The apocalypse struck, and I became a druid.

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Several low-rise buildings collapsed completely, leaving only reinforced concrete wreckage floating on the water.

The walls of the main building are covered with bite marks and dents caused by impacts.

"It seems the resort was indeed attacked by a swarm of black snakes. I wonder if the experimental equipment was damaged," Professor Ye said with some concern.

He was holding a piece of steel pipe with a sharp tip.

Xu Ming, standing next to him, was carrying a crowbar. He had flattened and sharpened the end of the crowbar with a hammer, a modification he had made while repairing the ship.

The Awakened Ones have already gained some strength, but most of them still use simple, homemade weapons.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of an industrial environment, weapons could only be made by hand.

They parted ways with the other Awakened at a crossroads on their way to the Azure Cloud Resort. The latter went to an area with a higher concentration of Black Serpents, aiming to absorb energy and enhance their strength.

The three slowed their pace and gradually approached the resort area.

Then they moved forward, hugging the ruins.

Just as we rounded a section of collapsed wall, ripples suddenly appeared on the water's surface, and a 2-meter-long black serpent monster leaped out from underwater.

Chapter 117-Light

The black serpent opened its mouth wide, its fine, sharp teeth gleaming coldly, carrying a foul stench, and lunged at Xu Ming, who was at the front.

"Watch out!" Professor Ye shouted in a low voice, instinctively wanting to step forward to help.

Xu Ming is no longer an ordinary person.

He reacted quickly, dodging the snake's head and sweeping out with the crowbar in his hand.

With a crisp "smack," it slammed heavily onto the black serpent monster's body.

The monster staggered and sank into the water. Xu Ming took the opportunity to step on its torso and plunged the tip of the crowbar into its head.

"hiss!"

The black serpent monster struggled frantically at his feet.

Puff puff!

He used all his strength to keep stabbing until the black serpent monster under his feet gradually stopped moving.

"Huff..." He was panting heavily, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

A pale blue energy ball floated up from the snake corpse and flew into his body.

Nourished by the energy, the muscle lines on Xu Ming's arms became even more defined.

The commotion here seems to have attracted the attention of the nearby black serpent monster.

Two more black snake monsters swam in from around the corner ahead.

"Professor Ye, let's each take one."

Xu Ming rushed forward first, slashing the black snake monster on the left with his crowbar, forcing it to tilt its head back and dodge.

Professor Ye seized the opportunity, thrusting the steel pipe diagonally towards the black snake monster's eye socket on the right.

The monster nimbly dodged, then swung its body and swept its arm toward Professor Ye's body.

In his haste, Professor Ye could only lift the steel pipe and dodge backward.

Despite his best efforts to dodge, his arm was still grazed by the black serpent's claws, leaving a long, bloody gash.

A faint black aura immediately began to emanate from the edge of this narrow wound.

poisonous!

The black snake struck, causing it to lose its balance.

Professor Ye seized the opportunity, switched the steel pipe to his left hand, and forcefully smashed it into the black snake monster's back.

Bang bang bang!

The black serpent monster was slammed into the water by Professor Ye's immense strength.

Professor Ye took the opportunity to sit on its lap and smashed the black snake monster's head repeatedly.

Finally, with a "bang".

Professor Ye smashed the black serpent monster's eyeballs.

Professor Ye then inserted the steel pipe into the eye socket and stirred it continuously.

Meanwhile, Xu Ming, who had relatively more combat experience, killed the enemy after suffering a cut to his abdomen.

Two wisps of blue energy flew out and entered their bodies respectively.

"Well done," Han Ning praised, shooting out two vines that wrapped around them, a faint green light illuminating them.

Their wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Both of these black snakes are about 2.5 meters long, and even newly awakened Awakened individuals usually find them very difficult to defeat.

Let alone those two enhanced ordinary people.

Throughout the entire process, Han Ning did not lift a finger; the two of them defeated the Black Serpent Monster entirely on their own.

