Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 254 Ice Duke
Just two seconds later, Li Wei decisively changed his Tracker title, which was more economical. This way, he would only lose 1.2 points of mental energy and 12 points of physical energy, but he would get the most important information.

However, he hadn't discovered the life core of this mutated cabbage. Is there a huge difference between mutated plants and mutated animals?

After a few seconds of contemplation, Li Wei slowly retreated to a distance of 500 meters, but did not leave. He felt he could fight. Although he had not found the life core of the mutated cabbage, he had discovered its weakness and vulnerability.

Next, he instructed Ah Dai to continue keeping a close eye on the mutated cabbage, while he himself took the two-handed greatsword that Zhao Xuanxuan had crafted for him, switched to the Bear Hunter title, increased his strength to 30 points, and began chopping at a large, leafy tree.

Yes, it works very well. Although it's not sharpened, and although it's not in the shape of an axe, and although the Scout Card's third talent, Weapon Mastery, isn't activated, this 25-pound two-handed greatsword is still sharper and easier to use than any axe.

Just because of his great strength, the brick flew.

30 points of strength is roughly equivalent to Li Wei being able to carry a 300-pound sack with ease or throw it like a discus.

So he can wield a 25-pound two-handed greatsword with one hand and still make sword flourishes. So how explosive would the effect be when he wields it in a two-handed state?
Moreover, his third profession is woodcutter, a three-star woodcutter, who can deal an additional 30% damage to all wooden products or wood itself.

So with just a couple of casual chops, he cut off a third of the trunk of the tree, which was almost as thick as a person could hug. After he chopped it a few more times on the other side, he gave it a light kick, and with a loud crack, the tree crashed to the ground.

The whole process took less than two minutes!
He's even more awesome than my bald-headed brother Qiang.

The sound of the tree falling was loud. Li Wei quickly went around to the back of another big tree to listen quietly and checked through Adai. After a few minutes, he found that the mutated cabbage had not changed.

It can't hear.

So even though it has mutated, it still follows the characteristics of some plants. As long as you don't get close, you won't trigger its attack, which is great.

Li Wei smiled slightly, "That's settled then, just one word: cut it."

Next, he used a radius of 500 meters as a boundary and cut down every single tree in the surrounding area, determined not to give the mutated cabbage any chance to recover.

This was actually a huge project, but Li Wei was now like a bald-headed Qiang (a character from a popular Chinese cartoon), working non-stop until the early hours of the morning, and actually cleared out an insulation zone with a radius of 500 meters.

Then he carried away all the felled trees, creating a wide-open battlefield, making it easy to fight or escape.

Interestingly, there are no trees or even a single weed within a 200-meter radius of that mutated cabbage.

It's barren, just like the Mediterranean Sea.

So it should be very strong, maybe five stars?
However, it should be able to be countered by Li Wei's third profession, the woodcutter.

Next, Li Wei slipped away two kilometers away to find a safe place to sleep, while A-Dai was in charge of keeping watch. A-Dai was awesome.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, Li Wei woke up feeling refreshed. He drank some water, ate something, and waited another half hour before preparing to engage the BOSS. However, as soon as Ah Dai took off, he noticed something was wrong: there was a superhuman.

Damn it?

Could it be that he worked hard all night only to have his peaches picked instead?

Li Wei dared not make any rash moves, but instead had Ah Dai continue to ascend to seven or eight hundred meters in the air, carefully observing. At this distance, Ah Dai could not see very clearly, but he could basically tell that there were five superhumans who had come from further south. They were currently hiding behind the trees that Li Wei had cut down, looking at the bare battlefield with suspicion.

However, it's pretty much confirmed that they came for the mutated cabbage.

After thinking for a long time, Li Wei finally decided that he could take the risk. There were only five superhumans, so why shouldn't he be a superhuman?

They might even be able to join forces.

Li Wei immediately put the three-star war bow into his resource card, pretended not to see the five superhumans, and appeared from another direction. It was early morning, the sun was shining brightly, and the visibility was extremely high, so he could be spotted even from hundreds of meters away.

So while he was still staring at the barren ravine with suspicion, the five superhumans had already circled around from the woods, their tactical movements quite standard.

Li Wei pretended not to know, but Ah Dai had already seen through their movements perfectly.

Sigh, it's so frustrating. Should I make the first move?

They were now within a hundred meters of Li Wei, a distance sufficient for a performance. Whoosh! Li Wei whirled around, his greatsword flashing in his hands as he charged!
"Stop! Friend, we mean no harm!"

The superhuman on the other side yelled, but at the same time quickly retreated and entered battle formation. Haha, quite professional.

