"Where did they go?!"
Xu Linna's pupils constricted.
Even though she had maximized her perception, she still couldn't sense Zhang Chen's presence.
"How is this possible? The first-generation bio-engineered humans are almost invincible in the apocalypse. The upgrades I made based on her are even stronger. How can I not even see Zhang Chen's movements?!"
Xu Linna thought in terror.
*Bang!*
Suddenly, she felt a chill down her back.
Before she could react, a powerful force sent her flying!
There were no fancy moves, no special skills.
It was just a simple, powerful punch, nothing more.
But as Xu Linna flew backward, her body began to disintegrate, starting from her legs, gradually vaporizing...
Xu Linna knew that even though she didn't feel any pain, it didn't mean Zhang Chen's attack had failed.
On the contrary, because the attack had directly and severely damaged her body and nervous system, she was as good as dead!
She hadn't expected that the final battle would be one where she couldn't even withstand a single punch from Zhang Chen...
As Zhang Chen watched Xu Linna fly further and further away, slicing through the sky like a meteor, leaving a long trail of vaporized matter behind her, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "As expected of Xu Linna."
His punch had been his most reckless, his most all-out attack.
If his opponent had been a mutant ix-type monster, it would have turned into mist in an instant.
Yet Xu Linna managed to hold on for so long, with her body vaporizing only partially.
This showed the incredible strength of her body and the immense energy contained within.
While her energy wasn't as powerful as that of the creation and destruction meteor core, Zhang Chen had to admit that the body Xu Linna had modified had pushed biological energy to its absolute limit.
*Vroom!*
As Zhang Chen watched Xu Linna turn into a shooting star, an energy beam suddenly shot towards his face.
*Boom!*
Zhang Chen didn't have time to deflect it with a force field and could only block the attack with his left arm.
A massive impact force sent Zhang Chen flying back more than ten meters, and the skin on his left arm turned slightly red from the scorching beam.
"Such a powerful attack... Could it be... Xu Linna isn't dead?!"
Zhang Chen was shocked, and indeed, he saw Xu Linna, who had turned into a meteor, disappear.
She herself flew back rapidly from a distance.
From her expression, Zhang Chen could tell that Xu Linna was also astonished.
It turned out that at the critical moment of her near-death experience, Xu Linna had activated the ability of the time meteor core fragment.
Although her precognitive ability had been suppressed by Chen Xiao (Chapter 744), her ability to rewind her own body's time had not diminished.
Xu Linna had rewound her body to a state ten seconds prior, which was the limit of her rewind capability.
Of course, this was something only Xu Linna knew; Zhang Chen had no way of knowing such specific details.
The moment she rewound, Xu Linna focused all her strength and unleashed an energy beam.
She had expected this move to at least cripple Zhang Chen, or at the very least, cause him injuries or a fracture.
To her surprise, Zhang Chen had only gotten a slightly reddened arm.
This was simply unbelievable!
Was Zhang Chen truly unbeatable?
Meanwhile, the battle on both sides of the canyon had become a one-sided affair.
The bio-engineered humans were completely outmatched by the survivors, both in terms of numbers, combat power, and the tacit understanding of their cooperation and tactics.
It was only because the bio-engineered humans were fearless of death that they hadn't already scattered.
"This woman's time rewind ability makes her troublesome!"
Zhang Chen frowned, contemplating a countermeasure against Xu Linna.
Admittedly, she was no match for him.
However, whether he killed her with thunderous speed or pulverized her with world-destroying power, her body would vaporize bit by bit.
Before she completely disappeared, she only needed an instant to rewind herself to a previous state.
She would be instantly revived at full health!
If the battle continued in this manner, Xu Linna couldn't defeat Zhang Chen, but it would be very difficult for Zhang Chen to completely eradicate her!
Therefore, he needed to find a way to make this woman unconscious or unable to use her meteor ability!
While thinking, Zhang Chen continued to fight Xu Linna.
This time, he smartened up, not attacking Xu Linna's body, but instead, delivering a sudden elbow strike to the back of her head!
If her brain was directly stunned, how could she rewind?
As expected, Xu Linna's body began to vaporize again, but this time, it wasn't from parts of her body, but starting from the heavily injured head.
First, her head gradually vaporized, then it spread to her neck, her chest, and slowly downward.
Simultaneously, her mangled body began to fall freely into the depths of the canyon.
However, after falling for a few seconds, her body suddenly recovered, and she unleashed another scorching beam at Zhang Chen!
This time, Zhang Chen was prepared, slightly tilting his head to dodge the attack!
"She can still rewind? This is unreasonable!"
Zhang Chen was greatly shocked.
This time, Xu Linna had no opportunity to use her ability. Her head had been severely injured, and her consciousness was gone, so how could she still control her body?!
*Bang! Thud!*
Zhang Chen tried seven or eight more methods to kill Xu Linna, but this woman was like an immortal cockroach, always managing to rewind to her normal state.
And she would always start with a scorching beam!
No matter where Zhang Chen was, she could accurately target his head.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Chen muttered as he looked at Xu Linna, who had been split in two by his Annihilation Finger.
Although she was vaporizing, as expected, after a few seconds, she returned to her normal state and immediately fired another scorching beam.
"Master, I'm willing to share the burden. I can absorb her consciousness, and then she won't be able to recover!"
Pluto Mushroom suddenly suggested.
"Good. This time, it's up to you. I'll provide you with a large amount of energy to absorb her consciousness!"
Zhang Chen thought silently.
"Don't worry, Master, leave it to me!"
Pluto Mushroom trembled slightly, and then Zhang Chen felt a massive amount of energy pouring out of him.
*Vroom!*
Xu Linna, who had just rushed forward, suddenly froze.
Her body instantly went limp and weak, and then, as she lowered her head, she plummeted downwards.
"It's done, Master. Her consciousness is now inside me!"
"Of course, this is also thanks to the infinite energy within Master. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to absorb the consciousness of such a powerful individual!"
"Speaking of which, I actually miss the days when she fed me!"
Pluto Mushroom said excitedly.
The "days she fed me" it mentioned were naturally the period when Xu Linna was conducting consciousness transfer experiments.
"Now, I need you to control her body and bring it up. I have something to ask her!"
Zhang Chen commanded.
"Understood, Master!"
Pluto Mushroom trembled again.
Then, Xu Linna's body, which was about to hit the ground, instantly regained its vitality and charged forward again.
This time, she didn't rewind; instead, she obediently floated in front of Zhang Chen.
"It's over... this easily?"
Zhang Chen found it somewhat unbelievable. Although the fight with her had been troublesome, this outcome seemed a little too smooth.