Chapter 49

"Without those monsters that were interfering with us, it's time for our final showdown, right?" Zhou Tian looked up at the zombie and surveyed the surroundings, noticing that the undead monsters around them had been mostly cleared. While ordering the few remaining half-orc warriors by his side to block the undead monsters that were still trying to enter, he himself charged directly at the zombie.

"Roar!" Having failed to hit Zhou Tian, the zombie, which had little intelligence, was already quite agitated. After roaring at Zhou Tian, it immediately swung its iron chains and launched a new attack without any further ado.

Unfortunately, since Zhou Tian already knew the zombie's weakness, no matter how hard it tried, it could no longer pose a threat to him. As a result, under the continuous attacks of the zombie, Zhou Tian easily walked up to it. Then, after putting away the ceremonial staff in his hand, Zhou Tian climbed up the zombie's body from its right foot.

While charging up the zombie, Zhou Tian continuously swung the dual axes in his hand, chopping at it. Although it seemed that Zhou Tian's attacks had little effect on the zombie, through his abilities, Zhou Tian could observe that the zombie's health was gradually decreasing.

Zhou Tian's actions greatly angered the zombie. It had already been quite annoyed by its inability to successfully take down Zhou Tian. Now, not only did Zhou Tian keep dodging its attacks, but he even climbed onto its body. This made the zombie even more furious, and it abandoned its iron chains, using its hands to beat at its own body.

Faced with the zombie's actions, Zhou Tian could only keep dodging. Although he could sometimes counterattack, given the zombie's health, it was not something Zhou Tian could defeat in a short time.

However, Zhou Tian's efforts were not entirely in vain. After enraging the zombie, it focused all its energy on him. During the battle between Zhou Tian and the zombie, without the zombie's threat, the pressure on the half-orc warriors under Zhou Tian's command naturally decreased significantly.

Additionally, because the zombie's massive size occupied most of the space, many of the undead in the rear were unable to approach the passage. Thus, with only a few undead monsters to face, the half-orc warriors under Zhou Tian's command, after a short but intense battle, finally achieved Zhou Tian's initial goal, occupying the passage from the undead lair to the Skeleton Cave.

The subsequent battles took place in two areas: one was the battle between the small soldiers inside the Skeleton Cave, and the other was the battle between Zhou Tian and the giant zombie.

There's no need to elaborate on the battle inside the Skeleton Cave. Zhou Tian had made many preparations. Moreover, the undead monsters inside the Skeleton Cave were isolated and without support. Given their situation, how could they possibly be a match for Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors? Unless Zhou Tian made a mistake, their annihilation was just a matter of time.

Therefore, how the battle would end depended entirely on Zhou Tian's performance. If Zhou Tian successfully defeated the zombie and prevented other undead from advancing, his plan would be successfully realized. But if Zhou Tian ultimately failed, he would be dead, and everything that followed would have nothing to do with him.

Zhou Tian was well aware of the importance of the battle he was facing, so he pushed all his potential to the limit.

With agility that was impossible under normal circumstances, Zhou Tian dodged the zombie's attacks countless times, while his dual axes, constantly chopping at the zombie, were covered in blood. Through his efforts, Zhou Tian could see that the zombie's health was already less than half.

Given the situation, if Zhou Tian continued to fight the zombie, victory would be a certainty. However, just when victory was within his grasp, he never expected the zombie to make a surprising move.

Initially, the zombie, which had been extremely agitated, turned and retreated in the direction it had come from when its health dropped below half.

Faced with the zombie's actions, Zhou Tian, though angry, had no choice but to jump off its body.

The zombie could choose to fight or retreat as it pleased, but Zhou Tian dared not follow. Although he could indeed defeat the zombie if the fight continued, he would undoubtedly be surrounded by many undead. Not to mention whether he could survive, Zhou Tian was worried that the fragile line of defense he had set up would be breached by the undead.

Therefore, although it was a pity to give up the imminent victory, Zhou Tian, who understood the situation, had to prioritize the bigger picture and let the zombie go.

However, although Zhou Tian failed to kill the zombie, his previous battle was not without its effects.

Although the zombie did not die at Zhou Tian's hands, its performance clearly showed that it was not a minor figure among the undead. Now that Zhou Tian had defeated the zombie, he was naturally considered a dangerous figure by the other undead.

Since there was no boss, or the zombie that Zhou Tian defeated was the boss, the group of undead monsters Zhou Tian faced seemed to have received no mandatory orders. Thus, without orders, the undead monsters, knowing Zhou Tian's strength, naturally dared not approach him.

As a result, the pressure on Zhou Tian and his group was significantly reduced. Sensing the situation, Zhou Tian was overjoyed and took advantage of the undead monsters' lack of a large-scale attack to reorganize the scattered half-orc warriors into new teams.

Subsequently, although the undead monsters launched several attacks on Zhou Tian, with his own strength and the protection of the half-orc warriors, all of these attacks ended in failure.

With the undead monsters' attacks failing repeatedly, the undead inside the Skeleton Cave began to struggle. Although they had a certain advantage in strength, the number of members who actually entered the Skeleton Cave was limited. On the other hand, although Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors were at a disadvantage in strength, don't forget that the Skeleton Cave was connected to Zhou Tian's base.

In recent times, although Zhou Tian had not done anything major, the number of NPCs and players killed by him was quite high, earning him a massive amount of credit. Under the guidance of the Blood Moon Sect leader and Zhou Tian, most of this credit had been converted into troops under Zhou Tian's command. Therefore, if Zhou Tian's troops were considered insufficient in the past, they were now quite adequate.