Chapter 136 - line of life and death

The earth quaked and the mountains shook!

The Nefarious Filth Devourer's hill-like body filled the entire horizontal space of the canyon. As it pushed forward, it rubbed against the walls on both sides, causing stone fragments to fly everywhere and the ground to tremble. The Devourer was like a high-speed bulldozer. It continuously dug up the mud, stones, and flowers of the death god, pouring them into its seemingly bottomless stomach.

The speed at which it was moving seemed slow, but when it came to that gigantic body, that speed was incredibly shocking. However, in the blink of an eye, it had reached the corner where the few of them were. From a distance, he could see the Devourer's body that was constantly flowing with mud under the glow of the flower of death, as well as the mouth that was almost half the height of the canyon.

"Run!" The girl quickened her pace and moved towards the exit.

Zero also silently followed behind her. The two of them no longer cared about conserving their energy, they only wanted to get as far away from the Devourer as possible. Otherwise, once the Devourer made it, it wouldn't care if the monkeys waving around on the vine were to its liking. For the Devourer, even if the few of them weren't its main dish, it was still okay as a dessert.

The chase continued within the canyon.

The swaying walls of the mountain caused the vines to constantly shake, which created quite a bit of trouble for the two of them to move. Natasha was okay, and Zero had almost dropped the vine several times. Behind them, the Devourer was in hot pursuit. It was a bit faster than the two of them. As they got closer and closer to the Devourer, the stench from the Devourer's body started to rush into the nostrils of the three of them.

Zero threw himself forward and grabbed a length of vine. He didn't want his palms to become slippery from the sweat, but he wasn't able to hold on tightly to it. His entire body swayed forward. Fortunately, his other hand had not loosened, or else he would have fallen. Looking further back, the Devourer was very close, the difference between the two wasn't more than 1 km. Looking from this direction, the countless sand and sand on the ground of the canyon were flowing back into the mouth of the Devourer. As expected of a giant beast with the name of Earth Wiping Master, the Devourer had no intention of stopping to rest after filling its stomach.

Zero's stamina had already reached the bottom. He silently estimated that at this speed, they could only move about 2 more kilometers. However, after that, their speed would decrease, and they might even lose all their strength and fall to the bottom of the valley. However, the Devourer's speed had not slowed down. At this rate, it would be safe to catch up before the zero limit was reached. In other words, no matter what, Zero could not escape.

She was better off than he was, but very limited. If they couldn't stop the Devourer, they wouldn't be able to get through the canyon.

However making the swallowing monster stop wasn't easy at all, this was a huge beast's appetite. As she said, it wouldn't give up until it had eaten all the flowers in the canyon. But the two of them did not possess enough weapons or power to stop the Devourer. Whether it was the 'Zero' Colt or the 'Atisa's Wheel Saw', before the Devourer's massive body, they would only be a joke.

To make a monster like the Devourer stop moving, one needed at least a strategic-level weapon of war. But at this moment, where could they find such a weapon?

Zero continued to move, constantly thinking of possible strategies in his mind. However, after coming up with one method after another, he quickly rejected it. Combining their current environment, the equipment they carry and their own capabilities. All of these were replaced with data, but there was not enough data to support the feasibility of the method.

They moved another kilometer, and the devourer was about 300 meters away from them. The thing they were worried about had finally happened. As their stamina and speed decreased, the Devourer's constant speed gradually closed the gap between them. At this rate, they would be chased by the Devourers in less than half an hour.

He looked back again, and as his gaze swept over the ghostly flower of death in the Devourer's mouth, he thought of a possible but dangerous solution.

"How far is it from the exit?" Zero asked.

Atasha didn't know what he was going to do, but she still replied, "There are still three more kilometers to go, but I'm afraid …"

"I have an idea." Zero called out to her, "No matter what, you have to speed up. I need to pull out a distance and time that I can attack! "

"Are you crazy? There's no way to stop that big guy! " cried Atasha.

Zero roared, "We have to give it a try no matter what. Unless you want to die here, or perhaps, don't you want revenge? "

Atasha's face changed, and she stopped talking. The black girl gritted her teeth and stopped calculating her physical strength according to what Zero told her. Instead, she started using all of them in one go. Immediately, Atasha's movement speed increased.

Zero took a deep breath and pushed all the damage values from his body out of his mind. Not caring about whether his body would collapse because of this, he used the Agility of a LV 5. Immediately, not only did he catch up with Atasha, but he also overtook her. His speed did not decrease at all as he moved between the vines.

Just like that, the two of them used all their might to move. In the blink of an eye, they were halfway there. Zero also successfully created a 1,200-meter distance between them.

He suddenly stopped and flipped over, hooking his foot onto the vine and drooping.

