Chapter 66

In the rain, the zombie in brown clothes turned and pounced over, and Su Peng raised his blunt sword and stabbed at it!

However, when the precious sword in his hand pierced the zombie, Su Peng felt as if he was stabbing into hard wood. The body of the brown-clothed zombie seemed like a piece of hardwood, and the blunt sword could only penetrate a little.

Su Peng quickly turned, his agile movements far surpassing the zombie's. He changed his position and stabbed again.

The words "−9" appeared above the zombie's head, and this attack was barely felt.

Seeing the damage, Su Peng's heart sank. This zombie's body had some resistance to blades, and his blunt sword was not very sharp. Moreover, it was clear that this creature had no obvious weak points, and its physical strength was likely much higher than that of a living person... It would be difficult to deal with.

His gaze shifted to the top of the zombie's head, and Su Peng saw a light blue name: "Zombie Song Zhong"!

"What a good name..." Su Peng thought, feeling slightly more at ease. If it was just a deep blue-level monster, he should be able to handle it.

With this thought, Su Peng forced himself to calm down and focus on dealing with this zombie.

Su Peng moved nimbly around the zombie, repeatedly stabbing, slashing, and thrusting with his blunt sword, causing damage of −7, −8, and at most −10.

The zombie kept lunging, though powerful, it lacked agility and could never touch Su Peng.

Gradually, Su Peng's initial shock at seeing the zombie faded, and he returned to a calm state, slowly observing and thinking.

"This zombie is very strong. Even with my inner strength infused in my arms, it seems to be stronger than me... I can barely withstand its frontal attacks, but its strength ultimately surpasses mine."

"Its speed is average... and its leg joints are stiff. If it really goes all out, it would be about the speed of a third or fourth-level land flight. If I can't beat it, I can always run... but the terrain here is complex, and its strength is great, so it's almost immune to being bogged down by mud. Although I can escape, I don't know if it can catch up... but I shouldn't be in real danger."

"Whenever it gets close to a person, its speed suddenly doubles or triples... but with my agile movements, as long as my inner strength doesn't run out, it can only follow behind me, eating dust."

"Its attack methods are very simple, with only four moves: a flying pounce, a frontal lunge, a horizontal sweep with outstretched arms, and a downward strike with its arms. It doesn't even know how to kick."

"However, this zombie's physical condition is quite good... I estimate its health points are at least seven hundred, if not a thousand... I'm reducing its health by single digits with each strike, which is quite frustrating. Even the half-form sword technique's ultimate counterattack, which requires building up energy, might not be able to be used anytime soon."

At this point, Su Peng had already identified a weakness in his half-form sword technique.

The half-form sword technique was mainly designed for martial arts duels, especially the attributes of absorbing attacks and counterattacking, which were almost invincible in one-on-one battles.

However, the weakness of this sword technique was also obvious: it was inefficient in battles outside of martial arts duels.

For example, now, although Su Peng was not in immediate danger fighting this zombie, he could not quickly defeat it using the half-form sword technique.

After all, the zombie's attacks were unstructured and not high-level martial arts. Although the half-form sword technique had excellent defense and devastating counterattacks, the higher the opponent's martial arts level, the higher the reflected damage. With the zombie's random attacks, even if he managed to build up a counterattack, the damage would not be significant.

There was no way around it; the half-form sword technique was not designed for this situation. Its purpose was to slightly outperform the opponent by "a move or two."

"I must learn a sword technique that can deal high damage at any time... using a dark gold sword technique to fight zombies and dealing single-digit damage is truly frustrating!" Su Peng resolved in his heart.

However, while thinking this, Su Peng did not stop his attacks and continued to strike the zombie quickly!

Although the zombie's body was stiff like hardwood, it could not withstand Su Peng's relentless attacks. After about ten minutes of combat, the zombie had lost nearly three hundred health points. Its brown clothes were torn, and its rotten, pale flesh was marked with sword wounds.

Su Peng's mind had already settled. This creature was only terrifying in appearance, but its strength was average. A less agile person might find it troublesome and even die, but his dark gold agility technique perfectly countered it. As long as he was patient, he could wear it down.

But... would it be that simple?

Just as Su Peng stabbed the zombie again, dealing a critical hit of −16, the zombie suddenly opened its blood-red mouth and howled to the sky.

"Crack! Crack!"

In front of Su Peng, the zombie's body suddenly swelled, and white fur began to grow from within. The fur grew to an inch in no time, and the zombie's body expanded, suddenly speeding up and charging at Su Peng!

Su Peng raised his sword to meet it, but he was caught off guard when the white-furred zombie knocked him back half a step. Su Peng was alarmed and looked at the zombie's head, only to see that its name had turned deep blue!

"Second form?" Su Peng's heart tightened. This was a second form transformation, a feature of many boss-level enemies!

The white-furred zombie gave Su Peng no time to react and pounced again.

The pressure on Su Peng increased sharply. He activated the half-form sword technique, hoping its abnormal defense would work.

However, the white-furred zombie's attacks became even more fierce, at least thirty percent faster, and gradually more structured, as if it had gained some intelligence.

"The strength is too abnormal!" Even with the half-form sword technique, Su Peng still felt the pressure. The white-furred zombie's physical strength was too strong, and it ignored its own injuries, charging into Su Peng's sword net, determined to grab or bite him, even if it meant getting hit. This fighting style was even more stressful than fighting Fu Ziyi!

Su Peng felt that his half-form sword technique, which was like a rubber ball, was quickly flattened by the white-furred zombie's attacks. Moreover, the zombie's speed increased dramatically when it got close, giving Su Peng no chance to turn and escape!

