"AH!!!!" A woman's heart-wrenching scream rang out.
Under the horrified gaze of everyone, Suzuki's entire upper body was hit by the bile. The fabric of her clothes was instantly corroded with large holes.
Immediately after, the high-concentration corrosive fluid continued to penetrate, burning through the young woman's abdomen in almost an instant, exposing her still-wriggling internal organs.
Her eyes gradually dilated. Her breathing fell into disorder. Her entire waist and abdomen had been directly corroded, leaving a large hole. Blood mixed with corrosive fluid flowed onto the ground, emitting strange sizzling sounds.
"Save me, save me... I don't want to die... I don't want to die!" Suzuki stretched out her hand, screaming, desperate for someone to save her.
But the surrounding people distanced themselves from her, retreating in horror.
Yukino gripped her military knife, decisively stepped forward, and plunged the blade into Suzuki's head.
"What are you standing around for? Get on the bus!" Yukino barked at the gawking crowd after pulling out her knife from Suzuki's head. Only then did the crowd wake up as if from a dream, disregarding the crowding, pushing and shoving desperately towards the bus entrance.
"I'm sorry..." Yukino's hands trembled as she glanced at the lifeless young woman. She could only quickly grab Suzuki's gun, turn around, and rush forward swiftly; she had no other choice.
At this time, due to the contamination from the bile, the horde had completely erupted into a frenzy.
"Shoot! Quick, shoot!" Someone shrieked, pulling the trigger in panic.
BANG, BANG, BANG—!!
Gunshots exploded in the empty parking lot. Like kicking a hornet's nest, dense black shadows surged like a tide from all directions. Rotting hands clawed wildly in the air, and roars merged into a noise loud enough to tear eardrums.
In the chaos, the Charger had already rushed to the side of the group, swinging its thick arm like a battering ram, casually smashing a baseball club member away.
"AH!!!!" The person flew backward, slamming forcefully into the side of the bus with a loud thud. The crisp sound of shattering bones spread along with the scream; clearly, he wouldn't live long.
"Get away from me!!" Kakeru raised his baseball bat and swung it at the back of the Charger's head, only for the creature to grab him with a backhand, hoisting him into the air. The grotesque hand clamped tightly onto his calf, and the creature opened its maw and bit down fiercely.
The sharp teeth instantly bit through Kakeru's trousers, embedding deeply into his flesh. When it pulled its mouth, a large chunk of bright red muscle tissue was violently torn away, exposing ghastly white bone. Blood rapidly gushed out like a fountain, staining the Charger's large mouth completely crimson.
"AH—!!!" Kakeru was in so much pain that his whole body kept convulsing.
On the pale white bone, tattered skin and rotten flesh fluttered slightly like flags, chilling those who saw it to the core.
"Damn it, shoot! Quick! Shoot!!" Hayato roared urgently, his eyes bloodshot with anxiety.
Everyone opened fire simultaneously. A dense barrage of bullets exploded continuously, pounding against the Charger's deformed body and erupting in dazzling sparks. Filthy blood splatters continuously burst open on the creature's strong body, and it let out a painful roar like a wild beast.
Under the intense pain, the Charger suddenly flung its arm, violently tossing Kakeru away.
"Kakeru!" Under the cover of the crowd, Hayato desperately charged into the horde, hastily reaching out to hoist Kakeru onto his back, and rushed back to the bus.
Once he got on the bus, Hayato looked at Kakeru's torn and bleeding thigh and knew that Kakeru's leg was doomed.
"Better a short pain than a long one! Losing a leg is better than being corrupted by the virus and turning into a zombie! Please don't blame me for this!" Hayato gritted his teeth, the Phoenix Dagger flashed with cold, metallic light, and he decisively swung it down towards Kakeru's thigh that had been bitten on.
STHUMP—!!
The sound of the blade slicing into flesh and bone was extremely grating. Blood instantly gushed out like a fountain.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Kakeru let out a heart-rending scream, and immediately fainted from the pain.
At this moment, the Boomer spewed mucus again, attacking the bus.
"Get away!" Tsubasa did not hesitate, immediately pulling the pin on a fragmentation grenade and throwing the grenade toward the horde.
KA-BOOM—!!
The instant the grenade exploded in mid-air, blazing flame tore through the gloom like the rising sun. The yellowish-green mucus in the air was instantly vaporized by the high temperature, turning into wisps of foul-smelling white smoke.
The surrounding attacking zombies were instantly blown away; rotten flesh and shattered bones rained down, and a shallow pit was blasted into the ground, its charred edges still smoking.
The violent shockwave pushed the horde stumbling backward, and even the Boomer's bloated body staggered, letting out a painful low growl from its throat. But this brief opening was instantly filled by the tidal wave of the horde...
Worse still, a massive black shadow that blocked out the sky had lunged forward!
"It's the Charger!" Tsubasa's eyes widened. Before the Charger's massive hand could hit him, he abruptly turned sideways, simultaneously raising his hand to grasp the Charger's thick arm.
Using the momentum, Tsubasa jumped, not only avoiding being smashed away but also soaring into the air by stepping on the Charger's shoulder.
In mid-air, lightning crackled in his left palm, and magic power and stamina rapidly drained, yet he showed no sign of panic; he quickly pulled out a Stamina Potion with his other hand and quickly gulped it down.
The next moment, four lightning arrows rapidly condensed, simultaneously plunged straight into the center of the horde below, and erupted with a 'bzzzzt—!'
ZAP, ZAP, ZAP, ZAP—!!
Pale blue electric currents spread like a spiderweb, instantly entangling most of the surrounding zombies; the paralyzing effect caused them to freeze in place, their skin instantly charred and smoking.
BANG, BANG, BANG—!!
Tsubasa seized the opportunity; he took out his rifle and fired. A fierce torrent of firepower accurately shot toward the Charger's posterior neck joint.
The moment blood splatters erupted, the Charger's movement paused, and it let out a painful roar. Its movements instantly slowed down. It was actually unable to catch up temporarily.
Taking advantage of this opening, Tsubasa landed on the ground. Having run out of bullets, he fiercely launched a counter-attack with his Kukri.
Inside the horde, Tsubasa moved and maneuvered without any hindrance. Sometimes he kicked to crush a zombie's knee, and sometimes he used a backhand slash to sever its arm. Even when dozens of zombies surrounded him from all directions, they couldn't touch a corner of his clothes.
Rotting flesh and shattered bones scattered around him, only serving to make his movements appear even sharper, like a blade cutting through the black tide.
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The crowd watched dumbfounded, shocked by the astonishing combat power displayed by Tsubasa.
Hayato widened his eyes, his palms faintly sweating. He muttered, "This... Is this even human?"
At this moment, a sense of relief arose in his heart, feeling that siding with Tsubasa was truly the wisest choice he had ever made.
"..." Yukino was equally stunned.
She stared blankly at the figure who dominated the scene. Her mouth was so wide she looked like she could fit an egg in it. The hand she had intended to raise to provide gunfire support suddenly froze in mid-air.
Inwardly, she mused, "This guy's strength improvement is simply too fast, isn't it!?"
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