Flower Core

"This is terrible!"

Zhang Xuezhou does not attribute the success or failure of everything to luck.

But in the present day, he has seen extremely obvious cases of conflicting fortunes.

Neither they nor Huang Daoxian got what they wanted.

The shockwave from the explosion flooded the guard center building. Zhang Xuezhou couldn't withstand the various flying debris from the blast, and he also couldn't take care of the others. He could only fly away with the blast wave.

It wasn't until he bumped into an iron gate in the darkness that Zhang Xuezhou grimaced and chose to lie down.

The clanging and banging sounds were incessant, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but cry out in pain, choosing to clutch his head tightly.

Metal objects, when impacting his body, struggled to pierce his skin, but Halt Warfare Formula stop the shards of glass and plastic fragments.

Just as he suffered from rocket attacks in Letaya City, Zhang Xuezhou's fate was not much different at this moment.

You gain experience from every experience. This time, the impact he suffered was several times greater than before, and the physical injuries he sustained were not exaggerated.

The sounds of cannons still echoed in his ears, along with the crashing waves, but few sharp objects could pierce Zhang Xuezhou's body.

He pulled out two pieces of debris and then ran wildly through the somewhat tilted guard center building.

"Zuo Jin, Zuo Jin? Ba'er Gu?"

Pushing open the iron-barred window of the prison cell on the Zuo Jin in the darkness, Zhang Xuezhou called out several times.

A faint purple light then appeared.

"Let me out!"

While trapped in the cage, Zuo Jin whispered to Zhang Xuezhou, the flower on his head swaying back and forth, emitting bursts of purple light.

Just like the purple sword orchids that everyone had encountered at the Eastern Mountain Imperial Mausoleum, Zuo Jin used the same method this time.

Zhang Xuezhou was able to withstand the radiance of the purple gladiolus back then, and now his spiritual growth has surpassed that of two years ago, so he is not afraid of Zuo Jin's abilities at all.

In Zhang Xuezhou's eyes, Zuo Jin's trump card was a ray of light.

Even in this dark environment, the light was enough for him to see everything about Zuo Jin.

"I order you to release me!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou remained unmoved, Zuo Jin muttered to himself, his tone becoming even more serious.

"Give me some lucky charms," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Um?"

"Lucky charms, you know what I mean," Zhang Xuezhou emphasized. "The God of Wealth has arrived, and we're all having a run of bad luck right now. We desperately need your help!"

"You can evade my abilities?"

Zuo Jin's eyes widened as a human face appeared from the large flower on his head, looking equally astonished.

Psychedelic abilities aren't top-tier, but there aren't many humans who can resist them.

Back when he was still a member of the Samsung Group, Zuo Jin could easily control Zuo Quan and had absolute control over the Fourth Sequence elders of the Zuo Household, and could even influence the Fifth Sequence.

This is their innate ability, and it also has a high targeting range.

After swallowing Zuo Luo's head, which rapidly reached the six-star level, Zuo Jin also began to evolve.

His evolution period wasn't long, but it wasn't short either.

During this process, he encountered setbacks from Zhang Xuezhou and others, but the evolution brought about by Zuo Jin's devouring did not stop.

He collapsed to the ground, allowing Zhang Xuezhou and the others to tie him up, and then he was watched like a monkey.

Zuo Jin believed that by concealing his strength, he would surely be able to break free from control, thus giving him a high probability of survival in the cooperation.

But after encountering Zhang Xuezhou, his confidence vanished.

"This is impossible," Zuo Jin whispered. "I've clearly become a six-star plant. My talent should be able to reliably control those in the Sixth Sequence, and even those in the Seventh Sequence shouldn't be able to escape my influence. You're so close to me, and you haven't even entered the Seventh Sequence yet. There's no way I couldn't control you!"

"Huang Daoxian is likely here. Give him the jewelry, hurry up," Zhang Xuezhou urged.

"This is impossible, it doesn't make sense," Zuo Quan muttered.

