19. Let's fight again!
Fu Yunong and Shi Dong mingled in the crowd as they walked out. Someone in the line, shivering from the cold, muttered, "Is this person crazy? It's freezing cold..."
Before he could finish speaking, a sharp crack rang out as Rao Huabo slapped him across the face, spitting all over his face. "Come out when I tell you to! Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
The man who was beaten also had a fiery temper, and he couldn't stand this humiliation. His eyes turned red and he immediately sprang up, pulling a knife from his sleeve and stabbing at Rao Huabo! Just as the tip of the knife was about to touch Rao Huabo's clothes, the blade stopped abruptly, as if it had hit an invisible, transparent protective shield.
"Fuck your mother!" Seeing this, Rao Zhenqiang rushed forward, snatched the knife, and plunged the tip into the man's stomach.
A gasp erupted from the crowd, and everyone shrank back in fright.
Having narrowly escaped death, Rao Huabo patted his chest with lingering fear, tugged at the rope in his hand, and grinned, revealing a set of yellow teeth. "Well done, niece! I'll recommend you for a commendation when we get back!"
Fu Yunong saw this scene and quickly exchanged a glance with Shi Dong, their eyes both falling on the person on the ground.
She was very tall; even kneeling, she reached the chest of an average person. She wore a tattered cotton-padded coat, the fabric hanging loosely on her thin, skeletal frame. Her tangled hair hung to the ground like withered grass. If it weren't for the old man's words, they wouldn't have been able to tell her gender at all.
Over here, Rao Zhenqiang drew his knife, kicked the man to the ground, and pointed the bloodied blade at the crowd, his gaze sweeping fiercely over everyone. "Anyone who dares to disobey will suffer this fate! Now, get out of here immediately!"
After experiencing this ordeal, no one dared to utter a sound and could only obediently follow forward.
Rao Huabo chuckled twice, then tugged on the rope, causing the person on the ground to move forward on their knees, their knees scraping against the ground with a soft, grinding sound.
All the survivors in the neighborhood were here; even the elderly, paralyzed old lady from the Wang family was forced to be carried out. Each person's breath was steaming, and their hands and feet were frozen stiff.
The three Wang siblings stood tightly guarding the old lady, their eyes fixed on the Rao family members, wishing they could devour them alive.
The Rao family was also freezing, their hands tucked into their sleeves again and again, but seeing Rao Zhenrong's calm demeanor, no one dared to complain, and could only grit their teeth and endure it.
When Rao Zhenrong saw that the group, including the paralyzed man, numbered less than 50 people, he frowned, clearly dissatisfied. He casually swept his gaze across the crowd, his eyes passing over the pale faces tinged with cold, and his Adam's apple bobbed almost imperceptibly.
He raised his chin, drawing out his words, "I heard that some people around here buy crystal cores?"
When he first arrived at this neighborhood, he was still somewhat wary. Someone collecting crystal cores meant that there might be superhumans present. But after carefully scanning the area, he only detected a faint fluctuation of supernatural power, which was nothing to be afraid of.
Seeing that no one answered, Rao Huabo shouted impatiently, "Who is it? Step forward!"
Rao Zhenrong was startled by his loud voice and gave him a disdainful look.
Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "It's her!"
The crowd immediately turned their heads to look, and some even scorned the person who had spoken.
Fu Yunong has a very good reputation in the community; she is generous and good-looking.
Wang Xiaogang, his face flushed, forcefully yanked at his twin brother, yelling, "What are you doing!"
Wang Xiaoqin hurriedly lowered her head, avoiding eye contact.
Wang Xiaowei flung his hand away, pointed at Fu Yunong and Shi Dong, and shouted, "It was those two who were collecting crystal cores!"
Rao Zhenrong took a closer look, and his eyes lit up instantly. Wow! Such delicate skin! His gaze immediately took on a flirtatious, appraising quality.
Not only him, but Rao Huabo and Rao Zhenqiang were also eyeing the opportunity. Once their son/elder brother got tired of playing with it, wouldn't it be their turn to enjoy it?
Fu Yunong hadn't expected to be exposed so quickly. Amid Wang Xiaowei's malicious smile, she glared at him disdainfully and walked out of the crowd with Shi Dong.
Rao Zhenqiang sat down leisurely, crossed his legs, and said in a flippant tone, "What do you two women want the crystal cores for, to wear as earrings?" As he spoke, the three of them burst into laughter at the same time.
Seeing this, Rao Huaqing also twitched the corners of her mouth, but when she inadvertently glanced at the person on the ground, her expression turned painful, and she jerked her gaze away as if she had been burned.
Fu Yunong gave a cold laugh and immediately cursed, "I'll curse your ancestors for eight generations!"
