Chapter 38: Total Annihilation

He continued to issue orders to Jasmine beside him.

"Use your spirit eagle to carefully search the nearby area for any powerful mutant beast BOSS."

Hearing this, Jasmine's small face turned a few shades paler, her voice carrying a tremor.

"Bo… Boss, what are we looking for… looking for a BOSS for?"

"Shouldn't we hurry up and find a more hidden place to hide?"

Zhou Huai manipulated Yasuo, his tone calm.

"Don't ask so many questions, just do as I say."

Jasmine nodded and obediently closed her eyes.

After a moment, she opened her eyes and said, "Five hundred meters to the northwest, there seems to be a BOSS inside the underground parking lot."

"My spirit bird didn't dare to approach, so it's most likely a BOSS."

Yasuo nodded and instructed, "Hide well here."

"Remember, no matter what happens outside, don't come out, and don't make any sound."

Although Jasmine's heart was filled with doubt and fear, she still nodded heavily.

"I… I know, Boss."

Yasuo said no more. With a flicker of his figure, he leaped lightly from the second-floor window like a ghost, silently blending into the pitch-black night.

The dilapidated small building fell into silence once again, leaving only the sound of Jasmine's nervous heartbeat.

The night in the Old City District added a few more parts of gloom and terror compared to the day.

Gusts of chilly wind whistled past, stirring up the withered leaves and dust on the ground, making a "rustling" sound like ghosts whispering.

Relying on the smart core ai's precise analysis of the environment and the general direction scouted by Jasmine's spirit eagle earlier, Yasuo quickly traversed through the maze-like ruins.

His figure flickered among the broken walls and ruined ramparts, avoiding wave after wave of wandering low-level mutant beasts.

About ten minutes later, he arrived at the entrance of a mostly collapsed underground parking lot.

A thick stench of corruption and sulfur permeated from the pitch-black opening, making one want to vomit.

Yasuo stopped his steps, his gaze scanning the surroundings sharply.

Deep within the parking lot, faint sounds of snoring like muffled thunder drifted over, mixed with heavy breathing.

"Found it," Zhou Huai thought to himself.

He cautiously sneaked closer.

In a relatively open area on the second basement level of the parking lot, a massive monster was lying prone on the ground, sleeping deeply.

That was a giant monster nearly three meters tall and over seven meters long.

Its appearance was like a pangolin magnified dozens of times, but its body was not covered in scales, but rather chunks of dark brown, thick cuticles, like natural heavy armor, flashing with a hard metallic luster.

Its head was ferocious and terrifying, its giant mouth full of sharp teeth slightly open, emitting a suffocating stench, and saliva mixed with some unknown green mucus dripped onto the ground, making a "hissing" corrosive sound.

Its limbs were thick and powerful, its sharp claws deeply embedded in the ground, and every breath caused its huge chest and abdomen to rise and fall slightly.

[Ruined City Corrupter LV28 (Elite BOSS)]

[HP: 45000 / 45000]

"A level 28 Elite BOSS, its HP pool is certainly not low."

Zhou Huai looked over this sleeping giant beast, already having a plan in mind.

He slowly raised the Windbreaker longsword in his hand, the tip pointing far towards the Ruined City Corrupter.

The next instant!

[Thunderous Strike]!

Whoosh—!

A fierce streak of thunder Sword Qi whistled out, striking with absolute precision onto the thick dorsal armor of the Ruined City Corrupter!

"Clang!"

-388!

The damage wasn't high, but it was enough to awaken this sleeping giant beast!

"Roar—!!!"

The Ruined City Corrupter suddenly woke from its deep sleep, letting out a deafening roar!

The entire underground parking lot seemed to tremble slightly in this roar!

Its dark yellow, ferocious eyes instantly locked onto the tiny Yasuo, filled with tyranny and anger!

Having succeeded in one hit, Yasuo didn't linger for battle at all, turning around and running!

"Want to run?!"

The Ruined City Corrupter roared, its massive body displaying an agility inconsistent with its size. Its four limbs exerted sudden force, and its heavy body crushed over like a tank, making the ground tremble!

Yasuo's speed was extremely fast, shuttling through the complex parking lot pillars.

The roar of the Ruined City Corrupter, like a signal, alarmed the mutant beasts in other areas of the Old City District.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

Several huge mutant giant rats darted out from dark corners, their red-glowing eyes staring fixedly at Yasuo.

"Heh heh heh…"

In the distance, several wobbling Corrupted Rovers were also attracted, closing in with stiff paces.

For a moment, the entire area became restless due to the awakening of the Ruined City Corrupter.

Seeing that the tiny human was still fleeing, the Ruined City Corrupter grew even angrier.

It abruptly opened its giant mouth, and a dark green acid liquid column sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun, aiming straight for Yasuo's back!

"Not good!"

Zhou Huai's heart tightened.

Yasuo exerted sudden force under his feet, attempting to dodge sideways!

Puchi!

The acid still brushed past Yasuo's left arm, instantly corroding a large hole in the armor of the Shadow Wind Suit, and a piercing, excruciating pain struck!

-750!

An astonishing damage number floated up from above Yasuo's head!

His HP instantly dropped by a huge chunk!

