"Eh?"
Steel Vajra immediately noticed something was wrong. He swiftly withdrew his outstretched hand and clenched the Crystal Stone back in his palm.
That Zombie Hound had been used to distinguish Parasitic Monsters in disguise whenever they went out searching for Crystal Stones, so its nose was exceptionally sharp.
"Could it be... a Parasitic Monster has followed us here?"
Steel Vajra narrowed his eyes, suspicion rising in his heart as a chilling ferocity radiated from him.
Bigtooth's fawning expression froze beside him, and he felt rather awkward. So this guy wasn't the boss? Had his groveling been seen by everyone?
I have to kill them to silence them...
At that moment, Night Fiend spoke.
"What's wrong? Hurry up and give me the Crystal Stone!"
"You still want a Crystal Stone? ...I'll give you a punch instead!"
Steel Vajra let out a furious roar and swung his sandbag-sized fist straight at him.
Bang!
A muffled impact rang out.
Sure enough, when that Night Fiend burst apart, no flesh or blood flew out. Instead, it was filled with white, cotton-like fungal threads.
The zombies all found the sight rather strange.
"What are these things?"
"I don't know..."
Steel Vajra shook his head. He felt that this was far from simple, and an eerie feeling rose in his heart. He wanted to return to the Corpse Nest as quickly as possible. Once they got there, they would be safe.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah."
Bigtooth and the other zombies nodded.
But just as they were about to continue onward, rustling suddenly came from the weeds around them. Red flesh nodules began to squirm, gathering together before rapidly using Mimicry to form human figures that stood up one after another.
Among them were Zombie King Duo'er, Flying Hound, Big Head, and other familiar faces. Yet their