Chapter 135

Chapter 135: I Like You, I Love You, But I Am Going To Kill You

Swish, swish, swish!

The five black-clothed, masked bug clan members held five tranquilizer guns and circled around Jiang Tea Tea. Their tranquilizer darts shot at her as if they cost nothing.

Jiang Tea Tea was tightly wrapped in the black capture net. She did not know what material the net was made of. Electric currents ran across the strands, shocking her again and again.

The shocks made her whole body feel irritated. Her good temper vanished. She sat down cross-legged and called up spiritual power to wrap her whole body.

The countless tranquilizer darts flying toward her were blocked by her spiritual power barrier and bounced back the way they had come.

The five bug clan members holding tranquilizer guns were shocked. They dodged the returning darts and increased the number of tranquilizer darts they fired.

Once again, countless tranquilizer darts flew at Jiang Tea Tea. Right when they were about to touch her, time seemed to freeze.

Jiang Tea Tea’s hands turned into sharp claws. Ignoring the current on the black capture net, she ripped it open.

Time felt still. The countless tranquilizer darts that had been aimed at her body now hung motionless around her in midair.

The five black-masked bug clan members also froze. They stayed in their shooting poses, not moving at all.

Jiang Tea Tea stood up. Right in front of the five bug clan members, she reached out and turned every dart around so that the tips now pointed at them.

Only when all the darts had turned around did they all shoot forward at once and stab into the five bug clan members on the ground, hitting them dead on.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud.

The five masked bug clan members fell to the ground and passed out, suffering the consequences of their own actions.

Jiang Tea Tea let out a long breath, strode forward, bent down, and grabbed a tranquilizer gun from one of the bug clan members. She gave each of the five another few shots to be sure.

After she finished, she picked up the other tranquilizer guns. Then she turned, raised a gun toward the sky, and fired at the mottled dragon, the blue dragon, the white dragon, and the black dragon.

Her aim was excellent, flawless. Every shot hit. Each dragon took at least three darts. No matter how big their bodies were, the tranquilizers still worked. One by one, they fell from the sky and crashed to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.

Seeing how useful the Insectoid Race tranquilizer guns were, Jiang Tea Tea quickly took off all five space knob storage devices from the bug clan members’ wrists. With a tranquilizer gun in hand, she ran toward Sui Xuan Chu.

Sui Xuan Chu had fallen from the sky and turned back into human form. His school uniform was torn. His face was swollen and puffy like a steamed bun. Blood covered his whole body like he had just been dragged out of a pool of blood.

Jiang Tea Tea rushed to him and tossed a tranquilizer gun to him. She placed her hand on his head and poured spiritual power into his body without holding back. “I killed one insectoid race clansman and knocked down seven insectoid race members,” she said bluntly and with clear dislike. “You fought a few dragons and still ended up this badly hurt. You are really weak.”

Sui Xuan Chu gripped the tranquilizer gun in one hand and tried to get up. But he felt the spiritual power flowing into his body through the top of his head from Jiang Tea Tea’s palm.

He dropped to one knee instead and stayed there. He wiped the blood from his mouth with one hand, forced a smile through the pain, and teased her: “Who could compare with you? You fight with the strength of two people.”

[Two people?]

[She was not the strength of two people.]

[She was the strength of several.]

[If she said it out loud, it would scare him to death.]

[Forget it. She would not say it.]

[The cubs in her belly belonged to her, a demon. No one was allowed to covet them or take them away.]

Jiang Tea Tea changed the subject out loud. “I already hear the aberrant beasts from the back mountain forcing toward the Academy’s back gate. I also hear a lot of dragon roars and the cries for help from our schoolmates.”

“Tell me, is your uncle just eating for nothing? The two of us almost got beaten to death, and he still has not noticed we are in danger.”

Sui Xuan Chu gave the same old answer. “He values the two of us and is testing us. He wants us to believe this is a small scene. Even without him stepping in, we can handle it ourselves.”

Compared to the battles his uncle had fought, ten or twenty insectoid race members and some aberrant beasts invading, plus a thousand Dragon Clan members going mad, were all small scenes.

His uncle still had not come, and Sui Xuan Chu firmly believed it was because his uncle wanted to see the two of them show their skills, build a beautiful record, and secure their future.

Jiang Tea Tea gave a cold little laugh. “No wonder you are the cub he raised with his own hands. Your elbow bends toward him.”

Sui Xuan Chu chuckled. “When you have a cub in the future, I will help you raise it. I will help you hatch it. I promise its elbow will bend toward you.”

Jiang Tea Tea spat at him. “Pah. You wish. Come on, enough. Check the bug clan members’ space knob storage devices and see what we can use.”

As she spoke, the five space knob storage devices dropped to the ground in front of Sui Xuan Chu with crisp clinks.

Sui Xuan Chu grabbed a space knob storage device and dumped everything out. Good grief. So many guns, so much tranquilizer, several capture nets, stun batons, all kinds of potions, and all kinds of illegal goods.

