"Banner, you have to recommend the store where you bought your pants to me," Yuma said to Banner, who was transforming back, teasing him. "So many times, the elasticity and quality of your pants are really good!"
"Did you kill Abomination?" Banner ignored Yuma's teasing and shook Yuma while confirming.
"Yeah," Yuma's head buzzed from Banner shaking him. "He should be dead, unless he has the ability to possess a body again or something like soul transfer."
"That's awesome. You're amazing, Yuma," Banner hugged Yuma tightly after hearing Yuma's confirmation, and patted him hard on the back. "In your Chinese words, it's 'awesome'!"
"I don't have to worry about him coming after me or hurting Betty anymore!"
"Yuma, thank you!"
"Alright, alright," Yuma pushed Banner away, disgusted. "You're all sweaty. I seriously doubt you're deliberately rubbing your sweat on me."
Banner stepped back and gave Yuma an awkward but polite smile.
After Yuma recovered a bit, the two of them got up and went to find Tony and Rush. Fortunately, Tony's Mark 1 didn't have much energy left, so the two of them didn't fly very far.
Soon, they found the dismantled Mark 1. There were also two smaller Abomination corpses nearby.
Yuma confirmed that there were no more smaller Abominations chasing them. They should have been arranged nearby beforehand, just in case they couldn't beat us and we ran away.
"Split up and search!" Yuma said to Banner after seeing the smaller Abomination corpses. Then he randomly chose a direction and moved forward.
The wind and sand in the desert were too strong. The footprints they had left before had long been covered by new sand. There was no trace to be found.
The two of them should have landed here and encountered the smaller Abominations that were chasing them. With Rush's abilities, he could handle a maximum of three. If he was with Tony, he could only run away.
I don't know how many are chasing them now. I hope they can escape.
Soon, Yuma found footprints that hadn't been completely covered up. They should have been left recently.
Besides their footprints, there were some scattered footprints nearby. The distance between the footprints was large, and it was obvious that they belonged to the smaller Abominations.
Yuma quickly ran towards the direction of the footprints. Judging from the footprints, there should be four or five smaller Abominations.
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"Rush, are you alright?" Tony asked Rush, stabbing the last smaller Abomination in the chest with the dagger in his hand.
"I'm not dead," Rush said, gasping for breath. His clothes were hanging on him like rags, revealing the crisscrossing wounds on his body, which were bleeding. "I'm going to ask for a reduction in my work time after the boss comes."
Rush swallowed and huffed. "He said he wanted me to work for him for three years to pay off my debt. This time, I saved you. That should count for a year, right?"
"How much do you owe him? I'll pay it off for you when we get back." Tony knelt on the sand, looking at the smaller Abomination corpses scattered around him and said to Rush.
"Cash it out," Rush tilted his head and looked at Tony. "It's not about money between me and the boss."
"Okay!" Tony relaxed his body and lay down on the sand.
After they flew away, they encountered two smaller Abominations as soon as they landed. Fortunately, Rush caught them off guard and killed them.
Just after rescuing Tony, who was stuck in the sand, six more smaller Abominations chased after them.
Rush couldn't handle so many smaller Abominations, and there was Tony, a drag, beside him. Rush didn't even think. He decisively carried Tony and ran.
Unfortunately, there was only desert around. Rush couldn't run fast with Tony on his back. Soon, they were caught up by the smaller Abominations.
With no choice, Rush could only put down Tony and turn around to fight the smaller Abominations desperately. Otherwise, neither of them would be able to escape.
Unexpectedly, facing this desperate situation, Rush suddenly burst out. He fought six against one and barely managed to hold his own. In the end, he successfully killed five and seriously injured one at the cost of being injured all over.
The last one was finished off by Tony. The other side's skin was too thick. Tony had to use all his strength to kill it.
"Do you have anything to eat? I'm a little hungry." Rush turned and asked after lying down for a while. He had been running for a long time, and he had experienced a life-or-death battle. He had lost so much blood.
Rush's hands and feet were shaking. He was weak and hungry.
"I'm hungry too," Tony replied. He hadn't eaten properly since he was kidnapped in the cave. "When we get back, I'll treat you to burgers. Eat as much as you want!"
Rush stared straight at Tony, making Tony uncomfortable before he gritted his teeth and said, "You're really cheap!"
"Yeah, you're too cheap, Tony," Yuma's voice came from afar. "You're only treating people to burgers after they saved your life."
Yuma walked over and looked at the smaller Abomination corpses on the ground and the heavily injured Rush. "Rush, I'll reduce your work time!"
Yuma knew how intense the battle had been from the corpses on the ground and the wounds on Rush's body.
No one expected that they would leave a few smaller Abominations behind to prevent Tony from escaping. If it hadn't been for Rush, Tony would have really been done for.
After simply bandaging him, Yuma took Rush, who was beaming, and Tony, the miser, to find Banner.
After they met up with Banner, Tony went back to the cave, collected Ethan's body, and buried it in the nearby desert.
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After everything was over, Yuma directly opened the Garganta to his shop.
This was Tony's first time seeing Yuma's Garganta. He was very curious.
Tony had been preoccupied with Ethan in the cave and hadn't paid attention to how Yuma and the others appeared.
Now, looking at the Garganta, Tony's thirst for knowledge and curiosity were bubbling up, and he couldn't suppress them.
"What's the principle behind this thing?" Tony asked, touching the spatial boundary of the Garganta. "How did you stabilize the spatial passage so it doesn't collapse?"
"You mean this thing? It's simple," Yuma explained to Tony, looking like it was obvious. "I don't know!"
How the hell would I know what the principle is? For me, it's just a skill.
Should I understand the operating principle every time I release a skill?
That's crazy!
Besides, is this the time to be concerned about this?
You're too carefree!
Yuma rolled his eyes at Tony and then stepped directly into the Garganta. Banner carried Rush and shrugged at Tony, then followed.
Tony was embarrassed after being snubbed. He scratched his nose and then coughed twice. He walked into the Garganta nonchalantly.
"Rest here for a while and change your clothes," Yuma said to Tony when they got back to the shop. "I'll tell Pepper to send someone to pick you up."
"Also, help Rush with his wounds," Yuma said to Banner. "Then give them both 50 burgers!"
After saying that, Yuma went directly back to his room. The system had already sent a mission completion prompt. Yuma couldn't wait to go back and see what new items were in the system's exchange store!
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