Published: February 10, 2025
Chapter Supplement~~
Due to a sudden attack, the formation of the Cloud Summit Team was not well-maintained. The mutated life forms that appeared unexpectedly were extremely fast, forcing them to confront the enemies closest to them.
Combat sometimes requires cooperation and optimization of combat resources to maximize battle strength. This is also the most important reason why an army is far stronger than others when equipped with the same number of units.
After witnessing the resistance area and the teams from the Temple of Dawn, Cloud Summit was also striving to develop in this direction. As the most elite squad, the Xia Bai Squad, known for its high level of cooperation, naturally led in this regard.
However, the current situation forced them to fight individually, significantly affecting their combat effectiveness.
Ye Zhongming glanced around and knew there wasn't much he could do in this situation. He chose the strongest-looking mutated desert scorpion as his opponent.
On the other hand, Xia Bai faced a slightly weaker desert centipede.
The desert scorpion was much more difficult to deal with than the zombies. This was evident not only in its massive body and heavy sand armor but also in its diverse attack methods.
With its exceptionally thick and sharp pair of pincers, combined with its elongated tail, its attack range was broad, and its agile movement allowed it to create excellent offensive opportunities.
After exchanging a few blows with it, Ye Zhongming found it surprisingly troublesome. His skills hit its body, causing sand to splatter, yet they couldn’t penetrate its defenses.
However, being troublesome was still just that. Ye Zhongming had ample experience dealing with such defensively strong life forms. He began to target the joints, where the sand armor was not as thick.
Meanwhile, Xia Bai's battle against the mutated desert centipede was quite intense.
For someone like Xia Bai, once she determined something, she would execute it decisively; this was a kind of almost pathological obsession.
She, like Ye Zhongming, understood that as cutting-edge powers, the faster they resolved their battles, the more they could reduce losses among their subordinates. With this thought in mind, Xia Bai's fighting spirit returned.
With her war knife now upgraded to a green sadness ink pattern scythe, she stubbornly aimed at the body of the mutated centipede, completely disregarding the enemy's attacks. In fact, she even removed her defensive gear.
To others, this approach might seem irrational. Despite the trouble the mutated desert centipede posed—with its poisonous mist, sharp limbs, and massive body—Xia Bai could clearly see that its evolutionary level was not even at level seven. If given a little time, she would definitely be able to take it down.
However, Xia Bai only avoided the poisonous mist, charging directly at the sharp limbs, which inevitably cut into her, leaving numerous wounds that quickly turned her into a bloodied figure.
But due to her passive abilities, the attack power of the sadness ink pattern scythe increased as Xia Bai's injuries worsened. By the time her abdomen was pierced, the scythe could easily cut through the centipede’s body.
At this point, the only fate awaiting the mutated life form was a rapid dismemberment.
Thus, Xia Bai was the first to resolve her battle, even quicker than Ye Zhongming.
On the other side, the warriors dealing with the zombies managed fairly well. While they couldn’t eliminate all the enemies, they could at least maintain a stalemate.
However, the situation was tough for the warriors confronting two mutated desert cacti. The dense wooden spines covering these creatures made it impossible to approach, and they continuously shot out these spines with incredible speed, which also carried a strong toxicity. In no time, dozens of warriors had been hit; aside from a couple of serious cases, others withdrew from the battle due to poisoning.
When Xia Bai arrived, the mutated cacti seemed to sense a threat and unleashed all their wooden spines at once, creating a rain of arrows.