Before he could finish speaking, Shi Dong raised his hand and fired three shots in quick succession. The first shot hit its mark precisely, but the other two were blocked by something unknown.
At the same time, the "niece" swayed and almost fell to the ground.
Rao Huabo had a bloody hole between his eyebrows. His eyes widened, and he collapsed to the ground, filled with resentment.
"dad!"
Rao Zhenrong roared, his eyes red-rimmed, and grabbed a whip, lashing it repeatedly at the person on the ground. "You bitch! You killed my father! I'll beat you to death!"
Rao Huaqing rushed forward to stop them, shouting, "Zhenrong, stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
Rao Zhenrong shoved her aside, spat into his palm, and was about to raise his hand again when Rao Zhenqiang stopped him, "Brother, they have guns! We still need her, don't fight!"
Rao Zhenqiang reluctantly stopped, his chest still heaving violently.
Fu Yunong frowned. How could there be such a vicious and stupid person in this world!
Shi Dong remained calm, observing him coldly, wanting to see what tricks he had up his sleeve.
Rao Zhenrong glared fiercely at the two of them, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. Shi Dong felt the temperature around her drop sharply, alarm bells went off in her mind, and she immediately grabbed Fu Yunong and took several steps back, leaping back several feet.
The moment their feet left the ground, the smooth ice layer instantly turned into sharp ice spikes, and those within range were instantly stabbed and covered in blood.
Wang Xiaowei, who was not far away, suddenly froze as an ice spike shot upwards and pierced straight through the top of his head.
Shi Dong was still shaken. It was all thanks to the boots she was wearing; if she had been even a fraction slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Ah!" Everyone screamed and scattered.
Why?! Wang Xiaowei collapsed to the ground, convulsing, his eyes wide open in death.
"Xiaowei!!!" Witnessing her grandson's tragic death, Grandma Wang's cloudy eyes rolled down two lines of tears. Her chest heaved, and she almost fainted because she couldn't catch her breath.
"Anyone who dares to move will die!" Rao Zhenrong roared, and everyone's feet seemed to be rooted to the ground, not daring to move an inch.
"elder brother!"
"Xiao Wei!"
The Wang family, young and old, wept bitterly. Wang Xiaogang, his eyes bloodshot, rushed toward Rao Zhenrong without a care in the world.
Rao Zhenrong raised his hand and waved it, sending a row of ice needles flying towards him! Just as they were about to pierce him, a wall of earth suddenly broke through the ice, firmly blocking the ice needles from entering.
In just two seconds, the earthen wall crumbled, and the old lady of the Wang family coughed up a mouthful of blood, her head lolled to the side, and she fell silent.
Everyone was stunned by this scene. Old Mrs. Wang actually knew "magical arts"! No wonder she was able to hold on until now!
"grandmother!!!"
Now, not only Wang Xiaogang, but also Wang Xiaoqin, with red eyes, wanted to rush up and fight them, but were held back by the neighbors.
Xiao Linfang gripped Wang Xiaoqin's arm tightly, "Calm down, we can't beat them!"
Her gaze subtly swept over Fu Yunong and Shi Dong, a hint of expectation hidden in her eyes.
Now, we can only rely on them.
"Oh, it's an ice-type ability," Shi Dong said dismissively.
Rao Zhenrong was successfully provoked by her and roared, "You bitch, die!"
Before she could finish speaking, another volley of ice needles shot towards them. Shi Dong reacted quickly, grabbing Fu Yunong's shoulder and dodging them. The ice needles grazed the hem of her clothes and embedded themselves in the ice, sending up tiny ice shards.
A look of astonishment flashed across Rao Zhenrong's face, and the killing intent in his eyes intensified. He clenched his fists tightly, and the ice beneath his feet suddenly emitted a piercing cracking sound. Several rows of ice spikes, each half a person tall, burst from the ground, and the chilling air was so intense that it almost froze the surrounding air.
Shi Dong, carrying Fu Yu, leaped and dodged, narrowly avoiding the danger. At the same time, Fu Yu Nong shouted to the crowd, "Run!"
If we don't leave now, not only will we be pierced by ice spikes, but the biting cold alone will kill us.
Everyone then seemed to wake up from a dream. Xiao Linfang was the first to react and shouted, "Come with me!" With that, she led the way into the building next door, and the others hurriedly followed.
"Watch me." Shi Dong's cold gaze swept over Rao Zhenrong, a faint smile playing on his lips, tinged with mockery.
Rao Zhenqiang suddenly felt a pang of panic and quickly tugged at Rao Zhenrong's arm. "Brother, something's wrong. Should we leave first?"
Rao Zhenrong slapped him across the face, his voice fierce and harsh, "When have I ever backed down!"
