At the edge of the forest, a deformed, Blood Corpse, as tall as two people, was accelerating rapidly.
The Blood Corpse had two curved horns on its head and its body was covered with a hair-like substance, making it look like some kind of orc that had turned into Blood Corpse.
Its upper body formed a perfectly standard inverted triangle, and the four people could almost feel the power beneath its pale skin.
The Blood Corpse seemed to have received some special command, and they parted to make way for the giant Blood Corpse, allowing it to accelerate toward the watchtower.
The four men stared at the scene before them, utterly helpless, clinging futilely to the watchtower railing beside them, awaiting the impending onslaught.
"Bang!"
The sound of impact and the sound of the wooden stake breaking came at the same time, and the four people felt dizzy, followed by a feeling of Weightlessness.
The watchtowers on the edge of the territory were very traditional four-cornered wooden watchtowers. The impact of the giant Blood Corpse directly broke the main wooden stake on the outer side that served as support, as well as several wooden pieces used to fix and reinforce the structure.
It was only a matter of time before the watchtower, having lost one of its supports, collapsed, while the Blood Corpse, undeterred, crashed into a wooden pillar on the opposite side.
"Bang!"
The watchtower could no longer hold on and collapsed completely amidst the creaking and groaning of the wood, taking the four Soul Returner and more than a dozen Blood Corpse that were climbing it with them into the horde of Blood Corpse below.
The heavy timber fell from the height, instantly breaking the necks of several unfortunate Blood Corpse.
However, this loss is nothing for the Blood Corpse as a whole. Even including the few monsters that were "killed by the mechanism", the four of them have only killed less than ten Blood Corpse so far.
It can only be said that [ Zhongde ], as the captain, had completely miscalculated. The Blood Corpse were completely different from the slow-moving zombies he remembered that could be killed one by one. They were not only physically strong but also fearless. An average level zero player would have a hard time dealing with just one, and a level one player would have a hard time dealing with three at the same time if they did not make good use of their advantageous attributes.
His strategic misjudgment ultimately led to the team's swift annihilation.
At this moment, Zhongde was only grateful for two things. First, he had obtained the achievement called " Corpse Hunter " when he killed the first Blood Corpse, which was obtained by killing the first Blood Corpse in the "Large-scale Long-term Event - Bloody Night ". Second, he had not been too selfish to conceal the information about the appearance of Blood Corpse here. There must have been more than one team that received the information, and more people would come to deal with the situation here.
I should have just pulled and fought instead...
As dozens of Blood Corpse completely obscured [ Zhongde's] vision, he glanced at his character's account balance—[6 gold, 55 silver, 2 bronze].
Fortunately, I still have enough savings to revive a few more times.
Amidst the pulling, scratching, and biting of the Blood Corpse, players [ Zhongde ], [ Brain Bling ], [ Add Ice Fiercely ], and [ Enemy from the Sky ] were completely logged off.
In the last moment before the link broke, [ Zhongde ] thought he heard a gag.
"Don't worry, buddy. I've watched the entire the Walking Dead series at least five times, and I've played the game several times. If you ask me, zombies are the easiest thing to deal with. Just think about it, when they bite your head, you just shove a spear into their mouth, right? Is it that difficult?"
"I don't think it's that simple. Just think, Gray's turned into a jar..."
"Hmph, I've been training in the Dungeon for two weeks, and my combat skills are all maxed out. Just watch me show off my skills in a bit."
"Besides, didn't Gray turn into a jar-like being because he was afraid of infection? We're not afraid of infection, so shouldn't we treat the Blood Corpse to something good?"
Outside the White Wax Town Church Dungeon, [Xiexie Huigu] was boasting about his gaming experience to several companions as they headed towards the newly grown Teleportation Tree at the church entrance.
The group had just eaten at a newly opened hole-in-the-wall restaurant in White Wax Town. Although the ordinary natives of the Tree Worship Church didn't have many skills, they were quite interested in learning a trade.
It's only been less than a month, and people are already making stir-fried vegetables using some simple edible plants. I wonder which brilliant person taught them that.
The group of us, who had planned to log off as soon as we finished eating, saw the message posted by [ Zhongde ] before we even finished. Immediately, we stopped logging off and eating, grabbed our weapons, and ran towards the Teleportation Tree.
Several of [Xiexie Huigu]'s "fixed teammates" originally intended to discuss tactics similar to those for clearing Dungeon, but [Xiexie Huigu] scoffed at the idea.
However, after playing for so long, the group was quite confident in their abilities. Although they still couldn't beat the difficult Gloomy Sanctuary, they could achieve a 90% success rate on the normal Gloomy Sanctuary.
Looking at their level 2 player stats, the group entered the teleportation plant with several large tree holes.
Still reeling from the teleportation animation that resembled an out-of-body experience, [Xiexie Huigu]'s reconstructed body had already emerged from the teleportation point located at the edge of the outermost forest of White Wax Town, and several teammates were also peeking out from other tree holes.
The forest was completely dark at this moment, and the group could only hear a rustling sound coming from ahead.
The players simultaneously activated the night vision feature, which had been permanently enabled in the previous major event, and easily saw the situation in the woods in front of them:
Around the collapsed watchtower ahead lay a dozen or so corpses, some human and some Blood Corpse, with the player's standard weapon still visible on several of them.
A little further back, hundreds of Blood Corpse stood in a dense formation, advancing steadily forward, while dozens of Blood Corpse around the corpse appeared somewhat listless and idle.
The grotesque face and the unrestrained drooling made [Xiexie Huigu] lose some confidence.
He took a step forward but found that he had stepped on a broken spear shaft, which made a "crack" sound.
The next instant, countless pairs of murky eyes, a mixture of red and white, turned to look in this direction. [Xiexie Huigu] had already seen the chunks of flesh between the Blood Corpse ' teeth and the bloodstains that had not been wiped clean.
[Xiexie Huigu] gripped his weapon tightly, intending to go all out against the horde of Blood Corpse —his experience in Dungeon told him that if death was unavoidable, it was better to perish together with the enemy.
But the next instant, [Xiexie Huigu] was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder and dragged around.
He turned his head and saw that the person grabbing him was the player [ Second-Class Biscuit ]. This player had now grown a third hand from the side of his neck. The joints of that hand were twisted, and he was grabbing his companion behind him at an angle that a normal arm could not possibly achieve, and they started running quickly.
What are you doing?
"The first rule of Blood Corpse Response Rules: Pull and shove, don't confront them head-on!"
"Where did these guidelines come from?"
"I just made that up!"
"And what about the second one?"
"Still being compiled!"