Chapter 433: Two Peaches, Once Again (Two-in-One)

"Are you fucking crazy?!"

Song Yanjun roared.

In the face of life and death, no one could remain calm. More importantly, he knew Zeng Chu had absolutely no reason not to pull the trigger.

Temporary alliance aside, their two families were already the fiercest of rivals.

What could be more opportune than eliminating his greatest competitor right now?

If he were in that position, he would have made exactly the same choice. He could only blame his own carelessness.

Thus, he pushed his weird energy to the absolute limit. His silhouette dodged and wove through the air like a phantom, but the wound on his chest still took a massive toll—and not in terms of physical damage or pain.

Rather, the operational speed of the machinery inside his body was plummeting.

This was the greatest flaw of a Smart Seed. Their self-repair capabilities couldn't even begin to compare with those of a powerful bionic species.

In exchange, their strength lay in a diverse arsenal.

To make matters worse, Zeng Chu was also a Smart Seed.

And one at the exact same level.

A fraction of a second later, countless rays of red light erupted from Zeng Chu's chest, weaving into a massive net against the night sky. Projections of light manifested at the intersecting nodes of that net, transforming into bee-like drones. Emitting silent ripples from their mouths, they swarmed out to envelop Song Yanjun.

[Swarm-3.07]

Song Yanjun slashed two streams of red light from the dagger in his hand, trying to break out of the net.

But ultimately, he was a split second too slow.

A second later, a thick, pillar-like rainbow beam erupted from Zeng Chu's hand, swallowing Song Yanjun whole.

One slow step meant every step was slow. At their Tier, when combatants were evenly matched, victory and defeat were often decided by a hair's breadth.

When the rainbow light dissipated, Song Yanjun's charred, blackened body plummeted from the sky.

"Elder Chen, beat him to death."

Zeng Chu called out to the werewolf, who was still relentlessly attacking Quan Dazhong. Then he took long strides forward, intending to finish off Song Yanjun completely.

But an instant later, an indescribable aura permeated the air. Zeng Chu's expression shifted drastically, and he sprinted behind the werewolf as fast as he could.

"Hehehe—how bold, daring to lay hands on the president—"

A chilling laugh echoed through the air. A second later, a figure stepped out from the darkness, standing beside the fallen Song Yanjun.

His silhouette seemed to merge with the darkness; every movement caused faint ripples in the surrounding space.

It was the skin-and-bones Old Man. Watching the werewolf attack Quan Dazhong, his face darkened. "Dog Chen! Have you been living a little too comfortably?!"

Even though both were in the Eighth Tier, his tone suggested he didn't view the other party as a threat in the slightest.

The werewolf's demeanor seemed to confirm this. He stopped his assault, backing away a few steps to guard the nearby Zeng Chu, his gaze wary.

"Heh, this guy also has His Excellency the President's aura on him."

The Old Man looked down with disdain at the dying Song Yanjun on the ground. With a casual wave of his hand, Song Yanjun's body flew up into the air out of nowhere, landing squarely in the branches of a tree.

Then, his feet slid lightly across the ground, arriving beside Quan Dazhong in a blink.

Seeing Quan Dazhong's state, he paused for a moment before helping him up. "My apologies, Mr. President. I am late."

"..."

At this moment, Quan Dazhong wasn't doing much better than Song Yanjun. The skin all over his body had split open, revealing cracked bones beneath. If not for the white light of the Heavenly Kingdom Weapon coursing around him, he probably wouldn't even be able to stand.

"Kill him for me!"

He looked at the Old Man beside him, his voice venomous.

Unexpectedly, the Old Man merely glanced at Zeng Chu and the werewolf. His eyes flickered as he shook his head. "Your Excellency, I can't kill them."

He always spoke matter-of-factly; if he couldn't kill them, he couldn't kill them.

"Even though I am stronger than the werewolf, unless he exposes a flaw, it would be very easy for him to escape with Zeng Chu."

