hand, Chen Ye slammed her onto the bed, breaking her left arm as well.

A once-powerful third-tier speed-type expert was completely incapacitated in an instant. In Chen Ye's hands, she was as helpless as a chick.

Zhao Zheng, standing nearby, was utterly dumbfounded.

A terrifying expert, subdued by his senior in mere moments? If he hadn't known his senior better, Zhao Zheng would have suspected they were putting on a show for him.

"You've got some nerve! Coming here all by yourself to challenge me?"

Chen Ye turned to Zhao Zheng and asked, "Junior, do you speak English?"

Zhao Zheng shook his head, answering honestly, "Never learned it."

Chen Ye then looked back at the woman. "In that case, you're of no use to me…"

He was about to crush the woman's throat when she suddenly cried out.

"I'm useful! I'm useful! I... I can speak Chinese…"

Though her voice was strained, choked by the grip on her neck, her desperation to survive made her fight to get the words out.

"Oh?"

Chen Ye paused for a moment, then smiled wickedly. "Just kidding. You're still useless."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he tightened his grip and snapped the woman's throat.

Chen Ye wasn't about to give her the chance to escape, knowing that all it took to leave the secret realm was silently wishing to exit, after which one would vanish in three minutes.

The woman's eyes widened in shock, even in death. Her eyes still carried a question, as if asking Chen Ye, What the hell is wrong with you? 

She died without understanding, unable to rest in peace.

Chen Ye, unfazed, tossed the woman's lifeless body aside as if it were nothing.

Zhao Zheng, standing nearby, hesitated as if he wanted to say something.

Noticing this, Chen Ye smiled and said, "Junior, we're family. If you've got something to say, just say it."

Zhao Zheng then asked, "Senior, why didn't you ask her how many people were sent to assassinate you?"

"Who cares?" Chen Ye waved dismissively. "It doesn't matter how many they send."

Zhao Zheng was left speechless, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Senior, even though you're really strong now, you should still be cautious."

"I know, I know," Chen Ye replied with a laugh.

Zhao Zheng pulled out his phone and checked the time. "It's about time, Senior. I'll be heading out now."

"Go on!"

Three minutes later, Zhao Zheng disappeared from where he stood.

A phone dropped from mid-air.

This phone had been given to Zhao Zheng by the Temporal Management Bureau and was identical to Chen Ye's. Clearly, the secret realm didn't allow anyone to take phones back with them.

After Zhao Zheng left, Chen Ye's expression became serious.

It was time to settle accounts with the Temporal Management Bureau!

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