A good night's sleep.
After the original inhabitants of the Fallen City were cleared out, only two living people and ten mutated animals remained in the vast city.
Therefore, the zombies couldn't sense the presence of any living beings here. Apart from a few scattered zombies that wandered in, it was safer and quieter than anywhere else.
However, this quiet was short-lived. The other three seventh-tier ability users in the Fallen City, upon hearing that their three companions left to guard the city had been killed, all rushed back.
When they reached the city gates, they looked at the unguarded but already sealed gates blocked by stone walls, and they couldn't help but be surprised again.
"Boss, could Lu Heng have cleared everyone out and turned the city into an empty shell?" a short, scrawny man with a pointed mouth said to someone in the back seat of the car.
"No, didn't someone personally see that person enter before the gates were sealed? And look at the bird flying in the sky. One of you long-range attackers, shoot that bird down."
"I'll try," the pointed-mouthed man quickly got out of the car.
He was a fifth-tier lightning ability user. Relying on his powerful long-range talent, he quickly established a foothold in the team, busy around his boss every day.
This time, he wanted to show off as usual and rushed to the front of the team.
He activated the ability within his body, and a faint purple light and electricity immediately emanated from him. Then, he glanced at the surrounding crowd with a smug expression, aimed at the golden eagle flying above the city wall, and swung the ball of lightning he had gathered in his hand.
However, their arrival had already alerted the mutated animals guarding the city wall. At this moment, the golden eagle maintained its original flying speed, leisurely controlling the surrounding wind to glide through the air currents.
And on the ground at the top of the city wall, a lightning-element leopard, at the moment the man made his move, shot out a chain of lightning, striking down at the crowd below.
The chain of lightning, after hitting one person, quickly leaped to the people near that person. In a short while, those who were closer were struck by lightning and fell to the ground, unable to move.
The lightning ball from the lightning ability user, however, missed the golden eagle. The golden eagle flapped its wings, mobilizing a strong gust of wind, and directly slapped the lightning ball back.
"Quick retreat, there's an ambush!"
People at the back of the team saw those in front being hit and began to retreat.
Soon, the orderly convoy was thrown into chaos and scattered.
The golden eagle gave them no chance to escape. It completely changed its flying speed, flapping its wings and unleashing wave after wave of wind blades, slashing at the crowd and vehicles below.
The roofs of the SUVs and sedans were instantly flipped open. The people sitting inside had no time to react before their skulls were severed by the second wind blade that followed.
Splashes of blood scattered everywhere.
The three seventh-tier ability users each controlled their abilities, wanting to resist. They couldn't believe that the three of them, all seventh-tier ability users, combined couldn't defeat a single mutated animal.
However, the fact was right before their eyes.
The range of their abilities was completely different from the golden eagle's. They couldn't attack the golden eagle with their spells, while the golden eagle's wind blades could rapidly harvest the lives below.
Soon, the three mutated animal teams that had counter-attacked were completely annihilated outside the city gates by the golden eagle's wind blades.
The golden eagle flapped its wings and searched carefully again. After confirming that those people were completely killed, it flew back into the city to report to Lu Heng.
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Inside the Fallen City.
After Lin Yu leveled up to first-tier yesterday, Lu Heng did not let him continue to upgrade.
Lin Yu was not old. Lu Heng had asked him, and Lin Yu said he had just turned seventeen this year.
Children who had not yet reached adulthood had bodies that were too thin, their physical development was not yet fully mature, and their bones had not fully grown. It was not suitable for him to rashly upgrade his ability level at this time.
What he needed more now was to recover his body, strengthen his physical training, and build a solid foundation before he could upgrade quickly.
Anyway, Lu Heng had plenty of crystals, enough to upgrade one person without any burden. Moreover, he still had many magic crystals in his spatial storage. He also wanted to cultivate Lin Yu, hoping that he could enhance his various ability levels by absorbing magic crystals.
"Lin Yu, feel it now, mobilize the energy in your body, and then activate your ability for me to see," Lu Heng said to Lin Yu, who had just returned from his run.
Lin Yu nodded, then closed his eyes and began to feel the energy within his body. Slowly, Lin Yu raised his hands, and a cluster of blue flames appeared in his palm.
"Netherflame?" Lu Heng couldn't help but be a little surprised. He could tell that Lin Yu had activated his fire ability, but he didn't expect it to be Netherflame.
Didn't that Wuchenzi say that with Netherflame and wood-element attributes, such a person would have the ability to refine pills?
So, had he really found a treasure this time?
"Netherflame? Brother Lu, does this fire have a name? And why is it blue?"
They had talked for a long time last night. Lin Yu had told Lu Heng his life story, and Lu Heng had listened patiently to his story.
At this moment, they no longer felt like strangers. Especially Lin Yu, he was extremely grateful to this person who had pulled him out of his tragic fate and given him hope to become an ability user.
He secretly made up his mind that he would never betray Lu Heng in this life, and when he became strong enough, he would repay Lu Heng for saving his life.
Therefore, he was no longer nervous when interacting with Lu Heng, and he would ask questions promptly if he didn't understand anything.
"Your flame is very special. This blue flame is different from that of ordinary fire ability users. Look, my fire ability is a red flame." As he spoke, Lu Heng's hand also produced a ball of flame, but the color of the flame was red.
"Look at this." Lu Heng took out a small porcelain bottle. Inside the bottle was the Solidifying Pill given by Wuchenzi.
Lin Yu looked at the strange text written on the outside of the bottle, looked at Lu Heng confusedly, then uncorked the small porcelain bottle and poured out five pills.
"This is the Solidifying Pill. You can take one now and feel any changes in your body."
Lin Yu picked up a pill, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. Then, he felt his strength constantly growing, and at the same time, his senses were also constantly strengthening.
He looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand with some joy and said excitedly to Lu Heng, "Brother Lu, I feel much stronger, and I can clearly feel my strength increasing."
"Yes. This kind of pill is called the Solidifying Pill. To refine this kind of pill, it must be tempered by your Netherflame. Tell me, what is different about your blue flame?" Lu Heng's lips curved slightly. He was also happy for Lin Yu, estimating that Lin Yu would be the first person in this apocalypse to possess this Netherflame.