Chapter 13 Resolute Determination

Inside the Jinguang Mercenary Corps base, Ying Ning was already receiving treatment in a healing pod.

Ye Cang watched her in the healing pod without a word. Self-blame and sadness surged in his heart.

A gentle breeze caressed the cherry-pink ripples, pushing the flowering season forward, a summons from heart to heart.

Despite only meeting once, Ying Ning dared to risk her life to protect Ye Cang. This kind of life-or-death bond was so different from the cold and ungrateful world now.

Some people spend their entire lives seeking affection and fail to find it. Some people love and cannot be loved, like fallen mulberry and elm seeds.

As for Ye Cang... he had Xi Er's thoughtfulness in handling matters, independent and gentle.

He had the loyal friendship of Luke, bold and unrestrained.

And he had Ying Ning's devotion, the stubbornness of protecting him even unto death.

Ye Cang's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Late at night, Ye Cang placed a folded pink paper crane on the table opposite Ying Ning. The paper crane was silent, yet it seemed to hold countless wishes for Ying Ning. Beneath the pink paper wings was a heart full of expectation.

"Ying Ning, you risked your life for me. Whether as a friend or a partner, I don't want you to risk yourself for me. Whether Long Gui is an A-rank or an S-rank warrior."

"This time! I, Ye Cang, will never tolerate it, nor will I be cowardly or retreat. You became like this because of me. If... if I just remain silent like a coward, swallowing my anger, then... am I still a man?"

"I'm afraid... even I would despise myself. No matter what, I must find Long Gui for you!"

Ye Cang secretly went to the quantum teleportation room, set the destination to the Nebula, and went alone to the Beast King Nebula, which was only accessible to A-rank or higher warriors.

At this time, Long Gui was resting in his own territory.

The dark night around the territory huddled close to the earth, the dilapidated buildings were silent in the darkness, and the gloomy black sky swallowed even the stars with ominous clouds overhead.

Ye Cang didn't care about any of that and shouted loudly, "Long Gui! Get out here! Long Gui! Listen up! You get your ass out here right now!"

Suddenly! Ye Cang's intuition told him.

There seemed to be someone standing behind him.

Ye Cang hurriedly turned around to see what was going on, but just as he turned around, he heard a gust of tight, piercing wind in his ears...

Bang!

Long Gui twisted his waist and hips, cocked his right fist at an oblique angle, and unleashed a super-wide haymaker, smashing Ye Cang's cheek.

Ye Cang hadn't even had time to see who was in front of him when he was sent flying counterclockwise.

Bam!

Ye Cang crashed into a wall, smashing a hole through it. He lay on his back, eyes rolling back in his head, stuck in the hole he had broken through, looking like a salted fish waiting to be slaughtered.

Long Gui thought to himself after knocking out Ye Cang with one punch, "What's with all the shouting... it's the middle of the night, damn it. Don't the neighbors have to work tomorrow? No manners at all. Ah ha... going back to sleep, I'm so sleepy."

The morning sun scattered across the still-sleeping earth.

Ye Cang hurriedly opened his eyes and sat up. Looking around, he realized he was in his room in the hyperspace fortress. Ye Cang left his room and headed straight for the Data Intelligence Division.

He pushed open the door, and Xi Er was scanning and analyzing some data.

When Xi Er saw Ye Cang, her eyes were filled with deep affection.

"Ah, Ye Cang, you're awake. How do you feel? Do you feel any discomfort?"

Ye Cang smiled slightly, "I'm fine, Xi Er. But... how is Ying Ning?"

Xi Er replied, "Ying Ning has woken up, but she still needs more than ten days of treatment before she can fully recover."

Then, Xi Er huffed, seeming to be complaining about Ye Cang, "You... in the middle of the night, why did you sneak off to the Beast King Nebula? Do you know that with your current strength, any random phantom beast could defeat you?"

Ye Cang suddenly remembered what happened last night. Then, he laughed awkwardly, "Ah ha ha ha... yeah, yeah, it was too dangerous. Looks like I need to work even harder to cultivate."

Just then, Feng Lei's call came through on the communicator on Ye Cang's wrist.

After clicking to receive the signal, Feng Lei's holographic projection appeared. "Ha ha ha ha, Ye Cang. You're really brave. You're so brave it's ridiculous!"

Ye Cang looked puzzled, "Feng Lei, what are you talking about? How am I brave? What happened?"

Feng Lei laughed while clutching his stomach, and played the video of Ye Cang being knocked out by Long Gui with one punch late last night.

"Hahaha, Ye Cang, you're really brave! You even dared to challenge the S-rank Long Gui all by yourself, hahaha."

Ye Cang was as embarrassed as could be.

Seeing Ye Cang's embarrassment, Xi Er hurriedly turned around to pretend to be working, not hearing or seeing anything, in order to save face for Ye Cang.

