Chapter 174: Melee

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Melee

Mrs. Dawson’s strength was terrifyingly immense, bordering on the freakish!

Just moments ago, a Third-tier Zombie had broken through the defense line, lunging straight toward Rhonda Dawson. Mrs. Dawson’s pupils shrank drastically. Fueled by shock and rage, she viciously swung her baseball bat! With a single strike, the Third-tier Zombie’s head exploded. Yellow-white brain matter mixed with black blood splattered all over the ground. Her movements were clean and decisive, without the slightest hesitation—a one-hit instant kill against a Third-tier Zombie!

Wayne Dawson, Aaron Palmer, and Miles Dawson were all Third Rank Fire Element Superpower Users. Their roles on the battlefield were clearly defined: whenever they encountered a Third-tier Zombie, they would step up individually to face the enemy and clear out the High-level threats. When there were no High-level zombies, they would combine their superpowers. Three Fire Dragons roared as they intertwined into a sea of flames, engulfing the dense zombie horde.

Zombies within a two to three hundred-meter radius of them were instantly swallowed by the blazing inferno. Agonizing shrieks echoed endlessly from within the flames. The temperature around the Sunset Squad was forcibly raised by fifteen or twenty degrees, blasting everyone with waves of scorching heat.

As the commander of the Sunset Squad convoy, Blake Blue channeled his superpower to fight the Third-tier Gold Element Zombie in front of him while dividing his attention to monitor his family’s combat status, ready to provide backup at a moment’s notice.

Just moments ago, he had keenly noticed an Ice Element Third-tier Zombie preparing to ambush Mrs. Dawson with ice blades. He immediately activated his superpower, erecting a thick metal wall that firmly blocked the incoming attack, fully protecting Mrs. Dawson. Seeing that his family members were fighting with increasing proficiency, Blake Blue no longer held back. With a single thought, hundreds of sharp flying metal blades materialized out of thin air, shooting relentlessly toward the head of the Third-tier Gold Element Zombie before him!

The Gold Element Zombie had developed some level of consciousness. It rapidly generated layer upon layer of metal masks to defend itself, but they were continuously dismantled and pierced by Blake’s flying metal blades. In less than a moment, the Third-tier Gold Element Zombie fell rigidly to the ground, leaving only a pitch-black, bloody hole in its forehead.

The surrounding soldiers and members of other squads on the mission would occasionally stare dumbfounded at the Sunset Squad’s frenzied slaughter. They wondered why these few people were fighting so desperately, as if they had gone mad with bloodlust. They killed every zombie in sight, making it incredibly difficult for the nearby squads to even get a kill.

Everyone across the entire convoy was fiercely fighting the zombies. Everyone was completely focused, not daring to slack off for a single second. Even those with auxiliary superpowers were wielding firearms, taking precise shots at the zombies climbing toward the top of the wall.

"Damn it, there’s no end to them!"

Ivan Spencer’s fiery temper completely flared up. The ammunition for his assigned firearm had long been depleted, so he simply grabbed a large machete nearby. Gritting his teeth, he charged straight up the wall, swinging his blade wildly at the leaping zombies.

But right at that moment, an elderly Third-tier Speed-type Zombie locked its eyes on the big, juicy target on the wall! Its figure flashed like a ghost, closing the distance to Ivan Spencer in an instant! Before Ivan could even react, the zombie had already pounced onto his shoulders. It opened its mouth—which was missing most of its teeth—stretching its lips almost to its ears. Sticky, foul-smelling strings of blood hung from its maw. Accompanied by an excited "ROAR!", it bit straight down toward his neck! The entire process was as fast as lightning, happening in the blink of an eye!

Ivan’s pupils shrank. Seeing the hideous zombie face suddenly looming close, his body reacted faster than his brain! He instantly activated his entire superpower, and a thick layer of metal rapidly covered his upper body.

"CRACK—!"

The zombie’s gaping mouth bit fiercely into his metallic neck, producing a screeching sound of teeth violently grating against metal. Out of its remaining eight teeth, five were instantly shattered!

