The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

Chapter 458: Chapter 376, Cold Light Beheading (One update today)._2

This evolved zombie had become what it was from a normal zombie. Its abilities were not as formidable as those of the Mutated Zombies, but it had gained a certain level of intelligence.

It could make various adaptative responses.

Speaking of the Mutated Zombies, two Ghosts reported their location on the first floor of the trade city.

They wandered aimlessly back and forth with no clear objective in sight.

The remaining floors were also roamed by normal zombies.

After observing the scene,

Wu Heng released the two Ghosts again and ordered, “Glenda, scout the surroundings. Xiao Xiao, keep an eye on that Mutated Zombie. If there’s any movement, come back and tell me.”

“Okay!” Xiao Xiao replied and flew off.

Glenda nodded as well, immediately elevating her form above the team to survey the entire area.

Both Ghosts had left.

Wu Heng picked up the walkie-talkie and asked, “Are you ready?”

Wang Chenggang’s voice came out from it, “Ready when you are, Flying Dragon can take off at any time.”

“Good.”

Wu Heng ended the conversation.

He patted the two Skeleton Hounds beside him and pointed forward, “Go and lure the zombies over.”

Whoosh whoosh~!

The two Skeleton Hounds charged out, sprinting and leaping over scrapped cars to get close to where the zombies were.

As they approached within a hundred meters, they were discovered by the zombies ahead.

Looking at the strange bony figures with wagging tails, they let out piercing roars.

The roar attracted the attention of nearby zombies whose rotten brains turned to join in the howling.

Just like contagion, the roaring spread rapidly from one layer to the next.

The Skeleton Hounds turned their heads and bolted.

The horde of zombies started to follow, clawing their way forward in pursuit.

In the blink of an eye, a dense crowd of zombies gathered from the trade city entrance and the surrounding alleys and buildings towards the main road, forming a massive wave of undead chasing after the Skeleton Hounds.

The two Skeleton Hounds ran wildly, occasionally looking back to check the distance between them.

Wu Heng watched the approaching horde. It was much smaller in number compared with the roundabout incident.

Seeing that they had gathered nearly enough, he directly ordered the Big Head Skull beside him, “Release the Skeleton Flying Dragons for attack.”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~!

The sound of whooshing through the air rose as five massive Skeleton Flying Dragons soared into the sky in an instant.

Reaching above the horde, they began dropping Iron Bombs.

The black iron rain covered the zombies below.

The next second,

Boom boom boom~!

The ground trembled, and smoke billowed up.

The road which had been filled with zombies was now suddenly empty.

Only a few dozen surviving zombies stood atop a ground littered with scattered flesh and limbs.

“Uncle! That Mutated Zombie is charging out,” Xiao Xiao appeared beside him, pointing ahead.

Wu Heng followed the direction pointed to.

He saw the Big Guy Zombie, also covered in holes and wounds, breaking through from one side.

Lead by the remaining zombies, it charged towards them.

Wu Heng nodded, about to order the Skeleton to block them, but a thought struck him.

He took out the [Silent Blade Evil Sword] and handed it to a level 3 Skeleton Warrior.

“Go, move forward!”

Armed with the Evil Sword, the Skeleton Warrior walked directly out from the group, facing the oncoming zombies.

After reaching a certain distance,

Wu Heng ordered the Big Head Skull, “Order it to draw its weapon, then stand by.”

Shua~!

The distant Skeleton Warrior suddenly drew its sword, its tip angled toward the ground, entering a standby mode.

In the distance, the leading Big Guy Zombie, with a roar of fury, stomped on the roof of a car and leaped high, hammering its fists at the solitary figure ahead.

Pu~!

Suddenly, a cold gleam flashed across the sky and vanished.

The leaping Big Guy Zombie’s angry expression froze.

Its body fell from the sky as its head rolled away to the distance.

Then, flickering cold lights appeared one after another, like silver lines thrown across the sky, cutting through it nonstop.

The charging zombies had their heads fall off one by one,

Until the last zombie dropped dead.

…

Behind,

Wu Heng’s eyes widened in shock at the scene before him.

Such a method of attack was somewhat surprising.

It also reminded him of ‘Imilo’s’ attack style, which was also releasing sword Qi from a distance to kill ‘Kerim.’

But the two methods were different.

Imilo’s sword Qi came with a swing from his weapon.

The cold gleam that had just severed the zombies’ necks, however, seemed to appear out of thin air.

There was a clear difference.

But regardless, the power of this Evil Sword was surprising.

