The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 720 - 505 Sphinx: I should have known not to eat those dried fish

Chapter 720: Chapter 505 Sphinx: I should have known not to eat those dried fish

"Dragonfly Captain, here to pay homage!"

Liu Zheng emerged from the hatch and shouted loudly at the sky.

Then, nothing happened.

"Hahahahaha!"

Garcia let out an exaggerated laugh.

"I must say, you never cease to surprise me, sir. Unfortunately, no matter who you wish to summon, your voice cannot cross the barrier of divine power."

"So, perhaps you should consider my earlier suggestion."

"In light of the amusement you’ve provided, I’ll give you another half an hour to think it over."

He said after laughing enough.

"Oh? I think not."

Liu Zheng remained unperturbed and recited the spell.

"Androsphinx."

A phantom of the Sphinx with closed eyes suddenly appeared behind him, placing its paws on his shoulders and biting down on his scalp.

Meanwhile, the Sphinx lounging at the clinic’s doorway, playing with a ball of yarn, sensed something and suddenly looked up.

It then closed its eyes, and the eyes of the Sphinx phantom snapped open.

Gazing at the layered black circles, its eyes narrowed slightly.

Even though such unregistered divines could only summon a tenth of their divine power in the city, compared to a mythical creature like the Sphinx, they’re still worlds apart.

Even just breaking through this barrier would come at a tremendous cost.

"Never mind, I’ll figure something out myself."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth, but the voice resonated inside the Sphinx’s mind.

At this moment, his thoughts became one-way transparent to the Sphinx.

"Shut up, whether I can do it or not is not for you humans to decide."

The Sphinx bit harder into his scalp, its sharp teeth digging in.

"Take it easy, easy, that’s my scalp, not soles, are you snackin’ on monkey brains here?"

Liu Zheng complained.

"You’re so annoying, I told you to shut up."

The Sphinx said irritably.

"Sister, this is mind communication, how do I shut up?"

His mind was already quite active, and now facing a crisis, all sorts of chaotic thoughts swarmed up.

Of course, some of those thoughts treated the Sphinx as a last straw, but they were like wild grass.

Beneath the wild grass, a spark was ready to set everything ablaze.

"I shouldn’t have eaten your dried fish, cunning human."

The Sphinx said angrily.

"And the ball of yarn, too."

"You’re so good at keeping tabs."

The Sphinx’s sharp teeth sank a few notches deeper.

"My bad, my bad, I’ll keep doing it next time."

He thought chaotically.

"Why did I ever agree to befriend such a foolish human?"

The Sphinx wondered, doubting its existence.

But it finally let go of Liu Zheng’s scalp and roared at the sky.

"Dragonfly Captain, here to pay homage!"

Golden hieroglyphs flew from its mouth, colliding with the black circles.

The black circles momentarily distorted, only to resume their original form.

"Ugh!"

The Sphinx’s phantom twisted, and the physical Sphinx vomited out a string of ring-shaped maggots.

Although Liu Zheng couldn’t know what it thought, he could feel its pain and fear.

"Forget it, back off, I really have a plan."

He said in his mind.

"Shut up!"

The Sphinx’s frustrated roar echoed simultaneously in two places, startling Doctor Nile to rush out from the clinic.

"Sphinx, what’s going on?"

He cautiously asked.

"Bring me the Holy Book Stone Tablet."

The Sphinx said.

"Alright."

Doctor Nile didn’t ask further, hurried back into the clinic and retrieved a stone tablet etched with corresponding hieroglyphs.

This was a writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians and was one of the earliest forms of writing.

This type of writing was usually inscribed on temples and various commemorative buildings, and only a few priests were fluent, hence it was called sacred script or monumental script.

The Ancient Egyptians themselves referred to it as "the words of the divine."

The Sphinx opened its mouth and inhaled, pulling the holographic text from the stone tablet into its mouth, leaving the surface of the tablet smooth and unmarked.

"Dragonfly Captain, here to pay homage!"

The Sphinx took a deep breath and roared again.

Golden hieroglyphs, several times larger than before, shot from its mouth and again collided with the aerial restraint.

The black circles twisted repeatedly and recovered, but the recovery was slower and slower, finally showing a slight delay after the Sphinx’s third roar, which caused a momentary breach in the entire restraint.

"Ugh!"

The Sphinx vomited once more, this time regurgitating not only ring-shaped maggots but also fragments of its own innards.

"No human could ever repay this debt, not even with a whale!"

Its mouth expanded to the limit, swallowing the entire stone tablet whole.

"Dragonfly Captain, here to pay homage!"

The golden letters engraved on the stone tablet were expelled, directly shattering a black circle, and then both the letters and the Sphinx’s phantom vanished.

"トンボ隊長が謁見に来た!"

Accompanied by a familiar booming voice, Dragonfly Captain descended from the sky before Liu Zheng.

"Your abilities truly exceed my expectations, my champion deliveryman."

It glanced around, speaking with a smile.

"Your arrival is always so timely, the greatest arbiter of the Metropolis."

Liu Zheng complimented.

"Hahaha, calling me the greatest might be a bit over the top; I still need more honing."

Dragonfly Captain laughed.

"It’s only a matter of time. Did you level up?"

He noticed the two golden stripes on the other’s shoulder.