Qin Shilei dodged the Tyrant's punch with a flash of his body.
A long tongue from the right seized the opportunity to lash out at Qin Shilei's head.
Qin Shilei flicked his hand, severing the Licker's tongue.
Before he could press his advantage and kill the Licker, the sound of air being torn apart came from behind.
Qin Shilei had no choice but to punch a mutated zombie on the left and use the momentum to leap to the right, evading the disgusting venom sprayed by the self-detonating zombie behind him.
The surrounding mutated zombies all stirred, their targets all being Qin Shilei in the center of the small valley.
Even their roars were enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Qin Shilei twisted and dodged, weaving through the zombie horde like a nimble antelope.
However, there were simply too many zombies. Before long, he was inevitably struck by several of them.
Fortunately, he was wearing the golden silk soft armor, which prevented the mutated zombies' sharp claws from tearing through his skin.
Xiao Qiang also swooped down several times, attempting to rescue his master.
But he was forced to fly back into the sky by several towering Tyrants.
He achieved nothing besides killing a few low-level mutated zombies and leaving behind dozens of feathers.
Not far away, the Zombie King stood with its arms crossed, a sneer on its lips. It watched with disdain as Qin Shilei was surrounded by its subordinates.
It showed no intention of joining the attack.
Perhaps it felt Qin Shilei was too weak to warrant its attention.
Or perhaps it believed its vast numbers made its personal intervention unnecessary.
Even without the Zombie King's direct involvement, Qin Shilei was in grave danger.
One-Punch Man had already been used today.
Phantom had also been used yesterday, and its cooldown was now 36 hours, meaning it could only be used again tomorrow.
Ascending Ladder had also just been used, and it would be another half hour before it could be used again.
The most suitable way to escape at the moment was to ride Xiao Qiang and leave by air.
But without the Ascending Ladder, he could at best jump four or five meters high.
In the eyes of the towering Tyrants, such a height was merely a sitting duck, utterly useless.
Qin Shilei could easily kill one Tyrant.
He could still barely handle two.
Five, or even more than ten, gave Qin Shilei absolutely no chance of victory.
Coupled with the countless other mutated zombies surrounding him, Qin Shilei could only dodge and dodge, unable to unleash his full sword techniques.
Since he couldn't escape for the moment, he would fight!
Even facing thousands of mutated zombies, Qin Shilei was fearless.
The Blood Soul in his hand became even more formidable.
The Master Swordsmanship had been enhanced with an attribute, "Unstoppable Momentum (Green)": The more unstoppable your sword techniques are, the more powerful they become.
Under the effect of this attribute, the destructive power of his swordsmanship grew increasingly stronger.
When the Blood Soul attacked, it also absorbed the target's life force to restore the wielder's stamina.
Therefore, despite fighting the horde, Qin Shilei was not yet on the verge of exhaustion.
The situation didn't seem so dire.
But was that truly the case?
Suddenly, one of the Tyrants roared, and the mutated zombies in front of it stepped back, clearing a space.
Immediately, three Tyrants surrounded him.
Being attacked by three Tyrants simultaneously, Qin Shilei felt the pressure increase dramatically.
*Bang!*
Unable to dodge in time, Qin Shilei's back was struck by a Tyrant's punch.
His body involuntarily slammed into another Tyrant in front of him, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Facing the oncoming fist, Qin Shilei clenched his left fist and struck back.
*Crack!*
A crisp sound of a bone breaking echoed. Qin Shilei's forearm was broken by the Tyrant's immense strength.
However, Qin Shilei used the force to break free from the encirclement of the three Tyrants.
At the same time, a mass of white brain matter appeared in Qin Shilei's hand.
Instantly, the thousand-odd mutated zombies in the valley descended into chaos.
Some fled into the distance, while others were drawn by the Zombie King's brain matter and surged forward.
Qin Shilei hurled the Zombie King's brain matter with all his might, then charged towards the area where there were no Tyrants.
As if by telepathy, Xiao Qiang swooped down from the sky again, flying past a few meters in front of Qin Shilei.
Qin Shilei pushed off the ground and leaped onto Xiao Qiang's back.
Just as he thought he could soar into the sky and escape the danger, a rapid whistling sound came from behind him.
He turned his head and saw that the Zombie King, which had been watching the show, had finally made its move, chasing after him like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Qin Shilei shouted a reminder to Xiao Qiang: "Up!"
Xiao Qiang flapped its wings furiously, kicking up a whirlwind and carrying its master soaring upwards.
Whether it was due to the Zombie King activating a speed-enhancing ability, the distance between them continued to shrink.
Qin Shilei, however, breathed a sigh of relief, as Xiao Qiang was now ten meters above the ground.
Unexpectedly, the Zombie King leaped and followed, also ascending.
Then, it shook its cape, and a pair of bony wings unfurled, connected by a membrane.
With the help of its bone wings, its speed did not decrease at all, and it quickly reached a point one meter above Qin Shilei.
This Zombie King actually had wings.
Qin Shilei thrust his sword forward.
The Zombie King dodged the blade with a flash and then lunged its cold, gleaming left claw towards Qin Shilei's head.
Thunder Pierce!
Qin Shilei used offense as defense, thrusting at the enemy's claws.
*Clang, clang, clang.*
A series of metallic clangs rang out. The Zombie King actually blocked the sharp Blood Soul with its hand.
Although the Zombie King was forced back two meters by Thunder Pierce.
Qin Shilei was not at ease either. The immense force transmitted through the Blood Soul almost made him lose his grip on the sword.
The Zombie King flapped its bone wings, turned, and attacked Xiao Qiang beneath Qin Shilei's feet.
Qin Shilei's heart sank.
If Xiao Qiang were injured and fell to the ground, it would be surrounded by the Zombie King's subordinates below, and it would surely die.
Blood Surge!
Qin Shilei activated the skill on the Blood Soul, causing the Zombie King to pause for a moment.
Then, he took out the last Violent Pear Blossom Needle from his Qiankun Ring.
With a gentle press, needle-like darts as thick as ox hair rained down, covering the Zombie King in front of him.
Faced with these dense and rapid needles, the Zombie King instinctively retracted its bone wings, enclosing itself within them.
With its bone wings retracted, the Zombie King could only fall vertically under the effect of gravity.
Xiao Qiang seized the opportunity to fly upwards, away from the mutated zombie horde below.
*Ding, ding, ding.*
Countless crisp sounds echoed.
The vast majority of the Violent Pear Blossom Needles were blocked by the bone wings, which were covered in a layer of dark energy.
A very small number, before the bone wings were fully retracted, had pierced into the Zombie King's body.
"Roar!"
The Zombie King roared, unfurled its bone wings again, and flew into the sky. The Violent Pear Blossom Needles that had only penetrated less than a centimeter were also forced out by it and fell to the ground.
"Xiao Qiang, activate Rapid!"
Qin Shilei, seeing the Zombie King pursuing him from behind, quickly ordered Xiao Qiang, which was beneath him, to accelerate.
Xiao Qiang's speed increased by a third, immediately widening the distance between them and the Zombie King.
The Zombie King chased for a few hundred meters, then glided to the ground, and then jumped up again, flapping its bone wings to pursue.
After a few hundred meters, it weakly landed on the ground again.
Qin Shilei saw this and immediately understood that the Zombie King's bone wings could not sustain flight for long distances.
He then had Xiao Qiang hover at an altitude of three to four hundred meters, watching the Zombie King return to the midst of the mutated zombie horde from afar.