Qin Shi Lei continued to draw his bow, aiming at the tyrant's exposed brain matter.
The fast-flying arrow was still blocked by the tyrant's left hand, which had lost its palm.
The muscles in the area where the tyrant had been blown apart writhed and rapidly regenerated, protecting the white brain matter.
Qin Shi Lei put away his exquisite short bow, drew his Jinghong Sword, and charged towards the tyrant.
Thunder Stab!
The moment they engaged, Qin Shi Lei unleashed a skill from "Nine Heavens of Thunderous Movement."
The Jinghong Sword, shimmering with lightning, rapidly stabbed at various parts of the tyrant's body.
The tyrant paid no heed to Qin Shi Lei's attacks, extending its palm, as large as a fan, and swatted at Qin Shi Lei's head.
Judging by the whistling sound produced by the palm strike, if hit, the head would likely explode like a watermelon.
Qin Shi Lei ducked, evading the opponent's hand.
Taking a moment to glance, the Thunder Stab had only pierced the tyrant's thick muscles.
After a small amount of dark red blood flowed from the tiny sword wounds, they began to heal automatically.
This tyrant not only possessed astonishing defense but also remarkable regeneration capabilities.
Seven Stars Fall from the Heavens!
Qin Shi Lei dodged the tyrant's fist again as he sidestepped, simultaneously slashing its lower back.
"Roar!"
Having missed its target, the tyrant let out an enraged roar.
Following the roar, the tyrant's body rapidly swelled, growing from three meters tall to over four meters tall.
Fourth strike.
Qin Shi Lei seized the moment the tyrant roared and landed three more strikes.
Just as he was preparing to launch the fifth strike, the tyrant spun around and kicked out.
"So fast!"
The tyrant's pillar-like thigh produced a sonic boom. Qin Shi Lei had no choice but to bend down and narrowly evade the kick with a sliding tackle.
The Jinghong Sword in his hand swept upwards, leaving a shallow sword mark on the tyrant's thigh.
Instant Step!
Qin Shi Lei activated his acceleration skill and circled the tyrant, landing the sixth strike.
The tyrant paid no mind to these attacks that merely scratched its skin, focusing solely on chasing Qin Shi Lei and relentlessly throwing its stone-hard fists.
Seventh strike!
Qin Shi Lei darted to the tyrant's left side, leaped, soaring over four meters into the air, and swung his sword at the tyrant's exposed left side of its head.
Just as Qin Shi Lei was about to cleave open the tyrant's left side of its head and mash its brain matter, the tyrant turned and swung a fist.
If Qin Shi Lei were to continue cleaving the tyrant's head, he would be hit in the chest.
A blow from that hammer-like fist, even with the protection of the Golden Silk Soft Armor, would result in shattered ribs and ruptured internal organs.
It was likely to cause immediate death.
Qin Shi Lei had no choice but to press down on the Jinghong Sword and redirect it towards the opponent's fist.
Sword met fist. Qin Shi Lei felt a colossal force surge from the opponent's fist through the Jinghong Sword.
However, the Seven Stars Fall from the Heavens, now at its seventh strike, did not disappoint him.
It successfully cleaved open the opponent's fist, severing half of the tyrant's forearm.
Even so, the tyrant's mangled fist still managed to strike Qin Shi Lei's chest.
Qin Shi Lei used the momentum to retreat, coincidentally avoiding the opponent's flying kick.
Perhaps sensing Qin Shi Lei's formidable power, the tyrant became frightened and turned to flee.
Qin Shi Lei once again drew his exquisite short bow and unleashed his powerful strike!
"Whoosh!"
In a mere two seconds, the tyrant, who had already covered over a hundred meters, was finally caught by an arrow.
"Boom!"
The arrow struck the tyrant's right leg, causing it to lose balance and fall to the ground with a resounding thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Qin Shi Lei began to condense lightning energy onto another arrow.
As the tyrant struggled to rise, its left side of its head was exposed in Qin Shi Lei's line of sight.
Qin Shi Lei released his grip, and the lightning-wrapped arrow once again slammed into the tyrant's left side of its head.
