Chapter 276 I have everything I have today, all thanks to my own efforts
The night is deep.

Li Zhongren and the businessman hid not far from the detonating talisman. They did not go far, but just waited quietly.

After a while, four figures caught up.

From a distance, you can still hear their conversation.

The general content is about complaining about the merchant, why he didn’t stay where he was and let them kill him, and who helped the merchant escape and knew how to take a detour in the jungle, but unfortunately he met them and everything was useless.

Of course, Li Zhongren actually knew that they spoke very loudly and it seemed like they were communicating with each other, but they were actually talking to them.

then
Li Zhongren raised the tiger seal with one hand, and the detonating talisman buried under the ground actually came out and stuck to the legs of the four people.

This is exactly Hanzo’s specialty ninjutsu, Fire Style: Explosive Flame Array.

A very useful and practical ninjutsu before the power system in the Naruto world collapsed.

The power can be great or small.

For example, at this moment, these four people were blown to the ground in the explosion, their legs, flesh, and bones were all over the ground, but they did not die, because the power of the detonating talisman was only to cause disability.

Of course, this ninjutsu was not performed by Li Zhongren. Although he shared the power of others, because of the strange system fragment, everything, even the knowledge itself, was swallowed up and became the nourishment of the system.

This Fire Style: Exploding Flame Array was created by Hokage Lee’s wife, Uzumaki Kushina, and it is a fool-proof operation.

“one two three four”

When the dust settled, Li Zhongren walked up to the four people, looked at the four people rolling on the ground, and spoke lightly.

“Too much.”

“Pfft!”

“Pfft!”

As he finished speaking, two kunai flew out, and with his strong physique, the kunai directly pierced the throats of the two men.

“Okay, there are two left, just right.”

As he spoke, he grabbed one of the men by the collar and walked away. After a moment, he returned to where he started.

“That man has already told me everything he knows. Now tell me again. It’s the same question. Who hired you? If you two give different answers, you will both die.”

“Huhu.”

The mercenary lying on the ground stared at Li Zhongren, a teenager who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. He swallowed his saliva, and finally collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon.

“It’s Mrs. Lawrence!!”

“She hired us to kill Mr. Lawrence!”

“Now you believe it.”

Li Zhongren easily dealt with the mercenary and looked at Lawrence who was not far away with a lost look on his face.

“Believed.”

Lawrence sighed, nodded, and sat on the ground as if he had no bones.

Mission: The carriage owner’s doubts.

Task progress: Completed.

Mission reward: 10 experience points.
Li Zhongren knew that his level had been raised again and he had gained another valuable skill point.

Of course, he could continue to trigger serial tasks, but seeing the appearance of the man named Lawrence at the moment, he did not go over to disturb him, but let him be quiet first. After all, no one would be in a good mood if he knew that his wife wanted to find someone to kill him.

Moreover, he now has things he wants to do, such as harvesting spoils.

Four people, all dead. These four people were professional mercenaries, of course, the lowest level, that is, they had some abilities beyond ordinary people, but not many. However, Li Zhongren found a secret book on one of them.

Of course, this is how the Chinese people say it.

In fact, this is a book of breathing techniques.

Similar to Qigong, but more like fighting spirit.

However, this is the most common version, and basically only the lowest-level mercenaries will learn this breathing technique.

The reason is also very simple.

After looking through the notes inside, Li Zhongren knew that this thing was more like a way to squeeze out one’s own potential. Frequent use would shorten one’s lifespan.

However, considering that the average life expectancy of mercenaries would not exceed 40 years, there was no such thing as shortening one’s lifespan.

Violent Breathing Technique: Not yet mastered.

Sitting not far from Lawrence, Li Zhongren took a quick look at the book, and then this line of words appeared on the panel, with a plus sign behind it.

“Ha, interesting.”

Seeing this thing, Li Zhongren couldn’t help but feel some interest. In his previous life, he often read novels that added points, especially the sentence, “Everything I have today is due to my own efforts. Shenlan, give me some points!”

It made his blood boil when he was a teenager.

Unexpectedly, I would be able to experience it myself today.

“add!”

It stands to reason that precious skill points cannot be added to these rubbish skills, but as mentioned before, Li Zhongren has people from other worlds to back him up. As long as he is not too dissolute, he probably won’t have any survival pressure, so it is normal for him to have some fun.

“Om~~”

With one skill point added to the violent breathing technique.

Li Zhongren felt that his whole body was boiling. At the same time, all the insights related to this breathing technique kept emerging in his mind.

Indeed, this is a low-level breathing technique that gains strength by squeezing out the body’s potential.

Apart from this, there is nothing else. Rather than calling it a breathing technique, Li Zhongren felt that it was more like a shaman’s bloodthirsty technique.

However, the problem is that Li Zhongren’s current body is not ordinary. Although his strength has been reintegrated by the system, his physical fitness has been retained. With this body’s physical fitness, the power obtained by squeezing its potential is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

“Eh? You can add more?”

“Raging Breathing Technique: Mastered (Can be improved)…”

“Hey, let’s do it again.”

While thinking, Li Zhongren clicked again and added another skill point.

In an instant, his body changed again, and more insights appeared in his mind, as if a wise man was not very satisfied with the violent breathing technique after practicing it, so he improved it directly.

Blood Rage: Mastered (Perfect).

Skill Description: 1. After use, it will burn your own blood and energy to increase attack power, attack speed, accuracy, and all attribute resistance.

2. Moreover, after the enemy is hit, the Qi and blood will absorb the enemy’s vitality to replenish itself.

3. Reduces one’s own defense against physical and energy attacks, but the more serious the injury, the greater the increase in attack power and the absorption of enemy vitality.

