They killed zombies and moved away from their vehicle, heading towards the entrance of the mall.
They both surprisingly had a tacit understanding of not ruining or dirtying their ride home.
Because the zombies had become stronger and their attacks came faster, the two didn’t separate, but instead stood back-to-back to fight while protecting each other.
Chu Miao had not expected Ye Xuan to trust her so much. In the current environment where everyone practices self-preservation, leaving your back to someone is equivalent to handing over your life.
She was wary at first when he stood beside her as she was worried he might attack her when she wasn’t paying attention.
Even though they had fought together a few times, it was always with her family around, so she had nothing to worry about.
But today was different. It was just the two of them, and even though she trusted his character since he was a soldier who would not hesitate to put his life in danger to protect the country and its citizens, the apocalypse had changed people.
What if his character got twisted, and he became a killer? But in the end, Ye Xuan didn’t even hesitate to leave his back to her without worrying about whether she would backstab him.
Even though Chu Miao had many thoughts running through her mind, her hands had not been idle for even a second.
By now, they were surrounded by zombies, and we were using their superpower to kill zombies in all directions.
The scent of blood and noise caused by the fight attracted more zombies from a distance away and they also came running.
Some were clearly faster than others. Even though they had not mutated into level-one zombies, they had definitely consumed other zombies and probably devoured human flesh and increased their strength.
It was disgusting just thinking about it. These types of zombies had faster and fiercer attacks and both Chu Miao and Ye Xuan had to be extra careful not to get scratched accidentally when fighting.
Ye Xuan had been using a sword to cut down zombies as he felt it was a good way to train his physical body.
He had to move faster while swinging his sword and cutting off the zombie’s heads and avoid getting injured while also making sure that he protected Chu Miao’s back from sneak attacks.
Chu Miao had also made the same choice and was using one of the swords she had used in battle in ancient times to split these zombies.
As more zombies surrounded them, they began to feel overwhelmed and switched to using superpowers to deal with them.
Chu Miao threw out small light energy balls in her left hand and smashed them in the zombie’s heads, turning them into ashes.
Since she advanced to the third level of the Qi spiritual power, her light and space energy had become stronger. Even though these zombies had also evolved, they were not her match.
While her left hand wielded light energy balls, her right hand wasn’t idle. Water arrows kept piercing the heads of zombies and damaging their brains, hence, killing them.
Ye Xuan had also switched from using his sword to using spiritual energy. His attacks cleared a small group of zombies at once.
He turned his ice ability into snowflakes and sprinkled them on the zombies. They melted soon after due to the high heat and turned them into water. Following that he released lightning and struck the zombies’ heads, turning them into ashes immediately.
The two seemed to have rapport as they fought, but the zombies kept coming.
"We can’t go on . These zombies seem to have no end." Ye Xuan said as he felt his superpower drain faster.
If he had not advanced to the second level, he would not have been able to hold on for so long.
They had been fighting for two hours and he was feeling the strain. He didn’t want Chu Miao to completely exhaust herself here and fall into danger. So he decided to speak up.
Chu Miao had both superpower and spiritual energy, so she was in a better state but not by much.
She had already exhausted her superpower and stopped using water arrows. Now, she could only use light energy, and even then she was running low as well.
But they were still surrounded by zombies. They had not even been able to collect the crystal cores from the zombies they had already killed.
She was reluctant to leave them and was thinking about finding a place to rest and recover first before coming again to kill the remaining zombies and then collect the crystal cores.
"Let’s find a place to rest and recover. We can come back to kill the rest of the zombies later. What do you think?" Chu Miao suggested to Ye Xuan.
At this moment, she was glad her solo mission had turned into a dual mission. If she had come here alone things might have gone wrong.
"That’s a good idea, but getting out of this encirclement will drain the rest of my ability and that could put us in danger." Ye Xuan agreed with Chu Miao’s suggestion but was worried about running out of ability power before finding a safe place.
"Don’t worry about that. Survey our surroundings. Any building that is close to us and has an open rooftop will do." Chu Miao reassured.
After breaking through to the third Qi level, she could teleport more than a hundred meters away. If she teleported to the top of a building then they would be safe.
If the building is at most fifty or sixty meters tall then even better. It would not require too much energy to teleport the two of them.
"To our left, there is an office building of a small company. Ten stories tall with an open rooftop. Will that do?" Ye Xuan pointed out the building.
As soon as Chu Miao mentioned her requirements, Ye Xuan suggested a particular building that matched what she needed.