Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Mermaid

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Mermaid

Ming Jing was still young, and although she had experience fighting zombies, this was her first time participating in a battle of this level.

Looking at her wrist, which Ji Xing had grabbed until it was red, Ming Jing’s expression finally became serious.

If it hadn’t been for Ji Xing, she would have died on the bridge just now!

Ming Jing looked up, her gaze settling on the frozen river surface and her teammates who were focused on fighting the zombies. Her eyes instantly hardened with resolve.

“I’m coming too!!!”

As Ming Jing’s shout echoed, countless vines burst from the ground and, with the speed of lightning, rushed toward the river surface.

Though Ming Jing’s actions were somewhat adolescent, her strength was indeed formidable. Ji Xing, looking at her, now showed a hint of approval in his eyes.

“Boom!”

The ice surface erupted as the octopus monster roared and burst out of the darkness, landing atop the frozen river.

A knife was embedded in its left eye, and the severe pain drove the octopus monster into a frenzy as it swept its still-attached tentacles, striking at everything.

Ji Wanwan recognized the knife at a glance—it was Xia Li’s!

The octopus monster had emerged, but where was Xia Li?!

No sooner had the thought crossed her mind than a fiery red figure shot out from behind the octopus monster, moving at an incredible speed like a dazzling red meteor.

Xia Li, in a red dress, moved like a lithe snake, quickly reaching the front of the octopus monster, grabbed the knife in its eye, pushed off with the tip of her foot, and as she burst the eye of the octopus monster, she pulled the knife free.

“Roar!!!”

The octopus monster’s sky-shaking roar caused everyone’s eardrums to ache.

It flailed its tentacles in anger, nearly hitting Xia Li several times, which made Ji Wanwan’s heart clench with each close call.

With another powerful swing, Xia Li pointed her toes, leaped onto the tentacle, and, using the force of the swing, performed several jumps to leave the ice and returned to the shore.

As soon as Xia Li was out of the octopus monster’s attack range, Ji Wanwan’s eyes narrowed, and she unleashed high-density Space Cutting on the octopus monster.

Space distorted, and the octopus monster was torn to pieces, but in the blink of an eye, these chunks of flesh recombined and began to heal at a visible rate.

This scene immediately reminded Ji Wanwan of Wanjiale’s Level 4 zombie.

To deal with a zombie that possessed such strong regenerative abilities, one had to use the Space cutting. Expend its body, so it had nothing to heal!

With her previous experience, Ji Wanwan found using Space Cutting exceptionally smooth this time around.

Accompanied by a continuous “pu pu” sound, the octopus monster was cut into one piece of flesh after another until finally, it exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

Not until the last piece of flesh vanished did a green crystal core fall onto the ice surface.

Ji Wanwan teleported, picked up the crystal core, and sensed the energy contained within it.

Wood Element Crystal Core.

That’s not right!

This crystal core is only Level 3!

This octopus monster was not the true zombie commander behind the Liancheng Bridge!

Realizing this, Ji Wanwan quickly mobilized energy and launched a second teleport.

Before she left, she felt the ice beneath her tremble, and with the sound of cracking ice, she caught a glimpse of a large mouth full of sharp teeth lunging at her.

After a moment of weightlessness, Ji Wanwan found herself back on the shore.

The maw with sharp teeth also emerged at the same time under the ice surface.

A massive grotesque mermaid appeared before everyone, its blood-red eyes betraying its zombie nature, with faint red energy fluctuations swirling around its body warning of its not-to-be-underestimated strength.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”

With its entrance, the river’s surface boiled and churned, and a horde of zombies, several times greater than before, swarmed toward the mermaid, encircling it in the center as it confronted the six people on the shore.

Ji Wanwan put the Level 3 Wood Element Crystal Core into the System Space, her gaze heavily fixed on the mermaid in the river.

She should have realized it earlier!

At that time, Wanjiale’s level 4 zombie had also initially disguised itself as a monkey corpse, deceiving everyone!

So she should have thought of it earlier – the octopus monster might just be a puppet!

No wonder the octopus monster, though it appeared fierce, was somewhat sluggish and stiff in actual combat, making it easy to deal with.

Ji Wanwan accelerated her use of Equivalence Healing to restore her body function, “The real BOSS has shown up! Comrades, brace yourselves for a tough fight!”

Ming Jing was dumbfounded.

What’s going on!

That octopus monster was already so strong, and it’s still not the BOSS!

Xia Li, however, clearly became even more excited, “What an ugly creature, so ugly it’s infuriating!”

Xu Siming’s palms lit up with a pale blue glow, “Friends, shall we learn about freezing fish?”

Qi Hao had already controlled dozens of earth spheres, ready to throw them, “Cut the crap! Just do it! Charge!”

“Whoosh––”

Before his words fell, Xia Li had already rushed out like a cannonball.

The next second, the opponent accurately predicted Xia Li’s landing spot, and a burst of water shot into the sky, hitting Xia Li in a straight line and sending her flying, “Thud” – she landed in the distant river.

The remaining five people: “…”

Ji Xing fell silent for a moment, “No matter. Sister Li will resurrect soon, let’s continue!”

Qi Hao heartily agreed, “I second that.”

Xu Siming’s eyes blazed with fighting spirit, “Controlling Water Energy? Let’s see whose Water Element is stronger!!”

“Splash!”

With Xia Li reemerging from the water and skillfully taking care of a low-level zombie, the battle was fully engaged.

Xu Siming harbored a surging energy in his hands, charging at the Mermaid, each step he took carried the force of Ice Seal, spreading a layer of ice resembling blooming snow lotuses on flat ground—stunningly beautiful.

The Mermaid on the river screeched, and the horde of zombies surged, gathering around Xu Siming.

Ji Wanwan squinted her eyes, “Let’s go!”

Following her command, a high-density Space Cutting swept across, grazing the river’s surface.

The zombie horde suffered significant damage as a cost of Ji Wanwan nearly exhausting her energy and bleeding from the corner of her mouth.

“Whiz whiz whiz––”

“Thump thump thump––”

“Swoosh swoosh swoosh––”

Following Ji Wanwan, Ji Xing controlled the Flying Knives, Qi Hao threw the earth spheres, and Ming Jing harnessed plants, reaping the zombies that slipped through.

In a flash, Xia Li had returned to the eye of the storm, launching her assault on the Mermaid.

In water, the Mermaid moved extremely agilely, its agility so great that even the Zombie Hunter Xia Li could hardly keep up.

As it dodged Xia Li’s attacks, it also matched Xu Siming blow for blow with its control over Water Energy.

After Ji Xing, Qi Hao, and Ming Jing had thinned out the zombie horde, they had spare energy to assist Xu Siming in dealing with the Mermaid.

On the shore, Ji Wanwan recovered her body functions while pondering a strategy of approach.

Before, both Wanjiale’s level 4 zombie and the octopus monster could be dealt with by using Space Manipulation because they were large and relatively clumsy; in other words, they were live targets that stood still for you to hit.

But this Mermaid is too agile!

With such speed, even the Space superpower would have difficulty restraining it, let alone playing Space Bejeweled…

So, what method should be used to deal with this Mermaid?

Ji Wanwan rubbed her temples.

Suddenly, her eyes brightened…