“That thing has to be dead right?” Looking at the satisfied look on Lilith’s face after her attacks, Xiao Lin could not help but gulp.
“No, that thing isn’t so weak.” Lilith licked her lips, her taste for battle rapidly rising.
After a few minutes, the ground suddenly erupted and the shadowy mass shot out. Xiao Lin finally saw its true form. It might have had a human’s basic appearance, but it could no longer be called a human. Its naked body was all rotting flesh, and its face was extremely muddled. There were no clear features on its face; not even its sex was indiscernable.
Its stomach was bloated, probably from all the food it had shoved in earlier. The strangest thing was there were obvious stitches throughout its body. Some threads were left sticking out. Its appearance was very discomforting; its hands were mismatched lengths and its eyes were not the same size, as if it had just been randomly put together.
The monster emitted a strange guttural sound, its red eyes looking around before settling on Xiao Lin and Lilith. Its expression suddenly focused, turning fiercer. It opened its mouth, its yellow teeth still carrying lingering stains of flesh. It moved its mouth with some difficulty, muttering with a low voice, “Kill… Kill… Kill…”
The monster could actually talk–definitely beyond their expectations. The third cloud of death energy that Xiao Lin had felt earlier had to be from this monster, which meant it was undead. However, undeads should not have any sentience, only able to be controlled by the necromancer, which was Asabanor.
He did not have time to think about it as the monster started to attack. Its was as fast as lightning. Xiao Lin’s eyes widened, he was only distracted for just a moment, but the rotting stench was already right in front of him. He did not even have time to activate Miracle before using Phantom Steps, but he was still hit by the creature’s fist. A black wound appeared on his arm.
Lilith’s attack closely followed, but the monster’s reflexes were extremely quick, and managed to easily dodge. Lilith had already switched back to her scythe, and her range of attack was a lot wider. She noticed how abnormal the monster’s movements were as well. Xiao Lin took the change to retreat to the back.
The sword aura that came out from the scythe formed a net in the air, completely capturing the monster within. That was a skill unique to Lilith; as agile as one was, if there was a strong enough onslaught, there was no way to hide from it.
The monster’s intelligence was also unexpected. Its body constantly twitched, trying to find a way to escape, but it was unexpectedly completely trapped by the net. On its arms and bodies were countless wounds, but no blood flowed out. Instead, it was a dark yellow liquid.
Feeling like the monster’s speed had been suppressed by Lilith, Xiao Lin decisively took out his sword, activating Miracle before pouring everything into strength. He unleashed a wave of Sword Aura. It was his first time using the offensively powerful sword aura in actual battle, and it rapidly shot through the air, piercing through the body of the monster.
The whole right arm of the monster had been sliced through. Xiao Lin clicked his tongue; the monster’s agility had allowed it to dodge at the last minute, but of course it could also be his inexperience with the skill. Xiao Lin had actually planned on slicing the monster in half.
The monster once again made a guttural sound and tried to escape, but Lilith had already renewed her onslaught with her scythe. This time, she had gathered up the flames and flashed them at its feet. Lilith sped up again, and its whole left leg turned to mush.
“Slashing!”
Taking that chance, Xiao Lin’s Holy Soul Sword slashed down. Slashing was a skill that needed a long time to gather its power, so it was useless in solo battles, but Lilith’s attacks had given Xiao Lin enough space and time.
However, just from pure attack power, the Black-Iron ranked Xiao Lin could never compare to Lilith, but thanks to Miracle, his explosive ability was quite high, even attracting a meaningful look from Lilith. Compared to The Final Lands, Xiao Lin’s rate of growth was quite shocking to Lilith.
Slashing completely cut open the monster’s skull, and its body struggled a little before collapsing. Xiao Lin let out a breath, cancelling Miracle before looking at Lilith. The two of them were shocked.
The monster had given them quite the surprise, but they did not feel like it was too much of a challenge. Of course, their perfect teamwork was a big factor. The Final Lands had already built up their chemistry a lot, so the opponent did not have any chance to retaliate.
“Other than being disgusting, there wasn’t much of note,” Lilith said with nonchalance, simply giving her evaluation of the opponent.
Xiao Lin had a different view. “If that was created by Asabanor, then it would be a problem. You know too that the undead aren’t terrifying because of the quality, but the quantity. Just imagine meeting a few hundred or even thousands of these creatures. Then, it would not be so easy.”
“That would be a problem.” Lilith thought back how difficult the undead troops in The Final Lands were. If the skeletal troops switched to these creatures that were better in every way, then they would not have been able to escape The Final Lands.
“Let’s just leave. Asabanor doesn’t seem to be in Wildfire Town.”
Xiao Lin turned around, feeling like he should collect some samples to bring back to the academy. If Asabanor was actually able to mass produce these monsters, especially so near the Silver Province, then it was something they needed to be wary of.
However, he had barely taken a few steps when his eyes widened, gasping as he pulled out his Holy Soul Sword and called Lilith back.
The monster that they had cut up into many pieces, head barely intact, was slowly standing up again, its detached limbs slowly crawling back toward each other. Its left leg tended to its wounds and the rotting flesh started to move, quickly mending itself without any scars.