458: Chapter 458 Battle Against the Alien Saint (Part 4)

The Alien Holy Son was extremely baffled.

He had clearly disguised it very well, so why had Lu Zheng still seen through it?

Enduring the intense pain racking his body, he stared fixedly at Lu Zheng.

“How did you see through it?!”

The Alien Holy Son voiced his confusion, while Lu Zheng looked at him as if looking at an idiot.

“Hmph, you were so obvious, how could I not see through it?”

“Knowing full well that your strength is no match for mine, yet still acting this way, doesn't that precisely prove there's something wrong with you?”

“After all, normal people would only think about how to escape, rather than launching attacks at me time and time again.”

Was it really that hard to see through?

Lu Zheng didn't think much of it; the guy kept trying to get close to him, which anyone with eyes could see.

“Damn it!”

The Alien Holy Son cursed inwardly. He knew he could no longer stay here. However, since Lu Zheng didn't dare to deal him a fatal blow, he would leave first. Once his strength recovered, he would come back to settle today's score.

*Bang!*

Just as he was preparing to leave, another airborne attack struck.

The Alien Holy Son was forced to block with all his might, but another wound was left on his body, and his steps to leave were forced to a halt.

“Did I say you could leave?!”

Lu Zheng said coldly. Although he wouldn't let him get close, it didn't mean he would let him leave. Even if it meant wearing him down slowly, he would wear him to death right here.

Using his hand like a blade, he unleashed another fierce attack.

Slashing towards him.

The Alien Holy Son struggled to resist once again.

“You can't kill me anyway, yet you still want to stop me from leaving? Do you really want to completely offend my Holy Spirit Sect?!”

The Alien Holy Son roared.

As long as he died at Lu Zheng's hands, his trump card would be activated to slay Lu Zheng. Since Lu Zheng had already seen through his trump card, he naturally wouldn't try to kill him.

“Who said I'm not going to kill you?!”

Hearing the Alien Holy Son's words, Lu Zheng felt a bit strange.

Why would the Alien Holy Son say that? Although he had been keeping him from getting close, he hadn't held back on his attacks at all; the bloody wounds on his body were proof of that.

Could this guy be a masochist?!

“You want to kill me?!”

“Aren't you afraid that a fatal blow to me will activate my trump card and kill you instead?!”

The Alien Holy Son questioned him directly.

But in the next second, Lu Zheng's reaction took him somewhat by surprise.

“What?!”

“Fatal blow, activating your trump card?!”

“Killing me in return?”

“Ha!”

Lu Zheng froze on the spot, momentarily unable to process this, and looked at the Alien Holy Son with a strange expression.

“You...”

“Did you not see through my purpose?!”

“What exactly did you see through just now?!”

Noticing Lu Zheng's strange reaction, a bad premonition suddenly arose in the Alien Holy Son's heart. Ignoring the fact that he was talking too much, he asked directly, an endless rage seemingly on the verge of erupting within him.

“Weren't you just trying to get close to me?!”

Realizing he had guessed wrong, Lu Zheng said somewhat helplessly.

“No!”

“Why would I ever want to get close to you?!”

“You...”

An overwhelming rage rushed to the Alien Holy Son's heart, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood. Lu Zheng hadn't seen through his goal at all, yet he had gone and revealed his true purpose himself.

“Then why haven't you killed me yet?!”

“Even if you didn't want me getting close to you...”

“With your strength, killing me in my current state shouldn't take very long at all!”

The Alien Holy Son's voice was raspy; he still couldn't quite bring himself to believe all of this.

“To torture you!”

Lu Zheng said. It seemed like quite a coincidence; he had unwittingly avoided a lethal counterattack.

“To torture me...”

“Just to torture me?!”

“Pfft...”

Hearing Lu Zheng's words, the Alien Holy Son stumbled backward as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, his expression turning somewhat crazed.

He spat out yet another mouthful of blood.

His entire aura instantly withered, but the psychological shock he suffered was far greater than his physical injuries.

“Oh, so your goal was to get me to kill you, thereby activating your trump card to kill me in return.”

Lu Zheng suddenly came to a realization.

“Pfft...”

Lu Zheng's words dealt yet another massive blow to the Alien Holy Son, causing him to spit out another mouthful of blood.

However, Lu Zheng would not show him any sympathy.

These alien races from the starry sky were their mortal enemies the moment they arrived on their planet. Having realized his true purpose, Lu Zheng was now on his guard.

As long as he didn't kill him with his own hands, there would be no problem.

In that case, this problem was very easy to solve.

For example, he could beat him down to his last breath and have an Evolved Beast finish him off, or simply wait for him to slowly die on his own.

None of these methods would affect Lu Zheng in the slightest.

Over the next few strikes, Lu Zheng beat the Alien Holy Son within an inch of his life, yet still spared him, like boiling a frog in warm water.

He wouldn't kill him right away.

After all, this was a hard-won captive. It wouldn't be too late to keep him alive for now and dispose of him after squeezing out all his value.

He then walked over to him and retrieved the time tower.

Then, using his techniques, he bound him, completely stripping him of any combat capability while ensuring he remained alive. Only after doing all this did Lu Zheng feel at ease.

“Fortunately, this guy's strength wasn't at its Peak, otherwise he really would have been difficult to deal with.”

Lu Zheng muttered. Meanwhile, the bound Alien Holy Son stared at Lu Zheng with crazed, furious eyes, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

“You will regret this.”

“I will come for you.”

“When that time comes, not only you, but everyone in Baiyun City will be buried with you!”

The Alien Holy Son's voice was as cold as a demon crawling out of Hell.

Lu Zheng suddenly realized something and hurriedly moved to stop him, but in the next second, he saw the Alien Holy Son slam his head straight toward the ground.

Since he was already bound and lying flat on the ground, this happened very suddenly.

The force was so great that it seemed he wanted to crush his own skull.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng also realized what he was trying to do.

He was trying to commit suicide!

Given his physical condition, if he slammed down like that, it would surely trigger his other injuries and kill him instantly.

*Crack...*

But before his head could hit the ground, a sound suddenly rang out from his body. The Alien Holy Son was instantly enveloped in a blue light barrier, escaping Lu Zheng's control at an extremely high speed.

In just the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight.

“To think he actually thought of using suicide to escape.”

Seeing this, Lu Zheng understood his intention. This was something he hadn't anticipated, otherwise he wouldn't have given him the chance to commit suicide at all.

But since he had escaped, he had escaped. Lu Zheng had no intention of giving chase; he needed to deal with Baiyun City first.

However, before he could even relax, a voice suddenly drifted over from the distance.

“I never expected that Fu En would be pushed to such an extent by you...”