Rao Zhenqiang covered his face, looking unconvinced. Before his superpowers were awakened, you were the biggest coward!
Before he could think any further, Shi Dong conjured a crackling ball of lightning in her palm. She raised her hand and threw it, the lightning ball arcing through the air and heading straight for Rao Zhenrong's face.
Rao Zhenrong's pupils contracted, and a layer of golden water ripples instantly spread above his head, barely blocking the lightning ball. Shi Dong raised his arm, and a thick lightning whip appeared out of thin air, lashing fiercely at his opponent, but it was also blocked.
Rao Zhenrong hurriedly activated his supernatural power, unleashing a row of ice needles, only to have them shattered by the lightning whip. Just as he was at a loss, a flash of electricity appeared in Shi Dong's eyes, and a thick thundercloud rapidly gathered in the sky above, accompanied by muffled thunderclaps.
"Lightning-type superpowers!" Rao Zhenqiang's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he screamed in disbelief, "You're a superpowered person too?!"
Impossible, absolutely impossible! He had specifically investigated the two women, noticing their rosy complexions and neat clothes, and hadn't detected the slightest sign of any supernatural power!
Shi Dong sneered, his tone full of disdain, "A mere level two ice element dares to be so arrogant."
Fu Yunong blinked. How did she figure out his level?
Just as his thoughts settled, a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm fell from the thunderclouds, striking Rao Zhenrong precisely on the head. The golden ripples on his body shook violently and visibly thinned out. The woman kneeling on the ground also swayed, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, clearly on the verge of collapse.
Upon seeing this, Fu Yunong immediately shouted at her, "Hey! They treated you like this, and you're still going to protect them?"
Rao Zhenrong was already terrified by the thunder, and upon hearing this, he hurriedly threatened, "You dare? Your mother will die too!"
Shi Dong didn't give them a chance to entangle themselves, and with a wave of his hand, two more bolts of lightning struck down in succession. The woman on the ground groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood, and the protective shield was almost completely shattered.
Seeing this, Rao Zhenrong gritted his teeth and secretly activated his supernatural power, fixing his gaze on Shi Dong.
Blood frozen!
However, when the superpower was applied to Shi Dong, it failed as if it had sunk into the sea!
He quickly changed his target.
It worked! He could clearly feel the blood in the woman who had been cursing him begin to freeze!
But the next second, Fu Yunong's figure vanished into thin air!
While Rao Zhenrong was still in a daze, Rao Huaqing beside him seemed to have gone mad, and with all his might, he pushed him away! Almost at the same time, a thunderbolt struck, hitting him squarely! His whole body stiffened, his hair stood on end, his skin was charred black by the electricity, and he convulsed as he crashed to the ground.
Shi Dong's eyes turned cold. He opened his palm, and a thick thunder whip, crackling through the air, lashed out at him relentlessly, one lash after another. Each strike brought a scream that pierced to the bone.
Seeing his breath grow weaker and weaker, Shi Dong flicked a dagger with her other hand, plunging it precisely into his head. His body shuddered violently, and he fell silent completely.
"You bitch!" Rao Zhenqiang screamed when he saw his brother die tragically. He rushed forward like a madman, grabbed Rao Huaqing by the neck, and stabbed her in the stomach with the knife in his hand again and again, splattering blood all over her body.
Rao Huaqing did not resist, but struggled to raise her head and look at the woman on the ground, barely alive. With her last bit of strength, she murmured, "Songsong... Mom... I'm sorry..."
The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Songsong on the ground suddenly let out a desperate and piercing wail. Immediately afterward, a metal buckle that had fallen to the ground not far away suddenly shot into the air like a bullet, whistling through the air as it hurtled towards Rao Zhenqiang, entering through his left temple and exiting from his right!
Rao Zhenqiang didn't even utter a sound before collapsing straight down. Lin Songsong could no longer hold on; her vision went black and she fell to the ground.
Fu Yunong, who had emerged from the spatial dimension at some unknown time, sighed deeply upon seeing the horrific scene before her. In the blink of an eye, nearly half the people here were dead. Sometimes, the destructive power of humans is far more terrifying than that of zombies.
As everything settled, those hiding inside clung to the window sills, gazing at the scattered corpses and blood-soaked ground outside. Each face was etched with a sorrowful sense of loss. In this world, is there any way for ordinary people to survive?
Shi Dong raised his hand, and the thundercloud above his head quickly dissipated.
With so many corpses lying around, it was both unsightly and risky, so Xiao Linfang volunteered to clean them up. She had some prestige among the survivors, and since they were all neighbors, they spontaneously gathered around and helped clean up the scene. However, everyone's movements were somewhat slow, clearly still not fully recovered from the shock they had just experienced.
Just then, someone suddenly exclaimed, "She's still breathing!"
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