novelraw Chapter 33 Powerful Elite Zombies
Chapter 33 Powerful Elite Zombies
Lu Chen stood by the stair railing on the third floor, his hands on the railing, focusing all his attention on the battlefield below.
High concentration of mental energy!
In this state, his vision and hearing were greatly enhanced.
Most importantly, thinking ability also speeds up. The cycle of visual input, information processing, and decision output is compressed from the speed of an ordinary person into an extremely short time window.
Everything he saw in the outside world seemed to slow down.
Lu Chen abandoned his possession of Tie Zhu. Although his control over the possession was precise, he could only control one zombie.
What he needs now is to use his ability to multitask to precisely command multiple zombies simultaneously.
His attention shifted to Erzhu and Sanzhuang, who were closest to the elite zombies.
Two threads unfolded in my mind.
Erzhu was directly in front of the elite zombie. His movements were a bit stiff after taking a punch to his right shoulder, but the moment Lu Chen took over control, he seemed to be reactivated.
Lu Chen controlled Erzhu to adjust his grip on the knife, the tip of the blade pointing upwards, aiming not at the elite zombie's torso, but at the dark yellow eyes on its face.
San Zhuang had just been kicked away twice, but he got up from the steps and rushed back to the battlefield. He was positioned to the left of the elite zombie, at an angle that faced the side of the elite zombie's neck, the most vulnerable part of its upper body.
Lu Chen controlled the three strong men to lower their bodies, and the blade of the cleaver flipped half a circle in the dark red moonlight, slashing towards their necks from a tricky angle.
If it were just a normal attack, the elite zombie could simply block and dodge as before.
But this time, Erzhu and Sanzhuang's attacks were not individual efforts.
As Erzhu's dagger pierced the elite zombie's eyeball, Sanzhuang's cleaver slashed at its neck from the side.
The two knives arrived simultaneously.
At this moment, the elite zombies finally felt threatened.
It wasn't that it hadn't faced multiple opponents before, but those zombies fought individually, and each zombie's attack was independent, so it could deal with them one by one.
Now, the two zombies seem to be controlled by the same brain, their attacks precisely hitting its blind spots.
For the first time, a hint of near-alertness flashed in the elite zombie's dark yellow eyes.
It suddenly raised its right hand to block in front of its face, its large palm blocking the tip of Erzhu's knife.
At the same time, its left hand quickly protected the side of its neck, and the taut muscles on the outside of its forearm forcefully blocked the three strong cleavers.
It neutralized Lu Chen's deadly move.
But the price was that while it was desperately trying to defend itself from those two fatal wounds, the other zombies didn't stop wielding their knives at all.
Iron Pillar charged forward from the front, wielding a bone-chopping knife, and slashed down at the elite zombie from the front.
puff!
The cleaver struck the elite zombie's right shoulder, leaving a deep cut in the scapula.
Si Zhuang circled around to the back of the elite zombie, and while it desperately defended against attacks from the front and sides, he slashed at its hind leg.
Puff puff!
In those few seconds, several wounds appeared on the elite zombie's body.
Its shoulders, hind legs, and sides are all vulnerable spots exposed when it tries to defend against attacks on vital areas.
The wounds are not deep, but they can't withstand many of them. With each additional wound, the body's healing ability has to allocate more energy to repair it, and old wounds that are healing can reopen when the body moves violently.
When the elite zombie finally broke free from the pincer attack from the front and sides and tried to fight back, Lu Chen had already switched control targets.
This time, he controlled Erzhu and Sizhuang, who were closest to the elite zombies.
The same scenario, but the two threads specified different attack directions: Erzhu stabbed at the opponent's eyeballs again, while Sizhuang slashed at its neck from the side and rear.
Two more vital points were attacked simultaneously.
The elite zombie was once again forced into a defensive position, and it had to raise its hand to protect its face and use its other arm to block its neck.
In the moment when it was exhausted from defending, Tiezhu, Sanzhuang and the other zombies' knives came slashing from all directions.
*Thud*—Another knife wound to the shoulder.
*Thud*—A new wound appeared on the outside of my left leg.
*Thud*—A gash appeared on his back.
The situation on the field was turned around the moment Lu Chen took over command.
Elite zombies are like tigers surrounded by wolves. They can defeat any wolf in a one-on-one fight, but the wolves will not fight them one-on-one. Instead, they will coordinate a well-coordinated attack.
