The Way to Victory

Flames obscured Zombie Doctor's vision, but they did not affect Zombie King's movements.

Fireball dealt 90 damage to the shield.

Fireball dealt 95 damage to the shield.

Fireball dealt 52 damage to Zombie King.

The final Fireball was blocked by Zombie King, dealing him only negligible damage.

However, those Fireballs let Chen Yi catch a glimpse of victory.

Startled, Zombie Doctor flew into a rage. "You idiot, kill him already!"

Called an idiot, Zombie King charged at Chen Yi, yet the distance between them strangely refused to close.

As Chen Yi ran, he fired a Fireball at the shield every so often. To protect Zombie Doctor, Zombie King had to slow down to block the Fireballs.

After repeating this several times, Zombie King and Chen Yi still remained roughly thirty meters apart.

His Constitution attribute truly lived up to its name. With Chen Yi deliberately controlling the pace of his attacks, he did not feel tired at all.

Zombie King had shown no means of recovery throughout the battle. The only real limitation was Chen Yi's Mana, and he had slowed his attacks to make the potions last longer.

The Zombies in the Underground Base were still dying without pause, and Chen Yi's EXP bar rose rapidly.

As long as he could drag this out, the scales of victory would tip toward Chen Yi!

While running, Chen Yi kept an eye on his Status Bar. The Mana recovery effect was about to end, and a strawberry appeared in his hand.

Mutated Strawberry

Restores 150 Mana over 30 seconds.

Description: A strawberry produced in the Dungeon Fighter World, certified by the Game World and guaranteed reliable.

This was the Recovery Potion the players had given Chen Yi earlier to make up for his illumination costs. Its effect far surpassed the Mana Potions sold by the Game World.

Looks like I should check the Player Stalls more often. They have quite a few good things...

The thought flashed through his mind before he refocused on Zombie King.

After Zombie King blocked another Fireball, Zombie Doctor grew even more irritable. "Why can't you just quietly die?! You're like this, and so is Dave! Why can't you just give me your brains?!"

Chen Yi asked curiously, "You seem to know a lot. What did you mean earlier by 152 times?"

The veins on Zombie Doctor's massive head twitched. Chen Yi's question seemed to have touched a nerve.

"Waaaaa! Of course it's the number of times you vermin have come to this world!"

"What gives you the right to treat the great Zombie Doctor like some game you can enter and leave whenever you want?!"

"Why is this damned world restricting me?!"

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Zombie Doctor's agitation began to affect Zombie King. Every time his several-meter-tall body leaped up, the ground trembled slightly. This guy definitely weighed several tons.

"Hehehe..." Zombie Doctor, who had been raging just moments ago, began to sneer. "Dave can't hold on anymore and has fallen asleep. I only need to kill all you vermin, then eat Dave's brain, and I'll be able to leave this world!"

Chen Yi was stunned. "That's impossible!"

"What's impossible about it? Who do you think I am?! I am the great Zombie Doctor!"

"Over the past 152 times, I kept exploring what this world truly was, but I failed. This world contains only Zombies, Dave, and his damned plants."

Zombie Doctor suddenly froze. This scene seemed strangely familiar, giving him an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

Boom!

The Fireball exploded against the shield. The shield, already covered in cracks, could no longer hold on and shattered into pieces like broken glass.

His thoughts interrupted, Zombie Doctor wiped the cold sweat from his head. Without the shield, he was vulnerable, but killing this pest would still be no problem.

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Zombie Doctor had been about to kick Zombie King, but as if remembering something, he suddenly stopped and cursed furiously, "Trash! If you can't catch him, don't you know how to jump?!"

Zombie King roared at Chen Yi, then his entire body sprang forward, instantly closing a distance of dozens of meters.

The tremor from his landing nearly knocked Chen Yi off his feet. He hurriedly used Mental Power to steady himself.

Watching Zombie King leap again, Chen Yi instinctively wanted to use Flash, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

The flames of Repelling Fire Ring exploded between them once more.

Zombie Doctor burst into laughter. "That kind of attack is useless against this trash!"

Just as he said, Repelling Fire Ring did not stop Zombie King for even an instant.

Chen Yi naturally knew that, but who said Repelling Fire Ring had been used on Zombie King?

Repelling Fire Ring dealt 46 damage to you.

It did not work on Zombie King, but as long as it worked on himself, that was enough!

Chen Yi's arms burned fiercely, the aftereffects of being struck by high-temperature flames, but it was far less severe than taking Zombie King's attack.

The sixty Mana Points required for Flash were not something he could afford right now. Even if he dodged this attack, it would only be a slow death.

Between using Flash and enduring the damage from Zombie King's landing, Chen Yi chose a middle ground: spend Mana to escape while dealing minor damage to himself.

The impact from Fire Resistance blasted Chen Yi several meters away. Fortunately, the ground was all damp soil, so he did not suffer any secondary damage.

Looking utterly bedraggled and covered in mud, Chen Yi climbed to his feet and fired two Fireballs back at Zombie Doctor.

Zombie King, who had been about to leap again, was forced to stop and use his hands to block the Fireballs aimed at Zombie Doctor.

Fireball dealt 70 damage to Zombie King.

Fireball dealt 74 damage to Zombie King.

Zombie King had stopped, but Chen Yi had not. The distance between them gradually widened.

Three minutes later, despite Zombie Doctor jumping in fury, Zombie King still could not touch Chen Yi. Most of Chen Yi's injuries had come from himself.

By now, Chen Yi had run out of potions.

He had not bought many HP Potions before entering the game, and he had long since used them up. The Mana Potions donated by the other players had also been exhausted during the chase.

Congratulations! You have leveled up to LV13.

Chen Yi silently added the Attribute Point he had just gained from leveling up to Constitution.

HP: 43/260

The arm he could barely lift felt a little less stiff again.

Zombie King was not in as good a state as before either. He even staggered as he walked, but as long as he was not dead, he would not stop attacking.

At this point, it was a contest of who could hold out longer.

Chen Yi had only twenty Mana Points left. He did not continue casting Fireball, because once he ran out of Mana, he might be the first to lose his ability to fight.

Using Mental Power, he controlled the shovel in Dave's yard, making it strike Zombie King now and then.

You dealt 3 damage to Zombie King.

You dealt 2 damage to Zombie King.

...

As Chen Yi's mental state worsened, his nose began to bleed, but the shovel continued to strike Zombie King intermittently.

Finally, with a loud crash, Zombie King collapsed to the ground and flung Zombie Doctor away.

EXP +20000

Congratulations! You have leveled up to LV14.

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