Immortal in The Apocalypse
Chapter 160: Mysterious Man

Chapter 160: Mysterious Man

After searching for a while, Zhu Lin found an open field with half-built buildings in the distance. It should be an unfinished construction area that was abandoned when the end of the world began.

Zhu Lin wasted no time and ran towards the construction area as fast as she could. When she finally threw the small piece of black branch into the construction area, a sea of ​​mutated insects had formed behind her, chasing after her crazily. If someone saw it from a distance, they would see a black sea instead of a swarm of mutated insects.

After Zhu Lin threw the black branch onto the ground, she quickly escaped from there. If she was just two seconds late, she would be swept away by the sea of mutated insects and die without leaving even bones behind.

After escaping from the mutated insect swarm, Zhu Lin stood on the rooftop of an office building not far from the construction area. As she watched the mutated insects fight over the branch of the Phoenix Tree, she noticed that the zombies were also beginning to move toward the construction area.

Ten minutes later, a large number of zombies had surrounded the construction area. At first she thought the zombies were attracted to mutated insects. But when she saw the mutated insects devouring the zombies instead, Zhu Lin knew that it was the divine energy exuded by that branch of the Phoenix Tree that attracted the zombies.

Seeing more and more zombies gathering around the construction area, Zhu Lin decided to leave as soon as possible. Just when she left S City, a bloody battle between high rank zombies to fight for that small piece of black branch began in the construction area.

When the fighting was at its most intense, a handsome man wearing a white shirt and black pants walked calmly toward the construction area. Wherever he walked passed, the zombies would either run away or hide. When some higher rank zombies get in his way, they explode the next second.

The handsome man glanced at the remains of those high rank zombies expressionlessly and continued walking towards the construction area. Around him, mutated insects exploded one after another, and their corpses and venom corroded everything touched by their body liquid.

The handsome man walked into the construction area, glanced left and right, and then walked towards the small piece of black branch.

Since most of the mutated insects exploded because of his pressure, the remaining mutated insects ran away. Without the mutated insects surrounding the black branch, he easily found the small piece of a black branch lying on the dirty ground, with smoke still coming from one end of the branch.

The man picked up the black branch of the Phoenix Tree, took a deep breath, and inhaled the smoke produced by the branch. As if he had just eaten the most delicious food in the world, the man let out a low hum from his throat. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the lingering divine energy in his body.

A few seconds later, he opened his eyes and looked at the black branch between his pale and slender fingers. With a smile on his lips, the man continued to inhale the smoke from the black branch and left the construction area.

Zhu Lin didn’t realize that someone was picking up the branch of the Phoenix Tree when she ran back to the resort area. When she arrived at the entrance of the resort area, she saw ordinary people cleaning the ground, while supernatural beings hunting down the remaining mutated insects.

As soon as she reached the entrance, she saw Xiu Wu running towards her. The moment she fell into his warm embrace, Zhu Lin breathed a sigh of relief and fainted from exhaustion.

Because her Thousand Moon Steps technique had been used in conjunction with the fire element talisman for too long, her spiritual energy had long been exhausted. If it weren’t for the little bit of divine energy left in her dantian, she would have fainted long ago.

Seeing her fainting in his arms, Xiu Wu calls her in panic: "Xiao Lin!"

The moment she fainted, Xiu Wu panicked and quickly carried her back to the villa on the top of the hill.

A few hours later, when Zhu Lin opened her eyes, the red moon was already high in the night sky. Looking at the unfamiliar ceiling, she frowned slightly. Raising her hand to rub her eyebrows, Zhu Lin endured her headache for a while before trying to sit up.

With a slight movement of her hand, she realized that someone was holding her hand. Seeing Xiu Wu sitting on the ground with his head on the bed and falling asleep, Zhu Lin fell into silence. She looked at his tired face for a while, then looked at his hand that was still holding her hand tightly.

After a moment of silence, she reached out and touched his cheek lightly with her fingertips while calling softly: "Xiu Wu, wake up."

After she finished speaking, Xiu Wu’s long eyelashes trembled slightly and he slowly opened his eyes. Seeing Zhu Lin staring at him, he suddenly sobered up and asked, "Xiao Lin, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

Looking at his worried expression, Zhu Lin shook her head and said, "I’m fine. I just overused my spiritual energy. After resting for a while, I already feel much better."

Hearing her answer, Xiu Wu breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at her again, frowned and asked, "Do you know how worried I was when I heard Tan Wei say that you lured the mutated insects away by yourself?"

Zhu Lin scratched her cheek lightly, feeling guilty. She lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him, and said softly: "I’m sorry to have worried you. I noticed at that time that the mutated insects only attacked supernatural beings and ignored ordinary people. I guessed they were attracted to the spiritual energy, so I wanted to try to lure them away because the situation was too dangerous."