Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 276 – Where Did This Woman Come From Again?

Beneath the black curtain of night, the wind on the Chuanxi Plateau cut at one’s face like a knife.

But the stench of blood it carried was sharper still.

“Supplies?”

Zhou Ming abruptly took a step back. His right hand, which he usually used to cut through space, was now trembling slightly. The web between his thumb and index finger had split open, and blood dripped from his fingertips.

Before him, the once simple and honest Chuanxi commander, Chen Mo, had completely transformed.

His height had shot up to three meters. His military uniform was stretched to shreds, revealing not skin, but muscles covered in a hard, black, keratinous layer. Purple-black veins writhed madly beneath the surface like some kind of parasite.

The most terrifying thing was his aura.

Level Six.

He was originally the strongest hidden combatant of the Chuanxi base, and now he had suddenly mutated into a Level Six Evolved being!

“Roar!”

Chen Mo… or rather, the monster wearing Chen Mo’s skin, let out a guttural roar and punched the air.

Boom!

The air, compressed to its limit, created a shockwave that ruptured the eardrums of a dozen nearby Shanghai soldiers, sending them flying.

“Don’t fight him head-on! Retreat with the survivors!”

Shi Ming roared, his entire body turning to rock. Like a small, mobile mountain, he steeled himself and charged forward.

Bang!

A dull thud.

Shi Ming, renowned for his defense, was sent sliding back dozens of meters by that casual punch. The layer of rock on his chest cracked and splintered, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

“This thing’s strength is absurd!” Shi Ming wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with horror. “It’s almost on par with that lion from Shanghai City!”

This wasn’t evolution.

This was a grotesque transformation fueled by burning through one’s life force!

The entire battlefield had descended into chaos.

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Although most of the original Chuanxi garrison troops were only Level Three, their strength lay in their fearlessness in the face of death, and…

“Don’t kill me! It’s me, Old Zhang!”

A Chuanxi soldier had just regained a sliver of his sanity when a Shanghai warrior beside him instinctively cut him down.

“What the hell is going on!”

The Shanghai warrior’s hand trembled as he gripped his blade, staring at his comrade who now lay in a pool of blood, clarity returning to his eyes.

This was what was truly causing the Shanghai troops to break down.

These monsters, just a few minutes ago, had been the brothers who passed them cigarettes and toasted them with drinks!

Chu Chen remained crouched on the large boulder. The lollipop in his mouth had been crushed, leaving only a white plastic stick.

He watched it all with cold eyes.

“Ingesting some kind of inducer through food, which lies dormant in the body. Once it receives a signal of a specific frequency, it activates instantly, burning life force in exchange for power…”

Chu Chen casually tossed the plastic stick aside, his calm voice laced with a tremor of fury.

“Those old geezers in the Federation… they’ve turned the entire Chuanxi base into a biological bomb that can be detonated at any time.”

“Commander! Stop analyzing!”

Sun Jing’s voice was choked with sobs. She hovered in mid-air, scattering green life energy as if it were free, but she couldn’t keep up with the rate of casualties. “We can’t hold on much longer!”

Over forty thousand ordinary survivors were huddled in the center of the camp like lambs to the slaughter.

The Shanghai defensive line on the perimeter was being torn to shreds.

The mutated Chen Mo seemed to have locked onto Chu Chen. He barreled past Shi Ming and Zhou Ming’s attempts to intercept him, bringing with him a suffocating, foul wind as he charged straight for the figure on the boulder!

A full-power strike from a Level Six.

Zhou Ming’s eyes were about to split with rage. He wanted to Teleport over to help, but he was pinned down by two Level Four monstrosities.

“It’s over…” Ah Hu roared in despair.

Just at this critical moment.

The originally pitch-black plateau night sky suddenly lit up.

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It was a golden light.

Like the breaking of dawn, it instantly illuminated every blood-stained face.

A powerful aura of a mid-stage Level Six, accompanied by holy light element, descended from the heavens!

Everyone subconsciously looked up.

In mid-air, a figure bathed in golden light was holding an extremely cool diving pose.

Lu Yuan’s heart was surging.

