271: Chapter 267: Facing the Battle 271: Chapter 267: Facing the Battle As a soldier, protecting the homeland was his sworn duty.
Chen Hai was not a soldier; he was here only to accept an invitation from Ye Cheng to help!
Knowing that many soldiers had died or were injured, he was equally heartbroken.
Within his capabilities, he helped the military and naturally had no objections.
But now, Fang was asking him to use his physical body to enter the forest and engage the Corpse Monster, a demand that clearly crossed his limits.
His Little Five Thunder Skill was indeed powerful.
However, facing that monstrously strong and swift creature, his palm had to truly hit the monster’s body to unleash the full potential of the Little Five Thunder Skill.
His physical body was just that of an ordinary person.
In terms of strength or speed, he might even be inferior to those soldiers in the forest.
And that creature could leap more than ten or twenty meters in a second.
Asking Chen Hai to confront that monster alone was asking too much of him, and the danger involved was significantly high.
Those in high positions often spoke of the spirit of sacrifice.
They justified asking others to sacrifice while bombarding them with grand principles, but they would fall silent when it was their turn to sacrifice!
Fang’s expression was not good to begin with, and after hearing Chen Hai’s response, his face grew even uglier.
He and a few others around him looked at each other, none of them stepping up to respond for a good while.
“Chen Hai, aren’t you asking someone to enter the forest with you?
Fine, I’ll accompany you…”
After a moment of silence, it was Ye Cheng who boldly volunteered.
“Taoist Hu, Old Mrs.
Wu, you two also follow Chen Hai and me into the forest!”
With a hint of disdain, Ye Cheng glanced at his few colleagues and directly ordered Taoist Hu and the others guarding Chen Hai.
People like Taoist Hu and Old Mrs.
Wu might have a good reputation among the civilians.
But in the eyes of the military, they barely had any human rights, being entities that could easily be manipulated.
If it weren’t for Chen Hai’s connections and backing, when Fang asked him to go to the forest to engage the Corpse Monster, it wouldn’t have just been a discussion; it would have been a direct order.
“Ah…” The expressions of Taoist Hu and Old Mrs.
Wu changed, almost exclaiming in unison.
Though they had regained some of their abilities near this yin place,
Their powers were at best adequate to handle weaker spirits.
Faced with corporeal Corpse Monsters, sending the two of them was almost like sending them to their deaths.
“Forget it, Brother Cheng, these two are terribly frail!”
“Having them accompany us into the forest won’t help at all, and might even hinder us!”
Glancing at the clearly panicked Taoist Hu and Old Mrs.
Wu, Chen Hai sighed and pleaded.
He was aware of their abilities.
They were somewhat useful when dealing with other supernatural incidents among civilians.
But against zombies, their aged and frail bodies were no better than sending lambs to the slaughter!
“Alright, since you’ve said so, Chen Hai, they’re lucky then.
Let those two stay outside the forest!”
After a brief hesitation, Ye Cheng nodded in agreement.
“Brother Cheng, are you sure it’s just the two of us going into the forest to face that creature?”
Chen Hai’s gaze had turned, now resting on Ye Cheng.
He looked conflicted as he confirmed with Ye Cheng.
Previously, his response to Fang and the others had merely been to provoke them.
Before seeing his abilities, they had always doubted him, even occasionally mocking him.
But after witnessing the true power of his Little Five Thunder Skill, they tasked him with everything, treating him like a free thug.
Chen Hai might have kept silent, but deep down, he was truly annoyed.
When Fang instructed him to go into the forest alone to confront the zombie, Chen Hai flatly refused.
Apart from the great risk, he also wanted to inform them that he was entirely entitled to say “no” in their presence.
Ye Cheng’s volunteering to step into the situation surprised him.
“If the head’s lost, it’s merely a scar bigger than a bowl!”
“Having volunteered to accompany you into the forest, I’ve already disregarded life and death.”
“Let’s hurry, Chen Hai, the longer we delay, the worse the situation inside might become!”
With a righteous face, Ye Cheng urged Chen Hai earnestly.
“This guy, to actually have such awareness, I have to say, it’s quite impressive,” Chen Hai admitted, giving him an unexpected look of respect.
“Alright, Brother Cheng, if you dare to risk everything and enter the forest, I’ll stake my life and go with you!”
With a hint of disdain, Chen Hai glanced at Fang and a few others who still dared not commit to entering the forest.
