Chapter 67

"Silver monster?"

Su Peng immediately realized that if there were no surprises, this green-haired zombie was likely the boss of the Thousand-Eyed Swamp dungeon!

At that moment, the green-haired zombie, with the silver name 'Corpse General' above its head, had one arm directly inserted into the chest of a martial artist who had fallen behind Ling Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin. Its arm was as sharp as a knife, piercing through the person. The martial artist, however, was not dead yet, screaming and writhing, as if trying to struggle out of the green-haired zombie's arm!

"Roar!"

The green-haired zombie roared, then opened its blood-red mouth and bit into the martial artist's neck. Instantly, a large piece of the person's neck, along with blood vessels, was torn off, and Su Peng could even see the white cervical vertebrae exposed in the person's neck, with blood spurting out uncontrollably.

"Brother Su! Run quickly!"

Ling Xiaoyu, who had already passed by Su Peng, no longer cared about concealing their identities and shouted loudly to Su Peng. Su Peng's heart tightened. If the deep blue-level zombie Song Zhong represented the strength of ordinary deep blue monsters, even with his half-understood sword technique, he might not be able to defeat this silver-level green-haired zombie.

Moreover, Su Peng could now see that not far behind the silver-level green-haired zombie, there were two more zombies, which seemed to be light blue-level monsters, also jumping and chasing after them.

"Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, retreat is the best!" Su Peng thought, using the Divine Speed Transformation technique to chase after Ling Xiaoyu.

Ling Xiaoyu's lightness skill was much weaker than Su Peng's, and she was also supporting the injured Zhang Jin. It didn't take long for Su Peng to catch up. He helped the staggering Zhang Jin from behind and asked Ling Xiaoyu, "Are you okay? Have you been bitten?"

"I'm fine... But Brother Zhang, to protect me, was bitten by the two zombies that followed. He might have been poisoned by the zombie toxin. If we don't treat him quickly, he won't be able to hold on!" Ling Xiaoyu's face was flushed with tension, and she was pale with fear, half red and half white, as she told Su Peng.

Su Peng glanced at Zhang Jin. Indeed, Zhang Jin's face was slightly black, and he seemed to be poisoned, with his consciousness unclear. However, he could still run, though he kept saying, "Brother Su, Miss Su, let go of Zhang Jin. I fear I won't survive this. Let me turn back to deal with the zombies. At least I can buy some time for Miss Su."

"You are indeed righteous, but I won't let you die," Su Peng said, then asked Ling Xiaoyu, "What about the glutinous rice you two have? It might counteract the zombie toxin!"

"I... I forgot about it!" Ling Xiaoyu's spirits lifted slightly, and she said, "Brother Zhang's glutinous rice was scattered on the zombies, but it didn't do much damage, only angering them. I have two packets of glutinous rice, but... we can't free our hands to use them now!"

"Don't panic, stay calm, and there will be a way out," Su Peng said while running. Suddenly, Zhang Jin stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!" Su Peng helped Zhang Jin up and looked behind them, only to see the green-haired zombie, which seemed to have fed on the blood of the dead martial artist, throw the mangled corpse to the ground and leap over.

Seeing the speed of the green-haired zombie, Su Peng's heart sank. The zombie was incredibly strong but knew how to control its power. Each jump was only about half a meter high but could cover five to six meters, and it moved at an extremely fast pace. Even with his full effort using the Divine Speed Transformation, he could barely keep up, but Ling Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin would definitely not be able to outrun the zombies behind them. He wondered how they had managed to escape to this point.

"Brother Su, abandon me. Your lightness skill is exceptional. If you only carry Miss Su, you might be able to escape," Zhang Jin, kneeling in the mud, said to Su Peng.

"Zhang Jin, don't give up easily. I will find a way to get all of you out safely," Su Peng said, his eyes fixed on the green-haired zombie.

"Brother Su, what should we do? We can't keep running. This place is full of hidden swamps. If we're not careful, we'll get stuck, and even a slight delay will prevent us from escaping!" Ling Xiaoyu, anxious, said to Su Peng. She had already realized that, except for Su Peng, none of them could outrun the green-haired zombie, and they would eventually be caught.

"Hidden swamps?" Su Peng, who was thinking of a strategy, suddenly had an idea upon hearing Ling Xiaoyu's words.

"Right! We are in a swamp now. This terrain is both a disadvantage and an advantage, depending on how we use it!" Su Peng quickly had a plan.

"Xiaoyu! Look around quickly, is there any deep mud swamp nearby?" Su Peng shouted to Ling Xiaoyu.

"Swamp... swamp... Yes!" Ling Xiaoyu, who was not foolish but very intelligent, immediately reacted upon hearing Su Peng's words.

"Brother Su! Not far behind us, there is a hidden swamp, about three meters in diameter!" Ling Xiaoyu, with her sharp eyes, quickly shouted.

"Enough! Xiaoyu, do you understand my meaning? Take Zhang Jin to the edge of that swamp!" Su Peng shouted to Ling Xiaoyu, who responded and dragged Zhang Jin to the edge of the hidden swamp.

Su Peng drew his blunt sword, his eyes fixed on the green-haired zombie, which was leaping with incredible speed. He began to calculate in his mind.

"The two zombies behind are at least light blue level, and I don't know if they will transform again... However, their speed is much slower than the green-haired zombie. At the current distance, I will engage the green-haired zombie in ten seconds, and the two light blue zombies will catch up in another twenty seconds at most!"

