Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System-Chapter 107: Finishing All Apex Zombies

From the corner of her eye, Isha noticed Arjun had arrived and saved Neha and Vikrant, James was covering and protecting Raghav, and Pooja had already finished her fight and saved Imran. For a brief moment, relief passed through her eyes.

’Good... they’re holding...’ She turned her focus back to the Wall Breaker.

Its severed arm had fully regenerated, thick, grotesque. Its weapon arm was already glowing faintly, preparing to fire.

Isha’s expression hardened as her aura surged again. Green energy wrapped around her body, denser than before, while her clawed gauntlets reformed and their blades extended sharply.

The ground cracked as she dashed forward, faster and stronger than before. Her blade struck cleanly. "SHHHHK!!!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

This time, it connected. A deep cut tore across its torso, and dark fluid burst out.

The Wall Breaker staggered slightly, but only for a moment. It countered instantly, its massive arm swinging toward her.

Isha blocked, but the force pushed her back, her feet sliding across the ground. She moved again, faster now, aiming for joints and weak points.

"SHHK!! SHHK!! SHHK!!" Multiple strikes landed. Cracks formed, and pieces of armor chipped away.

But it didn’t fall or slow down; instead, the Wall Breaker changed, stopping its dodging and retreating as it simply stood there, watching.

Isha noticed immediately, "...Planning something." She attacked again, but this time it didn’t avoid the strike. It took the hit.

Her blade cut deep into its side, and at that exact moment, its weapon arm locked onto her.

"BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!" A rocket fired at point-blank range.

Isha’s eyes widened as she reacted instantly. Her aura surged outward, forming a full defensive barrier around her.

"Shield—!"

A dense white dome formed around her. The rocket hit.

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!"

A massive explosion engulfed everything. The ground shattered as shockwaves spread in all directions, and dust, fire, and debris swallowed the battlefield.

For a moment, nothing could be seen. Then cracks started appearing on her shield and broke. It shattered completely, fragments of energy scattering into the air. From within the explosion, a figure was thrown out.

"THUD—!" Isha hit the ground hard, rolling several times before finally stopping.

Silence followed. Her aura flickered, unstable. Her armor was damaged, and blood was visible at the corner of her lips.

She tried to push herself up, but her body didn’t respond immediately. The impact had gone through.

In the distance, the Wall Breaker stood unmoved, its weapon arm still smoking.

And that same broken laugh echoed across the battlefield. "Khrr... khh... HA... HA...!!"

---

Near the wall, only around five hundred zombies remained, and the elites were almost gone. But that didn’t matter anymore, because the real danger still stood, the Wall Breaker and the remaining Apex Zombies.

What truly shook them, however, was something else. Isha, their captain, was injured.

"...Captain..."

Ayesha’s voice lowered as she continued firing, her rhythm breaking for a moment. Deepak tightened his grip on his weapon. "...Damn it..." Even he, who rarely showed emotion, looked tense.

Vikram saw it. He saw Isha lying on the ground, injured, and something snapped inside him.

"I’m going."He stepped forward, ready to jump, but two hands stopped him. Sana and Kavya held him firmly.

"Why?" Vikram asked sharply. "Let go."

"Don’t worry," Sana said quickly. "She’s our captain. Even if she’s injured, she won’t fall so easily."

Kavya nodded beside her. "She’s the strongest. You don’t need to interfere."

But those words were only half true. They weren’t lying, but they weren’t fully confident either, because deep down, they were worried too.

They didn’t know Vikram’s power, only that he had awakened today, which meant unstable, untrained, and unpredictable. And the plant summons behind him, to them, looked like toys, not something that could survive this battlefield.

If he went, he might die instantly. He was the captain’s most precious person. They couldn’t risk it, not even a little.

So they held him tighter. Vikram’s jaw clenched, his eyes locked on Isha, on the battlefield, on the danger ahead.

---

Pooja saw it, Isha falling, injured. For a brief moment, her smile disappeared.

"...You..." She lowered her head slightly as the flames around her began to change. They were no longer wild or playful. They turned violent.

The Armored Colossus stepped forward again, its heavy body shaking the ground with each step.

It raised its arm, ready to finish the fight, but before it could move. A massive wave of fire struck it head-on, forcing it to stagger back for the first time.

Pooja appeared in front of it, her eyes burning with anger. "...You dare...?" Her voice was low and cold.

The Colossus roared and charged, bringing its massive fist down.

Pooja didn’t dodge. She raised her hand and stopped the attack, flames wrapping tightly around her arm.

