NIP Chapter 360 The Rogue-like Superpowered Individual 5
Chapter 360 The Rogue-like Superpowered Individual 5
The moment the doorknob turned, the rust scraping against the metal produced a jarring "squeak," which sounded particularly jarring on the deathly silent street.
A stench mixed with putridity and blood rushed in instantly, causing Liu Yunshu's nostrils to twitch.
After her five senses were enhanced by her superpower, she could even clearly distinguish the sweet, pungent smell of fresh, rotting flesh mixed in with the odor.
And the stench unique to zombies, similar to sewer sludge.
The scattered zombies on the street had their cloudy eyes fixed on the direction of the door, and were making hoarse roars.
They staggered and swayed as they gathered towards the house where the two were.
Liu Yunshu's eyes sharpened, and she didn't hesitate at all.
She raised her left hand slightly, and the water vapor in her palm rapidly gathered and solidified, transforming into a long and sharp water arrow.
With his right hand slightly spread, blue-purple arcs of electricity crackled and coiled around the water arrow like living vines.
Lightning and water intertwined, radiating a dangerous yet magnificent energy fluctuation.
The water rocket, accompanied by a violent arc of electricity, shot out of the bowstring with a sharp and piercing sound!
The arrow pierced precisely into the eye socket of the foremost zombie, penetrating its skull.
The power of lightning exploded instantly inside his skull.
With a loud "crackling" sound, the zombie's head split open like a ripe watermelon, splattering black and red filth all over the ground.
The remaining electric arcs surged wildly across its stiff body, causing its limbs to twitch violently before it finally collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"Beautiful!" Qin Zheng murmured in admiration beside her, his eyes flashing with appreciation.
He was not to be outdone; with his palm facing upwards, orange-red flames suddenly rose and quickly condensed into a blazing rocket.
"call out--"
The rocket roared out with a scorching shockwave, hitting another zombie precisely in the temple.
"boom!"
Flames exploded, and high-temperature blasts spread in all directions.
The zombie's head was instantly burned to a crisp, and black smoke mixed with a nauseating stench of burning flesh rose up.
Qin Zheng nimbly flipped his wrist, and several thin, blazing fire lines emerged like snakes from their holes, precisely wrapping around two zombies that were trying to flank him.
The fire line contracted, and the flames instantly engulfed their bodies.
After the sizzling sound of burning flesh and a brief, mournful roar, only two curled-up, charred corpses remained.
Liu Yunshu whistled a clear tune, turned her head to look at him, and her amber eyes held a playful smile.
"Not bad at comprehension, uncle."
"We can't let the little girl always steal the spotlight."
Qin Zheng raised an eyebrow in response, his eyes revealing a warrior's sharpness beneath the playfulness.
"However, your technique of combining lightning and water is even better, and its lethality against zombies is terrifying."
Liu Yunshu's smile faded slightly as her attention was drawn to the unusual noise coming from around the street corner.
Her enhanced hearing allowed her to clearly distinguish that it was not just the roar of a zombie, but also a heavy, brutal impact sound.
It felt as if a huge blunt instrument was repeatedly hammering the wall, and even the ground was trembling slightly.
Be careful.
Qin Zheng's expression turned serious, and he subconsciously reached out and pulled her back.
His eyes were fixed on that ominous corner, and his voice was low: "Something big is coming."
He focused intently on sensing the ever-approaching pressure, the flames in his palms burning fiercely, ready to launch an attack at any moment.
"roar--!!!"
A deafening roar erupted like thunder!
The wall at the corner shattered with a crash, and amidst the flying bricks and stones, a colossal object smashed through the obstruction and stepped into the street.
That was a giant zombie that looked to be nearly three meters tall!
Its body was bloated and deformed, as if it were crudely pieced together from several corpses.
His skin was bluish-black, covered with hideous pustules, and his thick arms were covered with hard bone armor.
Several murky eyeballs were crammed together on that twisted and deformed head.
At this moment, they all stared intently at Liu Yunshu and Qin Zheng, their eyes filled with primal violence and greed.
"It's a mutant! Its defense and strength have both been enhanced!"
Liu Yunshu uttered a low shout, her brain racing.
With a rapid push of his left hand, the water vapor in the air gathered wildly, instantly condensing into a thick, crystalline water shield in front of him.
Lightning in his right palm compressed and condensed wildly, emitting a dense series of crackling sounds.
The blue-purple electric light illuminated her tense but not panicked face.
"Bang--!!!"
The giant zombie swung its thick, bone-armored arm and slammed it into the water shield with the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks!
With a loud bang, the water shield shattered, turning into a shower of water droplets.
The terrifying impact caused Liu Yunshu's blood to surge, and she let out a muffled groan.
Involuntarily, I took three steps back, each step leaving shallow footprints on the ground.
Qin Zheng darted out like a cheetah, leaping into the air!
The flames in his palm were compressed to the extreme, condensing into a flaming longsword nearly two meters long.
With a scorching heat and a whooshing sound, it slashed fiercely at the neck joint of the giant zombie's twisted head!
"clang--!!!"
The crisp, loud metallic clanging sound was deafening!
The flaming longsword struck the bone armor, sending sparks flying.
It only left a charred mark on it, failing to penetrate even a fraction! What a strong defense!
"Such strong defense?"
Qin Zheng was startled and decisively used the momentum to flip backward and land, narrowly avoiding the sweeping attack of the zombie's other arm.
Liu Yunshu stared at the indestructible bone armor.
Then, looking at the few murky eyeballs constantly rotating on the zombie's head, a flash of inspiration struck him.