"Bang!"
Without the protection of its skull and palm, the tyrant's head finally exploded like a watermelon.
"The Commander is too powerful!"
"Such a strong zombie was killed by the Commander in less than three minutes. Who else can do this?"
"That flashy footwork, that incredibly cool swordsmanship, the Commander is the god in my heart."
"Commander, I want to have your babies."
The Fifth Company, summoned by Mu Zhiping, erupted in astonished exclamations after witnessing Qin Shi Lei's prowess.
"Alright, let's get to work."
Qin Shi Lei walked to the front of the office building, collected the treasure chests, and then went to the tyrant's corpse to pick up the bronze treasure chest it dropped.
As he extracted the tyrant's ability orb and crystal core, a distress call suddenly came from the walkie-talkie clipped to his waist.
"Whoosh!"
Qin Shi Lei whistled, summoning Xiao Qiang from the sky.
With a leap, he landed on Xiao Qiang's back and instructed it to fly southeast, towards the source of the distress call.
"Roar!"
As Qin Shi Lei approached a street in the southeast, a massive roar suddenly emanated from a restaurant.
At that moment, the voice of the Seventh Company Commander came through the walkie-talkie again, "Commander, we are on the eighth floor, and those mutated zombies are about to catch up."
"Xiao Qiang, fly past the eighth-floor window."
Qin Shi Lei directed Xiao Qiang towards the restaurant.
Xiao Qiang nosedived towards the building. As it neared the restaurant, it tilted, with its left wing above and its right wing below, skimming past the eighth-floor window at an angle.
Qin Shi Lei stepped off Xiao Qiang's back, using it for leverage, and leaped towards the window.
"Crash!"
Qin Shi Lei smashed through the glass and landed in the restaurant corridor.
"Commander, it's above you," the Seventh Company Commander shouted, pointing at the corridor's ceiling.
"I see it."
Qin Shi Lei stomped his foot and slashed his sword at the zombie crawling on the ceiling like a gecko.
One strike instantly killed one of the wall-crawling zombies, scaring the other two into turning and fleeing into the distance.
"You all go downstairs first."
Qin Shi Lei chased after the fleeing wall-crawling zombies, instructing the Seventh Company Commander.
These three wall-crawling zombies were not particularly strong, certainly weaker than the tyrant.
However, they were agile, and their ability to crawl on the ceiling made them difficult to target.
Qin Shi Lei found himself unable to strike them.
With a thought, he quickly swapped his Jinghong Sword for his exquisite short bow.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Three arrows shot out, swiftly pursuing the wall-crawling zombie on the left.
"Crack!"
The wall-crawling zombie was knocked off the wall by the arrows.
Qin Shi Lei swept past, decapitating it with a single sword stroke.
The last wall-crawling zombie had turned the corner of the corridor and disappeared from sight.
As Qin Shi Lei rounded the corner, the wall-crawling zombie had already climbed out of the window at the end of the corridor.
Qin Shi Lei followed, leaping out the window.
Looking up, he saw the wall-crawling zombie about to climb into a window on the tenth floor.
Cloud Ascending Steps!
Qin Shi Lei activated the attribute on his shoes, then stepped his left foot onto his right, and his right foot onto his left, rapidly ascending in pursuit.
"Still trying to escape."
Upon entering the window, Qin Shi Lei immediately switched back to his Jinghong Sword.
With a single "Thunder Stab," he impaled the wall-crawling zombie, pinning it to the ground.
After collecting his spoils and descending to the first floor of the restaurant, he found everyone from the Seventh Company gathered there.
"Commander, thank you for saving us."
The Seventh Company Commander, along with his team members, thanked him in unison.
Qin Shi Lei roughly counted their numbers, finding only a little over eighty people remaining.
He hadn't expected seven or eight people to die within half a day of venturing out.
The Seventh Company Commander blamed himself, "It was my mistake to choose this place; it caused the death of so many comrades."
Qin Shi Lei looked at their injuries and finally offered comfort, "Don't be too hard on yourself. We risk our lives every time we go out to kill zombies."
"Call me again if you need anything, but remember to act within your capabilities."