"Fine! You don't understand your own heart. I swear, you'll be heartbroken by my death!" The rabbit's eyes drifted elsewhere, as if it didn't want to see the mosquito anymore.
Mosquito secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was still so cool. Any girl who didn't know him would definitely be captivated by him.
"You'll be sad!" The rabbit's pupils narrowed instantly.
"Oh no!" Only then did the mosquito realize that in the instant he relaxed, the rabbit had already turned its head towards Zhang Lei and Shi Rui.
At this point, Zhang Lei was naturally not his target, so he could only have one target—Shi Rui.
By the time the mosquito pounced, the rabbit had already completed its attack, and its body collapsed to the ground.
Just as a mosquito understands a rabbit, a rabbit understands a mosquito. Every move the mosquito makes is within its calculations. It knows it doesn't have enough time to launch a full attack. The amount of spiritual energy it uses is just right. Although it can't kill Shi Rui directly, judging from that slut's physical condition, she won't last long either.
Shi Rui was unlucky; just because of the unexpressed love between two men, she was unjustly envied by a man and a woman, and even brought to the brink of death because of it.
"Hey, you two, don't look at me like that! Look here!" Zhang Lei grabbed Shi Rui by the back of her neck, lifting her into the air like a cat, and with two fingers behind her head, he shook her head back and forth like a puppet. "Look there, she's not dead yet, so you two better behave!"
"I had a lot of fun today, and I even watched a great soap opera, so I'm in a great mood. That's why I've decided that all three of you can stay, and I hope you can keep performing for me! Hahaha!"
Episode 4: An Eye for an Eye, a Knife for a Teeth - Chapter 97: Good Boy! (Part 2)
Shi Rui's injuries were so severe that she would die if she didn't receive any internal energy input even for a short time.
Moreover, given her condition, it would be impossible for her to move out. Even if her injuries were half healed, she definitely couldn't withstand such a bumpy ride.
Therefore, Zhang Lei easily acquired two subordinates, free of charge, without even having to pay them wages.
Of course, Zhang Lei wasn't doing charity work. Apart from the life-sustaining internal energy he received once a month, he had to rely on Ao and Wen to feed him internal energy the rest of the time. So these two guys had to practice their internal energy like crazy every day, because they might not have enough if they didn't practice for a while.
But Zhang Lei has one every month, note that this is not his period, and it is still necessary. It is probably because Zhang Lei's internal energy is different from others. Others' internal energy can only prolong life for a short while, but only his internal energy has such a good therapeutic effect.
Fu Ao and Wen became Zhang Lei's free henchmen. Every day, besides practicing their skills, they did odd jobs for Zhang Lei and dared not be negligent in the slightest.
However, they had a way. They frequently taught the guards at Zhang Lei's mine, and their techniques and combat experience were quite valuable. Because of Zhang Lei's unique rotation system, the guards at the mine were also very interested in learning new skills. The condition for Fu Ao and Wen's exchange was that they would infuse Shi Rui with internal energy.
Whether it's internal energy or fighting spirit, they are essentially the same thing, and this is fully demonstrated in Shi Rui.
Zhang Lei also gained a lot of inspiration from her, so he decided to study himself. Someone once said that everyone's body is a treasure trove, and Zhang Lei also treated himself as a treasure trove and began to study him.
Zhang Lei was also puzzled as to why Wu Chen and Tie Liu had not shown any signs of poisoning for so long.
Zhang Lei specifically sought out a dog, and later several human test subjects, finally discovering that his much-vaunted detoxification method had only achieved half the desired effect. Perhaps other people's toxins were ineffective for Zhang Lei, and the so-called deadly toxins he expelled had already been purified, having no toxic side effects whatsoever.
Of course, Zhang Lei only needs to know this himself; he doesn't need to tell others. Let Wu Chen, Tie Liu, Fu Ao, and Wen Zhi worry about it. This is good for harmony in the mine!
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"Darling! My second superpower has finally appeared!" Tianxiao hugged Zhang Lei's neck from behind, his words filled with indescribable joy.
"Really?" Zhang Lei's reply was tinged with surprise, but also with disappointment.
