I'm not just human!

At this moment, blood trickled from the corner of the skinny team member's mouth. He was not dead for a moment, but suddenly he grabbed the mantis blade that had pierced his chest with both hands, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes!

In an instant, electricity surged throughout his body, flowing along the mantis blade and directly to the three-meter-tall mantis-wielding man.

The mantis trembled uncontrollably as if electrocuted, its body rapidly turning black. Soon after, the smell of burning protein filled the air, and it collapsed to the ground along with the emaciated teammate.

The other team members and the Witcher captain finally couldn't help but show their grief and indignation, but they knew that if they stopped now, their brother would die in vain.

Not far ahead, the strong and healthy young man was being held back by countless deformed creatures.

It seems that time is running out for everyone.

The Witcher captain suddenly drew his twin swords from his waist, clashed them together, and the blades immediately turned green and viscous, flowing with a foul and poisonous odor.

Without even looking, he casually thrust out two swords, and with two soft thuds, the sound of swords piercing through armored flesh echoed in the air.

Immediately afterward, the longsword pierced out, and the two invisible mantis-like creatures struggled violently to emerge. In an instant, their bodies turned a chilling emerald green, their heads lolled to the side, and they ceased to live.

The Witcher captain drew his twin swords, ready to continue escorting the carriage loaded with mutated crystals.

Just then, an extremely unpleasant hissing sound rang out, and around the carriage, a hundred or so mantis-sword warriors emerged from their stealth state.

These mantis-like beings originally had purplish-brown shells and terrifying bodies over three meters tall. However, one of them was exceptionally tall, reaching a full five meters, and its shell had turned blood red. The mantis blades on its hands were also a chilling length of over one meter.

"Yes, it's the Mantis King! How... how did we attract the Mantis King..."

Beside the carriage, one of the team members, upon seeing this, seemed to immediately break down, his face filled with despair, tears streaming down his face.

Despite maintaining the mindset of a "time traveler" to observe everything, Xia Fa finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted:

"What are you afraid of? There are less than sixty meters left. Charge with me!"

The team member seemed to be awakened by his sudden shout. Although still desperate, he still gripped the carriage handles with both hands again and continued to push hard.

when!when!when!

From behind came the sound of clashing swords; it was the demon hunter captain, who was already engaged in battle with the Mantis King.

"Loric is dead! Loric is dead too!"

Suddenly, one of the team members pointed ahead and screamed in terror.

Xia Fa looked up and saw that the strong young man who could transform into a three-meter giant was now overwhelmed by countless deformed creatures. With a tearing sound, his thigh was ripped off by one of the deformed creatures.

Finally, at this point, Xia Fa also felt a sense of despair.

So many monsters, it was like a vast ocean. It seemed like there were only fifty meters left, but in reality, it felt like we couldn't reach them at all!

puff!puff!

Two sharp sounds of blades piercing bodies rang out. Xia Fa turned his head and saw that two of the remaining three team members besides him had been pierced through the bodies by the Mantis Blade Man in stealth mode and brutally lifted into the air.

One of the two team members launched ice balls from his palm, attempting to hit the mantis-wielding man in a desperate struggle.

The other one had his hair turn into spikes, which detached and flew toward the mantis-wielding man who had pierced his chest.

However, the two mantis-like figures immediately vanished, leaving only the hissing sound of their mouthparts moving.

"Oh no, it's just the two of us left..."

In the midst of his busy work, Xia Fa turned around and saw that the Demon Hunter captain was completely entangled with the Mantis King and could not break free either.

As for the other team member beside the carriage, he was already ashen-faced, mechanically pushing the carriage full of mutated crystals, as if waiting to die.

Without a doubt, these mantis-slaying men are more intelligent than the deformed beings. What appeared to be hundreds of them launching a general attack was actually a cover for the remaining hidden mantis-slaying men.

In the end, the mantis-wielding men's raid succeeded, and only he and another member of the escort team, who was completely desperate, remained.

"No, no, no, my brothers cannot die in vain, they cannot die in vain! I'll fight you to the death!"

Suddenly, the other team member seemed unable to bear the despair of impending death, his reason collapsed, and he released the carriage, rushing towards a group of mantis-sword men circling around him.

boom--!!!

He actually exploded directly, and the force was like a cannonball exploding, instantly clearing out all the mantis-wielding men and deformed creatures within a hundred-meter radius.

Without a doubt, this is his mutant ability as a mutant, and he can only use it once in his lifetime.

"Lorete, charge! If you get killed too, Worm City is finished!"

Dozens of meters behind him, the Demon Hunter Captain suddenly swung his twin swords, knocking away the Mantis King who was holding him back, and roared in the direction of Xia Fa.

It was only then that Xia Fa realized that neither the deformed creature nor the mantis-like man dared to touch the carriage.

It seems their goal is to kill all the mutants so that the wagon can never reach the Worm City.

