Yanghe North Road, this alley gradually prospered since the establishment of Yanghe School in 1998, providing entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for local residents due to the consumption brought by a large number of students. Shops, medical clinics, and small supermarkets sprouted up like mushrooms. Later, Yanghe Welfare Home, Yanghe Technical School, and Yanghe Kindergarten were also built in the community.
All this prosperity disappeared in a major flood. As the flood receded, the population advantage became the root cause of chaos and disorder in this area.
"Hurry, run to the base!" A loud shout came from the Yanghe Welfare Home. Two beautiful women hurriedly ran towards the direction of the base. And then...
A loud noise. The cement courtyard wall of the Yanghe Welfare Home collapsed, raising a large amount of dust. In the dust, a bare-chested figure flew out from inside and violently crashed into the wall on the side, while from the smoke and dust, a huge monster leaped out, swinging its large scythe towards the figure. "Damn thing!"
The figure quickly pulled his body out of the cement wall and dodged to the side. Another loud noise. The wall where the figure was originally located instantly turned into a pile of ruins. "Too fast!" The figure was Dash. He glanced secretly at the direction the two women were escaping and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them go far away.
If it were a one-on-one situation, he was confident that he could overpower the monster, but with the two women nearby, he had to split his attention to protect them. As a result, the monster gained the upper hand. Besides that, there was another point. These zombies in the welfare home were somewhat strange. They moved as agile as normal humans, or even more so. Compared to the ordinary zombies encountered before, it was like heaven and earth.
What's going on here? No, I must tell that kid about this. Dash thought, his expression firm. He looked up at the big guy in front of him, a hint of coldness appeared on his face, and he shouted loudly, "Hey, ugly creature, a similar thing like you previously ambushed the old man. Now that the old man's injuries have healed, I'll take my anger out on you first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man shouted loudly, "Hard Qi Gong!" As the words fell, the muscles of his tightly knotted body swelled again, from a height of about 1.78 meters to two meters, and his body grew by about a circle. The surface of his skin seemed to emit a large amount of heat like a steamer.
Although it couldn't understand what the human in front of it was saying, this reaper could sense the provocation. With a roar, it bounced off its legs like a cannonball, and the huge scythe on its arm cut through the air, rushing towards Dash. "Hmph, you beast!" Dash coldly shouted, his arm slightly bent, and when the monster approached, he fiercely threw a punch.
"Diamond Fist!" There was a burst of popping sound in the air, and gusts of powerful winds rose around his arm. On top of his fist, under the envelopment of internal energy, a faint golden radiance appeared.
The reaper's giant scythe was equally hard, and at the moment of collision with the fist, it emitted a deafening metallic buzzing sound. But in less than two seconds, the reaper's strength faltered, and its body flew backward.
Dash saw the situation, stomped his right foot on the ground, causing gravel to splash, and shot out with his body, delivering another punch. This punch aimed directly at the reaper's face, smashing its eight-petal mouth and causing blue liquid to splatter and fall to the ground. The huge body descended, and the uneven cement road surface was immediately smashed into a large pit. The attack continued.
Dash followed up with punch after punch, each one stronger than the last. With every punch, the massive eight-petal head of the reaper was forcefully slammed into the ground. Dash didn't stop throwing punches until the head was smashed into a broken mess, then he relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"This beast has a really hard head." However, thinking about the stones that Anthony asked him to collect, he looked down and saw a transparent crystal the size of a marble in the meaty remains. "This should be the thing."
At the same time, as the two women were running, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of them. Seeing Anthony, the two women quickly shouted, "Anthony, this way!"
Hearing the voices, Anthony immediately rushed over and couldn't help but ask, "Where's the old man?"
"Dash held back that huge mutant zombie to let us escape. We don't know how he's doing now. Anthony, go and help Dash quickly," Cheryl said anxiously.
"Okay, you two go back to the base the same way we came," Anthony nodded, but when he thought of Lynn and her daughter in the base, he added, "By the way, there's a new person in the base who hasn't officially joined yet."
"We know, you go check on it quickly," Verna naturally understood what Anthony meant, but now Dash's safety was the priority.
"Okay," nodding, Anthony swiftly disappeared in front of the two women.
At this moment, at the entrance of the welfare home, Dash reached into the blue sticky liquid and took out the crystal, then leaped down from the corpse, preparing to return to the base. But just then, his eyes suddenly flickered. He leaped backward in mid-air, and in the spot where he was originally standing, a strange giant figure leaped past from below.
Steadily landing on the ground, Dash assumed a fighting stance. His intuition told him that this monster was a bit extraordinary. "Big guy, this human is so interesting, help me catch him quickly!"
A childish voice sounded, coming from a silver-haired little girl who was growing out of the neck of a body over three meters tall. She had an extremely bizarre appearance and pointed at Dash in front of her, unable to suppress her excitement, as if she had seen a fascinating toy.
"This guy, could he be the monster that injured Anthony?" Dash muttered as he looked at the monster's appearance. If that was the case, his own life would probably end here, but shouldn't it be at the school?
Regardless, he should test the opponent's strength first. Thinking this, Dash loudly said, "Little one, if you want to catch the old man, you'll have to put in some effort. How about we play a different game? If the old man catches you, he'll take your head off for himself. If he can't catch you, then his head will be yours. How about that?"
"Great!" When the little girl heard that there was a game to play, she immediately showed a happy expression and asked, "How do we start?"
"Old man, count to three. When you reach three, the game starts, and the old man will chase you," Dash shouted.
"Okay! Okay! Hurry up and count! If you count too slowly, I'll let the big guy kill you!" The little girl clapped her hands happily.
Dash broke out in a cold sweat when he saw the little girl agreeing. Luckily, this monster wasn't very smart. He took a deep breath and loudly counted, "1!" His muscles tensed, and half of his internal energy in his dantian gathered in his legs, while the other half covered his whole body. Adjusting his internal energy, Dash muttered to himself, "It's now!" He shouted, "3!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his body left behind a faint golden afterimage and charged towards the silver-haired little girl. A loud bang resounded. The monster couldn't dodge in time and was heavily hit in the abdomen, staggering back five or six steps before stabilizing. At this moment, the silver-haired little girl on its head started crying. "Human, you cheated! AnAn didn't lose, this round doesn't count!"