Chapter 717: Chapter 472: One Hundred Thousand Troops, Undead Charge Under the Blood Moon! (Part 2)

As a Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord, its strength was indeed remarkable.

Sain, caught off guard, stumbled and was nearly pulled from its mount.

This was the second time Sain had encountered something it couldn’t pull.

The first was the Zombie Giant Bear Leader, which had since become its mount.

And now, a mere Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord was managing to pull it back. How humiliating!

"ROAR!"

Sain’s damaged vocal cords let out a wild roar as it desperately stabilized itself on the mount.

The flesh and muscles all over its body trembled erratically, showing signs of hardening.

At that moment, Sain unleashed its full strength and commanded its Zombie Bear mount to pull with all its might.

With their combined effort, Sain brazenly yanked the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord into the air, sending it flying straight toward it.

Seeing the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord in mid-air, Sain grinned and unleashed a massive cloud of green mist from its body.

The mist instantly began to corrode the bodies of nearby Skeletons and Zombies, and the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord was no exception.

As Sain had previously reported to Fang Zhou, this undead Corrosive Poison was a unique skill it possessed as the leader of the Corrupt Hatred.

The rotting flesh on its body could emit this toxic mist, which possessed extremely corrosive properties.

Even the most Solid metal could easily be disintegrated.

Against Skeletons, which were creatures of bone, and Zombies, which were creatures of flesh, the mist could not disintegrate them directly. However, it could render their bones and flesh brittle, making them incredibly easy to kill.

In Fang Zhou’s words, it had a potent Defense-reducing effect on Low-Level Undead, which was exactly the kind of ability Fang Zhou currently lacked.

Having released its ace-in-the-hole toxic mist, Sain brandished its Butcher Knife and charged forward.

The enormous, blood-soaked Butcher Knife flew everywhere. Any Skeletons and Zombies it touched were pulverized into flying shards of bone.

With their Defense greatly reduced by Sain’s toxic mist, they stood no chance against its onslaught.

The moment Fang Zhou rushed into the Battle Group, he immediately targeted the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord.

To fell a rider, first shoot his mount; to capture a band of thieves, first capture their king.

According to the rules of war in the Wasteland of Strife, the battle would end as soon as the lord was killed. The rest of the army could be ignored.

Sain’s frenzied assault had saved Fang Zhou a lot of trouble.

The Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord, yanked into the air by Sain, had fallen into a crowd of Undead and was now separated from the protection of its Advanced Zombie Guards.

Riding his Yellow Springs Nightmare, Fang Zhou executed a Death Charge, striking the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord from behind.

Then came Death Stomp!

The stun effect took hold, and Fang Zhou took advantage of its weakness to finish it off. He swung his Corpse Long Spear in wide, sweeping arcs.

This Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord was truly worthy of its title as a powerful Undead Lord commanding an army of one hundred thousand.

Its physical defense and armor were astonishingly tough. Combined with its unique Blood Moon Blessing, even Fang Zhou’s Deadly Strike and Death Energy Slash could not kill it in a single blow.

Meanwhile, the Zombie Guards, now separated from the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord, were rapidly trying to fight their way back to it.

However, having spotted the opening, how could Tidamia possibly let such an easy chance for victory slip by?

It immediately ordered a full assault, unhesitatingly commanding its Undead to charge forward and tie down all the Zombie Guards.

Nothing could now obstruct the path of the Corpse Knights and their Undead Beast mounts.

Ultimately, the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord could not withstand the overwhelming power of a swarm assault.

Filled with endless unwillingness and indignation, it finally collapsed, its bones and flesh completely shattered.

Fang Zhou absorbed its dissipating Soul Fire without a moment’s hesitation.

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With their Undead Lord successfully beheaded by Fang Zhou, the remaining hundred-thousand-strong Undead Army was nothing more than a doomed mob, and it crumbled instantly.

This served as a stark warning to Fang Zhou. While expanding the influence of the Corpse Tomb, he also had to raise the individual power of his Corpse Clone to its absolute limit.

Otherwise, if he could use beheading tactics against other Undead Lords today, then other lords could use the same tactic against him tomorrow!

Fang Zhou mentally raised the priority of enhancing his Corpse Clone’s individual combat power. He glanced at his attribute panel and sighed softly.

During the recent harvest of the Corpse Hills, he had acquired nearly all the universal Bronze-level Combat Professional Skills from the Sea City Military Academy.

The Clone’s current skill set was already perfect, far surpassing other Undead Lords of the same level.

To quickly increase his individual combat power, he still needed to focus on his Four-dimensional Attributes and his Corpse Authority.

The reason the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord had been so difficult to kill was primarily that it had won countless lord wars over endless ages. As a result, it had received numerous Blood Moon Blessings, which had greatly enhanced its racial Combat Power Coefficient.

Compared to it, the only thing Fang Zhou lacked was the accumulation of time.

If he wanted to shorten this gap, Fang Zhou would have to accelerate his expansion. He needed to slay more Undead Lords and win more lord wars. Only then could he use the attribute panel to absorb and devour his opponents’ Blood Moon Blessings, pushing the Corpse Authority he mastered to a more profound level.

As he gazed out at the one-sided battlefield, Fang Zhou silently mapped out the blueprint for his future growth.

Cleaning up the battlefield and commanding the Undead were tasks Fang Zhou no longer needed to handle personally.

Tidamia’s abilities had been fully unleashed, so Fang Zhou didn’t have to worry in the slightest.

With such a capable subordinate, Fang Zhou was happy to delegate all these matters to Tidamia. After all, Tidamia was a bona fide genius. It would be a waste not to use it.

More importantly, Fang Zhou had no reason to worry about Tidamia deserting with his Undead Army.

This was because Tidamia was completely loyal to him.

Even if he ordered Tidamia to immediately find a Bone Dragon and fight it to the death, Tidamia wouldn’t hesitate for a second.

Seeing that the attacking Undead Army, now without its lord, was being systematically divided, surrounded, and annihilated by his forces, Fang Zhou relaxed. He left everything to Tidamia and Sain and entered the Lord’s Hall.

After the territorial defense war, Fang Zhou had gained a large amount of Corpse Essence, devoured the enemy’s Soul Fire, and captured the Blood Moon Blessing once possessed by the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord via his attribute panel.

This was a huge fortune, one that would take him a long time to fully digest.

However, right now, he had something more important to do.

He needed to analyze the Soul Fire fragments left by the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord to understand why it had attacked his Corpse Tomb.

Soon, Fang Zhou, who was becoming more and more proficient with his Soul Searching Skills, found the memory he was looking for.

The Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord’s territory was relatively close to the Corpse Tomb.

When this round of the Blood Moon Tide began, its Undead Army had rushed out of its territory, following their base instincts.

Later, one of its competent Zombie subordinates, leading a unit of troops, discovered Fang Zhou’s Corpse Tomb and reported the news to the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord.

At the time, the Heavy-Armored Zombie Lord had no other thought than to simply seize the Tomb for itself.

With its low intelligence and simple-minded nature, it didn’t give it a second thought, immediately mustering its entire Undead Army and launching an aggressive assault.

It had never expected the outcome. First, it was blocked outside the city gates by Tidamia’s Battle Array. Then, Fang Zhou led a cavalry charge that ended in its beheading, killing it before it even knew what was happening.

However, this incident served as a wake-up call for Fang Zhou.

His Corpse Tomb was simply too conspicuous and lavish in the Wasteland of Strife.