The enraged Ice Elental Penguin King had gone rampage in its own territory. It even forgot where it was and destroyed everything in its path just to chase after Leng Jun, who is the source of his rage. Leng Jun, who was smaller and could fly, moved faster compared to the Giant Penguin King.
The magnificent ice castle from before was kicked away, as were the slides and pools, which seem like a mini-ice amusent park, which were partially destroyed. As for the little elentals, most of them were eaten by the power of gluttony Leng Jun had released. In such a short ti, the whole place was in ruin. Most of it was destroyed by that penguin, though.
Now in the south territory, there's a huge penguin going rampage, a big black dragon slithering under the ice pool, and a hybrid fire elental flying around. Leng Jun was rciless, and since this Elental King was the first one to attack him, he also fought back. He controlled all the fire elents in his body and added a few attributes of gluttony to them.
This is his first attempt to mix fire elents with the power of gluttony. The red fire in his hands slowly changed color, and a tint of purple and black was added to make the fire glow with a shade of magenta. Leng Jun was covered in cold sweat, and it shows how hard it is to control such a weird-colored fire.
He nonchalantly threw this small, strange-colored fireball towards the big target, the Penguin King, who looked at him with disdain.
[What can such a small fireball do to this king!?]
The arrogant Ice Elental Penguin King showed a contemptuous look at such a small fla flying towards him. He chose to ignore it and proudly stood before Leng Jun, showing disdain and mirth at the depths of its eyes. With a smirk on its face, he let the small fla hit its chest without any intention of blocking.
Despite the arrogance of the Elental King, Leng Jun watched with a pair of expressionless eyes, ignoring the contempt that fell on him.
Everyone watched as the small, colored fire fell on the chest of the Ice Elental Penguin King. Unlike the expectations of the Ice Elental Penguin King, who thought that the fire would be ineffective for him, the fire that landed on its chest felt like it was alive. A small hole instantly increased in size as the burn spread.
At first, the feeling was only a small ant biting his skin, but the mont it spread and the hole got larger, the feeling of being gnawed by endless burning ants spread from his chest.
At a certain point of pain, the Ice Elental Penguin King finally scread. It sounds agonizing and pitiful.
[AHHH! It hurts! It's painful, and it's hot! It's unbearably itchy! What the hell have you done to !?]
The gigantic emperor penguin started flailing its hands while wanting to run around. It fails to stand on the ice properly, slipping and falling on its back. It even fell on the ice pool and almost sat on the hiding black dragon under the pool. The icy water extinguished the fla, yet the hole in his chest had gotten so big that it exposed half of his heart inside.
The Ice Elental King didn't expect this kind of injury at all and was finally terrified of that small fla that landed on its heart. Seating inside the ice pool slightly eased the pain, yet the wounds were terrible to look at. Upon seeing the hole in its chest, the forr arrogant penguin started crying, which left Leng Jun dumbfounded.
[Hole… on my… chest. Sobs~ Wuaa~ I'm going to die~]
The Ice Elental Penguin King, who was seemingly arrogant before, beca a crybaby. His cries resound throughout the whole southern territory, making those who are hiding within the glaciers co out. The Penguin King also shrinks and returns to its original form as a normal penguin. There is still that hole in his chest, though, even after shrinking.
Leng Jun had no choice but to look at the crying little penguin.
[Father! I'm in pain. Wuwu~]
Upon hearing an Ice Elental King crying for its father, Leng Jun's face is indescribable, but his guard had risen. The father of an elental king could an a more powerful being than the one in front of him. All of a sudden, the glaciers trembled, and the sound of machines could be heard.
A certain manhole-like door appeared on the glaciers, and when it opened, a middle-aged man ca out of it, looking worried as he saw the situation of the Ice Elental Penguin King. It was a human male who wore a zookeeper uniform.
The human zookeeper checked on the little elental king. He wasn't surprised to see the hole, which is a lot smaller than before, as the elental qi in the area had been sucked in by this elental king to heal itself. Under their eyes, the hole has completely closed up, yet the little elental penguin king is still crying.
The Ice Elental Penguin King complained. [Wuwu~, I'm ugly now. There's a hole in my chest. Sobs~ father, it hurts~]
"Think again? Does it still hurt?" The human zookeeper who was called father of the penguin asked.
The Ice Elental Penguin King still wanted to say it hurt, but when he tried to feel it, there was no more pain.
[Ah re?]
He looked down and saw no hole in his chest. It was smoother than before, and not even a scar was left.
[No more pain? Father, I'm healed! Hehe~]
Leng Jun was dumbfounded. He knew that the wounds of the Elentals could indeed heal fast, but it wasn't as defying as the healing ability of this Penguin King. He himself would have never believed it if not for seeing the wound on this silly penguin close up in just a few minutes.
The human zookeeper finally sighed in relief and patted the little penguin king. "Thank God that you are alright!"
This middle-aged man is a zookeeper near this area, and he is the one who looked after this penguin before it transford into an Elental King. Because of the attachnt of the little penguin to him and to the other humans who took care of it, it doesn't hate humans as much as the other elentals. The feeling he inherited from nature wasn't hate for humans, but caring for them instead.
But most elents born on this planet all abhor humans. Even though this little penguin is different, those other elentals not born on it would always hunt for humans. To protect them, this Penguin King made a few huge glaciers and let the humans hide inside. The interior was hollowed out, and there is even a machine that controls the temperature inside.
