Dark Queen Of Apocalypse (by Morgan Hale) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Chloe crouched down, parting the waist–high grass to peek out with just her

eyes.

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She’d changed into grass–green clothes and had completely concealed her aura. Even if someone stood right next to her, they’d barely notice her at all.

Up ahead, the sounds of fighting grew louder and more intense.

A zombie tiger was entangled by the branches of a massive tree. Five thick limbs clamped onto its front paws, back paws, and neck, yanking them apart in five directions.

The zombie tiger howled in agony.

The Mutant Tree had lost all its leaves, its branches snapped, and its bark gnawed and shredded by the zombie tiger’s teeth. Crimson blood oozed out from the wounds.

Chloe was in disbelief.

‘Damn, even trees can bleed?‘ she thought.

After her time travel, she was seeing stuff she’d never even dreamed of in her previous life.

Both the Mutant Tree and the zombie tiger looked incredibly powerful, so Chloe knew she stood no chance against either

one.

Just as she was about to quietly slip away, her way out was suddenly blocked.

A few hundred yards behind her, two massive beasts had appeared out of nowhere and were engaged in a violent fight.

Caught between two fronts, Chloe had no choice but to stay low and wait it out, hoping not to get dragged into the chaos.

‘Damn, this is just insane,’ Chloe thought, barely holding back her urge to curse.

‘How the hell are these mutant beasts and plants leveling up so damn fast?‘ she grumbled to herself.

Ever since the apocalypse started, she hadn’t dared to rest for a single moment–either she was out hunting or on her way to

hunt.

But when she got here, she realized that even the weakest ones were at least level six.

And if she ever ran into a level three or four, they were always in packs, like ant swarms, cockroach hordes, or mutant beetle squads.

‘Man, it’s like this place is out to kill you, Chloe thought, feeling totally overwhelmed.

Now she finally got why so many top–tier fighters died here in her previous life, and barely anyone made it out alive.

Anyone who managed to walk out of this hell would become a legend in the post–apocalyptic world.

She hadn’t been crouched in the grass for long when the deafening sounds of battle behind her finally faded. Chloe parted the grass again to check the other side.

The zombie tiger had been ripped limb from limb by the Mutant Tree, which was now left with just five branches, Black, foul–smelling blood sprayed everywhere, and chunks of rotten meat littered the ground.

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In the middle of all that nasty, decaying flesh, a sparkling core the size of a soccer ball appeared.

The Mutant Tree wobbled its trunk with some effort, looking quite satisfied with itself.

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One of its branches curled around the glittering core nestled in the rotten meat and slowly drew it back toward the trunk.

Suddenly, in a flash, everything changed.

An ice blade appeared out of nowhere, slicing cleanly through the branch wrapped around the core. The cut was so precise that red veins could be seen pulsing inside, just like human blood vessels.

The Mutant Tree was pissed. Its four remaining branches whipped through the air, shaking like crazy and smacking the grass all around in a furious frenzy.

Once it calmed down, the tree stretched out another branch, gingerly reaching for the core and grabbing it with extra care.

Suddenly, chaos erupted.

Just like before, another wind blade appeared out of nowhere and sliced the branch clean off.

Before the Mutant Tree could even react, a thick mutant ivy shot out from the grass, snatched up and in a blink, it was gone.

‘Did it just vanish?‘ Chloe thought, completely dumbfounded.

the basketball–sized core,

‘Seriously? After all that struggle, the Mutant Tree lost all its leaves, snapped countless branches, and finally got the mutant core, only for it to disappear just like that?‘ Chloe couldn’t believe her eyes.

The wind whipped and howled all around.

Branches thrashed madly, beating at the patch of grass where Chloe had just been hiding.

The Mutant Tree realized what had happened, but Chloe had already slipped into her spiritual space.

Chloe hugged the massive core to her chest, grinning from ear to ear.

Talk about a lucky windfall. This is the mother of all scores!‘ she thought, practically giddy with excitement.

The Spiritual Space System began flashing urgent notifications.

[Clink! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained a Super Core. Reward: 1000 points. Redeem now?]

