I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1307 - 1302: Mysterious Shadow

Chapter 1307: Chapter 1302: Mysterious Shadow

"Ugh!"

The Level 8 Powerhouse used all his strength to smash the long sword in his hand against the five-meter-tall, high-level zombie covered in bone spikes!

The H14 steel longsword collided fiercely with the bone sword in the opponent’s hand, and the ground beneath their feet shattered in an instant! A terrifying storm swept through!

Like blades, it sliced countless buildings in half in the blink of an eye!

Gert’s bone sword and the thick bone spikes on his back vibrated ominously. His opponent had lost all reason; under the threat of death, anyone would go mad! Especially those who held high positions in human society, how dearly they cherished their lives!

Desperation made him loathe those who brought them death, be it humans or zombies!

Bang!

The tearing storm burst forth! The ground ripped up a huge chunk!

The H steel long sword collided with Gert’s massive bone sword! Both weapons developed cracks at the same moment, but it was the opponent’s weapon that couldn’t withstand such formidable force and crumbled first, with a few "crack" sounds breaking apart!

The fragments were swept away by the wind and danced in the air. Gert lifted his now-cracked bone sword once more, his face twisted into a grotesquely fierce smile, as the bone sword came crashing down again!

Boom!

The massive bone sword cast a silver afterimage, striking heavily on the opponent’s shattered blade!

"Aah!"

A scream rang out startlingly!

The Level 8 Powerhouse from Cloud Gorge Base was smashed away dozens of meters in an instant! The bone sword in Gert’s hand also broke, but he felt no regret. He casually shook his hand and the bone sword slowly retracted back into his arm. Soon after, a brand-new bone sword appeared in his hand.

"Good, come at me again!"

"No!"

The man spat out a mouthful of blood and before he could even stand up, Gert’s massive body slightly trembled and vanished on the spot!

In his vision, he saw Gert’s fast-approaching figure!

Before the man arrived, his back’s bone spikes were already there!

He barely managed to grab two with his hands, but the remaining bone spikes struck like venomous snakes hidden in the dark, delivering lethal blows!

The sharp bone spikes pierced into his body with wet sounds!

"No..."

He felt nothing, just a growing sensation of oppression from within. At this moment, his fear of death had vanished; he felt as if one foot had already stepped into the gates of hell and the other was inching closer to the threshold.

The sensation of life slipping away numbed him. His gaze grew dimmer, and every cell in his body struggled to repair the wounds, but it was futile.

The world grew darker before his eyes. He seemed to struggle, fighting for that glimmer of hope, but the next second, he saw others landing beside him, their cold gazes fixed on him.

His head was heavy, and he felt overwhelmed, but this sensation seemed to ease some of the pain. For a long time, he hadn’t felt the heart-wrenching pain that came when the bone spikes pierced into his body; everything was ordinary.

Then the pain returned in a sharp burst, but it was fleeting, almost in an instant. As the pain intensified, it disappeared, and in his final moments, he seemed to see his child, his wife, waiting for him in a small courtyard. When they saw him, his child ran towards him joyously, and in his hand, a box with a newly bought toy.

"I... I’m back."

"..."

"It seems a shame to just kill them," Xu Haishui said, shaking his head with a look of regret in his eyes.

"Brother Xu, two should be enough, right?"

"That’s true." Xu Haishui touched his nose and nodded.

"Alright, it’s all settled, time to go back," Gert said.

"What about these Level 8 zombies?" another person asked as he surveyed the high-level zombies in Qizhen City. In order to block the people from Cloud Gorge Base, they had lured out all the high-level zombies here.

"Take them with us."

"Fine."

After a brief exchange, the group was about to leave, but before they could make a sound, Xu Haishui’s expression turned strange. Even Gert and the other zombies’ movements became suddenly stiff.

"There’s a weird one."

"They weren’t influenced at all."

The people exchanged glances, and Xu Haishui pointed in a direction with a low voice, "Over there!"

No sooner were the words spoken than everyone disappeared from view, racing at high speed towards the direction Xu Haishui had pointed!

Meanwhile, the being hidden in the shadows seemed to realize it had been noticed, as a building crashed down and a dark figure burst out from the ruins. The tide of zombies on the streets suddenly became fierce as if trying to stop Xu Haishui and his pursuit.

But in the next instant, the tide of zombies turned traitor, changing directions, and surged toward the mysterious dark figure!

"Stop it!"

Everyone present was an entity of the Level 8 tier. Although the dark figure was fast, they could clearly see that it was a purple figure wrapped in countless black and red tendrils!

It was a zombie!

This zombie was the only Level 8 zombie that hadn’t been affected by them. Under Xu Haishui’s control, this was the first time they had encountered a zombie that could break free from their control!

"Interesting."

Xu Haishui let out a strange laugh, and the flesh on his back instantly stretched out into tendrils, climbing atop surrounding buildings, and then lifted his body high up, granting him a far-reaching viewpoint. He raised one hand, aiming at the tide of zombies ahead, and then, the flesh in the palm of his hand wriggled and grew rapidly forward!

Its speed was extreme; the flesh outpaced everyone, smashing into the tide of zombies like a giant serpent in a blink. This flesh, originating from Xu Haishui’s palm, upon touching the zombies in the tide, quickly grew branches as if it were a massive tree. Its branches spread out, piercing through every zombie it encountered!

The zombies pierced by its branches withered quickly, their bodies merging with the horizontally growing tree made of flesh!

The mysterious dark figure kept trying to control the zombies ahead of it to block the ones chasing behind, even slowing them down a bit would be something!

However, the "tree" grew far too fast. In just two minutes, it had already surpassed it!

Hoo~

It let out a low growl, filled with confusion, and then it saw the zombies in front of it being strung together into one by the tree—the zombies it hadn’t yet managed to control ceased to exist!