Published: January 31, 2025
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Mo Ye immediately felt a wave of relief. With the big dog coming over to help her, her situation had transformed from a precarious one to a much more manageable one.
Instinctively, her attention shifted slightly towards Ye Zhongming.
When she looked over, Mo Ye's heart skipped a beat. This man, wielding a knife, was actually evenly matched with the large lizard that had been pressing her!
In fact, Mo Ye even saw the man land a punch that made the leader of the blood tongue lizard spit out blood!
Ye Zhongming waved his hand; it hurt a bit, but a smile appeared on his face.
He initially thought that as a one-star evolver, it would be difficult to injure a level two mutated blood tongue lizard without a white-grade weapon. However, taking advantage of the moment when the large lizard lunged, he punched its head and unexpectedly made the level two lizard bleed!
This shouldn't normally happen!
There are barriers between different evolution levels; it’s hard to challenge a higher level in the apocalypse. Although there are special cases, such as lower-level individuals having powerful or bizarre professions and skills, like assassins or shadow walkers, who might have the chance to kill higher-level foes. Alternatively, individuals specially trained by large organizations who take enhanced Evolution Potions might also challenge higher levels.
Apart from these scenarios, the gap in levels corresponds to the gap in strength, which is insurmountable.
As someone who had only evolved once, Ye Zhongming shouldn’t be able to inflict such significant damage to a level two blood tongue lizard with a single blow!
But the fact was, he had made the large lizard bleed with one punch!
Ye Zhongming felt something was off.
He recalled the scene when he killed another level two lizard earlier; even with the help of the earth yellow pill and the sharpness of the white machete, it had felt too easy.
Had something happened that he was unaware of?
This thought flitted through Ye Zhongming's mind but was quickly set aside as he needed to confront the enemy before him. But the question lingered in his heart.
The blood tongue lizard was clearly enraged by the punch; it let out a roar that was not loud, yet it made both Ye Zhongming and Mo Ye's faces go pale. As an ordinary person, Mo Ye even took two steps back, dazed for a moment, nearly allowing the blood tongue lizard she was fighting to tear her throat open.
Ye Zhongming's heart sank; he knew this blood tongue lizard had begun to evolve its second innate skill—ultrasonic wave attack.
This was a highly annoying and powerful ability. If the skill fully evolved, this attack would leave both Ye Zhongming and Mo Ye incapacitated for several seconds and could even cause internal injuries.
Fortunately, these large lizards had likely just evolved to level two, and the blood tongue was still in its initial stage, so the impact wouldn’t be too severe.
After the large lizard roared, its long tongue lashed out. Ye Zhongming only saw a flash of red before the attack was upon him.
If he were a mid-level knife wielder now, he would have been confident in severing the blood tongue lizard's tongue with one strike, but at this moment, he could only see a blurry red shape, aided only by the moonlight streaming in through the large windows of the arena.
Ye Zhongming could only evade, and as he dodged, he made a very subtle move.
He positioned the knife horizontally across his chest, the blade facing outward.
This was an instinct and experience retained from his past as a professional mid-level knife wielder.
The large lizard was still just a mutated creature. Even though it had evolved to level two, it lacked wisdom. Its tongue struck with force, making a loud sound as it collided with the knife's edge.
The large lizard let out a pained howl, rolling on the ground before regaining its stance, its haunting green eyes filled with extreme fury and violence.
The white weapon posed significant lethality to level two evolved beings.