Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 249: You’re already dead

"Rooooar!" Without a warning, the Flaming Cheetah let out a breath attack.

It spewed flames all over the place like a flamethrower.

Boom!

The move was so unexpected that Audrey was forced to jump up into the sky to dodge. It was the only option left. There was no time to run back. And unlike the concentrated breath attacks she had come across before. The one from the Flaming Cheetah covered a wider area the further it went from the beast. Audrey who was just ten meters away from it was in its reach, which she estimated was around twenty meters. This was based on the distance the flames covered.

Anyway, the cheetah didn't stop spewing out flames when she jumped up. It actually saw it as a great chance to burn her away. After all, she couldn't get away in the air no, could she?

Bang!

Just as the cheetah was adjusting its head's position so that it could roast Audrey. Something hit the side of its head hard. This forced its head to go the other way.

It not only missed Audrey with its attack but its breath attack was also ended. Audrey took this time to land on the ground and retreat further back.

As soon as she reached around twenty meters away from the cheetah. A large crimson fist speedily flew her way and stopped just a few centimetres away from her.

It was the same object which hit the cheetah. She had turned the spear from before into a fist at the very last moment. She would have been a goner if not for it.

"Woah! That was way too close for comfort. You really have guts for trying to do such a thing. You'd definitely not have lived past one year and nine months if you had killed me. Well, that would have been better than dying now I guess. Unfortunately for you, you missed your chance. You're already dead..." Audrey continued taunting the beast from a distance.

It was a really weird thing to do. Taunting a silent enemy. Maybe it was just another way she vented.

Anyway, the moment she said "you're already dead". The flaming Cheetah's eyes widened. It immediately looked down at its severed leg.

It suddenly felt a weird tingling from the sealed-off wound. The tingling kept on rising higher and higher until all of its body felt tingly.

Snap!

Suddenly it heard a snap. It looked at Audrey in the distance. Before it could make sense of why she had snapped her fingers...

Boom!

Its leg stump exploded!

Boom! BOOM! BOOOOM!

The explosions didn't stop there. Its remaining three legs exploded soon after. Then its legless body exploded into a bloody mess before it even reached the ground. Flesh flew all over the place. Eerily enough, all the flesh was bone dry. There was no blood on it at all!

All the blood stayed in the place where the cheetah stood before. It has turned into a blood mist, but it soon gathered into a liquid blob. The blob then flew towards Audrey.

It merged with the fist from before after reaching her...

"Well, after burning away so much of my blood. The least you could do was give me yours, right?... Though I have to say, what a gruesome way to die. Oh, look at that, you even left me a gift!" Audrey spoke to herself as she walked in a certain direction.

She had noticed a crimson beast core. It was without a doubt the Flaming Cheetah's beast core. She could leave the meat, but she could never leave the core...

As for why the cheetah had suddenly exploded like that? It was pretty obvious actually. Audrey had sent some of her mana into the cheetah's body when she cut off its leg before. And as we all know, never let Audrey's mana come into contact with your blood otherwise you're dead!

That's because it only takes a little of Audrey's mana for her to gain control of all the blood in your body. And frighteningly enough, the whole process takes less than a minute. Even worse was how one won't be able to notice it until the very last moment. That is unless they were closely monitoring their own body from the start. But who would randomly monitor their body during a battle when they have no reason to?

After all, it's not like they'd know that Audrey can control their blood as well. Especially when it's still in their body.

"Sigh, why did I have to cut off its leg? It would have made a perfect puppet and hunting partner for a few days if it had all its body parts" Audrey regretfully spoke as she walked toward the beast core.

She would have definitely made the cheetah into one of her corrupted beings if she had a choice. Unfortunately for her, the situation had been dire...

She soon reached the beast core. As she crouched down to pick it up. She sensed some movement.

Whoosh!

Before she could react, a flaming cheetah slightly smaller than the one she dealt with was upon her. Its mouth was wide open. And in less than a second it would definitely bite down on her head. Which will kill her off instantly.

The worst part was... There was nothing she could do about it.

The cheetah was too fast. She didn't have enough time to react. After all, in her unstable state, she had made the mistake of completely letting her guard down in an unsafe area.

And it seems that the blunder was going to cost her her life. It was going to be her last and biggest regret.

There was nothing she could do but stare death in the eyes as her life was claimed by it. Then...

Crackle! BOOOOM!

"I will not lose anymore loved ones" A voice was heard from within some white smoke.

"You say that, but... Look at what you did!" Audrey replied to the voice. She shouted at the end. How could she not when she was hanging from a tree upside down?

Her face and outfit were blackened. Even her hair was giving off a burnt smell. To think she had avoided getting burnt by the Flaming Cheetah only to get burnt by an ally.

Crackle!

"Oops! Sorry about that. I had to act rashly so I couldn't properly control the lightning" The voice was heard again. This time the owner was beside Audrey on the tree. The owner, who was obviously Chloe was helping Audrey up from her position.

"No, it's fine. I was just saying. I don't mind. In fact, I'm glad you did. After all, you saved my life. If you hadn't been there I would have definitely been on my way to heav... Maybe hell. I can't tell anyone. Anyway, thanks" Audrey thanked Chloe as they got down from the tree.

"No, it's okay. I was just passing by" Chloe replied while shaking her hands in front of her.

Audrey just smiled and nodded. She didn't expose the fact that she had sensed Chloe's presence around her many times in the past month.

She hadn't sensed her on that day though. It seemed Chloe had gotten better at hiding. That or she had been too focused on her battle to notice her.

The duo quietly walked toward the explosion point. The smoke had cleared up. Now, there wasn't just a beast core there. There was also a headless body of the Flaming Cheetah which ambushed Audrey.

"Woah! One attack! Aren't you a little too strong?" Audrey exclaimed.

"Hehe. No, it was just a lucky shot" Chloe replied with an embarrassed expression on her face.

"Luck doesn't blow a Rank Three's head off but okay. Let's check and see if it also has a beast core..." Audrey chose not to argue with the modest girl.

She just patted her head and walked toward the flaming cheetah's(FC) body. She then sent her mana into it like the previous one. This time she didn't make it explode. She never liked doing such a gruesome thing if she could avoid it after all.

She would have used another method if it hadn't been the fastest and easiest way to kill the FC from before.

Anyway, she corrupted all the blood inside the body. Which put it under her control. She then made it all come out. Which left the body looking like a dried-up husk.

After that, she stepped back. Chloe then stepped forward. She held her hand up. Clouds began gathering above her. Then...

Crackle! BOOM!

A thick lightning bolt descended and consumed the dried-up corpse. More smoke rose from the impact. It also cleared up soon enough. freēwēbnovel.com

Chloe then picked up the core which was left in the hole her attack left. The body had been completely destroyed. She wasn't worried about destroying the core by mistake since it could only be destroyed by having its energy used up.

Interestingly, no matter how low-ranked a beast core was. It was indestructible when attacked. The only way to destroy a core was to expend its energy.

"Well, it seems someone is in a good mood today" Audrey spoke with a wry smile on her face. She didn't expect Chloe would use such an extreme and wasteful attack for such a small attack.

"I uh... Sorry," Chloe didn't know how to defend herself.

There was no way she would admit that she got excited after getting her patted. Which made her feel like showing off a bit. That was just too embarrassing.

"It's fine. Let's go back" Audrey said with a motherly smile.

Chloe nodded to her words and the two went on their way. They used a method of travelling they had gotten really acquainted with in recent history... Walking.

Life without Muku really sucked!...

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