Chapter 616: Battling the Four Systems

Akira Gallagher still remembered Nina Jacobs. He had the privilege of attending the Superpower User Tournament at the City D Base, where she delivered an outstanding performance. He hadn’t expected her to come to the aid of the South Riven Base this time.

“Defend, quickly! Hold out until everyone gets inside the base! Don’t let it catch you!” Akira hastily ordered.

This four-element zombie had slaughtered easily eight hundred to a thousand South Riven people. Even a coordinated siege by hundreds of fighters was utterly useless against it. Furthermore, Akira had heard that this particular zombie was extremely vengeful. Since Nina had rescued Kyle Stone and the others, it definitely wouldn’t let her off the hook.

Inside the base command center, many people were watching the scene unfolding outside.

“Looks like these rescue soldiers from City D are destined to never make it into our base,” Dylan Stone said.

“It really is a pity,” Melanie Ulrich hummed in agreement. These people were just out of luck; they were right on the doorstep of the base, yet they ran into something like this.

“Your Base Commander is out there too, you know,” someone beside Melanie casually pointed out.

“That’s right, the Base Commander is outside. I really hope he can make it back,” Preston Chase said, staring at the chaos beyond the walls. Deep down, however, he felt a twinge of dark gratification. It wasn’t just the four-element zombie—hordes of zombified mutated animals were also charging straight toward Akira and his group. He thought that if Akira were to die here, it might just be the perfect opportunity for him to step up.

Meanwhile, Nina glanced at the four-element zombie and quickly surveyed her surroundings.

“Wayne Warner, Holly Morgan, and Holden Shaw, deal with the zombified animals first. Julian Wells and Caleb Carter, suppress the zombie’s offensive speed from the left. Sylvie, the three of you take the right…” After issuing her orders, Nina unleashed her Wind Element Superpower and soared upward to meet the enemy.

Adrian Paige froze, though only for half a second. He wondered if Nina had forgotten about him.

Kevin Lewis and the others hadn’t expected Nina to take the initiative and charge either. They had initially planned to cover her defense. Suddenly remembering something crucial, Kevin shouted up at her in mid-air, “This four-element zombie has wind, fire, gold, and earth! Be careful!”

Nina heard the warning from below just as the four-element zombie closed the distance, now only inches away.

“Wind, fire, gold, and earth? How interesting,” she said, the corners of her lips curling up.

The zombie didn’t bother testing the waters. With its prey right in front of it, it instantly bared its sharp claws and lunged at her! Seeing Nina easily sidestep the attack, it took a half-step back and unleashed a sky-full of Gold Blades. Each blade was wreathed in roaring flames, radiating a terrifying amount of Attack Power.

Stepping on mid-air Wind Blades, Nina conjured a massive Fire Dragon Roll that materialized in the sky, hurtling directly toward the storm of fiery Gold Blades!

“So she’s a Dual Element Superpower User too. But the Fire Element doesn’t really have an advantage over the Gold Element,” Melanie observed, gazing at the silhouette in the sky.

It was a woman with her ink-black hair tied up high, her spine perfectly straight. The hem of her clothes whipped violently in the roaring mid-air currents, yet her movements remained utterly unhurried. There were no wasted or sluggish motions; when she spun and strafed to the side, her waist twisted with crisp agility. It was obvious she was a formidable Superpower User. Melanie thought that if she could bring this woman into the command center to nurture her, she might prove to be an excellent protégé. It was a shame she was likely going to die here today.

Suddenly, someone beside her exclaimed, “Did the Fire Dragon Roll just swallow all of them?!”

In the air, the rapidly spinning Fire Dragon Roll had instantly sucked in all the surrounding Gold Blades. The Gold Element Superpower attack was completely neutralized. Immediately after, the flaming vortex morphed into a glaring Fire Dragon, roaring as it crashed headlong toward the four-element zombie!

ROAR!

The four-element zombie condensed a massive Metal Shield to block the attack. However, the Fire Dragon showed no fear; it barreled straight through, instantly shattering the Metal Shield into pieces!

“Looks like Nina’s strength is above its level. I can finally rest easy,” Shirley Lucas said, tipping her head back and letting out a sigh of relief.