Colt moved to his hand and Zero took out a sniper rifle. The red light that was visible to the naked eye flowed from his finger towards the sniper rifle. When the red glow came from the sniper rifle, he pressed the fireball into the barrel.

She was almost too weak to ask what she was going to do. Zero was in a worse condition than she was. The wound on her back had completely ruptured. Blood and sweat mixed together, soaking the bandage and her tactical suit. Even so, Zero's grip on the spear remained as steady as it was before, even though his body was already trembling slightly.

"Don't worry about me. Don't look back. Just keep moving forward until you leave the exit!" His voice was filled with an indescribable majesty, and did not allow Atasha to doubt him.

Hearing Su Bai's warning, Atisa listened to him obediently, and instantly passed by him, heading towards the exit of the canyon.

The zeros suspended in the air began to shake, and at the same time, while swinging his body in the direction of the cliff wall to the greatest extent, he released his feet. Immediately, Zero dashed towards the mountain wall. In mid-air, he turned around and adjusted his body to face the Devourer. Just as it was about to collide with the mountain wall, Colt's muzzle was in a straight line with the Devourer's large mouth.

Zero squeezed the trigger.

In the next moment, under the dark red night sky, a fiery cloud suddenly rose up in the valley that was suffused with faint blue light. It was quiet and beautiful, like a beautiful flower blooming in a valley. Only when the petals were completely relaxed did it reveal its malevolence and savagery.

The sound of the explosion masked the sound of gunfire. The fiery cloud first shrunk slightly towards the inner layer, before suddenly rolling in all directions. The blazing fire immediately spread along both sides of the canyon, and the flower of death that was left on the ground immediately became a burning aid after the flames passed by, constantly increasing the speed and power of the fire wave.

As for the devourer, it let out a wail and stopped. The zero explosive bullets hit its body, immediately igniting and exploding the countless Death Reaper Flowers in its body. A small portion of the Devourer's body was blown to ashes, even though the creature's tenacious vitality did not immediately die. However, it could not continue to move. Moreover, it had no choice but to dive underground in the sea of fire that covered the entire valley.

Although the danger to the Devourer had been resolved, the lives of the few of them had not been secured yet. The waves of fire headed towards them at an extremely fast speed. In the instant the flames flashed, they were already within reach.

By this time, Zero had already crashed into the mountain wall.

He took a deep breath and let it out. As hot gas spewed out from Zero's mouth and nose, its eye mask silently cracked. The silver threads in the golden eye suddenly converged towards the center before spreading out, forming a dragon-like vertical pupil.

Zenith stomped on the mountain wall and his body fiercely thrust forward. It was as though he had been submerged in water. A huge surge of energy propelled him out of the water. The air exploded, and Zero's figure suddenly appeared 300 meters away. Then, a series of muffled sounds came from the air.

At this critical moment of life and death, zero was already going all out. He immediately used the "Rampage" skill, pushing his Dexterity to the seventh step in exchange for breaking the sound barrier.

Waves of fire roiled about, but it was always a beat too slow. Zero gritted his teeth and sprinted forward. His figure left afterimages as he ran on top of the sloping cliff! However, with the use of [Rampage], his injuries worsened even faster. Originally, it could have lasted 12 seconds. However, after using it for 6 seconds, it felt like it had reached its limit.

One more second!

The exit of the canyon was in sight, but Atasha's physical strength had already reached its limit. Behind her, a wave of flames rushed towards her. Atasha could feel the destructive heat, and her hair was slightly curled up. She lurched forward again, but in the end did not have the strength to hold on to the vine above her head, and as Monnie screamed, they both fell.

The fire wave had arrived.

Suddenly, Atasha's whole body shook.

Looking back, he saw a bloody Zero pouncing on him from the side. He held on tight to both of them and used his last bit of strength to propel himself toward the canyon exit.

The fire wave chased them outside the exit, but the moment it touched their backs, it was filled with unwillingness. In the end, it went back into the valley due to the explosion.

In midair, the backs of zeros were lit on fire, but they finally left the Death Canyon!

After landing with all their might, the three of them fell onto the wet ground and rolled into a ball. Finally she stopped. She lied on the ground, staring blankly at the dark red radiation cloud floating in the night sky, unable to believe that she was still alive.

If it wasn't for the last pounce, their efforts would have been in vain. That flame was ignited by the radiation from the flower of death. Whether it was heat or damage, it was above that of ordinary flames, and there was even poison in it. She could still breathe the air outside the canyon, thanks to Zero.

However, the power and speed displayed in that one pounce made her feel an ominous feeling. It was as if he had used his own life to exchange for something, something that did not belong to him.

As she was thinking this, Monnie's scream came from the side: "Zero, what's wrong with you!"