Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Blood-Colored Fireworks

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Blood-Colored Fireworks

“Pfft…”

The Ice Wall instantly shattered, with ice debris flying everywhere. Xu Siming, who had been controlling the Ice Wall, staggered and spat out a mouthful of blood from the backlash.

Quick on her feet, Xia Li didn’t give Corpse Mountain the chance to continue its attack.

She leaped onto the back of Corpse Mountain, climbing over one corpse after another like an agile monkey, making her way to the summit.

Corpse Mountain felt as if it was being crawled on by an insect, furiously twisting its body to shake Xia Li off and reaching behind to grab her.

But its body was too massive; though still agile in movement, it couldn’t outpace a frenzied Zombie Hunter.

Ji Wanwan, who had just regained her footing, saw Xia Li reach the top of Corpse Mountain and raise her machete to strike.

She wanted to remind Xia Li that the Crystal Core might not be in Corpse Mountain’s brain; but fearing that speaking out would disrupt Xia Li’s rhythm and potentially put her at a disadvantage, she hesitated.

In the moment she hesitated, Xia Li’s blade had already swung down. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The head of Corpse Mountain was split in two, but it regenerated in an instant.

A flicker of confusion crossed over Xia Li’s stunning face.

Why?

Time didn’t give her the chance to understand the reason, as Corpse Mountain’s huge hand swept over from above, sending Xia Li’s petite body flying once again.

Ji Wanwan teleported and caught the rapidly falling Xia Li.

The fierce impact shattered Ji Wanwan’s internal organs, but the System’s Equivalence Healing mended her the very next second.

The tug of war between destruction and regeneration was a torture worse than death for Ji Wanwan.

“Ugh…”

She moaned in pain, and she and Xia Li rolled onto the ground, unable to stop from curling up in an attempt to alleviate the agony of being torn apart.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Corpse Mountain let out an excited roar, charging towards Ji Wanwan and Xia Li.

Ji Xing summoned a metal cabinet, holding his sister in one arm and Xia Li in the other, carrying them both to safety.

Xu Siming’s Ice Seal and Ice Blade were inexhaustible, but having overexerted himself in the previous fight and sustained internal injuries, his current attacks were little more than an itch to Corpse Mountain, at best slightly hindering its pace but not stopping its assault.

Qi Hao and Zhou Kai were even less able to intervene, not even daring to get close, fearing they might inadvertently cause their teammates trouble.

In front of this colossal being, humanity seemed rather frail and easy to defeat.

Atop the metal cabinet.

After a brief bout of suffering, Ji Wanwan’s body began to slowly recover, and the wounds on Xia Li’s body were healing as well.

Ji Wanwan then sat up on the metal cabinet, this time not rushing to join the battle but watching Corpse Mountain intently, deep in thought.

If the Crystal Core wasn’t in the brain, then where could it be?

Could it be within one of the corpses making up the mountain?

But with so many corpses, was she supposed to chop off each and every head to check?

Yes, why not?

“Hiss…”

Xia Li, who had been unconscious, was nearly fully recovered.

She jolted awake and abruptly sat up.

Ji Wanwan keenly sensed that Xia Li had grown stronger!

A strategy quickly formed in her mind: “Ah Li, just like before, jump onto Corpse Mountain’s head and chop it to pieces; throw all the severed pieces to me!”

After mutating, Xia Li had become a merciless zombie harvesting machine.

She didn’t even question the intent behind Ji Wanwan’s order.

As long as Wanwan told her to kill zombies, she would comply unconditionally!

“Okay!” Xia Li immediately stood up and leaped down from the floating metal cabinet, six meters high.

Watching Xia Li rush toward the Corpse Mountain, Ji Wanwan’s expression was cold and rigid, “Xingxing, send me to Xu Siming’s side, and then you go help Xia Li as well—slice up this massive flesh into pieces for me!”

Ji Xing’s still youthful face was filled with solemnity.

Without a word, he immediately transported his sister to Xu Siming’s side and then flew into the air, controlling six or seven metal sheets to fly toward the Corpse Mountain simultaneously.

Clamping down on his teeth and struggling to hold out, Xu Siming suddenly felt a warm surge entering his back.

Turning his head and seeing Ji Wanwan, his eyelashes trembled, and the breath he had been holding in his heart was released.

With that release, his vision darkened, and he nearly fell.

Although his Water Elemental Superpower had reached level 10, his control over the Water Element was far from mature.

Once this battle was over, he must practice his superpower more diligently!

Accompanied by waves of warmth, Xu Siming’s physical strength and spiritual power gradually recovered, and he joined the team smashing the Corpse Mountain.

The chunks of flesh that Xia Li and Ji Xing chopped off flew toward Ji Wanwan like dumplings being dropped into water.

Ji Wanwan raised her hand, framed one small space box after another, stuffed these chunks of flesh inside, and then squeezed them until they burst.

Blood fog exploded in midair one after another, like a blood-colored fireworks show.

Bloody and brutal yet possessing a bizarre sense of beauty.

Standing beside Ji Wanwan, Xu Siming froze the stray pieces she had missed and then crushed them.

Blood mixed with ice crystals, scattered all over the ground—a complete mess—intertwining with Ji Wanwan’s blood fog in an inseparable tangle, leaving Zhou Kai and Qi Hao completely stunned.

Is this the power of a superpower?

Terrible and unreasonably powerful!

In just a short twenty seconds or so, the Corpse Mountain visibly shrank.

Although this action did not cause substantial damage to it, like flies buzzing in the ear, it entangled the Corpse Mountain’s steps, driving it into a blind rage.

“ROAR!!!!”

The frenzied Corpse Mountain began to slap at Xia Li on its body.

Having learned from the previous encounter, Xia Li would not be hit easily; she dodged while slicing with her machete, not slowing down in the slightest.

Seeing that it couldn’t deal with Xia Li, the Corpse Mountain turned its head to attack Ji Xing instead.

Ji Xing maneuvered the metal boxes, allowing himself to float in mid-air. His target was clear and definite, easier to find than the erratically moving Xia Li!

The Corpse Mountain picked up a handful of gravel from the ground and threw it toward Ji Xing with full force.

Ji Xing’s complexion changed, and he quickly dodged, the speed of his attacks on the Corpse Mountain noticeably slowing.

Seeing this tactic work, the Corpse Mountain grabbed stones with both hands and began throwing them at Ji Xing and Ji Wanwan.

Goodness, a Level 4 zombie indeed possessed some intelligence!

Ji Wanwan shouted, “Hit and run!!!”

In the next instant, she used Instant Teleportation to move to the back of the Corpse Mountain.

At the same time, Ji Xing was all over the sky, distracting the Corpse Mountain’s attention, while Xu Siming was continuously creating disruptions with Ice Walls and Fog.

After several rounds, the anger level of the Corpse Mountain skyrocketed.

This time, it chose the most ferocious method: rolling over like a fierce beast, it fell onto its back, aiming to crush Xia Li to death.

In fact, this move indeed stunned everyone.

Seeing no more lumps of flesh flying out, Ji Wanwan felt choked up, “Xia Li?!”

Very quickly, a human-shaped cannonball burst out from the Corpse Mountain’s body, like a fiery red meteor, rapidly descending beside Ji Wanwan.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out not to be any meteor but the blood-stained Xia Li.

Thus, the second after Xia Li landed.

Ji Wanwan: “Ugh, Ah Li, you stink, ugh…”

Xia Li: “Ugh, I didn’t want to, ugh, but I might have found this big guy’s weakness…”