120: Discover the Corpse King

Old City District

Natasha's figure was like an ink drop merging into the night, moving silently through the twisted reinforced concrete jungle of the Old City District.

Her ability—'Shadow Space Travel'—gave her the privilege of walking within the shadows.

Ordinary zombies could not capture her presence at all, and even if an occasionally perceptive high-tier zombie sensed something amiss, the god-slaying sniper rifle, shimmering with a cold metallic luster, would instantly lock onto its target.

Zombies of the same tier often didn't even have the chance to react in front of her.

Her target was only one thing—the outpatient building of the Old City District Central Hospital.

This was the last place she was investigating and the most likely hiding spot for the Corpse King.

(The Corpse King moved from the New City District Stadium to facilitate commanding the Zombie Horde, so don't worry about the discrepancy.)

"Hopefully, I can find you, you cunning guy."

Natasha's cold gaze pierced through hundreds of meters, locking onto the building shrouded in darkness and the aura of death.

The god-slaying sniper rifle in her arms seemed to sense its master's killing intent, and a faint glimmer of energy gathering in the deep muzzle flashed and vanished.

With a slight exertion of her slender, powerful legs, Natasha's figure instantly became blurry and transparent, as if wiped from the real world by an invisible eraser—she had slipped into the shadow space.

Space twisted and folded around her, and when it cleared again, the pungent smell of disinfectant mixed with the thick scent of blood and decay rushed at her.

She was already inside the outpatient building!

This was clearly a nest of zombies!

First-Tier Zombies wandered the corridors and halls like walking corpses, and among them were many Second-Tier Zombies with more powerful auras and more twisted forms!

Natasha did not hesitate in the slightest.

Her right hand lightning-fast drew a god-slaying pistol from the holster at her waist, a weapon with a more exquisite and sci-fi design that radiated a dangerous aura!

"Bang!"

The massive gunshot exploded like thunder within the deathly silent building!

The head of a First-Tier Zombie that was gnawing on remains instantly burst open like a rotten watermelon!

Dark red gore splattered all over the mottled walls!

"Roar!"

The Zombie Horde was instantly enraged!

Countless pairs of scarlet, turbid eyes turned in unison toward the source of the sound!

The angry roars converged into a terrifying wave of sound!

Several nearby Agile First-Tier Zombies, like arrows released from a bow, used all four limbs to charge at Natasha, leaving afterimages in their wake!

Facing the surging Zombie Horde, there was not the slightest ripple on Natasha's cold face.

She even unhurriedly holstered the god-slaying pistol.

Just as the sharp claws of the fastest "Agile" were about to touch her cheek!

"Snap!"

As if she had foreseen it, Natasha leaned back at an incredible angle.

At the same time, her slender arm shot out like a viper, and she precisely used the hard butt of the sniper rifle to strike the "Agile"'s jaw from bottom to top!

The immense force caused the First-Tier Zombie's entire head to jerk backward, and it lost its balance, thrown upward into the air!

In the blink of an eye, a bullet from Natasha's god-slaying sniper rifle exited the chamber!

"Bang!"

Another dull gunshot rang out!

The bullet precisely pierced the throat that the "Agile" had exposed while leaning back, exiting from the back of its neck!

Filthy blood sprayed!

The corpse fell heavily to the ground.

Natasha's footwork was like a butterfly flitting through flowers, displaying astonishing, extreme speed within the narrow space!

She was like someone dancing on the tip of a blade; every dodge was impeccable, and every movement left behind trails of afterimages!

She even deliberately used the pistol to create massive noise, attracting more zombies to gather around her.

Every time the muzzle spat fire, it inevitably claimed the life of a zombie.

Her close-combat skills were simple, lethal, and efficient.

Even without using the power of shadow travel, her terrifying speed and formidable combat instincts alone were enough to make ordinary Second-Tier Evolvers look on in despair, and in terms of speed, she was even superior to the Valkyrie Tanya, who was known for her frontal combat prowess!

Finally, the massive commotion Natasha had deliberately created and the pervasive aura of death drew out the true target of her trip!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Heavy footsteps, like the beating of drums, came from the depths of the building!

With every step that landed, the ground trembled slightly!

A terrifying, scorching pressure filled with an aura of destruction swept over like a tangible tsunami!

All the zombies in the hall, whether First-Tier or Second-Tier, were like creatures whose throats had been gripped; they instantly stopped roaring and instinctively prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling in fear!

A massive figure, five meters tall, like a demon god stepping out of a lava hell, crashed through a load-bearing wall and appeared in Natasha's field of vision!

It was none other than the Corpse King of Lujiang City—the Lava Vajra!

Its entire body was covered in thick, dark red armor that seemed to be cast from cooled lava and some kind of hard crystal.

Molten gold light flowed through the gaps in the armor, emitting a terrifying high temperature that scorched the surrounding air until it warped and distorted!

On its hideous head, a pair of pupils burning with molten gold flames locked onto the small but intensely threatening human in the arena like searchlights!

Locked on by that molten-gold gaze, Natasha instantly felt as if she were standing on the edge of an erupting volcano!

An indescribable, heavy pressure slammed onto her shoulders, making even breathing feel suffocating!

The terrifying pressure of the Third-Tier Corpse King was like an invisible boulder!

The Lava Vajra was clearly filled with rage toward this tiny creature that dared to trespass into its territory and slaughter its "subjects"!

It let out a deafening roar, and its massive body erupted with terrifying speed completely inconsistent with its size!

With a single bound, it crossed dozens of meters and instantly appeared in front of Natasha!

The giant fist covered in lava armor, carrying enough heat to melt gold and iron and a shriek that tore through the air, smashed down fiercely toward Natasha like a falling meteorite!

Before the force of the punch even arrived, the scorching heat wave was already making Natasha's skin sting!

Life and death hung by a thread!

The moment the giant fist was about to strike her body, Natasha's figure suddenly twisted and dissipated like a reflection in water!

The giant fist smashed into the ground with terrifying kinetic energy, a loud "Boom!" resounding!

The hard concrete ground instantly cracked, melted, and collapsed into a lava pit several meters in diameter!

Gravel and scorching lava splashed everywhere!

Natasha's figure appeared like a ghost behind and above the Lava Vajra!

While in mid-air, she had already steadied the god-slaying sniper rifle!

Her cold pupils peered through the high-magnification scope, instantly locking onto the fatal weak point of the lava head below!

A crimson laser aiming dot, like the gaze of the Grim Reaper, landed precisely on the back of the Lava Vajra's head!

There was no deafening gunshot!

Only a barely audible "shoo" sound, like a viper flicking its tongue!

A god-slaying armor-piercing bullet, the moment it left the muzzle, eerily vanished into the air—it had slipped into the shadow space!

Within the interlayers of shadow, the bullet was crazily accelerated by invisible forces, stacking kinetic energy!

When it tore through the veil of reality once more and appeared less than two meters behind the Lava Vajra's head, its speed and kinetic energy had stacked to the extreme!

This was the trump card of the god-slaying sniper rifle—Shadow Space Kinetic Stacking!

It would manifest within the target's sixth-sense range, making it impossible to avoid!

However, at the very instant the bullet broke through the ripples of space, appearing with an aura of destruction!

On that hideous head of the Lava Vajra, the dark red crystal armor instantly flowed and proliferated like a living thing!

A layer of dense, hard diamond helmet, shimmering with a cold, diamond-like luster, instantly formed, covering the entire head seamlessly!