59: Zombie King

Seeing Qin Shilei remain unmoved.

Tang Haotian shouted again, "Do you have any sense of responsibility? Without me tanking, how can an archer like you possibly withstand so many Mutated Zombies?"

Although he shouted this, his speed didn't slow down at all; he still charged straight towards Qin Shilei.

Qin Shilei saw through his opponent's plan at a glance.

If the Zombie King ran past him, and either the Zombie King attacked him or he attacked the Zombie King, it would achieve the effect of diverting the trouble.

He would then gain precious time to escape.

Qin Shilei raised his bow and aimed forward, but his target was Tang Haotian's thigh.

"Bastard!"

Tang Haotian changed direction, preparing to escape to the end of the passage from the other side.

But then he heard a soul-stirring whooshing sound from behind him.

Copper Skin Iron Bones!

Tang Haotian activated his ability again.

A dark, ethereal mist swiftly struck Tang Haotian's back.

Upon contact with Tang Haotian's back, it corroded the golden light, then melted the leather armor on his body, and acted upon Tang Haotian's flesh.

"Ah."

Tang Haotian let out a tragic howl and turned to face the Zombie King.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Tang Haotian turned and attacked the Zombie King.

"Hehe."

The Zombie King scoffed a few times and casually threw out several dark, ethereal mists.

Tang Haotian's body flickered, sidestepping the terrifying mist.

However, the mist seemed to have eyes; it turned a corner and suddenly accelerated, rushing towards his entire body.

Copper Skin Iron Bones!

Tang Haotian activated his ability one last time, and the treasured sword in his hand swiftly slashed at the mist in front of him.

But the mist divided into two, both striking Tang Haotian's chest simultaneously.

"Ah!"

The cloth armor and golden light on Tang Haotian only helped him block two mists, and then the remaining mists all struck his flesh.

He only had time to let out a tragic howl before falling backward to the ground.

Soon, half of his body was corroded by the terrifying mist, leaving only his head and limbs.

Seeing that the Zombie King possessed such terrifying abilities, Qin Shilei was also greatly surprised.

He drew his bow, aiming at the Zombie King, but did not immediately shoot.

"Hehe."

The Zombie King slowly turned around, facing Qin Shilei.

While Qin Shilei and the Zombie King were in a standoff, in Ningan City, one or two hundred meters away.

Yang Yue and several military high-ranking officials were observing this scene through binoculars.

"Commander, that Mutated Zombie is truly dangerous; I suggest we use artillery bombardment," a Colonel suggested.

"Artillery bombardment will destroy that section of the breakthrough passage, and it will take a lot of time to repair it again. We should use it cautiously unless it's the last resort," another Lieutenant Colonel offered a differing opinion.

Yang Yue pondered for a moment, then ordered, "Send out those two helicopters. If the situation turns bad, they are permitted to use the artillery on the aircraft."

"Commander, we only have two helicopters left. They were reserved for your use in the most critical situation," the Colonel tried to persuade him.

"Commander, we can just aim the artillery first; we don't necessarily have to send out helicopters," another Lieutenant Colonel also advised.

"This is an order. First, use the machine guns on the helicopters, and if that doesn't work, then use the artillery."

Yang Yue's face hardened as he emphasized sternly.

The Colonel, left with no choice, had his adjutant relay the order.

Their helicopters had been 90% destroyed by a swarm of Mutated Birds during a mission, leaving only a meager two.

They were usually highly precious, but now they had no choice but to send them out again.

"Commander, the situation seems to have changed," a Lieutenant Colonel said while observing through binoculars.

Everyone picked up their binoculars again and looked over.

They saw Qin Shilei retreating while swiftly shooting out a continuous stream of sharp arrows.

That continuous barrage of arrows, almost without pause, each one aimed at the Zombie King's head.

No matter how fast the Zombie King was, it couldn't evade the arrows' pursuit.

"Roar!"

The Zombie King roared, its hands blurring into afterimages as it swatted away each arrow in front of it.

But while its speed was fast, Qin Shilei's arrow-shooting speed was not slow either, preventing the Zombie King from freeing its hands to unleash those terrifying mists.

"Roar!"

The Zombie King roared again, spitting out a large cloud of mist to envelop itself, then ignored the arrows and charged towards Qin Shilei as an afterimage.

The high-speed arrows, upon contact with the mist, were like falling into a quagmire; their speed instantly slowed down, then they were corroded away.

"Let's see if you have more mist or I have more arrows."

Qin Shilei continued to shoot arrows incessantly while retreating.

Although the mist on the Zombie King's body was slowly diminishing, it was getting closer and closer to Qin Shilei.

Five meters.

Three meters.

Two meters.

The Zombie King opened its mouth and spat out another cloud of mist.

That cloud of mist swiftly flew towards Qin Shilei.

Thunderbolt Thrust!

Qin Shilei's short bow instantly transformed into the Seven Star Sword, and he unleashed the ultimate technique from Thunderous Nine Heavens.

Within a five-meter radius, various electric arcs flashed, continuously slashing at the Zombie King's head with the sword light.

First, the mist that the Zombie King had just spat out was dispersed by the lightning, and then the mist on the Zombie King's body rapidly dissipated.

Soon, its slightly panicked figure was revealed.

Seeing Qin Shilei slash at its head again, the Zombie King turned and tried to escape into the distance.

Instant Step!

Qin Shilei barely caught up to the Zombie King and severed its right arm with a single sword strike.

"Roar!"

After the Zombie King shrieked, its speed suddenly increased by another third, and it instantly leaped over the truck, jumping into the zombie horde outside the passage.

Qin Shilei stomped his right foot forcefully, also leaping onto the roof of the truck.

At the same time, the Seven Star Sword in his hand was replaced by the short bow again.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A continuous stream of sharp arrows was shot out.

The Zombie King continued to flee while waving its left hand.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"

The helicopter also arrived nearby, strafing the Zombie King below.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

The machine gun bullets hitting the Zombie King's body were like hitting thick metal, yet they allowed the Zombie King to run even faster by leveraging that force.

And Qin Shilei, seeing that the Zombie King was too fast and had already run into the zombie horde, stopped.

At this point, the opponent had run out of the short bow's range, so he could only hope the helicopter could take him down.

It was said that after the Zombie King realized Qin Shilei was no longer shooting arrows, it flicked its left hand back, and the last cloud of mist on its body was flung towards the helicopter in mid-air.

"Bang!"

Perhaps the mist just happened to corrode a critical part of the helicopter; soon after, one of the helicopters shook a few times and then fell.

This scared the other helicopter, which hastily pulled up and flew higher.

When the pilot felt safe, he had lost sight of the Zombie King.

He could only vent his frustration by dropping two shells onto the ground.

It was a murky mess, and Qin Shilei didn't know if the helicopter had killed the Zombie King.

After observing for a while, he had no choice but to turn and run towards the group of Mutated Zombies that were still being slaughtered.

Passing by Tang Haotian's corpse, he didn't forget to take off his space ring and pick up the ancient treasured sword.

Upon closer inspection.

The gap in the vehicle wall had already been blocked.

Of the dozen or so Mutated Zombies here, seven remained.

Of the hundred or so Apocalypse Home members, only a dozen or so remained.

By the time Qin Shilei, wielding the Seven Star Sword, had killed all seven of those Mutated Zombies, only one lucky survivor remained from the Apocalypse Home members.