He left them with a few words and strode boldly towards the woods.
The green-haired zombie, facing the encirclement of numerous soldiers, had indeed caused significant casualties among them.
Yet his current state was also pitiful to the extreme.
One of his arms was severed at the elbow—an impact from a heavy sniper rifle.
Regular rifle bullets, when fired into his body, would only penetrate a few inches before getting stuck, but the heavy sniper rifle bullets were too much for him to withstand!
Besides his arms, his legs were also uneven—one of the lower legs was completely blown off!
The injuries to his limbs, being quite visible, were clearly discernible even from a distance.
In fact, his green-haired body was also densely riddled with bullet holes.
Had he been a normal person, he would have died countless times over from such injuries.
But this corpse monster was still radiating a fierce, terrifying aura.
The bullet holes on his body were healing visibly, at a speed detectable by the naked eye.
The bullets lodged in his parched flesh were being pushed out by the flesh itself and fell to the ground one by one.
His chest and lower abdomen had fist-sized through-and-through wounds that allowed one to barely see the scenery behind him.
But such horrifying injuries seemed to have little effect on creatures like the green-haired zombie.
When Chen Hai and Ye Cheng got close to this monster,
a soldier was caught by the creature, which then bit into the soldier’s neck.
The soldier had time only for a scream before his body convulsed a few times and then lay still, his life rapidly fading away.
Let’s not talk about the higher-ranking officials for now!
The soldiers in front of us, calling them iron-blooded warriors is indeed well-deserved.
Facing a seemingly indestructible supernatural being like the green-haired zombie, the nearby soldiers still looked resolute, showing no signs of panic.
“Da da da…da da da…” Gunfire continued incessantly, never stopping.
Watching their comrades falling under the hands of the green-haired zombie and being bitten to death,
the nearby soldiers, although extremely sorrowful, still retreated strategically.
Once they reached a certain distance, they immediately raised their firearms and once again opened fire madly at the green-haired zombie.
“Damn it, you dare hurt my people, no matter what kind of ghost you are, die…”
Ye Cheng, seeing the soldier being bitten to death by the green-haired zombie, was red-eyed with fury.
He raised his automatic rifle, cursing incessantly, and opened fire directly.
His actions might have seemed a bit impulsive,
but there was no denying that his shooting skills were very impressive.
The position where he and Chen Hai were standing was at least two to three hundred meters away from the green-haired zombie.
Despite the distance, at least eight out of ten bullets fired from his automatic rifle accurately hit the green-haired zombie.
“This guy…” Chen Hai frowned slightly, but he didn’t stop Ye Cheng’s actions.
The primary purpose of his and Ye Cheng entering the forest was to lure the green-haired zombie closer, allowing the nearby soldiers to retreat to a safe distance.
If they could hold off the green-haired zombie for a while and then the military’s heavy weapons could be put to use, that would be ideal.
Chen Hai didn’t want to enter the forest alone; he was wary that the military’s heavy firepower might include him in its range, which was another reason.
“Roar roar roar…” The green-haired zombie, still loudly roaring, its eyes shimmering with green light, finally turned towards Chen Hai and Ye Cheng.
Now that one of his legs was missing a part, his speed had dropped at least by half compared to when he first appeared.
His current speed was barely faster than a normal person running at full speed.
Chen Hai, stepping into the forest with Ye Cheng, felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.
After all, in his Tao Cultivation journey, facing supernatural beings, he typically only used his Divine Soul to fight and seldom his physical body.
His Divine Soul, not only extraordinarily fast, also possessed the Undying Characteristic.
As long as it wasn’t obliterated to dust, no matter how serious the injuries, it wouldn’t take long for his Divine Soul to recover.
However, his physical body was still just mortal flesh, vulnerable to injury just like any ordinary person, and if the injuries were too severe, he too could die.
Seeing the green-haired zombie so heavily wounded and its speed reduced to such a state, his heart was already much relieved.
“Boom boom boom…” The green-haired zombie, charging towards them, had yet to get close to Chen Hai and Ye Cheng when it was hit twice more by a sniper hidden somewhere.
Along the way, it knocked down several large trees with its formidable body.
“Brother Cheng, step back a bit, leave that creature to me,”
Calling out to Ye Cheng, Chen Hai took big strides, unusually taking the initiative to confront the green-haired zombie.