Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 1641: Dai Zhiʼs attack

Dai Zhi felt an unreal sensation.

Because she had clearly killed her opponent.

Dai Zhi was different from Xiao Min.

Xiao Min’s combat style was somewhat similar to Xia Bai’s—or rather, it aligned with the overall style of Cloud Peak.

Bravery, fearlessness, iron will, sacrifice, and an emphasis on offense.

But Dai Zhi’s fighting style carried her own distinct flair.

Her attacks seemed unremarkable, lacking any striking characteristics, and her battle beast was purely support-oriented.

Apart from her complete lack of fear toward injury or death, Dai Zhi didn’t seem like a member of Cloud Peak at first glance.

Yet within the Female Guards, her importance was no less than Xiao Min’s.

Because she was responsible for defense and support.
Many outsiders regarded the Female Guards as Cloud Peak’s top combat unit, but the members themselves knew their primary duty was to protect Ye Zhongming.

Xia Bai was too aggressive—she was the sharpest blade, and her way of protecting Ye Zhongming was to slaughter anyone who dared approach him. But often, a blade alone wasn’t enough. You also needed a shield.

Dai Zhi was that shield for the entire Female Guards.

If they had been facing any other opponents, Xiao Min and Dai Zhi would have cooperated—one leading the offense, the other providing support and defense when necessary.

But Troyilia and Melfis were different. It was obvious that their combined strength was formidable, so Xiao Min and Dai Zhi chose to engage them separately.

Yes, Dai Zhi specialized in defense and support, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t attack. On the contrary, her assaults carried a sense of fluid elegance.

Dai Zhi’s weapon was the Backblade.

This was a set of Wheel Space equipment that, after Ye Zhongming’s enhancements and enchantments, had reached blue-htsfr. The Backblade consisted of eight flying daggers with four innate skills—all offensive. The black blade shadows she had used earlier against the half-man, half-woman duo were one of them.

Under the Three-Headed Spirit Bird’s Song of Fearlessness, Dai Zhi unleashed her signature chain attacks.

The eight flying daggers danced around her, weaving through the air as they relentlessly pressured Melfis.

From time to time, blade shadows would shoot from the daggers, slicing toward the half-man, half-woman’s body.

Melfis, unlike Troyilia, fought in a manner surprisingly similar to Dai Zhi’s.

Her hands didn’t expand like rubber bands, but her masculine half could—constantly morph into fleshy spikes, whips, or even spheres to assault Dai Zhi.

The flying daggers left only shallow marks on these deformations, failing to penetrate.

Melfis was the first to escalate.

She noticed Troyilia struggling on the other side. Her bizarre dual-gender mouth opened, emitting an incomprehensible syllable, and the rubbery flesh began moving faster and more wildly.

In an instant, the Backblade daggers were all knocked aside, and Dai Zhi took a heavy blow.

Just like Xiao Min, her armor shattered on impact, leaving her defenseless.

Melfis lunged forward to finish Dai Zhi off, but before her grotesque fleshy spikes could strike, a tiny black blade shadow—barely a few centimeters long—streaked in from behind and slashed the back of her neck.

A lethal strike.

This was another skill of Dai Zhi’s Backblade—Killing Thread!

Melfis immediately collapsed forward, fluids spraying from her wound.

The Three-Headed Spirit Bird’s third head sang a melody, and a radiant pillar of light descended, enveloping Dai Zhi completely. From the outside, her figure was no longer visible.

The Female Guard deputy captain sprang up from the ground, the eight flying daggers merging into a single black longsword. With a decisive leap, she brought the blade down on Melfis—who was still stumbling forward—with unstoppable momentum.

As the distance closed, the light surrounding Dai Zhi erupted with tremendous suction, dragging Melfis toward the descending sword.

This was Dai Zhi’s way—whether she held the advantage or was at a disadvantage, her attacks never ceased.

Melfis’s expression remained cold and unchanging, as if the injuries weren’t hers. Even now, as she lost her balance and was pulled toward the blade, she seemed utterly indifferent.

Her masculine half split into two sections—one covering the gash on her neck, the other shielding her head.

The Backblade longsword hacked into the rubbery flesh, sinking deep.

Dai Zhi felt an immense force transmit through her arms. After a quick mental command to her battle beast, two of the Three-Headed Spirit Bird’s heads opened their beaks simultaneously, singing the same tune.

A crimson glow erupted beneath Dai Zhi’s feet—the Song of Savagery had arrived!

While the Song of Fearlessness enhanced overall physical attributes, the Song of Savagery drastically amplified strength and speed.

The longsword wrenched free from the flesh, splitting back into eight flying daggers that shot toward Melfis’s original feminine face from all angles.

At the same time, the Female Guard deputy captain’s body underwent a sudden transformation—sleek fur sprouted across her skin as she activated her explosive Primary Spirit Cat Bloodline. Alongside it, she unleashed her Juggler job skill—Ball Play!

The eight flying daggers and a newly summoned short dagger became a blinding storm of steel, their movements too fast to follow. Only interconnected afterimages remained as they rained down on Melfis with frenzied intensity.

The speed and agility from the Spirit Cat Bloodline, combined with her class skill’s ability to control nine weapons while boosting attack power, allowed Dai Zhi to seize total dominance.

She didn’t know what job this half-man, half-woman belonged to, what skills she possessed, or what those elastic, defensive, and powerful fleshy tissues were.

Dai Zhi only knew one thing—reduce her to mincemeat!

The Backblade was blue-grade equipment, and so was the short dagger. As the third-in-command of the Female Guards, this level of gear was standard.

The dual enhancements from her bloodline and job also ensured overwhelming offensive capability.

Chunks of flesh were sheared off Melfis’s body—even the rubbery tissues couldn’t withstand the assault. Some wounds reached bone!

Compared to Troyilia, Melfis was in far worse shape.

Yet, the half-woman’s face showed no trace of panic.

Dai Zhi’s onslaught ceased. Her opponent’s body was now more than half-exposed bone. Apart from the head and neck she had shielded, not a single part remained intact.

By all logic, Melfis should have been dead. No one could survive after losing so much tissue.

But against all reason, Melfis was unharmed. Her smile remained intact. When she lowered her arm, Troyilia—on the other side—was just beginning to topple backward.

Then, in the next instant—

Both of them vanished without a trace.