Li Wei stopped behind a large tree in response and shouted in a deep voice, "Who are you? I am a wilderness mercenary under Duke Blaze. Several of my companions have gone missing in this area. Is it related to you?"

“Friend! Don’t be nervous. I think I know what happened. Your companions were probably swallowed by the mutated man-eating flower. Now please calm down. We are the Wilderness Mercenaries under the Ice Duke. We are here on a bounty to kill this man-eating flower. If you have no objections, I think we can cooperate.”

As they spoke, the five superhumans appeared one after another, looking quite open and honest.

But they really do have some unique characteristics.

The one who spoke was a centaur-like figure, next to him was a burly man who looked like a fat pig, and the third one was a blue-skinned snake woman who was not wearing any clothes and whose body was covered with blue scales, just like a giant snake.

The fourth one was a goat-headed human, with a normal body except for two huge ram horns on its head, like a succubus.

The fifth one looks normal, but as soon as it breathes, a huge air sac bulges out from its chin, as if it has practiced the first move of the Toad Divine Skill!
Overall, they were less human than the Duke of Flames' subordinates.

But for some reason, Li Wei felt that the five people in front of him had stronger logical thinking.

At this moment, the five superhumans were also sizing up Li Wei. After a while, the toad superhuman suddenly croaked, patted his stomach and laughed, "I bet he's not one of those self-destructing idiots under Fire Madman. He's a natural person."

"That's right, the hell is Duke Flame? You're just imitating Xi Shi, don't you know? Any Tom, Dick, or Harry wants to mess with our Duke Frost. A bunch of brain-dead zombies who actually take it seriously." The fat, burly man laughed, looking very greasy.

At this moment, the blue snake woman flicked her two-foot-long forked tongue at Li Wei.

"Friend, none of the Flame Duke's men are as calm as you. Tell me, which remote and insignificant natural person are you?"

Hmm, these ability users are indeed different, very rational indeed. After thinking for a moment, Li Wei simply nodded, "I am indeed not a wilderness mercenary under Duke Blazing Flame, and I am indeed half a natural person. So what do you all want to do? Divide me equally?"

"Haha, he actually knows how to split things equally. Looks like he used to hang out with Huo Da Sha. Don't worry, we may not be the best looking people, but we're really reasonable. Huo Da Sha captures Naturals partly to train little idiots, and partly to split things equally. You probably know the downsides of being a superhuman. After absorbing too much radiation, your brain won't work properly. But splitting Naturals equally can temporarily restore your composure. Speaking of which, the reputation of us superhumans has been ruined by these split-the-bill enthusiasts."

"But you can rest assured about our side. First of all, Duke Frost's Frost Dungeon can effectively isolate the effects of radiation storms. And there are hundreds of thousands of natural persons living in the Frost Dungeon, shall I say?"

"Secondly, Duke Frost has found a way to balance power and reason, which is to be like this. By sorting out the radiating power, rather than letting it disturb the soul, we can let it grow and mutate naturally."

"Thus, although we have become centaurs, exploding pigs, goat-headed people, snake women, and toad spirits, our brains are actually the same as those of normal people."

"Of course, whenever a radiation storm erupts, we also hide in the Frozen Underground City, hundreds of meters underground, otherwise we could easily go insane. We only come out as a team to explore when the radiation storm has subsided. Do you understand what I mean?"

“Understood. In that case, we can indeed cooperate.” Li Wei nodded. What the other party said was reasonable and well-founded, and was indeed very different from the idiots under Duke Blazing Flame.

"NO NO NO! We still can't cooperate. We need to measure the radiation levels in your body. If it exceeds a certain dangerous level, we'll have to take you back. Among the many missions we've undertaken, there are missions to rescue natural humans and eliminate mutant zombies, understand? We need to make sure you're not a mutant zombie. Many mutant zombies can talk normally, but they'll be exposed as soon as they start fighting. Brother, we hope you'll cooperate with us! Because right now, the only one on this planet who can still represent the future of humanity is the great Ice Duke."

"So please understand, this is a great undertaking."

"Gentlemen, what if I refuse?"

"You have the right to refuse, but it's also our right to take you back for testing and treatment! Take action!"

What the hell!

They were really quick and efficient.

As they were talking, the toad demon squatted down and then leaped over in a flash. At the same time, the blue-skinned snake woman also disappeared from the spot in a flash.

As for the goat-headed man, he began chanting incantations, seemingly casting some kind of spell; they were quite confident, weren't they?

Li Wei quickly retreated and turned to run. It seemed like a simple action, but his speed and agility were simply outrageous, causing the toad demon and snake woman to miss their target.

"Be careful, this is an agility-type!"

(End of this chapter)