Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 372 The Mushroom Cloud Reappears!
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

Li Zheng mentally estimated that the distance between himself and Asano was too far, outside the range of his ability, and immediately made a decision.

"Zhan Zhouzhou, come with me and charge over there! Fengshan, you stay with those two. Be careful of the tree roots burrowing into the ground and attacking Yan Guang!"

"it is good!"

"Roger that!"

Upon receiving a response, Li Zheng spread his lightning wings and charged forward, braving the torrent of tree needles.

As a result, the energy depletion rate of the shield belt increased again, and it reached the warning threshold almost instantly.

"Boat, shield!" Li Zheng calmly reminded him. The shield belt needed to be deactivated for a while to charge, but he had the Earth Dragon Armor protecting him and could withstand it.

Zhan Zhouzhou understood the intention, took out a spare platinum-grade shield, turned around and passed the slowed-down Li Zheng, and went to the front to hold the line.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

A series of dense sounds caused Zhan Zhouzhou's forward momentum to be halted by those flying needles, almost causing him to be overturned.

The shield was even worse; it was riddled with arrows in the blink of an eye.

"Hurry! It won't last much longer!" Zhan Zhouzhou glanced hastily at the shield's durability and urged Li Zheng.

There were still some problems with the cooperation between the two. Li Zheng's original idea was to let Zhan Zhouzhou take care of herself while he used the Earth Dragon Armor to withstand the attack.

As a result, Zhan Zhouzhou actually ran in front of him with her shield on, taking the brunt of the attacks.

"Get to my side, that guy will definitely use tree roots to block us!" Li Zheng reminded Zhan Zhouzhou while holding the core to charge his belt.

The moment he finished speaking, the ground suddenly trembled, and several shiny black spikes rose from the ground in front of the two of them, forming a high wall that protected them.

"Well done, Sakura!" Li Zheng was overjoyed. Although Sakura's actions blocked their way, they gave them as much time as possible to catch their breath and make some adjustments.

"hold head high!"

Sakura flew high in the sky, and after receiving the praise, she let out a clear dragon roar, feeling very happy.

As always, Pink Poring played the role of protector, flattening its body to block Sakura, transforming into a hard, transparent pink shield wall.

Pink Polly had several leaf needles stuck in its body, one of which was almost through it, probably because it was almost stopped when it first transformed.

"careful!"

The ground trembled again. Li Zheng reacted quickly, pulling Zhan Zhouzhou, who was removing the spikes from the shield, back a few steps to avoid being attacked by several tree roots.

"This is never going to end." Li Zheng's expression darkened slightly, and a black knife with blood-red patterns appeared in his empty hand.

"Leave it to me." Zhan Zhouzhou flashed forward, conjuring the Purple Thunder Sword in her hand, and swung it to slash at the roots.

Li Zheng paused in his lunge, hesitated slightly, and withdrew his thirsty blood.

"Yan Guang, don't shoot yet, wait five seconds!" he shouted to those behind him, fearing that there might be problems with the cooperation between the two sides.

"I thought it would be more appropriate for me to say this, but I'm much better, at least longer than five seconds." Yan Guang raised his left arm, waiting sullenly.

"Sister Yan, do we need to think of a solution?" Lin Fengjiao tugged at Yan Guang's sleeve and gestured towards Feng Shan, "Brother Feng Shan is practically a hedgehog, and you still have the mood to drive."

Li Zheng led Zhan Zhouzhou to the front, and Feng Shan became their protector.

Feng was indeed very dutiful, transforming into Abyss Mode, holding a huge shield in each hand, protecting the two of them completely.

These two shields were inferior to the one Zhan Zhouzhou had, only at the gold level. They couldn't completely block the attack of the flying leaf needles; some of them had already pierced through, leaving Feng Shan's hands a bloody mess.

Even so, Fengshan did not back down an inch, gritting his teeth and persevering.

