The second volume is called "One Heart" Chapter 8: The Corpse King Appears
With a "bang", I crashed into a hard object with the powerful forward momentum of "One Ride Away from the Dust". I felt dizzy and dazed for a moment. What happened? I clearly saw that there was an open space in front of me. There couldn't be any object blocking my way. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to activate "One Ride Away from the Dust". This collision alone caused me to lose one-fifth of my health.
I looked up, and oh my god, I almost fell to the ground in shock. A huge furry body, a black silly face, was staring straight at me. Isn't this a bloodthirsty bear? When did its speed become so fast? The skeleton warriors who were just slaughtering me just now, how come they were in front of me in the blink of an eye? They hadn't walked a few steps. It couldn't be that they got lost and turned back. Could it be that the bloodthirsty bear was too crazy and exerted its strength beyond its level?
I couldn't help but look back. That bloodthirsty bear was still playing with the poor skeleton warrior excitedly behind me. How could it stand in front of me and hit me? Was it an illusion? I rubbed my eyes and checked carefully . Yes, there were indeed two bloodthirsty bears standing in front of me, one big and one small. The small one was standing not far away, looking at me with interest, and I unfortunately bumped into the belly of the big bloodthirsty bear. Oh, I understand a little bit. It shouldn't be that bad. In order to deal with me, the three of them, old and young, went out together. This is too bullying. I couldn't think any more. A black shadow whistled and slapped my thin body more than ten meters away. Before I landed, my soul had returned to the "Dead Spirit Space".
What bad luck! I could have had a great time as long as I could have escaped successfully. This was a perfect strategy planned by me. But who knew that a bloodthirsty bear would show up on the way and ruin my plan. When I have the ability in the future, I will definitely destroy their nest, kill all the big ones, capture the small ones and sell them as pets.
After this battle, the skeleton warriors I conquered were all dead or wounded, and my subordinates were all 700 zombies. Almost all the stronger zombies nearby were incorporated into the Undead Legion. I had no interest in the remaining hundreds of old, weak and sick ones. After I finish this one, it’s time to move to another place to develop.
After calling Taotao, he prepared to leave here and look for a new battle site. It had just killed a zombie with the help of several bodyguards, absorbed the soul power of the dead zombie, and had a good meal. The little guy's appetite has increased in the past few days. I don't know if it's time for him to grow. He is said to be a high-level pet that can be ridden and evolved, but it has been more than a month, and there has been no movement . Until now, he can't be ridden. He grows too slowly.
Suddenly, the group of zombies in front of me, which had been very calm, became agitated, as if they had been frightened. They made way for a path in the middle and dodged to both sides. Even the zombies that belonged to me were slightly affected and swayed restlessly.
What a powerful force. Through the "Soul Contract", I felt the hostile aura erupting not far away. The power should be greater than mine. Looking along the passage, a tall zombie over two meters tall, with a shriveled body and a light green color, was slowly walking towards me. It was not like ordinary zombies with rotten meat hanging all over its body. It was much more flexible and looked full of power. When it raised its hands and feet, it had a compelling momentum.
I took two steps back cautiously and ordered the zombies around me to form a formation to protect me in the middle. At the same time, I asked Taotao to hide aside. The other party obviously had bad intentions, and if a conflict occurred, I would not be able to take care of it, so as not to let it get hurt.
I tried my best to recall the relevant records in the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures" to find out the origin of this guy in front of me. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. I will not do such a thankless task as starting a war blindly without knowing the opponent's strength.
The tall zombie walked to the front and stood still, staring at me intently. The free zombies around seemed to be very afraid of it, not daring to approach, but not daring to stay away, and scattered nearby. Facing these, a record suddenly popped up in my mind: The Millennium Zombie King is a zombie that has existed for more than a thousand years. It evolved from ordinary zombies and is an intelligent undead creature. It usually leads a group of zombies ranging from more than a thousand to less than ten thousand. Looking at the other party's arrogant attitude, it goes without saying that he must be the leader of this group of zombies. It is obvious that he is unhappy because I plundered so many of his subordinates, and he is here to settle accounts with me.
I couldn't help but gasp, secretly complaining in my heart, this time I had stirred up a hornet's nest and provoked a bad star. The reason why I didn't pick a larger group of zombies was because I was afraid of provoking some powerful characters and causing unnecessary trouble. Who would have known that this small group of more than a thousand zombies would actually evolve into a thousand-year-old zombie king? Is there any justice in the world? This is the smallest group of zombies I can find nearby.
A mental wave came, "I challenge you!" The extremely arrogant Millennium Corpse King didn't say any nonsense and directly issued a declaration of war to me. This is the first intelligent creature I met in the "Dead Space" that can communicate with me. Taotao could have done it too, but his level was too low. He could only express simple meanings and had not evolved to the level of forming clear language.
I was very sober, so I didn't want to accept its challenge at all. Fighting a thousand-year-old corpse king was not something I could do at the moment, but the problem was that according to the provisions of the "Code of the Undead Wizard", the challenge between leaders due to interest disputes could not be avoided and could only end with the defeat of one side. If I lost, I could only go to the dead old man to reduce the upper limit of my mental power by 5% to revive. The subordinates of the same kind as the other party would temporarily obey the leadership of the other party until I defeated it again to regain command over them; if I fled without fighting, it would be equivalent to failure, and all the subordinates of the same kind as the other party would be permanently out of my control and belong to the winner of the battle as spoils . This thousand-year-old corpse king was really abominable. If he showed up at the beginning to show his identity and declare his sphere of influence, I would definitely choose to leave and find another place wisely, but these were the seven hundred zombies that I had worked hard for several days to subdue, and I was unwilling to just give them to it for nothing.
There are two modes for the boss-level undead challenge: single combat or group combat. However, because the opponent is the Millennium Corpse King, even if I choose a group combat, my zombies will not attack it, but will only attack other ordinary zombies, which will not help me at all, and I will only lose a group of subordinates in vain. The Millennium Corpse King obviously took this into consideration, and saw that I was not as strong as it, so it wisely chose to challenge alone, retaining the strength of these zombies so that it can use them again.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel regretful. I didn't consider it carefully and didn't pay attention to the diversity of the troops. If the skeleton warriors were not all dead and there were a few hundred left, I could choose to fight in groups to help me deal with the Millennium Corpse King. This way, the battle might be easier. This Millennium Corpse King is indeed an intelligent undead creature, and he is really good at choosing the time to attack.
There is no way to avoid this battle, it has to be fought. I secretly instruct Taotao to run away quickly, the farther the better. This is a showdown between two bosses, and it can't help much. If I unfortunately lose, the zombies under my command will belong to the Millennium Corpse King and become enemies. It will be very dangerous for it to stay nearby.
I took a deep breath, calmed down, looked at the ugly but arrogant Millennium Corpse King in front of me, and resolutely sent out a spiritual wave, "Okay, I accept your challenge!"
