"I... I surrender..."
Miss Slug quickly said, while entering a string of passwords into the communicator on her body.
Soon, her life indicator light turned red, indicating surrender and defeat.
"Very good, now... only the last one remains!"
Sherry recalled carefully, the person who parachuted last had bad luck, landing right near the red circle.
"No matter where you are, you're destined to lose!"
Sherry could finally display her true strength, feeling immensely excited, she stomped on the ground with her legs.
*Bang!*
The immense recoil blast left a large pit in the ground.
She skimmed along the ground, as if flying, charging towards the location of the red circle on the map.
However, she hadn't gone far before she saw a sea of overwhelming insect swarms sweeping towards her.
These monstrous insects all had six legs and huge teeth, somewhat resembling the hexapod monsters from the apocalypse, each about a meter in size. They had thick armor and barbs on their exteriors, making them appear extremely formidable.
But Sherry could feel that although the energy on these insects was much stronger than that of this world, it was still quite thin.
If judged by energy levels, they didn't even reach the combat power of the hexapod monsters.
However, these fellows were numerous, densely packed like a tide surging across the ground, as far as the eye could see, endless.
Among the swarm, there were a few scattered colossal insects, three stories high, slowly advancing.
With every step these giants took, the ground trembled slightly.
"Heh, interesting, trying to imitate the insect tides of the apocalypse?"
"Your level is far too low, and the insects in the apocalypse were merely at the bottom of the food chain."
"Do you think this level of insect tide can stop me from winning the championship?"
"I can only say, the organizers are simply too naive!"
"It's time to let those who looked down on me witness the true strength of my loyalty as a servant of the true god!"
Sherry drew two poisoned daggers and lunged forward. Before landing, she murmured, "Death Storm!"
Then, the two daggers flew up and down, and a powerful vortex of poison erupted from the ground.
Death Storm was a foundational skill for the physical evolution path.
Sherry was a dual-talent user, possessing the foundational abilities of both the energy and physical systems. However, after advancing to Assassin, the usage rate of traditional physical and energy skills had greatly decreased because all survivors knew them.
Using them now made dealing with these insects effortless!
Empowered by Sherry's immense energy, the death vortex gradually transformed into a colossal tornado reaching for the sky!
Any insect caught in the tornado would immediately begin to rot and dissolve into pus, swirling along with the storm.
Before long, tens of thousands of insects were more than half annihilated by this powerful tornado.
The green pus stained the entire sky a dark hue, and countless streams of pus rain fell from above, filling the air with a repulsive stench.
But none of this bothered Sherry.
She had seen far more disgusting scenes in the apocalypse.
What made her incomparably happy now wasn't the annihilation of these weak insects.
It was that she could finally fight without restraint, able to unleash her power to her heart's content!
"Hahaha, exhilarating!"
Sherry burst into laughter.
"Wuwu!~ Moo!~"
The earth suddenly began to shake violently, the ground started to crack, and massive fissures spread outwards radially.
Sherry hopped lightly a few times, dodging the engulfing cracks.
"A big one is coming? Finally, something worth fighting is appearing!?"
Sherry said excitedly, her eyes full of anticipation.
*Rumble!*
Dozens of tentacles suddenly burst from the ground, one of them landing precisely where Sherry stood.
*Swish!*
Sherry merely flickered and dodged the attack.
"Is this all? This is a bit disappointing!"
*Boom!*
Suddenly, the ground collapsed instantly, and then a colossal behemoth emerged from beneath.
Its head was as large as a tank, its two massive tusks were particularly striking, its body was covered in poisonous spines, and countless insect legs writhed densely.
"Looks quite intimidating, finally a proper opponent!"
Sherry revealed a genuine smile for the first time in a long while.
"Wuwu~! Roar!~"
The colossal insect monster's roar was like a train's whistle.
Then, its tentacles began to lash down towards Sherry with a crackling sound.
Concurrently, a large mass of green venom was spewed ferociously from the giant insect's mouth.
"Venom?"
Sherry effortlessly dodged the tentacle attacks while watching the venom spray past her.
Everything, in her eyes, was like slow motion.
It wasn't that the monsters were weak, but rather the harsh living conditions in the apocalypse had forged Sherry's formidable strength.
In fact, with Sherry's power, she could rank among the top twenty even if she returned to the apocalypse.
Except for a few specific mutated type-ix creatures and ultimate lifeforms, she could sweep through almost all other monsters.
Facing the incredibly powerful Sherry, the combat capabilities of the monsters here indeed seemed somewhat feeble.
Sherry lightly dipped her dagger into the venom and touched it to her lips.
"Hmm? Sweet?"
Although Sherry possessed high resistance to toxins, she generally only used her lips to gauge the potency of venom.
This way, even if the toxin was too strong, it wouldn't be life-threatening.
However, she had tasted countless toxins, bitter, sour, spicy... but sweet was a first.
She couldn't help but dip her finger into a blob of venom and put it in her mouth.
"Mmm! Delicious!"
Sherry's eyes gleamed!
Then she scooped it up with her hands and began to drink.
Sweet, thirst-quenching, and invigorating!
Sherry suddenly leaped in front of the colossal monster, slammed the ground forcefully, and then gently lifted.
She actually managed to lift the entire centipede-like colossal insect monster.
This giant creature, at least fifty meters long, struggled powerlessly like a child in Sherry's grasp.
The tentacles connected to its tail were also tensed and coiled up.
"Wuwu!~"
"Good baby, as long as you keep giving me sweet water from now on, I'll spare your life, understood?"
Sherry said, then lightly tossed the giant monster about a kilometer away.
Its massive body rolled on the ground for another hundred meters before coming to a stop.
"Wuwu~"
The colossal insect monster wailed and quickly burrowed underground, disappearing.
"Heh, cunning insect, I'll settle the score with you after I win the competition!"
Sherry sneered, then continued her charge towards the core area of the red circle. Along the way, she cut through all obstacles, countless insects falling victim to her blades.
"It should be around here!"
Sherry waved away a giant beetle, then stood with her hands on her hips, a frown on her face.
However, there were densely packed insects all around, and no sign of any ability users.
"Hey, where are you? If you don't come out soon, I'll annihilate all the insects here!"
Sherry suddenly shouted.