The fire ability user in the team lit a torch.
The originally dark room immediately brightened. The iron shelves were piled high with various cardboard boxes.
“Isn’t this the batch of supplies?” Qi Hua said.
Last time, they had been surrounded by a group of zombies outside and had not discovered this small room at all. They had hurriedly retreated.
“It really came without any effort at all,” Cheng Yi said as he looked at the supplies in front of him.
“So what if we get the supplies? There’s a giant Licker outside. We should think about how to get out first,” Yu Chen said, his words pouring cold water over everyone.
Before the others could react, the team’s space ability user, Ah Bin, had already stored the supplies in his space.
“Isn’t that simple…”
Before Cheng Yi had even finished speaking, he opened the heavy iron door. Ah Bin and he quickly hid to the side.
Outside, the Licker noticed that its prey had appeared within its line of sight. It let out a series of sharp screeches.
“Cheng Yi… you despicable villain!” Qi Hua cursed loudly.
“In the apocalypse, if you don’t look out for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy you! I’ll be leaving first…” Seeing the situation, Cheng Yi prepared to leave with Ah Bin.
“Bang!”
Ji Yanting fired a shot toward them.
“If you dare to leave, the next bullet might land on you.”
“Hmph. Do you think this will stop me?”
Cheng Yi swung out several wind blades toward them. Yan Jin was afraid the blades might strike Ji Yanting, so she immediately crushed a defensive talisman, wrapping him inside it.
The wind blades rebounded with a loud bang and shot toward the Licker.
Cheng Yi’s Level Two wind blades caused considerable damage to it. Several wounds split open across its body, leaving it a bloody mess.
“Boom!”
It became enraged.
The Licker’s body, more than two meters tall, crawled forward on the ground. Its arms transformed into claws, leaving ten deep gouges in the floor. Its hideous face dragged along a nearly two meter long tongue covered in dense barbs.
Its thick arms slammed heavily toward Cheng Yi, forcing him to defend himself.
Seeing that the Licker had focused its attacks on Cheng Yi, the others seized the chance and ran out of the small room.
“Bang!”
Unexpectedly, the Licker’s power was immense. The thick wall was pierced by its two meter long tongue, and its arms smashed straight through the wall.
Crash!
Debris scattered everywhere, nearly hitting the ability user who was trying to escape.
“Trying to run? No chance!” Cheng Yi’s wind blades slashed toward them from every direction.
Yan Jin immediately crushed a Heavenly Thunder Talisman, weaving the lightning into a massive net that enveloped Cheng Yi’s wind blades.
“Boom!”
It exploded instantly.
The surrounding wall shattered into fragments that flew toward the Licker.
Seeing this, Yu Chen immediately released dozens of fireballs into the flying debris. The large stones were swept up by the flames, making their impact even more powerful.
The already injured Licker was struck by the stones, which embedded deeply into its body. It howled in pain.
A strong smell of burned, rotting flesh spread through the air, making everyone nauseous.
Seizing the opportunity, Cheng Yi quickly escaped from the warehouse with Ah Bin.
Lightning wrapped around Yan Jin’s arms. There were also wounds on her arms from the flying stones. The faint scent of blood made the Licker even more frenzied.
“Trying to run?”
Lightning flashed with sparks of fire, rumbling through the air. Cheng Yi saw that the doorway had been blocked by streaks of heavenly lightning. He could neither enter nor leave.
Hearing the thunder, the Licker suddenly swung its long tongue, wrapping it around a nearby iron rack and hurling it toward Cheng Yi. At the same time, its body was struck by the heavenly lightning. The powerful current made it roar continuously.
Cheng Yi failed to dodge in time and was struck hard by the iron rack. He spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Hmph, you brought this upon yourself,” Yu Chen said coldly.
Half of the Licker’s body spasmed on the ground. Soon after, it staggered back to its feet. Its pale eyes locked onto them, sending chills down their spines.
Large drops of black blood dripped onto the ground, staining the warehouse floor red.
It continued to growl, and the foul smell in the air became even stronger, forcing people to step back.
Ji Yanting somehow found a barrel of gasoline and poured it over the Licker. Seeing this, Yu Chen quickly threw out dozens of fireballs, igniting a raging blaze.
The Licker’s entire body was engulfed in flames. It could only let out continuous roars as its long tongue whipped against the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Yan Jin knew that this amount of fire could not kill the Licker. In the original story, even the male protagonist had to fight fiercely when he encountered it.
Once the gasoline burned out, the flames on the Licker’s body would extinguish. An evolved Licker possessed extraordinary defenses. This fire could only cause intense burning pain but could not inflict fatal wounds.
Her eyes sharpened. While the Licker was in a frenzy, and while the Heavenly Thunder Talisman still had time remaining, she summoned dozens of bolts of heavenly lightning and struck them directly at the Licker.
Bang bang bang!
With a massive explosion, Yan Jin collapsed onto the ground.
The timing had been perfect.
When everyone saw that the danger had passed, their expressions toward Yan Jin changed completely. They had originally thought she was just a weak woman. More than once they had even complained about why Cheng Yi insisted on bringing her along.
They had not expected that in the end, she would be the one to kill the evolved Licker.
Ji Yanting took out a dagger, cut open the Licker’s skull, and removed a glittering crystal core. It was somewhat larger than ordinary crystal cores. Under the firelight, it shone with a clear, luminous glow. After wiping it clean, he handed it to Yan Jin. No one raised any objections.
The commotion here had been too great. Other zombies would arrive soon, so they had to leave immediately.
They dragged the injured Cheng Yi and held onto Ah Bin, who was trying to escape, as they hurried toward the agreed meeting point.
By now it was already night. It was time for the zombies to come out and hunt.
They had just gone through a fierce battle, and the abilities in their bodies were almost depleted. If they did not return to the meeting point soon, they might not survive the long night.
The night wind swept across the land, carrying a chilling and sinister aura.
She looked again at that banyan tree.
Why did it seem closer than when they first arrived?
“Is something wrong?” Ji Yanting asked with concern when he noticed her reaction.
“That banyan tree… it seems closer than when we first came in,” Yan Jin said uneasily.
“Ah, don’t scare yourself. Could that tree have grown legs or something?” Qi Hua said from the side, trying to reassure her.
However, she clearly felt that something around them was wrong. The silence was terrifying.
There was also a faint but strong smell of blood in the air. As she looked at the silent buildings around them, the fear in her heart deepened. Everything felt extremely strange, yet she could not explain why.
“Do you feel it?” Yan Jin asked as she grabbed Ji Yanting’s heavy hand.
In the originally silent night, rustling sounds began to emerge, like small insects crawling across the ground.
Crack…
“What was that sound?” Everyone heard it. It sounded like someone stepping on the ground.
Yan Jin steadied herself and looked toward the source of the sound.
“Who’s there?”
Everyone tensed their nerves, not daring to relax even for a moment. They stared fixedly at the dark corner beside the warehouse, afraid that another Licker might suddenly appear.