51: Chapter 51 From Now On, We're Apart

"Ah!" Shen Jiaojiao's legs went weak from fear, and she fell to the ground once again.

Her snow-white feet pressed against the ground, and as her skirt slipped, her fair, tender thighs were exposed—a scene both disheveled and still delicate.

Taking advantage of this moment, Sun Haoyu didn't even glance at her; he scrambled and crawled across the flower bed.

He fled frantically toward the residential building opposite, abandoning her completely!

Watching his heartless back, the last glimmer of light in Shen Jiaojiao's eyes extinguished, and her heart turned to ash.

She slowly closed her eyes, giving up the struggle.

Splat!

Sharp fangs bit fiercely into her shoulder. Agonizing pain instantly swept through her body, and bright red blood trickled down her fair shoulder, soaking her black floral miniskirt.

Another Mutated Beast lunged simultaneously, sinking its teeth into her slender calf!

"Ah!!!"

The heart-wrenching pain made her body spasm, her delicate lips were bitten until they bled, and her beautiful face twisted in agony.

Tears slid silently down, but she could no longer let out a single cry for help.

The cruelty of the apocalypse, the betrayal of her husband, the tearing teeth of the beasts.

All of this pushed the fragile girl completely into the abyss of despair.

Just at this critical moment, a cold figure descended like the Grim Reaper!

Chen Ye's figure was like a streak of black lightning, rushing in the very instant the beasts were tearing at her!

His 180 points of Basic Speed erupted to the limit, creating a gust of wind as he moved. His right hand gripped a Level 2 short blade, and a cold flash vanished in an instant!

"Swish! Swish!" Two clean sounds of blades entering flesh, and the two Mutated Beasts biting Shen Jiaojiao had their necks severed instantly.

Their massive bodies slammed to the ground, and foul-smelling blood splattered everywhere.

Shen Jiaojiao collapsed limply to the ground. Her right shoulder was a bloody mess, with wounds from the fangs deep enough to see the bone.

Her black floral miniskirt was soaked in blood.

Beneath the torn hem of her skirt, her black stockings were ripped with several large holes, exposing her fair, slender thighs. Stained with blood and dust, she looked utterly disheveled.

Agonizing pain swept through her entire body, and her consciousness gradually blurred.

Her long eyelashes fluttered gently, her face was pale as paper, and she lacked even the strength to open her eyes, leaving only weak breaths.

Chen Ye's heart tightened. He immediately crouched down, no longer hiding even a fraction of his Healing Ability.

A soft, pale green healing light swirled around, like a warm spring current, slowly enveloping Shen Jiaojiao's wounds.

Her flesh healed rapidly, and the agonizing pain dissipated quickly.

[Ding! Successfully rescued the goddess Shen Jiaojiao, fully healed fatal wounds!]

[Trust +5 → Current 88]

[Symbiosis Value +20 → Current 200]

[Host passive attribute updated: Basic Speed +20 → Current 200]

As the green light faded, the wounds on Shen Jiaojiao's shoulder healed completely, leaving only faint marks, and strength slowly returned to her limbs.

She pushed herself up from the ground, looked at her intact shoulder, and then looked at Chen Ye, her clear eyes filled with dependence and a fluttering heart.

Her exposed feet curled slightly, and her slender hands clutched the torn hem of her skirt, looking both beautiful and fragile.

Not far away, Sun Haoyu had already crossed the flower bed and was about to dive into the corridor opposite.

Chen Ye's eyes turned cold, and his figure shot out again, catching up to Sun Haoyu in just two steps.

He reached out a large hand and grabbed his shoulder tightly!

"Ah!" Sun Haoyu felt a massive force, and his entire body was dragged backward against his will.

The concrete ground scraped his knees raw, and he was completely unable to resist.

In an instant, Chen Ye dragged him back in front of Shen Jiaojiao and tossed him aside; Sun Haoyu fell heavily to the ground, looking utterly wretched.

"Chen Ye! How dare you set me up!" Sun Haoyu scrambled up, cursing with a ferocious expression. "You clearly have such strong power, why didn't you act sooner? You just wanted to watch me die on purpose!"

