The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 423 - 359 Do You Have a Gender Preference for Your Son-in-law?_2

Chapter 423: Chapter 359 Do You Have a Gender Preference for Your Son-in-law?_2

Aside from instinctively protecting his head, it was even hard to see his face through the shaft of the arrows.

"That’s why the demonic path is the demonic path."

Jade Cricket shook his head.

To manipulate murder, in the end, is to cultivate one’s murderous aura into consciousness, then it wouldn’t be much different from a real person.

But before reaching that realm, those who follow the demonic path of slaughter generally act on instinct, and that naturally leads to countless flaws.

"Alright, lad, you should wake up now."

"My soldiers, charge with this king!"

With a loud cry, Jade Cricket, wielding the Emperor’s Sword, charged at Liu Zheng.

"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!"

The Cricket army roared in unison, following Jade Cricket’s charge.

Faced with a full-on assault by the Cricket army, Liu Zheng still had no expression, merely pulling out the arrows from his body.

Streams of blood flowed from the wounds, licked clean by the elongated tongue coming from the face in his sword arm.

With each lick of blood, the corresponding face showed an intoxicated expression, and his features became more similar to his own.

In the way of manipulating murder, to kill others is also to kill oneself.

Once those faces made of murderous aura all turned into Liu Zheng’s likeness, his path of slaughter would be considered minorly accomplished.

Of course, he almost lost his own senses.

His movement to pull out the arrows seemed slow but was actually swift; by the time the Cricket army reached him, he’d already pulled out all the arrows that could hinder his movement.

Of course, the price was dozens of blood holes, making him look like a honeycomb.

"Kill!"

Several cricket soldiers raised their great swords, striking at Liu Zheng.

He lifted his sword arm, striking back with force.

However, the sword arm that could easily have sliced through the weapons of the cricket soldiers was unsuccessful this time.

A jade-colored luster enveloped the great swords, shielding them from the strike.

This was one of the effects of a king’s power, bestowing an extra blessing on the weapons and armor of the Cricket army, enhancing both their offensive and defensive capabilities.

Apparently not anticipating this outcome, Liu Zheng momentarily fell into a state of paralysis.

"Mount up, change formation!"

Jade Cricket, experienced in the battlefield, naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity and immediately gave the order.

With a slam of the Jade Seal downward, the Cricket army immediately paired up.

The latter jumped onto the back of the former, fusing into one entity.

After merging, the crickets not only doubled in size but also gained twice as many legs.

With an invincible momentum, the cricket cavalry crashed into Liu Zheng.

Taken by surprise, he was sent flying and then trampled by the thundering charge of thousands of troops.

When the dust settled and the crickets halted, he had become nothing more than a lump of flesh.

However, the four sword arms remained intact, gleaming coldly.

The lump of flesh was constantly writhing, as if attempting to reshape into human form.

"You really are hard to kill, kid."

Jade Cricket said with a bit of a headache.

This wave of cavalry assault was already his strongest conventional skill.

Anything stronger might actually kill Liu Zheng outright.

"Forget it, forget it, the grand music has been played; we shan’t fuss over this shivering."

With a sigh, Jade Cricket swallowed the Emperor’s Sword head-first, leaving only the hilt exposed.

Then he fitted the Jade Seal tightly onto the hilt of the sword.

"Take my blow, the Earth-Overturning Hammer!"

Jade Cricket bent his six legs, then leapt high into the air, performing an inverted rotation of three and a half spins and a 720° Thomas Flair before arriving above Liu Zheng, and then came crashing down heavily.

Sensing the crisis of life and death, Liu Zheng raised his four sword arms, stabbing towards the sky.

"The audacity of you, kid, to think you can stop this king’s hammer—you’re at least a decade too early!"

Jade Cricket fiercely tossed his head, shattering all four sword arms at once.

Then, with unstoppable force, he smashed Liu Zheng’s flesh into a spread of blood and tissue.

This time, even if his recovery ability was strong, he had no strength left to resist.

But as Jade Cricket landed, there wasn’t much triumph on his face.

He looked at his chest where a broken sword tip had penetrated.

The twisted face on it was eagerly chewing at his wound, bleeding a jade-green blood.

"This kid, you really are vicious."

