Ascending the High-rise, Riot in the Business District

"Argh!!"

The Hurricane White Wolf, infuriated by Jeremy's trickery, transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging at him with ferocious momentum.

Seeing the Hurricane White Wolf and the surrounding monsters gathering towards him again, Jeremy's eyes flickered.

The duration of his skill was about to end, and he was now less than 200 meters away from the commercial building.

But the speed of the Hurricane White Wolf was too fast. If he didn't deal with it, Jeremy had no way to ascend.

With that thought, Jeremy made up his mind.

He stealthily took out his remaining four M67 grenades, pulled the pins, and threw them all at the Hurricane White Wolf.

The Hurricane White Wolf, with a ferocious gaze, was undeterred, thinking that this despicable human was toying with it again.

However, the next moment, a torrent of flames suddenly erupted!

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!"

The grenades exploded beneath the Hurricane White Wolf's feet, and the wild flames instantly engulfed it and the surrounding monsters.

[You have killed a Level 14 Goblin Knight (Common), gaining 1789 experience points!]

[You have killed a Level 15 Mutated Black Bear (Common), gaining 2067 experience points!]

[You have killed a Level 15 Zombie Crawler (Elite), gaining 4397 experience points!]

...

Dust and debris flew in all directions, and the terrifying explosion instantly blew up more than twenty monsters into pieces, with limbs and innards flying everywhere. Even the Hurricane White Wolf was left bloodied and mangled.

This time, Jeremy had thrown all four grenades in the same spot. Although the explosion range was reduced, the damage was multiplied several times over.

In the blink of an eye, a golden glow shone on him again.

[Your level has increased to 16, you have gained 20 free attribute points!]

[You have gained class fixed attributes, Strength +30, Spirit +30, Stamina +15, Agility +15!]

At this moment, Jeremy's strength attribute had reached 1070 points, officially breaking the thousand mark.

Powerful strength surged within him. Jeremy felt as if his body had undergone some qualitative change at this moment, gaining even more control over his strength.

In addition to that, Jeremy still had 80 free attribute points unused.

As he was considering how to use these attribute points, a shadow suddenly burst out of the smoke and dust from the explosion.

It was the Hurricane White Wolf.

The wolf had turned into a charred black color, its skin cracked open to reveal fresh, red flesh, with blood continuously flowing out of its densely packed wounds, and one of its eyes had been blinded by shrapnel.

The once majestic Hurricane White Wolf now looked utterly miserable, not even comparable to a stray dog.

The Hurricane White Wolf, looking at Jeremy with its remaining eye filled with madness.

The intense pain had driven it insane. At this moment, in the eyes of the Hurricane White Wolf, there was only Jeremy, the cause of its current state.

"Howl!" The Hurricane White Wolf let out an angry howl, its muscles tensed, and the air around it suddenly turned violent. Then, with a powerful force from its limbs, its agile figure instantly turned into a black shadow, recklessly charging at Jeremy.

It was determined to make this human pay for hurting it!

Watching the Hurricane White Wolf charging at him, Jeremy remained calm.

It doesn't matter if he can't win. He could always add points.

With a thought, Jeremy directed all his free attribute points into strength, boosting it to 1150 points.

Surging power flooded into him, causing the ground beneath his feet to crack instantly.

His eyes cold, he gripped his twin blades tightly, and with a thought, they turned a dark red in an instant.

An overwhelmingly brutal aura of calamity enveloped him!

Disaster Blades!

"Swish!"

The Hurricane White Wolf was incredibly fast, reaching Jeremy in the blink of an eye.

It opened its massive jaws wide, aiming to bite down on Jeremy's head, seemingly intending to swallow it whole.

However, Jeremy sidestepped the moment the White Wolf opened its mouth, easily dodging its attack.

Then, with a fierce knee strike, Jeremy hit the Hurricane White Wolf's abdomen hard.

"Zap!"

A dull impact sounded, and the powerful blow made the Hurricane White Wolf's remaining eye bulge as if it would pop out of its socket, followed by its body involuntarily flying into the air.

Seizing the opportunity, Jeremy lifted his twin blades, ruthlessly chopping down at the waist of the Hurricane White Wolf!