"Uncle! Its weakness is its eyes! You hold it back and buy me some time. I need energy to unleash a powerful attack!"
She spoke very quickly, and at the same time, her right hand made a grabbing motion in the air, and several thin but resilient lines of water shot out from her fingertips.
Like a precise scalpel, it instantly pierced the heads of several ordinary zombies on the ground.
Several peanut-sized crystal nuclei, emitting a faint white light, were rolled out.
The crystal core flew into her palm, which she grasped and absorbed without hesitation, replenishing the supernatural energy she had just consumed.
"clear!"
Qin Zheng agreed without hesitation.
He no longer attempted a direct assault, but instead maximized his superb fighting skills.
Like an elusive streak of fire, it began to wander around the giant zombie.
The flames in his palm would sometimes transform into blazing fireballs, bombarding the zombies' faces, joints, and other relatively vulnerable areas.
Sometimes it transforms into a scorching whip that lashes its supporting leg, and sometimes it condenses into high-temperature rays that burn its exposed skin.
"Sir! Get out of the way!"
Liu Yunshu's clear and sharp shout was like a thunderclap!
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Zheng exerted force with his feet and retreated rapidly to the side and backward!
Almost at the same time, a breathtaking blue-purple light bloomed in Liu Yunshu's hand!
Moisture in the air was rapidly extracted and condensed into a giant water arrow.
The interior was filled with violent, liquid lightning-like blue-purple energy, emitting a deep and terrifying hum!
The giant zombie seemed to sense the deadly threat as well, and a fierce light surged from its murky eyes.
It instinctively raised its arms, covered in thick bone armor, and crossed them in front of its head, attempting to block.
"Don't even think about it!"
Qin Zheng's eyes sharpened, and he, who had been waiting for the right moment, suddenly pressed his palms forward!
Several scorching chains made of pure flames, which had been secretly set up beforehand, suddenly sprang up from the shadows of the ruins at the zombie's feet.
Like a living fire python, it tightly coiled around its arms, which it had just raised to block!
"laugh--!!!"
The intense heat of the flames rubbed violently against the zombie's bluish-black skin and hard bone armor, producing a teeth-grinding sound.
The boil ruptured from the heat, and foul-smelling splattered everywhere, corroding the surrounding area and emitting white smoke.
The zombie let out a deafening roar, a mixture of pain and rage, and struggled desperately with its arms outstretched.
The chains of fire were taut and straight, sparks rained down, yet they remained firmly locked!
In that very instant!
The giant lightning-water arrow, imbued with all of Liu Yunshu's power, pierced fiercely into the very center of the giant zombie's head.
Within that largest, most cloudy eyeball!
"Pfft—!!!"
The dull thud of an arrow piercing flesh was clearly audible.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment at that instant.
Immediately afterwards—
"BOOM!!!"
A deep, terrifying explosion emanated from inside the zombie's skull!
Dazzling blue-purple lightning burst forth wildly from its eye sockets, mouth, nose, and ears!
A violent electric current raged, connected, and exploded inside his skull!
At the same time, the water energy compressed to its limit was released with a roar, transforming into countless extremely sharp high-pressure water blades.
The most thorough strangulation was carried out within the narrow cranial cavity!
The giant zombie's massive body suddenly stiffened, and all its movements came to an abrupt halt.
Its arms, bound by chains of flame, hung limply, their bone armor riddled with cracks.
Several cloudy eyeballs instantly lost all their luster, turning gray and lifeless.
The terrifying three-meter-tall body swayed, then crashed backward with a thud, shaking the ground violently and sending dust billowing into the sky.
"Huff... huff..."
Liu Yunshu knelt on one knee, supporting herself with her hands on the ground, panting heavily.
That attack had almost drained all her strength and superpowers; her hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to her cheeks.
His face was pale, his fingertips were trembling slightly, and his ears were ringing—the aftereffects of severely overdrawing his superpowers.
She forced herself to lift her head, peering through the billowing smoke and dust.
Looking at Qin Zheng not far away, he mouthed a muffled sentence with all his might: "Solved...?"
"Resolved!"
Qin Zheng's voice carried a hint of tension and urgency that was barely perceptible.
He quickly scanned his surroundings to make sure there were no new threats, then rushed to Liu Yunshu's side in a few strides.
He crouched down and firmly supported her swaying shoulders.
The object was icy cold to the touch, and trembled slightly from exhaustion, which made his heart tighten.
"How are you? Where are you hurt?"
"I'm...I'm not hurt."
Liu Yunshu leaned against his arm, closed her eyes, and tried to regulate her breathing.
"Well... I'm a bit exhausted from using up my powers, I'll be fine after a while."
She took a few breaths and pointed to the enormous corpse in the distance.
"Uncle, go... check inside that big guy's head... see if there's a crystal core. It feels... like something special."
Qin Zheng frowned, carefully examined her for a moment, and confirmed that she was only weak and not seriously injured.
Then he carefully helped her sit against a relatively intact wall.
"Don't move, I'll be right back."
He gripped his bayonet tightly, his eyes warily approaching the corpse that reeked of burning and blood.
The giant zombie lay on the ground in a contorted position, its head, pierced by the giant lightning arrow, a truly gruesome sight.
The skull was shattered, and a viscous substance mixed with brain matter and black, foul blood was constantly seeping from the huge wound.
Qin Zheng circled around to the front, enduring the nauseating smell, and carefully used his military dagger to pry open the broken skull and rotting tissue.
Sharp eyes searched through the filth.
Suddenly, a bright red light, different from the surrounding dim colors, caught his attention.