Volume 2 Heroes of Might and Magic and Magic: The Deathmatch Chapter 161 The Undead Town
Within the Zhenqi area, thick, dark clouds shroud the land year-round, and it is subjected to unpredictable sunlight. All that exists here are decaying soil, broken tombstones, and a horde of Scourge driven mad by the sight of fresh flesh.
Of course, those kneeling here are the lowest-level Undead, mindless zombies and rotting skeletons. They roam this area all day. An ordinary person might go crazy after staying here for an hour, but for Li Wei, this place is no different from his own backyard.
Ahead was a mindless zombie, swimming on instinct alone, devoid of thought. Judging from the withered, rotting flesh on this poor fellow, it was clear that it hadn't had fresh flesh and blood in a long time.
Having fed on carrion, soil, and grass roots all day, it was somewhat curious about Li Wei's sudden appearance. However, once it smelled the strong aura of the Undead on Li Wei, it immediately lost interest and turned to look for other things that interested it.
However, while it let Li Wei go, Li Wei had no intention of letting it go.
Li Wei picked up a rock and hurled it fiercely at the mindless zombie.
Of!
The stone struck the mindless zombie's arm precisely, and the powerful impact tore the already somewhat soft arm to shreds.
This angered the mindless zombies.
It immediately turned around, dragging its feet, and lunged at Li Wei with its only remaining arm.
"Perhaps the game senses that I am one of its kind, which is why it reacts this way."
Li Wei picked up a stone, this time aiming it at the head of the mindless zombie.
With a flick of his finger, the stone flew through the air and accurately blasted open the brainless zombie's skull. Because of the infusion of internal energy, the stone was no different from a bullet fired at close range. This time, the headless corpse crashed to the ground. The corpse of this brainless zombie would inevitably decay in this place and merge into this land that was once its home.
"Unfortunately, these zombies are too weak. If they want to test John's team's strength, the Undead here aren't enough." Li Wei glanced at the Scourge Camp to the west of the town and smiled slightly.
John walked slowly on the black mud along a road, breathing in the slightly putrid air. A look of satisfaction appeared on his face, and he seemed to really enjoy his surroundings.
"You see, this is the advantage of the immortals. They don't need to care about the feelings of the living. Rot and decay are eternal, just like their eternal life."
John sighed as he looked at a zombie lying on the roadside, its body reduced to only half its original size.
"Captain John, can we gain the trust of the Scourge Undead? Wouldn't it be safer to secretly cooperate with the Undead to take over the human strongholds?" It was Catherine who spoke again. This woman could sense that John clearly had a crush on her, and this sense of superiority made her puff out her nipples.
John chuckled. "My dear Catherine, that's certainly the safest way. But I'm just a natural-born adventurer, always craving excitement. Imagine leading our rotting the Scourge into a human stronghold—the thrill of witnessing the living being devoured by the undead would be a wonderful memory, wouldn't it? Besides, there's something on the Undead's side that I'm very interested in."
"What is it?" Catherine asked curiously.
"Plague-induced emaciation is an addiction that can turn the living into Scourge. Not only that, if we can obtain Undead Constitution, then we can build a real the Scourge in the real world and establish our own eternal kingdom. Anyway, the real world is already doomed, so this is the perfect opportunity to seize power!"
As John spoke, he waved his arms as if the Scourge kingdom he spoke of had already been established.
"This is a madman!" The other four reincarnators, including Catherine, all thought the same thing. However, they were all John's slaves, and if the kingdom John spoke of was truly established, then they would obviously also get a share of the spoils.
"Captain John, we will definitely help you achieve your wish."
"Hahaha!"
After traveling a while longer, the five people saw a town shrouded in darkness in the distance. There was not a single light in the town, and only the outlines of the buildings could be seen from a distance. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that there were many long-dead trees at the entrance of the town, with many dead bodies hanging from the branches by ropes. These were probably the human rebels who were hanged after the town was occupied by the Scourge.
But by now, the corpses on the book had long been dried by the wind. Whenever a gust of wind blew, their bodies would sway in the wind, as if welcoming guests from afar.
"Only the Undead deserve eternal life. Behold their immense power; I must obtain it."
John grinned maliciously and led the four reincarnators into the town.
Upon entering the town, everyone, including John, was stunned.
The open space paved with stone bricks in the town was teeming with Undead creatures.
Zombies, skeletons, Ghoul, and even three enormous stitched abominations and seven or eight Gargoyle —it was practically a small Undead army. They were gathered in the open space, surrounding something in layers.
