I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

The AC-130 is not a supersonic fighter jet. Its huge size prevents it from traveling at supersonic speeds, making it much slower than the "Thunder Feather." The distance between them is rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although ground troops launched missiles to intercept it, it was to no avail. A blue beam of light shot out from its tip, piercing through the AC-130 and causing its rear fuselage to break off, its speed to drop drastically, and then it was smashed to pieces by its high-speed sprint!

Huge fireworks burst in the sky, caused by the explosion of unfired munitions from the AC-130 gunship.

The loss of an AC-130 was a painful blow to the military.

The production line for this thing was shut down a long time ago. There are only about a dozen or twenty of them left. Once they're gone, they're really gone. No new ones will be made anymore.

Of course, restarting the production line is not out of the question, but the premise is whether the military and Congress are willing to waste that money.

Given that there were still several AC-130s in the air, it was also targeted by "Thunder Feather," and the military immediately requested support from the superhumans.

In fact, they didn't even need to ask; Yan Ziming had already noticed the S-rank mutated species "Lei Yu" from earlier.

With "Thunder Feather" present, the military's absolute air superiority will be seriously threatened, and without air superiority, the pressure on our side will increase exponentially.

This guy can't be kept alive!

A light shone from Yan Ziming's body, and he flew up in a plain robe with blue and purple lace, breaking through the sound barrier.

"Keeping you around is too much trouble, so just die."

Yan Ziming arrived in front of "Lei Yu". Suddenly, thousands of lightning bolts struck down from the dark clouds in the sky, and guided by Yan Ziming, they all landed on its body.

A brilliant burst of sparks pierced its wings, leaving mottled scars on its body, while scorching lightning continued to rain down upon it.

If it weren't for its lightning attribute, this attack would have rendered it unable to fly, and it would have had little chance against the eighth-tier Yan Ziming.

After realizing that Yan Ziming was not an enemy it could match, "Lei Yu" turned and fled, transforming into a cone and diving downwards.

However, Yan Ziming was even faster. Lightning crackled behind her, causing an explosion. The enormous recoil propelled her to supersonic speed instantly, making her much faster than "Thunder Feather," which was still accelerating.

As the Thunder Cleaver slashed horizontally, Thunder Feather's right bone wing immediately separated from it, and its massive body plummeted downwards.

Another heavy roar followed, and a huge crater tens of meters deep appeared in the ground. "Thunder Feather" fell into it and turned into a lump of minced meat.

woo-

As the A-10 warthog passed through the airspace below Yan Ziming, it emitted a deep rumble and then licked its way for nearly a hundred meters. All the mutated species along the way were reduced to skeletons or died tragically with their bodies bursting with blood.

Then, the A-10 turned around and, together with the other three Warthogs, launched an aerial attack on the SS-class Predator that was fighting Li Haoyi.

The result... well, it was a resounding "heh heh."

No matter how powerful the A-10 is, it still relies on the fact that the enemy cannot hit it, and its powerful firepower can only be fully utilized in ultra-low altitude environments.

Its speed is manageable for some mutant species below S-rank, but for those of S-rank or higher, it risks being shot down.

For example, in this joint attack, although the pilots kept the altitude in a relatively safe area, the Predator, while fighting Li Haoyi, did not even turn its head. Through sound judgment and extremely strong perception, it suddenly jumped backward and swept its tail horizontally. The two A-10s were caught off guard and were sent flying into the distance, disintegrating and exploding.

"These pilots were definitely overconfident. SS-class mutant species are not so easy to deal with."

Yan Ziming shook his head at the sight, turned to call out to Mo Xin, and a strange katana immediately appeared in his empty left hand, its entire body transparent and gleaming.

She didn't use the Thunder Domain, but only activated Elementalization. Lightning permeated every cell of her body. Holding a knife in her left hand and a spear in her right, she transformed into a straight streak of blue light that pierced the sky.

She hurtled towards the SS-class predator like a comet.

Unfortunately, S-class and higher mutated species have an almost sixth sense of intuition for life-or-death crises, and they took evasive action in advance, allowing it to escape.

boom--

The shockwave generated when Yan Zimo landed stirred up towering dust waves and shattered rocks. The weaker mutated species around him were directly killed by the shockwave. Lightning continued to explode under Yan Zimo's feet, reaping another wave of destruction in the surrounding area.

That speed cannot be described with just the word "fast"!

If she didn't know exactly how fast light travels, Yan Ziming would almost have thought it was the true speed of light.

She hasn't reached that limit yet; at most, she's only surpassed the sound by twenty or thirty times.

Moreover, she used her special ability to cushion the impact when she landed; otherwise, she would have been kneeling with shattered legs, just like "Lei Yu".

If an ordinary person were to travel at such a high speed, they would instantly collapse and die because they could not withstand the reaction force and pulling force. Yan Ziming only dared to move at such a speed because he relied on his elemental transformation and supernatural power to protect himself.

She has only mastered elementalization for a short time, and has even fewer opportunities for practical application. She needs more exploration and improvement before she can gradually approach that level above all others—the ninth rank.

