53 3.10

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 45%.]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 20%.]

Yunyu gulped when he saw the wave of zombies in front of him. Ling Kai gazed down at him condescendingly. It was pretty much a dead end for him, he couldn't run away to fight against Ling Kai.

[System, why does Ling Kai turn like this? What triggers him?]

[Pupa: It's you.]

[Me? But I did nothing wrong! I mean, he is a heartless monster that only loves chaos, and I cater to all the chaos that he created.]

[Pupa:… as long as he has a Fatemeter, then he is not heartless.]

[But, what he did—]

Yunyu didn't have much time to argue with the system when Ling Kai called his name again, "President Ru, what do you think of my zombie army? I can create more than this, but I don't want to frighten your citizens even more."

Ling Kai's condescending gaze scanned the ability users who were obviously scared, but got a boost of morality once their President Ru stood in front of them. They worshipped Ru Lan like he was some kind of omnipotent god.

Then, he saw Bi He behind Ru Lan whose body was basically sticking in Ru Lan. He felt that Bi He deliberately taunted him by holding Ru Lan's arm and acting scared. Ling Kai gritted his teeth, he opened his palm and shot a medium sized laser beam towards Bi He, which Ru Lan repelled by sending the same attack.

Their attacks collided mid-air, creating a flash and small explosion.

"President Ru loves your Vice President so much that you dare to repel my attack. Even after you see these armies of zombies?" Ling Kai asked again, his anger stacked up slowly, but he still tried to hold it. He didn't know why he was holding his anger, but he tried to.

"Bi He is one of my people, I will not let you hurt him," Ru Lan said diplomatically. But it finally ignited Ling Kai's anger. He felt stupid to ask for the reason, of course it was all clear from the very beginning.

Nobody liked him, nobody would ever protect him, and he doubted anybody would in the future. Why hesitate?

"Then, I don't need to hold back anymore," Ling Kai raised his finger and commanded, "Attack."

The wave of red and glow zombies moved, while the behemoth zombie that Ling Kai mounted stood still, only grunted in anger. The red zombies were slower, but stronger than glow zombies. But the glow zombie rushed to attack the ability users.

"Defend the city! Use all your powers!"

The ability users started unleashing their attacks. The earth ability user made two tectonic plates and slammed it to the zombies to crush them. The fire ability user used their scorching fire bomb to burn the zombies, and many more.

"Start combining your attack! Do it with your partner!" Ru Lan ordered again. Once he became the President, he assigned every ability user with a partner that would complement their ability. It was Ru Lan's original idea, because he found that some ability users could create a combo with his partner.

"YES, PRESIDENT!" the ability users affirmed the command.

A wind ability user created a strong gust of wind that slowed down the zombies heading towards him, and her partner, a strong ice user, combined his ice attack with the gust of wind. The combination of ice and wind created a blizzard that froze the glow zombies and slowed down the red zombies.

It was not for long though, because zombies were naturally resistant to cold. They would struggle and break the ice soon. Thus, ability users that had powerful bodies rushed towards the zombies and punched or gutted their heads easily. The zombie heads fell to the ground one by one.

Many attack combinations were made, thanks to President Ru's training. But it was not enough. No, it was enough, but there was no use at all.

Because every time they destroyed the zombies' head, Ling Kai would just raise his hand and commanded, "Merge."

Then all the destroyed zombies' bodies would gather and merge into one. It got so big that in the east side of the city gate, the destroyed zombies had merged into a ball of grotesque rotting flesh filled with zombie's pieces. No matter how much they tried to destroy it, it wouldn't die at all.

The grotesque ball of zombies shook the mental fortitude of many ability users who were already tired and scared of the creature. Ling Kai laughed as he watched many ability users starting to run back into the city, trying to find some useless shelter.

"It's a pity. It seems they are not as mentally strong as you, President Ru," Ling Kai said. He saw that President Ru didn't budge at all from his position, he still stood straight unwavering.

[System, I can't feel my leg now, it's numb. I'm so scared…]

[Pupa: Just when I'm about to praise you for your mental strength.]

Yunyu took a deep breath. He still didn't understand how the situation escalated like this, but if the system said that he was the one who caused this, then he didn't want anyone to be the victim of his carelessness.

He glanced at Bi He. Bi He was his combination partner, because Ru Lan didn't need any other attack to help him, he only needed the support that could strengthen his power, "Let's go, Bi He."

"I will protect you, Ru Lan!" Bi He nodded.

Ru Lan commanded a girl near him, "Amanda, earth pillar."

"Yes, president!"

The girl named Amanda used her earth power and the ground beneath Ru Lan and Bi He shook. The ground beneath them escalated high and created an earth pillar. Ru Lan and Bi He were now high above the zombies.

Every ability users immediately retreated once they saw their President and Vice readying their attack. Ling Kai watched in jealousy, because everything about Ru Lan and Bi He felt so harmonious, he couldn't wait to destroy their bonds.

"I'm ready, Ru Lan!" Bi He's hand glowed in intense light and he put his hands on Ru Lan's head. He closed his eyes, concentrating. He was now trying to constantly regenerate Ru Lan's energy, so he wouldn't overcharge or exhaust too much power while unleashing constant attack.

Ru Lan knew that Bi He already transferred his energy. Ru Lan took a deep breath and he opened his palm. A ball of electricity started swirling around each of Ru Lan's fingers, in total, there were ten electric balls on his hands.

Ru Lan raised his hand high, and then clapped once, "Lightning Shower Attack!"

The balls of electricity on his fingers unleashed thousands of lightning attacks that struck the zombies' heads in deadly precision. Each attack would blast and burnt the zombies to crisp, it was strong enough to actually destroy the brain bead of the zombies.

Ling Kai watched in amazement. Ru Lan's constant lightning shower attack stopped the zombies from merging. Ling Kai had to actually use an energy barrier to protect himself from the attack.

After Ru Lan clapped five times, he started coughing blood. He already unleashed countless lightning attacks to the zombies. He was already at his limit, even with Bi He's regeneration power. Bi He also started shaking, because he was also at his limit.

[System, D—Did I make it? Did I… win?]

[Pupa: You did very well, Bai Yunyu.]

Pupa watched as Yunyu clapped for the sixth time and he finally collapsed, Yunyu whispered a message on Bi He before he completely lost his consciousness, "Protect… my people."

"Ru Lan!" Bi He screamed as he caught Ru Lan who fainted out of exhaustion.

Seeing an opening, Ling Kai destroyed the earth pillar and they fell to the ground. Ling Kai caught both of them with his wind power before their body landed on the ground.

Ling Kai saw almost 90% of his zombie armies had been exterminated without the chance of merging back. Ru Lan's power was truly amazing, he was probably the strongest human that Ling Kai ever met.

Bi He desperately opened his palms again and tried to heal Ru Lan, but the usual gentle glow didn't appear in his hands. It seemed that he also had exhausted all his power.

Ling Kai saw that the ability users were all shocked when they saw President Ru had fainted helplessly. He needed a lot of time to recover without Vice President Bi's healing power.

The ability users started to back off, some already scattered, trying to run away from the scene. When their President had failed, then they were all doomed, at least their morale had been reduced to dust.

Ling Kai grinned, he jumped from the behemoth zombie and strutted leisurely in front of Bi He.

Bi He looked up and was petrified with Ling Kai's amber eyes. Ling Kai glared at Bi He, under the moonlight, his amber eyes shone;

"Give Ru Lan to me."