"The defense is about to break!" Su Peng's blunt sword clashed with the white-furred zombie again. The zombie's strength was enormous, far exceeding Su Peng's. Su Peng felt that his sword technique, under the zombie's relentless "bloodbath" style of fighting, was about to fail!

"Is this the strength of a deep blue monster? Can the dark gold sword technique not counter it?" Su Peng was surprised. Just as the white-furred zombie lunged at him, a sudden inspiration flashed through his mind.

"Clang!"

At that moment, a sudden inspiration flashed through Su Peng's mind.

Su Peng's mind was completely focused on the approaching white-furred zombie. Hearing the sound, he instinctively swung his sword...

"Pop!" A spray of rain was scattered by Su Peng's sword energy. Su Peng's seemingly ordinary strike hit the zombie's neck. The white-furred zombie's powerful lunge missed Su Peng and it was sent flying back, with a red "−124" appearing above its head!

"Is this...?" Su Peng was stunned. Was that the half-form sword technique's ultimate counterattack? He had not been fighting the zombie for an hour, so how could he have a guaranteed kill?

The white-furred zombie struggled to its feet and pounced again, showing no fear!

Su Peng quickly regained his composure and used the half-form sword technique to defend against the white-furred zombie.

After a few minutes, Su Peng felt his sword technique's defense was about to break again... but at that moment, a sudden flash of inspiration passed through his mind.

"Swish!"

Another seemingly ordinary strike sent the white-furred zombie flying, but this time the damage was lower, only −78.

"Is this...?" Su Peng suddenly had a thought, as if he had grasped something.

The white-furred zombie stood up, shook its body, and pounced again.

Su Peng, seemingly having understood something, continued to use the half-form sword technique to defend.

This time, the white-furred zombie seemed a bit weaker, and Su Peng's defense lasted longer, about eight or nine minutes. However, as the battle continued, the zombie's strength seemed to recover, and its defense was broken again!

Just as Su Peng's rubber-ball-like defense was broken, he suddenly had another thought and shouted, "Die!"

"Pop!" Su Peng's strike was like a string of raindrops piercing through the air. The white-furred zombie, in the middle of a lunge, was hit in the head by Su Peng's divine strike. The blunt sword penetrated its brain, and a "−328" critical hit appeared above its head, along with a headshot, as brain matter splattered out like rain.

"Thud!"

The white-furred zombie's head was blown off by Su Peng's strike, and its body stiffened, falling to the ground, motionless.

Su Peng, however, did not even look at the fallen white-furred zombie. Instead, he threw his head back and laughed!

"Ha ha ha! I understand! I understand!"

"The half-form sword technique is not as useless as I thought! The stronger the attack, the more pressure the half-form sword technique faces, and the more it can unleash its potential... the one-hour limit for the ultimate counterattack is just a data threshold!"

"Using the half-form sword technique, as long as I am pushed to the brink and my defense is broken, the half-form sword technique will immediately unleash a killing move, though not necessarily a complete one, it can immediately counterattack... although the power is not as great as the complete ultimate counterattack, there is no time limit!"

"In other words, as long as the opponent's attack is strong enough, I can continuously use the half-form sword technique to achieve a similar effect to a guaranteed kill! Infinite guaranteed kills... what a powerful effect! My previous understanding of this sword technique was completely wrong!"

Su Peng laughed and shouted in the rain.

After a minute, Su Peng's excitement gradually subsided, and he looked down at the white-furred zombie on the ground.

After the white-furred zombie died, its white fur quickly retracted into its body or fell off, and its body shrank... now it looked like an ordinary corpse.

"A deep blue monster should not have this kind of strength... or is this monster a key point?" Su Peng thought.

After some thought, Su Peng squatted down and searched the white-furred zombie.

...

"It didn't disappoint me..." Su Peng said, looking at what he had obtained from the white-furred zombie Song Zhong.

Several gold ornaments, which looked quite ancient.

"This zombie was likely a martial artist who entered the ancient tomb's treasure. These gold ornaments are the burial goods he obtained. I wonder why he turned into a zombie..." Su Peng thought, putting the gold ornaments into his bag. These items were probably worth several dozen taels.

Then, Su Peng's gaze fell on a pentagonal object that looked like a token.

"What is this?" Su Peng looked at the token-like object, which was blackish-red with a complex earth symbol carved on it, resembling flames, the sun, and a snake.

"It seems to be some kind of religious totem..." Su Peng thought, feeling its weight, which was heavy like gold.

"Whatever it is, I'll keep it. This strange zombie must have something useful on it." He thought, putting the token-like object into his bag.

After tidying up, Su Peng was about to check if there was anything else when he suddenly heard someone shouting nearby.

"Who's there?" Su Peng immediately stood up with his blunt sword and looked in the direction of the sound.

He saw six people running towards him from a distance!

When Su Peng recognized them, he was overjoyed and shouted, "Xiao Yu! Zhang Jin!"

In the rain, the two people running in front were Ling Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin's arm seemed injured and was bleeding, and Ling Xiaoyu was supporting him as they ran towards Su Peng.

"Run! Go!" Ling Xiaoyu saw Su Peng but did not look happy. Instead, she looked anxious and frightened, gesturing to Su Peng.

Su Peng frowned and looked behind them, seeing a tall, two-meter-tall humanoid figure with its arm piercing through the chest of a martial artist running behind Ling Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin.

"Roar!" The tall humanoid roared, and Su Peng finally saw its face... it was a zombie with long green fur, and its head had a silver name: "Zombie General"!

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