Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 383 Mud Nest

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, the water in the originally calm bucket suddenly began to ripple violently without any warning. Circles of ripples quickly spread around, and the water waves hit the wall of the bucket, making a crisp sound.

The soldier beside Li Zhi was so shocked by this sudden change that his nerves tensed up instantly. He subconsciously took a step back, but his eyes were fixed on the bucket and his right hand was on the hilt of the knife.

The next moment, a black figure slowly emerged from the bucket.

The figure was blurry at first, like a ball of disturbed ink, twisting and rolling in the water.

As it gradually rose, its outline became clearer and clearer - it was the monster encountered in the oasis that day!

Li Zhi's eyes were like two sharp cold rays, fixed tightly on the delusion. His whole body was tense and every inch of muscle was ready to go, as if he could pounce like a cheetah and launch a fatal attack in the next second.

The "gaze" of the delusion also fell on Li Zhi, and a strange voice slowly rang out: "Ni Pianwo!"

There was a hint of anger in the voice, which echoed in the hot desert air.

Li Zhi sneered and responded without showing any weakness: "Why would I lie to you? Haven't I been helping you look for it? It's just that you haven't found it yet, so how can it be said that I lied to you?"

This cicada's intelligence was obviously not very high, and it was naturally no match for Li Zhi in a verbal battle.

After being confronted by Li Zhi, it was like a mechanism that short-circuited instantly. It stood there in a daze, unable to utter a word. The black shadows around it trembled slightly, as if it was trying to digest Li Zhi's words, and as if it was brewing a new round of anger.

Seeing this, Li Zhi took advantage of the situation and continued, "You followed us secretly, which clearly shows that you don't trust us. In that case, I am too lazy to help you find someone. You can go back and we will say goodbye!"

When Wang heard what Li Zhi said, his whole body shook in panic, as if he was really anxious, and he stammered: "Don't... Don't... It's my fault..."

There was a hint of pleading and grievance in his voice.

Li Zhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was secretly amazed that this little monkey was so naive and was actually fooled by him.

He suppressed his inner joy, his expression remained stern, and said, "It's good that you know it's your fault. Go back now, and I can help you continue to look for those people."

However, although this delusion was not very intelligent, it was not completely stupid. It shook its head vigorously and replied firmly: "No, I will stay with the Mud Alliance."

When Li Zhi heard this, he immediately felt suffocated. He couldn't help rolling his eyes and said unhappily, "It's no use following us. In the final analysis, you just don't trust us. If that's the case, there's nothing more to say. Just leave!"

"No waist!"

Wang shook his head firmly again, as if he had determined on Li Zhi and his group and refused to leave.

Seeing that this guy refused to listen to any persuasion or advice, Li Zhi could no longer suppress his anger and cursed: "Fuck!"

The next moment, without any warning, Li Zhi moved.

His movements were as fast as lightning, and the black sword was unsheathed in an instant, making a sharp sound of breaking wind.

On the black sword, scarlet eyes flashed wildly, like evil spirits from hell, slashing towards Wang fiercely with unparalleled sword force.

This sword was extremely swift.

Li Zhi's attack was fierce and unexpected. According to common sense, it would be impossible for Wang to avoid it.

Unexpectedly, just when the black sword was about to hit Wang, Wang suddenly stretched out a hand made of black shadow at the critical moment and caught Li Zhi's powerful sword with his bare hands.

Li Zhi's face changed when he saw this, and he thought to himself that something was wrong.

He had already guessed that this delusion had profound cultivation and extraordinary strength. But he never expected that this delusion could actually catch his black sword with its bare hands.

But now that he had already taken action, the situation did not allow him to hesitate or retreat.

He flipped the sword in his right hand suddenly, and his wrist flexibly made a beautiful sword flower. The black sword with a cold glow swept towards Wang's neck.

And the soldier under the carriage finally came to his senses at this moment.

After witnessing Li Zhi's attack, he did not hesitate at all and quickly drew out the steel knife from his waist.

He took a deep breath, pushed his legs hard, jumped high, and with the help of the momentum, he chopped the steel knife in his hand towards Wang Chong with a whistling sound.

For a moment, the flashes of swords and sabers were everywhere, and the man was instantly caught in an extremely dangerous situation.

Just when the steel knife and the black sword were about to touch Wang.

A circle of thick, inky black mist suddenly erupted from Wang's body without any warning.

The fog rolled like boiling ink, or like a disturbed black python, surging and raging with its fangs and claws bared.

The next moment, two black shadows emerged from the fog like lightning and attacked Li Zhi and the soldier respectively.

The soldiers in mid-air had no chance to dodge at all.

The black shadow hit him instantly. The powerful impact made him scream miserably. The steel knife in his hand slipped out of his hand due to the severe pain and fell to the ground with a clang.

At the same time, his entire body was bound tightly by the black shadow like a prey and was lifted directly into the air. His feet struggled and kicked in vain, but he could not break free from the invisible restraints.

On Li Zhi's side, the moment the black shadow appeared, he sensed something with his keen perception.

However, the black shadow was so fast that even though Li Zhi's brain had reacted, his body was too late to execute.

The black shadow hit his wrist hard, and a piercing pain came over him instantly. His hand loosened uncontrollably, and the black sword in his hand also slipped out of his control and fell to the ground.

But Li Zhi is not an ordinary person after all. At this critical moment of life and death, he burst out with amazing reaction speed.

He suddenly raised his foot and kicked the end of the hilt of the black sword with all his strength.

The black sword was like a black lightning, shooting towards Wang Ji with a whistling sound.

"Qiang!"

A sound of iron and stone colliding suddenly rang out.

Li Zhi widened his eyes. He looked at Wang, who was unharmed in front of him, with shock in his eyes. He didn't expect that the black sword couldn't even cause the slightest injury to Wang.

Just when Li Zhi was preparing to mobilize the Qi in his body to cast a spell, he was surprised to find that the mist around the monster was gradually receding, and its originally manic aura was slowly calming down.

It even gently put down the tied up soldiers.

At this time, Duan Heng, Zhang Wenchu and others also noticed the movement here, and they hurried over with anxious looks.

As soon as they saw the scene in front of them, everyone immediately assumed a fighting stance, but when they were about to attack, Li Zhi reached out to stop them.

Li Zhi stared at Wang closely. Although he was full of doubts, he did not dare to relax at all. He asked cautiously, "What do you want?"

Wang's voice sounded again, but this time it was no longer filled with anger and anxiety, but with a hint of helplessness: "I'm...hungry."

These two simple words shocked Li Zhi.

It was then that he realized that although this animal had some intelligence, its behavior was ultimately controlled by instinct.

Perhaps it is not out of unwarranted malice, but simply out of the most primitive survival instinct.

Li Zhi frowned slightly, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind. After thinking for a moment, he said, "We really can't help you find those people, but if you keep pestering us, we will definitely fight back with all our might. Even if we both lose, it won't do you any good."

Wang seemed to understand what Li Zhi said. Its "face" without facial features shook slightly, as if it was making a difficult trade-off and decision.

The air around them seemed to freeze, and everyone held their breath, waiting for its response.

After a long while, in the dead silence, Wang slowly spoke: "Mud Alliance... take me away."