A dull thud echoed, and Ye Feng winced, retreating. As he backed away, he unleashed a barrage from his AK-47 at Experiment Subject 17, tossing in a few grenades and C4 charges.
"Rat-tat-tat-tat!"
"Bang! Rumble!"
After a burst of fire, Ye Feng appeared beside Xiao Xiao and sent a Tier 5 initial stage zombie flying.
"Xiao Xiao, let's go!"
With that, Ye Feng grabbed Xiao Xiao, and in a few leaps, they sprinted away from their previous location.
....
A few minutes later,
On a half-collapsed bank skyscraper,
"Xiao Xiao, take these potassium iodide tablets and Prussian blue pills. They're for radiation resistance!"
Ye Feng handed Xiao Xiao a few pills and took some himself.
"Oh, okay!"
Xiao Xiao nodded and quickly swallowed the pills, while Ye Feng took the radiation detector from Xiao Xiao's backpack.
"There's no radiation here... Was the sudden radiation just now due to Experiment Subject 17's laser attack?"
"Did that guy evolve from consuming nuclear waste?"
Ye Feng squinted as he looked at the distant, swarming horde of zombies.
He then dismissed the radiation issue, turning his thoughts to what had just caused his complexion to change drastically: when his fist, filled with true energy, had struck Experiment Subject 17's chest, the creature had actually manifested a spatial energy barrier, similar to what a Goblin High Priest possessed...
Although it was only a small area and unstable, more like a ripple, Ye Feng was certain it was the spatial energy that had severely wounded him in the Goblin Kingdom...
"The Goblin High Priest was previously muttering about possessing divine power... And this Experiment Subject 17 zombie... also underwent divine stone irradiation..."
"Spatial energy... is related to so-called divinity?"
Ye Feng shook his head slightly, clearing his mind of these thoughts, and focused on the true energy in his hands.
Perhaps it was due to combining that mystical movement technique with his combat in the zombie horde a few days ago; for some reason, his punch against Experiment Subject 17 just now had incorporated that technique...
This caused a slight deviation in his swing, and his true energy seemed to undergo some kind of change, leading to something Ye Feng found highly surprising!
That is, his attack, or rather his true energy, had penetrated the spatial energy ripple on Experiment Subject 17...
"How marvelous!"
Ye Feng looked at his slightly aching right hand, filled with astonishment.
Although he had defeated the Goblin High Priest, in retrospect, he couldn't replicate that power again...
"Big Brother!"
"Several Tier 4 and Tier 5 zombies are charging over, along with some ordinary zombies!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice pulled Ye Feng back from his thoughts.
"Roar!"
Before Xiao Xiao could finish speaking, a roar he was familiar with came from not far behind Ye Feng – it was Experiment Subject 17.
"Beep beep! Beep beep!"
Almost simultaneously, the radiation detector in Ye Feng's hand began to blare an alarm.
"Bang!"
Ye Feng stomped on the floor, and a massive vault blast door slammed into the mouth of Experiment Subject 17, which was preparing to fire a laser.
"Xiao Xiao, I'll handle Experiment Subject 17, you keep the others busy!"
With that, Ye Feng, pushing the vault blast door, shoved Experiment Subject 17 far away.
"Bang! Roar!"
"Bang bang!"
"Sizzle~"
With the thick vault blast door separating them, they traded blows. Before long, the solid vault blast door was covered in dents and scorch marks from laser fire...
"Bang!"
After a dull impact, Ye Feng and Experiment Subject 17 recoiled from each other, but the next second, they charged forward again.
This time, Ye Feng's attacks were not just pure true energy. When he used his true energy, he made as many mystical movements as possible.
Just as Ye Feng had speculated, his true energy had indeed penetrated the spatial energy ripple on Experiment Subject 17. Although only partially, his heart was filled with excitement...
"Roar!"
"Bang bang!"
"Whoosh! Hiss!"
The roars of Experiment Subject 17, dull thuds, laser blasts, and sonic attacks filled the air.
Although Ye Feng's true energy could partially penetrate the spatial energy ripple on Experiment Subject 17, the mystical movements he had to perform made his posture awkward, and his actions somewhat mechanical and redundant.
Consequently, Ye Feng's attacks didn't inflict significant damage on Experiment Subject 17. In fact, he was hit by the creature instead...
Especially the laser attacks from Experiment Subject 17, which caused multiple wounds on Ye Feng. While not fatal, they were still excruciatingly painful...
The sonic attacks, however, caused his internal organs to ache numbly. Ye Feng felt that if he hadn't tempered his internal organs recently, his viscera would have been shattered by Experiment Subject 17's sonic attack long ago...
Fortunately, Experiment Subject 17 was not entirely protected by a spatial energy ripple barrier. Ye Feng could continuously attempt to combine his true energy attacks with the mystical movements, all while ensuring he didn't sustain fatal injuries...
"Whoosh! Hiss!"
"Clatter!"
"Bang! Rumble!"
As time passed, Ye Feng and Experiment Subject 17's combat zone expanded. Numerous buildings collapsed during their clash, and a large number of ordinary zombies were killed...
Under extreme mental concentration, Ye Feng's integration of the mystical movements in combat became less awkward than it was initially.
"I can't keep this up any longer!"
Glancing at the darkening sky and feeling the fatigue spreading through his body, Ye Feng's eyes sharpened. A large amount of true energy surged around him, and he lunged at Experiment Subject 17.
"Bang bang! Bang!"
"Crack! Snap! Click!"
A series of thunderous impacts rang out as Ye Feng's true energy-infused fists repeatedly struck Experiment Subject 17, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.
After repelling Experiment Subject 17 once more, Ye Feng's hand flashed, and his Tang saber instantly appeared.
"Whoosh! Slash!"
The Tang saber moved with incredible speed, stabbing towards Experiment Subject 17's forehead. The creature's forehead was covered by a barrier of spatial energy ripples, preventing the saber from piercing through.
However, the true energy on the saber's edge partially penetrated, directly piercing Experiment Subject 17's head...
"Squelch!"
With a sound like a bursting balloon, Experiment Subject 17's body went limp and collapsed onto the ground.
"It actually works!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng was overjoyed. The immense fatigue in his body seemed to vanish instantly.
After all, he had pondered how to fight creatures with spatial abilities like the Goblin High Priest should he encounter them again, and now he finally had a method...
Perhaps due to Ye Feng's extreme exhaustion, his excitement was quickly overwhelmed by the throbbing pain throughout his body and the tide of weariness that washed over him.
"Xiao Xiao, don't mind those zombies, let's go!"
After felling a few zombies with his Tang saber, Ye Feng shouted to Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao immediately understood. She thrust her palms forward, unleashing a massive fireball that either incinerated or blasted away the zombies that were surrounding her...
"Boom! Boom!"
Xiao Xiao quickly retrieved an off-road motorcycle, started it, and sped towards Ye Feng.
After clearing a wave of zombies, Ye Feng found an opportune moment and leaped onto the back seat...
"Xiao Xiao, don't go too far from here, find a safe place nearby!"