Chapter 42: Blaze Suppresses Zombie Mutant Beasts with Firepower

Chapter 42: Blaze's Firepower Suppresses the Horde of Zombie Beasts

The moment the earth shook violently, Wu Yue and the others finally reached the mouth of Frostbite Canyon.

Seeing Richard about to attack Su Mo, Wu Yue’s heart jumped to her throat.

She immediately ordered, "Set down now!"

However, the large airship needed time to descend, and the battlefield was changing rapidly. Everyone watched as Richard unrolled a sinister blood-red contract.

Wu Yue flung open the cabin door mid-air, "That’s a contract with an evil vampire—we must stop him now!!!"

Before she finished speaking, Jie Chen shoved Wu Yue aside and leaped out of the airship.

By the time the others reacted, Jie Chen had already kicked Richard away, bludgeoned the lurking vampire bat into paste with a flurry of strikes, and caused the sigil to vanish instantly, dissipating into thin air.

Wu Chong gulped, "I can see now that Jie Chen actually cares about us."

Wu Yue nodded solemnly, "Yeah."

As the airship landed, Blaze’s overwhelming firepower arrived, instantly turning the tide of battle from defense to offense.

Wu Chong pulled out his long-coveted rocket launcher and corn cannon—ultimate zombie-killers.

With a flamethrower capable of 50-yard scorching flames, even the thickest hides would be reduced to ashes!

Not to mention the airship’s built-in intercontinental missile launch function. At Wu Yue’s command, hordes of zombie beasts were obliterated in an instant.

Richard stared blankly at the deafening chaos of battle before him, then slowly turned to Jie Chen beside him.

"Why aren’t you helping?"

Jie Chen scoffed, "This minor skirmish doesn’t require my presence."

Richard pointed at his eight broken ribs, "Right, you’re so noble. Your role is just to kick and break my ribs?"

Jie Chen crossed his arms, scoffing. "I did it to stop you from falling into darkness."

He picked up Richard’s discarded emblem and battle robe from the ground and tossed them at him with disgust.

"Tossing your gear like it’s worthless—do you really hold Blaze in such low regard?"

Richard averted his gaze. "Why did you all suddenly show up here?"

Jie Chen sighed, "Who knows? Some fool got it in her head to pick up her psychic instructor.

If not for her inexplicable decision, I wouldn’t have known someone was bleeding-heart enough to martyr himself to save others.

If that idiot hadn’t warned us, you’d probably have completed The Turning by now.

Ridiculous. When Wu Yue saw you about to seal the contract, she was so frantic she almost jumped from a hundred meters up.

With her frail body, she’d have been a red stain on the ground. Ugh, gives me secondhand panic."

Richard looked surprised, his gaze shifting to the slender figure standing amidst the gunfire, holding the line without flinching.

Even from behind, she exuded an unshakable aura of reliability.

"Hey, instead of staring at Wu Yue’s back with that creepy, lovestruck look..."

"You'd better hurry to the airship’s med-pod to treat your illness, then take charge of the overall situation from there.

After all, there are still some roaches skulking in the dark behind us."

As he spoke, Jie Chen flicked a glance backward.

He still remembered the lesson Wu Yue paid for with her life—never ignore what’s behind you. Even if their airship was destroyed, the Shadow stragglers could still strike them from the rear.

Wu Yue turned to look at Jie Chen and Richard.

She noticed that since their arrival, the Shadow faction’s retreat had slowed.

"Blaze’s weapons are so advanced! That corn cannon—I’ve seen it before—it’s a straight-up rip from Plants vs. Zombies.

Firing just one corn cannon consumes 500 mil alliance credits!!"

"When do *I* get to rock gear like that?!"

"Seriously, Blaze is so strong. If they’d come sooner, our airship and weapons wouldn’t have been trampled by these zombie mutts!"

"Exactly!! As the #1 squad, Blaze should take responsibility for revitalizing the alliance!!

As citizens of the alliance, they damn well better protect us!!"

"Wow, imagine the haul of cores we could get from all these zombie mutts!"

"We basically acted as bait—Blaze should at least share some with us later, right?"

"Of course! Do they really think they can keep it all for themselves? How shameless!"

"Right! And we still haven’t gotten payback for hurting Momo!"

"We’re Momo’s best friends. If they don’t apologize to her, we’ll make ’em eat dirt!"

"Hey!! Look, there’s a woman standing on the frontlines—she’s even calling the shots!"

"A woman? I haven’t heard of any strong new female recruits in Blaze recently."

"The only woman Blaze recently recruited is... Wu Yue...

You shitting me?! Wu Yue just joined Blaze, and she’s already leading such a large team? Dozens of people, all those advanced weapons?!"

"Shut the hell up!!"

Shen Qingci, who had been letting his squad yap, suddenly raised his voice. He glared coldly at Wu Yue standing ahead and sneered:

"Don’t be ridiculous. How could Blaze let an ordinary person like Wu Yue lead a team? She doesn’t have the chops.

Eyes open. Stay frosty. If Blaze falters, we’ll take over the battlefield immediately."

Jie Chen cut Shen Qingci a look like he was trash.

"You’re nothing but a coward who only knows how to run, dragging around dead weight. And you got the nerve to talk about taking over the battlefield?

Move a muscle today, and I’ll pulp your legs and let the mutts chew on ’em."

He planted himself on the line between the Shadow faction and Blaze, watching Blaze’s six no question.

Meanwhile, Richard returned to the airship, taking over command while receiving treatment.

This allowed Wu Yue to focus all her attention on the battle at hand.

After some observation, Wu Yue was shocked to discover that this creature uprising was even more intense than in her previous life.

In her past life, the Shadow faction had at least a fighting chance against the giant beasts.

But in this life, Shadow's airships and weapons were utterly destroyed, leaving them routed before the battle even began.

The zombie transformation of the beasts had increased their combat strength by two full tiers, forcing fighters to avoid the deadly zombie virus while engaging them.

It all felt as if some intelligent being was orchestrating this from deep within the canyon.

This thought sent ice through Wu Yue's veins.

Though she had encountered intelligent beasts in her past life, most were only independently conscious.

But coordinating a horde numbering in the thousands? Impossible!

Unless... this creature's power transcended all known parameters.

The battle escalated violently. Under Blaze's heavy firepower, some three to four hundred zombified beasts had already been eliminated.

As the zombified beasts were systematically eradicated, Wu Yue sensed something monstrous stirring within the dark, perilous canyon—

A massive entity, its enormous eyes locked onto her with deadly intent.