My Ten Wives and Ten Rings in the Apocalypse

"Something is coming…." Grandpa Philip whispered.

The temperature increased by a large margin and the wind ceased to blow. The cold desolate street becomes frightening under the sudden change in atmosphere.

The savage men for a couple of meters before they stop and hide in a building. While the pitiful 5 humans shivered in trepidation.

Deep from the desolated building across the road. An eerie sound echoed and the building shook to the core. Yet, it didn't fall.

A large beast crawled out of the building with two fiery red eyes, staring at the blood direction.

Its two enormous grasping pincers were making a clattering sound. Its black carapace shines and its long curvy tails at its back and its deadly weapon, its stinger.

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Blood Scorpion.

Circle: Second Circle.

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Both Susan and Grandpa Philip saw the notification appearing in their mind. For a couple of seconds, they didn't blink an eye.

Second Circle!

"Now, I understand what these savage people are doing…" Susan murmured in dazed.

"Sacrifice!" Grandpa Philip said.

Both of them had recovered from their initial shock and their eyes were now fixed on the deadly beast who was approaching its food.

Its eight legs let a slight crack on the ground, yet it doesn't make any sound.

Though the blood scorpion was a beast, as a second circle being. Its instinct was very strong.

Long at the people in front of it, it knew they were new food. Since a couple of days weeks ago he found some humans, they had been providing food every three days.

And today was feeding day.

The five people on the ground were already dead with fear. All hope was lost while those savages were giggling.

"The sacrifice had been accepted. Let's return to the report."

"Alright."

The ten didn't care about the life of the five people who secretly retreated. From their movements and decision, someone could see that this wasn't their first inhuman act.

When the blood scorpion was only a couple of inches from the people. A streak of lightning came from its back.

Bang!

Gra!

The blood scorpion was furious from the sudden attack. It turned its enormous body to face the sudden intruder.

A cold beauty with a long whip dazzling in lightning stood a couple of feet from the scorpion.

The blood scorpion screeched with fury and rushed toward the intruder with a deadly strike. It was a stinger.

Bang!

Susan jumped out of the strike trajectory and sent another toward the scorpion.

The scorpion moves its body according to instinct and her attack hits its sturdy carapace.

Suddenly, the speed of the blood scorpion improves and catches Susan off guard.

Susan moves her body by instinct to the side and avoids the deadly pincer. Though the pincer failed to catch its target.

The scorpion uses it to send Susan flying backward.

Ah!

She cried in pain and a streak of blood flew out of her mouth.

Meanwhile, grandpa Philip had successfully rescued the five injured people to the nearby building.

With his long polearm, he rushed toward the blood scorpion. His muscles bulged and the little hair on his head swayed with the wind.

Susan crashed to the ground and rolled a couple of feet before she stopped. She tried to stand up but a pain assaulted her brain.

Some of her left ribs had been broken. She closed and took a deep breath. But when she opened her eyes, And behold….

A stinger was going for her heart. And that moment, she couldn't think of anything other than she wasn't ready to die. The speed of the blood scorpion left her dumbfounded.

Bang!

When the stinger was only a few inches from her heart. Grandpa Philip's attack landed on its giant tail from the back, forcing the deadly attack to miss her.

Hu!

The pent of air she held was released in a sigh of relief. She gazed at the deadly battle between a man and beast and something broke in her mind.

'A beast can level to the second level existence. How could I be left behind? Today, either I kill it or I die.' She thought.

She swallows the red liquid in her mouth and licks her lips. She forced herself to stand and rushed toward the battle.

Bang!

Grandpa Philip was sent crashing into the nearby building. It couldn't be helped, he had unlocked his core power while his enemy was a second circle being.

"Lightning world," Susan shouted.

She gathered all the attacks in her heart and sent them toward the beast. Her whip danced in the air and every molecule in the air was filled with lightning.

Bang!

Gra!

The blood scorpion cried in pain and stumbled a couple of feet backward and regained its footing.

At once, it rushed toward Susan. She bent to the side to avoid the stinger but met the pincer.

Ah!

She cried in pain and stumbled backward. A deep cut appears on the waist. Blood gushing out like an open damn.

She held her waist and her breathing was frantic. She felt a little dizzy but she shook her head and bit her tongue.

Bang!

Grandpa Philip jumped out of the building and landed on the back of the blood scorpion.

Grandpa Philip should have leveled up to the second circle's existence. He had fulfilled all criteria but was being stopped by the core power.

From the word of mouth from those that have unlocked their core power. He knew for him to unlock his core power. He must go all out.

Now, he was a maniac. His clothes had once been torn to pieces. He stood on the blood scorpion and every one of his attacks landed fiercely on the beast's head.

"Watch out!" Susan cried.

Hearing Susan scream, he jumped off the beast's back while in the air. One of the beast pincers came crashing on him.

He didn't panic and held his weapon with both hands and sent it toward the pincer.

At that fraction of a moment, something broke in his heart and a smile appeared on his face.

'So this is the core power

And immediately, he unlocked his core power. His evolution to the second circle began.

"Pole destruction."

That was the new skill that came to his mind.

Bang!

Grandpa Philip was thrown backward while the blood scorpion pincer was mutilated, almost reaching its head.

It stumbled backward and cried in pain. Meanwhile, Susan was already waiting, waiting to unleash her last attack before she lost consciousness.

"Lightning world." Her gaze was focused while she unleashed all her power.

Now, this was a complete lightning skill. She also unlocked her core power with this skill.

Susan watched as the dome of lightning came off her whip. The dome encompasses the blood scorpion and…

Boom!

The blood scorpion was thrown into the distance while steam rose from its body.

Susan's eyes twitched, she was on her last breath. But she wanted to see if the scorpion was alive or dead.

But after a few seconds, the scorpion failed to stand up. A smile crept on her face and she murmured.

"Finally"

She slumped to the ground and suddenly….

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