At the same time, this carriage is quite special; only mutants can push it, and when they touch the carriage frame, they can inject mutant power into it.

But now I'm all alone. How am I going to get to the last fifty meters?

"Whatever, if I die, I'll just go back in time..."

Xia Fa had a hunch that if the identity of "Lorete" that he had transmigrated into really died, he would not die, but would only transmigrate back to the original world ahead of time.

But that seems wrong; there must be some kind of loss.

But he couldn't care less about that now. He pushed the carriage full of mutated crystals with both hands and rushed towards the city gate.

The city gate had been slightly opened, and a hand reached out, with a starlight-like hollow appearing in the palm.

It seemed that as long as he pushed the carriage over, he and the carriage would be taken into the city by that hand.

On the city walls, heads were peering back and forth, seemingly the residents of Worm City, all watching with extreme tension this event that could determine the fate of Worm City.

“Our Worm City has recently seen many young people with exceptionally good physiques. Lorett, as you know, the better one’s physique and the higher their potential, the more powerful the mutant they become after consuming the Mutant Crystal Source. I can’t do it anymore, everything depends on you!”

The Witcher captain's roar rang out once more, accompanied by countless flapping wings, as if, led by the Mantis King, the Mantis warriors were preparing to surround and annihilate him.

The Witcher captain understood this as well, and instead used it to his advantage, holding off the Mantis Blade Man and minimizing obstacles for Xia Fa.

"Lorete, watch out!"

Just then, the Witcher captain shouted from behind.

At that moment, Xia Fa also felt a chill on his back, as a gust of wind rushed over.

It was a mantis-like creature in stealth mode, and it finally launched an attack on Xiafa.

No matter what kind of mutant, their bodies are still those of ordinary people. Even as a fire mutant, he can only spew flames from his palms at most, just like the two teammates who spewed ice balls and lightning from their palms.

In other words, it seems this sneak attack... is unavoidable...

In a life-or-death crisis, Xia Fa's brain started working at lightning speed.

Turn around and deal with it immediately? Impossible.

To unleash flames from both palms to defend? Too late.

"and many more……"

As an extraordinary individual who had signed five overlord-level secret contracts and possessed a wealth of experience in utilizing these contracts, he suddenly came up with a clever idea.

Since I am a fire-mutant, could I... turn my body into fire to avoid this kind of physical attack?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the mantis's scythe pierced his vest.

boom!!!

A terrifying burst of flames erupted, and in that instant, Xia Fa truly transformed into a human torch, his body entirely composed of raging flames.

The mantis's sickle had clearly pierced his back, but it missed.

The next moment, flames spread along the scythe, and the mantis-sword man was immediately engulfed in flames with a "boom." He screamed and staggered back a few steps before collapsing to the ground and turning into charred remains.

Exclamations of surprise rang out from the city wall.

"Oh my god, what... what's going on?"

"Why can Loret turn his body into flames?"

"Wait, it seems that this way, neither the deformed creatures nor the mantis-wielding men can hurt him! We... we Worm City have hope!"

"Lorete, keep going! You're a hero of Worm City! We're waiting for you in the city!"

"The city gates can't be opened, but the Knight Commander is ready to receive you!"

Xia Fa was slightly taken aback. Hearing the cheers coming from the city wall, he didn't expect that his attempt would actually succeed!

Now that the danger was essentially over, he turned back and took another look.

The Witcher captain was seen plunging his two longswords into the Mantis King's chest, while the Mantis King's scythe plunged into his abdomen.

On his deathbed, he gave Xia Fa a smile of profound satisfaction in the distance:

"Lorete...I...I really didn't...might have misjudged you..."

Xia Fa remained silent for a few seconds, then turned his head, gripped the carriage's horizontal bar with both hands, maintained his fiery form, and struggled to push it towards the city gate.

Whether it's a deformed creature or a mantis-like being, no matter what kind of attack it is, it can't cause any damage to his flame-like body; instead, it will burn him alive.

Finally, he arrived at the city gate.

The moment the carriage touched the hand reaching out from the gap in the city gate, Xia Fa felt as if he and the carriage had entered a tunnel, only to emerge from it immediately.

Countless residents of the worm city rushed forward and toward him.

"Lorete, you are our great hero! The top-grade mutant crystal in this crystal source is yours!"

……

The surging crowd began to blur like ripples on water.

As soon as Xia Fa let go of his hands, he felt a moment of disorientation and suddenly realized that he was back on the beach of the small world.

Everything that just happened felt like a dream.

But Xiafa knew very well that this was not a dream.

because……

He opened his palm, and there in his palm was a rhombus-shaped, dazzling crystal that looked like a collection of starlight.

It is... the most top-tier mutated crystal source!

At the same time, the words of the self-sacrificing witcher captain came to mind.

"The better a person's physique and the higher their potential, the more powerful the mutant they will become after consuming the mutated crystal source!"

A bold idea popped into Xia Fazhong's mind.