Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: The Apocalypse - I Am Not the Holy Mother 89

A massive electric ball, crackling with countless electric snakes and emitting loud snapping sounds, along with a large fast-moving ice blade, slicing through the air with a piercing shriek, came slashing towards her!

The oppressive feeling of death surged toward Li Man from all directions! For the first time, Li Man felt that she was so close to death, so close that a sense of horror and fear rapidly surged within her usually calm heart!

Fortunately, Li Man’s reaction wasn’t particularly slow; before the electric ball and ice blade descended, she finally, driven by survival instinct, formed a Wind Escape shield with speed far beyond her usual superpower convergence, protecting herself, while her body left a blur and retreated quickly beyond her physical limits!

As Li Man moved, Jia Shuyi, who had been by her side to protect her, saw the danger Li Man was in and, with even faster speed, almost instinctively gathered a huge Water Dragon in front of Li Man to block for her!

As the Water Dragon appeared, Jia Shuyi instantly stood in front of Li Man, facing Lin Shuangshuang and Chi Shaolong’s superpowers, shielding Li Man from the harm ahead!

The reactions of Li Man and Jia Shuyi were both faster than their limits! But it was no use, as the massive electric ball and a large ice blade struck one after another, shattering the Water Dragon and piercing through the Wind Escape, finally landing on Jia Shuyi and Li Man, whom he was shielding!

The electric ball and ice blade were halved in power after the two barriers, and when they landed on Jia Shuyi and Li Man, what was initially a deadly attack only sent them both flying heavily to the ground.

Both Li Man and Jia Shuyi spat out a mouthful of blood, their chest ribs shattered by the impact, Jia Shuyi, who bore the brunt of the attack, was even more severely injured; both of them nearly immediately lost their ability to act!

Lin Shuangshuang and Chi Shaolong didn’t continue their attack on the two after one strike, as the commotion had already alarmed the Mutated Mantises on both sides!

These Mutated Mantises were actually Mutant Orchid Mantises, entirely pink or white, each incredibly beautiful, and when together with real orchids, they looked like blooming, shimmering orchids without the slightest incongruence!

Moreover, these Orchid Mantises could hide all their aura, hence Zhang Ling’s spiritual power couldn’t detect their existence; these Orchid Mantises evolved almost exactly like orchids, even their heads resembling petals.

They hid among the flower leaves with the real orchids, making it impossible for the human eye to distinguish them!

Previously, the Orchid Mantises seemed to be in a slumber for some reason, not waking even when intruders like Lin Shuangshuang entered their territory. That was because everyone’s footsteps were light before; now, with the grand clash and not just loud noises, the collision of superpowers even toppled a large piece of orchids, forcibly awakening many mantises sleeping on them with bewildered faces!

Mantises aren’t creatures with good temperaments, and now being forcibly awakened from a good dream really ignited their small temper, teaching you what a bad-tempered mantis is that’s not to be trifled with!

Enraged Orchid Mantises leaped from their resting mutated orchids and surged from all directions, attacking everyone! So numerous that it would trigger anyone’s trypophobia!

”Why?” Before being surrounded by the Mutated Mantises, Li Man looked at Lin Shuangshuang, her eyes filled with confusion, shock, disbelief, and an intense, unbreakable fear of death!

But Lin Shuangshuang didn’t intend to answer her question, just as when she was thrown into the mutated ant swarm in the past, angered and desperate, questioning Li Man why without answer, now Lin Shuangshuang also had no plans to answer Li Man!

On the other hand, Zhang Ling had already pulled out a Beast Repellent Incense from Monkey’s back, lighting it up.

The Beast Repellent Incense was indeed powerful; once ignited, it emitted thick smoke, rapidly spreading, forcing all the surrounding Mutant Orchid Mantises to scatter quickly, even causing a stampede during their escape!

Everyone could even sense the fear, disgust, and pleading emotions from many specially mutated Orchid Mantises!

Zhang Ling, holding the Beast Repellent Incense, lay on Li Wenbo’s back as he carried her, running swiftly forward. There was no other way, Zhang Ling was a physical ability waste; her stamina was less than ordinary non-mutated humans, so getting a thirty-meter run without being carried was too much!

Zhang Ling and Li Wenbo ran at the front, holding the Beast Repellent Incense to clear the way, with others following closely behind, moving swiftly towards the energy stone.

Lin Shuangshuang didn’t bother with whether Li Man and Jia Shuyi, those two enemies, were dead or not; with so many mutated creatures blocking, and the two already struck by her and Chi Shaolong, even without Lin Shuangshuang’s action, Li Man and Jia Shuyi wouldn’t survive!

When Zhang Ling just lit the Beast Repellent Incense, the Mutant Orchid Mantises avoided Li Man and Jia Shuyi to flee from the scent; as Lin Shuangshuang and the others ran away, Li Man and Jia Shuyi were surrounded by the Mutant Orchid Mantises again!

Hearing the faint screams coming from behind, Lin Shuangshuang’s heart was calm; in her past life, Li Man had plotted her death at the hands of mutated ants, and now, with Zhang Ling’s help, she plotted Li Man’s death at the hands of Mutated Mantises, tit for tat; they were even!

This plan today was something that was discussed and decided by everyone before entering the basin. Lin Shuangshuang and Zhang Ling deemed that once Li Man and others entered the basin, they were basically near the energy stone, plus Li Man’s teammates carrying Beast Repellent Incense to ward off mutated creatures, Li Man would surely let her teammates follow closely behind everyone.

In Li Man’s plot, everyone, exhausted from fighting the mutated creatures guarding the energy stone, would have greatly reduced combat power, and then, with her teammates, they could easily appear suddenly, kill everyone and seize the energy stone.

But this timing had to be right; she must confirm that after everyone’s fight, they wouldn’t have time to replenish energy by eating, as specially mutated plants and animal insects not only quickly restore human physical power but also accelerate the healing of wounds, especially when close to the energy stone, recovery speeds up.

If Li Man couldn’t bring her people timely to appear at the right time, it was very likely that everyone’s physical and martial power would recover, and then Lin Shuangshuang and their group could really take away the energy stone, leaving Li Man’s plan to fail.