Volume 1, Chapter 57: I'll chop you into dozens of pieces and see if you can regenerate from that!

"Ha, now that's more like it," Zhang Wei sneered.

Immediately afterward, the death laser collided with the bolt of lightning shot from Han Xiao's mouth.

Han Xiao had actually inherited the skills that Big Hua had mastered.

"I didn't expect this; your combat power must be close to five hundred by now, right?" Zhang Wei said, looking somewhat surprised as the death laser and the lightning canceled each other out.

From this alone, it was clear that Han Xiao's combat power was indeed no longer low.

"Eat you, and my combat power will go even higher," Han Xiao lunged at Zhang Wei.

Her body length had also grown to around fifteen meters, and she believed that as long as she could get close to Zhang Wei and successfully wrap her body around him, she could crush him in one fell swoop.

"Just how many people did you trick to death? I was wrong before; a dark-minded person like you simply doesn't deserve to live," Zhang Wei sighed as he spoke.

Previously, Zhang Wei had only intended to punish Han Xiao, to let her eke out a meager existence in this apocalyptic world and experience the pain it brought.

However, Zhang Wei had forgotten what kind of person Han Xiao truly was.

When she lacked power, she would display her gentleness to everyone, but the moment she gained power, she would unleash the darkness in her heart to the fullest—just like now.

A world already scarred beyond recognition could not accommodate so many dark souls.

If all of humanity were to perish completely, what would be the point of Zhang Wei living on alone?

"Fortunately, it's not too late yet," Zhang Wei muttered, swinging the massive sword in his hand.

Han Xiao considered herself much stronger than Big Hua and possessed great confidence in her own defensive capabilities.

Therefore, facing the incoming giant blade, Han Xiao did not retreat; instead, she abruptly accelerated her speed.

The faster she went, the greater the impact force would be. She intended to use her head to knock away the massive sword in Zhang Wei's hand and then take the opportunity to coil around his body.

It was indeed a very good idea, allowing her to make the most of her own advantages.

Unfortunately, all of this depended on the premise that she could withstand the attack of the thermal greatsword and force Zhang Wei's defenses wide open.

The thermal greatsword collided with the snake's head.

Cutting all the way through with a trail of sparks, Han Xiao was sent flying by a single slash from Zhang Wei. A horrific scar appeared on her skull, and the steel at the wound continued to melt away.

Han Xiao simply could not believe this was real.

She could not understand why Zhang Wei possessed such immense strength.

Zhang Wei had merely stood in place and slashed, without any speed-derived bonus to his power, yet even so, she was still no match for him.

The wound on her head had come dangerously close to damaging her cerebral core. If the core were to be injured...

Thinking of this, Han Xiao quickly retreated. While pulling back, she flicked her forked tongue and repeatedly used skills against Zhang Wei.

"I already told you, I won't let you run away today." Zhang Wei saw through Han Xiao's intention.

If you can't beat them, run—a very correct choice and the survival law of the apocalyptic wasteland.

However, if you can't even outrun your opponent, then death is the only outcome.

Zhang Wei's speed far exceeded Han Xiao's. Aided by his thrusters, it only took him a few strides to rapidly close the distance between them.

Seeing this, Han Xiao crashed headfirst into a building.

She intended to use these structures to obstruct Zhang Wei's pursuit.

Since she was a snake, she only needed to crash a hole through to pass straight through a building, but Zhang Wei stood a full fifteen meters tall. If he wanted to pursue her, he would have to brutally demolish the structures.

Alternatively, he could take a detour.

However, that would undoubtedly slow Zhang Wei down significantly.

She had to admit, this woman Han Xiao still possessed a bit of intelligence; even if the thermal greatsword was used to brutally clear a path through buildings, it would still drag down Zhang Wei's pace.

However, Han Xiao had forgotten the skills Zhang Wei mastered, and she had also forgotten about his floating cannons.

Earlier, the floating cannons had been fully occupied dealing with Han Xiao's underlings.

But upon witnessing Zhang Wei's overwhelming strength, the surviving minions had been completely paralyzed with fear and dared not make another move.

Consequently, the floating cannons were now unoccupied.

A freezing projectile was launched toward Han Xiao.

Simultaneously, Zhang Wei struck out across the air, executing the Ultimate Thunder Annihilation.

Han Xiao had only mastered a single skill and was currently in full flight, unable to constantly look back to release techniques.

When both attacks arrived simultaneously, she could only choose to use lightning to neutralize one of them.

Han Xiao chose the freezing projectile.

Although the freezing projectile might not necessarily cause her serious physical damage, it could drastically slow down her movement speed.

The lightning and the freezing projectile collided and neutralized each other, while the luminous sphere of the Ultimate Thunder Annihilation bypassed them both and headed straight for Han Xiao.

Han Xiao whipped her tail around to block it.

When the sphere collided with Han Xiao's tail, it shattered.

Countless fragments of light continuously battered her body.

Taking the brunt of the impact was Han Xiao's whipping tail. The moment the light sphere shattered, her tail was violently blown apart and severed by the onslaught of light shards.

However, this also bought Han Xiao some time to escape the radius of the shattering light.

Just as Han Xiao scrambled out of the affected area and before she even had a chance to catch her breath, she witnessed a horrifying sight.

She saw Zhang Wei leap high into the air and then violently stomp down onto the rooftop of the building he had just demolished.

The next instant, his thrusters fired off a continuous blast of fierce flames. As Zhang Wei put strength into both legs, the thrusters erupted simultaneously, propelling his body like a falling meteor straight toward Han Xiao.

The speed Zhang Wei displayed at this moment was nearly three times his original velocity.

The only cost was the collapse of the building he had kicked down, along with a ten percent depletion of his engine power due to the high-intensity use of the thrusters over a short duration.

Nothing more.

And the price Han Xiao had to pay was her life.

What would be the consequences if Zhang Wei caught up to her?

"Zhang Wei, don't kill me!"

Han Xiao didn't even have time to unleash a skill at the airborne Zhang Wei; she could only pray that her plea for mercy would work.

Zhang Wei remained completely unmoved. While still in mid-air, he raised his giant sword with both hands and brought it down toward Han Xiao.

While Zhang Wei didn't know the palm technique that descends from the heavens, he certainly knew the sword technique that does.

This time, Han Xiao's skull was no longer indestructible; her entire snake head was cleaved into two halves by a single sword strike.

There was no dismemberment this time; the thermal greatsword struck right between Han Xiao's eyebrows, splitting her entire head straight down the middle.

With a heavy crash, she hit the ground, causing the earth to sink by more than twenty centimeters under Zhang Wei's weight. Landing, Zhang Wei did not put away his blade; he swung the massive sword again, hacking repeatedly at Han Xiao's remains.

"I'll chop you into ten or eight pieces and see if you can regenerate from that!"

While Zhang Wei was busy unleashing a furious barrage of attacks upon Han Xiao's corpse, the mutant pangolin—which Zhang Wei had previously detected lurking seven or eight meters deep underground—immediately began to burrow further down.

Terrifying. The combat above was simply too vicious. The pangolin felt it had to hide much deeper underground to feel safe.

Just a moment ago, it had been relishing the fluctuating energy of the battle above, secretly hoping that Zhang Wei would give Han Xiao a hard time—the bigger the trouble, the better, because Han Xiao had been competing with it for food.

Yet now, the pangolin fervently wished that Zhang Wei would finish off Han Xiao and get the hell away, praying he wouldn't linger here for a single second longer.