novelraw Chapter 574: A Growing Threat
Chapter 574: A Growing Threat
"Something is still bothering me." Li Kian said as he helped in collecting the crystal cores.
Since there were many cultivators in the team, collecting the crystal cores wasn’t a big issue even though there were millions of them. With a wave of a hand, countless crystal cores would come flying.
"What is bothering you?" Pei Ming turned to Li Kian and asked in confusion.
"Since that forest was frozen by the zombies, what’s the use? It couldn’t be that they just wanted Qi Long’s team to feel cold, right?" Li Kian asked and many people turned in the direction of the forest.
That’s right. Why did the zombies freeze the forest? It’s not like it could affect them.
"There was a spatial suppression field there. When we came in through the forest, I did feel that something was wrong with the space, but my mind was on the lost teammates and I didn’t stop to think why the space was suppressed there. However, the level of suppression for a space element user like me is negligible. But for those who can’t sense space at all, it is a chasm they cannot cross." Chu Miao explained the confusing issue to everyone.
"So, that’s how it is. But if these zombies now have such tricks, what do we do?" A team member from the hostage group asked in frustration.
"There is always a solution for everything. Since they can suppress space, we can also shatter that suppression. So, don’t worry. I will adjust the talismans that I draw from now on." Chu Miao reassured her teammates who were starting to worry.
"That’s great. We won’t have to worry too much anymore. If those zombies didn’t plane to use us to lure leaders of the sect here, we would be done for." Another person cheered.
"Okay. All the crystal cores have been collected. Let’s go see those Russian recruits." Ye Xuan said to everyone who was too happy to remember their mission.
"Yes, let’s keep going. By the way, where is your plane?" Chu Miao remembered the signal they had been following since the landed.
"Oh, that zombie leader moved it. When we came, we landed in the clearing in that forest. So, when we realized that we were outnumbered, we decided to flee with the plane first and use it to outrun the zombies before going back to get those recruits. But when we got on the plane, we found that it would fly. It couldn’t even get off the ground. So, Captain Qi Long took out the signal device and then we tried to teleport away. That’s when the talismans failed too." Someone explained.
Chu Miao hadn’t expected the situation to be so thrilling. Not just the talismans failed but the plane did too. This was more serious than anticipated.
"We didn’t realize it at first. When the plane’s engines failed, we assumed it was mechanical failure." Qi Long confirmed the story.
"Then the zombies appeared." Another team member added.
Chu Miao’s expression darkened slightly.
That meant the trap had been extremely deliberate.
The zombies weren’t just waiting for a lucky shot. They had prepared the battlefield in advance.
Pei Ming whistled softly.
Gu Fan shook his head slowly.
"No ordinary zombie could create a spatial suppression field."
Everyone thought of the same name.
"The zombie king."
This zombie king had only started surfacing and was already causing so much trouble. Moreover, since it could travel across continents, it was very strong.
Also, the creation of spartial suppression meant that it could sense space and probably use it.
So, just like Chu Miao, it could teleport.
Chu Miao thought of the many times she felt someone watching her from a particular spot but when she went there, they were gone and finally understood.
It must have been the zombie king watching, and it could teleport, just like her. So, she couldn’t catch it.
’Well, we’ll see who has a stronger grasp on spartial laws then.’ Chu Miao thought to herself feeling challenged.
The wind swept across the destroyed city.
Corpses of millions of zombies covered the streets like black waves frozen in place.
The smell of death was suffocating.
Li Kian looked around with disbelief. Even when they fought in City C, they hadn’t killed so many zombies.
"Five million zombies..."
Even after hours of fighting, it still felt unreal. In fact, he couldn’t believe that this battle had taken mere hours to finish. Back in City C, they had fought for two days and the number of fighters was way higher than today.
Only now did he truly understand the difference between a cultivator and a superpower users.
A single advancement in cultivation could multiply the strength of one individual countless times.
That was why a cultivator in the golden core stage, couldn’t even compare to a cultivator in the early stages of nascent soul.
The difference was like heaven and earth.
Now because there were four nascent soul stage cultivators, the battle had ended quickly even though the enemies were multiplied as well.
Pei Ming stretched his aching shoulders.
"Well, look at the bright side."
"What bright side?" Gu Fan asked.
Pei Ming grinned cheekily. He had spent so much time with Lei Ying that he had started behaving like him.
"Russia just lost five million zombies."
Chu Miao ignored them.
Her mind was focused on something else after hearing the series of events from Gu Fan.
The Zombie King.
That creature had not appeared during the battle.
Which meant one thing.
It never planned to fight them here.
Or maybe, it wasn’t even in Russia anymore.
Ye Xuan seemed to reach the same conclusion.
"It looks like the zombie leader from earlier was a regional commander in charge of one place. Now I don’t know whether its region is the whole of Russia or just part of it." He commented thoughtfully.
Chu Miao nodded.
"Which means that the king has many like it."
Ye Xuan’s eyes sharpened at that statement.