"Even with a gold-level lightness skill, I can't avoid being surrounded by three zombies. Zhang Jin is almost unable to move... So, whether we succeed or not depends on the next ten seconds of combat... Half Sword Technique, don't let me down!"

Su Peng, holding the blunt sword, was extremely focused, his attention entirely on the green-haired zombie.

For some reason, perhaps due to his extreme tension, Su Peng felt that the raindrops around him were falling more slowly...

"Roar..." In Su Peng's vision, it seemed as if the world around him was moving in slow motion. He clearly saw the green-haired zombie, which had already rushed within seven meters of him, suddenly leap up three to four meters high, drawing a powerful arc in the air, and then directly pounce at him.

The green long hair, disgusting rotten flesh, pale eyes, and long fangs on the zombie's face were extremely clear in Su Peng's eyes. However, his mind was extremely calm, like a still well, and he had unknowingly entered the 'Mirror Lake' state described in his internal martial arts technique, the Lava Mirror Lake Technique, which enhanced his reaction speed.

"Swish..." Su Peng, sideways, the blunt sword drew a half-circle, meeting the green-haired zombie pouncing from the air. This slightly strange posture allowed Su Peng to resist the force of the zombie's pounce to the maximum extent, and the defensive force field of the Half Sword Technique was also activated!

"Bang!" The green-haired zombie pounced down, its arms plunging into Su Peng's blunt sword. A powerful force was transmitted through the sword, almost making Su Peng lose his grip, but his face remained expressionless. In the 'Mirror Lake' state, Su Peng had almost no emotional fluctuations, and his reflexes were enhanced. Everything seemed to be in slow motion, and he clearly felt the force trying to knock him away through the blunt sword, but he remained calm, changing the grip on the sword three times in quick succession, using techniques to defuse the zombie's powerful force.

"Roar!" The green-haired zombie, failing to knock Su Peng away, swung its arm at him. Su Peng's blunt sword met the zombie's arm, and as the sword touched it, it suddenly made a small circle, following the direction of the zombie's arm, drawing a half-circle, and using the force of the swing to his advantage. At the same time, Su Peng's body made a low spin, swinging the sword from another angle under his ribs and pointing it at the green-haired zombie.

The green-haired zombie took a step forward, its body pressing against the tip of the blunt sword, making a sound like metal clashing. Su Peng's sword tip slid off, cutting into the zombie's side, dealing -6 damage.

The green-haired zombie opened its mouth and roared again, then tried to grab Su Peng with both arms. The sound in Su Peng's ears seemed like disconnected sound waves. Su Peng's face remained expressionless, and he deftly pointed the sword, the Half Sword Technique's sword intent and momentum forming a circular defensive field around him. However, the zombie's attack almost broke through this field.

At this moment, the green-haired zombie pounced forward with incredible force. Su Peng pulled back the blunt sword and used a defensive move, but this time, his circular defensive field, like a rubber ball, was about to be broken through by the green-haired zombie!

"Right now!" A flash of light appeared in Su Peng's eyes, and he suddenly spun, then thrust the blunt sword straight and unremarkably at the green-haired zombie's waist!

"Clang!" The blunt sword, which seemed unremarkable, was impossible to resist, and it struck the green-haired zombie's waist, instantly dealing -42 damage.

However, such damage was just a drop in the bucket for the green-haired zombie... Was this Su Peng's only reliance?

Yes!

Although the damage was not high, this strike carried a strange force, and the green-haired zombie was actually knocked back into the air, flying straight backward.

"Thud!"

The green-haired zombie landed precisely in the hidden mud swamp that Ling Xiaoyu had discovered!

"Kill!" Su Peng, at this moment, leaped up without using the sword intent of the Half Sword Technique, relying solely on his gold-level lightness skill, jumping four to five meters into the air, then flipping over, head down, and thrusting the sword at the green-haired zombie stuck in the hidden swamp!

The green-haired zombie, much heavier than an ordinary person, sank into the swamp up to its calves and continued to sink. It had not yet recovered from the force of Su Peng's miraculous strike and was still sinking. At this moment, Su Peng's sword, falling from the air, was met by the zombie's raised arms!

"Clang!" Su Peng's downward strike did not cause much damage, only dealing -2 damage to the zombie's raised arms, but the gravitational potential energy of Su Peng's fall pushed the zombie deeper into the swamp, up to its waist!

Su Peng, using the recoil from this strike, flipped in the air and landed to the side, seeing a figure in light yellow, Ling Xiaoyu, leaping through the air and slashing at the green-haired zombie's head!

The green-haired zombie, hit on the head again, reached out to grab Ling Xiaoyu in the air. However, Ling Xiaoyu, though not outstanding in lightness skill, was more agile in the air, and she changed direction, evading the zombie's grab, causing it to sink further into the swamp, up to its chest.

"Roar! Roar!" The green-haired zombie, with low intelligence, kept writhing, but the bottomless mud swamp only made it sink deeper, and soon, even its head was submerged...

At this moment, it had been only a few dozen seconds since Su Peng engaged the green-haired zombie, and the two light blue zombies had just caught up.

"Xiaoyu, Brother Zhang, let's deal with these two zombies!" Su Peng shouted to Ling Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin...

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