Quan Dazhong took a deep breath, gradually regaining his composure. He also knew that wanting to kill Zeng Chu was a bit unrealistic. His outburst just now was merely venting anger and making his stance clear.

"Mr. Zeng, let's end this here.

"Neither of us has taken a loss."

Opposite him, Zeng Chu nodded in ready agreement.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he spoke in a deep voice, "Then I look forward to a pleasant cooperation going forward."

Strictly speaking, he was the biggest winner tonight. Not only had he taken out Song Yanjun, but he had also obtained a Green Crystal Stone.

That sentence was his way of telling the other party that he would support Quan Dazhong to continue serving as the next president.

When that time came, the political landscape of the Heavenly Kingdom would completely change.

After that, there would no longer be one president and four major tycoons.

Instead, it would be one president, two giants, and one Zeng Chu.

Quan Dazhong's gaze darkened. He stayed silent for a second or two before suddenly smiling. "A pleasant cooperation."

There was no eternal hatred, only eternal interests.

None of them were children.

The current situation was already the best possible outcome.

And so, Quan Dazhong had the Old Man pick up Song Yanjun, and the two groups walked off in opposite directions.

Inside the werewolf's pocket, Papa Rat's eyes flickered.

Two peaches kill three warriors.

He never expected that Mao Si and Luo Sheng would ultimately use this strategy.

It was just a pity—

Just as he had once told Mao Si, the reason 'two peaches kill three warriors' had worked back then was because those three men had possessed honor and loyalty.

If all three were treacherous and deceitful scoundrels, a situation where all three died would never have occurred.

At most, one would die.

And even that would be considered a lot.

If they really wanted to deplete the enemy's strength as much as possible, they could only do what he had done in the past—

Before his thoughts could drift any further, the two groups, who had been walking farther and farther apart, suddenly halted in their tracks at the same time.

Because the Green Crystal Stones in both of their hands suddenly began to flash rapidly.

In Quan Dazhong's hand, the originally rich Mutation energy on the Green Crystal Stone was dissipating, as if the power of Mutation was gradually fading away.

"What's going on?!"

Quan Dazhong was almost driven mad.

Having paid such a massive price, he refused to accept this reality.

"It's a fake!"

Zeng Chu fiercely slammed the Crystal Stone in his hand onto the ground and snarled, "We've been played."

"Fuck, who is it?!"

He looked at the werewolf and had him pull Papa Rat out. "It's that human's scheme! And Mao Si too!"

"Speak! What is going on?!"

Zeng Chu grabbed Papa Rat by the throat, barking viciously, "Speak!"

Papa Rat was completely restrained by the werewolf. Feeling the gradually increasing pressure on his neck, he took difficult, rasping breaths, forcibly enduring it.

It wasn't the time. It still wasn't the time.

There was only one chance to turn the tables, and it definitely wasn't now.

He didn't believe the other party would outright kill him.

Soon, blood seeped from the corners of his mouth. His vision went completely black, and his entire body started to tremble.

And just as he had predicted, Zeng Chu loosened his grip. Papa Rat fell to the ground, rolling a few times.

Then, Zeng Chu kicked him over toward Quan Dazhong. "Your Excellency the President, you can keep him—"

His face icy, he led the werewolf in the opposite direction.

But Quan Dazhong looked at Papa Rat lying on the ground. His eyes flickered, and instead of picking him up, he stared suspiciously at Zeng Chu. "Wait. Did your Crystal Stone really fail earlier? Let me see."

He walked toward the Crystal Stone Zeng Chu had discarded, intending to compare it with the one in his own hand.

"Do whatever you want."

Zeng Chu's expression was indifferent, and his footsteps didn't stop.

"Don't move yet!"

Quan Dazhong bellowed, but Zeng Chu's face remained frosty. "Who do you think you are? Quan Dazhong, do you think I wouldn't dare leak all your dirty secrets? Fuck! Getting played like a dog—it's so fucking ridiculous!"

Seeing Zeng Chu's cold demeanor, Quan Dazhong dispelled some of his doubts and slowly walked toward the Crystal Stone.

