NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 32: Fierce Battle
“Whoosh!”
Having materialized, the Yin Ghost, with its physique of 12.4, possessed explosive power! In the blink of an eye, it dashed out dozens of meters!
However, the elite Ghoul was even faster!
It followed closely behind, its massive body almost turning into a pale gray shadow as it rapidly closed the distance!
Although their physiques were similar, their specific strengths differed. The elite Ghoul's powerful limbs made it extremely adept at running, its speed far surpassing the Yin Ghost's.
In less than ten seconds, it caught up, pouncing fiercely towards the Yin Ghost's back!
Just as its sharp teeth were about to pierce the Yin Ghost's skin, the materialized body turned illusory and transparent. The elite Ghoul bit into thin air, while the Yin Ghost took the opportunity to drift another dozen meters away.
However, Chu Xiu could clearly sense that the Yin Ghost's soul body had weakened somewhat.
Although the soul body could significantly reduce physical attacks, it wasn't entirely immune. The residual force from the massive kinetic energy could still inflict minor damage to soul-like creatures.
Moreover, after turning incorporeal, the wild boar in the Yin Ghost's grasp fell to the ground.
The elite Ghoul ignored the fallen boar and attempted to pursue the Yin Ghost. However, at that moment, a dozen blood-red bony hands suddenly emerged around its body, firmly grasping its limbs!
Simultaneously, a long-charged pitch-black wind blade shot out from the side, striking the elite Ghoul's massive body!
“Puchi!”
With a loud bang, as if hit by an anti-materiel rifle, the giant beast's fur was torn apart without a doubt. The flesh underneath was blasted open by the immense energy, splattering in all directions and forming a gaping wound!
The beast clearly hadn't anticipated the sudden attack. Caught off guard by the Bone Blood Devouring Formation, it had no time to dodge and was directly hit by Chu Xiu's fully charged Yin Wind Blade!
However, after collapsing, it let out a roar and, in an instant, stood up again, turning towards Chu Xiu's location with an enraged howl!
“What?”
Astonishment flashed across Chu Xiu's eyes.
He had fully charged that attack. Although the attacking point was over ten meters away to avoid being detected by the elite monster, which reduced the Yin Wind Blade's power, it still had at least 7.0 power.
To withstand such a blow and still be able to stand up immediately was beyond Chu Xiu's expectations. He initially thought that if the attack landed, the opponent would be either dead or crippled! The rest of the battle would have been easy.
But then, his eyes narrowed as he discovered the problem.
At the elite Ghoul's shattered wound, grayish-white bones covered in flesh were exposed. Their protective surface area was enormous, encompassing all of the elite Ghoul's internal organs. Although there was a deep gash on it now, the overall structure remained intact.
“So that's what the [Bone Spikes] trait means? This is going to be troublesome.” Chu Xiu's eyes narrowed slightly.
Under his gaze, the elite Ghoul panted heavily, a strange red light emanating from its body. The horrifying wound on its flank began to stop bleeding and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye!
[Skill: Rapid Recovery!]
To make matters worse, its previous roar had alerted all the surrounding Ghouls, and they began to sprint towards Chu Xiu's location!
“Looks like I have to fight head-on.”
With a thought, the heavy bone armor appeared on Chu Xiu's body.
Without hesitation, he strode forward, his body twisting as he thrust the bone spear in his hand!
The elite Ghoul roared, enduring the pain as it leaped aside. Although it dodged Chu Xiu's attack, the wound that had just stopped bleeding tore open again. At the same time, a blurry figure suddenly pounced onto its body. The elite Ghoul instantly trembled as if it had fallen into icy water, its body heat rapidly dissipating like a drowning victim!
Yin Ghost skill [Life Drain!]
“Tsk!”
As the elite Ghoul's limbs weakened, Chu Xiu's bone spear thrust out again, piercing its thigh muscle!
“Roar!”
The elite Ghoul roared furiously and jumped away. This attack didn't inflict a fatal wound, but it worsened its injuries. Blood gushed out, and it seemed to struggle to even stand.
