“Hiss…hiss…hiss…”
The giant mantis flapped its broad and powerful wings vigorously. In an instant, a strong gust of wind blew up and swept in all directions like a surging wave.
Then, the pair of wings retracted quickly like a spring, and the thick and sturdy carapace covered the wings tightly.
It turned out that the terrifying "hissing" sound that Chen Bufan had just heard was caused by the violent flapping of the mantis' wings.
Due to the heavy rain in recent days, these insects are extremely disgusted with having water droplets on their bodies. If it were not for some special reasons, they would rather hide in their nests and would never choose to go out on such a bad rainy day.
The violent gale created by the mantis made the rain, which was already painful on the face, even more violent. It was like countless bullets mercilessly hitting Jiang Tong and Xu Lei's bodies. Although there was no actual damage, it made it extremely difficult for the two of them to stand steadily.
At this moment, Jiang Tong was filled with worry about Hou Cheng's condition. She had only one thought in her mind, which was to get closer to him as quickly as possible. Therefore, she did not notice the unnatural expression change on Xu Lei's face beside her.
Jiang Tong tightly grasped the gleaming spear in her hand, showing a brave and fearless fighting posture, allowing the strong wind and rain to lash her delicate body wantonly.
Her beautiful black hair had long been soaked by the rain and adhered obediently to both sides of her cheeks. Her beautiful eyes were slightly red and swollen at the moment, and it was obvious that her heart was not as calm as she appeared.
Uncle Li’s unfortunate death and Uncle Hou’s current uncertain situation have dealt her a heavy blow.
But even so, she still did not flinch, the only thing in her mind was to fight a desperate battle with the terrifying mantis in front of her to avenge Uncle Li and the others.
Unfortunately, even though Jiang Tong was already ready in front of the mantis and had assumed a fighting stance, the giant mantis didn't even look at her.
It raised a pair of extremely sharp crescent-shaped sickle-like forelimbs and pounced straight towards the dazed Xu Lei.
Jiang Tong was stunned. It seemed that this mantis had some preference for Xu Lei and was extremely hostile to him. She had no time to think about it. She was very anxious watching Xu Lei in a daze.
"Xu Lei! What are you doing? Do you want to die?"
"Xu Lei! Xu Lei!"
However, at this moment, Xu Lei's mind kept recalling the heartbreaking scene just now.
Uncle Li fell lifeless in a pool of blood, while Uncle Hou was blown away like a kite with a broken string, his life or death uncertain.
These scenes lingered in his mind like a nightmare, filling him with deep guilt and uneasiness.
He could never have imagined that just because of his momentary greed, it would lead to such tragic consequences.
All those wonderful times when he got along well with them and depended on each other on weekdays, now became sharp blades that pierced his heart.
He never thought of hurting those close to him. All he did was to make everyone live a better life!
He wanted to buy some wine for Uncle Hou, some of Uncle Li's favorite mutant jerky, and some high-end perfume for Li Fei'er and Sister Jiang Tong, as they always said that zombies smelled bad.
While Xu Lei was still immersed in endless self-blame and regret, Jiang Tong's hoarse shouting of reminder suddenly reached his ears.
However, when Xu Lei came back to his senses from his trance, it was already too late.
The giant mantis was waving its knife-sharp forelimbs and pounced towards Xu Lei at lightning speed. Its huge figure blocked the rain and light.
Xu Lei's eyes widened in horror, watching the deadly knife arm getting closer and closer, but he could only hastily raise his arms to try to protect his body.
With a loud bang, "Bang!!"
Xu Lei was blown away more than ten meters by the powerful force of the giant mantis like a cannonball.
The strap of the backpack on his back broke instantly under the impact, and the heavy backpack fell heavily to the ground.
After Xu Lei's body drew an arc in the air, he finally fell to the ground in a mess.
"Cough cough!"
His face was as pale as paper, his expression was listless, and large mouthfuls of scarlet blood and broken internal organs were gushing out of his mouth.
At this moment, he felt as if the bones in his chest were falling apart. The pain was unbearable and he had no strength to stand up at all.
The mantis raised its knife-sharp forelimbs high, but it did not seem to intend to kill Xu Lei immediately. Otherwise, with its terrifying strength and the sharpness of its knife, Xu Lei would have been beheaded and cut in half by now.
The mantis's huge and cold eyes stared at the backpack that fell to the ground, as if there was something interesting hidden inside.
The two slender tentacles on its head kept shaking left and right, and it was unclear what it was trying to figure out. Then, this huge creature slowly took steps and approached the direction where Xu Lei was.
Every step it took caused the ground to tremble slightly.
"Hua Hua Hua..."
The rain in the sky showed no signs of stopping. Instead, it was getting heavier. The bean-sized raindrops kept hitting the ground, splashing water.
"Xu Lei!"
At this moment, Jiang Tong was already soaked, with rain running down her cheeks, blurring her vision, but the anxious expression on her face was clearly visible.
While she was closely watching Xu Lei who was struggling to get up, she turned back from time to time to look at Uncle Hou who had been motionless since he flew backwards into the store.
She was so anxious that her silver teeth were almost broken.
Deep down in her heart, she really wanted to check on Uncle Hou's condition, but the current situation did not allow her to hesitate at all.
Because the terrible mantis had already stepped towards Xu Lei again, and was about to launch a fatal attack on him.
"what!!!"
Jiang Tong could no longer endure this suffocating atmosphere of tension. She screamed hysterically:
“Die! All of you die!!”
Then, with her eyes wide open, she shouted, "Eighteen years later, I'm still an old lady!"
Before she finished her words, she raised the spear in her hand without hesitation and rushed towards Xu Lei at an astonishing speed.
At this moment, the mantis just walked up to Xu Lei who was lying on the ground. There was still the scent of its child on him. Looking at the bad guy who stole its child, it stretched out its knife arm to pick him up and eat him!
Jiang Tong seized the opportunity, suddenly raised the spear, held it high above his head, then used all his strength to throw the spear out fiercely.