"Excellent!" Qin Shilei smiled slightly. "Thank you for gathering all these mutated zombies. It saves me the effort of finding them."
With that, he drew his Blood Soul and charged forward.
He could have teleported away first, then used artillery shells to destroy the mall, and finally ridden on Xiao Qiang to shoot down the zombies that escaped from the mall with a short bow.
Alternatively, he could have kept teleporting closer to the Zombie King and killed it first. Once the Zombie King was dead, the horde would have been easier to deal with.
However, ever since advancing to the Silver realm, Qin Shilei had been dispatching enemies with ease, like slicing through vegetables.
He needed a satisfying and intense battle.
Therefore, Qin Shilei chose to act like a brute, directly confronting the zombie horde head-on.
The zombies, fearless of death, swarmed into the mall, waving their arms towards the only living being within.
Their sole thought was to devour him.
With every swing of his sword, Qin Shilei would take down one, or even several, zombies.
His feet were constantly in motion.
Under the siege of so many zombies, if he dared to stop, once surrounded, he would be submerged and eaten in the next second.
But the zombies inside the mall were simply too numerous, packed together like a crowd at a tourist attraction.
The Zombie King watched as Qin Shilei was slowly forced into a corner, a cruel smile spreading across its lips.
"Heh heh, no matter how capable you are, you'll only end up as food under the siege of my zombie army."
Upon discovering Qin Shilei slaughtering the mutated zombies, it had begun to gather them, laying a trap within the mall, intending to overwhelm Qin Shilei with sheer numbers.
Lightning Chain Slash!
Just as Qin Shilei was about to be pushed back with no escape, he suddenly darted like lightning, breaking through the surrounding zombies towards a Tyrant a few meters away.
His incomparably sharp sword energy severed the Tyrant's head with a single strike.
Then, with another Lightning Chain Slash, he lunged towards another Licker, cleaving it in two.
The zombies here were not as dense for the moment, allowing him to fully display his swordsmanship.
Empowered by the "Supreme Swordsman" attribute, Qin Shilei's every move was as natural as flowing water, always striking with precision to either slay the enemy or block their attacks.
Individually, the surrounding zombies were far weaker than Qin Shilei, but their sheer numbers, coupled with their lack of pain and fear of death, still posed a certain pressure on Qin Shilei within the enclosed space of the mall.
Under this pressure, Qin Shilei's swordsmanship became increasingly refined.
There was not a single superfluous movement. Each strike aimed to kill the enemy with the least amount of force.
The sword energy radiating from his blade became more solid and sharper.
Though lacking flashy techniques, the simple basic moves of chop, slash, flick, and stab exuded a profound simplicity.
Five minutes passed, and Qin Shilei continued to slaughter zombies.
Ten minutes passed, and Qin Shilei was still slaughtering zombies.
A quarter of an hour later, several layers of zombie corpses were piled around Qin Shilei, yet he still stood.
"Roar!"
The Zombie King's mocking expression vanished, replaced by a furious roar.
Instantly, the mutated zombies became even more frenzied.
Led by five Tyrants and supported by hundreds of mutated zombies, they surged towards Qin Shilei.
Phantom!
An energy projection appeared beside Qin Shilei.
One-Punch Man!
The phantom activated its attributes and transformed into countless afterimages, zipping around Qin Shilei.
Boom, boom, boom!
With five massive heads soaring into the sky, the Tyrants' enormous bodies crashed to the ground.
Then came the mutated zombies behind them.
Like wheat stalks, their heads were lopped off in rows, and they toppled to the ground.
Ten seconds later.
A large vacuum had been created around Qin Shilei.
Although the One-Punch Man state on the phantom had disappeared, the energy sword in its hand continued to reap zombie lives.
Just then, dozens of zombies leaped down from the third floor.
Qin Shilei swung his sword, splitting one in half.
Bang!
The severed zombie corpse let out a self-detonation sound.
Qin Shilei felt a splash of liquid spray towards his face.
The Golden Silk Soft Armor's energy shield activated automatically, blocking the corrosive liquid from his body.
By then, the remaining self-detonating zombies had also fallen beside Qin Shilei, their bodies rapidly swelling, on the verge of exploding.
Boom!
Dozens of self-detonating zombies exploded simultaneously, blasting the surrounding zombies within a ten-meter radius into fragments that flew far away. The solid marble floor was also blasted into a crater two meters deep.
"Let's see if you can survive this time." The Zombie King's face showed a cruel smile.
But the smile froze on its face almost as soon as it appeared.
For a blood-red long sword was rapidly enlarging in its eyes.
"Roar!"
The Zombie King let out a sharp, piercing roar, simultaneously swatting at the Blood Soul with its right hand.
As the Zombie King roared, an invisible wave of energy shot directly towards Qin Shilei's head.
Qin Shilei felt a sharp pain in his head, as if it had been struck forcefully with a wooden club.
His grip on the Blood Soul faltered for a moment.
At that instant, the Zombie King's right hand connected with the Blood Soul, deflecting it slightly to the left.
What was meant to pierce the Zombie King's brow now struck its cheek, but was blocked by an invisible layer of defense.
"So it's a Zombie King that can use psychic attacks."
Qin Shilei took a step forward, his Blood Soul continuing its thrust towards the Zombie King's brow.
The Zombie King retreated rapidly, and with a flick of its right hand, a nearby trash can was hurled violently at Qin Shilei.
Qin Shilei spun to evade the trash can, his Blood Soul never leaving the Zombie King's brow.
The Zombie King repeatedly moved its hands, and from its suit, it unleashed two to thirty tiny fruit knives, which flew rapidly towards Qin Shilei.
However, these fruit knives were either shattered or knocked away by the Blood Soul as soon as they came within a meter of Qin Shilei.
The Zombie King once again pulled dozens of nails from its suit pocket.
With a throw, the nails hovered around Qin Shilei, then transformed into streaks of phantom energy, attacking Qin Shilei's body from all directions.
Unsure if his external shield could withstand these nails, which were faster than arrows, Qin Shilei teleported out of the nail encirclement.
Seven Stars Fall from the Sky!
Qin Shilei became a streak of lightning, circling the Zombie King and thrusting his Blood Soul sword repeatedly.
Finally, he raised his sword and brought it down with force.
A sword energy three meters long burst from the blade.
It cleaved directly down from the Zombie King's head.
A red line extended from the Zombie King's head all the way to its lower abdomen.
The Zombie King's body slowly split down the middle, then fell to both sides.
A bronze treasure chest appeared beside the Zombie King's corpse.
"It's just a bronze treasure chest? I wonder if the system has lowered the drop rate again, or if this Zombie King was a dud."
Qin Shilei muttered to himself.
The strength of this Zombie King was only about half that of the previous one he had killed.
Its only notable ability was its knowledge of psychic attacks. If Qin Shilei's mental strength hadn't been strong, and if his Phantom Silver Eyes couldn't resist psychic attacks, he might have been tricked.