Chapter 147 Coordinated Combat

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ruan Ning condensed her mental energy into an extremely fine beam, like an invisible probe, enduring the intense interference and backlash, and forcefully pierced the direction from which the fluctuation came!

Her vision seemed to pass through the chaotic horde of zombies, sweeping past various distorted energy fields. She "saw" a figure standing on a relatively empty wasteland about a kilometer behind the horde, completely different from the other zombies.

Its body shape was no different from that of an ordinary person, and it even wore a relatively intact tattered suit, with sickly grayish-white skin.

Its head was abnormally swollen, bald, and covered with writhing, dark red vein-like patterns. It did not participate in the charge, but stood there quietly with its eyes closed, but a bright, invisible spiritual light emanated from its forehead.

Countless tiny spiritual threads emanated from its head, connecting with the special mutants in the horde of zombies ahead, especially the few super-powered zombies.

A fifth-tier mental zombie! And not just any ordinary fifth-tier one; its aura is more refined, aggressive, and controllable than that giant tree in Qinglin Town that leans towards area illusions!

The moment Ruan Ning's mental probe touched it, it suddenly opened its eyes! They were completely black eyes with no whites, and they "looked" directly in Ruan Ning's direction!

A powerful, cold, chaotic, malicious, and corrosive mental force surged back towards the probe!

Ruan Ning groaned, severed the connection, cold sweat beaded on her forehead, and a sharp pain shot through her mind. She had been discovered.

The psychic zombie was clearly enraged, or perhaps it realized the threat posed by Ruan Ning. The psychic aura in its forehead flickered violently, issuing new commands.

The zombie horde's offensive suddenly changed!

Instead of deploying across the board, they concentrated more than a third of their forces, especially those troublesome special mutants, which, like black cones, stabbed fiercely into the fourth section of the west wall where Ruan Ning was located!

At the same time, the zombie birds in the sky seemed to have received a command and swarmed towards this place!

"Damn it! They're coming for us!" Zhang Meng roared, coughing up blood. "Hold on! Hold on, even if it kills us!"

The pressure surged instantly!

Countless zombies surged towards this section of the city wall like a tidal wave, climbing and leaping, their ranged attacks raining down. The raging fire roared, spewing flames, scorching one patch only to have another surge up. Lin Yan and Zhou Min fought desperately, facing imminent danger.

Ruan Ning knew that without dealing with that mental commander, this section of the city wall could not be defended, and the entire defense system could be gradually breached by it in this way.

She looked in Qin Li's direction. He had also noticed the unusual pressure here and was leading his men toward them, but they were held back by the battles in other areas.

We can't wait any longer.

"Zhou Min, Lin Yan, hold this place! Big fire, follow me and charge!" Ruan Ning's eyes were resolute as she stuffed a handful of crystal cores into Zhou Min and Lin Yan's hands. "Replenish your powers in time!"

Before they could answer, Ruan Ning leaped onto the rampart. The fire followed closely behind.

"Superpowered person! Cover!" Zhang Meng shouted hoarsely. Although he didn't know what Ruan Ning was going to do, he instinctively chose to cooperate.

Several ability users who were still able to move desperately unleashed their skills, clearing a small gap in the horde of corpses in front of Ruan Ning, but it was instantly filled in.

Ruan Ning took a deep breath, simultaneously maximizing her fifth-order mental power and fourth-order water-based ability.

Ice plates materialized out of thin air beneath her feet, extending continuously, allowing her to briefly gain momentum above the horde of zombies. The roaring fire carved a path below, its flames slicing through a charred trail.

The man and his dog had a clear objective: the psychic zombie standing silently behind the horde of corpses!

A chilling killing intent and immense mental pressure emanated from behind, and the mental zombie clearly recognized the threat heading straight for it.

The special mutants around it quickly returned to defend: several extremely fast Lickers, two Corrosives that spewed acid, and even a smaller fourth-tier Bone Spike Zombie that emitted dangerous energy fluctuations, all rushed towards Ruan Ning and the fire!

At the same time, the cold spiritual energy transformed into countless invisible spikes, piercing fiercely into Ruan Ning's sea of ​​consciousness!

A Licker lunged from the air, but Ruan Ning dodged to the side and lashed out with her water whip, sending it flying. However, the acid from another Corrosor was already upon her! She raised her water shield, which hissed as the acid corroded it.

Even more deadly was the cold, chaotic mental shock, like countless needles piercing her mind, causing her to freeze and the icicles beneath her feet to nearly shatter.

Just then, several beams of blazing white lightning tore through the air and crashed down in front of Ruan Ning!

Lightning exploded, charring and convulsing several attacking Corruptors and Lickers. It was Qin Li! He was crackling with lightning, charging in from the flank, followed by several elite soldiers.

"Focus on dealing with the commander! Leave these bastards to me!" Qin Li roared, his hands flashing with lightning again, weaving into an electric net that temporarily blocked the special mutants returning to defend.

With the pressure eased, Ruan Ning focused again and charged forward. She was less than fifty meters from the psychic zombie!

The zombie's dark eyes stared intently at Ruan Ning, and a mental spike, stronger and more concentrated than before, mixed with a torrent of negative emotions such as chaos, fear, and despair, crashed into Ruan Ning's sea of ​​consciousness!

Ruan Ning's vision went black, blood seeped from her ears and nose, and her momentum came to an abrupt halt. She gritted her teeth, frantically circulating her fifth-level mental power, transforming it into the strongest barrier to resist and protect the core of her consciousness.

"Whoosh—!" The fire below was entangled by the fourth-tier bone spike zombie, its body riddled with bloody holes, and it roared repeatedly.

From atop the distant wall, Shen Yan saw the danger on this side. His knife gleamed metallically, and he hurled it! The blade transformed into a golden light, precisely piercing the head of a speed-type zombie that was about to ambush Ruan Ning from the flank. However, he himself was also entangled by several zombies and unable to escape for the time being.

Ruan Ning knew she couldn't delay. She took out a large bottle of spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and gulped it down. The cool energy instantly surged throughout her body, nourishing her parched meridians and repairing her mental wounds. Her depleted mental energy and special abilities quickly recovered.

Now!

Her eyes flashed with cold light, her mental power highly concentrated, and the cool energy mixed with the spiritual spring water transformed into a mental blade full of killing intent, which she thrust fiercely towards the forehead of the mental zombie!

At the same time, she clenched her fists, and water vapor in the air gathered wildly, instantly forming a thick water mist cage around the mental zombies and spreading to the horde of zombies further away.

"Qin Li!" Ruan Ning shouted.

Qin Li understood immediately, gave up on entanglement with the mutant in front of him, raised his hands high, and his whole body was filled with lightning to the extreme, making crackling sounds!

"Thunder Prison! Fall!"

As he swung his arms down, countless thick, blazing white lightning bolts descended from the sky, precisely striking the area of ​​dense water mist created by Ruan Ning!

Water can conduct electricity!

Sizzle—Boom!

Lightning surged, overlapped, and exploded wildly within the water mist! Centered on the mentally-based zombie, a blinding sea of ​​lightning instantly transformed into a radius of thirty meters!

The ordinary zombies and low-level mutants within range didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to charred remains. Several special mutants that returned to defend were also electrocuted, their bodies convulsing and their movements stiffening.

The fourth-tier bone-spiky zombie was struck head-on by an exceptionally thick bolt of lightning, half of its body charred black, and its movements completely slowed. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Da Huo bit off its neck.