Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 526 - 519: The Hidden Black Shadow (Part 4)

After being obstructed, the beast continued its charge forward, though it was slightly hindered by the arrows, its powerful momentum was not affected in the slightest.

Not only that, being wounded twice by the same prey filled it with "hatred" towards Hu Xiaodong, and it constantly let out low growls of "woo woo".

On Hu Xiaodong’s side, it was too late to draw another arrow, so in desperation, he abandoned the archery strategy and instead held the bow with both hands, assuming the posture of swinging a baseball bat.

This was an act of desperation and also one of self-preservation.

As the beast was about to get close, Hu Xiaodong suddenly swung the bow out.

At the instant the bow struck the beast, the muscles in his arms bulged explosively, and the blue veins were as prominent as ancient tree roots, the ample blood made the surface of his skin appear intensely red, illustrating the immense and terrifying force resulting from the human-beast collision.

However, Hu Xiaodong was standing on the ground, and as he was several times taller and larger than the beast,

naturally, after the initial force was dissipated, the beast immediately curled into a "ball" and was sent flying by Hu Xiaodong’s bow.

The recurve bow’s flexibility was quite good, although it bent slightly under the heavy blow, overall it was not damaged.

Thus, Hu Xiaodong instinctively wanted to ready the bow to face the enemy, but before he could make a move, the beast, which had been knocked down among the equipment, attacked Hu Xiaodong again without any pause, and this time with even greater momentum, as though a cannonball.

Seeing this scenario, Hu Xiaodong was also alarmed, he immediately discarded the recurve bow in his hand, knowing that if the bow collided with the beast again, it might not only fail to knock it away but also result in a tragic fate of both bow destruction and personal death.

Everything in front of them was also seen by Lin Junfu, who, unsurprisingly, wanted to step in to help, but when he checked what was in hand, there was nothing but solid chair backs, no sharp weapon to use, causing him to shout anxiously: "Xiao Hu! Dodge! Xiao Hu! Dodge!"

Indeed! At this moment, Hu Xiaodong needed to dodge to avoid the beast’s edge, otherwise, he would surely face the fate of being hit.

But Hu Xiaodong did not retreat because he knew that if he backed down now, his life would be spared, but the beast would then escape outside the room.

And once the beast escaped the monitoring room, it would be like releasing a tiger into the mountains or a fish into water, making it difficult to capture again.

Therefore, come what may, the beast must be contained within the room.

Faith determines attitude! Will guides determination!

Hu Xiaodong decisively straightened his body, his solemn face firm and resolute.

The beast finally pounced into the air, Hu Xiaodong saw its body growing larger in his eyes, he abruptly shouted, and then twisted his right hand backward to draw out the steel blade strapped to his back.

Immediately, he gripped the knife with both hands, adopting the baseball swinging posture, and forcefully swung at the oncoming beast.

The blade cut through the air, generating a whistle, in an instant, Hu Xiaodong’s swing, filled with a lethal intent, clashed with the beast.

"Ah!" The roar was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, earth-shattering.

Lin Junfu, not far away, felt his heart tremble uncontrollably, highlighting the grandeur of Hu Xiaodong’s shout.

His arms swelled again like iron, with interlaced muscles like dragons, wrapping around Hu Xiaodong’s body terrifyingly.

The explosive power of the swing quickly showed its effect, the sharp blade embedded into the beast’s chest like splitting a watermelon, slicing through and getting stuck in the central position.

Hu Xiaodong wouldn’t give the beast a chance to escape, decisively twisting with both hands, he changed the blade’s orientation from "front-to-back" to "up-and-down", then shouted again, mustered all his strength, and fiercely struck the ground with the knife.

The badly wounded beast struggled to escape, but being stuck on the blade, it had no chance to react before being hit to the ground by Hu Xiaodong with a thunderous blow.

After landing, Hu Xiaodong didn’t stop, he released the knife scar and turned to stomp on the blade’s body forcefully.

Once, twice, thrice, Hu Xiaodong’s sturdy calves, like pile drivers, pounded relentlessly on the steel blade in the carcass.

The blade originally stuck in the bones, under his relentless pounding, gradually advanced downward, eventually, the beast was stomped into two halves by Hu Xiaodong.

Lin Junfu was stunned, he walked a few steps to Hu Xiaodong’s side, pinned down the remaining half of the beast’s body with his foot, then patted Hu Xiaodong’s shoulder, still mechanically stomping, and said in a deep voice, "Alright! Xiao Hu! Stop now! It’s enough!"

A bit taken aback, Hu Xiaodong confusedly stopped his suspended right foot, then slowly let it down.

He lowered his head to gaze at the half-bodied beast on the ground, still twitching in its death throes, his eyes narrowed, and with a backhand, he retrieved a shiny feathered arrow from his quiver, and mercilessly thrust it into the beast’s skull.

"Pff" a spurt of black blood flowed down the opened cavity, thus the brain villa’s lingering beast finally closed its eyes.

"Old Lin, Xiao Hu! How are you! Where’s the beast?" Wei Dazhuang and Wang Qiang rushed in holding weapons urgently, asking.

Upon seeing the blood flowing on the ground, Wang Qiang couldn’t help but exclaim, "It’s already taken care of?"

Lin Junfu released his right foot from the corpse, then pointed at the already expired beast’s body and said lightly, "It’s taken care of!"

Quickly stepping forward, Wang Qiang glanced at the beast’s corpse, its bisected form astounded him into blurting, "Wow, who was so fierce, Brother Hu did you do this?"

Just as Wang Qiang marveled, Xu Renjie led Wang Zhongyu over in a rush.

Upon arriving, Old Xu immediately inquired about the situation, after understanding, he also glanced at the beast’s corpse slain by Hu Xiaodong, frowning.

"Why, Old Xu, is there something wrong?" Lin Junfu observed keenly, noticing the difference in Xu Renjie’s expression.

Old Xu knitted his brows, then pointed at the dead body, solemnly saying, "Do you remember I told you before about encountering the infant zombie at the neighboring villa last time?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Junfu immediately recalled the situation Old Xu had described before and replied nonchalantly, "Could it be, this beast is that infant zombie?"

With a tacit nod, Xu Renjie gave a confirmed answer.

"But didn’t you say last time that the beast fell off the cliff?"

To this, Xu Renjie merely shook his head.

Indeed, the beast was lured off a cliff by him, but no one ever saw the beast’s body.

Now seeing this, it really has a strong survival instinct.

However, this is evidently not the time to dwell on these things, since having one means there could be a second, Xu Renjie immediately instructed the crowd, "Close the doors and windows of the monitoring room tightly, everyone continue to sweep the rooms! Ensure that all beasts are thoroughly eliminated!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian.com, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)