Facing this sudden emergency, Benjamin's expression was calm, and there was no sign of panic on his face.
He quickly took a Burst Fruit out of the storage space and held it tightly in his hand. At this moment, the special zombie was leaping high in the air, tracing an arc in the air. Benjamin's gaze was fixed on the other party, and a hint of sharpness flashed in his eyes. While the special zombie was jumping into the air, he didn't hesitate and threw it towards the other party's face.
The [Exploding Fruit] shot off like a meteor, leaving a blurred trail in the air.
“Boom~”
The [Exploding Fruit] smashed into the chest of this zombie. At the moment of impact, the [Exploding Fruit] exploded, and the powerful impact caused the surrounding air to seem to be distorted. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, with pieces of flesh and blood splattering in all directions.
The special zombie had nowhere to gain momentum in the air and could only rely on its body to withstand the impact of the explosion. Its body shook violently as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and it instantly lost its balance, falling headfirst.
“That was a mistake. I should have upgraded [Throwing Basics] before. If I had blown its head off, I would have killed it straight away.”
Benjamin used just one [Exploding Fruit] to successfully resolve this crisis. This tiny [Exploding Fruit] not only blew the special zombie half-dead but also blew it into the zombie pile.
The special zombie that fell into the zombie pile seemed to be in a quagmire, and no matter how it struggled, it could not extricate itself. Its limbs flailed around in the zombie pile, never able to find a foothold. It was estimated that it would not be able to climb out for a while.
While the zombie is distracted, Benjamin fixes it with his gaze and uses Sinister Gaze on it. His penetrating gaze instantly reveals detailed information about the zombie.
Name: High-Level Zombie Lightning
Race: Zombie
HP: 100% (Stamina x 10 + 500)
MP: 50 (INT x 10)
STR: 9
AGI: 10
CON: 8
INT: 12
Charm: 5
Luck: 1
Talent: [Devouring evolution] By devouring flesh and blood, you can evolve to a higher level.
Skill 1: [High-level zombie MAX] HP +500
Skill 2: [Zombification LV.MAX (passive skill)] Damage to parts other than the head will not cause fatal damage.
Skill 3: [Virus infection LV.MAX (passive skill)] Infects the target with the zombie virus while dealing damage to the target. The infected target will turn into a zombie within one week.
Skill 4: [Biological Perception LV.5 (passive skill)] Can vaguely perceive living creatures within a radius of 70 meters.
Skill 5: [Biting LV.10] Causes 50 damage to target using nails and teeth.
Skill 6: [Mastery of Thunder Element Basics LV.1] Can sense, gather, and use Thunder Element, increasing Thunder Element damage by 1%.
Skill 7: [Thunder Claw LV.10] Condenses thunder element in palm and attacks target, dealing 80 piercing damage and 20 thunder element damage, with a 10% chance of inflicting 'paralysis'. Cooldown: 5 minutes.
Skill 8: [Body of Lightning LV.MAX (passive skill)] Body is strengthened by the thunder element, greatly improving the body's reaction ability and flexibility.
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“I haven't even met an intermediate-level zombie, and I've actually encountered a high-level one. This is ridiculous.”
Zombies can evolve themselves by devouring flesh and blood. It is not impossible for a high-level zombie to have been born from the large number of zombies that have gathered in the shopping mall. However, according to Benjamin's careful observation, since the beginning, all the zombies that have appeared in the shopping mall have been low-level cannon fodder, and he has not met a single intermediate-level zombie.
“This thing has obviously already developed intelligence. Maybe it's worried that the appearance of other high-level zombies will affect its dominance, so it's devoured all the intermediate-level zombies.”
Benjamin muttered to himself, making a bold guess. Anyway, this high-level zombie can't speak, so there's no way to verify it, and he can only speculate based on his own imagination.
As it turns out, Benjamin really got lucky.
This high-level zombie was a new individual born after the melee among all the intermediate-level zombies in the shopping mall, but it fell into a deep sleep shortly after its birth.
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“You can stand out from the crowd, which makes you a pretty good fighter,”
Benjamin's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a slightly mocking smile.
