The dried corpses' flesh was shriveled.
No one knew how long they had been dead.
They looked absolutely terrifying.
Although Zong Shen felt a little uneasy, as a lord, he had to lead from the front.
These undead moved slowly.
As long as he was careful, there shouldn't be any problems.
Zong Shen took the lead, quickly approached the dried corpse holding a shortsword, and raised his sharp Germanic Sword.
"Double Slash!"
Zong Shen used the skill he had just learned.
In the blink of an eye, he struck twice.
Both blows landed on the undead's leather armor.
Two sword marks appeared at once.
[-28]
[-28]
"Holy crap!"
Zong Shen cried out in surprise.
The leather armor on the undead might have been in tatters, but its defensive ability was no joke.
His basic slash damage was 46.37, and level 1 Double Slash added 1.3 damage.
That meant each slash dealt 60 damage.
But the actual damage was only 28.
In other words, this undead had 32 points of defense on its upper body.
Zong Shen took two steps back and focused on examining the Shortsword Undead's attributes.
[Resentful Dead lv8] [Race: Undead] [Slash Damage: 21~27] [Health: 394/450] [Armor: 32] [Skills: Corpse Eating (Devours corpses to restore health), Dead Man's Strike (Swings its shortsword, dealing 10 Chaos Damage that ignores armor)] (Its head and exposed limbs are unprotected by armor and can take full damage)
The undead had a whopping 450 health. With 32 armor, it was a classic high-health tank monster.
Fortunately, aside from its high defense and health, it didn't seem to have any other special abilities.
Zong Shen began circling around it.
The marble pillars hindered the undead's movements.
Zong Shen played a game of cat and mouse around the pillars.
Then he seized an opening and slashed at the undead's head.
[-46]
As expected, he dealt full damage, though the attack no longer benefited from Double Slash's damage bonus.
Even so, it was still a respectable hit.
But before Zong Shen could land a second strike, the shortsword in the undead's hand flashed with black light and swung at him!
It was too fast for him to dodge.
That was its skill, Dead Man's Strike.
Zong Shen avoided a direct hit to a vital spot.
He watched helplessly as the shortsword struck his Tough Wolf Skin Armor, leaving a small gash.
[-6]
[-10]
"Not bad!"
Zong Shen took the blow, retreated several steps, and felt the sword mark on his armor.
The undead's attack had barely managed to penetrate his defense. The other 10 damage came from the Chaos Damage added by Dead Man's Strike.
Now Zong Shen knew what he was dealing with.
He began launching a continuous barrage of attacks.
Using the marble pillars for cover, he kept striking the dried corpse's weak points.
He landed seven hits like that!
The dried corpse in front of him was finally down to its last sliver of health.
One more strike would finish it off for good.
At the bottom of Zong Shen's vision, he also received notifications that the Wolf Cavalry had made kills.
[Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed Resentful Dead lv9. You will receive half the experience.] [Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed Resentful Dead lv6. You will receive half the experience.] [Your subordinate Wolf Cavalry killed Resentful Dead lv8. You will receive half the experience.] ... ...
The three Wolf Cavalry had each scored their first kill.
Only Zong Shen and Tie Zhu had yet to kill their opponents.
The three Wolf Cavalry were handling the dried corpses with ease.
With the Giant Wolves' bites to back them up, they could take down an undead without much trouble.
Zong Shen tightened his grip on the sword, ready to finish off the undead in front of him. Suddenly, green light flashed beneath its feet.
The stone slabs below it were shoved aside.
Then, a thorn-covered vine grew up from below and instantly wrapped around Zong Shen's lower leg.
It pinned him in place.
The thorns kept trying to pierce his calf.
Fortunately, his Emerald Legguards provided excellent protection.
"Damn it!"
Zong Shen raised his sword to cut through the vines around his leg. Just then, Colby's anxious shout rang out nearby.
"Watch out, my lord!"
"Whoosh!"
A moment later came the sound of something cutting through the air. Colby hurled a javelin past Zong Shen's cheek, sending it toward the space behind him.
"Thump!"
A muffled impact rang out.
Zong Shen whipped around and saw the javelin collide midair with a green energy arrow, shattering it. Colby's javelin had bent out of shape and clattered to the ground.
Behind Zong Shen stood an undead in a tattered priest's robe, raising a staff and silently chanting.
He turned back and cut through the thorns around his feet.
The Shortsword Undead was also staggering toward him!
Zong Shen kicked it to the ground, then gripped his sword with both hands and drove it down into its head.
[-12]
[-26]
The undead turned into a flash of white light and vanished, leaving two or three smaller glowing orbs behind—its rewards.
[Killed lv8 Resentful Dead] [Experience gained: 130] ...
Zong Shen didn't have time to check the other rewards.
He turned and charged at the Priest Undead behind him.
Tie Zhu had finally dealt with an undead as well.
But he hadn't handled it nearly as easily as the three Wolf Cavalry or Zong Shen.
He had lost a full quarter of his health.
Tie Zhu was closest to Zong Shen. Seeing him prepare to take on the Priest Undead, Tie Zhu slipped into the shadows and used Stealth to approach. He moved even faster than Zong Shen.
The Priest Undead was silently chanting, preparing to unleash a powerful spell.
But Tie Zhu clearly wasn't going to let it.
The dagger in his hand flashed silver as it sliced across the Priest Undead's throat.
This, too, was a vulnerable spot without armor.
[-37]
A damage number appeared above its head.
At the same time, thorny vines suddenly sprouted from the Priest Undead's body. They stabbed out like spikes, then vanished.
It was Thorn Thorns!
"Ugh!"
Tie Zhu let out a muffled groan and disappeared into the shadows again.
[-4]
A damage number appeared above his head, too.
It seemed the Priest Undead was harder to deal with than the Shortsword Undead.
It had all sorts of tricks up its sleeve, including a passive counterattack.
"Tie Zhu, don't rush in recklessly. Wait for my orders."
By now, the three Wolf Cavalry had taken down the second wave of dried corpses.
White light flashed over Zong Shen, and his health instantly recovered. He had leveled up!
The Resentful Dead were gradually losing their numbers advantage.
It wouldn't be long before the three Wolf Cavalry could come to his aid.
But the three Wolf Cavalry had also sustained some injuries during the fight.
Zong Shen felt a pang of concern as he watched them.
These warriors were his most precious asset for establishing himself in this world.
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