"What does it have to do with me? Li Zheng asked him to stay and protect us, not us." Yan Guang didn't even glance at him, and said coldly, "You should mind your own business. That mutant can't do anything to Li Zheng and the others for now, but it will definitely come after us later."

As if to coordinate with Yan Guang, Asano Yuji, seeing that he couldn't attack Li Zheng and the other two, actually focused his attention on the three people behind him. The ground began to tremble slightly, a sign that the root system was about to launch an attack.

The next moment, more than a dozen roots appeared between the three of them, whipping them.

Fengshan, holding his shield, had no time to pay attention to the roots. Seeing this, he charged forward with his shield up, dodging the roots' attack range.

Behind her, Lin Fengjiao shot lasers from her eyes, hitting several roots, but with little effect.

"Sakura!"

Li Zheng shouted loudly.

"hold head high!"

The little guy instantly understood his master's meaning, turned around and charged backward with Pink Polly, crashing down between the three like a cannonball.

boom!
Rumble!
The earth-shaking strike was activated, and the ground seemed to be controlled by it, writhing under the heavy blows, forcibly snapping the roots, which fell to the ground twitching and twisting.

"That stinky man is not as reliable as Xiaoying." Yan Guang curled his lip, his tone disdainful.

Fengshan remained silent, taking the opportunity to replace the two shields and place them in front of the group again.

Five seconds had passed, the belt's charging was complete, and Li Zheng reopened the protective shield, leading Zhan Zhouzhou around the edge of the spikes.

This time, the two separated and traveled in a staggered manner. Only when they crossed paths would Zhan Zhouzhou make some adjustments, such as changing his shield.

More roots sprouted from the ground and attacked the two. Zhan Zhouzhou unleashed his swordsmanship, carving a bloody path through them. Only when a few stragglers escaped did Li Zheng have a chance to strike.

"We're close enough, Yan Guang, make your move!" Li Zheng was constantly calculating the distance, and once they were within range of his ability, he decisively alerted Yan Guang.

"My shells are already loaded and ready to be fired!" Yan Guang raised his left arm high, revealing a dense array of open ammunition magazines, enough to make anyone with trypophobia uncomfortable.

The full magazine of Black Iron-class incendiary bombs, trailing plumes of flame, spewed out of the magazine, scattering like a swarm of busy bees, flying into the distance.

Having learned from his previous experience, Yan Guang did not let the shells fly upstream along the flying needles. Instead, he bypassed the center and circled around at the maximum flight distance, firing them towards Asano from the left, right, and above.

At that moment, the space suddenly became quiet, the flying needles stopped firing, and the roots stopped emerging from the ground.

Two spheres emitting a glowing green light appeared beside Asano. There was a band of light connecting the spheres to Asano, as if they were transmitting something.

"What is that?" Li Zheng tried to open his eyes wide, hoping that Lao Pu could detect it.

[The Spirit Spring Clone, an "organ" through which Asano Yuuji stores life energy, is only summoned when he faces mortal danger, using a large amount of life energy to protect himself and mitigate damage.]

“A clone of the Spirit Spring? Life energy…” Li Zheng squinted, staring intently.

Nearly a hundred black iron-class incendiary bombs struck Yuji Asano, exploding into a large amount of fire, which, with the help of accelerants, further spread the fire.

Almost instantly, the fire engulfed Asano Yuji's massive tree, even the canopy was bathed in flames.

For a fleeting moment, Li Zheng saw the green light transmitted from the Spirit Spring clone condense into a thin light shield around Asano Yuji, completely isolating all the flames and causing him almost no harm.

"He's afraid of fire! And it's a fear that transcends rank!" Li Zheng realized that Asano Yuji's weakness was fatal; a mere torch could take his life!
The prerequisite is that you can break through his attack and deliver the flames to him.

"In that case, I'd like to see just how strong your shield of life energy is."

"Snapped!"

Li Zheng snapped his fingers crisply in the direction of Asano Yuji.

"explode!"

The next moment, the mushroom cloud reappeared, once again rising above the heads of the mud-covered people.

(End of this chapter)