Although Ye Cang was a little embarrassed, he regained his usual calmness after a few minutes. He walked up to Xi Er, "Xi Er, can you let me participate in all the future battles? I want to become stronger, I must defeat Long Gui and avenge Ying Ning!"

At that moment, Xi Er's eyes and her heart were saying, the whole world can belong to Ye Cang... but Ye Cang belongs to me.

Xi Er hid her love in her eyes.

"Okay, Ye Cang, no problem."

Suddenly, the door was pushed open in a hurry, and it was Director Chen Li who walked in. "Xi Er, immediately collect and analyze how many phantom beasts are in the MMI7110 Nebula, and what their ranks are."

After a brief analysis, the data showed that six phantom beasts had appeared in the MMI7110 Nebula. Two B+ rank warriors, and four B rank warriors.

Without hesitation, the original 24 General-level warriors were sent to carry out this mission.

But Ye Cang and Luke insisted that they wanted to challenge the B+ level phantom beasts one-on-one.

Helplessly, the number of combatants had to be changed to 20. Ye Cang and Luke would each fight a B+ rank, national-level disaster phantom beast.

Ye Cang and Luke arrived at the MMI7110 Nebula, and they smiled at each other without saying a word.

This was the bond between men.

This kind of affection that doesn't need too many words is probably only a way of expressing oneself that can be mutually compatible with true partners and true friends...

Before long, Ye Cang encountered the opponent he had been dreaming of, a B+ rank phantom beast, a humanoid phantom beast. A pair of sleepy dead fish eyes were particularly noticeable, and it was over 1.7 meters tall with an ordinary build.

Without saying much, Ye Cang unfolded his body and instantly flashed.

Whoosh!

Ye Cang used a super-high-altitude flying sweep kick, a very smooth pendulum-style semi-circular reverse flash of 180 degrees, raising his hips and kicking out a super-wide swing.

Bang!

The humanoid phantom beast was like a bullet fired by Ye Cang, instantly sending the phantom beast flying more than ten meters away.

Ye Cang took advantage of the situation and pursued, instantly flashing into the air again.

Bang!

Ye Cang's oblique back-heel scythe kick perfectly hit the humanoid phantom beast a few inches below the abdomen, on its little brother.

Instantly, Ye Cang turned around, his right arm hooked in a shape to gather strength, and his body leaned forward and downward.

Bang!

Another charged nut-cracker fist slammed into the humanoid phantom beast's little brother.

With a crisp cracking sound like an egg breaking, Ye Cang thought to himself, "Heh! Got it!"

Immediately, Ye Cang slid back and flashed, creating distance from the phantom beast to check the results of the battle.

After a few minutes, the humanoid phantom beast was still lying on its back, motionless.

Ye Cang stood in place and thought to himself, "Is this guy dead? How come... my two nut-cracker blasts, why didn't this phantom beast make a sound?"

Ye Cang moved towards the phantom beast in small steps, carefully guarding himself.

Suddenly! The humanoid phantom beast, like a spring, instantly bounced up to its feet.

Ye Cang was caught off guard by the sudden attack and quickly stopped moving, staring intently at what the phantom beast would do next.

Tension, tension, phantom beasts fight endlessly across the universe, one rider races ahead, wanting to break the soul.

The humanoid phantom beast strode forward suddenly, and before Ye Cang could even parry, the phantom beast slapped Ye Cang in the face.

Ye Cang suddenly shuddered, and just as he was about to fall backward, the phantom beast spewed a mouthful of extremely viscous salt water in Ye Cang's face.

Ye Cang hurriedly wiped it off with his arms, and the phantom beast took the opportunity to thrust a heavy punch, unhurried and unhurried, into Ye Cang's abdomen.

Ugh!

Ye Cang's stomach instantly churned, and he vomited his stomach acid out.

Before Ye Cang could regain his senses, the humanoid phantom beast added another attack, spewing out aged liquor that it had regurgitated from its throat.

The viscous liquor had completely covered Ye Cang's body above the chest.

Just as Ye Cang was about to wave his hand to counterattack, he suddenly realized that his hands seemed to be stuck together by the viscous substance.

Ye Cang, who was extremely quick to react, knew that he still had his legs to use.

Whoosh! A flying high kick slammed into the phantom beast.

Bang!

The phantom beast's dull dead fish eyes still looked unhurried and unhurried.

Just as Ye Cang was about to hit, the phantom beast spewed out the viscous liquid again, enveloping Ye Cang's right foot.

Following the momentum of being lifted off the ground, and the phantom beast's impact of inertia.

Ye Cang was stuck to the wall by the viscous liquid.

At this time, Ye Cang could only use his left foot, and he struggled desperately, trying to get rid of the sticky liquid.

But no matter how much he struggled, it was all in vain.

The phantom beast looked at Ye Cang, revealing a blissful smile, "You Dongyue people... I'm so, so hungry, I'm coming... I'm going to eat you..."