Chapter 437 – Human Shield

“Clang!”

The sudden projectile landed at Ling Mo’s feet. It looked like a chair, but the moment it collided with his psychic tentacle, it was completely deformed.

Taking the hit directly caused a massive drain on Ling Mo’s psychic power. He could only watch helplessly as the figure moved towards Ye Lian, struggling to get up.

He reached out with difficulty, grabbing at the chair back beside him, his face pale and eyes unfocused. He forced himself to keep his gaze on the figure, “Don’t… don’t touch Ye Lian…”

The figure’s movement seemed almost like teleportation. In Ling Mo’s dizzy vision, it was as if the figure “flashed” and appeared in another spot in the blink of an eye.

In the dim light, the figure appeared to grab another chair. With a “crack,” it easily tore the fixed seat from the ground.

“Boom!”

As the figure hurled the chair towards Ye Lian, a psychic tentacle shot out from Ling Mo’s direction.

The chair was knocked off course, landing five meters away from Ye Lian, completely collapsing that section of the audience seats.

A not-too-deep but noticeable wound appeared on the figure’s arm.

Ling Mo, feeling weak all over, shook his head vigorously. His mouth slightly open, he looked like someone who had just pulled an all-nighter at an internet cafe, ready to collapse at any moment.

Managing to hit with the psychic tentacle was already Ling Mo’s limit. Accuracy and power were hard to guarantee.

“Ling… Ling-Ge…”

Ye Lian looked at the weakened Ling Mo, then suddenly turned her gaze to the figure, a faint blood-red glow appearing in her eyes.

In the dim light, the unarmed Ye Lian suddenly emitted a chilling aura.

The studio felt as if a cold wind had blown in, dropping the temperature by several degrees.

She raised her hand, tucking her long hair behind her ear. Although her eyes still looked dazed, the blood-red glow made it impossible to look directly at her!

The aura of a Leader-Level Zombie, overwhelming!

While the figure was still looking at its arm, Ye Lian’s upper body leaned slightly forward. Like an arrow released from a bowstring, she shot forward suddenly.

The unique Frenzy of zombies, their bloodthirstiness, and the relentless madness when facing enemies, was now perfectly fused with Ye Lian’s calm, slightly naive-looking face!

“Ye Lian…”

Ling Mo clung tightly to the chair back, his voice filled with tension.

His psychic power wasn’t entirely depleted, but it felt like a machine that had suddenly crashed from overuse. He had strength but couldn’t use it.

As Ye Lian charged at the figure, the figure also reacted.

The two shadows collided in the dim light. Two loud bangs echoed as shattered pieces of the audience seats flew in all directions.

In the chaos, a figure approached Ling Mo from behind, grabbing his arm.

“You’ll get hurt if you stay here.”

Lucy’s weak voice came through. Ling Mo turned around, his vision hazy, and saw her hair disheveled and half her face stained with blood. It looked like she was severely injured.

“Are you okay?”

Ling Mo shook his head hard, asking.

“Sort of… I couldn’t completely dodge the sneak attack. It hit me with some kind of weapon and cracked my head open…”

Lucy couldn’t help but groan in pain again, trying to help Ling Mo up.

But Ling Mo had no strength at all. As Lucy struggled with his weight, they both ended up rolling to the ground.

In the narrow aisle between the audience seats, the two of them squeezed together, struggling to get up.

“Sorry, I couldn’t fight this monster at all. I had to run, and I dragged you into rescuing me, getting you hurt like this… Anyway, we need to get out of here, or we’ll definitely get caught in the crossfire…”

As soon as Lucy finished speaking, a mass of black shadow flew towards their heads.

These black shadows were fragments of the seats, scattered like bomb shrapnel. Being so close, they were inevitably caught in the blast.

Seeing they were about to be hit, Lucy, though still able to crawl away, looked at Ling Mo’s pale face, ready to faint at any moment. She bit her lip hard, a determined look in her eyes…

“You came back to save me, and I won’t owe you any favors…”

With this thought, Lucy made up her mind to use herself as a human shield…

“Ah!”

