Chapter 289 Lu Xici's Fire Scythe
"Base Commander! Look over there! Why are those zombies fighting amongst themselves?"
The bearded base chief said, "Did you see those two who just left? They're probably psychic ability users."
"A psychic? This is the first time I've ever seen a living psychic."
A female superhuman stood on tiptoe and pointed in the direction of Lu Nange in the distance: "Base Commander, are you talking about that girl and...that little one?"
"That kid just showed off his skills; he's a metal-type zombie," the bearded base leader said. "And his level isn't low. As for the girl and the young man next to her... the zombies around them were all like they were possessed. Especially the girl; even a level four zombie couldn't fight back against her; its head was blown off instantly."
"Level 4 zombie? Head blown off?... What kind of sentence is that?... What level of superpowered being would that be?"
Base Commander: "So easy, at least level five."
"Level 5?!" A collective gasp rippled through the crowd.
"Base Commander, you're only level four, which is already the highest level among us."
The bearded base chief's face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot: "...If you can't chat, then shut your mouth..."
Lu Xici was facing a level four wood-type zombie, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to hone his ability control...
The space for fighting was too cramped. As he manipulated his flint and steel to burn upwards along the attacking vines, the sparking vines flew everywhere, almost hitting his comrades who were fighting nearby.
"Tsk, we'll have to finish this quickly." He clicked his tongue lightly, his eyes sharp.
Lu Xici slowly raised his arms, and the flames leaping in his palms split into dozens of thin, paper-like fire blades, drawing crimson trails in the air and attacking the wood-type zombies from all angles.
The zombie flung out vines to block, but the fiery blades split in two upon contact—the blocked portion burst into sparks, while the newly formed blades continued their trajectory, hurtling towards the zombie...
Several fiery blades pierced the zombie's brow and eye sockets, the blazing flames meandering along the skin's texture, frantically eroding it inwards.
As the zombie's torso began to glow red and flickering flames could be faintly seen beneath its skin, Lu Xici casually waved his left hand—and the fire scythes around the zombie leaped up.
The flint and steel flared up dramatically, and flames shot up more than three meters high.
With a deafening roar, the blast wave intensified the flames, instantly engulfing the level-four zombie and reducing it to ashes in the raging fire...
Ji Xian's winter coat was covered with charred burn marks, and wisps of smoke were still rising from the hem as he dodged the fireballs spewed by the level-three fire-type zombie.
The distant explosion made him turn his head instinctively, and he saw Lu Xici controlling a fire scythe that turned a level four zombie to ashes, but the fire scythe did not explode around him.
"Brother Ci!" Ji Xian performed a nimble side roll, and a scorching fireball whistled past his back before exploding on the ice sculpture.
He shouted, panting, "Help me out, deal with this fire-breathing thing!"
Hearing the sound, Lu Xici turned his head and saw that the level three fire-type zombie behind Ji Xian was making strange noises, its rotting jaws opening and closing repeatedly, spewing out scorching fireballs.
The scattered sparks had already interfered with Gu Wan and Luo Xingyou, who were fighting nearby, forcing them to distract themselves and dodge.
"Old Ji..." Lu Xici, his hand still burning with flame, gestured with his chin towards the burning zombie: "Bring it closer, it'll burn for a while longer."
Ji Xian nimbly moved through the battlefield, cleverly guiding the fire-breathing zombie towards Lu Xici during each dodge.
Lu Xici estimated the distance and saw that the monster had moved away from the battle area between Gu Wan and Luo Xingyou. He immediately threw out a crimson fire blade.
The fire blade struck the zombie's head, instantly causing half of its sparse, remaining hair to sizzle.
The zombie suddenly froze on the spot, its rotting neck making a "crack" sound as it twisted into a bizarre angle.
In an instant, the burning zombie twisted its body at a terrifying speed, its head ablaze with flames, and pounced on Lu Xici like a madman.
Lu Xici calmly estimated the distance, and a ball of intensely compressed flame condensed in his right palm.
Just as the zombie was only three meters away from him, he suddenly thrust forward, hitting the zombie squarely between the eyebrows.
"boom--"
Just as the zombie's body was about to explode, the flaming scythes surrounding it suddenly rose into the air.
Ji Xian simultaneously surrounded the fire striker with earthen shields...
With a deafening explosion, the flints seemed to be injected with new energy, and the flames suddenly leaped several meters high, completely engulfing the zombies.
The towering flames illuminated the surrounding ice sculptures like blood-red amber, and waves of scorching heat swept over us...
Ji Xian patted the sparks off his clothes and gestured with his chin towards Lu Xici: "Thanks, Brother Ci."
He Zhuo is currently dealing with a gold-type zombie.
He dodged the flying golden blades in a disheveled manner: "Brother Ci! Enough already! My hair, which I've finally managed to grow long, is almost singed into a buzz cut!"
Lu Xici scoffed upon hearing this: "What's the use of just hiding? Take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, a counterattack..."
"Brother Ci, is it that I don't want to?" He Zhuo rolled away to dodge the golden blade, and an earthen shield instantly rose to block the pursuit: "This thing protects me so well, it doesn't give me a chance to sneak up on my lower body at all!"
Ji Xian had already adjusted his position: "I'll help you... otherwise, Brother Chi Yi's side will be affected by you, a level four zombie."
Only after confirming that the zombies were completely burned to a crisp did Lu Xici retract his five fingers, and the fiery scythes scattered across the sky instantly turned into sparks and dissipated in the cold wind.
The ground, scorched by the flames, had already formed puddles of water, which began to freeze over in the low temperatures.
Lu Nange waved from a short distance away: "Big brother, over here."
Lu Xici: "I'm here."
He quickly glanced at the battlefield—Wen Qing and Zhizhi were like harvesters, slaying most of the first and second-level zombies.
Apart from the level 3 zombies still fighting Gu Wan, the remaining level 3 zombies had been killed by the level 4 and level 3 zombies that Shi Xu had turned against, leaving only three barely clinging to life.
Shifting his gaze to the other side, Gu Qi seemed to have gotten hooked on the game.
The level 5 zombie was already charred black from the electric shock, its hair standing on end. Every time it tried to struggle, it was drenched by a jet of water falling from the sky, followed by several bolts of lightning. Its convulsing appearance was just like a fish coming ashore.
Lu Xici twitched his lips speechlessly. Just as he was about to pick up the crystal core, he saw that the vines had already reached into two puddles and were nimbly searching for it.
Fortunately, the ice layer was above ground; if it were in flowing water, finding those two crystal nuclei would have been extremely difficult...
Seeing the crystal core curl up on the branches, Lu Xici turned and ran towards her younger siblings...
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