"Hello?"

Looking at Zuo Jin, who was suspicious and uncooperative, Zhang Xuezhou touched the cage and then pressed the switch that had been turned off.

Without electricity, the cage's ability to confine its inmates was obviously greatly reduced, leaving only the sturdiness of the alloy cage body.

This alloy cage is perfectly fine for imprisoning humans, but it is highly likely to be inadequate for imprisoning special plant-like life forms.

The explosion came suddenly, and Zhang Xuezhou felt that Zuo Jin hadn't reacted yet, still afraid of the electric shock from touching the alloy cage. If the other party tried it, he might discover a new world.

"To be frank, can you give me something?"

He called out, but Zuo Jin seemed to have lost his mind and ignored him. Then, considering his own abilities, he opened the food delivery hatch above the cage.

What are you doing?

When Zhang Xuezhou reached out and grabbed the flower Zuo Jin Jin's head to wake him up, he felt a jolt in his head, and Zuo Jin in shock as well.

As darkness descended, a dragon-like creature appeared in Zhang Xuezhou's eyes, and a sword-like orchid emitted a faint purple light from the shadows.

"It's over!"

Zhang Xuezhou was all too familiar with this kind of scene, after all, he had experienced battles of skill and strategy.

Zhang Xuezhou never expected that his simple act of grabbing Zuo Jin to bring him to his senses would lead to a contest of martial arts skills.

"This flower-shaped head actually signifies armed conflict, and can directly draw upon the energy within my body to trigger a contest of magical techniques?"

Zhang Xuezhou had always thought that the flower on Zuo Jin's head resembled another head; he had never imagined such a situation existed.

If no one kills Zuo Jin, he can only escape his current state by breaking Zuo Jin's physical constitution.

Always focused on wandering and concealment, Zhang Xuezhou found himself in a predicament where he had to confront the enemy head-on.

He shook his head, gripped his three-pawed four legs, and wagged his tail.

After a few seconds of getting used to it, he couldn't help but bar his teeth and claws and charge out.

"Hey!"

The body of the fish-dragon emerged from the darkness. Zhang Xuezhou grabbed the sword orchid leaf, which was half the height of the fish-dragon's body, with his two front claws. He felt as if his claws were holding a double-edged sword.

"Thank goodness I didn't bite it with my mouth!"

Zhang Xuezhou grimaced but didn't dare to bite down. He grabbed a sword orchid leaf and forcibly pulled it off, then bent down and pushed it out with his head.

In the dim purple light, the gladiolus, which was nearly half his height, was repeatedly struck like a target.

Compared to Zhang Xuezhou's more proactive approach, Gladiolus made no move whatsoever.

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't surprised. After all, when he first entered the realm of manipulation, he couldn't even feel his own body clearly. Transforming from a human body to a fish-dragon body required constant adaptation. Zuo Jin, perhaps having never participated in manipulation competitions before, appeared extremely clumsy and even lacking in reaction.

Having gained the upper hand, and knowing that skillful maneuvering would be difficult to break the deadlock, he was not about to yield an inch.

After a fierce tearing and beating, the gladiolus that emitted a purple glow withered at a visible speed. Its leaves no longer stood up like sharp swords, but instead fell down as if dehydrated.

"Break!"

After slashing at the center with one claw, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but shout loudly.

The darkness shatters, and the reality returns.

Zhang Xuezhou shouted "Break!" and Zuo Jin let out a scream.

"Don't want!"

He screamed shrilly, his flower-shaped face twisting wildly, and Zhang Xuezhou felt a handful of petals in his hand.

"You... you took my core!"

Zuo Jin let out a series of screams.

Zhang Xuezhou looked at his right palm and saw the petal-like shape fade away, revealing four tiny crystals, each about the size of a fingernail, in his hand.

These four crystal chips emitted a faint golden glow, and their shapes were similar to many of the crystal chips he had previously come into contact with, and they also resembled the lucky jewelry that Zuo Quan had once given him.