Chapter 92

"Truly, this is the domain of the undead, monotonous to the extreme." Although Zhou Tian had seen the other party's territory from afar before, the feeling was vastly different when he truly walked on it.

Looking at the undead monsters' territory from afar, it felt like there were many undead and the environment was poor. However, when he truly stepped onto that territory, Zhou Tian discovered that he had overestimated the environment of the undead's territory before.

Although they were monsters, the undead were still the undead. Apart from graves, there was nothing else on their territory. With countless graves of various sizes standing on that territory, there was not a single speck of color within the entire territory. Uniformly, the entire territory of the undead monsters was a dead gray. Without mentioning other aspects, just the environment alone would likely be unbearable for any ordinary living being to stay in for long.

With the poor environment, Zhou Tian naturally could not have a good mood. After cursing fiercely a few times, he waved his hand and led his army of orc archers to advance into the territory of the undead monsters.

Although Zhou Tian's plan was not to occupy the territory of the undead monsters, such matters also depended on the situation. If the strength of those undead monsters was still as formidable as before, Zhou Tian would naturally follow his plan. However, if the battles of the past few months had already drained the strength of those undead monsters by chance, Zhou Tian would not be polite to them. Although the environment of this place was not good, with a territory to occupy, Zhou Tian would naturally not let go of the fat meat that was already in his mouth.

The advance went smoothly. Although the terrain of the undead monsters' territory was much more open compared to the Skull Cave, the orc archers under Zhou Tian's command could still fully utilize their strength. Thus, under the continuous barrage of arrows, although Zhou Tian's group encountered many undead monsters along the way, without exception, all the undead monsters, regardless of their strength, ultimately fell to the attacks of the orc archers under Zhou Tian's command.

Seeing that his orc archers were still so effective and that the undead monsters had no way to deal with them, Zhou Tian's thoughts naturally became more active.

Zhou Tian would naturally go to annex the beginner area, but if he could occupy the territory of these undead monsters beforehand, it would also be a good thing for him. Thus, originally planning to just engage the undead monsters and immediately retreat, Zhou Tian, after a moment of hesitation, made the decision to truly invade the other party's territory.

Once Zhou Tian's decision changed, the speed of their army's advance immediately increased. In the end, it took only a day for Zhou Tian to secure a territory on the undead monsters' land that was no less than the second floor of the Skull Cave.

"Very good, at this speed, I just need another week to take over this territory." While excitedly calculating how much of the undead monsters' territory he had taken over, Zhou Tian unknowingly delved deeper into the territory of the undead monsters.

"This is..." After passing through the initially more open area and defeating a large number of undead monsters, Zhou Tian arrived at a completely different environment.

Unlike the previous open area, what appeared before Zhou Tian was a territory filled with graves on all sides.

Without much thought, it was normal for the undead's territory to have graves. Zhou Tian's mind was filled with the idea of occupying the other party's territory, and he naturally advanced without hesitation.

However, Zhou Tian did not expect that his careless actions would directly bring a huge crisis to his group...

"Hmm, what's happening?" During the rapid advance, Zhou Tian suddenly sensed that his rear group was in chaos. Naturally, he needed to understand what was happening.

As a result, when Zhou Tian turned around and saw what the orcs behind him were encountering, cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

At some point, bone hands began to stretch out from the graves in the territory where Zhou Tian and his group were. These bone hands did not attack Zhou Tian and his orcs but continuously grabbed the legs of the nearby orcs. At a glance, Zhou Tian discovered that at least thirty percent of his orcs had already been caught by the bone hands.

Because the bone hands did not attack the orcs, the orcs did not face any substantial threat at the time.

However, the situation was not that simple. Even if the bone hands did not attack his orcs, Zhou Tian was clear that encountering such a situation in the territory of the undead monsters was not coincidental. It could even be said that these bone hands were a type of undead monster. Now that they had made their move, Zhou Tian would likely face a series of combined attacks.

In fact, just as Zhou Tian was having these thoughts, the undead monsters had already taken action.

"Breath, breath, breath..." Heavy breathing sounds continuously came from all around the territory. After Zhou Tian nervously looked around, he discovered that zombies were beginning to crawl out of the graves in the territory. Although the battle had not yet begun, Zhou Tian could see at a glance that the number of zombies was at least ten times that of his group. Normally, these zombies would not pose a threat to him. However, first, Zhou Tian did not expect that all the zombies in this territory were hiding in the graves, and he approached without any precautions. Second, the existence of the bone hands had already restricted the movement of the orcs under Zhou Tian's command. In such an unfavorable situation, Zhou Tian naturally found it difficult to maintain his initial confidence when facing the group of undead.

However, given the situation, Zhou Tian had to fight even if he did not want to. Otherwise, if he chose to retreat, not only would he not be able to survive, but the orcs he brought would also likely not return alive.

"Too greedy." While regretting his greedy actions, Zhou Tian quickly issued a series of orders.

First, Zhou Tian naturally had to prevent the zombies from getting closer. After all, most of the orcs he brought were archers. Although the orc archers had performed excellently before, they were still a ranged unit. If the zombies got close, the number of survivors in Zhou Tian's group would be questionable.

Following Zhou Tian's order, the orc archers ignored the entanglement of the bone hands, drew their longbows, and launched a series of attacks on the nearby zombies.

While Zhou Tian used the orc archers to block the nearby zombies, he then ordered the orc guards under his command to attack the bone hands.

"Snap..." What slightly reassured Zhou Tian was that although the bone hands were numerous and good at hiding, they did not have particularly strong material. When the orc guards under Zhou Tian's command attacked them, they easily severed them with their weapons.

However, due to the sheer number of bone hands, although the orc guards were doing their best, it would likely take some time for Zhou Tian to free all his orcs.

Clearly, the zombies would not remain stationary. Although the orc archers had already begun to block them, Zhou Tian and his group were in the core area of the zombies. As a result, although the orc archers successfully killed many zombies, many of the zombies that were not far from them had already successfully approached the orc archers.