Ling Mo suddenly let out a painful cry, propping himself up with one hand and flipping over to shield Lucy.

His psychic tentacles crossed out, blocking most of the debris.

However, some fragments still struck Ling Mo, producing dull thuds and causing him to let out suppressed groans of pain. The sounds and Ling Mo’s grimacing face above her left Lucy utterly shocked.

She stared up at him in horror…

Plop!

A drop of thick blood dripped from the corner of Ling Mo’s mouth onto Lucy’s lips.

The faint warmth and the metallic taste between her lips made Lucy’s eyes widen.

“You…”

“Biting… biting your tongue really hurts like hell…” Ling Mo muttered indistinctly.

The intense pain momentarily cleared Ling Mo’s mind, allowing him to regain some physical control.

Seeing Lucy staring blankly at him, Ling Mo grunted, “Don’t just lie there, get up quickly.”

Saying this, he grabbed the chair back and, with a groan of pain, stood up abruptly.

“In this kind of fight, you’re at a big disadvantage. Be careful and protect yourself. If you die, my mission will fail, and I won’t get those rewards from the Air Force Corps…”

Grimacing, Ling Mo straightened his back and looked towards where the figure and Ye Lian were entangled in battle.

Ye Lian’s fighting style was unique. She would suddenly leap high and then pounce down fiercely, moving with incredible agility during the fight.

The figure fighting her used complex tactics, turning anything within reach into a weapon, wielding immense strength and astonishing speed.

Overall, they seemed evenly matched for the moment…

But when Ling Mo cried out in pain, Ye Lian became slightly distracted…

In that instant, as she glanced towards Ling Mo, the figure grabbed half a pipe from somewhere and hurled it at Ye Lian.

It shot through the air like a cannonball, with a sharp “whoosh!”

By the time Ye Lian snapped back to attention, the pipe was already upon her, and she only had time to leap upward…

“Boom!”

The pipe carried Ye Lian backward, crashing through a row of audience seats and pinning her heavily against the wall.

Ling Mo, who had just stood up, witnessed the entire scene.

“Ye Lian!”

Ling Mo’s pupils contracted as he shouted loudly.

“I’m… I’m fine…”

The end of the pipe was grasped in Ye Lian’s hand, preventing it from causing direct harm to her.

Although the impact was fierce, her tough skin and bones were enough to protect her.

However, even with this protection, enduring such a blow left Ye Lian’s arm limp, and her body seemed to lack strength.

Zombies, though perfect weapons modified by the virus, could still suffer wear and tear.

In Ye Lian’s case, a day or two of rest would enable the zombie’s powerful self-recovery ability to make her lively again.

But at this very moment, her condition was extremely dangerous…

The figure grabbed another chair and slowly walked towards the immobilized Ye Lian.

“Dammit!”

Ling Mo’s eyes were bloodshot as he stumbled forward, sending countless psychic tentacles shooting ahead of him!

With the prior experience of being injured, the figure now knew how to dodge.

As Ling Mo approached, the figure began to blur, becoming an elusive shadow.

Already feeling somewhat disoriented, Ling Mo’s vision now seemed completely blurred.

Even setting aside the visual impact, his psychic probe showed a series of psychic light clusters.

During the dodging process, the figure continued to move closer to Ye Lian…

“You won’t touch her…”

Ling Mo’s steps didn’t falter, and a long-suppressed Frenzy, along with the virus contained in his blood and body, erupted instantly.

The intense fluctuation of mental energy was so strong that even Lucy, a non-mental ability superhuman, felt the change in Ling Mo.

More psychic tentacles, more energy output, enveloped the vast area in front of Ling Mo.

If he couldn’t see clearly or catch the enemy, he would destroy everything he could see!

Among the countless shadows, one had to be the real enemy!