37: Chapter 37 Run! There's no time to worry about anything else.

There were still twenty or thirty survivors inside the supermarket, all people from The Convoy, and they couldn't just be abandoned.

The two exchanged a look; with no way out, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and charge forward.

Shen Fei activated his Pugilist Sequence, his blood and energy surging throughout his body. He clenched his fists, gathered all his strength, and smashed fiercely toward the Black Slime.

Wang Laowu also activated his Beastman Sequence, his arms slightly beastified, veins bulging, as he swung a heavy fist to strike alongside him.

Yet, their full-force attacks struck the mass of Black Slime as if they had smashed into soft cotton.

All their power was swallowed by the anomaly, not even causing a ripple, leaving not a single mark behind.

The attacks were ineffective!

Their faces turned deathly pale, their hearts filled with despair; the strength of this anomaly was even more terrifying than they had imagined!

On the other side, Captain Liu Ruyan instantly sensed the aura of the anomaly fully reawakening. She shuddered, her face draining of color, and immediately ran to Zhou Che's recreational vehicle to report the situation urgently.

"Zhou Che, the anomaly has awakened! Now, we either retreat immediately and abandon the people in the supermarket, or we gather all the Transcendents and fight the anomaly to the death!"

"If we leave now, those twenty or thirty people in the supermarket won't survive!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Che's gaze darkened.

The Convoy only had about a hundred people in total; abandoning twenty or thirty at once would be a devastating blow.

It would be quite difficult to expand The Convoy again.

Furthermore, they hadn't secured many supplies, and fuel was still in short supply. If they retreated now, The Convoy wouldn't be able to make it to the next supply point, and it would be a dead end sooner or later.

Without a moment's hesitation, Zhou Che coldly issued the order: "All Transcendents, assemble immediately and focus your fire on this anomaly!"

As his voice fell, Zhou Che turned and took out the strange object he had previously seized from Chen Fei, the blood moon scepter, from his recreational vehicle.

He hadn't had time to examine it closely before, but the moment he gripped the scepter, Zhou Che's pupils instantly constricted, and his heart gave a violent jolt!

A strong sense of resonance came from the scepter, perfectly in tune with the Lord of the Blood Moon Sequence within him!

At the same time, the strange object's ranking information appeared: [strange object: blood moon scepter, Ranking: 364]

Zhou Che couldn't believe it!

He never imagined that a piece of trash like Chen Fei could actually possess a high-ranking strange object at position 364!

You have to know, his heaven and earth was only ranked 204; this blood moon scepter was already a top-tier strange object!

What was even more insane was that this strange object was a perfect match for his Sequence!

When Chen Fei used this scepter, it would continuously absorb his blood and energy, damaging his own foundation.

But as a Lord of the Blood Moon Sequence Transcendent, when he activated the scepter, it would only convert his own blood moon energy into attack energy, allowing him to use it without any harm!

Having picked up a perfectly compatible strange object for free, Zhou Che felt a bit more confident.

He gripped the blood moon scepter and immediately rushed toward the supermarket entrance.

Just as he arrived at the scene, he saw that Shen Fei and Wang Laowu had already been entangled by the Black Slime anomaly, their bodies being swallowed bit by bit, and they were on the verge of death!

Zhou Che let out a low growl, not daring to delay, and directly activated the blood moon scepter, pouring half of his own blood moon energy into it.

In an instant, a blood-red light erupted, illuminating the entire service area.

A powerful blood moon force condensed into a thick beam of red light, which shot fiercely from the blood moon scepter toward the Black Slime anomaly!

The red light hit the anomaly precisely, and the viscous black mass was instantly enveloped by it.

One second, two seconds passed, and the anomaly showed no change, as if this powerful attack was completely painless and ineffective.

But at the third second, a sudden change occurred!

With a loud "boom," the Black Slime instantly exploded, splitting directly into three smaller black phantom forms!

Shen Fei and Wang Laowu were also blown away, crashing heavily to the ground and falling unconscious on the spot, but they had managed to save their lives.

Zhou Che furrowed his brows, thinking this strike had finally dealt with the anomaly.

But the next second, his expression darkened completely.

The three split black phantom forms actually possessed independent consciousness and, like hungry wolves, crazily lunged at the surrounding survivors!

"You're courting death!"

Zhou Che's gaze turned cold. He activated the blood moon scepter again, this time draining all the blood moon power from his body. Pouring out all his strength, he unleashed a strike at the largest phantom form, the progenitor.

The blood-red beam of light erupted again, smashing fiercely into the largest black mass.

The black mass struggled and twisted violently, letting out a piercing screech. After struggling for a moment, it could ultimately not withstand the powerful blood moon force and completely dissolved into a cloud of black mist, vanishing without a trace.

The progenitor was killed!

But Zhou Che, at this moment, had also completely exhausted all his energy. He was drained, his face deathly pale, and he was struggling even to stand.

What was worse, the remaining two small phantom forms were rapidly gathering toward each other, devouring and merging with one another.

In just an instant, it re-condensed into a brand-new Black Slime, larger in volume than before, and with an even more terrifying aura!

Zhou Che's heart instantly sank.

He knew his own strength; the attack with half his energy was more powerful than anything Lin Wan, Ruan Xiaoxiao, and Captain Liu Ruyan could achieve even if they combined forces.

Now that his energy was exhausted, there was no way he could be a match for this even stronger, fused anomaly!

Looking at the unconscious Shen Fei and Wang Laowu on the ground, Zhou Che's gaze was icy, and he didn't hesitate at all.

He didn't even have the thought of going up to drag the two of them away; in such a desperate situation, preserving himself and the core strength of The Convoy was what mattered most.

Zhou Che used his last bit of strength to roar at the entire area: "Everyone, forget the supplies, forget the wounded, run immediately! Retreat at full speed!"

After shouting, Zhou Che turned and ran toward his own recreational vehicle, preparing to be the first to evacuate.

Meanwhile, that even more powerful Black Slime was already twisting its body, lunging crazily toward the scattering crowd!

Zhou Che stared at the Black Slime, which was once again blocking the supermarket entrance, his heart sinking heavily, his expression looking terrible to the extreme.

Only about a dozen survivors had rushed out of the supermarket in a panic.

There were still at least a dozen people trapped inside, and intermittent cries for help drifted out, but no one dared to rush out.

He was now completely drained, his blood moon power exhausted, and he struggled even to lift his hand.

Just now, he had exhausted all his strength to activate the strange object, and it had only dealt with half of the anomaly's power. Now that the fused Slime was even stronger, he couldn't possibly defeat it.

The apocalypse was just this cruel; it was survival of the fittest, and when you could barely save yourself, you couldn't possibly worry about others.

Those dozen or so trapped people would ultimately have to be abandoned by The Convoy; it was just something that couldn't be helped.

"Must run quickly!"

Zhou Che had only this one thought in his heart; not daring to pause for even a second, he turned and sprinted toward The Convoy.

He only wanted to rush out of the service area as quickly as possible, return to his modified recreational vehicle, and immediately drive away from this place of trouble.

But before he had run ten meters away, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake violently!

"Rumble! Rumble!"

The violent tremors swept through the entire service area, and the concrete ground cracked open with fine fissures.