Jade Cricket shook his head, pulled the sword hammer from his body, and slammed it into the ground.

"Boom!"

A huge drumming sound swept across the battlefield, and all the cricket soldiers immediately stood at attention.

"The grand music has ended, sound the gold to withdraw the troops!"

After finishing speaking, Jade Cricket separated the Son of Heaven’s Sword and the Jade Seal and then transformed back into Danya, returning to his mouth.

It leapt up again, its shape growing larger and larger until it landed on the ground from the pottery basin, already back in the form of an old man.

The cricket army also vanished into thin air, and after the ten cricket kings in the pottery basin called out for a while, they too crawled back onto the old man.

"Wake up, kid."

The old man flicked a finger at the pottery basin, and with one beat of the drum, the sound stopped, and Liu Zheng also opened his eyes.

"That was really satisfying."

He sighed deeply.

Although he had used up a lot of his physical reserves and his head ached from the great mental effort, like being pricked with needles, the feeling of holding off a thousand troops with his own strength was truly mesmerizing.

"You might have enjoyed yourself, but you’ve worn this old man out."

The old man said grumpily.

Restraining the cricket army from genuinely killing had already been tiring enough, not to mention that he even had to take personal command afterward—that was even more exhausting.

"Consider me owing you a favor. If you have any trouble in the future, just give me a call. As long as it’s within my capabilities, I’ll definitely help you solve it. Even if it’s beyond me, I’ll still try to offer assistance."

Liu Zheng said earnestly.

After waking up, he had realized what had happened in the illusion.

Although the Golden Star Tank Medal had been itching to act, even if the old man hadn’t intervened, he probably would have been fine.

But dealing with the situation gently was always better than handling it harshly, especially since there was no enmity between both parties.

"I have trouble right now."

The old man declared immediately.

"You say it. Don’t look at me as just a delivery guy; I still have some influence in the city. Of course, for trouble outside the city, I can only say I’ll try my best."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"I’m not in good health, and my only daughter is of marriageable age but still unmarried. I want to see her get married and have children quickly to carry on our family line."

The old man spoke.

"About that... Well, do you have any requirements for the gender of your son-in-law?"

He asked tentatively.

"??? What are you getting at, kid?"

The old man furrowed his brows deeply.

"I know a wealthy young woman, rich, cultured, capable, and with good character. She’s also at a low point in her career. With just a little help from you, she’ll definitely reciprocate with gratitude."

"And then?"

"Then, well, her gender is female, and her preference is women."

Liu Zheng coughed as he spoke.

"What’s the use of her being grateful to me? I need to carry on the family line!"

The old man was almost amused to laugh by him.

"Well, Metropolis should have the technology for artificial insemination, right? I can pay for it."

"You’re quite generous, kid. Should I thank you for that?"

The old man said with a hollow look in his eyes.

"No need, no need. You’ve helped me so much, what’s this little bit of money?"

He gestured dismissively.

"Now I regret helping you; I should have let you die happily in the music."

The old man huffed heavily.

"If you think that solution isn’t good, let’s disregard what I just said. If you find yourself in trouble again, you can still turn to me."

Liu Zheng hastened to say.

"Hmph, sly young fellow. Take a look at your own tentacles."

The old man instructed.

He looked at his own tentacles which now had many facial patterns on them.

"I’ve used the Overturning Hammer to fix the murderous aura and resentment in your body inside your tentacles. This way, your path of murder won’t be skewed for now, and you’ll have a new method against enemies. If you later wish to further cultivate the path of murder, you can find me to scatter them once more."

The old man explained.

"What if I continue to kill people?"

Liu Zheng inquired.

"There’s no way around it. I don’t have a method to automatically direct the murderous aura you accumulate later into your tentacles. Either you should kill less from now on, or you should start formally cultivating the path of murder."

The old man shook his head.

"Please teach me."

"You’re quick to seize an opportunity, but I’m afraid I can’t teach you. My method of the path of murder can only be cultivated by the cricket clan."

The old man revealed a proud smile.

"Ah, never mind then, I’ll ask someone else."

Niu Ma seems to also know the path of murder, but it’s uncertain if it’s orthodox or not.

"By the way, what would happen if I lost these four tentacles?"

Liu Zheng suddenly remembered a very important question.

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