“What a fool??”

Seeing this ability, Li Zhongren couldn’t help but rub his eyes.

“Isn’t this a double blade…”

“Sure enough, the dual swords are not colorless.”

“Interesting, interesting, haha.”

“So, Mr. Lawrence, what are your plans?”

After upgrading the violent breathing technique directly to blood frenzy, Li Zhongren’s combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. Naturally, with a sharp weapon in mind, he is naturally eager to kill, and now that he has a new skill, he will definitely want to use it.

So he asked Lawrence.

“I want revenge, I want to kill that bitch! I was so good to her, but she actually…”

As he spoke, Lawrence burst into tears. The reason was very simple.

The mercenary said more. Lawrence’s woman hooked up with an adulterer because Lawrence was often not at home and was lonely. Many people knew about this, except Lawrence himself. He was a joke now. To be honest, he no longer had the courage to return to the main city. He wanted to escape from here and start a new life somewhere else.

But before that, he had to do two things.

First, get your money back.

Second, revenge, kill that woman.

Serial quest: Lawrence’s revenge.

Mission Description: Lawrence wants to kill his wife.

“Will you kill her yourself, then? Or will you have someone else do it for you?”

“personally.”

“OK, I can send you back to the main city. After you have dealt with everything, I will take you out of the main city. During this time, I can guarantee that no one will find out about this.”

“it is good!!”

Under the night sky, Li Zhongren’s body was filled with scarlet blood and energy, and he looked like a demon returning from hell.

On his shoulders was Lawrence, who was almost rolling his eyes due to the bumping.

Yes, Li Zhongren activated the blood frenzy.

In an instant, powerful force filled his body. Just as mentioned before, his strong physical fitness made the ability of Blood Rage reach a higher level.

Even with Lawrence on his back, he rushed towards the main city like the wind.

At this moment, it was barely midnight.

As mentioned earlier, the world has begun the industrial revolution, or the steam revolution.

So, the countryside and other things haven’t changed much, but the main city is no longer completely dark at night.

Street lights, steam, and airships in the sky are intertwined.

Even the city gates were not blocked, because the heavy chariots on both sides of the gate were enough to withstand all attacks.

“Whoosh~~”

However, all this was useless to Li Zhongren. He ran vertically up the wall with the speed of his two feet alone, and then suddenly jumped over the wall and landed in the dark inside the city.
“call”

Li Zhongren let out a breath slowly.

At this moment, he had arrived at Lawrence’s home, a villa with its own entrance and courtyard.

The villa was pitch black, but a little light could be seen faintly.

Lawrence bowed to Li Zhongren and then quietly returned to his home.
This consumption is really not low.

In the darkness, Li Zhongren waited silently, while sensing his physical condition.

The journey was at least dozens of miles, and he was carrying a person, but despite such a strain, he only felt a little tired. After shutting down the Blood Frenzy, he felt his body recovered in a short while. He knew that this was due to the bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan’s sacred tree.

In this way, my current position is completely that of a berserker.

“Haha, that’s pretty cool, killing people randomly”

“Squeak~~”

Ten minutes later.

Lawrence opened the door, and in the moonlight, Li Zhongren could clearly see that his face and body were covered in blood.

It was obvious that he had killed the woman and her lover.

Li Zhongren’s sense of smell told him that there was another man in the room, as well as a smell that everyone would understand.

“Thank you, Mr. Li.”

Lawrence sighed tiredly.

“let’s go.”

“Aren’t you going to clean up?”

“Already packed.”

“New clothes and my most valuable things are all in this bag. I plan to leave and start a new life.”

“Which direction? I can get you out of the city.”

“The East.”

Lawrence thought for a moment and said.

“The scenery over there is nice, with large wheat fields. I’m thinking about becoming a farmer.”

“OK~”

After taking Lawrence out of the main city, Li Zhongren ran wildly again under the cover of night. This time, he did not stop until almost dawn because they arrived at another city called Pasro.

Translated, it means golden wheat waves.

The city is located on the bank of a winding river, which makes the surrounding land fertile, so it has become a city that relies mainly on planting.

Of course, with that, comes the neat revolution.

Things have changed here too.

For example, human labor was gradually replaced by steam machinery.

As a result, due to the efforts of capitalists, many people lost their land and had to go to the city to work.

The capitalists have mechanized production on large tracts of land, making the crops there more abundant. Unfortunately, this abundance has little to do with ordinary people.

Mission: Lawrence’s Revenge.

Task status: Completed.

Mission reward: 20 experience points.

“Well, Mr. Lawrence, let’s say goodbye now.”

Li Zhongren took over a purse, which contained a hundred gold coins!

This is one-quarter of Lawrence’s wealth.

Originally, he was going to give two hundred gold coins.

However, Li Zhongren refused. Even thieves have their code of conduct.

In fact, 100 gold coins is too much for his contribution, but considering that I am a chosen traverser after all, it is not too much to accept 100 gold coins from him.

“Mr. Li, if I want to hire you again in the future, how can I contact you?”

Lawrence leaned against the young man in front of him and asked sincerely.

Mercenary is the most common profession on this continent, but precisely because it is common, there are good and bad people in this profession. For example, the man in front of me, if he wanted to, he could easily kill me and take away all my money.

But not only did he not give it to him, he even charged him one hundred gold coins less.

As a businessman, how could such a person not establish good relationships?
“Ah, this one.”

Li Zhongren scratched his hair.

Mercenaries in this world usually gather in taverns, Nightingale Inns and other places, waiting for work, or they have their own agents to find work for them. As for themselves, they have neither of these two things.

“Well! It all depends on fate. However, I should stay in this city for a while to recuperate.”

“That’s good.”

(End of this chapter)