“But unfortunately, you met me, hiahiahiahia~”
No one was nearby to see, so Benjamin let out a loud laugh.
As for the bystander Fluffy, looking at the smug Benjamin, his face was full of speechless.
Lightning, as a high-level zombie, had an additional 500 HP bonus. Although it was only blown in the chest by the [Burst Fruit] and its brain was not seriously damaged, 200 HP were still blown off. It struggled desperately among the zombies, the white electric arcs on its body flashing from time to time, expressing its anger and unwillingness.
“Roar!”
An angry roar resounded through the sky, and the rage in Lightning's heart had reached its limit. Its already blood-red eyes became even more crimson as if they were two burning flames.
Back then, it had participated in the big melee with the intermediate-level zombies. After the victory, it fell into a deep sleep and entered the advanced stage of transforming from an intermediate-level zombie to a high-level zombie.
After the transformation was complete, it gained wisdom and the ability to use lightning. So, it named itself Lightning and became the ruler of this gathering area.
Until today, it was awakened by a sudden explosion. Before it could react, it was trampled over by a group of low-level zombies.
These brainless zombies actually dared to offend it like this. Lightning was furious and secretly decided that after this incident, it must punish this group of cannon fodder properly so that they would remember who is the boss.
Before that, the instigator on the other side must first pay a painful price, and that is the real business.
Thinking about this, Lightning immediately charged towards Benjamin.
But Lightning never expected that before it could touch the hated human on the other side, it was bombarded by a fruit and fell into a pit. This situation completely exceeded its understanding.
Today, it must tear the human in front of it to pieces. Lightning roared, and once again its body was surrounded by arcs of electricity. The arcs of electricity were like fierce venomous snakes, flashing with a chilling light. It struggled to push aside the surrounding zombies in order to attack Benjamin again.
“Haha, incompetent and furious,” Benjamin sneered, offering a cold evaluation with a smile of contempt.
Benjamin suddenly became interested, jumped off the fence, and went under a nearby tree, where he used an alchemy array to create a dry wooden stick about the thickness of his forearm.
Just to be on the safe side, Benjamin also specially created a pair of leather gloves for himself.
Back on the fence, Benjamin put on the leather gloves, picked up the dry wooden stick, and slammed it hard against Lightning's head.
“Aren't you awesome? Go ahead, bite me! Jump up and hit me in the knee!”
How arrogant!
Lightning was provoked by Benjamin, and although he was furious, at this time, he could do nothing but roar.
“So what if you've evolved? So what if you're a high-level zombie? So what if you can discharge electricity?”
Under Benjamin's dual physical and mental attack, Lightning was eventually devoured by the flames in the pit, and its figure was drowned out by a large number of low-level zombies.
[You have killed the high-level zombie Lightning]
[You have obtained 3% of the Source of the World]
You obtained [Green Treasure Chest: Lightning]
Killing this zombie has earned Benjamin 3% of the source of the world. He is truly a little boss, reaping high rewards.
“I hope I'll have a good haul when I open the chest.”
The flames in the pit have not yet subsided, and Benjamin is temporarily unable to pick up the treasure chest. Fortunately, dropped treasure chests do not disappear, or he would have lost a lot.
“This is the advantage of setting traps in advance, and you can kill a little boss without injury.”
He is very happy now.
The appearance of the high-level zombie was just a small episode. The entrances and exits of the shopping mall are still constantly feeding fuel into the fire pit, and a thick layer of white ash has accumulated at the bottom of the pit.
The number of zombies hiding in the shopping mall is quite large, and the flames in the pit did not gradually extinguish until evening. During this time, Benjamin successively consumed two [Exploding Fruit] to attract the zombies.
By now, Benjamin estimated that there were only a few zombies left in the shopping center and they would not pose a major threat to him.
Using [Alchemy], he built a passage over the pit. Benjamin walked on the passage, picked up the [Green Treasure Chest] as he walked by, and then entered the shopping center, which had already been thoroughly cleaned up, humming a tune.