They were all players at the fifth or sixth level of martial entry, and moved much faster than the Rotting Corpse.
So, after a few exchanges...
Wu Quan beheaded it with a single stroke, sending the Rotting Corpse's head tumbling into the swamp.
Its decaying body finally stopped moving as well. It toppled headfirst into the swamp and was soon swallowed up.
"The experience is pretty low, only about a tenth of what monsters at the same level give." Chen Chen checked his experience bar and frowned again.
"The experience might be low, but it's no less troublesome than other martial entry fifth level monsters."
Wu Quan's expression was grave as well.
Although the Rotting Corpse moved slowly, its decayed body made it highly resistant to physical attacks.
Unless they cut its head clean off, as they had just done.
Otherwise...
Killing a Rotting Corpse would be extremely difficult.
They had only managed it by working together.
Had any of them been acting alone, they would never have killed it so easily.
Monsters that were this troublesome yet gave so little experience...
Were never popular with players.
And—
These monsters did not drop anything, either.
Or perhaps they did, but their bodies were swallowed straight into the swamp. Even if they dropped something, the group would have no way to retrieve it.
Simply put...
Killing these monsters was thankless work.
"Forget it. If we see any more of these monsters, we won't bother farming them. Let's finish the quest and get out of here."
"Agreed."
Xu Ziqing and the others raised no objections to Chen Chen's suggestion.
Just then...
A flurry of sounds rang out.
Glug! Glug!
Bubbles rose all across the surrounding swamp, followed by violent churning.
"Run!"
Chen Chen's expression changed drastically. With a sharp shout, he picked