The impact shook the ground, but she didn’t move at all. "...Now you don’t look so big."

Her flames spread across its arm, burning through the cracks in its armor as they began to glow red.

The Colossus tried to pull back, but she grabbed it tightly. "Going somewhere?"

It swung its other arm, but she blasted it away instantly. She stepped closer, and murmured, "Burn Core."

Her hand struck its chest. Flames exploded inside its body, making it shake violently as cracks spread across its armor.

But it didn’t fall. It roared and tried to push her away, still resisting.

"...Still standing?" Pooja smiled again, but this time it wasn’t playful. She stepped back and raised both hands as flames gathered between them, compressing rapidly. The fire became denser, hotter, and unstable, causing the air around her to distort.

"Then let’s end this properly."

The Colossus charged again in one final attempt.

Pooja thrust both hands forward. "Inferno Collapse."

A massive explosion consumed the Colossus, the flames crushed inward, destroying its core completely. For a moment, it stood still.

Then cracks spread across its body, and light burst out from within.

Its entire body collapsed, shattered, and burned into pieces.

Pooja stood there, breathing slightly heavier as her flames slowly calmed.

Then she turned and looked toward Isha, her expression still filled with anger. Without wasting a second, she moved to save her captain.

---

On Raghav’s side, a distant shot echoed as "THOOM" rang across the battlefield, followed by two heavy explosions.

The Hulking’s legs were blasted apart from the knees. Its massive body instantly lost balance and crashed to the ground with a heavy "THUDDD!!!", shaking the battlefield.

Raghav, still breathing heavily, lifted his head. "...James..." Even without seeing clearly, he knew.

But the Hulking didn’t stop. Even on the ground, its body pulsed as flesh twisted and regeneration began again. Its arms and legs slowly started reforming as it roared in rage.

Trying to rise and continue fighting. Raghav’s eyes sharpened as his gaze shifted toward Isha, lying injured on the ground. Something inside him changed.

"...Enough." He wiped the blood from his mouth as his hands steadied. He picked up his launcher and loaded it slowly and carefully.

He stepped forward, moving closer and closer until he stood directly in front of the Hulking’s face. The creature tried to move, but without its legs it couldn’t rise properly, and its arms were still regenerating.

Raghav raised the launcher and pressed the muzzle against its face. "Let’s end this."

The Hulking roared, trying to bite and move, but it was already too late.

"THOOOOOOOOOM!!!" The shot fired point-blank, followed by a massive explosion.

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!"

Its entire head was blown apart. Flesh and bone scattered violently, and a shockwave spread outward. The Hulking was dead.

Raghav slowly lowered the launcher, breathing heavily. "...Done..."

From afar, James watched through his scope. "...Good." He calmly took another bite of his apple.

But Raghav didn’t relax. He turned immediately and ran toward Isha.

---

On the other side of the battlefield, Arjun saw his captain injured. For a brief second, his grip on the sword tightened, and his eyes turned colder than before.

"...Enough."

The Shadow Lurker flickered again, trying to disappear and regain control of the battlefield, but this time Arjun didn’t give it any chance.

He moved so fast that there was no sound, no warning. In the next instant, he appeared behind it, and then moved again, crossing through it repeatedly.

Within a single minute, he had passed through the Shadow Lurker dozens of times, so fast that even Neha and Vikrant couldn’t follow. To them, it looked like nothing was happening.

Even the Shadow Lurker didn’t understand what was happening. It tried to react, tried to vanish, tried to create illusions, but nothing worked.

Then it felt something.

"...?"

A strange sensation spread through its body. It felt lighter. Unstable.

It looked down. A thin line appeared across its torso. Then another. And then many more.

"SHHHK..."

Small pieces of its body began to slip. Its arm separated and fell. Its leg split apart and collapsed. Its chest opened in layers, as if it had been cut hundreds of times. Even its face cracked, splitting apart into fragments.

The Shadow Lurker tried to roar, to react, to escape, but it couldn’t. Its body was no longer whole.

"..."

No sound came out. In the next second, its entire form collapsed and disintegrated into countless pieces.

Arjun stood behind where it once was, his sword lowered.

Neha and Vikrant stared in shock. For a moment, they couldn’t understand what had happened.

"...He... killed it?"

"...In one minute...?"

Arjun didn’t respond. He simply turned and ran toward Isha.

One by one, they all finished their battles, Arjun, Pooja, Raghav, Imran, Neha, Vikrant. All of them moved at the same time, toward their captain.