The Great Merchant in the Cataclysm Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Attacked By Everyone

Zhang Mu stared coldly at the people who were closing in on him . They all had fear on their face . Zhang Mu didn’t launch any attacks . Till now, the middle-aged man hadn’t appeared at all . Zhang Mu felt worried .

He heard the man mention that their leader ate evolvers before . This raised Zhang Mu’s wariness . The leader didn’t share any of it with the rest of the people either .

If that was the truth, things would be more complicated . None of the cannibals he met before dared to prey on evolvers . The chance of success was low and people in the base would react immediately if an evolver went missing . They would place more importance in the disappearance of an evolver as compared to a normal human .

Thus, Zhang Mu didn’t know what mutations would occur if a cannibal constantly consumed evolvers . He could only wait until the mastermind decided to act .

Zhang Mu faced a dilemma . If he didn’t use the Bloodvine Lotus, it would be hard for him to gain an upper hand in front of so many evolvers . Little black was still in his cocoon and the mutated wolfdog was at home . There was nothing that could lend him a helping hand . In this state, he might not even stay alive if he decided not to retreat .

If he used the Bloodvine Lotus, he was confident of killing everyone present . However, their leader might not appear due to his careful nature .

Some of the evolvers were already throwing their attacks at him . Zhang Mu fervently thought of ways to hurt these people but not kill them . This way, the leader had a greater chance of appearing .

As the flames drew near Zhang Mu’s head, he decided on a plan and suddenly moved backward, just managing to dodge the attack . Evolvers who had their agility leveled up instantly caught up with Zhang Mu . Zhang Mu quickly increased his speed and escaped the two wind blades .

Seeing the two deep cuts at the spot where he was just now, Zhang Mu wavered a bit . If these evolvers didn’t become cannibals, they would have a bright future ahead . But they had chosen their path . There was no return once they stepped on this path . If Zhang Mu didn’t kill them now, they would target all the other survival bases .

Zhang Mu noticed the distance between him and the evolvers and chose not to move back . Instead, he suddenly braked and with a twist of his foot, he charged towards the direction he came from . The two wind-type evolvers didn’t expect Zhang Mu to turn back and had no time to react . Before they could form a wind blade, Zhang Mu had passed between them and they had no chance left .

Their energy immediately dissipated . Zhang Mu had called out the Bloodvine Lotus in that second that he passed by and pierced a hole through their bodies . Their eyes clouded and they couldn’t control their energy anymore . These wind blades which were a threat to Zhang Mu disappeared before they could be formed .

Zhang Mu muttered, “their close combat abilities are very weak and they still dared to rush after me with just the two of them . Who gave you such courage? Or did you all think that I am easy to defeat?”

This attack only took Zhang Mu one second and he didn’t stop at all after it . He was within the range of attack of the people opposite him .

The others might not have seen it, but the white-shirt man saw every small action that Zhang Mu did . He saw his only two wind-type evolvers falling down simultaneously . He could no longer contain his emotions and gritted his teeth, “are you a plant-type evolver? Too bad, I am one too . ”

The white-shirt man gave a shout and the shirt in front of his chest torn apart, exposing a hideous Piranha[1] . None of the other evolvers looked shocked . They must have seen the Piranha before .

It was really ugly . Under the control of the man, the Piranha’s opening turned towards Zhang Mu and its stem vibrated . Was it preparing to launch an attack?

“What? A real plant-type evolver, Piranha,” as someone similar to a plant-type evolver, Zhang Mu knew how powerful the plant can be . The mutation of this Piranha left a huge impression on Zhang Mu in the future . Anyone with such an ability was highly sought after in a survival base . They were needed during offense and defense . Although the power of the Piranha was still weak now, it’s ability would increase exponentially once it broke through Level 1 .

Zhang Mu moved at a speed four times faster than a normal human just now . However, It wouldn’t be fast enough this time . He had no choice but to increase his speed to five times that of a normal adult .

With this type of speed, he could safely escape the ultimate blow of the Piranha .

As expected, once the man saw that Zhang Mu wanted to retreat, he stopped gathering his energy and hastened the Piranha .

The Piranha received the order form the man and immediately stopped the vibration in its stem . It opened its mouth and a jet of dark green liquid shot out at Zhang Mu . Luckily, Zhang Mu predicted its attack from its appearance and prepared his defense . He moved much faster than the Piranha and managed to dodge its liquid attack .

Although it wasn’t his first time seeing this, Zhang Mu still let out a cold shudder . This was too scary . The ground that was about five metres away from Zhang Mu, with a diameter of around two metres, was corroding and sinking into the mud .

He actually calculated his speed and direction and predicted his path of motion .

If the plant-type evolver knew Zhang Mu’s fastest speed, he would be a pile of thick blood now . Those evolvers standing near him automatically moved out of the way when they saw the Piranha . This was why the man commanded so much respect when the leader was not here .

They were all afraid . They had seen people suffering from the Piranha and their death was gory . Their skin and muscles slowly peeled off a little at a time and they wouldn’t die immediately . It was a living hell .

[1] … It’s a mario!

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