Chapter 29: The Tower of Death, Claire Severely Injured

Jeremy frowned as more Skyrakers filled the sky.

Although he wasn't afraid of these monsters, he didn't want to waste time on them.

After a moment of thought, he pulled out an M67 grenade from his storage space.

Scanning for a dense cluster of Skyrakers, he pulled the pin, wound up his arm, and hurled the grenade.

In an instant, the grenade flew like a shell.

"Boom!!!"

A massive explosion echoed through the night, a bright flare lighting up the darkness like dazzling fireworks.

The grenade exploded instantly, sending out shrapnel that pierced through a group of Skyrakers before they could react, turning them into a hive of bullet holes.

Scores of Skyrakers fell from the sky like snowflakes.

[You have killed a level 13 Skyraker(Normal), gaining 1423 experience points!]

[You have killed a level 12 Skyraker(Normal), gaining 1198 experience points!]

[You have killed a level 15 Skyraker(Elite), gaining 4807 experience points!]

...

As the kill notifications popped up, a golden light shone on Jeremy.

[You have leveled up to 12, gaining 20 free attribute points!]

"Roar Roar Roar!!!"

The commotion awakened many monsters in the darkness, and the Skyrakers in the sky let out angry roars.

But by the time they thought to retaliate, Jeremy's figure had already vanished into the night.

Under the shroud of night, with the silver moon hanging high.

Jeremy, dressed in black, leaped and darted across rooftops.

His movements were swift and agile, reminiscent of a spry monkey, easily covering several meters in a single leap at incredible speeds.

Some onlookers, their eyes wide with disbelief, thought they were witnessing an illusion.

A little girl holding a doll pointed at Jeremy leaping across the rooftops and said crisply, "Mommy, Spider-Man!"

Her mother turned to look out the window but only saw a wandering monster. "Child, that's a monster, not Spider-Man." She said, weariness in her tone as she stroked her child's hair, mistaking the child's inability to differentiate between monsters and humans, while pondering on how to survive.

As Jeremy delved deeper into Moonlight City, the number of monsters increased exponentially, visible everywhere at a glance.

The entire city had become a playground for monsters.

Only a few flickering lights and occasional screams and pleas for help indicated the presence of humans in the city.

...

Two hours later.

Jeremy finally reached the commercial district at the city center.

The sky was a dull gray, nearly dawn.

Danger was relative to ordinary people; for him, climbing a hundred-meter building was not as difficult as it seemed.

In his past life as a mercenary, he had successfully climbed to the top of a hundred-meter building to plant a bomb, albeit with complete equipment.

However, his physical condition now was different from his previous life, and Jeremy was confident he could make the climb.

The biggest problem now was how to draw the monsters away so he could approach the skyscraper.

It was a pity that Lisa had already died. Otherwise, he could have thrown her out to attract the monsters.

Exhaling smoke, Jeremy's eyes revealed a resolute determination.

In that case, he would have to do it himself.

No matter what, he had to rescue Claire!

...

42nd floor of the commercial skyscraper, Claire's psychology clinic.

"Clang Clang Clang!!!" The intense sound of something pounding on the door, like a death knell, kept ringing, and the stainless steel door of the psychotherapy room trembled continuously. The grating sound of metal scratching assaulted the eardrums.

Claire sat on the couch of the psychotherapy room, with a fruit knife and a medical kit by her side.

Her stunningly beautiful face was somewhat pale, with beads of sweat continuously appearing on her forehead.

There was a terrifying wound on Claire's abdomen, and her white coat was already stained red with blood. Despite being bandaged, fresh blood still seeped out from the wound.

Even though she was enduring intense pain, Claire's eyes remained unusually calm.

If Ritchie and others were here, they would find that her gaze was sometimes identical to Jeremy's, as if devoid of any emotion.

Claire found an anesthetic painkiller in the medical kit and swallowed it. Then, she propped up her head and legs on the couch to lie down, trying to alleviate the injury to her abdomen as much as possible.

Even this simple action made her complexion even paler.

The power of that white wolf was truly terrifying. Just one strike had almost gutted her. She owed her survival to her abilities.

However, Claire could feel her body getting weaker and weaker, and the door to the psychotherapy room wouldn't hold much longer.

Unless something unexpected happened, she was likely going to die today.

Facing death, Claire felt unusually calm, perhaps due to her strong psychological resilience or perhaps because she didn't have much to cling to in life.

At this thought, an image of a person suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Jeremy..." A complicated look flashed through her calm eyes.

Claire had already been seriously injured when she spoke to Jeremy on the phone. She didn't mention her condition, fearing it would upset Jeremy.

Besides, talking about it was pointless. The monsters below the commercial skyscraper had already sentenced everyone still inside to death.

Claire had awakened an S-class ability not long after the apocalypse began. She had tried to escape the skyscraper, and the wound on her abdomen was the price she paid for it.

"It's over..." Everything in front of her began to blur, and the sound of banging on the door became indistinct. The medication started to take effect, and Claire closed her eyes wearily.

...

In the coffee shop, having made up his mind, Jeremy no longer hesitated.

He allocated all his free attribute points to agility, bringing his agility attribute to 538 points. Afterwards, Jeremy used 21 second-tier energy crystals to upgrade the skill level of Shadow Step to lv10, the maximum level.

The maximum level of Shadow Step increased the amplification effect to 100%, and its duration reached an astonishing 8 minutes!