Chapter 56 Buddy’s Not Dead Yet

Chapter 56: Bro Isn't Dead Yet

Evil Cloud Lord killed Meng Shu, turned around, and said, "Now, it's your turn, little fox."

Jia Zhao steeled himself, "Since I'm an animal too, how about you spare me? But that young master over there is human—kill him!"

Xu Linzhou's eyes widened, his face turning bright red. "Jia Zhao! Is this how you protect your employer?"

Evil Cloud Lord laughed, "Haha, killing humans is too boring. I'll take you all as my slaves and lay the foundation for my future rule over humanity!"

As it spoke, it flapped its wings and soared higher, as if announcing to the world, "I am Evil Cloud Lord, the future ruler of all humans!"

"Hey..." A weak male voice came from behind. As the smoke cleared, Meng Shu emerged from it, a trace of blood on his face, his expression impatient. "Come on, stop with the villain monologue. Do you have to be so committed to the bit?"

Xu Linzhou ran toward him in disbelief, "You... you're not dead?"

Evil Cloud Lord was shocked, "No! How could you not be dead? That was my strongest attack!"

Meng Shu grabbed at his messy hair, looking disheveled. "I did die, but I had a resurrection potion."

Just before being hit, Meng Shu had summoned the potion in advance.

The potion Ling Qingjue made was indeed incredible—every wound healed in an instant. He hadn't even felt the pain before they sealed up.

Evil Cloud Lord panted heavily, "No! Impossible! How can you come back to life instantly?"

"Ah, the world's a weird place." Meng Shu raised his sword again, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, aimed it at the lord, and raised an eyebrow, "Come on, let's fight again!"

With that, he shoved Xu Linzhou away with a kick, sending him tumbling into a bush.

Evil Cloud Lord thought, Even if such a resurrection technique exists, it must only work once. These people look broke and just got lucky once—there won't be a second time!

It launched another attack at Meng Shu, each one fiercer than the last, determined to kill him in one blow.

But suddenly, Meng Shu could use his dash again. Not only that, his speed had increased significantly, and his dash range was over a hundred meters. Before you could blink, he was out of sight.

Evil Cloud Lord was horrified, "Impossible! You shouldn't be able to use skills!"

Meng Shu stopped under a tree, grinning smugly, "Why don't you try again and find out?"

He had also used a blue potion, and only then did he learn its effects: remove all fatigue, and amplify all skill effects by 300%.

That meant, after using this potion, his skill usage count for the day was reset, and the effects were even stronger.

But one bottle cost ten million, and using it felt like burning money—my heart ached.

As clever as Evil Cloud Lord was, it was still a magical beast and had never seen such tactics. Its attacks became chaotic, all thrown at Meng Shu in a frenzy.

Seizing the opportunity, Jia Zhao restarted drawing the magic array when a potion vial suddenly hit his head.

It was the one Meng Shu had tossed to him in the chaos.

The blue potion was for amplification.

Jia Zhao didn't hesitate and used it immediately.

Evil Cloud Lord chased Meng Shu for a long time, and when it finally exhausted his skills again, it quickly unleashed its strongest attack, breathing heavily, "You should be dead by now!"

Then Meng Shu appeared on a distant tree branch, smiling at it, "I'm alive again. Hehe."

Holy crap! Again!

Evil Cloud Lord let out a frustrated roar.

Its own skills were almost depleted. If it couldn't kill Meng Shu soon, things would look bad.

Its attacks grew even more erratic. To leave Meng Shu no room to dodge, it released several skills simultaneously, attempting an area-of-effect attack. But with the dual boost from dash magic and potions, Meng Shu was quicker than a rabbit—here one second, a thousand meters away the next.

After hundreds of exchanges with no clear winner, Evil Cloud Lord, using its last bit of strength, unleashed its final skill: Beast King's Howl.

It unleashed a force like a crashing tidal wave, leveling a whole forest in an instant, startling birds into flight, and trembling the ground miles away.

This was its last and strongest attack!

Evil Cloud Lord touched down slowly, unable to use any more skills. But it didn't matter—the other two losers were easy to squash in one stomp, no skills needed.

That damn cockroach must finally be dead. It had never seen anyone so hard to kill!

But before it could celebrate, a small fireball hit its head again.

Meng Shu appeared before it, grinning cheerfully, "Bet you didn't expect it—yours truly ain't dead yet. Little lion, want to keep fighting?"

Not dead yet!

Still not dead!

Evil Cloud Lord was broken.

It tucked its tail between its legs and backed away, bluffing shamelessly, "Human! I'll spare you!"

Meng Shu drew his sword, "Looks like you've used up all your skills. It's time for your surrender."

Evil Cloud Lord bluffed shamelessly, "Human, don't get too cocky! I'm giving you a chance!"

Jia Zhao completed his magic array and magically messaged him, "Run toward me!"

Meng Shu got the hint. He decisively grabbed his sword, herding the beast toward the center of the array.

Without skills, Evil Cloud Lord still had strong defense. Meng Shu couldn't hurt it, but he forced it backward.

Until it set foot in the array.

A massive magic array instantly appeared, like a cage closing around it. A blinding golden light turned into a golden phoenix descending from the sky with searing heat, tearing straight through its body.

Evil Cloud Lord shrieked, "I'll be back—"

Before it could finish, it dissolved into black smoke and dissipated.

Meng Shu let out a breath. They'd finally pulled it off.

But he had used up all the potions Ling Qingjue gave him—sixty million worth, squandered.

Jia Zhao gasped at the power of the array, "So this is what a 300% amplification can do... It one-shotted Evil Cloud Lord."

Xu Linzhou crawled out of the bushes, hugging him tearfully, "You scared me to death! That monster was terrifying!"

"I'm a bit tired. Let's just mine the ore and head home." Meng Shu looked weary. That fight went on forever, and he'd blown through six potions and a Flame Sword. He might as well be broke.

Mom, I feel like crying.

Jia Zhao dispelled the magical formation and picked up a crystal core from the ground: "A tenth-tier magical beast's crystal core is valuable. You can sell it and buy a good sword."

He handed the core to Meng Shu, "Don't be sad. Out with the old, in with the new."

Meng Shu couldn't smile, "Thanks."

Jia Zhao added, "I need to quickly record this. A brave warrior's journey—defeating a tenth-tier magical beast for the first time must go down in history."

"What's there to record..." Meng Shu's strength gave out, his body had reached its limit; he couldn't keep going.

Jia Zhao didn't notice his fatigue and continued, "It's my job, don't worry about it."

Meng Shu asked no further. Dragging his heavy body into the depths of the forest, he quickly killed an eighth-tier magical beast and mined the silver ore. His vision kept going dark, and he felt dizzy, so he had to return early: "I need to go back to my world."

Xu Linzhou asked, "Didn't you just come back a day ago?"

"Looks like I overexerted myself," Meng Shu sighed. "You two use the magic array to teleport home. I've already gotten the ore; there's no need to stay here."

Jia Zhao shot him a puzzled look, "Just one day and you're overexerted... Is your body back in your original world that weak?"

Meng Shu looked up.

Very calmly, he said, "No, I'm fine."

He took a step back, he put on a smile: "Well, see you tomorrow."