Chapter 341: Skill Effect, Killing a Special Zombie

Chapter 341: Chapter 341: Skill Effect, Killing a Special Zombie

The Crystalization Skill was incredibly powerful.

But you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Right now, Sean Chandler chose an offensive path that combined defense with Power.

The malicious light in its dark-red eye sockets intensified when the Butcher Zombie saw how easily its cannon fodder had been crushed.

It seemed to have been enraged by Sean Chandler’s provocation, giving up its wait-and-see approach.

It let out a deafening roar as its massive body suddenly tensed with power.

With a surprisingly agile leap, it crossed over ten meters and landed with a BOOM in front of Sean Chandler, cracking the ground in a spiderweb pattern.

The moment it landed, its pair of giant bone blades were already raised high, its dark-red muscle fibers writhing madly.

Pouring all its body’s Power into them, it brought them down on the crystalized Sean Chandler’s head with a shriek that tore through the air!

[Giant Blade Slash]!

BANG—!!!

A deafening crash!

SCREEECH—!!!

It was followed by a grating screech that made one’s skin crawl, the sound of a hard substance being ground together under immense pressure!

The Butcher’s bone blades, sharp enough to sever steel, slammed squarely into Sean Chandler’s crossed, crystalline arms.

Sparks and the faint glimmer of shattering crystal flew out together!

From her vantage point, Seraphina Sullivan instantly held her breath, her sniper scope locked onto the point of impact.

This was the crucial moment to test the defensive strength of Crystalization!

At the point of impact, the crystalized Sean Chandler’s body sank slightly, his feet digging into the ground, but he stood his ground firmly!

On the brilliant crystal surface, fine, ice-like cracks appeared where the bone blades made contact and spread slightly, but it did not shatter!

The enemy’s bone blades were held fast, unable to advance another inch!

The crystalline cracks were instantly repaired by the flow of Energy, restored to their original state!

He blocked it!

’Looks like Crystalization’s defense really is strong. At the very least, it can withstand a frontal assault from this kind of Power-type special zombie.’

Seraphina Sullivan felt a sense of certainty. She had the answer she was looking for.

Sean Chandler’s new Ability was outstanding on the defensive end.

Now that the defensive test was complete, this was not the time for a prolonged fight.

Just as she had feared, this special zombie clearly possessed a degree of tactical intelligence. Delaying any longer might lead to unforeseen complications.

’We have to end this quickly!’

She immediately issued a command through her communicator, her tone decisive:

[Seraphina Sullivan: Fall back, create distance! I’ll take care of it. A zombie with intelligence can’t be left alive. It must be eliminated with priority!]

Sean Chandler was locked in a struggle of strength with the Butcher Zombie, feeling the Power transmitted from its bone blades constantly increasing.

Hearing Seraphina Sullivan’s command, he didn’t hesitate. With a sudden burst of force, he threw his arms wide!

"Hah!"

Using the recoil, his crystalline body shot backward.

At the same time, the crystalline light on his body quickly receded and faded as the [Crystalization] state was deactivated.

Almost at the exact same instant the crystal completely vanished,

his figure blurred and distorted in the shadows—

[Kitty Demon Beast]!

He seemed to melt into the darkness cast by the ruins. His Aura became erratic, and with a few light flickers, he had already retreated several tens of meters away behind a broken wall.

Completely outside the Butcher Zombie’s attack range.

The Butcher Zombie was gathering its strength, preparing to launch a series of heavy strikes.

Suddenly, the resistance against its bone blades vanished. The tough "diamond man" had disappeared?

It tilted its somewhat clumsy head in confusion.

Its dark-red gaze swept across the suddenly empty space before it, seemingly bewildered as to how its prey had vanished into thin air.

In that brief moment of stupefaction,

PFFT—!

An extremely faint gunshot, yet one that carried a strange vibrato as if Space itself was being torn, echoed from high up in the night sky.

The Butcher didn’t even have time to react.

It only felt a slight chill on its head, and then all sensation, the desire to roar, its frenzied Power... all consciousness instantly abandoned it.

Through the lens of Seraphina Sullivan’s sniper scope,

the bullet, converted by her [Scavenger’s Farm] Skill,

the [Space Bullet] that condensed a significant portion of her current spiritual power,

accurately struck the relatively vulnerable point where the Butcher Zombie’s neck connected to its head.

There was no spray of blood, no shattering of bone.

With the point of impact as the center,

a basketball-sized sphere of space, along with the zombie’s head and part of its neck encased within, silently vanished.

The cross-section was as smooth as a mirror, revealing a perfect spherical cavity.

The massive, headless body stood rigid for a fraction of a second.

Then, the headless husk swayed and toppled forward with a crash, slamming heavily onto the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

A one-shot kill!

[Ding! Killed Special Variant Zombie "Butcher Zombie" x1!]

[Main Quest Three: Discover and collect information on special zombie individuals (1/10)].

Information automatically being compiled.

[Main Quest Two: Clear a total of ordinary zombies (3247/30,000)]

Seraphina Sullivan slowly exhaled and released her finger from the trigger, feeling a slight dizziness from the massive consumption of spiritual power.

But soon, the Crimson Gemstone on her brow flashed, and her spiritual power began to recover rapidly.

Her eyes were bright as she stared intently at the corpse of the special zombie.

"The first one..."

She then immediately notified Sean Chandler:

[Seraphina Sullivan: Target eliminated. Approach the corpse immediately. See if there are any special virus gene samples or anything else to collect. Be quick.]

[Sean Chandler: Roger that!]

However, when Sean Chandler returned, Seraphina Sullivan saw him shake his head.

"There was no special virus sample."

"Alright. In that case, let’s call it a day for our first day of exploration and combat."

Seraphina Sullivan had made her decision.

Although killing the first special zombie was a good start,

Sean Chandler needed to recover from the continuous combat and high-intensity use of his new Skills, and she herself felt mentally fatigued from creating multiple Special Bullets.

To be on the safe side, a rest was necessary.

The two of them quickly retreated to their temporary base on the top floor of the high-rise. Seraphina Sullivan once again checked the simple early-warning devices they had set up around the perimeter.

Sean Chandler didn’t have a Talent like Seraphina Sullivan’s, which allowed her to rapidly absorb external Energy and recover using the [Crimson Gemstone].

Continuously using the [Crystalization] Skill and his Beastification Talent in battle was a considerable test of his own Energy reserves and physical endurance. He now needed time to rest and recover.

However, the rotation of combat personnel didn’t stop.

Flora Sullivan seemed tireless. Or rather, with her main body’s Decaying Flower trait,

whenever she got tired, her hair would directly transform into vines and Decaying Flowers and begin to ravenously devour everything.

Aberrant Radiation and the Zombie Kingdom both served as wellsprings of power, allowing Flora to improve dramatically.

Flora Sullivan wasn’t afraid of ordinary zombie corpses at all; they directly became fertilizer for her growth.

She led her "beast pet army."

Moe was responsible for high-altitude reconnaissance and single-target control, while Chubbs handled mid-range physical piercing and Tubbs provided area-of-effect Flame interference.

They proactively patrolled the relatively safe streets below their base, continuing to clear out scattered zombies or any that had been attracted by the previous commotion.