novelraw Chapter 558: Not a Penny Spent
Chapter 558: Not a Penny Spent
Hero King was hellbent this time, and he’d really invested heavily!
He launched dozens of Tracking Particle Cannons in one go, which, once fired, locked firmly onto the Rag Queen who kept fleeing ahead.
So——
The ’tail’ of Particle Cannons trailing behind Ji You got longer and denser... Any slight mistake, any bit of carelessness, could lead to an irredeemable doom!
Ji You: "Holy shit! You’re going too far!"
Hero King: "You can choose not to run!"
"Not run? What kind of international joke is that?" Ji You also ramped up the thrusters, running even faster, shouting, "Come on! Chase me!"
"Catch up to me, and I’ll let you hehehe..."
Everyone: "..."
Audience A: "I can’t bear to watch this."
Audience B: "No! I can’t bear to listen."
Audience C: "Can we mute her voice?"
Audience D: "Nope."
Everyone in unison: "Despair..."
And——
Seeing the gap that was closed widening again, Hero King fiercely smashed his fist!
Bang!
The intense quaking of the cockpit was a testament to the turmoil and rage in his heart!
Ji You was as fast as a gust of wind, a streak of light, a bolt of lightning... Her speed was so great she left a trail of afterimages, making it impossible to discern which one was truly her!
minute.
minutes.
minutes.
...
As time marched on, Hero King was breathing heavily. Gritting his teeth, he fired another dozen or so High Energy Particle Cannons!
Seeing this, Ji You shouted, "Holy shit!"
"You’re at it again!"
"Too bad you can’t hit me!"
"That’s right! I’m that powerful!"
"Hahaha..."
Everyone: "..."
Listening to this demonic noise, Hero King recklessly powered toward the Rag Queen with all his might.
At the same time——
In the Spiritual World.
Fourth was sitting on top of Old Five’s head, wagging his tail excitedly to report: [Master, his Spiritual Silk Net is in disarray.]
Boss: [Boss requests to join the battle!]
Second: [Second is ready to stand by!]
Third: [I’m going in with Boss!]
Fourth blinked: [Master, Sisi will continue with surveillance!]
Old Five: [Master, Old Five can fight too.]
Sixth: [Master, those Strands look so weak, Sixth can handle them all by herself!]
While maintaining her high-speed escape, Ji You listened to the Spiritual Silks’ reports and thought it over, feeling something was still amiss. Thus, she instructed: [Sisi, continue on guard! Especially watch out for the tail of Particle Cannons behind us.]
Upon hearing he didn’t need to join the fight, Sisi happily wagged his tail: [Roger that! Mission will be accomplished!]
Ji You then said: [Boss, Second, get ready for battle! Take down Hero King’s ignorant Strands!]
Boss and Second, full of vigor: [Roger that!]
Ji You, completely calm and methodical, continued giving orders: [Third, Sixth, stand by!]
Third and Sixth: [Ready!]
Ji You: [Get ready for action. Once Hero King’s Spiritual Silk Net breaks, immediately attack that turtle shell!]
Third and Sixth: [Understood!]
At this moment——
A Tracking Particle Cannon almost made a hit, but Sisi issued a timely warning and Ji You narrowly evaded...
Five of the Six Strands had received orders, leaving Old Five a bit anxious, she asked: [Master, what should I do?]
A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Ji You’s mouth as she said: [Old Five, I have an important task for you! No one but you can handle it.]
Old Five’s whole strand perked up: [What is it?]
Ji You: [See that string of ’tails’ behind us? Later, you draw the fire over and blow them up!]
Old Five: [...]
Even the honest Old Five couldn’t help its strand shudder a bit upon hearing this...
Old Five: [Master... I... I’m scared...]
Ji You consoled: [Don’t be afraid! Just go for it! I’ll be watching...]
Old Five shrank its ’neck’ a bit, deciding to trust Master this one time.
Then——
Sisi, who had been perched atop Old Five, hearing that Old Five had been handed such a dangerous task, no longer dared to stay there. He zipped off, cheering on Old Five: [Old Five! I believe you can do it! Go for it! Ollie give!]
Old Five: [Yeah!]
Ji You was surprised that her Six Spiritual Threads didn’t take this opportunity to ask for favors, but!!! The pressing matter was to destroy Hero King’s turtle shell; even if it killed her, Ji You didn’t want to delve into what schemes the Spiritual Silks were plotting...
Driven completely out of his wits by Ji You’s series of maneuvers, Hero King couldn’t spare much thought to ponder the reasons behind her vexing moves. All he wanted was to catch up to her, to kill her!
Chase!
Quick!
Faster!
Fourth: [Report, Master, those Particle Cannons’ tails are estimated to close the distance in 3 seconds, with one High Energy Particle Cannon exploding in 0.01 seconds!]
Boom——
Fourth: [The aftermath of the explosion will affect the nearby 5 High Energy Particle Cannons in 10 seconds. Be aware——]
Listening to Fourth’s warning, Ji You was timing the right moment to act——
So close!
Just a little bit more.
Hero King was a bit too far away, at least need to close in another 500 meters...
Thinking of this——
Ji You suddenly turned around and roared: "Bear! Why the hell aren’t you chasing?"
Veins popping on Hero King’s forehead: "Bastard!"
Ji You grinned and snickered: "Come on!"
"Have a blast!"
"We’ve got all the time in the world anyway!"
...
Audience: "..."
Hero King, furious to the point of not thinking about anything else, continuously fueled the energy, went full throttle on the thrusters, and pursued relentlessly——
Closer.
Closer.
meters.
meters.
meters!
Ji You tensed up: [Everyone get ready, take your positions——]
[Do it!]
Boom——
Just as everyone saw Hero King closing in on Rag Queen, a blinding light suddenly burst forth——
Rumble——
The massive roaring echoed throughout the entire arena——
Crackling——
Countless Particle Cannons exploded simultaneously, and at that moment, Hero King felt his head booming, and he collapsed onto the control console——
Crack～
The uncontrolled Mecha started shaking violently, and at the same time, a faint cracking sound came from the sturdy Protective Shield——
Bang!
Like an eggshell cracking——
Like a volcano erupting——
The Protective Shield cracked, shattered, turned to ashes.
Along with it, Hero King and the entire Mecha, were also reduced to ashes in the terrible explosion...
All this happened in the blink of an eye, too fast for many people to even see what had happened!
How the hell——
Did it come to this?
Where’s Hero King?
Where’s the Mecha?
Gone.
Really gone.
Throughout the whole process, Rag Queen didn’t even fire a single shot, didn’t use a Particle Cannon, not even an energy weapon, cold weapons...nothing at all...
She——
Was just running the whole time!
Always running.
Of course——
Throughout the run, she was spouting so much trash talk, racking up a great deal of hatred, which everyone decided to ignore.
Just like that——
The 100,000 points turtle shell of Hero King just shattered!
Gone!
Simply unbelievable!
And then——
Just as the audience was gaping in shock, they saw Rag Queen take out a dustpan, bending over to start cleaning the ashes on the battlefield——
While sweeping, she said to the ashes in the dustpan, "Rest in peace."
"Don’t blame yourself for being such a failure."
"If you want to blame someone, blame me for being too excellent."
"Being as excellent as I am, I beat you without spending a penny～"
"Sigh!"
"Being too excellent can be a problem too."