His hands did not stop moving. He quickly started sorting everything. By the time he had finished organizing everything, all the wounds on his body and the swelling on his face had disappeared. His whole dragon felt clear-headed and full of energy again.

Jiang Tea Tea, after burning through so much spiritual power, pulled out dragon blood. Chong Ming had given her six bottles. She had already drunk two, and four remained. She had only knocked out a little more than ten dragons. There were still hundreds of dragons and countless aberrant beasts.

She did not dare relax at all. She drank the remaining four bottles of dragon blood in one go. To be safe, she added layer after layer of spiritual power shielding over her belly.

Sui Xuan Chu pointed at the pile of guns and said to Jiang Tea Tea, “Here, these guns and these tranquilizer darts are usable. This pile is yours. That pile is mine.”

Jiang Tea Tea put a whole pile of guns and tranquilizer darts into her space knob storage device. “Let’s go. We are going dragon hunting.”

Sui Xuan Chu jumped to his feet. “Charge!”

Jiang Tea Tea stepped forward to follow him. Together they headed toward the place with the loudest dragon roars. On the way, they ran into Huang Da Zhuang and Cheng Lin Yue, who were carrying tranquilizer supplies.

Behind Huang Da Zhuang and Cheng Lin Yue were the teachers from the Healing Department. Each of them carried a huge sniper-like tranquilizer gun and ran as fast as they could.

The Academy was huge. Hovercars and monorails had stopped. They could only rely on their own legs.

When they reached the place where the Dragon Clan and beastmen roars were the loudest, they raised their tranquilizer guns and fired at them, shooting them from the sky until they fell unconscious. Then they moved to another location.

Jiang Tea Tea and the others switched locations again and again, five times in a row, and tranquilized a hundred dragons.

The Academy’s piercing alarm blared.

After three minutes, the Headmaster’s anxious, panting voice came from the loudspeakers. “Schoolmates, our Royal Military Imperial Academy has been dosed with the Insectoid Race’s Forbidden Drug, the Dragon Lure Drug. It has driven all Dragon Clan members under thirty years old in the Royal Military Imperial Academy into madness.”

“The aberrant beasts in the Primeval Forest behind the Academy, ranging from Level One to Level Ten, have all been awakened and are attacking the Academy.”

“Schoolmates with strong bodies, please pick up any weapon you can see to protect yourselves and protect the Academy. Students with weaker bodies, please find the nearest shelter. Do not add to the chaos. Keep yourselves safe.”

“I will be with you, protecting you all…”

“Let’s go!” Jiang Tea Tea grabbed Sui Xuan Chu. “You are coming with me to the Academy’s back gate to block the aberrant beasts. Huang Da Zhuang, protect Cheng Lin Yue. If it gets too bad, go hide in a shelter.”

Sui Xuan Chu nodded. “Got it. Let’s go…”

He turned into his dragon form and carried Jiang Tea Tea.

Huang Da Zhuang and Cheng Lin Yue tried to follow them but could not keep up.

The dragons going mad in the sky saw them. They swung their tails, let out dragon roars, and charged at them.

Jiang Tea Tea raised her tranquilizer gun and shot at them. In this Interstellar Space era, each tranquilizer gun held dozens of tranquilizer darts.

With Jiang Tea Tea’s perfect aim and Sui Xuan Chu’s agile movement, the two of them worked together. Every flying Dragon Clan member they saw got shot down.

The shortest dragons were over ten meters long. The longest were dozens of meters long, even over a hundred meters. They fell from the sky and smashed into buildings, infrastructure, hovercars, and the ground.

They crushed houses, destroyed infrastructure and hovercars, and left holes in the ground. One, two, three, four dragons lay on the ground like they were dead.

Sui Xuan Chu let out a roar of excited victory and carried Jiang Tea Tea toward the Academy’s back gate. They were almost there when mutant bats and owls flew out of the Primeval Forest.

The mutant bats were pitch black, each one bigger than an owl. They covered the sky in a dark swarm as they flew into the Academy.

The huge mutant owls came in flocks too, screaming as they flew toward the Academy.

The protective barrier above the Academy had completely lost its function. It was useless. Bats, owls, giant flies, giant mosquitoes, and all kinds of flying pests poured into the Academy.

These creatures carried bacteria and viruses. They bit and stung anyone they caught. The small weapons in the students’ hands were nowhere near enough to resist them.

The students had no choice but to hide in classrooms, dorms, and shelters. The creatures seemed crazed. They chased after any trace of humans, crashing and flying around wildly as they searched.

Jiang Tea Tea formed a transparent barrier made of spiritual power around herself and Sui Xuan Chu, and that was the only reason they managed to avoid those things.

When they reached the Academy’s back gate, they found it already open. Countless mutant rats and crawling black insects were swarming in, flooding into the Academy as fast as an alien invasion.

Jiang Tea Tea jumped down from Sui Xuan Chu’s back. She held the tranquilizer gun like a high-angle cannon and swept the swarm of mutant rats and crawling black insects.

