In the darkness, Huai Shi once again felt a terrible chill numbing his forehead—it was the same horrifying premonition that had emerged countless times in his nightmares, a Skill formed from experiencing death over and over again—'Death Perception' was triggered!
Without time to think, he violently threw himself to the ground, rolling frantically as memories of the Raven's words and a mix of bitter and painful recollections surfaced in his mind. Then, a warm surge flowed through his right hand, and a handful of Apocalypse was refined from the negative memories.
Amidst the thunderous noise of the ground breaking behind him, he held his breath and flung it out.
There was a moment of silence.
The next second, he heard the Ferocious Ape's piercing scream.
"Damn it... the light!"
Liu Dongli shouted, "Light! Light! Light light!"
"PFFT!"
Sorry, didn't expect you to be a damn Intel... Despite the crisis, Huai Shi couldn't help but laugh.
Not daring to linger, he pulled out Liu Dongli's cell phone from his bag and tossed it over with the flashlight turned on. "Catch!"
SMACK!
The phone shattered in mid-air. The Ferocious Ape's grim face flashed in the swirling light before vanishing. It seemed to have realized the nature of Liu Dongli's power and was determined not to let any light escape.
Huai Shi didn't stop; he threw his own nearly retired smartphone as well. "Catch this one too!"
SMACK!
The phone was crushed in mid-air once again.
Well, now both of them were without phones.
"Damn, can't you throw slower?" Liu Dongli was infuriated. "The first phone was crushed, and you still threw a second one!"
"You could've moved faster though!"
"Do you want it faster or slower?"
Huai Shi was angry too. Amidst their desperate flight, he constantly pulled out bottles and jars from Liu Dongli's bag. "Hand cream, catch!"
SMACK!
It was crushed.
Then a gunshot rang out. The muzzle flash was fleeting, and it was unclear if the strange monkey was hit. Regardless, Huai Shi felt something brush past his heel, scaring him so badly he nearly collapsed.
"Could you aim better!"
"Shut up!" Liu Dongli yelled impatiently.
"Then do you still want your stuff or not?" Annoyed, Huai Shi grabbed another bottle and threw it. "Eye cream, catch!"
SMACK!
"Sunglasses and keys, catch!"
Amidst the tense and fierce struggle between Liu Dongli and the damned ape, Huai Shi kept throwing things over, and the air filled with the heartbreaking sounds of Liu Dongli's belongings shattering.
By the end, the bag was almost empty, and Huai Shi simply threw everything over at once.
"God's Water, eye cream, face cream, serum, and what's this..." Huai Shi glanced at it. "Oh, a makeup mirror! Catch!"
This jumble of items was so chaotic that even the Ferocious Ape couldn't be bothered with it.
But it hadn't expected Huai Shi and the others to be waiting for this moment—that flamboyant Liu Dongli even had an LED light on his makeup mirror!
In an instant, as he caught it, Liu Dongli revealed a cold smirk in the dim light to the ghostly monkey. "——Behold my peak beauty era!"
The next moment, light burst forth from his hand.
It had never expected this; Huai Shi and the others had been waiting—that flamboyant Liu Dongli even had an LED light on his makeup mirror!
And it was a 360-degree dead-angle-free soft light LED ring lamp, no less!
In the light that flared up instantly, the Ferocious Ape's sharp iron claws were only inches away from Liu Dongli's face when, in that split second, their movement came to an abrupt halt.
For a moment, Liu Dongli was oblivious to everyone else. Even Huai Shi was caught off guard and accidentally caught sight of his face.
Immediately, the Ferocious Ape seemed to freeze in place, unable to move.
It began to shriek frantically.
Liu Dongli, even as he fell, couldn't adjust his posture. He lifted his gun and fired wildly, emptying the last two bullets, but saw no spray of blood.
He fell clumsily, nearly landing face-first, and scrambled to his feet in a panic.
Right after, he heard the Ferocious Ape's sharp shriek as its iron claws suddenly shot up, tearing at its own eyes. With a muffled thud, thick blood spurted from the holes in its mask.
This time, it could no longer see Liu Dongli's face.
Its arm swung violently, tearing a gash on Huai Shi's arm. Had Liu Dongli's Ability not retracted quickly, Huai Shi's neck might have been snapped.
Huai Shi turned white from fear.
"Damn it, brother, does your Ability even work?!"
Liu Dongli also became mournfully indignant. "I can't help it if I'm losing hair!"
So your peak beauty era relies on your hair?!