Chapter 278 Three 2-on-1 Matches, A Challenge Against a Higher Level.
At the same time, Lu Beiye's golden shield, Lu Xici's fire wall, and Chi Yanzhou's lightning net rapidly expanded, forming a triple protective barrier that strangled all other first and second-level zombies that approached.
Wen Qing flashed forward and quickly approached Lu Nange. His Tang sword gleamed coldly as he beheaded all the level one and two zombies that approached.
Outside the three two-on-one battles, Lu Nange and her group, including Xiao Zhizhi, were relentlessly slaughtering low-level zombies.
Lu Nange and Shi Xu not only controlled a level 4 zombie to fight each other, but also brought several level 3 zombies under their mental control.
These controlled zombies frantically attacked their own kind, unleashing a bloodbath among the zombie horde.
In the corner of their eyes during a lull in the battle, Gu Wan and the others could only glimpse a wall of zombie corpses that had been piled up within a radius of fifty meters around them.
The vines, like a meat grinder, weaved through the horde of corpses, each strike reaping several heads.
No low-level zombie could get close to them.
Anyone who gets close is either torn to pieces by the controlled zombies, has their head blown off by lightning, or is pierced by suddenly appearing golden needles, flames, or vines...
The area where Gu Wan and her six companions were located became an absolute no-go zone, where even splattered blood and flesh could not cross even half a step.
The earth-type zombies in front of Gu Qi and Chi Yi kept using earth shields to block their attacks.
At the same time, spikes of dirt shot up from the ground and pierced the two people.
Gu Qi: "Brother Chi, can you tie it up?"
Chi Yi's thorny vines bound the joints of the earth-type zombie's limbs.
The zombie struggled frantically, but Gu Qi clenched his fists and activated his water-based superpowers at full power—the water inside the zombie was rapidly drained, and its originally swollen body shriveled up at a visible speed, eventually turning into a shrunken, dried-up corpse.
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At the same time, He Zhuo and Ji Xian moved quickly on the smooth ice surface, their boots screeching as they rubbed against the ice.
The level four ice-type zombie sat atop the ice platform, with countless sharp ice shards shooting towards the two from all directions.
"This is so weird. Why do I feel like this ugly thing is toying with us?" He Zhuo did a clumsy side roll, and the spot where he was standing was instantly filled with ice spears.
Ji Xiangan's newly erected earthen shield was evaded by the icicles that seemed to bend, forcing him to dodge again: "It's just playing with us!"
The two kept shifting positions back to back, but they didn't even have a chance to retaliate.
The newly formed earthen shield was shattered by the successive onslaught of ice spikes as soon as it took shape.
"Damn! I can't get close at all!" He Zhuo gasped for breath, sweat freezing on his brows and eyelashes.
Cold sweat beaded on Ji Xian's forehead: "Ice-type abilities are too advantageous. Both of our abilities are earth-type, we're at a huge disadvantage..."
"boom!"
Not far away, the earth-type zombie that Gu Qi and Chi Yi had killed together collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Upon catching a glimpse of this, He Zhuo wailed, "Old Gu and the others are all done, and we're still here tap dancing!"
Ji Xian: "What do you want to do?"
"Help! Brother Chi! Old Gu!" He Zhuo shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing across the ice: "This ice lump is bullying you brothers!"
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On the other side, blazing flames burst forth from Gu Wan's palm, transforming into a roaring fire dragon that instantly incinerated the vines attacking the level four wood-type zombie.
The flickering firelight cast swaying shadows on the ice wall.
Luo Xingyou's golden darts flashed in the firelight, attacking the zombie from various tricky angles.
However, it was blocked by layers of wriggling vines, which kept splitting and regenerating—the cut surfaces of the golden darts immediately wriggled and grew new branches, and when they encountered flames, they would break off a section as if in an attempt to protect themselves.
At the same time, countless thorny vines shot out from the ground from both sides, creating a strangling effect on Gu Wan and Luo Xingyou.
"Back off!" Luo Xingyou shouted, and her metal-type supernatural power condensed into an arc-shaped shield around the two of them.
Gu Wan compressed the flames into a rotating ring of fire, which burned fiercely around the outer edge of the golden shield.
The thorny vines curled up and retreated as soon as they came into contact with the heat.
The two stood back to back, surrounded by sprawling thorns and vines, as if trapped in a cage.
Gu Wan dispelled the ring of fire surrounding her, compressing all the flames into her palm, condensing them into a dazzling crimson sphere of light: "Xingyou! Clear the way for me!"
Luo Xingyou pushed the golden shield forward suddenly, tearing a passage through the vines.
At the same moment, dozens of golden darts whistled out.
"boom--!"
Gu Wan slammed the crimson ball of light hard into the ground.
The raging fire spread rapidly along the vines, quickly forming a fire net that surrounded the zombies.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Luo Xingyou withdrew her shield and shot out the golden dart in her hand.
The zombies writhed wildly, their rotting vines dancing wildly in the sea of fire, trying to block the golden darts, but were disrupted by the fireballs that Gu Wan kept throwing at them.
"Whoosh whoosh-"
Luo Xingyou's golden dart hit the zombie's joints.
A golden dart pierced straight into that cloudy, yellowish single eye.
"Hehe—!"
The zombie let out a shrill roar, and burning vines lashed out at the two of them.
Just at this critical moment, He Zhuo's shout and Lu Nange's mental power arrived at the same time—"This ice lump is bullying your brothers!" Before the shout had even finished, the zombie's head exploded.
The burning vines instantly went limp, crashing to the ground and sending sparks flying.
A yellow crystal core rolled to the side of Gu Wan's combat boots, its surface still shrouded in lingering blue smoke.
Gu Wan patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "That scared me to death! I almost thought I was going to die here today."
Luo Xingyou: "They're still too weak. Nan Nan and the others are dealing with so many zombies, and they still have to keep an eye on us all the time."
"Let's go, let's hurry and help!" Gu Wan bent down to pick up the crystal core: "I didn't even hear what He Zhuo yelled just now."
Luo Xingyou pointed in He Zhuo's direction and said, "If you can't beat them, you call for backup. That's why you brought your brother and Chi Yi here, right?"
As the two were talking, Gu Wan had already pulled Luo Xingyou towards the main battlefield.
Wherever they went, there were fragmented zombie corpses everywhere, and black blood congealed into various patterns on the ice.
The vines were nimbly weaving through the pile of corpses, picking up crystal cores. When they saw the two of them coming, they immediately cleared a path.
"Thanks, little twig~" Gu Wan casually rubbed its vines and rushed towards Lu Nange's direction without stopping.
Wen Qing's Tang sword flashed as he beheaded a lunging zombie, then turned his head and asked, "Are you alright?"
Gu Wan shook her head: "It's alright, Nan Nan just blew that guy's head off at the crucial moment."
As she spoke, Luo Xingyou casually shot several zombies through the head with a golden dart, then looked at Wen Qing and replied.
"He was wrapped up like a rice dumpling, but there wasn't even a scratch."
Gu Wan was about to say something when she was choked by the sight before her—the level four zombie controlled by Shi Xu was tearing open the heads of two level one zombies with its rotting hands, splattering black blood and brain matter all over the ground.
She opened her mouth, but ultimately only swallowed hard...
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