Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 5 Flame

Chu Deng had seen many such scenes in the apocalypse, and even almost perished himself in the early stages of the apocalypse.

A weeping woman, a grinning man, intertwined bodies...

No matter how many times she saw it, boundless anger and sorrow would always rise in her heart. Resonating with her inner feelings, her out-of-control superpowers would suddenly explode, and scorching flames would erupt, venting their fury wildly.

The violent man was engulfed by the flames, while the trembling woman gradually calmed down, looking at Chu Deng with tears in her eyes.

Chu Deng still remembered the expression on the woman's face, whose name he had forgotten, as if she had returned to her mother's embrace—peaceful, gentle, and pure…

It was as if, in that instant, she became the red lotus fire that burned away all filth.

Chu Deng suppressed her burgeoning desire and kicked away the man who had grabbed Jin Xiaoyue's collar.

The man screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Chu Deng helped Jin Xiaoyue straighten her slightly disheveled collar, suppressed the surging memories, and felt sincerely fortunate.

Fortunately, she arrived in time and prevented Jin Xiaoyue from being humiliated.

Chu Deng moved her fingers, grabbed the man by the collar with one hand, and traced her fingertips across the earth-type ability user's throat. Flames burned the flesh and blood, emitting a burnt aroma. The man lost his voice before he could even scream. Now, covered in cold sweat and with his face twitching, he looked at the suddenly appearing Chu Deng with pleading eyes.

Jin Xiaoyue was terrified; her eyes were vacant, still lost in the dim alley.

So Chu Deng had no choice but to put the earth-type ability user down. The man was secretly overjoyed, but he didn't expect that Chu Deng was trying to break his arms and legs.

With a few "crack" sounds, the earth-type ability user opened his mouth wide, screamed silently with a ferocious expression, and was then mercilessly thrown aside. His limbs were twisted, his peripheral nerves were still trembling, and a liquid seeped out. He had been tortured into losing control of his bladder.

"Xiaoyue?" Chu Deng clapped his hands as if disgusted, before breaking the earthen rings binding Jin Xiaoyue's limbs.

Jin Xiaoyue was caught by Chu Deng with weak limbs. She opened her mouth but could not make a sound. She buried her head in Chu Deng's neck.

Chu Deng felt a dampness on her neck. She reached out and hugged Jin Xiaoyue, and could feel the other woman trembling.

"Don't be afraid," Chu Deng said softly, her voice barely touching the water. She then gently placed Jin Xiaoyue aside, patted her shoulder reassuringly, and looked into her tearful eyes, saying, "He's not scary at all."

Then, Chu Deng picked up the man who was still struggling and smelling of urine, turned to Jin Xiaoyue and said, "Look."

After saying that, she used a little force with her wrist to smash the man's head against the wall of the alley.

The man's face was contorted, tears streaming down his face, and his forehead instantly turned bruised. He felt he had been blind to have provoked someone he shouldn't have, and he regretted it so much that he wanted to die.

Jin Xiaoyue's eyes widened.

"Look, he's just a person who can get hurt and bleed." Chu Deng slammed the man against the wall again and again, "plop, plop," blood dancing freely in the cobblestone alley.

Chu Deng raised her hand to wipe away the blood splattered on her face and said to Jin Xiaoyue with a smile, "Look, he's about to die."

With a cold gaze, she lifted the dying man up, preparing to sentence him to death.

"don't want!!!"

Jin Xiaoyue rushed over and hugged Chu Deng's booted leg. Having regained her ability to speak, she spoke rapidly, venting her fear in a different way, "Dengdeng, don't kill! Killing is illegal! We can't kill! We'll just leave him aside! Oh, and we need to wipe away all your fingerprints and replace the nearby surveillance cameras. We absolutely can't let you get caught! Waaaaah, Dengdeng, I'm so scared! Waaaaah, Dengdeng, thank goodness you came! Waaaaah..."

As she finished speaking, Jin Xiaoyue's voice grew softer and softer, but her arms around Chu Deng tightened.

"Alright, then I'll cripple him." Chu Deng patted Jin Xiaoyue's head, signaling her to let go first. The earth-type ability user's proficiency in releasing earth rings clearly indicated that this wasn't the first time he had done this.

It's common for people with superpowers to bully ordinary people in the apocalypse. This man is only at level one now; who knows how many people will suffer when he reaches a higher level.

The stronger Chu Deng's urge to kill grew, the more she comforted herself, reminding herself that it wasn't the end of the world yet.

Thinking this, she raised her foot to kick the lower body of the person who had collapsed to the ground.

"Wait!" Jin Xiaoyue quickly hugged Chu Deng's leg again, saying with a mix of laughter and tears, "Let me do it."

I'm afraid you'll kick me to death.

Chu Deng's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Jin Xiaoyue by the back of her collar and pulled her up. "Okay."

Jin Xiaoyue took a deep breath, steadied her still somewhat weak hands and feet, lifted her foot and stepped down, pressing down her entire body weight little by little.

The man beneath her feet gradually revealed a pained expression, clenching his teeth and staring intently at Jin Xiaoyue, as if trying to remember her firmly. Jin Xiaoyue subconsciously lifted her foot, but a hand covered her knee.

Chu Deng stared at the man expressionlessly, then pressed Jin Xiaoyue's legs down.

Ah ah ah ah ah!

Jin Xiaoyue seemed to hear the man's cries. Looking down again, she saw that the man had already fainted, his legs were twitching uncontrollably, and there was an unpleasant smell of blood and stench emanating from his body.

Chu Deng put his arm around Jin Xiaoyue's shoulder and led her toward the back of the alley. "Let's go."

Jin Xiaoyue snapped out of her daze, grabbed Chu Deng's sleeve, and followed closely behind. Gazing at Chu Deng's profile, her panicked heart gradually calmed down.

so good……

Behind the two, flames, like stars, flickered, leaving traces of destruction.

"Holy crap! Who did this? This is definitely righteous indignation, ridding the people of a scourge! It's absolutely gratifying!" Liang Wufan squatted on the earthen wall at the entrance of the alley, looking down at the naked man on the ground, covered in bruises and blood, and couldn't help but shout.

Yu An didn't reply and jumped down. He had noticed something was wrong but hadn't dared to check alone, so he specifically called Liang Wufan. When Liang Wufan arrived, the two of them went together. There was no other way; it was a special case and a new rule had to be followed.

Looking around, Yu An touched the blackened bluestone wall with his finger and smelled the black powder on his hand. "That's right, it was burned."

"Huh? Is it really a fire-type ability? I guess he's an unregistered ability user. None of the fire-type users at the base are any good fighters, how could they have this ability? Level one is just a human lighter, and level two often burns themselves." Liang Wufan froze the man on the ground with ice, picked him up, and turned to Yu An, "Let's go, Anzi."

"Aren't you going to investigate?" Yu An asked, frowning.

"Hey! What are you investigating? Still don't understand?" Liang Wufan gave him a look that said, "You're such a clueless idiot." "Isn't this mysterious big shot warning us? He can destroy evidence and still leave traces? To show off this skill, I reckon he's at least a Level 3. If we run into him, wouldn't we just be throwing our lives away?" He then bounced the frozen man on his shoulder. "Anyway, as long as we catch him, let the higher-ups worry about the rest. I want to leave work on time."

Yu An gave a thumbs up, "You really have great wisdom."

Liang Wufan waved his hand dismissively and chuckled, "Come on, I'll treat you to an ice cream later! It's free."

"Isn't it free? You're an ice-type!" Yu An thought to herself, snapped a few photos, and then followed.