Chapter 178 - Li Ling's Heart Has Been Warmed

"Keep your cheesy lines to yourself," Li Ling responded without even looking at Zhihao. 

Zhihao snickered as he questioned back, "If I keep them to myself, what's the use of making them?" 

"..." 

"Rather than hiding it all away till I die, I'd want to express my undying love more," Zhihao added. 

Li Ling sighed as he decided to simply ignore it. He didn't let it show on his face, but he was certainly happy and his heart couldn't help but feel warm as he heard Zhihao being so bold. 

Leyah squinted as she opened her mouth to say something but shut it again as she decided against it. 

In her mind, the question was really bugging her, but she dare not voice it out at such a critical moment.. 

Since when were Captain Liv and Captain Burn together like that?! 

The last she checked, they were supposed to be nothing more than good friends who worked well together. 

They had such a relationship hidden behind their innocent facade of friends and comrades?! 

It was certainly shocking to know this. 

Wang GuiYing couldn't help but sneer as he reminded everyone that it was really not the time and place to flirt, "With all your love confessions, you'll get us killed." 

"..." 

"Why not save it for the bedroom?" Wang GuiYing sounded salty, however, everyone could confidently say that there was no jealousy or any such feeling behind his words. In fact, he wasn't even mocking or teasing them. He was genuinely telling them to save the flirting for the bedroom! 

Zhihao chuckled as he heard this, "I have a lot more stored up for then." 

Wang GuiYing had a concerned expression on his face as he suddenly saw Zhihao in a new light and he wasn't the only one who was thoroughly shocked by such a comment. 

Li Ling couldn't help but blink as he replayed it in his mind and questioned if he had heard it right. 

He wasn't daydreaming... Right?! 

Zhihao only chuckled and acted as if he was completely innocent as he spoke up, "Let's go and kick their ass!" 

Wang GuiYing was still a bit shocked so when he opened his mouth to say the words 'yes', instead of saying what he wanted, the words "So bold..." rolled out of his tongue.

Li Ling shook his head as he responded, "You go attack their ass. Don't come after mine." 

It took a whole minute of Zhihao replaying that comment in his mind but even after that minute was over, he was still unable to understand what Li Ling meant to say. 

Wang GuiYing's face right now looked nothing lesser than a meme as he kept staring at the two crazy players who would find time to flirt even in the middle of a bloody battle. 

Li Ling wasted no time in running ahead towards the second wave of ribix army. 

After helplessly and fruitlessly trying to decipher what Li Ling had meant, Zhihao finally decided to shake his head and let it go as he equipped another weapon and headed after Li Ling. 

He immediately activated his shoes and with a speed faster than Li Ling's pace, he overtook the man and was the first to meet the second wave of ribix army head-on. 

The ribix eagerly greeted him with their jaws hanging open and their canines on display. Their sharp claws waiting to dig into Zhihao's skin. 

They seemed to be filled with energy and hatred as they sprang at him ruthless without any sense of hesitation. 

Zhihao was also the same. 

He kicked one in the face, shot another's head, and crushed the one that tried to attack him from the side. If a Ribix got too close, he used the same trick that he had previously been using which was basically activating the moon goddess spellbook. 

Li Ling was also not far behind him and hence all the ribix that had managed to slip through Zhihao's attacks were attacked by Li Ling who looked to be even more merciless than the creatures who were supposed to be merciless. 

He smashed their heads onto the ground and completely destroyed them. Any ribix that had been attacked by Li Ling would have no chance of survival. 

Wang GuiYing and Zhou Xinyi also followed soon after and joined the war against the second wave. 

Leyah couldn't help but look down at her leg that had been bitten by a ribix previously. She had somehow managed to hold on till now, but if she were to fight again, she wasn't sure if she would be able to live through it. 

Laura seemed to have seen her hesitation and it made the girl sneer, "What now? You afraid or something?" 

"..." Leyah gritted her teeth in annoyance but said nothing to that. 

Laura was unsatisfied with this lack of response and hence she decided to poke further, "If you go out there like that, you'll only end up being a snack for them." 

Leyah's eyes narrowed on Laura as she asked, "What about you? You're not even good enough to be treated as food. You'll just be trampled on the ground." 

Laura looked to be offended as she immediately cried out, "You dare!" 

Leyah scoffed as she asked, "Am I wrong? By now, I expected you to learn your own value. How come you're so dense not to understand where your place is?"

Laura took a sharp breath in as she rudely pointed at Leyah, "You! Better take that back before I make you choke on your own words!" 

Leyah smirked as she tilted her head and asked, "How do you plan on doing that? You can't make me choke for sh*t." 

"..." 

"Spouting nonsense is all you can do," Leyah sneered as she turned to join the fight. 

Laura gritted her teeth and loudly stomped her feet on the ground as she exclaimed, "I'll make you regret being born!" 

"The only thing I regret in life is getting to know trash like you," Leyah attacked her with her words one last time before deciding to really ignore the girl and help the two captains out. 

So what if she was a bit injured? It wasn't like she was dying! 

Actually, even if she was dying, she would rather want to help win the war with her death. 

Being a suicide cell needed to win the war didn't sound too bad for her. 

Laura was obviously agitated and steered up by Leyah's words and she displaced all that anger and annoyance on the ribix. 

This seemed to be Leyah's goal in angering the girl. When Leyah heard the sound of Laura ruthlessly fighting while also unknowingly putting her own life in danger, she couldn't help but smirk in satisfaction as if this had been already predicted by her. 

Laura was smart but she was also a person obsessed with being first. She loved authority and she considered herself better than others. With this kind of thinking, it was only natural that she wouldn't let anyone slander her name. She would go crazy and forget about everything just to prove that person wrong. 

She was a simple person who was easy to predict. 

As long as you knew her weakness, controlling her was not hard. 

At this exact moment, suddenly a Ribix that looked like a metallic bull attacked Wang GuiYing who was already busy fighting against another Ribix. 

The pointy sharp horns on the head of the ribix were positioned facing front. The bull picked its feet up and confidently charged right up to blow Wang GuiYing away, however, the only thing the bull was able to blow away was dust. 

Zhou Xinyi was fighting and silently guarding Wang GuiYing at the same time, hence if there was a ribix that planned on attacking this man, that ribix might as well just change its plans and attack someone else. 

Wang GuiYing smiled proudly as he saw Zhou Xinyi crushing those horns on the bull ribix's head. 

"Thank you!" He beamed.

Zhou Xinyi lightly nodded his head as he heard this. 

Another half an hour passed and after fighting for so long, Zhihao couldn't help but feel extremely tired. 

He felt as if his arm was about to fall off. As if his legs would give out on him at any moment now and his head had already started to ache at the loud roaring and growling of the ribix. 

If he were to listen to them for a minute or two, it would have been fine but to hear the same annoying sound for more than half an hour was something that could make anyone's head hurt. 

Li Ling seemed to have noticed Zhihao's tired expression and hence he spoke up, "Captain Burn, go take a break if you're tired. Don't push yourself." 

Zhihao didn't say anything and simply shook his head stubbornly. 

Li Ling frowned a little as he saw this response, "A-Zhi, I'm not kidding. The tiredness you feel isn't just a part of the game. It's real so go and take a break. I'll handle things here." 

Zhihao smiled thinly as he heard this, "I thought you were mad at me...?" 

"..."