The scales tipped in Lu Chen's favor.
The elite zombies began to retreat step by step towards the first floor. Their movements were no longer as swift as before, and each block required more stamina to make up for the defensive gaps.
At the current pace, this elite zombie will be worn down in three to five minutes at most.
Judging from the situation, Lu Chen has gained an absolute advantage.
He used dual-thread micro-management to force the elite zombies into a passive defensive posture. Every time they tried to counterattack, they were forced back by two zombies attacking their vital points simultaneously.
Its wounds are increasing at a visible rate; if it continues like this, victory is only a matter of time.
However, there is a fundamental difference between elite zombies and ordinary zombies.
This gap is not just about basic attributes such as strength, speed, and defense; there is something even more important.
At this moment, the elite zombies, who truly felt the threat of death, began to glow red on their bodies.
Lu Chen was familiar with that dark red glow emanating from deep within the skin; he had seen it behind the curtains this morning.
But back then, it was far away, spanning an entire street, so I didn't have a very direct feeling about it.
However, when they came into close contact and the other person emitted that red light, Lu Chen immediately felt goosebumps all over his body.
At this moment, the elite zombie's strength, speed, and defense actually increased significantly from their original levels.
The wound on its left arm, cleaved by the bone-chopping knife, was still bleeding, but now, after the red light covered it, the bleeding rate visibly slowed down.
In its dark yellow eyes, in addition to bloodlust and tyranny, there was an extra layer of fanatical killing instinct.
Lu Chen sensed danger; his mental energy was frantically warning him, and every sensory cell was screaming for him to retreat.
He gritted his teeth and withstood the oppressive feeling, immediately controlling the two closest zombies to pounce on them.
The two sharp blades in front pierced straight into the eyeballs, while the four cleavers on the side slashed towards the neck. The same combo as before forced the elite zombie to passively parry.
But this time, the elite zombies handled them with ease.
Roar!
It roared, and the sound wave exploded in the stairwell, more deafening than any of the previous roars.
The right claw, enveloped in red light, swung suddenly, striking the side of the blade that the two pillars were thrusting at it.
With a clang, the dagger in Erzhu's hand was abruptly deflected, the blade grazing past the elite zombie's ear before missing its mark.
At the same time, the elite zombie flashed, and its massive size, enveloped in red light, displayed a level of agility completely disproportionate to its physique.
It turned sideways, lowered its head, and twisted its hips in one fluid motion, slipping past the four strong cleavers that were cleaving down like an eel, the blade grazing the back of its head.
Lu Chen's pupils contracted. He knew that under his precise control, the attack from two zombies had forced the other zombie to fight with all its might. While the other zombies were struggling to cope, they could swarm in and inflict damage.
But this time, the opponent defended too easily, both of its attacks missed, and the elite zombie didn't even stop its movements.
Because there's still plenty of room for maneuver!
In the instant it dodged the four slashing blows, the elite zombie used its free left hand to grab the zombie closest to it in the horde of attackers.
Among the 10 zombies controlled by Lu Chen, their combat strength is tiered. Tie Zhu and Er Zhu are in the strongest tier, the 5 Da Zhuang level zombies are in the second tier, and the remaining 3 are only one level stronger than ordinary zombies.
At this moment, the elite zombie chose the weakest one among them.
Clearly, the other side understood the principle of targeting the weakest link. Its limited intelligence allowed it to identify which target in the horde of zombies was the easiest to catch.
"Not good!" Lu Chen exclaimed inwardly and immediately commanded the zombie to retreat via the connection.
But by then it was clearly too late. It wasn't that his reaction wasn't fast enough; he had already given the order to retreat the instant the elite zombie reached out.
The problem is that these zombies, which are a level weaker, can't keep up with the speed.
Its strength and speed are only slightly better than ordinary zombies. When facing elite zombies that are fully amplified in the red light state, this gap is widened to a point that cannot be made up by reaction.
Unable to dodge the attack, Lu Chen had no choice but to resort to the next best thing: manipulating his device to raise its arm to block.
Click!
The elite zombie's right claw grabbed the zombie's forearm directly. Its gray-blue fingers were as thick as steel bars. With a sudden squeeze, the zombie's bones made a crisp cracking sound as they were snapped in two.
This scene made Lu Chen's pupils shrink slightly.