Infinite Regeneration In The Apocalypse-Chapter 65: Fighting A Player!

"BOOM!"

The asphalt underneath Vogue’s feet exploded outward like a grenade had detonated, chunks of pavement flying in all directions. He had crossed both of his machetes in an X-block above his head just in time to catch the descending blade.

The impact created a shockwave that shattered windows in nearby buildings and set off car alarms.

The woman flipped backward through the air, creating distance between them as she landed fifty meters away.

Suddenly, her massive greatsword began transforming. The metal rippled and shifted like liquid mercury, the blade retracting and reforming. Within seconds, it had completely changed shape into what looked like a heavy machine gun with multiple rotating barrels.

Vogue’s face changed slightly as he watched the weapon transformation. Some kind of metal manipulation ability?

In the next second—

"Ratatatatatatatatata!!!"

Shell casings fell to the ground in a continuous stream like metallic rain as bullets flew through the air in a devastating hailstorm. The woman fired without mercy, the muzzle flash lighting up the dark street like a strobe light. Hundreds of rounds per second tore through the air, all aimed directly at Vogue’s head, neck, chest, legs, everywhere.

Vogue immediately activated Big Dipper Step and everything slowed down dramatically in his perception.

His reaction speed increased to superhuman levels, allowing him to see individual bullets crawling through the air toward him. The projectiles about to hit him in the face slowed down drastically in his vision, and the ones aimed at his chest became visible as spinning pieces of metal trailing fire.

He could even see the air ripple around each bullet from the friction, could see the heat distortion from the hot metal, could track the trajectory of every single round.

Vogue quickly sidestepped and flashed to the side, his body becoming a blur as he dodged the initial volley. But the woman had fast reaction speed too, and she adjusted her aim with astonishing precision. She roared something in a language Vogue didn’t recognize and swung the machine gun in a wide arc, tracing his movement with the stream of bullets.

Vogue bent backward at an impossible angle, bullets passing inches above his face. He shifted left, dodging another burst then jumped over a low sweep of gunfire, tucked into a roll as bullets tore through the space where his head had been, and came up running.

He spotted an overturned delivery truck nearby and tore the driver’s side door completely off its hinges with his bare hands. The metal shrieked as it separated, and Vogue immediately used it as an improvised shield.

Without hesitation, he rushed at the woman with the door held in front of him, as a storm of bullets tore holes through the car door, creating sparks and molten magma.

Just as Vogue had closed in and was ten inches away from her, the machine gun in her hands transformed again.

The barrels retracted and merged, the weapon started to hum as it reshaped into something else.

Within a single second, the machine gun tranfoemed into a rocket launcher!

She aimed the grenade launcher, pointing the barrel directly at Vogue.

Before Vogue could close the distance to melee range, she fired.

"FWOOSH!"

The grenade rocketed through the air with a trail of smoke behind it, crossing the distance between them in less than a second.

Vogue roared and swung the truck door like a baseball bat, slamming it against the incoming projectile. The grenade exploded on contact with the metal door.

"BOOM!"

The explosion was massive, a fireball expanding outward with enough force to flip cars. The truck door was instantly vaporized, and Vogue was thrown backward like a ragdoll. His body tumbled through the air before crashing through the window of an electronics store, showering him with broken glass.

[+500 Pain Points]

His right arm, which had been holding the door, was completely gone from the elbow down. The limb had been blown off by the explosion, leaving a charred stump that regenerated in under a second.

The young woman didn’t stop and fired three more grenades in rapid succession at where Vogue had landed. The projectiles arced through the air before slamming into the electronics store.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Triple explosions lit up the night, completely demolishing what was left of the building. The front wall collapsed, the ceiling caved in, and a massive cloud of dust and smoke billowed out into the street.

The woman fired one more grenade to make absolutely sure, completely razing the area to smoking rubble and twisted metal.

"That should teach you manners. " She panted slightly from mental exhaustion.

The grenade launcher transformed into liquid metal, flowing back into her body and merging with her skin. She reached out and touched the side of a parked car with her bare hand. Instantly, the vehicle began to dissolve, the metal breaking down into pure essence that flowed into her body through her palm like water being absorbed by a sponge. The car immediately turned to pure ash.

Meanwhile, deep in the burning rubble of the electronics store, Vogue’s body was regenerating rapidly. The hole in his chest where shrapnel had punched completely through was closing up. His collapsed lung reinflated. Burns covering his skin healed and faded. His broken ribs snapped back into place and fused together. Even his hair, which had been burnt off, was growing back.

Smoke drifted from his mouth as he exhaled, tiny wisps escaping from between his teeth.

"What kind of freaks are these people?" Vogue muttered to himself, genuinely impressed despite the pain. That grenade launcher had packed serious firepower, enough to kill normal evolved humans in one shot.

Just as the woman had taken five steps away from the destroyed building, confident in her victory, she heard coughing from within the flames.

"Cough! Cough! That talent of yours is every man’s dream!" Vogue stared at her, his voice dripping with envy and jealousy. Being able to create any weapon from metal, to absorb and reshape it at will, that was an incredible power.