“The bone spear's enhancement isn't keeping up.” Chu Xiu thought to himself, his hands moving incessantly as he launched continuous attacks!
After inflicting another wound, several ordinary Ghouls arrived and attacked Chu Xiu.
Although Chu Xiu effortlessly dealt with them, this brief delay gave the elite Ghoul a chance to catch its breath and distance itself from him. Meanwhile, more Ghouls arrived, shielding their injured leader.
Their numbers grew rapidly, soon exceeding twenty and continuing to increase. Moreover, a large number of ordinary Ghouls joined the hunt for Chu Xiu.
Looking at the dense horde of corpses before him, Chu Xiu felt no fear. Instead, he licked the blood splattered on the corner of his mouth, a slightly crazed and excited smile appearing on his face, hidden beneath the bull-horned helmet.
Behind him, the Yin Ghost's massive body materialized, its sharp claws glinting coldly under the sunlight!
With a push of his legs, Chu Xiu charged into the horde like a white beast, fearless. The Yin Ghost followed, its claws slashing, each strike effortlessly tearing a Ghoul to shreds!
Wherever the man and ghost passed, flesh and blood flew. No Ghoul could stand in their way!
The battle ended in less than five minutes.
Excluding the elite Ghoul that was heavily wounded in Chu Xiu's initial sneak attack, the other Ghouls posed no threat to him, protected by his +6 Energy-Absorbing Armor and possessing twice their physique.
Even when several pounced on him at once, they only managed to make him lose his balance, causing minor trouble at best.
On Chu Xiu's side, besides himself, there was the Yin Ghost and the Bone Blood Devouring Formation, both formidable weapons.
It could be said that this battle was a one-sided massacre.
“Of course, if dozens of Ghouls pounced on me from all directions at once, I'm afraid it would be difficult to cope.”
Unfortunately, although the Ghouls craved living beings, they were not without reason and naturally knew fear.
They didn't attack recklessly all at once, which gave Chu Xiu the opportunity to defeat them one by one, especially after he seized the chance to kill the elite Ghoul.
The final result was countless Ghouls scattering and fleeing, leaving behind thirty-seven corpses.
[Slaughtering living beings, Profession Experience +218]
[Slaughtering living beings, Profession Experience +256]
Two notification messages flashed before Chu Xiu's eyes.
The first was from the elite Ghoul, and the latter was the sum of the remaining thirty-plus Ghouls.
“I still have to kill high-level elite monsters.” Chu Xiu sighed.
The experience provided by this one Ghoul was almost equal to the combined total of the remaining thirty-plus.
“These corpses should be enough.”
Excitement flickered in Chu Xiu's eyes.
With a wave of his hand, the corpses of numerous Ghouls and ordinary zombies began to melt, fusing into his bone armor!
As one corpse after another was refined, the bone armor on his body emitted a dazzling white light, seemingly evolving towards the next stage!
Finally, as if breaking through a certain critical point, the bone armor began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye. The spikes on it became thicker, longer, and sharper, the density of the armor plates increased, and the structure became denser!
A panel flashed before Chu Xiu's eyes.
[Exquisite Bone Armor +7]
[Enhancement Progress: 0/10]
[Rank: F-rank]
[Quality: Exquisite]
[Attributes: Protection (6.6), Spikes (1.4), Insulation (0.4), Energy Absorption (2.0), Weight 31.5kg]
Looking at the data before him, Chu Xiu's eyes were filled with uncontainable joy.
After refining so many Ghouls, he had finally enhanced this armor to +7! Its quality had also been upgraded to [Exquisite]!
With a +7 enhancement, the bone armor's protective capabilities were astonishing, far surpassing even the heaviest plate armor of ancient times.
Not to mention its powerful energy absorption effect. Chu Xiu estimated that he could now withstand pistol bullets unharmed while wearing the bone armor.
Of course, he still couldn't withstand assault rifle fire; its penetration power was too terrifying.
But even so, this was still astonishing.
And most importantly:
[Second Enchantment Slot Unlocked]
(End of Chapter)