Chapter Fifty-Five: Breaking Through to Gold! The God of the Apocalypse!

Gu Lang trembled all over, his entire body enveloped in golden light, a sensation like countless ants crawling under his skin. A shiver, an itch, and then a rush of exhilaration!

His attributes had reached the threshold; the evolution card was consumed, automatically promoting him to Gold rank!

[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully advanced to Gold rank! Your skills have automatically been updated to Gold level, including: Savage Charge, Ice Spike, Blade and Shadow, Group Enhancement, Firearms Mastery, Terrifying Regeneration, Distant Transmission, Corpse Mutation!]

[Your existing Gold skill, Imperial Aura, remains unchanged!]

[Your attribute values have been automatically raised to Gold–Initial Stage!]

[Name: Gu Lang]
[Rank: Gold (Reputation Rising)]
[Charm: 500]
[Speed: 500]
[Strength: 500]
[Intelligence: 200]
[Skills: Imperial Aura, Savage Charge, Ice Spike, Blade and Shadow, Group Enhancement, Firearms Mastery, Terrifying Regeneration, Distant Transmission, Corpse Mutation]
[Remaining Points: 0]

Gu Lang clenched his fists, feeling an unprecedented surge of power.

“Finally, Gold rank! But there’s still one more step!”

Wasting no time to adapt, Gu Lang took a golden card from his storage pouch.

Skill Replication!

[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully replicated your attribute points. Please choose the recipient!]

Without hesitation, Gu Lang selected Yu Qiuchi!

[Congratulations, Host! Your wife, Yu Qiuchi, has successfully advanced to Gold rank!]

[Name: Gu Lang]
[Rank: Gold (Reputation Rising)]
[Charm: 400]
[Speed: 400]
[Strength: 500]
[Intelligence: 100]
[Skill: Savage Charge]
[Savage Charge: Charge in a designated direction, body enveloped in golden light, immune to all attacks and damage during the charge, dealing 500% damage to the target! Medium stamina consumption! No cooldown!]

“This! This is the power of Gold? Thank you, darling!”

Yu Qiuchi jumped up in delight, wanting to throw her arms around Gu Lang—only to leap more than a hundred meters in a single bound.

That was insanely powerful!

“What?!”

The Gold Zombie, just approaching, abruptly retreated, eyes wide with disbelief!

“How is this possible? Advancing to Gold rank in the middle of a battle, and two at once?”

“Are all humans this monstrous now?”

Even a Gold Zombie possessed intelligence; his world was shattering before his eyes.

Watching from afar, Gold’s jaw nearly hit the ground, leaving him utterly dumbfounded.

“Impossible… This is impossible! How could you ascend to Gold in the midst of combat? Do you think Gold is as common as cabbage? And two at once!”

“Could it be the Infusion Fruit? Yes, that must be it. Otherwise, you couldn’t possibly reach Gold so quickly. Damn it, that was my preparation!”

Gold scratched his head in frustration, consumed by envy, jealousy, and rage, teetering on the brink of madness.

In the distance, the Sun brothers stared, nearly forgetting to breathe.

“Big brother, are you saying those two Gold ranks over there are our allies?” Sun Hai stammered, shivering with excitement.

He never imagined his brother had such a trump card!

“I don’t know…” Sun Tian was even more bewildered, never expecting Gu Lang to advance on the spot!

This was perfect—choosing Gu Lang was the right call!

If Gu Lang could survive, so could he.

“It’s a pity, though, that Lisa’s Slaughter Infusion wasn’t enough. Otherwise, I could have had two Gold-ranked wives at once. But this is fine—it leaves a card up my sleeve.”

Gu Lang’s expression was calm, even as he stood at the center of attention, his mind unwavering.

He glanced at Lisa—the Slaughter Points had reached 550.

Just 50 more for the fruit to mature; he could afford not to rush.

This time had been both dangerous and extreme.

With a Gold zombie horde scheming in front and a Gold Zombie predator lurking behind, Gu Lang had used the horde to grind monsters and pulled off a desperate gamble.

Fortune favors the bold.

Without this horde, advancing on his own would have taken far longer.

“Gu Lang! Stop dawdling, I want to try out my Gold powers! Why not kill this Gold one?” Yu Qiuchi swung her fair fist, excitement shining in her eyes, eager for action.

“Let’s use this Gold Zombie for practice,” Gu Lang replied, smiling at her.

Among so many wives, many stronger than Yu Qiuchi, Gu Lang had chosen her for a reason.

She was the lowest in rank, maximizing the effect of skill replication.

Moreover, she was a melee fighter, able to protect him.

Li Muwan, Li Xiaoxiao, Wenwen—all could ascend on their own, needing no items.

With a thunderous rumble, Yu Qiuchi shot forward almost faster than the eye could track—Savage Charge!

Like a locomotive, she barreled into the Gold Zombie, sending it flying with a single punch.

Its body crashed through several houses before coming to a stop.

A deep ravine was gouged into the ground, as if plowed by a giant.

The Gold Zombie finally snapped out of its shock, howling as it leaped onto a bicycle.

But the sound of splitting air followed from above.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A torrential storm of ice spikes, each the size of a person, rained down, engulfing the entire building.

The Gold Zombie’s body was riddled with bloody holes!

“Gold-level Ice Spike truly is formidable. What about the other skills?”

Gu Lang hovered in midair, supported by the flesh-winged zombie—he had become an aerial artillery battery!

“You! No! Boss human, please stop! Can’t you tame zombies? I’ll follow you, alright?”

Terror overwhelmed the Gold Zombie at Gu Lang’s words.

There were disparities even among Gold ranks, most evident in the number of skills.

Upon advancing, skills would automatically level up to Gold, but Gu Lang had over a dozen!

To exaggerate, Gu Lang alone was worth more than a dozen Gold monsters combined!

And as he continued to progress, his skills would only multiply.

At that point, Gu Lang would truly be the god of the apocalypse!

“Don’t be in such a hurry! Try this on for size.”

Excitement gleamed in Gu Lang’s eyes as he switched skills—this time to Firearms Mastery.

Illusory guns sprouted from his hands and body: cannons, gatlings, machine guns, grenade launchers!

Every muzzle aimed at the Gold Zombie, all firing at once!

Boom!

The cacophony of explosions and gunfire drowned out everything.

Even the zombie horde seemed to fall silent.

For this moment, Gu Lang was the absolute protagonist.

After a short while under Gu Lang’s relentless assault, the Gold Zombie stopped moving.

It was only at the initial Gold stage, its attributes inferior to Gu Lang’s.

Besieged by a barrage of Gold skills, death was absolute.

“A pity there were no skills or attribute points to gain.”

Gu Lang sighed. Now he could slay Gold Zombies himself.

He recalled the days when fighting a red-dressed zombie woman had been a life-or-death struggle.

“Brother Gu Lang, that old Gold guy hasn’t left—he’s watching from nearby.”

Suddenly, a little girl pointed in a certain direction.

Gu Lang turned, his cold gaze as sharp as the scythe of Death.

“Damn! Is that even human?”

In the distance, Gold felt half his soul leave his body under Gu Lang’s gaze.

He forgot all dignity, scrambling to flee.

“Trying to run? You still hold many secrets!”

With a beat of fleshly wings, Gu Lang caught up to Gold in an instant.

“Wait! Don’t kill me, I can help you advance to Platinum!”

Gold suddenly shouted.