"Fuck, three zombies appeared all at once. I'm telling you, Little Chestnut, are you a man or not? If you want to charge into the apocalypse with your big brother in the future, you can't be afraid. You said you've trained in martial arts for years, so don't tell me you don't even dare kill a zombie. I'll handle these two beauties at the bar. You take that zombie security guard. Let me see whether you've got the guts—and how good your martial arts really are. Don't you dare make me look down on you."
After Zhao Tianlei finished speaking, he flashed a smile at the pale-faced Li Xuyang. He seemed to be deliberately mocking and provoking him, with the sole purpose of stirring up Li Xuyang's killing intent. After all, this was the apocalypse. If Li Xuyang didn't dare attack and kill zombies, he would only become a burden on the road ahead. That was why Zhao Tianlei had to provoke him.
Under Zhao Tianlei's provocation, Li Xuyang felt somewhat unwilling to accept defeat. Although he had trained in martial arts for several years, he had only done so to strengthen his body. He had never imagined using it to fight people or kill anyone. Now, even when facing these terrifying zombies, Li Xuyang still didn't dare attack. Aside from the fear in his heart, there was another problem: Li Xuyang had never wielded a knife before.
Seeing Li Xuyang standing there dumbfounded, Zhao Tianlei gave a cold laugh. "If you don't attack, then wait to follow in your sister's footsteps. When the time comes, your big brother will be kind enough to cremate both of you siblings together."
With that, Zhao Tianlei charged straight toward the bar. Before the two zombies behind it could come out, he kicked the nearest zombie hard in the chest. The powerful kick sent the zombie stumbling backward several steps and crashing into the zombie behind it, knocking that one down as well. Seeing this, Zhao Tianlei walked forward with his ax and swung it down, splitting open the head of the zombie on top. Brain matter and blood sprayed everywhere, greatly agitating the zombie underneath. It waved its arms and reached for Zhao Tianlei, its mouth constantly making "uh, uh" sounds.
"Quit making that noise. Go to hell!"
With a splatter, Zhao Tianlei's ax came down, and the zombie underneath also had its head smashed open.
Only then did Zhao Tianlei notice the scene behind the bar. It was a complete mess, with blood covering the floor. In particular, a corpse was lying there, its abdomen completely eaten away. Even its entire head had been gnawed beyond recognition. Judging by the clothes and shoes, the victim had been a woman. She had been dressed just like the two zombies and had also been a bar attendant at this express hotel. As for how she had met such a tragic end, Zhao Tianlei had no interest in guessing.
After Zhao Tianlei finished off the two zombies, he looked toward Li Xuyang. He saw the young man gripping the watermelon knife tightly in one hand, his eyes fixed on the lunging security guard zombie, yet showing no sign of preparing to attack. The zombie was nearly upon him, and Zhao Tianlei couldn't help growing nervous. Could this guy be so scared that he doesn't know what to do?
Zhao Tianlei couldn't hold back any longer and exploded, "Damn it, brat! If you don't attack now, just wait to become zombie food!"
"Ha!"
It was as if Zhao Tianlei's words had been a command. The moment Zhao Tianlei finished speaking, Li Xuyang let out a loud shout. He actually sheathed the knife in his hand and launched a furious barrage of punches at the zombie. He attacked with twenty or so punches in a row, nearly every one thrown with all his strength. Zhao Tianlei's eyes followed the movement of Li Xuyang's fists, and he realized that the young man really had trained before. Judging solely from the form and speed of his punches, along with that explosive power, he absolutely couldn't have reached this level without several years of training.
Li Xuyang threw a total of eighteen punches at the security guard zombie. Yet every punch merely produced a series of dull thuds against its body and failed to inflict any serious damage.
After eighteen punches, Li Xuyang couldn't help panting for breath. The security guard zombie let out a roar of "uh" and pounced at him, knocking him to the ground and leaving him helpless with fear. Just as the zombie opened its mouth to bite down on Li Xuyang's neck, Li Xuyang closed his eyes, as if accepting the end of his fate. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past. Li Xuyang only felt the weight on his body vanish, as though the zombie pinning him down had disappeared.
When Li Xuyang opened his eyes to look, he saw that Zhao Tianlei had rushed over at some point and grabbed the security guard zombie, lifting it up. He threw it aside, sending it crashing to the ground. Then Zhao Tianlei stomped beside the fallen Li Xuyang and snarled viciously, "With the way you acted just now, you'd already have been bitten to death. How would you have had the ability to carry on living with your sister's dying wish? And don't even fucking mention killing zombies to avenge your sister. That's complete bullshit."
Zhao Tianlei's words reached Li Xuyang's ears and instantly enraged him like a heavy bomb going off. Li Xuyang rolled over and scrambled to his feet, picked up the watermelon knife he had thrown onto the ground, and charged toward the security guard zombie in a single stride. Before the zombie could get up, he planted one foot on it and stomped it hard into the ground. Then he raised the watermelon knife, let out a loud roar, and hacked down.
After Li Xuyang's first slash, he showed no intention of stopping. Whether it was because of the fear he had just experienced or because Zhao Tianlei's words had provoked him, Li Xuyang simply gripped the watermelon knife tightly and kept swinging it down again and again. Even Zhao Tianlei was stunned when he saw him like this. The current Li Xuyang was completely different from his earlier timid self, who had been too weak to attack. He looked exactly like an executioner. His hacking motions made it seem as though he wasn't chopping up a zombie at all, but mincing dumpling filling.
"Did you eat Xuanmai? You can't stop now, can you? Stop!"
Seeing Li Xuyang acting as if he had gone berserk, Zhao Tianlei hurried forward and tried to grab him. Who could have known that Li Xuyang had truly lost control? When Zhao Tianlei tried to stop him, Li Xuyang didn't even look at him. He simply swung the watermelon knife toward Zhao Tianlei. Li Xuyang was half a head taller than Zhao Tianlei, and judging from the angle of the swing, if the blade struck true, it would practically slice Zhao Tianlei's neck open in one stroke.
Cheng Yao was also stunned by Li Xuyang's action. If something happened to Zhao Tianlei, who would protect her in the future? Cheng Yao immediately cried out in fright and even shut her eyes, unable to bear seeing the scene of Zhao Tianlei spraying blood.
"Fuck your grandmother! You dare swing a knife at me?" Zhao Tianlei also flew into a rage when faced with Li Xuyang's backhand slash.
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