I Contracted Myself-Chapter 102 – Floating Cannon Gem

Zhang Ping suddenly opened his eyes as a massive mutated wild bull leaped from afar, approaching Zhang Ping and the others like a cannonball.

Boom!

Suddenly, a light cannon descended from the sky, instantly piercing through the body of the mutated wild bull.

Everyone who was about to make a move was momentarily stunned, then they all looked at Zhang Ping.

Everyone knew each other's abilities well, but only Zhang Ping, as an Infinite Grade Awakener, could occasionally use abilities they didn't know about.

"So, how powerful was that shot?" Zhang Ping asked with a smile.

From a distance, Zhang Shouzhong looked at the fallen mutated wild bull and replied, "I couldn't withstand that shot. There aren't many high-level Awakeners who could withstand it."

"Not just high-level Awakeners; even top-level Awakeners, if they don't avoid a direct hit, very few could survive, except for someone like me," Feng Laixian said.

Zhang Ping was surprised, "Even top-level Awakeners can't withstand it?"

"That was a Thunder Bull. In terms of pure physical defense, I'm not as strong as it," Feng Laixian explained.

Of course, his strength wasn't in physical defense but in his terrifying regenerative abilities.

Zhang Ping noted Feng Laixian's evaluation in his mind.

Now, besides the Nether Mist, he had another powerful attack move.

However, each Floating Cannon Gem could only attack once. Unless he could quickly produce a large number of Floating Cannon Gems, it would be difficult to form a significant combat force with them.

The Floating Cannon Gem could only serve as a backup measure, similar to a bomb gem.

Next, Zhang Ping and the others continued searching for morning glory as they walked. Originally, morning glory wasn't hard to find, but after the Sunbird's rampage, almost all the surrounding plants were destroyed. Compared to the century-old trees that stood firm even after being burned, plants like morning glory were more easily destroyed by fire.

While Zhang Ping was crafting the King's Gem, he observed the surroundings. Suddenly, his ears twitched slightly as he overheard a conversation.

He looked into the distance, gradually revealing a cold smile.

Situ Shibai was right.

There was an Investigation Team ambushing them outside the training grounds!

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The Investigation Team wasn't responsible for the safety of Mingzhu City.

Their task was to gather information on Mutated Beasts and wildlings, especially to discover unknown Mutated Beasts. They needed to investigate the abilities and level limits of these beasts.

Because the Investigation Team operated outdoors year-round, each team had significant autonomy, especially the captain, who even had the authority to recruit and dismiss team members.

This meant that if the captain was loyal to Mingzhu City, the team members were often loyal as well. But if the captain had ulterior motives, the team could easily become corrupt.

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Of course, the captain couldn't act recklessly without consequences.

If their behavior was too suspicious, they would be secretly investigated by the Sweep Team. Once concrete evidence was obtained, the captain would be dismissed by the City Lord and could even face imprisonment, or in the worst case, be killed on sight.

After all, the Investigation Team was crucial to the safety of Mingzhu City, and the responsibility was immense.

The Investigation Team consisted of twenty-two squads, named after the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

The ten Heavenly Stems were responsible for the outermost investigations, while the twelve Earthly Branches handled the areas surrounding Mingzhu City.

The Zhu Family had never given up on infiltrating the Investigation Team and the Patrol Guard. However, the Patrol Guard had Lin Kedi suppressing everything, so past infiltration attempts had failed.

The Investigation Team was different. Through various overt and covert operations, they finally managed to infiltrate the team.

In the Heavenly Stems, the 'Gui Team' had Ma Bin, who was actually Zhu Yanbing from the Zhu Family.

Zhu Yanbing had been lurking in the Investigation Team for ten years before successfully rising to the position of captain of the Gui Team. It took him another five years to replace the entire team with members of the Zhu Family.

On the only road leading to the training grounds, Zhu Yanbing and his team had been lying in ambush for a day and a night.

"Captain, it's been almost two days. Who exactly are we ambushing?" a junior member of the Zhu Family couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Yanbing, half-lying in a pile of grass with a stalk of foxtail in his mouth, replied, "A guy named Zhang Ping. He's said to be an Infinite Grade ability user!"

"Infinite Grade ability user?" The others were surprised.

Mingzhu City hadn't seen an Infinite Grade ability user in over two hundred years, and the last one was Situ Shibai, who nearly drove the Zhu Family to extinction.

"Yes, Infinite Grade!"

"Zhang Ping is just an Intermediate Awakener. The elders didn't pay much attention to him at first until he and Feng Laixian escaped from the Tianchang Fox Moon Prince. That's when the elders realized something was off."

"After further investigation, they indeed discovered something different."

"This person's recorded ability is called the Greed Gem, which was rated as a Useless Grade ability. Yet, he killed Huang Wu and others using a mist, and his body could turn into water and blood. He also had a quick escape move."

Zhu Yanbing removed the foxtail from his mouth and tossed it aside, looking at the distant firelight as he spoke slowly.

"Counting the Greed Gem, doesn't he have five abilities?" a team member exclaimed.

Zhu Yanbing chuckled, "Perhaps this is just the tip of the iceberg of what he's shown. As an Infinite Grade Awakener, who knows what abilities he's hiding? So, it's fine if Zhang Ping doesn't show up. But if he does appear outside the training grounds, don't underestimate him and lose your lives in vain."

"Captain, don't scare us. An Intermediate Awakener, even if he's an Infinite Grade ability user, can't possibly kill a top-level Awakener in seconds, right? Our real opponent this time should be Feng Laixian," a burly man laughed.

The other team members chuckled at his words.

This burly man was named Zhu Three Feet, one of the three top-level Awakeners in the Gui Team, with the ability called 'Spear of Light.'

He could continuously create spears made of light, which had immense destructive power when thrown. Moreover, his close combat skills weren't weak, making it difficult for enemies to withstand his attacks when combined with the Spear of Light.

Additionally, his armor, wrist bracelet, and necklace were all special equipment.

The armor granted him formidable defense, the bracelet had a trait that ensured his thrown attacks hit their target, and the necklace significantly enhanced his mental strength recovery speed.

With these three pieces of equipment, his strength was not inferior to Feng Laixian.

Infiltrating the Investigation Team was of great significance to the Zhu Family, so they spared no expense. They not only arranged for three top-level Awakeners to join but also equipped each with more than three pieces of special equipment.

This was the confidence they had to ambush Zhang Ping and the others.