Chapter 112 Battle Against the Predators

"I never imagined that less than half a year later, we would be fighting side by side again."

"Bullshit! You think I wanted this?"

Li Hao joked with Yan Ziming with a smile, but Yan Ziming retorted.

The Spear of Victory thrust out from afar, flashing with lightning, piercing a bloody hole in the predator's hard shell. Then, it crouched forward and used its lightning blade to slice off a layer of flesh from the predator's body.

The predator roared and turned to lash out at Yan Ziming with its tail. The loud thud in Yan Ziming's ears told him just how powerful the blow was.

It has the power to collapse mountains!

However, the ferocious tail stopped on a layer of crystal blue light wall, and with a loud bang, the rolling air wave lifted up a layer of ground!

Drawing on past experience, Yan Ziming used her petite size to attack while nimbly weaving around the predator.

However, her speed is inevitably somewhat inadequate against agile predators.

If it weren't for the electromagnetic barrier protecting her, there would have been a few moments—or rather, three moments—enough to turn her into mincemeat.

However, the predator's immense strength reminded Yan Ziming of someone—Baror.

He was known for his 'strength' in this Civilization Cup, and he became even more terrifying after transforming into a metal giant, as if he could conquer even the air.

"Baror is quite strong, perhaps even a bit stronger than this predator, but..."

It seems he needs to go all out to have strength comparable to a tyrant, right? The Metal Giant form seems to be one of his strongest abilities.

Each strike from the predator in front of them was equivalent to almost a full-force attack from Barol; its strength was truly immense!

Wherever its tail lashes, pebbles fly everywhere; its claws tear the air apart as they swipe; it can suddenly stick out its tongue to launch a sneak attack; and its vitality far surpasses that of humans!

If Barol had been hit so many times by Yan Zimo, it would have been on its knees by now. But this predator is still tenacious, with a vitality even stronger than Yan Zimo's.

As expected of a mutated species!

Especially for mutated species that have broken through the S-class limit, the larger their size, the stronger their combat power, and their physical qualities are thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of other ability users of the same level!

In this post-apocalyptic world, humanity is racking its brains over the "piercing" tendency of all kinds of weapons.

The reason is that most mutated species have such thick shells and such strong physical abilities that weapons without powerful piercing capabilities simply cannot harm them.

Simple diffusion-type energy attacks cannot cause much damage to them, especially S-class mutated species.

for example.

Just like dealing with a tough, mutated species like the Sandstone Dragon, which has an extremely thick shell, a neutron bomb is not as effective as a bunker buster bomb with a much lower explosive power.

Yan Zimo's lightning could only damage the predator from the outside. Without using the Spear of Victory, the Lightning Cutter, or other highly penetrating energy attacks like the Radiant Red Dust, it would take a long time to kill it.

Moreover, she hadn't fought against mutated species for several months and felt her skills were a bit rusty; she hadn't fully switched back from the human-to-human battles of the Civilization Cup.

The experience of fighting mutated species cannot be transferred to fighting superhumans, and vice versa. They are two completely different modes, and it is not easy to adapt back and forth between them.

Yan Ziming had considered using swift and decisive methods to kill it, but having fought against S-class mutated species for a long time, she also understood one thing.

That is the "sixth sense" that only mutated species that have broken through to S-level possess.

Humans also possess something more mysterious than superpowers, but they are far less acutely aware of it than mutated species.

For example, this predator has an almost precognitive ability to anticipate "crisis," always managing to avoid Yan Ziming's attacks at the last minute, or to jump out of Yan Ziming's attack range in advance and maintain a safe distance.

The battle with the predator was very close to the city wall. With such a large creature around, no one could concentrate on fighting, and it could also threaten their own artillery positions.

"Hurry up and take care of this guy, settle the battle here as soon as possible, can you contain it for a short time?"

After using 'Absolute Defense' to shield Yan Ziming from an unavoidable attack, Li Haoyi replied:

"can."

"You should understand without me saying it, right?"

"...within ten seconds."

"That's enough. Five seconds is enough. Just don't let that beast get away."

With a single push and a snap of his hands, Li Hao created four walls of light that surrounded the predator from all four directions.

Before the predator could leap out, another barrier of light descended from the sky, pinning its head back down and completely locking it inside a small space.

The sudden change caused the predator to writhe wildly, and suddenly, it felt a stinging sensation on its skin.

The predator's gaze shifted, its attention completely drawn to the Thunder Cutter in Yan Ziming's hand, where a destructive power was brewing.

—This is an attack that could threaten its life.

The predator's struggle intensified, and Li Hao, feeling his energy expended, broke out in a cold sweat. The strength of an SS-level mutated species was no joke; it could crush mountains!

If it's just about maintaining absolute defense on one side for no more than a second, the cost to Li Haoyi is practically zero.

But going any higher, energy consumption will start to increase dramatically; the fiercer the enemy's attacks, the greater the energy consumption.

Moreover, he is currently maintaining five-sided absolute defenses, and his energy is being consumed at five times the normal rate, while he also has to endure the predator's dying struggle.

The predator struggled for only two seconds before realizing it couldn't break through the barrier of light, and then shifted its focus underground.

boom--