Apocalypse: King of Zombies - Chapter 502

Chapter 502: This time… you’re not getting away
The sand beneath Sable’s feet rippled like a living thing, then surged upward, coalescing into a massive serpent that lunged straight at Mia.

The sand serpent blotted out the sky, its momentum thunderous, roaring like a dragon as it tore through the air. The space around it warped and trembled in its wake.

But Mia wasn’t backing down. She wasn’t some helpless girl anymore. As the serpent came crashing toward her, she didn’t dodge—she met it head-on. Her fist shot forward with explosive force.

The air cracked with sonic booms as her punch tore through it, all her power focused into a single devastating point.

BOOM!

Her fist slammed square into the serpent’s forehead. The impact was like a needle piercing a mountain—sharp, precise, and overwhelming. A deafening shockwave erupted.

Ripples spread across the serpent’s body, starting from its head and rolling all the way to its tail. Then—BANG!—it shattered into a storm of sand, disintegrating in an instant.

Dust and grit exploded into the air. The Absolute Domain Sable had summoned collapsed like a house of cards.

“She’s actually this strong…” Sable’s eyes widened in disbelief. This girl wasn’t on the same level as the Zombie King, sure—but she wasn’t someone you could just take out easily either.

But before Mia could catch her breath, another force surged through the swirling sand—fast, violent, and deadly.

“I’ll send you straight to hell!”

Bloodrose’s twisted face emerged from the storm. She and Sable had worked together seamlessly, using the Domain of Sand as cover to sneak up on Mia.

Now, taking advantage of the opening, Bloodrose struck.

Her Stellar Fang katana slashed down in a blur, so fast it was almost invisible.

The blade cut through the air like lightning, aimed straight for Mia’s throat. One more second, and it would be over.

Chris and the others had been watching from a distance. When they saw Sable shift his focus to Mia, their hearts sank.

“Oh no! Mia’s gonna die, isn’t she?” Chris’s voice cracked with panic.

Brandon narrowed his eyes, analyzing the situation. “Her pain threshold’s probably hitting a hundred percent. Her body might start breaking down.”

“What do we do then?” Leah’s voice trembled. Everyone was frozen, desperate to help but powerless to intervene. All they could do was watch the nightmare unfold.

“I know what to do,” Sean said suddenly.

“Huh?”

Everyone turned to him, confused. Sean wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but sometimes—just sometimes—he pulled off miracles.

“What’s the plan?” someone asked.

“Pancakes,” Sean said, dead serious.

Everyone: “…”

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Meanwhile, Richard and his crew were glued to the battle, watching the clash of top-tier fighters unfold. The outcome here could shift the entire war.

When they saw the Perfect Team closing in on Mia, they couldn’t help but cheer.

“Hell yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!”

Mia was a serious threat. No one knew what kind of brainwashing she’d been through, but she kept siding with that damn Zombie King from L.A. Taking her out would be a huge win.

One less problem to deal with.

All eyes were on Bloodrose as she closed in, her Stellar Fang aimed straight at Mia’s heart.

But just as the blade was about to strike, something changed.

A new force crashed down from above—stronger, darker, and far more terrifying.

The Domain of the Dead slammed into the battlefield like a meteor, obliterating Sable’s Domain of Sand in an instant. The shockwave hit Bloodrose like a freight train.

Her lightning-fast movement faltered. A chill of dread crept up her spine.

She looked up—and saw it.

A massive stone slab, glowing with deadly energy, was already descending on her.

No time to think. She yanked her blade up to block.

BOOM!

The impact was brutal. Bloodrose was sent flying like a missile, smashing through boulders, tumbling across the ground in a blur of motion before finally skidding to a stop.

She’d managed to block the blow with her Stellar Fang, but the force shattered both her arms. Bone jutted out from torn flesh, blood pouring down in thick streams.

The pain was blinding. Bloodrose’s face twisted in agony, her fury boiling over like a volcano ready to erupt.

Ethan stood tall, his silhouette cutting a sharp figure as he stepped in front of Mia, shielding her from the oncoming threat.

“Picking on a girl? That’s your idea of strength?” he said, voice calm but laced with steel.

Sable’s eyes narrowed, surprise flickering across his face. “He actually came…” he muttered, gaze fixed on Ethan.

The infamous Zombie King of Los Angeles—feared across the continent—had shown up to save a human girl. That wasn’t something Sable had expected.

“Well then,” Sable said, his voice dropping an octave, darker now. “You can die here too.”

He turned his head slightly, casting a glance across the battlefield in the distance. The Zombie Horde—hundreds of thousands strong—was still crashing against the human defenses like a tidal wave of death.

Screams echoed across the field as people were dragged down, torn apart, their cries swallowed by the chaos. Blood soaked the earth. It was carnage, pure and unrelenting.

Some Awakeners fought back with everything they had, charging into the horde with no regard for their own lives. But one by one, they were swallowed by the sea of the dead.

The blood-red sun hung low in the sky, casting a crimson hue over the battlefield. The whole world looked like it was bleeding.

“Is this what hell on Earth looks like?” Sable whispered, eyes closing as he took a slow, deep breath.

“Then let me be the one to end it.”

His aura began to shift. A dark yellow glow pulsed from his body, growing stronger by the second. The full force of his sand-based Meta-Ability was about to be unleashed.

Ethan tilted his head slightly, watching him. He could feel it—Sable was about to go all in. This was going to be his strongest move.

“Hey,” Ethan said over his shoulder, not taking his eyes off Sable. “Back up. Get out of here.”

Mia blinked, stunned. She stared at him—at that perfect, chiseled profile—and for a moment, it overlapped with a memory from long ago. Back when they were just kids in the orphanage.

The warmth, the laughter, the quiet moments they’d shared… it all came flooding back. A life that felt like it belonged to someone else now.

But that was then. Now, they stood on opposite sides of a war, tangled in a fight that had swallowed Genesis Biotech and everything around it.

“…Okay. Be careful,” Mia said softly, then stepped aside.

The Awakeners from Genesis Biotech who were stationed nearby didn’t dare stop her. They backed away instinctively, like prey sensing a predator.

Ethan’s gaze locked onto Sable, whose power was now surging uncontrollably. The ground beneath him cracked as dark yellow energy poured into the earth.

“Cataclysm of Sand!”

Sable’s voice rang out like a curse, and the Domain of Sand exploded outward.

Everything it touched turned to desert. Massive boulders crumbled into dust, then rose into the air under the crushing pressure of the Absolute Domain.

The ground shook violently, rumbling like an earthquake. The entire landscape twisted, as if reality itself was being rewritten.

Ethan’s footing faltered. The world around him warped and trembled, like he’d stepped into another dimension.

He tried to retreat, to get some distance—but then he felt it.

A wave of psychic energy wrapped around him, locking him in place.

A psychic-type Cyborg had locked onto him, using its abilities to pierce through illusions and pinpoint his exact location.

“Hunter’s Mark!”

Another Cyborg, a tracker, tagged him instantly. A glowing sigil flared to life on Ethan’s back.

Then came the third—this one a spatial-type. It raised its hand, and the air around Ethan thickened like syrup.

“Spatial Lockdown!”

The space around him compressed, freezing the air itself. Ethan could barely move.

These three Cyborgs weren’t built for offense—but their utility was off the charts. Together, they were a perfect trap.

Their systems were linked, sharing data, vision, and real-time updates. They moved as one.

Just as Richard had planned—Perfect Team, fully deployed.

Sable opened his eyes.

Twin beams of blazing yellow light shot from his pupils, piercing the sky. His power surged to its peak, the air around him vibrating with raw force.

“This time… you’re not getting away.”

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