Just as Zeng Chu was already hundreds of meters away, an unforeseen change suddenly occurred.

Faint, shimmering green light suddenly bloomed from Zeng Chu's chest, and the power of Mutation flared out massively.

"Fuck! Zeng Chu!!" Quan Dazhong roared. "Don't move!!"

"I need to check the Crystal Stone!"

"Do you still not get it?! We've been played! They're trying to frame me!" Zeng Chu roared back.

"Don't move!!" Quan Dazhong shouted. "Whether it's a setup or not, I'll know once I take a look!"

But Zeng Chu refused to stop, acting as if he couldn't be bothered to entertain Quan Dazhong any longer.

Left with no choice, Quan Dazhong broke into a sprint, practically flying over to the discarded Crystal Stone. He picked it up and took a look.

Instantly, he was enraged!

"Zeng Chu!!!"

Even as he roared furiously, Zeng Chu, escorted by the werewolf, was already bolting into the distance!

In his hand, the Green Crystal Stone could no longer be suppressed, erupting with a thick burst of the power of Mutation. It even caused the invisible spores in the surroundings to entirely reveal themselves.

Only at this moment did the entire landscape of the Peace Heavenly Kingdom reveal its true form.

An overwhelming blanket of green spores already flooded every corner of the Heavenly Kingdom, shrouding the entire sky like a heavy, churning cloud that spread toward the horizon. There was absolutely no beauty to be found in those green specks of light, simply because there were far too many of them.

In the air, on the ground, in the sewers, and even clinging to everyone's clothes—densely packed spores coated everything, a sight terrifying enough to make anyone's blood run cold.

Countless people watched the spectacle before them and instantly fell into despair. They struggled and screamed, desperately trying to brush the spores off their bodies, but it was to no avail.

Some who suffered from plant diseases even discovered that those spores were actually erupting from inside their own bodies. Those little mushroom-like green spores were now spraying into the surroundings with their every breath.

"Come to me!!!"

Zeng Chu seemed to vaguely understand how to use this Green Crystal Stone. The weird energy in his hand surged, and the spores ascended into the sky as if answering a summons.

Several thick, sturdy plants burst out from various buildings, growing wildly like four giant divine trees spreading their branches, aiming straight for the clouds.

Zeng Chu could feel that these spores were operating in tandem with the weird energy of the Green Crystal Stone in his hand. Realizing this, he accelerated his mad sprint, running forward with reckless abandon.

As long as he figured out how to kill the infected, he would be invincible, even if Quan Dazhong and the Old Man were stronger in combat.

He controlled the life and death of everyone.

"Elder Chen!!! Hold them off! After today, we will be the true masters of this country!"

Hearing this, a dark light flashed in the werewolf's eyes. He scooped Zeng Chu up and threw him forcefully forward, then instantly whirled around and slammed into the Old Man.

Terrifying weird energy acted like a vacuum chamber, incessantly drawing in everything around it, transforming into a massive tornado in an instant!

Taking advantage of the time the werewolf bought by stalling the Old Man, Zeng Chu ran extremely far in one breath. He pushed his weird energy to the maximum, even igniting two blue thruster flames behind him as he flew through the air, until that storm became a tiny speck in his field of vision.

He finally let out a sigh of relief and laughed up at the sky.

As long as he left the Peace Heavenly Kingdom now and returned on the day of the general election, everything would be over.

Quan Dazhong couldn't stop him, nor was it even possible for him to do so.

He was the patriarch of the Zeng Family, not some random stray dog.

He had a full hundred ways to leave the Peace Heavenly Kingdom.

Soon, he boarded his private helicopter and flew rapidly toward the outskirts of the Peace Heavenly Kingdom.

"Faster! Even faster!!!"

He urged the pilot, and the helicopter's speed was pushed to its absolute limit.

In just a few minutes, he had reached the border.

Beams of green light swept past—those were surveillance scanners directly connected to the Peace Mansion, but he felt no concern at all.

