The Thrust of Spikes

There were no zombies near the ping pong table where Lin Zhiluo was standing.

So he had plenty of time to wait for them to arrive.

After a brief rest, the two fastest zombies reached the ping pong table.

Lin Zhiluo struck first. Taking advantage of his elevated position, he kicked the zombie in front right in the face.

The immense force sent the zombie reeling backward. It rolled a full turn across the floor.

Lin Zhiluo showed no mercy to the other zombie, chopping its head off.

Just then, banging and crashing sounded against the opaque door of the Ping Pong Hall.

"Damn it, the zombies' roars still attracted the attention of the ones outside," Lin Zhiluo said helplessly.

But he quickly regained his composure.

"I'll make a tactical retreat after I kill these zombies," Lin Zhiluo decided.

The Ping Pong Hall's closed doors could still hold out for a while.

Lin Zhiluo jumped down from the ping pong table and hurried over to the zombie he had just kicked over.

Maybe the kick had been too powerful, because the zombie still hadn't gotten back up.

He swung his blade with all his might, and the zombie never got up again.

At that moment, only ten zombies in the Ping Pong Hall were still able to move freely.

With his current Agility, Lin Zhiluo was confident he could wear down a group of that size by outmaneuvering them.

So he used the gaps between the ping pong tables to play a game of hide-and-seek with them.

A group of zombies lunged at him. Lin Zhiluo ducked and slipped under a table, then emerged on the other side and slashed the zombies behind him.

When the zombies surrounded him, he jumped onto a ping pong table, then leaped to another.

After a fluid series of movements, he had taken out five zombies.

But Lin Zhiluo had also used up most of his Stamina.

He had fought seventeen zombies with the same base stats in such a short time and killed most of them. Few people would believe it if they heard about it.

As he leaned against the edge of a table to rest for a moment,

he suddenly noticed a red potion bottle at his feet.

It had dropped from one of the zombies he'd just killed!

Overjoyed, Lin Zhiluo picked up the potion bottle and dodged a lunging zombie.

Then he twisted off the cap and gulped down the red liquid inside.

The sweet potion flowed through Lin Zhiluo's mouth.

It tasted so good that he wanted another bottle.

As the potion entered his body, new strength miraculously surged through Lin Zhiluo.

He felt much better overall.

[Stamina Potion]: One-time-use Bronze-grade item. Drinking it instantly restores 20% of your Stamina. After that, it restores 5% of your Stamina every minute for 5 minutes. (After use, there is a 30-minute cooldown.)

That's right. Lin Zhiluo had drunk the Stamina Potion known as the "Little Red Bottle."

It felt so good to have his Stamina back.

Lin Zhiluo let out a breath, then raised his Tang Dao and flung it away.

The cooldown for "Whirlwind Slash" was finally over.

This time, Whirlwind Slash wasn't as precise as before.

But it took a zombie's life on the way out and another on the way back.

Lin Zhiluo took the opportunity to look down and search for the items the zombies had dropped.

One card, two cards, three cards.

Not the best haul.

The three items Lin Zhiluo bent down to pick up were all Supply Cards.

The last three zombies were already right in front of him.

After picking up the final item, which glimmered with a bronze-colored light, he promptly ducked under a ping pong table.

He took out the item he'd just picked up and examined it. It turned out to be an ochre-colored bracelet.

The bracelet was covered in intricate magical patterns and looked incredibly ornate.

[Spike Bracelet]: Bronze-grade equipment, a bracelet imbued with magic.

Attribute: +1 Spirit

Attached Skill: Spike Assault: Summons a row of spikes from beneath the ground to deliver a heavy blow to a row of targets. Skill cooldown: 24 hours.

Holy crap, equipment with an attached skill!

Now that was what he called good luck.

Jewelry-type equipment was much harder to find than ordinary equipment like shoes, pants, and shirts.

It was only the second day of the apocalypse, and he had already collected all three types of jewelry equipment: a ring, a necklace, and a bracelet.

And best of all, this piece of jewelry had an attached skill.

It was priceless!

Lin Zhiluo hurriedly put the bracelet on.

It could automatically adjust to fit the size of his wrist, which was convenient and saved him the trouble.

He had spent quite a while checking the bracelet's stats.

By now, the ping pong table he was under was completely surrounded by zombies.

But Lin Zhiluo remained unhurried. First, he used his Tang Dao to chop off both feet of one zombie.

Then he slipped out through the gap created when the zombie fell.

The remaining two zombies moved in to surround Lin Zhiluo.

He pursed his lips and ducked to evade their pounce.

Then he delivered two quick slashes, finishing off the zombie whose legs he had cut off.

Just then, the entrance to the Ping Pong Hall crashed to the floor with a bang.

The zombies behind it began swarming inside.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Zhiluo would have made a tactical retreat.

Instead, he charged straight toward the horde pouring into the hall.

And so, with two zombies chasing him from behind and countless others flooding in from ahead,

Lin Zhiluo found himself trapped right in the middle.

Faced with such a perilous situation, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

He stopped and stood perfectly still, quietly waiting for the zombies to approach.

The zombies drew closer and closer.

Close enough for Lin Zhiluo to smell the nauseating stench of their rotting bodies.

Close enough for nearly ten zombies to swipe their sharp claws at him all at once.

Now!

A glint flashed in Lin Zhiluo's eyes.

Then he kicked hard against the surface of the ping pong table beside him, propelling himself into the air.

With a graceful backflip, he landed behind the two zombies that had been chasing him.

At that moment, all the zombies formed a straight line in front of Lin Zhiluo.

Skill—"Spike Assault"!

An ochre glow flashed around the bracelet on Lin Zhiluo's wrist.

The next moment, a stunning sight unfolded.

The ground ahead began to tremble.

Suddenly, a massive spike formed from earth burst out of the ground and pierced straight through the zombie at the front.

"Death."

[Congratulations, player "Yazi," on successfully killing a Level 2 Zombie. You have gained 2 experience and 3 Gold Coins.]

Was that all?

Not at all!

The ground kept trembling, as though it were building up even greater power!