"Damn it! This BOSS's corrosion damage is so high!" Zhou Huai cursed inwardly.

Enduring the excruciating pain, his steps did not stop at all; instead, he sped up a bit more, rushing towards the direction where the Radiant Alliance team had last disappeared.

The Ruined City Corrupter pursued relentlessly, its massive body running amok and crushing all obstacles along the way, followed by a group of alarmed mutant beasts of all sizes, forming a small beast tide.

…

On the other side.

The Radiant Alliance squad was cautiously searching in the ruins of the Old City District.

The night was deep, and the occasional roars of mutant beasts around made everyone's nerves taut.

"Damn it! This ghost place!" a team member couldn't help cursing in a low voice, "It's pitch dark, and we can't even find a ghost's shadow!"

"Captain, could that kid have long been eaten by the mutant beasts here?" another team member asked quietly, his tone carrying a hint of wanting to retreat.

This Old City District was more dangerous than they imagined; just now they had encountered a small wave of rotting corpse dogs' attack, nearly suffering casualties.

Scar-faced Captain's face was gloomy, and his heart was also beating with unease.

This Old City District was too big, and the terrain was complex. Wanting to find a person inside was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.

"Search a bit further ahead!" Scar-faced Captain gritted his teeth, "If we still don't find anything, we retreat!"

"This ghost place is extremely weird!"

As soon as his voice fell,

"Rumble…"

In the distance, a muffled sound of thunder faintly drifted over, mixed with the roaring of beasts.

"What sound?" Everyone was startled, looking in the direction of the sound one after another.

Only to see at a street corner ahead, a familiar figure was sprinting towards them like running for their life!

That person had a head of unrestrained black long hair casually tied behind his head, with thunder light faintly flashing on his body!

"Captain! Look quickly! Ahead! It's that kid! It's Yasuo!" a sharp-eyed team member cried out in pleasant surprise.

Scar-faced Captain's spirit also lifted, a grim smile appearing on his face.

"Hahaha! There is a road to heaven which you refuse to take, but you force your way into Hell with no door!"

"This is truly searching for something through iron shoes with no avail, only to obtain it effortlessly!"

"Brothers, get him! Capture him, and there will be a heavy reward!"

Several members of the Radiant Alliance immediately became excited, raising their weapons one after another, preparing to intercept.

However, Scar-faced Captain was experienced after all, and he quickly noticed something was wrong.

"Wait!" He suddenly raised his hand, stopping his subordinates' actions, "He… he seems to be charging right at us!"

"And… behind him… holy crap!"

Scar-faced Captain's pupils abruptly contracted, the grim smile on his face instantly freezing, replaced by boundless terror!

Seeing right behind Yasuo, a ferocious and terrifying giant monster was pursuing relentlessly, that massive body making the ground tremble with every landing!

What was even more terrifying was that behind that giant monster, a dense, massive crowd of various mutant beasts followed closely, hissing and roaring, forming an unstoppable torrent!

"Damn it! This kid is setting us up!"

"Retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"

Scar-faced Captain experienced Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, without even thinking, turned and ran!

Seeing this, the other team members had not even a shred of thought left to capture Yasuo; saving their lives was paramount!

One by one, they were pale-faced, scrambling and crawling as they fled backwards, continuously cursing Yasuo's despicableness and shamelessness.

However, how could their speed possibly be faster than Yasuo's?

Like an arrow released from a bow, Yasuo rushed in front of them within a few breaths.

He didn't even glance at these panicked Radiant Alliance members.

Just at the moment of brushing past them!

The Thunder Armor on Yasuo's body suddenly dimmed in light, and then exploded fiercely!

"Rumble!"

A violent thunder shockwave centered on him swept outwards in all directions!

Caught off guard, the nine members of the Radiant Alliance were instantly enveloped by this violent power of thunder!

-155!

-162!

…

A string of damage numbers floated up from above their heads.

What was even more fatal was that the thick paralysis effect instantly stiffened their bodies, rendering them unable to move!

"Ah! My body!"

"Can't move! Damn it!"

Desperate wails rose and fell one after another.

Zhou Huai manipulated Yasuo without looking back, continuing to run for his life desperately toward the predetermined direction.

These people from the Radiant Alliance no longer needed him to deliver a finishing blow.

Behind him, the Ruined City Corrupter and that massive wave of mutant beasts had already surged over.

The Radiant Alliance members, whose paralysis effect had just faded, didn't even have time to crawl up before they were completely swallowed by the angry BOSS and the violent mutant beast horde.

Shrill screams echoed through the night sky, but came to an abrupt halt shortly after.

Fresh blood and fragments of flesh stained this dilapidated street red.

…

By the window of that two-story small building in the distance.

Jasmine took all of this into her eyes, her small mouth wide enough to fit an egg, her pretty face filled with incredulous shock and horror.

She saw with her own eyes Yasuo leading that terrifying BOSS and a large group of mutant beasts, like herding ducks, easily sending those nine arrogant Radiant Alliance members into Hell.

The entire process was flowing like clouds and flowing water, clean and neat, even carrying a sort of cruel artistic sense.

For a long time, Jasmine swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, her voice carrying a trace of unnoticeable tremor.

"Boss… this move… is way too ruthless…"