The arrival of John and his companions almost instantly attracted the attention of the hundreds of Undead creatures.
"Heh heh. It smells like fresh flesh and blood." A fat, slender creature roared in a deep, off-key voice. As a high-level Undead creature, it and the Gargoyle both possessed a certain degree of self-awareness and could organize their own language.
Of course, it spoke in the language of the Undead, which John and the others could not understand.
With John and the others providing "fresh flesh and blood," the hundreds of Undead roared and pounced on the five reincarnators. Every movement was exaggerated, and they ran incredibly fast, as if afraid of being overtaken by their own kind.
"Captain John, watch out!"
Catherine's face was somewhat pale. Her combat strength was only at level 1, which was enough to deal with one or two Undead. However, she was now being besieged by hundreds of Scourge. Although the levels of these Undead were not disparate, they were all between level 1 and level 2. As the saying goes, many ants can still eat an elephant. If so many Undead really charged over, she would probably be torn to shreds in an instant.
The other three reincarnators were also terrified, but their fear did not prevent them from losing their basic resistance. They each took out their weapons and held them in their hands, waiting for the Undead to charge.
John, however, remained calm and unhurried.
"Heh heh, a mere trifle!"
With that, he raised his hand, and without any warning, the bodies of the several Undead in front of him were sliced in half.
Li Wei, hidden among the Scourge, twitched. He hadn't felt anything the other party had done at all; it was as if they had simply waved their hand, and the high-level Undead in front of him had been attacked.
"It wasn't any other attack, but a slash." If it were a sharp blade, no matter how fast it was, it would definitely leave a mark in the air, but Li Wei felt nothing at all.
"This John is no ordinary man."
Li Wei had, of course, already seen the opponent's combat strength rating. Wow, this was the strongest person Li Wei had ever seen besides the Daoist and that damned great wizard.
The only regret is not being able to see the opponent's special skills, but at least we've witnessed their attack methods firsthand.
As for the rest of the team...
Li Wei smiled. The highest level was only level 1. A month ago, level 1 might have been a threat to Li Wei, but now, after Li Wei activated his Visual Release, he only needed one slash to take down a level 1 Reincarnator.
So what should we do next?
Should we retreat, or continue testing the waters?
Li Wei made his decision after only two seconds of consideration.
Concealing his presence, Li Wei hid behind a stitched-up bewildering creature and continued charging forward with the horde of Undead Scourge. This was Li Wei's decision.
If you have the chance, kill John now; that's the wisest and safest decision you can make.
Li Wei wore a human skin cloak he had made himself. He had recorded the rotting human skin, which reeked of Scourge, after killing more than five mindless zombies. He used these human skins to make this cloak, and then put it on, exuding a ninja-like stench.
There was only one reason for doing this: to make her own scent Forsaken disappear. After Sylvanas removed the Scourge Mark from Li Wei and the others, their aura subtly changed. Low-level Undead wouldn't notice this, but high-level Undead would.
Just like the stitched-up monster that makes the ground tremble when you walk on it. This guy is an artificial monster made up of many corpses stitched together. Don't be fooled by its appearance, it has a very keen sense of smell. If Li Wei, who is not disguised, gets close to this guy and enters the old rice range, he will be detected by it. If you want to cause some trouble for John's team, you can only find this kind of high-level Undead.
So Li Wei made this corpse-skin garment and also slaughtered a live deer to lure the Undead into the town with fresh flesh and blood, which led to the scene at the beginning.
Now, as soon as someone enters his attack range, Li Wei will immediately launch an attack. Whether he succeeds or not is up to fate.
Keep in mind that the other party is a Tian-level Reincarnator.
As the distance closed, Li Wei suddenly felt a very strange sensation; the surrounding air seemed to instantly turn icy cold. Then, he witnessed something he couldn't believe.
The sew-like monster running ahead of him suddenly let out a painful roar. Its massive arm fell to the ground without warning, the cut clean, clearly severed by a sharp weapon.
"How could that be?"
Li Wei was shocked. He was so close to the sewn-up tent; if the other party had used any tricks, he should have sensed it. But he hadn't noticed anything before. If the other party had attacked him, he would have been hit as well.
With its missing arm, the Abomination glared hatefully at Yo Chao across from it with its two eyes, one large and one small. Wielding its only remaining arm, it swung a massive, stained cleaver and lunged forward.
It had only taken two steps when its enormous head flew off its body.
Boom!
With a loud thud, the abomination fell to the ground and died instantly.