This allowed humans to hide from other elents while under the protection of the Ice Elental Penguin King.
All the humans that were under the protection of the Penguin King ca out and surrounded it. They wanted to hide their little penguin king from Leng Jun, who looks like an elental yet a human at the sa ti. As expected, when the zookeeper looked at Leng Jun in the sky, his face turned serious and unfriendly.
They had witnessed Leng Jun attacking their territory first, and the little penguin king had to fight back to protect the territory.
At first, they thought that the other regions' elents were attacking them again, especially when they saw that huge black snake that ca from the sky and started eating the elents in the south region from the monitor connected to the satellite above their place. But when they saw Leng Jun's appearance, apparently one of the people from their place recognized him and identified him.
Though they are unsure if Leng Jun is thoroughly human or not, at least they have verified that he used to be a human. So, when the little penguin king was injured, they decided to co out.
The human zookeeper spoke, "It's nice eting Sir Leng Jun of the Special Force. Would you please co down from the sky?"
Leng Jun thought for a mont and decided to co down. Before he descended, he called back the power of glutton to his body and descended from the sky. His wing didn't directly disappear but folded on its back. He looked at the uncle who spoke just now.
He said, "If you know my na, it ans you have soone from the military. Call him out for ."
The zookeeper's uncle agreed to his words and asked one of his comrades to bring the man who recognized him. It was one of his forr subordinates when he was still with the force.
"Captain! How co you beca so young again!? Also, this appearance... what happened to you?" The forr special forces agent asked with excitent in his eyes. Obviously delighted to see his leader still alive in the apocalypse like him.
Leng Jun said, "So things happened. It's not sothing bad."
Suddenly, an adorable little boy's words were heard: [You bad man. You've rged with my kind and inherited his powers. Now you are no longer a human but a hybrid elental with a king's bloodline like . You ca here for my energy core, as Grandpa Fox told in my dream!]
As soon as these words were spoken by the little penguin, the humans in its vicinity turned vigilant towards Leng Jun, yet the latter didn't care much and focused his gaze on the little elental king.
"To the Fox King, he told you just that. Did he say sothing else?" Leng Jun asked.
"Stay where you are! Don't approach!"
He didn't dare to approach, as he could see that the humans surrounding the penguin were all here to protect him. Even his forr subordinate had intentionally blocked the closest route for him to reach the little elental king.
Regardless of whether he is a human or a hybrid elental, his existence is considered a danger to the Ice Elental Penguin King, who seems to be not only silly but also young.
The little penguin king tilted his head to one side, but because his neck was quite thick, it didn't bend as expected, and his whole body tilted to one side as he thought of sothing. Everyone was waiting for him to speak.
[I rember! Grandpa Fox said you would not be interested in my energy core, so I should bring you to that place!]
Your next journey awaits at empire
Leng Jun asked, "Which place?"
[That place gave the power to beco an elental. But that place is extrely dangerous; aside from , all will turn into ice, no matter if they are human or elental,] as the Penguin King said.
The zookeeper and the other humans frowned. They already knew which place the little penguin was talking about when he ntioned where he was transford into an elental. Like he said, that place is a danger zone that even elentals never venture inside.
But maybe because that's the place he was transford, the Ice Elental Penguin King wasn't affected by the chill of that location and could enter and exit such a dangerous place without any worries.
Leng Jun, of course, noticed the sudden changes in the expressions of everyone around him. It seems that they also knew what kind of dangerous place the little penguin king was talking about.
"Does sothing matter?" Leng Jun asked his forr subordinate.
The soldier responded, "Captain, are you really going there? You shouldn't go. Everyone who went to that place never ca out alive!"
[Didn't I co out of that place alive?] The confused little penguin king said:.
The zookeeper's uncle pats his penguin son. He is the one who took care of this little emperor penguin when it was transferred to the zoo, where he worked when he was only a child. This little one had been quite sickly when it was young, and he had to accompany it almost every day just to make sure it would survive.
This is also the reason why the little penguin called him father after being able to speak.
"My little king is different. You are an amazing one to co in and out of that place," the zookeeper's uncle said.
[Yes, this king is amazing!]
Leng Jun said, "I'm sorry, but can you bring there? If that place is indeed as special as you said, I will not co for him anymore." He pointed to the little penguin king as he ntioned 'him'.
The zookeeper's uncle said, "I don't know what you are trying to do, but as long as you promise not to harm him anymore, I will tell you the location."
"I promise. If I truly wanted to take him away, you would not be able to do anything. Only he can fight against . Like he said, I am no longer a human but a half-elental. As for why I am gathering the energy core of the Elental Kings, it's for personal reasons. That's why I can't tell you," Leng Jun said.
The zookeeper uncle nodded his head and gave him the forr address of the zoo they used to work in. It seems that sothing special had landed on that place.
Unexpectedly, the little Ice Elental Penguin King said, [I can show you the way!]
The others didn't agree to the little penguin king's words, but he can hardly change his mind. They knew that this little one treated that place as his personal secret place, so it was not surprising that he would show the way to this little hybrid who just ca to their place.
The zookeeper's uncle said, "Then I shall accompany you. I won't go in, but I will go with this little one."
"I don't mind. Shall we go?" said Leng Jun.
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