“Even if she outclasses it, this won’t be an easy fight,” Akira replied. He was secretly shocked. He clearly remembered Nina being a Fire and Earth Dual Element Superpower User; he hadn’t expected her to awaken the Wind Element as well.

As Akira had predicted, seeing its Gold Element defense broken, the four-element zombie manipulated massive boulders from the ground, levitating them into the air. It reshaped the boulders into viciously sharp spikes, but a second later, they were all sheared in half by a barrage of slanted Wind Blades!

Without giving the four-element zombie any time to react, a Diamond Sand Spike and the Fire Dragon slammed into it from two different directions. After the zombie dodged using its Wind Element Superpower, the Fire Dragon and the sand thorns continued to pursue it relentlessly. Seeing this, it was forced to drop to the ground. Its previously arrogant demeanor now looked somewhat pathetic and disheveled.

As it prepared to lunge at the surrounding rescue team members again, Nina didn’t rush to dive down after it. Instead, streams of invisible air currents spiraled straight down, completely immobilizing the four-element zombie!

“You have as many tricks as you have superpowers,” Nina taunted. She stood suspended in mid-air, her feet resting lightly on a floating boulder—the very same rock the four-element zombie had tried to attack her with just moments ago.

ROAR!

The crushing pressure of the air currents infuriated the four-element zombie to no end. It directly activated its Earth Element Superpower and drilled straight into the ground!

“Everyone, be careful!” Kevin yelled. He had been standing there in sheer disbelief watching Nina absolutely pummel the four-element zombie. Now, he was terrified the monster would suddenly pop out of the ground to ambush them.

By this time, Nina had landed steadily on the ground. With a mere flip of her hand, the soil and rocks above the permafrost churned violently, floating entirely above the surface!

“Found you,” Nina muttered, locking her gaze on a specific spot. Her Fire Element Superpower instantly transformed into liquid magma, surging across the ground toward that location. The orange-yellow liquid flames rapidly seeped into the underground crevices, eventually encircling a section of the earth completely.

ROAR!

Unable to withstand the intense heat, the four-element zombie burst out of the ground. By now, a layer of metallic armor completely encased its body, and hundreds of Gold Spikes surged forward alongside it to attack!

BANG BANG BANG BANG!

A wall of sand rapidly erupted from the ground. The Gold Spikes smashed into the barrier and were entirely blocked.

Bypassing the sand wall, the four-element zombie spread its metallicized claws, spewing flames from its palms. However, Nina simply leaped upward to meet it. Several flaming Stone Spikes plummeted from the sky. The dense barrage of Stone Spikes completely trapped the four-element zombie, rendering escape impossible.

“If you choose to defend yourself like this, you have to sacrifice your speed,” Nina said, looking down condescendingly at the four-element zombie trapped in the Stonethorn Forest.

Because its entire body had been metallicized, it could no longer use its Wind Element Superpower to flee through the bottom. The Fire Dragon was summoned once more, spiraling down toward the trap.

Accompanied by a violent crash, the Stonethorn Forest instantly erupted into a massive sea of fire. Within the inferno, the engulfed four-element zombie seemed to try to jump and escape, but a Diamond Sand Spike ruthlessly pierced straight through its head. After that, it never moved again.

A profound silence blanketed the area, followed by a tidal wave of immense euphoria that crashed into every person from the South Riven Base.

“Is it dead? Is the four-element zombie dead?” Akira asked, his voice trembling.

“It’s dead! I’m sure of it!” Aaron Lynch, who possessed a Spiritual Element Superpower, answered with equal excitement.

It was as if a massive weight had instantly been lifted from his heart. Akira swayed on his feet, leaning against the side of a nearby vehicle for support. He couldn’t believe that the nightmare that had haunted him day and night was finally shattered just like that.

“I told you there was nothing to worry about,” Shirley remarked. Even as she said it, she let out a quiet sigh of relief; the four-element zombie really had looked like quite a handful.

When the gates of the South Riven Base finally reopened, triumphant cheers poured from within. The cheering grew even louder when the group from the City D Base stepped out of their vehicles.

“I certainly didn’t expect us to be this popular,” Julian Wells said, offering an elegant bow to the crowd as he exited his car.

“They’re cheering for our senior,” Sylvie corrected him.