Fierce Battle, Resentful Dead

The flesh and blood of these Dried Corpses were shriveled.

It was unknown how long they had been dead.

They looked incredibly ghastly.

However, although Zong Shen felt slightly uncomfortable, as a lord, he had to lead by example.

These Undead moved slowly.

As long as he was careful, there shouldn't be any problems.

Zong Shen took the lead, quickly arriving in front of the Dried Corpse holding a shortsword, and raised his sharp Germanic Sword.

"Double Slash!"

Zong Shen utilized the skill he had just learned.

In the blink of an eye, he delivered two slashes.

They struck the leather armor of this Undead.

Instantly, two sword marks were left behind.

[-28]

[-28]

"Holy crap!"

Zong Shen exclaimed in surprise.

Even though the leather armor on this Undead was tattered, its defensive capability was truly beyond reproach.

His base slashing damage was 46.37, and a level 1 Double Slash added 1.3 damage.

This meant that the slashing damage of each strike reached 60 points.

Yet, the actual damage was only 28 points.

In other words, the upper-body defense of this Undead was as high as 32 points.

Zong Shen retreated two steps, focusing his mind to check the specific attributes of this Shortsword Undead.

[Resentful Dead lv8]

[Race: Undead]

[Slashing Damage: 21~27]

[HP: 394/450]

[Armor: 32]

[Skills: Corpse Eating (devour corpses to restore HP), Dead Man's Strike (a strike with a short sword that deals 10 points of armor-piercing chaos damage)]

(Its head and exposed limbs are unprotected by armor, allowing for full damage)

This undead creature actually had a massive 450 HP, and combined with its 32 points of armor, it was a standard tank-type monster.

Fortunately, other than its high defense and thick health pool, it didn't have any other special traits.

Zong Shen began to circle around.

The marble pillars became obstacles that hindered the movements of these undead.

Zong Shen pulled off a classic "King of Qin dodging around the pillar" maneuver.

He then seized the opportunity to slash his sword at the undead's head.

[-46]

As expected, it was full damage, though it lacked the damage bonus from Double Slash.

However, this damage value was still significant.

But before Zong Shen could land a second strike, the short sword in the undead's hand flashed with a black light and swung toward him!

It was so fast that he didn't have time to dodge.

This was precisely the effect of its skill, Dead Man's Strike.

Zong Shen managed to protect his vital areas.

He watched helplessly as the short sword struck his Tough Wolf Skin Armor directly, leaving a small notch in the leather.

[-6]

[-10]

"That was close!"

Zong Shen took the hit head-on and retreated several steps, reaching out to touch the sword mark on his Tough Wolf Skin Armor.

The undead's attack could barely break through his defense, and as for that 10 points of damage, it was the chaos damage attached to Dead Man's Strike.

With this, Zong Shen had a clear grasp of the situation.

He began to launch a continuous barrage of attacks.

Relying on the marble pillars for cover, he continuously launched attacks at the weak points of the Dried Corpse.

He struck it seven times just like that!

The Dried Corpse before him was finally reduced to a sliver of health.

One more sword strike would be enough to send it to the afterlife for good.

Below Zong Shen's field of vision, kill notifications from the Wolf Cavalry also appeared.

[Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed a Resentful Dead lv9, you will receive half of the experience points]

[Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed a Resentful Dead lv6, you will receive half of the experience points]

[Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed a Resentful Dead lv8, you will receive half of the experience points]

The three Wolf Cavalry had opened their accounts one after another, completing their first kills.

Currently, only he and Tie Zhu had yet to finish off their opponents.

The three Wolf Cavalry appeared to be handling these Dried Corpses with ease.

Combined with the Bite of their Giant Wolf, they could eliminate a member of the Resentful Dead quite effortlessly.

Just as Zong Shen gripped the hilt of his sword, preparing to deliver the final blow to the enemy before him, a green light suddenly flashed beneath its feet.

The stone floor beneath him was shoved open directly.

Following that, a thorny vine covered in barbs grew out from below, instantly wrapping around Zong Shen's lower leg.

It bound him firmly in place.

At the same time, the barbs of the vine were continuously attempting to pierce into Zong Shen's calf.

Fortunately, the defensive capabilities of the Emerald Legguards were exceptionally impressive.

"Damn it!"

Zong Shen raised his sword, intending to hack through the vine at his feet, when at that moment, Colby's slightly anxious shout came from not far away.

"Lord, watch out!"

"Whoosh!"

Following that, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out as Colby threw a short spear, which flew past his cheek and toward his back.

"Thud."

A dull impact echoed.

Zong Shen whipped his head around and saw the short spear collide with a green energy arrow in mid-air, shattering it into pieces. The short spear Colby had thrown bent and deformed before clattering to the ground.

Behind him, an undead figure holding a staff aloft and wearing tattered priest robes was chanting silently.

He turned his head and swung his sword to sever the thorns at his feet.

The Shortsword Undead happened to be stumbling over at that exact moment!

Zong Shen lifted a foot and kicked it to the ground, then gripped his sword with both hands and thrust it fiercely into its head.

[-12]

[-26]

The undead turned into white light and vanished, leaving behind two or three smaller orbs of light on the ground—these were the rewards it had dropped.

[Killed lv8 Resentful Dead]

[Obtained 130 experience points]

Zong Shen had no time to check the other rewards.

He turned and charged toward the Priest Undead behind him.

By this time, Tie Zhu had finally finished off one of the undead.

However, he was far less composed than the three Wolf Cavalry and Zong Shen.

He had lost a full quarter of his health.

Tie Zhu was currently the closest to Zong Shen.

Seeing that Zong Shen was preparing to deal with the Priest Undead, he also slipped into the shadows and moved in with stealth, his speed even faster than Zong Shen's.

The Priest Undead was still chanting silently, preparing to unleash a powerful magic spell.

But Tie Zhu clearly wasn't going to let it have its way.

The dagger in his hand turned into a streak of silver light, slicing across the throat of the Priest Undead.

This was also a weak spot unprotected by armor.

[-37]

A damage value floated up from above its head.

At the same time, thorns suddenly sprouted from the body of the Priest Undead, stabbing out fiercely like spikes before vanishing instantly.

This was Thorn Thorns!

"Ugh!"

Tie Zhu let out a muffled grunt and retreated back into the shadows.

[-4]

A damage number floated up from above his head as well.

It seemed this Priest Undead was more difficult to deal with than the Shortsword Undead.

Its methods were varied, and it actually possessed a passive counterattack ability.

"Tie Zhu, don't be reckless; wait for my command."

At this moment, the three Wolf Cavalry had already finished off the second wave of Dried Corpse.

A white light flashed over Zong Shen, and his health restored instantly; he had leveled up!

The numerical advantage of these Resentful Dead was also gradually decreasing.

It wouldn't be long before the three Wolf Cavalry could come to support.

However, the three Wolf Cavalry had also sustained some injuries during the battle.

Seeing this made Zong Shen feel a pang of heartache.

These warriors were the most precious wealth he possessed to establish his footing in this world.