Ivan’s hairs stood on end. With a sharp twist of his wrist, he swung his machete with all his might, aiming straight for the elderly zombie’s head. But after all, this was a Third-tier Speed-type Zombie. Seeing that it couldn’t bite through the metal, it immediately tilted its head to dodge the machete, preparing to find another spot to sink its teeth in!

Ivan’s heart sank—he was horrified to realize this was a Third-tier Zombie! With his Second Order Gold Element superpower, he had already exhausted his strength just blocking that one bite; there was absolutely no way he could dodge the next strike!

In this critical, life-and-death moment, twenty or thirty thorny bramble vines suddenly shot out from the side. They tightly coiled around the zombie’s neck and gave a vicious yank, trying to drag it off the wall!

"Yvonne Ford?!"

Ivan’s voice cracked, full of shock. He completely hadn’t expected Yvonne Ford—who had just been on the verge of fighting him earlier—to step in and save him at a time like this!

But the zombie’s hands were still tightly gripping his shoulders. Just as he was about to be dragged off the wall along with it, a hand suddenly reached out from behind, grabbed his back collar, and fiercely yanked him back inside the wall!

"Look at you showing off! A Second Order actually daring to jump onto the wall so carelessly!" Sean Barnes’s impatient voice rang out, full of complaints, yet the grip of his hand didn’t loosen in the slightest.

The three Second Order Superpower Users worked together, locking in a stalemate with the Third-tier Zombie, finally managing to temporarily halt its movements! Meanwhile, Dylan DuPont, who was overseeing the entire rear of the convoy from fifty or sixty meters away, noticed the crisis in mere seconds! He immediately activated his superpower. Several sharp ice cones instantly formed, shooting with pinpoint accuracy toward the immobilized zombie’s eye sockets.

"SQUELCH—!"

Two ten-centimeter-long ice cones directly pierced the zombie’s eyes—a mere twenty centimeters away from Ivan Spencer—and shot out from the back of its head. The residual force was so strong that it simultaneously killed two other zombies approaching outside the wall!

The weight on his shoulders instantly vanished. As Ivan finally regained his senses, his back was already drenched in cold sweat. His legs gave out, and he collapsed backward. Upon hitting the ground, his immediate reaction was to frantically check his neck with both hands. After repeatedly confirming that he hadn’t been bitten, an overwhelming sense of shame surged to its peak within him. The three people he loved to pick fights with the most had actually simultaneously saved his life at a life-and-death juncture!

Sean Barnes walked over and hauled him to his feet. "If you’re fine, hurry up and keep hacking!"

Ivan kept his head down, not daring to meet his eyes. His voice was tight. "Th-thanks!"

Ten meters away, Yvonne Ford roared at him, "If you’re a real man, stop dawdling around! Get back to killing!"

"Right! I, Ivan Spencer, will never forget this favor for the rest of my life!" Taking a deep breath, Ivan suppressed the guilt in his heart, tightened his grip on his machete, and threw himself back into the zombie battle before him.

Over on Luna Dawson’s side, they had already spent over half an hour whittling down the Tier Four Zombie. Its green-glowing eyes glared resentfully at the people around it. From time to time, it would launch countless fireballs to ambush them, irritating them to the point of gritting their teeth. Unable to tolerate it any longer, Luna’s fierce temper exploded. Riding atop Rollo, she fiercely clawed at the zombie’s head and neck.

This dog usually never fought! But now that it was actually fighting, a single swipe of its paw was incredibly ferocious!

The zombie’s head was reduced to little more than a hollow shell, and the muscles and fascia of its neck were completely torn apart, leaving a large, mangled mess of flesh and blood. The mutant zombie was practically on its last legs, the superpower energy within its body rapidly draining away! It could only make a final, desperate struggle!

Rollo finally managed to widen the wound on the side of its neck. Then, Water Blades and ice blades were unleashed simultaneously! Immediately following that, the bulging flesh on its neck was sliced off. The wound looked increasingly terrifying by the second!

But Luna and the other three were growing more and more excited! Victory was in sight!