It had instantly killed a level 10 Mutated Zombie as well as dozens to nearly a hundred regular zombies.

One standing guard on the road would make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to pass.

Unless from a distance, the target would have to be killed.

It was quite terrifying.

As the scene quieted down, Wu Heng said, “Tell it to sheathe its sword.”

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The skeleton with the sword in the distance sheathed its sword in an instant.

Just as the blade slid into the sheath,

a streak of cold light flashed by, and the skeleton’s head rolled to the side.

“Damn it!” Wu Heng cursed.

Sheathing the sword counts as an action?

You clearly never intended to let the owner live.

…

Upon the skeleton’s death, bones scattered across the ground.

“Go, retrieve the sword.” Wu Heng ordered.

A skeleton quickly stepped forward.

It bent down to pick up the sword and returned.

It seems that sheathing the sword was fine.

He took it and directly stored it in the Space Ring, then continued, “Advance, all troops, and kill all remaining zombies!”

The waiting army began to move forward.

Zombies missing their lower halves and still crawling on the ground were killed directly.

Once the battlefield fell quiet again,

Wu Heng had the skeletons check inside the trading city again before ordering the battlefield to be cleaned up.

The body of a Mutated Zombie and five evolved zombies were dragged over.

Tossed to one side.

[Bone Manipulation Skill] released.

A level 12 large skeleton and five level 5 skeleton soldiers rose from the ground.

Wu Heng crouched down and began searching through the remains.

He found a level two Corpse Core, and a level one Corpse Core.

He bagged them in plastic bags and then stored them directly in the Space Ring.

…

Clack clack clack~!

Qi Hancai, in leather boots, walked out from the trading city.

Directly saying, “It’s all beds, curtains, and some furniture inside, quite a number of them.”

“Did you see any of the 3D printing materials ‘Zhang Chi’ needs?”

“Haven’t seen them yet, but the entire third floor sells computer accessories or monitoring equipment, so they should be in there.”

“Let’s go in and take a look.”

They walked into the trading city together.

The first floor is full of textile shops—curtains, wedding quilts, and the like—even opening the doors of two shops reveals warehouses directly behind them.

Stacked with a huge amount of textile supplies.

Even if physical stores aren’t as popular as before, it seems that this place is still doing relatively well.

The second floor hosts furniture stores with a focus on tea tables and wooden beds, as well as numerous cram schools.

The third floor features computer products like mice, monitors, and some surveillance equipment.

Wu Heng and Qi Hancai browsed for a while with the others.

They found a shop selling 3D printing-related equipment.

The shop interior was a bit messy, but from the inner room, they still found many similar devices and raw materials.

“This must be the shop Zhang Chi mentioned,” Qi Hancai said.

“Good, when we do the looting later, we’ll take these back with us.”

“Great! I’ll arrange some skeletons to guard here, and I’ll come with the looting team tomorrow.”

“Right!”

The two went back downstairs.

Wu Heng began to release [Battleground of Remains] along the way, transforming all the dead bodies into skeleton warriors.

After all was transformed and some skeletons were arranged for guard duty,

they got back onto the truck and returned to the mall.

Confirming there was nothing else of his concern,

he opened the boundary door in the manager’s office and returned to Gold and Silver Island.

…

Descending from the study,

when passing by the third floor,

he directly entered the room where the radio was located.

He picked up the Skeleton Investigator’s record book and glanced at it; there were no new messages.

He began to worry about ‘Philippa”s safety.

Picking up the microphone, he directly said, “Philippa, are you there?”

On the other side, ‘Philippa’ responded while munching on something and grumbling, “I’m eating, what’s up?”

Hearing her relaxed tone, he also let down his guard.

Even if they didn’t interact much, as she worked under him,

he didn’t want her to actually run into trouble.

Besides, Philippa was quite obedient.

“How’s that thing about raiding the trade group? Why did the news suddenly stop?” Wu Heng asked.

“Don’t get me started on that, the Water Chestnut Trade Group are a bunch of idiots. I even slowed down the ship, and theirs kept losing control and stopping multiple times, almost allowing us to catch up,” Philippa said irritated.

“It’s good you’re okay.”

“Aw, you care about me so much, dear lord.”

“I just don’t want you to run into trouble,” Wu Heng said.

Philippa continued, “Since we didn’t rob anything this time, the crew is a bit dissatisfied. When can you send me the ships and goods you promised?”

“I’ll arrange for the cargo ship to leave port tomorrow.”

“Really! Thank you, daddy!”

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