Chapter 66

As the bone-armored undead was thrown out with a heavy thud, smoke rose from its face, which looked as if it had been scorched by a red-hot iron plate. It fell to the ground, screaming and roaring.

Miaoxiu turned around, a slight smile on her face. Her right palm glowed red, slightly smoking, generating a terrifying high temperature. Anyone touched by her palm would be hit as if by a red-hot iron block.

"What's... what's going on?" Su Yao was taken aback.

Although she knew her mother, as a practitioner of Wing Chun, had extremely agile movements, making it impossible for ordinary young people to get close to her, martial arts were still martial arts and could not produce such a high temperature. Just one palm had made the bone-armored undead's face look as if it had been scorched by a red-hot iron block, almost melting.

"The human body's cellular metabolism is a continuous heat-producing process. Exercise can accelerate metabolism and various reactions within the body, increasing heat production. Body temperature regulation is controlled by the brain's temperature regulation center. Your mother has just awakened this genetic ability, allowing her to control her body temperature artificially. Through muscle movement, vasodilation, or vasoconstriction, she can generate a large amount of heat energy, concentrating all the heat in her palm to form a terrifying high temperature."

Beside Su Yao, a gentle smile appeared, and it was Su Xianyi who had arrived.

"Dad—" Su Yao exclaimed in surprise.

Indeed, as she had guessed, her parents were safe and sound, and had become even more powerful.

Artificially controlling body temperature and concentrating internal heat to form a high temperature—this genetic power awakening undoubtedly made Miaoxiu at least a Level 5 Awakened like Chu Nan.

Just now, Miaoxiu's right palm had concentrated all the heat from her body, making it like a red-hot iron block. With one strike, the bone-armored undead was thrown out, screaming. When it roared and climbed up, Su Xianyi's figure flashed, and he was beside Miaoxiu, saying, "Leave it to me. Go check on that injured boy; the situation is not good."

Miaoxiu nodded and flashed to Tao Zhi's side, who was lying on the ground.

Tao Zhi's abdomen had a terrible wound, with his intestines spilling out, and he was bleeding profusely. If not treated soon, he would die.

Miaoxiu's ability to control high temperatures could help Tao Zhi's wound heal and stop the bleeding, although the process would be very painful.

The bone-armored undead roared terrifyingly and fiercely pounced at Su Xianyi, swinging its bone knife and chopping down heavily.

Su Xianyi stood still, letting the bone knife stab him.

Just as the bone knife was about to hit, Su Xianyi finally moved, raising his left arm to block it with his flesh and blood.

The bone knife hit his left arm, but it made a metallic sound, unable to penetrate Su Xianyi's skin.

The bone-armored undead was stunned. In that instant, Su Xianyi's figure moved like a ghost, his hands intertwining and grabbing the bone-armored undead's right arm, then twisting it sharply.

With a crisp "crack," the bone-armored undead's right arm bone was dislocated.

Su Xianyi's "joint technique" was so refined that he easily dislocated the bone-armored undead's right arm. Then, he turned around, grabbed the bone-armored undead's right arm, and moved it to its back. He held the bone-armored undead's head with both hands from behind and twisted it, trying to break its neck.

All this happened in a flash, a seamless series of actions that demonstrated the style of a martial arts master.

Almost instantly, the bones in the bone-armored undead's body extended backward like sharp fangs, biting into Su Xianyi's back. Even the dislocated right arm reconnected.

The bone-armored undead's body had evolved to have a full-body skeletal structure, making joint techniques ineffective.

Su Xianyi was slightly surprised. He had noticed the bone-armored undead's special skeletal evolution and had targeted it, but this method was ineffective.

Taking a deep breath, Su Xianyi's skin contracted, becoming as hard as iron. The bone spines, like fangs, could not penetrate his body. He exerted force with his hands, and with a "slap," he struck the bone-armored undead's back of the head.

This strike was so powerful that it could shatter ordinary stones, but the bone-armored undead was only thrown forward, its head bleeding, though the bones inside remained intact, protecting the brain tissue.

Su Xianyi frowned, looking at the tears in his shirt caused by the bone spines.

If it were anyone else, they would have been injured by that strike, but Su Xianyi's evolutionary ability was to control his skin and muscles. He could make a specific area of his muscles burst with immense strength and harden his skin and muscles like iron, even stopping bullets.

The bone-armored undead, which had been thrown back, got up, shaking its head. Although the strike had not shattered its skull, the impact still made it feel dizzy. It looked at Su Xianyi with fear.

Behind them, a large group of undead and zombies finally arrived, rushing over in a black mass.

