My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 76 - 75: Lending a Hand

The old people gradually turned their heads to look at Lv Bai and Yao Yi.

"Again, two more, young ones," Tong Shujuan’s mother said expressionlessly.

"No, one, the other..."

The gray-haired old woman took two steps forward, scrutinizing Yao Yi: "It’s the same kind."

Upon hearing this, Lv Bai raised his eyebrows.

Surprised, he momentarily forgot his facial expressions, unintentionally displaying a radiant smile.

"There should still be noodle shops open over on East Street..."

Tong Shujuan was confused about what was happening, instinctively responded.

She dared not approach her mysteriously strange parents, nor did she trust the suddenly appearing strangers.

The old woman continued to approach Yao Yi expressionlessly.

"You said the same kind... What do you mean?" Yao Yi warily stepped back two paces.

His reaction couldn’t be blamed; the déjà vu was too overwhelming.

Before his girlfriend turned into a monster, she was in a similar state.

Seeing the old woman getting closer and closer, he hastily shouted, "Stop right there!"

Upon hearing this, the old woman indeed stopped, stiffly praising: "You disguise well."

Observing, Lv Bai could now basically conclude that the old people here were parasitized by flesh masses.

He silently laughed, advancing instead of retreating, proactively walking to the side of the young woman.

"Thanks for the directions."

After expressing gratitude, he turned to look at the old people in front, softly adding, "But you probably need help too."

"Huh?" Tong Shujuan was a bit baffled.

Not far away, Tong Shujuan’s father looked at Yao Yi, slowly twisting his neck: "Seems, no. Let me, confirm." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Rip—a

Before his voice fell, his head instantly unfurled, spreading a flesh and bone network over a meter in diameter.

"Ah!"

"Whoa?!"

Though Yao Yi had seen such monsters before, he was still badly frightened, nearly collapsing to the ground.

As for a regular woman like Tong Shujuan, she let out a high-pitched scream on the spot.

Lv Bai had anticipated it early, covering his ears first.

"Aren’t you the same kind?"

The monster was somewhat puzzled, raising a meat strip gradually, evidently intending to force Yao Yi to reveal himself with an attack.

Yao Yi couldn’t stay calm listening to the monster talk, clutching his head and darting toward Lv Bai’s position.

"Why?! How could Dad turn into this? Mom, say something!" Tong Shujuan’s face turned pale, completely unable to believe this was real.

Unfortunately, none of the old people paid attention to her, focusing on scrutinizing Yao Yi’s every move.

Perhaps they were running out of patience, or maybe feeling the commotion caused by the screams was too much noise. In any case, the monster didn’t choose to wait any longer.

Whoosh!

A meat strip, like a maggot sticking to bone, swiftly attacked Yao Yi from behind.

In the monsters’ view, if Yao Yi were the same kind, he would definitely transform to react to such an attack.

As the meat strip was about to stab Yao Yi’s back, he made no move to resist, still clutching his head and scurrying away.

Lv Bai sighed inwardly, a Wild Tachi over two meters long suddenly appearing in his hand.

Swish—

Smack!

The blade flashed, half a meat strip fell to the ground.

The monster twisted painfully, completely unable to see how Long Teeth had emerged.

The remaining old people realized something was wrong and too began to transform into flesh strip-flinging monsters, assuming battle postures.

Yao Yi fearfully huddled behind Lv Bai, tearing up: "So many?! Why are there these monsters everywhere?"

"Your parents are actually dead; they’re just parasites occupying your parents’ bodies."

Lv Bai single-handedly held the blade, slightly turning toward Tong Shujuan, briefly explaining: "So I’m going to take them out, hope you don’t mind."

Tong Shujuan was just an inexperienced young woman; at this point, she couldn’t understand the situation anymore.

She cried out for her parents repeatedly, losing control of her emotions, unintentionally stepping forward.

"Hey, hey, Brother Lv, can you handle it? If not, let’s run quickly..." Yao Yi grew increasingly unsure, regretting not slipping away if Lv Bai were not in front.

Lv Bai casually pulled Tong Shujuan back, not replying but conveying his attitude through action.

He shot out, the Long Teeth in his hand reflecting an autumn-like chilling gleam.

Clang! Clang!

Two consecutive meat strips with bone blades at the ends were deflected, drawing nearer to the monsters.

Powerfully swung, a single stroke chopped off a substantial chunk of the "old woman’s" flesh mass.

His attack movements were smooth; he clearly didn’t use [Flash Time].

After all, his physical condition was still within the range of an ordinary person, impossible to withstand the attacks of such parasitic creatures.

Rather than trying a fast kill with [Flash Time], it was better to keep a trump card, providing more room for maneuver in case evasion was insufficient.

Yao Yi knew his limits, refraining from interfering and pulling Tong Shujuan back.

Tong Shujuan seemed lost, muttering "Impossible," "I don’t believe it," refraining from too intense resistance.

Squatting behind a pile of electronic waste, Yao Yi finally had time to stick his head out, observing Lv Bai’s side of the fight.

On the surface, Lv Bai’s situation was indeed perilous.

He moved at all times; pausing his feet longer would have meant getting stabbed by a bone blade extending from who knows where.

"Brother Lv, be careful!" Yao Yi’s heart clenched seeing a bone blade scrape past Lv Bai’s neck.

Practically dancing on a razor’s edge.

Of course, though it seemed perilous, Lv Bai knew the rhythm of the battle was still under his control.

Since the beginning of the fight, there had been few instances demanding [Flash Time] for evasion.

Gradually, he was getting used to the attack patterns of these parasitic beasts; while the flying bone blades were fast, they weren’t completely untraceable.

The reason was simple.

No matter how tricky the angle, attacks always originated from a human body.

With composure, it was no different from playing dodgeball as a kid.

"Enough testing."

[Flash Time], start!

Lv Bai swung his blade repeatedly, first a diagonal down-cut, followed by a sweeping slash, drawing a 45° angle in the air.

Thud—thud—

Several meat strips fell broken, their surfaces smooth as mirrors.

To Yao Yi on the side, it seemed as if the meat strips actively collided with Lv Bai’s blade.

After gauging the average combat strength of these flesh monsters, Lv Bai no longer held back, swiftly entering a killing mode.

As the saying goes, an extra inch is extra strength.

With Long Teeth’s blade over two meters in length, Lv Bai didn’t need to get too close to the monsters, able to attack the human bodies parasitized by flesh masses.