Chapter 112: The Descending Slash From the Sky!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In Cheng County under the night sky.
Duan Mei felt her chest heaving up and down like a bellows.
There was a faint hint of bloodiness in her breath.
From noon to midnight.
Duan Mei, Bai Tianyu, and the others had been fighting with this Flesh Mountain.
It was not appropriate to say that it was a fight—because when Bai Tianyu activated Blood Boiling and confronted the Flesh Mountain head-on, his arms were shattered by a slap from Flesh Mountain, and the fight evolved into a desperate escape.
His escape was not smooth either.
The Flesh Mountain was indeed not agile, but its large size allowed it to have a decent speed advantage, making it difficult for Duan Mei and the others to distance themselves.
With a single stride, that pair of long legs covered a distance of more than 20 meters. One could imagine the speed at which it chased after them.
Fortunately, the six-legged wolf bears that had long been noticed had been guarding against the Flesh Mountain changing its target, so they did not attack Duan Mei’s group.
Unfortunately, this chase had been going on until now.
Duan Mei felt hungry, thirsty, and severely exhausted!
There was a limit to a human’s stamina.
The strength of an Awakened’s superpower was also limited.
Duan Mei’s wind-element superpower was indeed good at a.s.sisting in escape, but using her superpower for a long time had long depleted her Awakened power. At this point, it all came down to sheer willpower!
On the other hand, zombies had no willpower, but it could be said that the willpower of zombies was limitless.
Lock down the target, their only objective was to either kill or be killed; there was no option for half-heartedness.
Therefore, this chase had never been fair in the first place!
At some point, when Duan Mei once again dodged the descending slap from the Flesh Mountain, she fell into despair.
Turning her head to look at the Flesh Mountain in front of her, Duan Mei let out a deep sigh and gave up all resistance.
Alright.
I’ve lived in this post-apocalyptic world until now, and I have no regrets.
1 just hope that Lolita is safe now…
At the end of her life, Duan Mei could not help but think of the little girl she had met at the beginning of the apocalypse. She could only say a heartfelt blessing, “I hope you can find your mother.”
After offering this prayer, Duan Mei prepared to close her eyes and face the final judgment from the Flesh Mountain.
From the corner of her eyes, she suddenly saw a cold light descending from the sky and landing on the head of the Flesh Mountain.
In another building in Cheng County.
With both hands suffering from severe bone fractures, Bai Tianyu sat with several team members in a corner of the room, looking disheveled and exhausted.
At the moment when Duan Mei encountered the Flesh Mountain again, a loud noise attracted everyone to the window to look outside.
They saw Duan Mei, who was dodging left and right, moving much slower than when she was at her peak.
They saw the Flesh Mountain relentlessly pursuing her, its eyes flashing with malice, and its mouth oozing with disgusting slime.
For a moment, everyone was silent.
Bai Tianyu turned around, ready to go and support Duan Mei, but was stopped by his team members.
“Captain, don’t act impulsively!”
“Brother, don’t go! Please don’t go!”
“Colonel Bai, there’s no other way, really no other way…”
It was not that the team members were unwilling to save Duan Mei; they were just genuinely powerless.
This only made Bai Tianyu grit his teeth even harder, feeling heavy guilt in his heart, unable to extricate himself.
Until a team member suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the sky!
“Colonel Bai! Rescue has arrived!!”
Bai Tianyu was instantly dazed.
He strode to the window and looked out. He immediately saw a helicopter with Lu Ming standing at the cabin entrance.
The heaviness in his heart instantly disappeared.
This was because Bai Tianyu knew that as long as Lu Ming appeared here, all problems would cease to be problems!
On the other hand, the other Awakened from Dragon Mountain did not know the current situation.
But the relaxed atmosphere still infected him.
He muttered to himself, “The Gatling Gun will definitely be able to kill this monster!”
Beside him, the members of the official Black Mist Exploration Team clicked their tongues in unison.
Bai Tianyu quickly said, “The Gatling Gun definitely can’t do it. It can penetrate the skin of the Flesh Mountain, but not its muscles and bones.”
The power of firearms was reliable, but this reliability was limited to Level 4. creatures!
Conventional firearms could not deal with Level 5 creatures.
The Awakened from Dragon Mountain was stunned for a moment but then realized, “Specialized sniper rifles and specialized bullets?”
“That won’t work either…. The Flesh Mountain is too large. Can you expect a bullet to deal with such a thing?”
The Awakened from Dragon Mountain felt that his common sense had been challenged. He scratched his face in embarra.s.sment as he thought of another possibility.
“Missiles? Oh, I understand. That helicopter is used to locate missiles!”
Bai Tianyu burst out laughing.
“Missiles don’t work that way. Besides, using missiles… Well, that’s a big killing weapon that will only be used at critical moments. After all, if we use missiles to destroy the Flesh Mountain, none of us here in Cheng County will be able to escape.”
Missiles could indeed achieve high precision.
But to destroy a monster like the Flesh Mountain, missiles had very stringent requirements for their power.
It would easily affect Bai Tianyu and the others, not to mention Duan Mei, who was still fighting with the Flesh Mountain.
Moreover, although the Flesh Mountain was huge, it was not an inanimate object like a power plant or a bridge. No matter how accurate the missile was, it would be difficult to accurately hit an active target.
After hearing Bai Tianyu’s words, the Awakened of Longshan was completely confused.
After some thought, he could not help but ask, “Then what do you mean by ■Rescue’?”
Bai Tianyu’s lips curled into a smile.
He spoke slowly as he saw Lu Ming descending from the sky and charging towards the Flesh Mountain.
“Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons exclusive to us humans!!”
Holding the battle saber, Lu Ming continued his free-fall.
The turbulent wind brushed past his ears and clothes, but Lu Ming’s gaze remained fixated on the Flesh Mountain’s bald head, which was as large as a small island.
Where should I strike?
The target was too big, and Lu Ming could not find a spot to deliver a lethal blow. After a brief thought, he could only decide to chop off the bald head of the Flesh Mountain.
However, there was something not quite right about the length of the sword…
If it were the forty-meter-long large sword from before, cutting down the Flesh Mountain with one strike would be feasible. But now, with the two-meter-long sword, Lu Ming doubted whether it could penetrate the creature’s muscles and strike its bones.
It probably won’t work..
But if I could…
Suddenly, a thought emerged in his mind, making Lu Ming instantly serious.
“Maybe I really can.”
Once the thought arose, it took root and sprouted like a seedling.
He slowly raised the battle sword until it was at level with his shoulders.
Staring at the approaching Flesh Mountain, Lu Ming took a deep breath and roared loudly!
“Slash!!”
He swung his sword with all his might.
The next moment, a series of sonic booms erupted in succession!
Clearly visible were the concentric shockwaves that emanated from the edge of Lu Ming’s sword, crashing against the top of the Flesh Mountain’s head like tumultuous waves!
The intense buzzing sound echoed throughout Cheng County.
In the silence that followed, the Flesh Mountain let out a ferocious and miserable howl.
The sudden drastic change prompted Duan Mei to quickly get up from the ground, squeezing out the last bit of her supernatural power to retreat to a safe distance.
Looking back at the Flesh Mountain, she saw its entire face had slid off its head, revealing the shattered facial bones and the still wriggling brain tissue.
There was another loud “boom.”
A powerful figure landed smoothly beside Duan Mei.
Duan Mei was on the left, and Lu Ming on the right.
The two turned to look at each other, Lu Ming forcing a hesitant smile, while Duan Mei looked utterly baffled..