Zhou Xing is Blessed

His arms felt as if they were filled with lead, and his lungs burned like fire.

Gao Teng had almost reached his limit, yet the rats before him were still countless, as if they would never stop coming.

He swung his broken blade with great difficulty, casting a glance toward Zhang Meizhu at the same time.

If it really came down to it, he would have to steal some cultivation from Zhang Meizhu.

As long as he could steal some physical strength, he would be full of vigor once again and able to continue the fight.

"I'm sorry."

Gao Teng apologized in his heart; he had no other choice.

Right now, the two of them were suppressed to the point of being unable to move, and only by fighting, fighting, and fighting could they carve out a sliver of hope for survival.

However, just as he was about to unleash his divine power, a fierce aura suddenly erupted from Zhang Meizhu.

She charged headlong into the swarm of rats, carving out a bloody path, and locked her eyes onto an unremarkable rat.

This rat was small in size, looked completely ordinary, and had nothing special about it as it blended into the swarm.

But the moment she pierced it through with her blade, the swarm suddenly collapsed in a panic, scattering in all directions like headless flies, and vanished completely in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Gao Teng was first surprised, then quickly walked to Zhang Meizhu's side.

However, it was a pity.

He was one step too late; the Rat King had already breathed its last.

Still, he wasn't too disappointed; he had already gained a great many merit points tonight.

"How did you know it was the Rat King?"

Gao Teng asked curiously.

When he was surrounded by the swarm, he had also tried to find the Rat King.

But his eyes were filled with nothing but rats; he couldn't tell them apart, he really couldn't tell them apart at all.

Zhang Meizhu said, "Perhaps it's because my strength is greater, so the pressure the swarm exerted on me was stronger, which allowed me to hear the Rat King's sharper cries.

Actually, I discovered it a long time ago. The reason I only acted now was that I wanted to let it lower its guard.

After all, once it mixed into the swarm, it would be difficult to find it again."

Having said that, she patted Gao Teng on the shoulder, "Did you think you were a goner just now? Were you scared?"

Gao Teng shrugged. How could he possibly feel scared?

As long as he stole cultivation from Zhang Meizhu, he could keep fighting until the swarm was completely routed.

Just now, he had felt more guilt than anything else; Zhang Meizhu had worked so hard to achieve her current standing, and if he stole her cultivation, she would lose all chance of getting into a top-tier academy.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to see that happen.

Seeing him remain silent for so long, Zhang Meizhu comforted him, "It was so dangerous just now; it's only human to be scared, nothing to be ashamed of.

Also, don't feel like your pride is hurt just because I saved you."

Gao Teng smiled and said, "How could I feel like my pride is hurt?

It's only right that you turned the tide; otherwise, you'd be too useless for a Level 4 martial artist."

As he spoke, he patted Zhang Meizhu on the shoulder and praised, "You did well, showing the strength a Level 4 martial artist should have."

Zhang Meizhu wore a strange expression. She had saved Gao Teng's life—not only did he not thank her, but why was he acting so condescending while critiquing her?

"This guy..."

Zhang Meizhu shook her head helplessly. She really couldn't do anything about Gao Teng; he was just too unique.

Gao Teng scanned the corpses covering the ground and sighed, "It's fortunate that after we got off work, others continued to clean the sewers and hunted many mutated creatures.

If these rats had all been strong, we would have been finished."

Zhang Meizhu glanced at him and reminded, "Although these rats were mostly below Level 1 in strength, they were enough to kill us when gathered together.

If I hadn't found the Rat King, we would have been torn to shreds in at most another ten minutes.

Don't look down on them just because we routed the swarm; we were just lucky tonight."

Gao Teng nodded. Of course, he wouldn't be arrogant.

He wiped the blood from his face and asked, "What do we do now? Can we clock out under the pretense of being injured?"

Zhang Meizhu laughed in spite of herself, "Of course we're clocking out. Do you want to keep taking risks?

If we get surrounded by another swarm, I'll die in this place."

With that, she turned and walked toward the exit, signaling for Gao Teng to follow.

The path to the exit was calm, and the two did not encounter any more mutated creatures.

When they emerged from the sewer, Zhang Meizhu couldn't help but take a deep breath.

She had finally escaped that dark, sunless hellhole; the feeling of seeing the light of day again was truly wonderful!

"If it weren't for the lack of money, I really wouldn't want to come to a ghost place like this."

Zhang Meizhu looked back, her face filled with disgust.

Her clothes were soaked through with blood, sticking to her skin in a way that felt incredibly uncomfortable; she couldn't wait to get home and scrub them clean.

"Hurry home. I'll report tonight's events to the Public Security Bureau, and we should receive a bonus."

"Alright."

Gao Teng agreed, and the two walked together toward the Regent Hotel to retrieve their respective bicycles.

"Oh, right."

As he turned the key to unlock his bike, Gao Teng suddenly remembered something.

He asked with a puzzled expression, "Aren't you in the top five of the school rankings? Plus, you're a student in the Gold Medal Class; you should have pharmaceutical companies sponsoring you. Why do you still have to work so hard to earn money for medicine?"

Zhang Meizhu looked surprised. "We've known each other for so long, and you're only just now thinking to ask that?"

Gao Teng was very frank. "I forgot. I only ever focus on myself."

Zhang Meizhu curled her lip. "There are local pharmaceutical companies that want to sponsor me, but I refused. I only want to use medicine from the big manufacturers; after all, the efficacy is higher, the side effects are smaller, and it won't affect my future cultivation. There's no helping it—if I want to become a top-tier powerhouse one day, I have to work a little harder."

Gao Teng's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but take another look at Zhang Meizhu. He hadn't expected her to have such grand dreams and such strong ambition.

"Actually, you could accept the medicine from the local companies, sell it on the black market, and then use that money to buy medicine from the big manufacturers."

Zhang Meizhu couldn't help but laugh; she knew Gao Teng would come up with such a lousy idea.

"If the pharmaceutical companies found out I was double-crossing them, they'd definitely leave me crippled. I wouldn't dare mess around like that; my life is precious. Also, I advise you not to try and swindle the pharmaceutical companies either, they..."

As she spoke, Zhang Meizhu clamped her mouth shut.

Given Gao Teng's grades, he would never receive sponsorship from any pharmaceutical company. Her warning was completely redundant, and it was better not to say anything that might hurt his feelings.

She mounted her bicycle and waved at Gao Teng. "Enough talk. I feel disgusting and sticky all over. First I was sprayed by a monster, then drenched in rat blood—today has been miserable."

"Right, see you."

Gao Teng also hopped onto his bicycle and rode off in the opposite direction.

On the road, he summoned his attribute panel, looking at his [Merit Points] with impatient anticipation.

"7276."

Gao Teng let out a long breath. He had truly killed quite a few mutated monsters tonight, and combined with tomorrow's free ten-consecutive-steal, Zhou Xing was in for a treat!