All he can do is act as a healer, constantly healing his teammates and helping them level up.

"continue."

He experienced two close-quarters battles with the Black Serpent Monster.

Xu Ming and Professor Ye had gained more combat experience and were able to coordinate better.

Xu Ming held them off head-on, while Professor Ye searched for weaknesses, and when they encountered a difficult opponent, they joined forces to launch a pincer attack.

Their movements were not very skilled, and even somewhat clumsy.

But combat experience is accumulated over time.

More than half an hour later, they finally arrived at the building where they had stayed in the luxury suite.

The damage here isn't too severe; only the entrance on the first floor is blocked by some debris, and broken furniture and bedding are floating on the water.

Han Ning pointed to the second-floor window, "I'll go up and clear the way, you guys follow."

Xu Ming and Professor Ye nodded.

Having fought their way here, they had accumulated a lot of energy and were somewhat exhausted, but their spirits were exceptionally high.

Han Ning was the first to crawl through the second-floor window and casually swept away the two black snake monsters in the corridor.

Xu Ming and Professor Ye followed closely behind.

A considerable number of black serpent monsters still live inside the main building.

They walked up the corridor to their suite.

As soon as they arrived at the suite door, the three of them frowned immediately.

Because the door had already been kicked open and was lying crookedly to one side.

The living room was a mess. The table with the experimental equipment had completely collapsed, the microscope lens was shattered, the petri dish was smashed to pieces, and several delicate tweezers were chewed into crooked shapes.

"These beasts!" Professor Ye was furious as he looked at the destroyed experimental equipment.

The experimental equipment was destroyed, not to mention the food in the storage room.

All sorts of food were scattered haphazardly on the ground.

Most of them had their packaging torn open, and food scraps were scattered everywhere.

"I didn't expect the Black Serpent Monster to like processed food?" Although Han Ning had expected it, he still felt it was a pity to see so much food wasted.

Amidst the chaos, they found some still-edible food and experimental equipment, which they put into the burlap sacks they were carrying.

In addition, I also got some pillows, blankets and the like.

"Let's go take a look at the planting area again."

Finding that there was nothing left to take in the suite, they went to the planting area on the 5th floor.

The once lush and green planting area is now just a mess of broken branches and rotten leaves.

The newly cultivated spinach and sprouts were even dug up, roots and all.

"hiss~"

Two black snake-like creatures, which were nibbling around a pot of tomato seedlings, noticed the people who had entered and immediately crawled over.

"What a waste of crops!" Professor Ye's shoulders shrugged slightly, his tone containing a hint of anger.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Han Ning, who was following behind, noticed a peculiar fluctuation emanating from Professor Ye.

As this fluctuation occurred, a faint golden halo suddenly emanated from Professor Ye's body.

At first, there were only faint specks of light, like the glow of fireflies flowing across his body, gradually coalescing into a hazy mist.

"This is……"

Professor Ye stared blankly at his hands, where a golden ball the size of a ping-pong ball was gathering in his palms, its warm light dispelling the surrounding chill.

He subconsciously pushed the ball of light forward, and the golden light shot towards the nearest black serpent monster like a shooting star.

The ball of light exploded on the snake scales, turning into countless specks of light.

The black serpent was struck by the intense dazzling light emanating from the orb, letting out a painful howl and slowing its crawling speed.

"Huh?" Professor Ye focused his mind, and a faint light shone from his palm again.

This time, the ball of light was smaller and more concentrated, shooting towards the eye of another black serpent monster.

The ball of light flew at a very high speed, giving the black serpent monster almost no time to react.

"Hiss!" The black serpent monster writhed wildly as the ball of light burned its eye socket.

Xu Ming seized the opportunity to rush forward and smashed the crowbar hard into its eyeball.

Using the remaining golden light on his body as cover, Professor Ye gripped the steel pipe and stabbed at the black snake monster shrouded in light.

The two black snake monsters, affected by the golden light, seemed to have impaired their senses and barely retaliated.