"And in the mall Basement, you knew there were Mutated Beasts and still lied to us. You just wanted to get us killed!"

He hysterically shifted the blame, pinning his own greed and cowardice entirely on Chen Ye.

Shen Jiaojiao pushed herself up from the ground and stood up slowly, her slender waist straight. In her formerly weak eyes, there was now only cold determination.

She looked at the selfish man before her who had abandoned her multiple times, her voice calm but carrying a bone-chilling coldness: "Sun Haoyu, you threw me to the Mutated Beasts twice to save yourself."

"We were husband and wife, but from now on, I owe you nothing."

"From this day forward, we make a clean break, and have nothing more to do with each other."

Every word was clear and cold, without a shred of lingering attachment.

This man, who once made her endure, feel aggrieved, and unable to let go, had died completely in her heart the moment he abandoned her to the beasts twice.

Sun Haoyu's expression changed, and he still wanted to curse and quibble, "You think you can end it just because you say so? You'll never pay back what you owe me in this lifetime!"

Just as Sun Haoyu was about to continue his endless rant, two pitch-black afterimages suddenly darted out from the corridor entrance.

Two Level 2 Mutant Cockroach Beasts, having finished eating Property Manager, followed the scent of blood and charged straight at them!

Chen Ye's eyes sharpened; he stopped wasting words.

A faint, pale blue lightning glow quietly coiled around his right foot, fusing Basic Strength with his Lightning Ability.

Without dodging or retreating, he went straight to meet them!

The first Mutant Cockroach Beast leaped up, its sharp limbs stabbing toward his chest.

Chen Ye dodged sideways and swept his right leg fiercely, kicking precisely at the soft abdomen of the Mutant Cockroach Beast!

"Bang! Crack!" Lightning exploded, and the carapace shattered.

The Level 2 Mutant Cockroach Beast was instantly kicked flying, smashed against the wall, twitched twice, and lost all signs of life.

The second Mutant Cockroach Beast lunged close, but Chen Ye flipped his wrist, and his short blade pierced directly into the weakness of its mouthparts.

The blade sank in, dark green blood sprayed out, and he killed it cleanly and efficiently!

Two Level 2 Mutated Beasts were actually unable to withstand a single blow from him!

But just at this moment, a deafening beast roar exploded!

The Level 2 Rodent Beast King not far away locked its scarlet beast eyes onto the three of them.

The pitch-black spikes on its back, like those of a porcupine, stood up one by one. It arched its massive body and exerted sudden force!

"Swish, swish, swish!!!" Countless spikes shot out like a rainstorm.

The speed was as fast as bullets, and the force was terrifyingly extreme!

The spikes instantly pierced the brick wall nearby, embedding themselves deep into the structure.

The corridor glass shattered with a bang, and the residents hiding in their homes watching the scene let out screams one after another, terrified into covering their mouths tightly!

Sun Haoyu had his back to the Rodent Beast King and didn't notice the danger approaching at all; he was still clamoring at Shen Jiaojiao.

The next second.

"Splat!"

A pitch-black spike as thick as a wrist pierced directly through his abdomen!

Blood sprayed out instantly. Sun Haoyu didn't even manage a scream; his pupils shrank sharply, and his body curled up on the ground like a shrimp.

His whole body trembled uncontrollably, and the excruciating pain made him unable to even breathe.

Chen Ye's eyes narrowed, and without hesitation, he roared:

Activate symbiosis pod defense!

[Ding! symbiosis pod defense activated!]

A silver-white metal pod rose instantly, and the dense spikes slammed into the pod, making a crisp "ding, ding, ding" sound like metal being hammered.

They were all blocked; not a single one could penetrate it at all!

The crisis was temporarily averted. Sun Haoyu curled up on the ground, his abdominal wound bleeding uncontrollably, his life fading rapidly.

He struggled to lift his blood-soaked hand and reached toward Shen Jiaojiao.

His voice was so weak it was almost inaudible: "Save… save me… Jiaojiao…"