He had already spread the news that Quan Dazhong was a bionic species. He had mobilized and made promises to all his government connections. As long as they won this time, they could forge a new history.

Even if Quan Dazhong could still boss around a few people, Zeng Chu was at the Seventh Rank.

Except for those two at the Eighth Tier, absolutely no one could stop a Seventh Rank. Even the Heavenly Kingdom Weapon couldn't be deployed now. Given Quan Dazhong's current state, once it was used, he would—

Suddenly, Zeng Chu raised his head in a daze.

There, a blinding ray of white light descended directly from above, like a heavenly punishment.

In an instant.

The world fell silent.

It was as if the heavens collapsed and the earth shattered.

The sky fell, and the ground caved in.

Down on the ground, Quan Dazhong wiped the corner of his mouth and lay quietly, completely unable to move.

It wasn't that he didn't want to; he simply couldn't move anymore.

The power of the Heavenly Kingdom Weapon had been almost entirely drawn upon. Without its protection, he had truly reached his absolute limit. He could only use his nervous system to control his Information Component, relaying a message to the skin-and-bones Old Man.

In the distance, the Old Man relayed the news to the heavily scarred werewolf opposite him.

At first, the werewolf refused to believe it, but as the Old Man presented more and more evidence, he could only accept the reality.

Even if Zeng Chu wasn't dead, there was no way he could make it any farther.

The Crystal Stone had already been retrieved by a pure mechanical species on Quan Dazhong's orders.

The mechanical species were beings incapable of betrayal.

This matter was already set in stone.

The werewolf stayed his hand.

He was a very special existence. He only took orders from the patriarchs of the Four Major Conglomerates, and could only take action when the conglomerates faced external threats.

Now, he no longer had a reason to fight.

He also knew it was impossible to win.

Seeing the werewolf stand down, the Old Man also breathed a sigh of relief.

This battle hadn't been easy for him either. The werewolf across from him had fought with the intent to risk his life. Right now, several extremely deep gashes under the Old Man's ribs were still dripping blood, and the weird energy in his body was mostly depleted.

If they kept fighting, he would win, but it would be a miserable victory.

Receiving the news that the werewolf had stood down, the corners of Quan Dazhong's mouth curled up.

But right at that moment, his pupils violently shrank. He stared in disbelief at a dark silhouette suddenly lunging from above.

It was Papa Rat!!!!

Having used some unknown method to break free from his restraints, even though his body was dripping with blood and he couldn't even open his eyes, he had arrived directly above Quan Dazhong!

And swung his claws!!

"Swish—"

It was a lethal strike, aimed straight for Quan Dazhong's throat.

After this strike, Quan Dazhong would die.

But it would be absolutely impossible for Papa Rat to escape, either. The Heavenly Kingdom Weapon would automatically record the person who assassinated the president, and the entire nation's power would be brought down to capture and judge him.

Throughout history, for all three presidents who had been assassinated, this had always been the case without exception.

He wouldn't even need the Heavenly Kingdom Weapon. A second later, that Eighth Tier expert would arrive!

This was a mutually assured destruction strike, and it was also the end of their story.

But right at that moment, Papa Rat heard a sigh.

He could no longer see, but upon hearing that familiar sigh, his heart subconsciously trembled.

A second later, he felt himself being enveloped in soft fur.

"It can't be you doing this, Pops."

The familiar, raspy voice rang out.

Yan Jing hugged Papa Rat, forcibly holding back his attack.

In that split second, Quan Dazhong was caught in the arms of the arriving Old Man, shivering uncontrollably.

He had been genuinely terrified by that strike just now.

From his perspective, the Old Man had already probed the area with weird energy; there was no one else within hundreds of meters, and Papa Rat had been restrained by an Eighth Tier expert, so it was absolutely impossible for him to show up.

He had thought victory was firmly in his grasp.

He never expected to almost be killed.

He subconsciously touched his inner thighs, only to find a patch of dampness.