Chapter 137: Skill: Virus Madness (1/2)

I could still hear the Screecher Rabid Human screaming its heart out as if it's its throes of death. Those screams, akin to screeches someone makes when they're in great pain, resounded all over the surrounding. It's as if it wanted to leave a mark before it died, and it did so in the way of screeching in a heartrending manner.

At least, that's what I thought it did.

But as it turned out, such wasn't the case. As soon as Liu Zhi's party cleared out the horde in front of us— I didn't really do anything regarding the horde, I just stood there watching everyone do their thing— the ground started to rumble as if something ominous was about to befall us. My first thought was to retreat with everyone but Liu Zhi's party was too into their celebration that they didn't even notice the rumbling that came from the ground.

And then I realized that I was the only one who could sense it. It's either the noise was directed specifically at me, or something's about to come for us but they're still a great distance away. I'm guessing it's the latter.

Without telling Liu Zhi and the others, I found a comfortable spot underneath a tree and heaved a sigh. I tried to focus on spreading my Qi Energy even more so I could detect what's coming for us. It didn't even take a split second before I realized that another huge horde was located on the south.

The only difference was, this time, they were all Stage-4s and their leader was at least a Stage-7. It was quite a formidable assembly of rabid humans that I figured it'd be best to leave it to the higher-ups like Shen Rong.

But then again, I realized that this is a rare chance and an opportunity for us to get the top prize that Shen Rong presented for us. I mean, a risk has its rewards... but is it worth risking our lives for a measly high-grade armor?

”Liu Zhi, is something wrong?” Wu Yan asked as they approached me. They might've noticed the stern face I was wearing that they became mildly concerned about it.

”Thousands of Stage-4 Rabid Humans, can you take care of them?” I asked with a straight face.

I don't know the exact combat power of Liu Zhi's party right now but if they could take care of the Stage-4's for me, then I could easily stall or tank the Stage-7 Rabid Human that leads the entire horde. And then, once they've cleared out the Stage-4s, we could gang up on their leader and get rid of the horde.

There's also the option of turning berserk and slaughtering everyone in my sight. But I don't really want to rely on that right now. If worse comes to worst, then I'd resort to it. But I won't use it if I could help it.

”Stage-4's? And thousands of them? That would be a problem.” Liu Zhi put his thumb on his chin as he tried to analyze the situation. It's tough being a leader, all right. ”Wu Yan, how powerful is your Ice Domain?”

”About fifty meters in diameter. I can make it larger but it would greatly drain my Qi Energy. With fifty meters, I could maintain it for at least an hour.” Wu Yan responded. ”How about your Wind Blades, Liu Zhi? How many can you use at the maximum right now?”

”About three per second. I can keep it up for two hours if I go at that pace. But if I ever run out of Qi Energy, I can still fight at close quarters like Blade. As long as we have your domain set-up, we can keep up with the Stage-4s.”

”I can still enhance my speed by using my Qi Energy. If things get ugly, I can pull all of you out and run away from the horde.” Blade offered. ”I won't be using that much Qi Energy when it comes to fighting since I'll be using my daggers.”

”So you can take care of the Stage-4s?” I reconfirmed. Deep inside, I was hoping that they won't say yes since I felt guilty withholding the information that the rabid human leading the Stage-4's is a Stage-7 High Leveled Rabid Human.

Liu Zhi looked at Blade and Wu Yan and nodded. ”This is a one in a lifetime chance of proving our worth as a party. If you're with us, Yong Rui, then we'll take it.”

'There's no stopping these guys.' I sighed. I felt a bit of adrenaline rushing out my system as I eagerly anticipated the upcoming battle with the next wave of hordes.

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