There were too many mutant rats and too many kinds of crawling black insects. Her shots alone were not enough, and more and more were still surging in.

Her eyes moved. She ignored the aberrant beasts and crawling black insects that had already entered the Academy. Instead, she stood in front of the back gate and raised a tall ice wall.

As soon as the ice wall formed, a mutant black panther slammed into it.

The giant black mutant leopard weighed several hundred jin. Its fur was shiny and black. Even with its head bleeding from the impact, it bared its teeth and kept ramming the wall.

Sui Xuan Chu landed on top of the ice wall. He raised his gun and fired at the black mutant leopard’s head, blowing it apart.

Jiang Tea Tea jumped up to join him. Together they fired at the herd of mutant leopards. That unusual night echoed with nonstop booming gunshots.

After the dozens of mutant leopards came mutant tigers and packs of mutant civet cats, marching in by the hundreds and thousands.

Sui Xuan Chu could not shoot fast enough with his gun. He called on his supernatural abilities instead. Each bolt of lightning killed a few, sometimes a dozen.

Thunder boomed again and again. They wiped out the mutant tigers and mutant civet cat packs. But even more beasts were still coming from behind.

Jiang Tea Tea was just wondering if she should form a lightning spell herself and call heavenly thunder down on these aberrant beasts when the pitch-black sky above the Academy suddenly became bright. Light covered a thousand li, turning night into day.

Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu looked up. They saw countless flying devices and small ships racing in.

The Police Bureau’s sirens wailed above the Academy. Countless Police Bureau airships flew into the Academy.

Sui Xuan Chu nudged Jiang Tea Tea with his elbow. “Look, my uncle’s bodyguard team is here.”

Jiang Tea Tea snorted. “Your uncle is just a slowpoke who comes after everything is over.”

Sui Xuan Chu huffed, “If you have the guts, say that to his face.”

“If he showed up in front of me right now, I would…” Jiang Tea Tea started.

Sui Xuan Chu cut her off, pointing. “Look, roommate. The Insectoid Race’s Overlord Butterfly. It is a trusted follower of the Insectoid Race Imperial Clan. The scales it sheds can make aberrant beasts hallucinate. It is spreading powder over the whole forest. Looks like it wants to drive every wild beast in this Primeval Forest insane.”

Jiang Tea Tea followed his finger. She saw a giant Overlord Butterfly, unafraid of the flying devices, small fighter craft, or airships. It beat its gorgeous wings and sprinkled scale powder onto the heads of the aberrant beasts.

Jiang Tea Tea urged Sui Xuan Chu, “What are you waiting for? Go!”

Sui Xuan Chu pulled out two gas masks. “Strictly speaking, we are beasts too. We can be affected by the powder. Come on, protect yourself. Watch out for hallucination and hypnosis.”

“So troublesome.” Jiang Tea Tea complained, held her breath, and leaped. She stepped off treetops as she charged straight at the Overlord Butterfly.

Sui Xuan Chu: [!!!!]

[Seriously, did she have to be this bold?]

[No protective barrier at all?]

[Was she not afraid of being lured away by that Overlord Butterfly?]

The Overlord Butterfly seemed to be luring Jiang Tea Tea in on purpose. When it saw her coming, it turned, beat its wings, and flew quickly toward the depths of the forest.

Jiang Tea Tea’s feet seemed to grow wings. She used the Shrinking Ground to Inches Technique and appeared in front of the Overlord Butterfly, blocking its path. “Where are you running?”

The Overlord Butterfly instantly turned into a beautiful,?ish young man whose gender was hard to tell. Colorful patterns curled around his neck. He was beautiful and dangerous.

The huge, bright wings hung behind the young man’s back and fluttered gently. His eyes glimmered like shifting light, like flowing colors, sparkling like two priceless, radiant gems.

The young man’s lips were red and moist. His voice was as clear as spring water. “Jiang Tea Tea, I was not running. I was waiting for you. Do you think I look good?”

Jiang Tea Tea’s head spun for a moment. Her eyes instantly went hazy. She stared straight at the young man. “You look good. Very good.”

The young man flapped his dazzling wings and flew around Jiang Tea Tea, circling her. “You think I look good. I also think you look good. You like me, and you love me, all right?”

Jiang Tea Tea’s body turned as he flew around her. “Okay. I like you. I love you. Stop spinning. Stop flying. My head is dizzy.”

The young man stopped in front of her and stopped flying.

Jiang Tea Tea moved closer to him and reached out to touch his?ish, androgynous face.

The young man smiled enchantingly. “Come. Come closer. Touch me. As long as you touch me, I will like you too. I will love you too…”

His words cut off. His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked down at his chest.

Jiang Tea Tea’s hand had turned into a tea tree branch. It was buried deep in his chest, gripping his beating heart. Her voice was sharp and icy, with no trace of earlier confusion.

“Little butterfly, with such a lousy illusion technique, you want to confuse me? With such an ugly face, you want me to like you and love you? You really do not know your own limits. You are asking for death.”