He had been lost for an entire day, flying several laps around the Chuanxi Plateau before he finally found this place.

And the moment he arrived, he was greeted by this scene of despair.

This script…

Wasn’t this the classic protagonist treatment?

A desperate situation, a powerful enemy, the cries of his comrades, and… the arrival of the savior!

Lu Yuan had even thought of his opening line.

He would use his most brilliant light-based ability to blind these monsters, then say coolly, “Sorry, I’m late,” and reap the screams and adoration of the entire crowd.

Especially that guy Chu Chen, who always acted like he had everything under control.

Today, he would make him bend the knee!

“Light Prism…”

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, raised his hands high, and prepared to unleash his ultimate move.

BOOM!!!

A sonic boom, even more terrifying than thunder, exploded behind him without any warning!

Before Lu Yuan could react, he felt a terrifying red-and-white torrent of air, like a runaway high-speed train, directly shatter the sound barrier around him!

“The hell?!”

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Lu Yuan’s cool diving pose instantly collapsed. He was caught in the violent airflow and sent tumbling through the air like a broken kite, flipping over a dozen times.

He watched, wide-eyed, as a red-and-white streak of light overtook him in the most unreasonable fashion, accelerated, and then…

Slammed viciously into the ground!

If Lu Yuan’s entrance was the descent of holy light…

Then this streak of light was a meteor striking the Earth!

In the center of the battlefield.

Chen Mo, who had already lunged in front of Chu Chen, his fist just centimeters from Chu Chen’s nose, suddenly froze.

Because of a foot.

A foot wearing a geta sandal and a white tabi sock—slender, delicate, yet heavy as a mountain—was planted squarely on his keratin-covered head.

There were no fancy moves.

Just a simple, descending stomp from the sky.

THUD!!!

The dull impact made everyone’s heart skip a beat.

Immediately after.

With Chen Mo as the epicenter, the ground in a hundred-meter radius undulated violently like a wave, then caved in with a deafening roar!

Rubble flew and dust billowed.

The previously unstoppable Level Six Mutant, Chen Mo, didn’t even have time to scream. His entire body was driven into the earth like a nail!

Only his head remained exposed, his eyes bulging as he spewed mouthfuls of purple-black bloody foam.

Silence.

A dead silence.

Whether it was the frenzied Mutants or the blood-crazed Shanghai warriors, everyone stopped what they were doing, staring blankly at the massive crater.

The dust scattered in the cold plateau wind.

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A figure slowly revealed itself to the crowd.

It was a woman.

A mane of long, silver-white hair danced wildly in the wind. On her forehead, two translucent Dragon horns glinted coldly in the moonlight.

But what truly drew everyone’s gaze was her attire.

It wasn’t the tight leather gear suited for combat, nor was it a standard Federation military uniform.

It was a red-and-white… shrine maiden outfit?

Wide sleeves, a vibrant red hakama, and a pair of geta sandals on her feet.

In a battlefield filled with blood and corpses, this ensemble seemed utterly out of place, yet it exuded a strange sense of sanctity.

The woman stood with one foot on Chen Mo’s head, still adjusting her disheveled shrine maiden clothes.

She tilted her head slightly, her rainbow-colored eyes sweeping across the battlefield before finally landing on Chu Chen not far away.

Her red lips parted, a hint of laziness and amusement in her voice.

“Looks like…”

“I’ve arrived just in time?”

Looking at the familiar yet strange figure before him, Chu Chen’s perpetually unchanging poker face finally broke into an extremely rare smile.

He pulled the last, treasured lollipop from his pocket, tore off the wrapper, and stuck it in his mouth.

“No.”

Chu Chen glanced at Lu Yuan, who was still tumbling in the sky, and said indistinctly.

“You stole the show too quickly. You didn’t leave any screen time for Lu Yuan.”

At that moment, Lu Yuan finally managed to stabilize himself in the air, dizzy and disoriented. Seeing the radiant figure below, his composure completely shattered.

“Damn it, where did this woman pop out from?!”

Lu Yuan yelled in grief and indignation, “Can’t you just let me finish my grand entrance?!”