Zhang Chen’s barbecue feast lasted over two hours before he was finally satisfied.
This was also the most satisfying meal he had eaten recently, and the one where he had the most leisure time.
In recent days, to speed up and reach the seventh city as quickly as possible, he had basically just grabbed something to eat for lunch.
It was rare that Xu Ruina had taken the cleaners to hunt today.
Now, even if Zhang Chen wanted to do something, he would have to wait for things to settle down on their end.
This gave him the time to enjoy a leisurely and delicious meal.
As Zhang Chen and the others’ strength increased, their appetites also grew rapidly.
With just these few individuals, in two hours, they had consumed nearly half the meat of a bull.
Xiao Bai and Er Pang’s combat power was beyond question; they were born gluttons.
Mo Ran was also quite absurd. Despite being only tens of centimeters long, she was completely unreserved when it came to eating meat.
Within such a small body, she could accommodate a quantity of meat comparable to her own size… it was simply unbelievable!
After the barbecue, Zhang Chen took out the ice cream he had obtained for free from the supermarket and shared it with everyone.
Finally, each of them also drank a large bottle of yogurt.
At this moment, a graceful figure moved rapidly from a distance and stopped in front of Zhang Chen.
It was a cleaner.
“It seems Xu Ruina’s battle is already over~”
“It’s my turn to appear!”
Zhang Chen stood up, clapped his hands, and said.
He finished packing up their belongings.
The group followed the cleaner to Xu Ruina’s side.
From afar, they could see Xu Ruina’s qipao swaying in the wind, her long legs appearing and disappearing.
She stood proudly on the observation deck of the television signal tower, overlooking the densely packed resurrected beings surging like a tide in the riverbank plaza.
Zhang Chen settled Xiao Bai and the others in a safe location and approached Xu Ruina alone.
“This is a good spot!”
Zhang Chen praised sincerely.
The entire plaza was rectangular and lacked any terrain undulations, which was very convenient for Zhang Chen’s subsequent actions.
“It was just a lucky guess. It’s because this side is close to the artificial river, and infected beings naturally have a fear of water.”
“So, the cleaners on the river side could be redeployed to support other areas, leaving only this place to control the most infected beings with the fewest people.”
“However… we can’t hold on for too long in this situation. You’d best finish quickly!”
“Once the sun sets, both the resurrected beings and the berserkers will enter a frenzied state. If these five to six thousand resurrected beings go berserk together… even a hundred of me might not be able to control them!”
Xu Ruina said calmly.
“Understood. Thank you for your hard work!”
Zhang Chen gently patted Xu Ruina’s shoulder, then with a flash, he flew to a large tree directly facing the plaza.
From here, he could get a clear view of all the resurrected beings in the plaza.
He looked left and right, then gauged the distances and width of the plaza. Once he had a complete understanding, he jumped down from the tree.
The moment he landed, he immediately activated [Soul Burn] at level 9!
Whoosh!
A ball of blue flame enveloped Zhang Chen’s entire body, like a ferocious beast poised to strike.
He suddenly appeared beside the tide-like army of resurrected beings.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss… rustle… rustle…”
“Hiss~~”
Just as the surrounding resurrected beings shifted their attention to Zhang Chen.
He drew his Thousand Bone Blade and casually unleashed an attack!
[Mountain Shattering Slash]!
Hum~ Boom~
An invisible slashing force rapidly propagated through the air, its cut widening and covering the entire plaza. A massive shockwave exploded amidst the corpse tide.
Accompanied by a faint rumbling sound, the shockwave was as fast as lightning.
The resurrected beings in the distance hadn’t even had time to hear the sound before the tentacles on their backs were all severed.
Countless snake-like severed tentacles twitched and writhed in mid-air before falling to the ground, instantly withering.
Even so, the residual power of the Mountain Shattering Slash had not dissipated. It continued to cut the dense rows of large trees at the end of the plaza in half and shattered the stone bridge in the distance… before gradually fading away…
“Is this the power of the Mountain Shattering Slash…”
Zhang Chen couldn’t help but gasp, truly startled himself.
The longer this skill was charged, the higher the damage it dealt.
When he unleashed the attack just now, he had barely charged it at all, yet the power was already so formidable.
If it were fully charged… how terrifying would its power be?!
No wonder it could only be forcibly used a maximum of twice per battle; it was indeed a bit too monstrous.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss…”
“Rustle… rustle…”
Soon, countless more new tentacles emerged from the backs of the resurrected beings, sprouting like seeds vying to grow.
Many resurrected beings directly evolved into larger, more massive ones!
At this moment, Zhang Chen also noticed that the faces of the cleaners controlling the corpse tide on the outer edge of the plaza instantly turned pale.
The number of berserkers was too high, far exceeding their limit of containment.
This restraining energy was about to collapse at any moment!
If this energy dissipated, it wasn’t that it would pose a fatal threat to Zhang Chen…
After all, it was difficult for a mutated Type V infected being to inflict damage on a Grade 2, Advanced Metamorphosis stage 2 cultivator.
The main concern for Zhang Chen was these mindless monsters running around.
Once they scattered, it would be difficult to catch them one by one and kill them.
Taking advantage of their current concentrated numbers, they couldn’t be wasted!
“Although some haven’t evolved into berserkers yet… but… this will do!”
Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
[Berserk Slashing]!
[Rage]!
After activating all his skills, Zhang Chen lightly raised his hand: [Divine Radiance]!
Immediately!
A golden energy instantly enveloped the closest berserker.
[Divine Radiance] dealt damage uniformly across the entire body (for detailed explanation, see Chapter 321). Regardless of where the energy cores of the berserkers and resurrected beings were located, they would all be attacked equally.
Furthermore, the damage of this skill was 300% of a normal attack. Coupled with the large number of attributes Zhang Chen had stacked earlier, the damage directly exploded!
After a while, a berserker slowly fell to the ground, turning into a ball of white mist…
However… the power of Divine Radiance was far from its limit.
Its most terrifying aspect was its contagiousness, which could spread to any resurrected being/berserker in contact with the target.
In the densely packed plaza, the golden light instantly spread out!
Zhang Chen did not pause, constantly flashing through the corpse tide, igniting and burning these infected beings one by one like matchsticks…
After toiling for about an hour.
Zhang Chen finally stopped, dripping with sweat.
Behind him, on the plaza, only wisps of residual white mist remained…
The corpse tide, composed of over five thousand resurrected beings and berserkers, was dealt with!