In front of Su Xianyi and Miaoxiu, another group of people appeared, consisting of seventeen individuals, both men and women. Each of them was agile and quick, wielding various weapons like knives, swords, and sticks. Their speed was no less than that of Su Yao, Shen Mo, and Nangong Xiong, who were Level 3 Awakened.

The five leaders, who were running the fastest, were even more powerful, clearly reaching the Level 4 Awakened stage.

This group of people, gathered together, was truly terrifying.

Su Yao recognized some familiar faces and couldn't help but call out, "Second Senior Sister, Third Senior Brother—Junior Brother—"

She was both surprised and delighted.

Three of the five leaders were her master's disciples, including the deceased Yuan Tengfei and herself, all of whom were Su Xianyi's top students.

"Ha, Sister Yao, we're here—" The youngest junior brother, Xia Ze, who was only seventeen and in his final year of high school, usually followed Su Xianyi to practice martial arts after school. He was very talented and highly favored by Su Xianyi.

This powerful reinforcement rushed over and quickly engaged in a fierce battle with the dense wave of zombies.

Xia Ze wielded a large knife, almost killing one zombie with each strike, cutting them down one after another.

Su Yao's second senior sister was a familiar-looking woman, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a slender figure. She wore tight-fitting clothes that accentuated her athletic body, standing at 1.75 meters tall. With a swift kick, she knocked a zombie to the ground.

They had all evolved to the Level 4 Awakened stage, and these ordinary zombies and undead were quickly cut down, with over a dozen falling in a blink.

The twelve people behind, though not as powerful as the five leaders, were all Level 3 Awakened, each with strength no less than Shen Mo and Nangong Xiong. Together, they were almost invincible.

Shen Mo, Nangong Xiong, and the others were completely stunned.

"Too powerful... damn... Su Yao's parents... are... are almost like non-humans... leading such a powerful team, they can go anywhere and dominate." Shen Mo muttered, momentarily forgetting to fight.

Chu Nan and the female undead with hair mutation were still grappling on the ground.

With his golden right leg, he kicked out, and the female undead finally could not withstand it, releasing the hair that had wrapped around Chu Nan's neck and retreating.

If they continued to fight, even if she could strangle Chu Nan, she would likely be kicked to death by Chu Nan's golden power.

The female undead retreated into the crowd of undead and zombies, coldly staring at Chu Nan, her long hair flying, seemingly looking for another opportunity to attack.

Chu Nan's spider claws swung out, cutting down two zombies, and he quickly retreated to join Tang Sanli, Su Yao, and the others.

"Quickly retreat!"

Su Xianyi shouted, his palms chopping out, sending two zombies flying back, colliding with the crowd behind and knocking down a few more.

He led the other seventeen people to form a human wall, blocking the hundreds of monsters surging forward, while ordering Su Yao and the others to retreat.

Miaoxiu directed Nangong Xiong and Shen Mo to carry the temporarily immobile Tao Zhi, and the group quickly retreated.

Chu Nan stayed behind, fighting the continuous wave of zombies with them.

With Miaoxiu joining the battle, their side now had three Level 5 Awakened.

Chu Nan's golden right leg, with one strike, could kill two zombies. Su Xianyi glanced at him, somewhat surprised.

He had not expected that in his daughter's team, there was someone who had reached the same level as he and his wife, Level 5 Awakened.

Only at Level 5 could one awaken a genetic power.

Chu Nan's golden power was his awakened genetic power, similar to Su Xianyi's skin hardening and Miaoxiu's temperature control.

The bone-armored undead and the female undead with hair mutation also joined the battle.

Miaoxiu targeted the female undead.

By controlling the temperature produced by her body and concentrating it at one point to form a terrifying high temperature, she became the nemesis of the female undead, whose hair mutation, though formidable, was vulnerable to high temperatures.

The female undead's hair, though as tough as steel wire, was afraid of high heat. When exposed to high temperatures, it would wither, curl, and become brittle, easily breaking.

The female undead let out a series of low growls but was forced to retreat step by step by Miaoxiu.

One thing overcomes another. The female undead was not weaker than Miaoxiu, but being her nemesis, she seemed powerless.

Her most effective hair attack was completely ineffective against Miaoxiu.

Su Xianyi faced the bone-armored undead again.

The bone-armored undead's bone knife had little effect against Su Xianyi's hardened skin. As a martial arts master, with the terrifying physical enhancement after his awakening, his strength, once unleashed, reached a fearsome level.

Whether in speed, vision, reaction, footwork, or attack, the bone-armored undead, though evolved to the same level as Su Xianyi, was not on the same level when they engaged in combat.