Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 30 Night Battle

"..."

Lin Xiu remained silent, silently removing the straps from the donkey's back so that the donkey could be free.

This was partly to prevent the donkey from being attacked and bitten by the living dead, but because he was carrying a donkey cart, he couldn't dodge and was hit.

On the other hand, it was also to protect the donkey cart.

The most dangerous situation is when the living dead awakens nearby, with the donkey cart and the donkey tied together. Only when they are separated will the living dead not notice the donkey cart.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the living dead are not led onto the donkey cart.

Lin Xiu had no idea what was going on. Why were all sorts of strange zombies appearing as soon as he left Mengzhou City?

The agility of those on Wolong Mountain and the strength of those here are both terrifying.

But that's not the key point. The key point is—

If it were just me, that would be fine. After all, I had only ever stayed in Mengzhou City and didn't know the world outside of Mengzhou City or the differences, so that would be normal.

But Yao Rongrong is different.

This demoness who came out to find her master has traveled to many places alone and dealt with many undead, but why had she never seen these different undead before?

Was Yao Rongrong lying, or did something change in the living dead?

If Yao Rongrong lied, what were her reasons and purpose in lying?

Why would she need to lie like this about an ordinary storyteller she brought from Mengzhou City?

So, that shouldn't be the case.

The more likely explanation is that changes occurred within the living dead.

What caused this change?

Time? Place? Or something else... like that strange flower?

Lin Xiu couldn't be sure; he felt that all of these things were possible, and that the mutation might be caused by more than one factor.

However, due to a lack of materials and information, he is unable to make a judgment.

"Donkey, move aside."

After unloading the donkey from the cart, he patted the donkey's rump and said something. At the same time, he and the donkey stepped back, moving a little away from the cart.

Meanwhile, Yao Rongrong had already drawn the thin sword from her waist.

Just as he dodged, he used his rapier to slit the undead's shoulder.

She had originally intended to slash at the undead's neck with her soft sword, but the undead pounced too fast, and she had dodged and attacked too hastily. As a result, the sword deflected and landed on the undead's shoulder.

"Sizzle..."

Blood gushed wildly from his shoulder, forming a jet of blood that looked incredibly eerie.

Lin Xiu's eyelids twitched.

Other undead are completely unlike this.

The blood of the undead he had seen was incredibly viscous, a dark red, and flowed out like a sticky oil, giving people a strange and disgusting feeling.

But after seeing it so often, the bizarre becomes commonplace.

But the blood spurting from this living dead seemed too normal; for a living dead person, normality seemed eerie.

"roar!!!!"

The undead roared, its shoulders tensed, and a sound like muscles tearing apart echoed in the darkness.

But as soon as the sound rang out, the bleeding stopped. No one knew how the living dead managed to do that.

At the same time, the undead's body seemed to have swelled to twice its size, looking like a heavy tank, which made people's blood boil.

Then the undead attacked Yao Rongrong again, giving people an earth-shaking sense of impact.

Lin Xiu retreated not far.

He was unfamiliar with the mountains, and because of the undead that suddenly sprang up from the ground, he was already a frightened bird, afraid that if he wandered around and stepped on something, he would disturb another undead. Therefore, he only stepped back slightly.

It was pitch black all around, and he even had a strange feeling that the ground beneath his feet was full of living dead.

He was even a little apprehensive every time he put his foot down.

Therefore, the terror of the undead rushing in was very noticeable at this moment.

He even had a feeling that Yao Rongrong wouldn't be able to dodge under such a terrifying impact, so he quickly raised his crossbow and pulled the trigger.

The crossbow had been strung and the arrows were already in place the night before. All it took was a flick of the wrist and a snap of the fingers for the bolt to fly out.

However, the arrow couldn't keep up with the speed of the undead, even though Lin Xiu had predicted some of their positions in advance.

The undead rushed past and crashed into Yao Rongrong.

Yao Rongrong let out a muffled groan and flew backward.

The arrow fired from the crossbow rang out and pierced a tree.

Just as Lin Xiu had predicted, Yao Rongrong was no longer able to dodge the living dead as before!

Fortunately, when the undead lunged forward, it clenched its arms and snapped its blood-red mouth shut, intending to bite Yao Rongrong. However, Yao Rongrong used her feet to push off and bounced, landing on the undead and being knocked backward. She was neither caught nor bitten.

Unfortunately, her sword, though it pierced the living dead, failed to strike due to the terrifying impact.

"roar!!!!"

The crimson in the eyes of the living dead intensified, becoming strangely glaring even in the darkness.

Instead of continuing its pursuit of Yao Rongrong, it was drawn by the sound of arrows piercing tree trunks, and suddenly turned its head, then turned its body and rushed in the direction of the sound.

"boom!!!!"

The tree was also knocked down.

The arrow shaft, embedded in the body, fell into the chest of the undead.

Lin Xiu's arrow missed its mark, but the living dead man pierced his own body with the arrow.

This terrifying monster has no reason and acts solely on instinct!

Lin Xiu immediately held his breath and placed his hand on the donkey, signaling it to be quiet and not make a sound.

He glanced at Yao Rongrong. Yao Rongrong had already steadied herself, but her posture was slightly strange and her body was trembling slightly, as if she had been badly hit by the living dead.

The female warrior seemed to sense something was wrong. She stood still, trembling, and tried her best to control herself, remaining motionless and not breathing.

Under the watchful eyes of Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong, the living dead seemed to have crashed, standing there stunned for a long time before pacing back and forth.

In a short while, the sky had completely darkened, and only the outlines of people could be seen in the mountains and forests, yet it was still so breathtaking.

Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong stared at the muscular figure for a long time. The figure shrank as it wandered, gradually shrinking to the size it was before the tearing sound came from its body. Even so, it still looked frighteningly strong.

Immediately afterwards, the living dead suddenly fell straight down, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Then he remained motionless.

The wind subsided, and the world returned to a deathly silence.

Yao Rongrong and Lin Xiu stood silently for a long time before glancing at each other.

In the pitch black, they couldn't even see each other's eyes, so Yao Rongrong could only gesture to Lin Xiu, signaling him to keep his voice down and come over to her.