"Big Brother!"
Hearing Ye Feng's pained cry, Xiao Xiao, covered in soot and burns, struggled out of a dirt pit and quickly ran towards Ye Feng.
Shen Yun Yao also crawled out of the crater of rubble, her face grimy and hair disheveled.
Shen Bo Tian, however, seemed to be more seriously injured. He struggled twice but couldn't get out.
"Yao Yao, don't mind me, go check on Ye Feng!"
Seeing Shen Yun Yao approaching him, intending to move the rocks near him, Shen Bo Tian waved her away.
"Alright!"
Shen Yun Yao paused slightly, then also quickly ran towards Ye Feng.
...
Over at Ye Feng's side,
"What the hell, who are you?"
"What did I ever do to you?! Are you out of your mind?"
Ye Feng clutched his bleeding backside and yelled furiously at the woman standing about a meter in front of him, her hair scorched and clothes in disarray.
The woman was Chu Xin, whom he had met several times before!
When Ye Feng had fallen from the sky earlier, he had landed on the ground, gritting his teeth in pain.
Perhaps it was a side effect of the mysterious power within the Tang blade, but Ye Feng was so exhausted that he didn't want to move a single finger.
He had intended to lie there and rest for a while, waiting for Xiao Xiao to come over. But then, his backside was suddenly stabbed by a knife... gushing blood...
And the person who had just stabbed Ye Feng's backside was Chu Xin, who had appeared out of nowhere!
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
"All men deserve to die!"
"It's all because of you, because of you, I lost the Yu family... lost my former status... lost everything..."
Chu Xin held a long, sharp blade stained with Ye Feng's blood, glaring at Ye Feng with clenched teeth, her demeanor that of a madwoman.
"Wh-what?"
"What are you talking about? We had no interaction other than that time in the City of Despair!"
"Your two subordinates also wanted to kill me and Xiao Xiao, and I killed them in self-defense!"
Hearing Chu Xin's words, Ye Feng felt more wronged than Dou E. This Chu Xin, driven by what stimulus, had suddenly developed a hatred for him.
"I don't care, it's all your fault!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
Chu Xin gritted her teeth, roared, and lunged at Ye Feng again with the blade in her hand.
"This is bad!"
Ye Feng's heart sank. He was truly at his limit, his body unable to move...
"Crash!"
Suddenly, the rocks on the ground were pushed aside. Chu Xin, who was lunging at Ye Feng, stepped on a loose stone and fell.
"Ah! Ah!"
After landing, Chu Xin let out a sharp scream. She had been bitten by a large mouth on the ground.
The one biting Chu Xin was a Level 5 early-stage zombie that had been buried in the rubble during the earlier fight. Now, only its head, connected to its neck, and its left arm remained.
The mangled Level 5 early-stage zombie used its damaged left arm to hold Chu Xin, its jaws clamped onto her neck, and began to devour her.
Even though the Level 5 early-stage zombie looked ragged, its strength far surpassed Chu Xin's. No matter how much Chu Xin struggled or stabbed it with her knife, it wouldn't let go.
"Ah! Ah!"
Amidst chilling screams, the Level 5 early-stage zombie quickly killed and devoured Chu Xin.
After eating Chu Xin, the Level 5 early-stage zombie's body regenerated some flesh and bone. It then turned its head towards Ye Feng and began to reach for him with its left hand...
"Big Brother!"
"Bang! Boom!"
Just as Ye Feng was anxiously wondering what to do, Xiao Xiao arrived. A white light flashed in her hand, sending the damaged Level 5 early-stage zombie flying.
"Big Brother, are you alright? Where are you hurt?"
Seeing a large pool of blood beside Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao rushed forward and knelt down to examine him with concern.
"I..."
At Xiao Xiao's question, Ye Feng's face flushed with embarrassment.
Because, caught off guard, Chu Xin had stabbed two large holes into his backside with a knife...
"Ye Feng, how are you?"
Just then, Shen Yun Yao also arrived.
"Big Brother, you're injured. Let me clean your wound and apply some medicine!"
After a quick examination, Xiao Xiao said to Ye Feng with a blushing face.
"I... I..."
Ye Feng really wanted to say he could manage, but he truly couldn't move a single finger on his entire body.
Seeing Ye Feng not object, Xiao Xiao's hands flashed with light, and medical alcohol, gauze, and bandages appeared.
Then, Xiao Xiao helped Ye Feng to lie face down in a flatter area. She cut open Ye Feng's blood-soaked pants with scissors and began to clean his wound.
A large amount of medical alcohol entering the wound made Ye Feng wince in pain...
"That's a strange angle of attack... stabbed right through..."
Xiao Xiao muttered softly as she cleaned Ye Feng's wound.
Ye Feng's face, covered in dust, turned red again, and he remained silent.
Although Xiao Xiao had been trained in emergency medicine by Ye Feng before, Ye Feng himself wasn't an expert, and Xiao Xiao lacked experience. Her movements were somewhat clumsy, and her delicate hands inevitably brushed against Ye Feng's skin.
Initially, Ye Feng didn't feel much due to the pain. But later, during the bandaging, he felt the touch of Xiao Xiao's slender hands and his muscles in the wound area twitched slightly... even...
Ye Feng felt so embarrassed he wanted to disappear into the ground...
"Huh?"
"Strange, Big Brother, what's wrong there?"
"Your clothes are covering it... I can't see clearly..."
Suddenly, Xiao Xiao seemed to notice something and asked with concern, making a move to examine Ye Feng.
"I'm fine!"
"I'm fine!"
Hearing Xiao Xiao's words, Ye Feng was startled and spoke repeatedly, even trying to shift his body, unsuccessfully.
"Ahem!~"
At this moment, Shen Yun Yao, who had been watching from the side, coughed lightly. "Xiao Xiao, your Big Brother is fine. That's not an injury... it's... it's... just finish bandaging the wound!"
"This woman... has she been watching from the beginning to the end..."
Hearing Shen Yun Yao's words, Ye Feng's face turned even redder, and he felt incredibly awkward...
"Perhaps, this is what social death feels like..."
A thought appeared in Ye Feng's mind.
"Oh, okay!~"
Seeing Ye Feng not deny it, Xiao Xiao didn't suspect anything further. She covered the wound area with a piece of cloth and sat on the ground to rest.
"Crash! Crash!~"
"Yao Yao, what's wrong with Ye Feng, what happened?"
Just then, Shen Bo Tian's voice came from not far away, accompanied by the sound of dragging footsteps. It seemed someone was limping over.
"Grandpa, Ye Feng is fine. He was just stabbed!"
Shen Yun Yao quickly got up and helped Shen Bo Tian walk over and sit down to rest next to Ye Feng.
"..."
Hearing Shen Yun Yao's words, Ye Feng was speechless.
"Sister Yao Yao, Grandpa Shen, here you go!"
As soon as Shen Bo Tian sat on a rock, Xiao Xiao took out drinks and bread from her spatial rift fragment bracelet and handed them to the two.
After all, after the battle, Xiao Xiao herself was tired and thirsty. She figured others would be too...
Of course, Xiao Xiao didn't forget Ye Feng. She opened a bottle of cola, inserted a straw, and had Ye Feng drink it while he was lying on his side...
Shen Bo Tian and Shen Yun Yao didn't stand on ceremony. After taking the drinks and bread from Xiao Xiao, they immediately started eating the bread with large bites, taking big sips of their drinks from time to time...
"Gaga!~"
"Yaa~ Jieha~"
"Ga~ Crash!~"
"Lulu~ Puro~ Cough~"
...
Suddenly, strange calls echoed from the sky.
...