Chapter 6 Within the skyscrapers of the sixth high-walled city.
A dozen survivors had managed to gather.
When facing monsters like the Red Soil Fungus, the more scattered they were, the faster they died.
With more people, there was still a slim chance of survival through concentrated firepower.
However, the clouds interfered with the ring's communication function, and many people were still scattered in other parts of the city.
"Look, the Red Soil Fungus is moving again. It seems someone else has been targeted!"
A survivor pointed at the Red Soil Fungus enveloping an entire building not far away.
"Those who are in this city should be our own. Should we help?"
Another survivor wearing glasses asked.
"Help? With our limited manpower, going over there would be suicide. What help can we offer?"
"We can only ensure our own survival before we have the strength to save others!"
A dark-skinned man said coldly.
"They don't seem to be our own. I've never seen such a beautiful woman before. If she were from our camp, I would definitely remember her!"
"Heh, you're only interested in women, aren't you!"
Another person teased.
Everyone followed the direction of the finger and saw a beautiful long-haired woman with a good figure—although her features were unclear, her proportions and facial contours suggested she was undoubtedly a stunner—constantly firing energy beams to resist the attacks of the Red Soil Fungus.
Beside her, a man stood foolishly at the edge of the rooftop, looking down without moving.
"What's wrong with this man? Why isn't he helping his companion fight? One person can't possibly block the swarm's attacks!"
"Ha, you actually care about a stranger. Don't tell me you've taken a liking to this girl!"
"It's such a shame for such a beautiful girl to die. After all, the opponent is the Red Soil Fungus, which eats people down to their bones, leaving no corpse behind. What a pity!"
"If I were this woman, I'd definitely abandon this useless man beside me, who's too scared to even move by the swarm. Hmph, trash!"
A busty woman said.
Although she had large breasts, she was also powerfully built, with visible strong muscles on her arms.
A few men looked at her, then at Zhao Xiyue in the distance... they really hoped she could survive...
At this moment, the Red Soil Fungus not only enveloped the building where Zhao Xiyue was located but also several surrounding buildings.
Beams of fungus, like tornadoes, suddenly slammed down towards Zhao Xiyue's direction!
Boom!
With a loud bang!
The entire rooftop was smashed open with a large hole.
Zhao Xiyue agilely leaped high to evade the attack, but Zhang Chen was tightly entangled by the fungus.
"Good, very good. The girl dodged, the scumbag died. A perfect ending!"
"But... those surrounding few blocks are covered by the Red Soil Fungus. It's useless even if the girl dodged this attack. As soon as she falls, she'll be instantly devoured by the Red Soil Fungus..."
As this was said, everyone sighed again.
However, something magical happened.
Zhao Xiyue, who was expected to fall from the high altitude, instead of descending after reaching her highest point, she remained suspended in mid-air!
"Ha, I didn't expect the goddess could fly. Now it's all good!"
"Why does it feel like the goddess is deliberately setting up this man?"
"Or perhaps she found out this man is a scumbag, so she just abandoned him!"
A few people watching the commotion chatted amongst themselves.
After all, the Red Soil Fungus's attention was now entirely on Zhao Xiyue and Zhang Chen. The fight over there was chaotic, and they wouldn't notice the sounds of these few people talking.
"No, that man is acting strangely!"
A survivor standing by the window suddenly said.
Everyone immediately looked at Zhang Chen, who was completely enveloped by the Red Soil Fungus. From a distance, he was just a small bulge.
But this bulge was faintly emitting a dark red light.
Subsequently, the Red Soil Fungus enveloping Zhang Chen began to dim in color, as if its life force had been drained.
Soon, this dimming color spread rapidly through the Red Soil Fungus's body like a contagion.
The closest clumps of Red Soil Fungus to Zhang Chen grew darker and darker, eventually turning black, turning into ashes, and scattering with the wind into countless dust particles.
At this point, the Red Soil Fungus began to rapidly shed its form, desperately trying to escape Zhang Chen's location.
But the spread of the dark red was far faster than its retreat!
Soon, the dim red spread to the fungus on the road, and then continued to spread to the fungus hidden beneath the ground.
"What... what kind of ability is this? The Red Soil Fungus turned into dust?"
"This is the first time I've seen someone survive after being enveloped by the Red Soil Fungus!"
"Not only survived, but it seems... they also counter-killed the Red Soil Fungus..."
"How... how did he do it?!"
Everyone was filled with surprise.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang!
At this moment, explosions sounded one after another.
The manhole covers on the city streets were all blown high into the air by immense pressure.
Then, clusters of black dust poured out from the sewers.
The Red Soil Fungus, which had grown to cover the entire high-walled city, inexplicably turned into a pile of ashes!
Rumble!
At this moment, the largest and brightest lightning bolt from the sky exploded.
It struck the rooftop where Zhang Chen was standing!
Zzzt! Crack!
A burst of electric sparks scattered.
But Zhang Chen stood there unharmed.
Sharp-eyed observers saw that all the energy of the lightning was injected into Zhang Chen's body and disappeared!
At this time, under the cover of the red ominous clouds, Zhang Chen slowly raised his head. His eerie smile and somber expression sent a chill down everyone's spine!
Even a god of death from hell would be no match for this...
This man... is truly terrifying!
In reality, from such a distance, they couldn't see Zhang Chen's expression at all. These images were all imagined due to extreme shock.
In just a few minutes, Zhang Chen had absorbed all the energy of the Red Soil Fungus, making him feel exhilarated, as if he had just enjoyed a delicious meal.
"Hoo, so comfortable!"
Zhang Chen stretched his arms, feeling his body filled with power.
He waved his right hand in the air.
Hum!
A golden energy wave shot out, directly hitting an adjacent building.
Boom!
Crash!
The entire building could not withstand such a powerful blow and collapsed.
The energy wave, undiminished, continued forward and blasted huge holes in four or five more buildings before gradually dissipating.
[After absorbing energy, please remain stationary until all energy is fully absorbed into the core before acting, otherwise, it may cause extremely destructive effects!]
At this moment, a prompt slowly appeared from beside the hole in the building, as if realizing its mistake too late...
Hiss~ With this, it's impossible not to be invincible... This is too difficult!