Li Xuan lifted his leg and stomped down with a sharp crack, instantly crushing two ordinary zombies.

He grabbed the smaller remaining piece of the Prison of Corpses Forest. This time it didn't split again—perhaps the splitting ability had reached its limit, or maybe it couldn't divide again within a short time.

His sharp claws sliced open the remnant body, searching for the supernatural characteristic inside.

There was still one!

Li Xuan froze for a moment. There were no more remnants of the Prison of Corpses Forest left in this area. Where was the remaining one hiding?

"Li Xuan! I found it! It's the shaping supernatural characteristic!" Huo Lingling's voice came from behind.

'I didn't expect Huo Lingling to find it first.' Li Xuan turned his head. With his broad field of vision, he spotted a black shadow that Huo Lingling hadn't noticed.

"Be careful! Someone's there!" Li Xuan shouted.

But he was still a step too slow. The black shadow moved with extreme speed, rapidly charging behind Huo Lingling and quickly transforming into a human, pressing a dagger against Huo Lingling's neck.

"Don't move! My blade isn't joking around!" a crisp voice rang out.

The person holding Huo Lingling hostage was a tall, beautiful woman. She was only slightly shorter than Huo Lingling, standing at least 170 centimeters tall, with fair skin that made her look like a pre-apocalypse model.

Her transformation ability was that of a black cat, and she had absorbed speed and endurance characteristics, giving her extremely fast running speed.

"Who are you?" Huo Lingling didn't make any rash moves and asked calmly.

"I won't tell you, and don't ask unnecessary questions. My target is the supernatural characteristic. Give me the supernatural characteristic in your hand!"

The black cat beauty raised her head and spoke to Li Xuan in his giant beast form: "And the supernatural characteristic in your hand too! You wouldn't want such a beautiful girl to meet her end, would you? Looking at her appearance, you probably haven't forced her to do anything. Your relationship seems good. I wonder if you're willing to exchange a supernatural characteristic for her life."

As the black cat beauty spoke, she divided her attention, both staying alert against Huo Lingling and keeping a close watch on the giant beast.

She understood very clearly the cruelty of the apocalypse and how dark human hearts could be.

Huo Lingling was extremely beautiful—even before the apocalypse, she would have been considered a rare beauty. A woman like that, even if she didn't study well or come from a good family, had a high probability of living a good life. Her face and figure were her greatest assets.

After the apocalypse, beautiful women became even rarer.

Generally speaking, the giant beast wouldn't abandon Huo Lingling. After all, what man wouldn't like a beauty devoted to him?

But in the apocalypse, anything could happen.

Supernatural characteristics were incredibly important—the only fuel for transformers to advance along the evolutionary path.

Would the giant beast be willing to exchange a supernatural characteristic for a woman's life?

Li Xuan quietly watched the black cat beauty, not saying anything or making any moves.

The black cat beauty frowned slightly, thinking Li Xuan was hesitating.

She said in a deep voice, "It seems you're not very important to him. You're not even worth one supernatural characteristic. Quickly give me the supernatural characteristic in your hand."

"Hmph, that's not true at all," Huo Lingling snorted.

"Foolish woman, he doesn't want you anymore, and you're still speaking up for him. How worthless." When the black cat beauty saw Huo Lingling's innocent eyes, she felt a wave of disgust. She used to have similar eyes, equally naive, trusting men. And what was the result?

She was deceived by men, had dirty water thrown on her, her reputation ruined, becoming the promiscuous woman in the mouths of relatives and neighbors.

"You're the worthless one! I'm worth a lot of money!" Huo Lingling retorted.

At this moment, Li Xuan interjected, "Do you really think you can escape from me?"

"Hehe, I admit you're strong, but your speed might not be faster than mine!" The black cat beauty was very confident. She believed that with the giant beast's massive body, its speed must be slow.

She had absorbed speed and endurance enhancements, and cats were naturally good at speed. She didn't believe she couldn't outrun the giant beast!

"Lingling, stop playing around," Li Xuan said.

Hearing this, the black cat beauty's body tensed, her brain rapidly processing the situation, her arm instinctively pressing the dagger harder. "Don't move!"

Before her voice faded, Huo Lingling moved. A simple elbow strike hit the black cat beauty's ribs.

Simultaneously, she squatted down, and the black cat beauty's arm simply couldn't control her.

Crack! Crack!

The sound of breaking bones echoed.

The black cat beauty's abdomen caved in, several ribs broken, with one bone fragment even piercing through the skin, exposed to the air.

Pfft!

The black cat beauty spat out blood, stumbling backward repeatedly. The arm that had been locking Huo Lingling suffered muscle strain, and she barely managed to raise her dagger, pointing it at Huo Lingling.

Her eyes were full of fear and shock. "Why is your strength so great! What kind of monster are you!"

Intense pain assaulted the black cat beauty, twisting her face and destroying her beauty.

"I was born with divine strength," Huo Lingling said playfully.

Born with divine strength?

The black cat beauty's eyes widened. Such people really existed in the world? She had always thought it was something fictional from novels.

Sss~

The pain in her abdomen made the black cat beauty suck in a sharp breath. Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she said tremblingly, "Why didn't you attack from the beginning?"

"I thought you were quite pretty with a good figure, and I assumed Li Xuan would like you. I even wanted you to lay a few eggs... I mean, have children for Li Xuan. That's why I didn't attack," Huo Lingling said truthfully.

Have children?

The black cat beauty froze for a moment. So she had actually had an opportunity to join the giant beast's team?

You should have said so earlier! I might have considered it!

At this moment, Huo Lingling moved. Seizing the moment when the black cat beauty was stunned, she stepped forward and threw a punch. Her fair little fist directly pierced through the black cat beauty's chest, the fist covered in blood and mixed with several bone fragments.

The black cat beauty quickly transformed. "You're despicable! Attacking by surprise!"

Huo Lingling had already guessed the black cat beauty would transform. The muscles in her leg tightened, and she suddenly kicked out, treating the black cat like a football.

Bang!

The tremendous force directly caused the black cat to explode!

The black cat hadn't absorbed any characteristics that enhanced physique or defense. Her defense was only about one or two times stronger than an ordinary cat, still unable to withstand Huo Lingling's full-power kick.

After finishing everything, Huo Lingling clapped her hands. Discovering she couldn't wipe off the blood, she called out to Yun Xiuzhi, "Sister Yun, come out quickly. I performed really well this time."

Yun Xiuzhi's voice came from Huo Lingling's embrace, "You did perform well, I saw everything. But don't think about using me to wipe your hands!"

"You actually guessed that! Did you absorb a mind-reading supernatural characteristic?" Huo Lingling exclaimed in surprise.

"Read your head! I don't even need to use my brain to figure out your little schemes!" Yun Xiuzhi said irritably.

Li Xuan lowered his claw. "Come up, let's go find a water source."

Huo Lingling jumped onto the claw and showed Li Xuan the shaping supernatural characteristic she had found. "I feel this one suits you very well! Your front claws are a bit small compared to your entire body. With the shaping characteristic, maybe it can compensate."

Li Xuan grunted in agreement. He also felt the shaping characteristic was very compatible with him.

As for the splitting characteristic, the compatibility was quite low.

Splitting to create a new self would cause the main body's size to decrease.

The giant beast's combat power surpassed other transformers precisely because of its large size. If the size shrank, his advantage would diminish.

Which is stronger: two giant beasts over twenty meters tall, or one giant beast over fifty meters tall?