Chapter 927: Hunting (II)

"You don’t have to worry about the fight turning messy." Bai Meiyue’s lips twitched when she heard the cry of her brother. "We have Suisui with us; she can always control these zombies long enough for us to kill them."

As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Suisui stepped forward. She raised her thin and bony hand before chanting a low, guttural hex under her breath. A thick, swirling fog of black curse energy spilled from her palm, rolling down the ridge to coat the trench. "I have sealed the perimeter. If there are any zombies hiding in that perimeter, their senses are bound to become dull, and their aura is also diluted."

"You did a good job," said Bai Meiyue crisply.

She then turned to look at Meng Qibao and said to him, "Keep your charm locked on the perimeter. If there is a sudden attack, make sure they attack one another instead of us."

"I have got it, Sister Yueyue." Meng Qibao nodded. He offered Bai Jixuan a soft and reassuring smile when he saw that the man looked even more nervous than him. Behind them, Bai Zhan rolled his eyes and his skin shifted in a blinding flash from steel to indestructible Titanium steel.

He turned to look at his sister and said to her, "There is no need to waste anymore breath. Let’s go and deal with these creatures. We need to return as soon as possible; we cannot leave the safe base empty for long." They were the protective pillars of the safe base, now that they were missing, who knows, maybe someone might try to take advantage of it. The sensible thing would be to return as soon as possible.

As he spoke, he charged right at the abandoned building, past the boundary line that Meng Suisui had created. He hurled his heavy, metallic body right into the wall and with a deafening crack, he shattered the frozen concrete.

The second the wall broke, a blood-curdling screech tore through the entire city. From beneath the concrete rubble, the rank-two zombie erupted into the open. It was eight feet tall. Its skin was grey and its eyes were glowing with rabid hunger. Its massive claws were dripping with yellow, smoking acid that could even melt iron.

It lunged at Bai Zhan and its claws raked across his chest. Fortunately, Bai Zhan knew that this thing could melt iron with the slightest touch and changed into titanium. When the thing scratched him, he only showered him with useless sparks.

"My turn," Bai Zhan curled his lips and spoke in a low voice. He shifted his skin instantly into refined gold that blazed with intense kinetic heat. He slammed a gold-clad fist directly into the zombie’s ribs and cracked its outer core space.

The monster shrieked, recoiling back—straight into Meng Qibao’s line of sight.

Meng Qibao sucked in a breath and stepped close to that thing. His eyes shifted and turned into pinkish silver as he unleashed a concentrated wave of succubus compulsion. "Halt." He commanded.

The rank-two zombie froze mid-step. Its mutated, violent brain was instantly hijacked by an overwhelming, artificial surge of hypnotic desire. It stumbled, its claws dropped limply to its side. The zombie was like a broken puppet as it continued to stare up at the ridge, completely enthralled by the boy’s aura.

"Now, Yueyue!" Bai Zhan called out, just as Bai Jixuan shifted into a shadow wolf.

Bai Meiyue did not hesitate. She stepped off the small cliff where she was standing and jumped. The leather duster that she was wearing billowed behind her.

She slammed her gloved palm against the frozen ground. A jagged, roaring wave of crystal blue ice exploded across the highway, climbing up the zombie’s body in seconds. The frost encased the limbs of the zombie, locking the monster into an unyielding, frozen statue while Meng Qibao’s charm kept that thing from thrashing against the ice.

The zombie was now trapped, exposed and helpless.

Bai Meiyue stepped forward and created an ice spear. But before she could throw it at the centre of the zombie’s head, Lei Qian dropped beside her. He turned to look at her and said with a smile, "Why are you in such a hurry? Let me help you a little." As he finished speaking, a void energy appeared in front of the zombie and neutralised the remaining aura that the thing had. "Go ahead."

Bai Meiyue glanced at him, a faint, rare smile touching her lips. She rushed at the thing and then threw the ice spear right at the centre of the skull of that thing. The spear harvested two glowing, plum-sized, crimson cores. These were the two rank cores that she was looking for. As for the rank two zombie, the second it lost its crystal nuclei, it ended up crumbling.

Lei Qian snapped his fingers and then caused the entire body of the zombie to burn into bits.

"It was a clean harvest," said Bai Meiyue as she pocketed the second rank crystal. "As long as we collect enough nuclei, we will be able to collect enough for the next six months’ expenses."

Bai Jixuan walked over. He was carrying Meng Qibao on his back as the boy felt a little uncomfortable after using his aura in a real fight. He was humming softly as if trying his best to control his aura.

"You did a good job." Bai Zhan praised the boy. He raised his hand and ruffled his hair, causing Bai Jixuan to growl at him. Bai Zhan arched a brow and questioned, "What? I am just praising him for doing a fine job; why are you getting upset?"

Bai Meiyue glanced at her older brother who was teasing her second brother and shook her head. It seemed like her elder brother was too tired after dealing with Tong Huan. He was actually acting like a little teenager. Sighing, she slipped the crystal nuclei in her space and turned to look at the rest of the team. "Let’s go; we still need to hunt."