Holding Their Own Space, the Family Returns to the Apocalypse

94: I will handle the portal myself.”Then, how do I lure them?”

”Naturally, use your Superpower. Strike those Bloodthirsty Worms with lightning; the Ancient Centipede will surely come out for its little snacks,” Ai Yue explained.

”Oh, I see. I’ll strike them right now, strike them dead,” Ye Rui realized.

After saying that, Ye Rui waved her hand, and a bolt of lightning struck the Bloodthirsty Worms.

Those Bloodthirsty Worms were afraid of lightning and burrowed into the ground like crazy, scattering in all directions, no longer caring about the Ancient Centipede’s deterrence.

Compared to the Ancient Centipede, the Bloodthirsty Worms were even more afraid of lightning.

Ai Yue’s guess was correct. Sensing the escape of its captive Bloodthirsty Worms, the Ancient Centipede hidden deep underground burst out of the earth.

It was the first time Ye Rui had seen such a large centipede. Although she had mentally prepared herself, she still couldn’t help but feel terrified when it actually appeared before her eyes.

One Ancient Centipede after another emerged from the ground. Ye Rui felt a chill run down her spine, her face filled with terror. A cracked voice involuntarily escaped her throat, ”Sister? There are too many of them! I’m scared!”

”Don’t be afraid. In a moment, you lure one away to play with. Leave the rest to me. Don’t forget to stab its weak point.” Feeling the danger, the bloodthirsty factors in her body raced and roared through her blood. Ai Yue gave a cruel smile, gripped her military knife, and charged forward.

Ye Rui, standing frozen in place, said, ”Play? Who’s playing with whom? It’s going to play with me! Wuwu, Sister, I’m scared...”

A total of ten emerged from underground, swaying their heads on the ground. Three of them quickly crawled in other directions to retrieve the escaping Bloodthirsty Worms.

The remaining seven reared up their bodies, their antennae twitching wildly.

Locking onto Ai Yue and Ye Rui, they pounced simultaneously. Ai Yue blocked six, while the remaining one charged straight at Ye Rui.

Ye Rui swallowed nervously, keeping in mind Ai Yue’s instruction to go ”play” to the side. Seeing it chase her, she took off running, luring it away to maneuver and trying hard to attack the Ancient Centipede’s weak point.

Unfortunately, at her current level, facing an Ancient Centipede meant she could only run for her life.

Ai Yue plunged into the swarm of centipedes, violently pummeling them. She kicked one over and smashed her fist into another’s head, leaving it sprawled on the ground unable to recover for a long time.

The more Ai Yue fought, the more excited she became. She felt her strength was truly impressive; knocking one down with a single punch felt amazing. She sincerely felt that her Superpower suited her perfectly.

Getting more into it as she fought, Ai Yue battled for four hours. Including the three that returned, nine centipedes were beaten until they had no strength to fight back.

However, no matter how lethal Ai Yue’s strikes were, the centipedes didn’t take much damage. From this, one could see how heaven-defying the Ancient Centipede’s defense was.

No matter how satisfying something is, one can’t stand it for too long. At this moment, Ai Yue had had enough. Watching a centipede shake off her full-strength blow and get back up to rejoin the fight.

She was completely enraged. She drew her military knife from her waist, threw a punch, and as it flew backward, exposing the shiny black scales six inches down, Ai Yue stepped forward, plunged the knife into the scales, and with a twist of her hand, pulled out a transparent stone.

One after another, with overwhelming force, nine were dealt with, and their transparent stones were gouged out.

Meanwhile, Ye Rui was covered in sweat and in a sorry state, struggling to dodge the Ancient Centipede.

Seeing Ai Yue leisurely strolling toward her, a look of joy flashed across her face. ”Sister, there’s still one here! I’m dying, I can’t hold on anymore, hurry up and come over!”

Ai Yue found a large rock nearby and sat down... ”Sister? Why did you sit down? I’m about to give in, help me quickly.” Seeing that Ai Yue had no intention of helping, Ye Rui was almost moved to tears by anxiety.

”Don’t always think about dodging and waiting for someone to save you. Today, you must deal with this centipede yourself. Strike! Attack...” Ai Yue scolded and guided from the side.

Seeing there was no hope, Ye Rui became more serious and solemn. She began to analyze how she could get close to the centipede and thrust the military knife in her hand into it.

With guidance from the bystander and after half an hour of tangled combat, a battered Ye Rui finally sent this troublesome Ancient Centipede to the afterlife.

”Sister! Look, I’m so amazing, haha...”

Ye Rui successfully killed a centipede on her own. She was so happy she was going crazy, her grin stretching from ear to ear.

Looking at the excited Ye Rui, Ai Yue couldn’t help but laugh.

Recalling when she killed her first Ancient Centipede in her previous life, she was far inferior to the little girl before her.

Ye Rui was indeed very capable and talented, but her mindset still needed training.

Mm! I’ll have to increase her training volume in the future; I can’t let such great combat talent go to waste!

Ye Rui, still cheering, had no idea that her future life of hardship was about to begin.

”Sister, am I amazing? Am I not super awesome?”

Killing one Ancient Centipede gave Ye Rui an unprecedented illusion. Her confidence exploded, making her feel that killing centipedes was as simple as killing chickens. If she encountered them in the future, she would surely beat them until they fled in terror, just as powerful as her sister.

Ai Yue sighed speechlessly. Truly a child!

There would be a time for her to cry; for now, encouragement was the priority, not crushing her confidence.

”Yes, you’re truly the most capable beginner I’ve ever seen. Keep up the good work, and don’t be arrogant!”

”I won’t! I’m very clear-headed right now!” Ye Rui said triumphantly.

Seeing her acting like she was the number one in the world, Ai Yue sighed inwardly.

Sigh, whatever, she should just look after her a bit more.

Like a magic trick, Ai Yue took out two lunch boxes and handed them to the enthusiastic Ye Rui.

Ye Rui looked at the lunch boxes that appeared out of thin air and their familiar packaging. She opened her mouth wide in surprise, wanting to say something, but for a long time, no sound came out. She just kept looking back and forth between Ai Yue and the lunch boxes.

”If you have anything to ask, just ask,” Ai Yue finally said.

Ye Rui, however, shook her head hurriedly. ”No, nothing.”

”Really nothing?”

”Nothing.”

”Then hurry up and take the food!”

”Oh, oh.” Still looking dazed, Ye Rui quickly reached out to take the lunch box. She carefully opened it to see the familiar large chicken leg, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Di San Xian, braised pork, and white rice.

She still couldn’t help but speak out, ”Sister, you must be an immortal!”

Hearing this, Ai Yue chuckled. ”If anyone’s an immortal, it’s you. You can cast lightning, but I can’t!”

”But you can make things appear!”

”I didn’t make them appear; they were already there. I just took them out...”

”Sister, don’t say any more. This must be your secret, and I won’t pry into your secrets,” Ye Rui suddenly interrupted her.

”I can share it with you.”

”No, Sister, don’t tell me. From now on, I’ll act as if I saw nothing,” Ye Rui said solemnly.

Ai Yue also turned serious and said softly, ”You are someone I’ve accepted. It doesn’t matter if you know. But if you have other intentions, I will personally clean house.”