Tianxiao wasn't a diligent girl; even Liu Ning, who only later came into contact with internal energy and superpowers, was much more diligent than her. Yet, even she naturally developed a second superpower.
Like her first ability, Tianxiao's second ability is also based on air. However, her second ability is much stronger than her first ability. She can compress air and then release it. When combined with her first ability, the power is even greater.
Moreover, many of these tactics are quite insidious. For example, they condense nitrogen in the air, pressurize it instantly, causing it to be absorbed into the other person's bloodstream in large quantities, and then suddenly depressurize it, causing the nitrogen to form bubbles in the blood vessels, which is commonly known as decompression sickness.
However, that's just a simple method of killing. Tianxiao doesn't seem to be very interested in that kind of trick. She's more interested in being able to create an explosive effect.
"Look at that, isn't it amazing! I blew up a tree more than 50 meters away!" Tianxiao couldn't shake off his childish habits. He skipped and hopped towards Zhang Lei, showing off.
Zhang Lei shook his head. He thought that if a woman hadn't given birth, he would always be a child himself, which might be true. But neither of them had shown any signs of pregnancy yet, and he didn't know why.
Catching Tianxiao as she jumped over, Zhang Lei spun her around twice, then gently flicked her pert little nose. "Little girl, what's there to be so proud of? I can achieve this effect without any special abilities!"
"Nonsense, I don't believe it. You call me and show me!" Tianxiao rubbed against Zhang Lei. Even though they were an old married couple, Zhang Lei was still a little distracted by her rubbing.
"I only discovered it in the last few days, and my accuracy isn't very good yet!" Zhang Lei pulled away from Tian Xiao's hand and walked towards the center of the square.
This square was specially set up by Zhang Lei for practicing martial arts, although most of the time, other scenes are staged here.
Zhang Lei took a deep breath and initiated a self-examination. At the same time, he strengthened his waist, back, arms, and legs. It could be said that, except for not using up all of his internal energy, it was almost the same as instantly strengthening his entire body.
In fact, whether Zhang Lei activates self-examination during battle or not is no longer a major factor. Because Zhang Lei wants to enhance his strength and not be too affected by the lack of his second ability, he focuses on studying the control of his internal energy. Even without using self-examination, he can still control more than 60% of the internal energy particles.
Of course, this is also related to his own self-examination. Because when he started self-examination, he had already had these experiences. Others were really figuring it out by trial and error, while Zhang Lei was just repeating the process he had gone through, so naturally he was faster than others.
"Hurry up! You're not going to just leave me standing there like a daze, are you?" Tianxiao shouted smugly from below.
"No problem!" Zhang Lei gave her an OK sign and started running laps on the field.
"What are you doing? You're not making me watch you run laps, are you?" Tianxiao shouted.
"Don't rush, baby!" Zhang Lei ran faster and faster, until you could almost see the afterimage of his body behind him.
Following the direction he was running, Zhang Lei threw a punch with all his might. The air at his knuckles began to compress. Although it was also transparent and colorless, the air at his knuckles was already visibly distorted.
"Air-Piercing Fist!" Zhang Lei shouted, and compressed air flew out in the direction of his arm swing.
With a loud bang, several large trees were blown down.
"That's amazing! I knew you were the best!" Tianxiao cheered and pounced on him. "How did you do that?!"
Zhang Lei couldn't help but smile bitterly; this was far from his goal, which lay in a completely different direction.
Episode 4: An Eye for an Eye, a Teeth for a Teeth - Chapter 98: A Twisted World (Part 1)
"Sir, we've caught another assassin in the woods outside!" A henchman ran in from outside, dressed in typical henchman attire, a recent quirk of Zhang Lei's; in front of him, both men and women were dressed as nurses.
"Do you even need to ask? Bury them alive!" Zhang Lei waved his hand. The assassin agency network wasn't giving up. Since all the experts they trained had been wiped out, they simply put up a bounty, which attracted waves of assassins to Zhang Lei's place. Things were better now; before, every time they went to retrieve someone from the pit, they were basically doing acrobatics—forming human ladders.