“Nope!” Chloe replied without a moment’s hesitation.

“System, not gonna lie, you’re seriously ripping me off! That spray alone cost me 1000 points, and now you want me to swap this too? So all my hard work was for nothing?” Chloe complained.

“The spiritual space will upgrade by absorbing the core, and that’ll benefit you. It’s not a waste,” the system replied.

Chloe rolled her eyes and hugged the core even tighter.

“No way, I’m not swapping it,” she said firmly.

“Do you know how hard it is to feed you, you gold–eating beast? If I hand over everything, I can’t even level up myself! Look at how strong these mutant beasts and plants are. How can you just take all my stuff?” Chloe grumbled.

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The System went silent.

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Chloe didn’t dare linger in her spiritual space for long. With danger outside only ramping up, she’d only use it when her life was truly at stake, not wasting precious time unless absolutely necessary.

She crafted a bunch of ice swords and stashed them across the vast barren mountains inside her spiritual space. That endless stretch was a perfect spot for storing all kinds of gear.

By prepping the ice blades in advance and keeping them there, they stayed perfectly intact. When a fight broke out, she could just pull them out and go to town, all without burning up her own abilities, so it was a win–win deal.

Of course, pulling out ice blades from her spiritual space wasn’t nearly as powerful as forming them with her abilities right then and there.

When she used the ice blades stored in her spiritual space, they only hit at about 80% of her normal power.

About five minutes later, the chaos outside finally died down. Chloe locked her eyes on the Mutant Tree through the spiritual space’s screen, and it had been chewed up and stripped bare by the zombie tiger, looking totally wrecked.

“This Mutant Tree has to be at least late level six,” she whispered to herself.

She couldn’t help but lick her lips, her eyes sparkling with desire. ‘Man, I want that power,‘ Chloe thought.

She glanced down at the ground, where withered and decaying branches and leaves were strewn all over.

‘Looks like the zombie tiger left it in pretty bad shape,‘ Chloe thought.

Driven by pure instinct, the Mutant Tree whipped its branches around in a wild frenzy, reacting to the threat all over again.

Chloe, hoping to take it down in one decisive strike, unleashed a barrage of over a hundred small ice blades from her spiritual space. The wind carried them, slicing all over the Mutant Tree’s trunk from every direction.

With only three branches left, the tree was scrambling to defend itself, but couldn’t cover all angles. Even if it managed to break one blade, there were still ninety–nine more raining down on it.

While the tree was desperately trying to defend itself, Chloe appeared out of nowhere, wielding a massive 6.5–foot–long ice

axe.

She shouted boldly, “Go!”

The axe crashed into the thick trunk, taking out a third of it in one savage blow.

Then Chloe’s figure blinked out of sight.

She materialized on the opposite side, slamming that giant ice axe down once more.

Another third of the Mutant Tree’s left side was chopped off, leaving only a small section in the middle. The trunk started to wobble, and a fierce gust of wind gathered and crashed right into it.

“Bang!” The tree toppled over with a thunderous crash, totally spent and unable to fight anymore.

Chloe sat on the tree stump, digging around the roots with her dagger until she finally uncovered a green core,

This core was even more crystal–clear and radiant than the last, gleaming like a flawless, high–grade emerald.

The system chimed in again: [Clink! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained a Special Core. Reward: 2000 points.

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Redeem now?]

“Nope!” Chloe said.

She carefully tucked it into her pocket, treating it like a priceless treasure.

Just as Chloe tucked the core away, a commanding feminine shout echoed from nearby.

“Hand it over!”

Jaliyah’s face burned with anger as she gripped her curved blades, glaring at Chloe with a menacing presence.

She was flanked by a group of people: Jaiden and his crew.

With a powerful faction backing them, they naturally had special methods to help teammates find each other.

Every single one of them glared at Chloe with hostility.

Ishaan rushed over, trying to calm Chloe down.

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“Chloe, don’t make things difficult. I’m willing to marry you, so just hand it over already, or else things are going to get complicated,” Ishaan urged, his voice tense.

Chloe shot Ishaan a look like he was the biggest fool she’d ever seen.

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