Published: February 6, 2025
The sound of a huge dog barking echoed across the battlefield. A golden figure leaped directly over the chaotic scene where humans and zombies were entangled, darting like lightning to land above Ye Zhongming. Just a second before the Grade 3 Zombie struck Ye Zhongming, the figure pounced on it, and the two immediately rolled into the zombie horde.
Then, everyone saw that where the golden dog had landed, sharp metallic spikes suddenly erupted from the ground. All the zombies nearby were pierced through their bodies by these incredibly sharp spikes that shot up from the earth. The Grade 3 Zombie that was bitten by the throat was even pierced through the skull, meeting its end.
With all his strength, Ye Zhongming finally plunged his knife into the eye socket of the choker, utilizing the wound created earlier by the fangtooth beast riders and metal osmium!
The jarring metallic friction was incredibly uncomfortable, and Ye Zhongming felt immense resistance from the edge of the moon. He roared in anger, unable to use his right hand, instead pressing his right arm against the knife's hilt and pushing forward with all his might.
The choker screamed as its two tentacles began to struggle more violently than ever since the battle began. Xia Bai and Sister Rong could no longer hold on, being thrown off by those two tentacles.
At the brink of death, the choker desperately grasped the knife embedded in its face with both hands while its two tentacles lashed out at Ye Zhongming like venomous snakes.
It felt there was still a chance to turn the tables; at the very least, it could achieve a mutual destruction.
However, the choker suddenly noticed that the human facing it smiled at that moment, and then it felt its tentacles entangled by something. Although it was just a split second, it was enough to send chills down its spine.
With a sharp pain in its head, the choker lost its last connection to the world.
The two tentacles that had freed themselves from the gardener skill's vines still had some momentum and lashed towards Ye Zhongming. Park Soo-young's void crystal shield swooped in beside Ye Zhongming and slapped against the semi-transparent little shield, dimming slightly but not disappearing.
The instinctive roars and howls of the zombie horde stopped at that moment, and the humans fell silent as well. The battlefield, once like a tightly strung bowstring, was now waiting to see who would break first. Now that the core Grade 4 choker had been killed, that string snapped.
After two seconds of shock, the zombie horde suddenly erupted into high-pitched screams. Yet, unlike before, these screams were filled with panic, helplessness, and... fear.
Although this level of zombie had gained intelligence, in some aspects, it was still direct. They naturally believed that their strongest comrade had been killed, which meant they would also be killed.
The horde fell into complete chaos.
Those ordinary zombies, lacking much thought and having lost the control of the higher-level zombies, instinctively continued attacking the humans around them. Meanwhile, the Grade 2 and Grade 3 zombies began to flee.
Many survivors were dumbfounded. Since the beginning of the apocalypse, it had always been these disgusting creatures chasing humans. When had they ever enjoyed the treatment of chasing after them?
Moreover, Ye Zhongming's killing of the Grade 4 zombie greatly boosted morale. The humans, who were already in a fierce battle, erupted with the highest fighting spirit. In an instant, zombies were slaughtered like fallen flowers, and one could even see several evolvers surrounding a Grade 3 zombie, frantically hacking away at it.
Ye Zhongming stood on the choker's corpse, and immense energy surged into his body through the Bloodstained Battle Boots' star-absorbing satan skill, healing his wounds.
He had never absorbed the energy of a Grade 4 lifeform before, and the speed left Ye Zhongming astonished.
The momentum of the battle was becoming increasingly clear. Although the humans had nearly exhausted their ammunition, armed with weapons and newfound courage, they lined up to slaughter the ordinary zombies. The nearly thousand remaining zombies inside the villa posed little threat to the morale-boosted humans.