"Splat!"

Blood gushed, and organs flew out!

The entire body of the Hurricane White Wolf was split into two by Jeremy's single strike!

[You have killed a Level 20 Hurricane White Wolf (Lord), gaining 16856 experience points!]

From the explosion to now, only a few breaths of time had passed. Everything happened so quickly that by the time the other monsters reacted, the Hurricane White Wolf had already been cleaved in two by Jeremy.

To Jeremy's surprise, the Hurricane White Wolf even dropped an equipment item.

With the monsters regrouping, Jeremy didn't have time to check. He grabbed the white light orb and stored it in his inventory space, then dashed towards the commercial building like a shooting star.

What surprised Jeremy was that until he reached the commercial building, that terrifying BOSS hadn't troubled him.

Looking back, Jeremy noticed the Devouring Tyrant consuming the corpses of the monsters.

"Eat... eat... eat..."

Its massive body slowly moved, its tentacles swiftly wrapping around the nearby corpses to pull into its mouth, while the heads growing on its body muttered words in a daze, creating an eerie atmosphere that sent chills down one's spine.

And perhaps it was an illusion, but Jeremy noticed that after devouring the Hurricane White Wolf and some monsters, the Devouring Tyrant's body seemed to grow bigger and even its movement speed appeared to be faster.

Could it be that this monster grows stronger by devouring?

The thought startled Jeremy.

If that were true, then this monster was terrifying indeed!

"Hopefully, I'm wrong." Jeremy dismissed the thought from his mind, reasoning that even if it were true, it didn't concern him.

At that moment, the monsters in the square charged again.

Jeremy looked up at the commercial building in front of him and forcefully propelled himself several meters into the air.

Then, grabbing the edge of a landing window and finding a foothold, he swiftly ascended.

"Roar, roar, roar!!!"

In the commercial square, countless monsters surged crazily!

They were packed tightly together, stepping on the heads of other monsters, and madly pouncing towards Jeremy.

However, these monsters were either nimbly dodged by Jeremy or kicked down by him. Even some monsters that could move on walls as if on flat ground were beheaded by Jeremy once they got close.

Tens of thousands of monsters could only watch helplessly as Jeremy, the piece of "fat meat", climbed higher and higher until they could no longer reach him.

The sky lightened with the first glimmer of dawn, and the sun slowly rose from the horizon.

The light of dawn spilled over the land, with Jeremy leaping agilely atop the commercial building.

His figure was incredibly agile, quickly moving towards the floor where Claire was located.

In the commercial square, the Devouring Tyrant, which was consuming corpses, paused its movements.

The human heads on its body looked up at Jeremy, muttering,

"Blasphemer..."

Had Jeremy heard this, he would have felt chills down his spine.

Because this monster actually knew he was a blasphemer!

...

Meanwhile, at the City Hall, in the mayor's office.

Benjamin was handling affairs behind his desk, while Eina was helping him sort and summarize messages from different areas.

"Mayor, we have a problem!" Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

Following that, the head of the security department, Dana, rushed in with a panic-stricken face.

It was clear he had hurried over, even wearing his shoes on the wrong feet.

Benjamin put down the document in his hand, looked up, and asked, "What happened?"

His tone was very calm. After the outbreak of the apocalypse, such situations occurred dozens of times every hour, and Benjamin had become immune to them.

Given that it's already the apocalypse, how much worse could things get?

"Take a drink, and speak slowly." Eina, unfazed as well, poured a glass of water for Dana.

Dana was too panicked to even catch his breath, let alone drink water.

He said with a frightened look, "There's big trouble. Our people observed that the monsters in the commercial district are rioting!"

At these words, Benjamin and Eina's expressions changed dramatically.

"What did you say?!" Benjamin stood up abruptly, shocked.

It wasn't surprising that Benjamin had such a strong reaction, given the commercial district's importance.

The monsters there had already formed a large scale, with preliminary estimates of at least 100,000, including the emergence of BOSS-level monsters.

The commercial district was located in the center of Moonlight City. If the monsters there rioted, the impact would radiate throughout Moonlight City, centered on the commercial district.

Then, not only would the people in the commercial district suffer, but the entire Moonlight City would also face a great disaster.