Chapter 56: The Terrifying Ghouls
In the middle of the polluted creek, there was a broken bridge.
“Creak—”
The murky water flowed below, occasionally splashing against both banks. It seemed the bridge was facing the end of its life, the cracks widening with a creak.
“Boom!”
The detached part fell below, swallowed by the black “oil,” bubbling up white foam.
“…” Zane’s lips twitched. Does he have to jump over?
Looking at the creek’s width, just a bit over three meters, it was indeed feasible.
While he was pondering, a figure had already leaped across.
Endless Sea advanced boldly, decisively pushed off the ground, and leaped over the creek.
He stood on the opposite bank, waving, “Hurry up!”
This guy…
However, he hadn’t reveled in his success for long when a batch of ghouls appeared ahead.
Seemingly sensing the presence of the living, nearly ten ghouls came clawing and scratching.
“Damn, don’t come over!” Endless Sea’s complexion turned pale.
As the distance closed, Zane could clearly see the ghouls’ attributes.
Ghouls:
Rarity: Silver Grade
Level: 22
Health: 3000
Attack: 110-125
Physical Defense: 46
Magical Defense: 28
Skills: Corruption, Frenzy, Tear
Description: A low-level undead creature that is always in a state of hunger, disregarding everything when encountering food, and obeys higher undead creatures.
“Brother Hai, come back!” Zane urged. These attributes are no joke—a level 22 silver ghoul! Its attack power even exceeds that of a fierce beast, plus the significant damage increase from level suppression, it’s definitely not something Endless Sea can withstand!
“Guardian Shield!” A silvery shield materialized, forming a 3-meter-high illusion before Endless Sea, reducing damage taken by 25%.
The ghouls moved incredibly quickly, seemingly due to not seeing living beings for too long; a faint red light shone from their bodies, likely the frenzy effect!
“Claw!”
The first arriving ghoul attacked the shield, causing a scarlet number to appear.
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Not only that, but it also triggered the tear effect.
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-50
Endless Sea entered a bleeding state!
Tear: Expands the wound, continually causing bleeding damage to the target, decreasing health by 50 points per second.
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-50
-708
-50
…
Even with the Guardian Shield reducing damage, Endless Sea’s health was nearly emptied in an instant. The ghouls not only had dominant attack power, but their critical hit rate was also extremely high—he couldn’t take it head-on!
He leaped back toward Zane.
He stumbled, about to fall backward, but fortunately, Brother Shiu caught him; otherwise, he would have gloriously returned to town before even starting the monster spawn.
“Those monsters…” he gasped.
The ghouls on the opposite side saw the food jumped to their side, crowded in place, hoping they would throw themselves into the trap, breathing anxiously.
Explosion Flame!
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With a 7-level disparity, even magic damage couldn’t break the defense significantly.
The leading ghoul was furious but helpless; its grotesque face dripped with saliva, looking utterly disgusting.
“It seems… I can kite them and farm?” Zane became excited.
If they can’t approach, it means he can attack without taking damage!
Soon, the leading ghoul was killed by the magical impact.
It turned into generous experience points and a few gold coins.
However, the remaining monsters became agitated.
These starving ghouls thoughtlessly began to devour their companion’s corpse!
Seeing them feast, Youyoufen felt nauseated and turned her back.
Lord Xisi, however, appeared unfazed.
“Continu—” Before the sentence was finished, the ghouls fled along the creek…
One minute later, they completely disappeared from sight.
“Ahem, Brother Hai, what if…” Zane wore a face full of reliance on him.
Endless Sea shivered and wanted to refuse, but then he remembered there were two girls watching; he couldn’t lose face. So he took a deep breath and said, “Alright! I’ll go all out!”
Leap of Faith!
He nonchalantly jumped to the opposite bank.
Why is there no movement?
Something is off, better go back…
“Holy crap!”
He was startled to find that the previous group of ghouls had actually circled around from the other side! There was a path down there!?
Zane didn’t have time to think about hiding; there were a total of nine ghouls!
With the frenzy buff, they were even faster than ordinary Gray Wolves!
A burst of white light flashed, and Zane transformed into Alna.
Youyoufen and Brother Shiu didn’t have time to be surprised as the enemies were already close!
“Pray—Frost!”
The ghouls’ speed suddenly dropped, and a light blue frost surrounded them.
Controlling Starry to move forward, Zane commanded, “Ice Moon Slash!”
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Lucky indeed, the leading ghoul was directly frozen!
The ghouls in the back dodged the ice block and continued running.
Thousand Flash Step!
Qiu Yue Sword swung out, and an energy flow collected in his palm, Qiu Yue Strike!
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Attracted the hatred of another ghoul, Starry ran to the right.
Only seven left.
“Pray—Mud!” The ground became moist, turning into a swamp; however, the ghouls were very thin and didn’t sink quickly, with surprisingly three rushing out!
“Damn!” The little loli cursed.
“Pray—Vine!”
One more was ensnared.
The remaining two charged towards him from left and right.
No time! They were right in front!
Zane decisively stood forward; he couldn’t let the summoner and mage take the hits; they simply couldn’t withstand a few seconds!
“Withered Bone Shield!” A pale white bone shield appeared before Zane.
“Shh!” Two ghouls showed no mercy.
Their claws penetrated the illusion, ripping through the Withered Bone Armor, revealing two horrifying numbers.
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-523
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-50
Both attacks were critical hits! Moreover, this Tear effect was stackable; Zane’s health plummeted by a sixth in an instant.
At this moment, a bomb dropped from the sky, landing between the two ghouls. Zane froze, suddenly reminded of that familiar bomb, and quickly retreated.
“Boom!!!”
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The two monsters were knocked back.
The left ghoul was blasted into the creek, swallowed by the water, and soon stopped struggling, a series of black damage numbers flying out.
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-1000
-1000
It was corroded to death by the creek!
Fortunately, he hadn’t easily tried to jump down… falling in would be excruciating, he couldn’t even imagine.
Lord Xisi engaged in battle with the right ghoul.
As an agile-type monster, it seemed Lord Xisi couldn’t leverage the advantage like he did against players.
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Lord Xisi got scratched on the chest and blood burst out, it was the Tear effect!
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The pain ignited Lord Xisi’s anger; he didn’t expect such low-level undead could hurt him, Heavy Strike!
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Five consecutive throws!
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…
The dense stone formation dealt continuous damage numbers, instantly killing the ghoul!
As expected of a leader-level boss, he had already taken down two with a single blow.
And Starry was still dealing with the one that had been attracted.
Still six left, recovering from control!
