Chapter 2158: with translation of chapter title

Taylor, run fast! Don't act rashly! Turning back means death!

Damn it! Gao Tian! Gao Tian!! Can't you shoot that earth elemental to death? If he doesn't die, none of us can escape!

Just like a mouse dug out of the ground by a wolf pack, Zhang Tie clung desperately to the grief‑stricken Taylor as they ran for their lives across the earth, while Gao Tian, who should have hidden his abilities, now had no choice but to draw his bow and aim in all directions, threatening every side.

Xiong Hanzi

For a moment, even the fearless Xiong Hanzi felt a deep sense of helplessness.

Jiang Haochen

On this battlefield swarming with Fifth Stage fighters, he was nothing more than a spiny mouse—no one could protect him!

Zhang Tie, don't worry about me! To'er is dead! These damned beasts killed him! I can't get away, but if I go back I can at least delay them a few seconds!

Grief‑stricken and struggling, Taylor, with only his upper body left, glowed with blood‑red light all over, clutching tightly a vial of starlight potion in his hand.

Whether fortunate or not, after taking the first wave of attack, his blood‑war rule managed to block a Fifth Stage strike, but under the immense pressure of the Fourth Rank, his internal rule power was completely drained. Without legs, without rule power, and not wanting to drag Zhang Tie down in flight, at this moment he only wants to charge back to avenge To'er—even if it means self‑destruction, he will spill the enemy's blood.

Others might find it hard to imagine, but although he and To'er constantly disagreed while in the Soviet‑Russian theater of war, they have fought side by side from the very outbreak of the Apocalypse all the way to now, becoming brothers in life and death.

Mo Ling

God Ascendant

Lin Dui didn't bring you in here to die! There's still hope! We still have a chance to break out! Mo Ling has already come to find us!

【15> He practically sprinted with all the strength of a suckling infant; although Zhang Tie himself felt powerless inside, he knew at this moment he absolutely could not lose heart—he had to say this!

He almost ran with all his might, as if sucking milk; clearly Zhang Tie himself also felt powerless inside, but at this moment he knew he absolutely could not lose heart—he had to say this!

Apocalypse

He noticed that after the first team that discovered them and attacked them launched their strike, they quickly ceased fire. Otherwise, after a few more rounds, perhaps only he, Gao Tian, and Jiang Haochen might survive, while everyone else would already have been killed!

Fifth Stage

Necromantic Space

Necromancer Lord

With a baby on his back, Jiang Haochen, leading the charge, his face deathly pale, shouted urgently over the comms; as he spoke, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, he gulped down a mental potion.

Thunder Lizard Clan

He had thought these four teams would be wary of each other, not recklessly draining their mental energy to probe the surroundings—but instead, they behaved like hyenas on the wilderness, inch by inch scanning the ground beneath them.

Conductor Rule

Conductivity Rule

Targeting

The battle was practically a one‑sided massacre; even though Gao Tian reacted instantly and chose to counter‑attack, in the first wave To'er and the spiked leopard were killed outright. Faced with this squad all at Fifth Stage, without Mo Ling's abilities they had no power to resist at all—in fact, the two didn't even have time to use any potions before they died.

Rule Power

Stellar Potion

These four squads can kill us with ease, yet the more so, the less they want to pay a price! Without a doubt, they surely think we still have our main force nearby; if they don't allocate properly, whichever side strikes first will provoke the other three!

「With Mo Ling's speed, she might arrive soon! 」

As the words fell, hope instantly rose in everyone's hearts. But after Gao Tian finished speaking, he gave a bitter smile—his logic was sound, yet he feared these four sides would finish their discussion soon.

After all, they are merely a group of Fourth Stage—killing one more or one less makes no difference at all.

He can only hope Mo Ling arrives fast enough—if I remember correctly, the fewer people Mo Ling brings, the faster she goes! Twelve minutes ago, Mo Ling was already on her way here!

With Mo Ling's strength, no one should be able to stop her!

However, completely contrary to Gao Tian's judgment, at the same time, a figure stumbled out of the void beyond their 712 li, and together with it fell three severely injured trolls.

Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Mo Ling stared fixedly at the thunderclouds behind her.

Just a few seconds ago, she suddenly felt a vague force locking onto her. Before she could realize what it was, the thunder lizard squad that had been chasing from the Rear suddenly stopped, and twelve lightning balls appeared out of nowhere, exploding within the Necromantic Space.

Ka Lian vanished in the explosion, and the unprepared troll squad lost seven members on the spot!

Having no choice, uncertain why these thunder lizards could launch an attack inside the Necromantic Space, Mo Ling could only cancel her ability.

「Mo.. Ling, Your Excellency! You should flee yourself! 」

「It's a lock-on! It's the thunder lizards' conductivity rule! 」

Before Mo Ling could intend to summon the Necromantic Lord for battle, the scorched-black Gu Yi, as if realizing something, gave a bitter laugh.

Unlike Mo Ling, who doesn't understand many rules, Gu Yi figured out what the thunder lizard clan had done!

「They exchanged for a lock-on Props! This Props can't attack us, but it lets the thunder lizards use the conductivity rule remotely! We've all been marked! The more people, the more lightning balls they generate! Even if you bring us, we'll still be attacked! 」

Gu Yi then looked sorrowfully at Gulán, who had died in the explosion in his arms; although he didn't want to die and wished Mo Ling would bring them to keep fleeing, as the greatest God Ascendant in troll history, his reason told him that further flight would be meaningless.

Better not to drag down Lin An's group—just give up!

Mo Ling blinked slightly, looking at the three trolls who didn't want to burden her, and fell silent for a moment.

But soon, Mo Ling decisively nodded, her gaze intensely serious as she looked at Gu Yi:

「Good. 」

「If you die, I will surely have Lin An avenge you. Your death will not be worthless! 」

Having said that, Mo Ling without hesitation opened the Necromantic Space again, heading straight toward where Gao Tian and the others were.

It's not that she's cold-blooded; she simply knows what weighs more.

For Mo Ling, while the troll clan had indeed helped her, Zhang Tie's side needed her more! Since someone must die, she could only promise Gu Yi that Lin An would surely do right by the troll clan!

Meanwhile, in the underground space.

As if it were a standoff between monsters.

Lin An silently gazed at the Starlight prompt, although neither Mo Ling nor Zhang Tie had sent any distress signal.

But he never imagined what the team members had encountered.

Lifting his head, Lin An's icy gaze fell on the huge corpse shielding his heart; the next second he slowly closed his eyes, and the Cain's Blade in his hand was retracted as well.

Upon opening his eyes again, a bottle of rebirth potion had already appeared in his hand.

There's nothing good to choose.

If one says relying on long-range attrition, he needs a lot of time to wear down the opponent; the only remaining solution is to rely on the flesh. That is, using a method whose consequences he doesn't even know, close-quarters combat.

As if in conversation, Lin An also didn't care whether this heart, this corpse could understand his words.

Without hesitation, he tilted his head back and drank the potion; Lin An's gaze calmly fell upon those lifeless eyes, and he murmured to himself:

"If you can't kill me with one punch."

"Then you still have one minute to 'live'."

Well..

"Mutation!!"