Chapter 286 - 117: Lake of Life! Longevity Substance

Chapter 286: Chapter 117: Lake of Life! Longevity Substance

The instinctual craving for fresh flesh and blood instantly sent them into a frenzy.

The two largest Corpse Vulture Zombies, their auras the most ferocious of all and at the peak of the Fourth Grade Perfection realm, were the first to attack!

They abruptly folded their rotting, fleshy wings. Like two black meteorites, they dove toward Lin Yi with unstoppable, thunderous momentum, their descent accompanied by a shriek that tore through the air and a thick, putrid stench of death!

Their speed far surpassed any of the zombies he had encountered before!

The other three Corpse Vulture Zombies, all at the Fourth Grade Middle Stage, followed close behind, moving to surround him!

A terrifying shadow of death fell over him in an instant!

Warning bells screamed in Lin Yi’s mind!

He pushed his Thunder Light Step to an unprecedented limit!

The Qi and Blood in his body burned furiously. Driven by his Thunder Light Intent, it surged madly into his legs!

CRACKLE!

A blinding electric light erupted once more!

The instant the vulture’s claws were about to pierce his back, Lin Yi’s body made an unbelievable right-angle turn, narrowly scraping past the edges of the talons dripping with venomous pus!

The resulting gust of wind stung his cheeks!

CRASH! CRASH!

The two Corpse Vulture Zombies’ claws slammed viciously into the hard, jade-like lakebed, sending shards of rock flying and leaving several deep gouges in their wake!

’That was close!’

Lin Yi’s back was instantly soaked in a cold sweat.

But his movements didn’t pause for even a second. Harnessing the explosive power of his Thunder Light Intent, his speed, rather than decreasing, actually increased. He sprinted desperately toward the ambush point in the mountain pass like a slippery serpent of purple lightning!

He had to control the distance.

He couldn’t be so fast that he lost the vultures, causing them to lose their target and turn back, nor could he be so slow that they caught up and tore him to shreds!

SCREEE!!!

Missing their attack had thoroughly enraged the aerial predators!

The five Corpse Vulture Zombies let out even more frenzied shrieks as a necrotic aura billowed from them like black flames. They beat their tattered, fleshy wings madly, stirring up a foul gale as they gave relentless pursuit!

Their speed was equally astonishing. They carved black trails of death through the air, doggedly tailing the flicker of purple lightning that leaped between the scattered rocks.

Lin Yi concentrated his Spirit completely, pushing his perception to its absolute limit.

He was no longer fleeing in a straight line.

Instead, he used the complex terrain at the edge of the lakebed to make sudden stops, changes in direction, and feints.

Time and again, at the last possible moment, he dodged the vultures’ deadly swoops and dives.

Each hair-raising dodge made the hearts of the tense observers in the distant mountain pass leap into their throats.

’Almost there! Just a little longer!’

Lin Yi gritted his teeth. His Qi and Blood were being consumed at a frantic rate, but the ambush point was now just ahead!

...

「The Mountain Pass Ambush Point.」

"They’re here! Get ready!"

Zhou Tiankuo let out a low growl, his voice tinged with tension.

He gripped his longsword tightly, a faint golden Gang Qi already circulating along its blade.

Everyone was already in position, holding their breath like cheetahs poised to strike. Their eyes were fixed on the entrance to the pass, watching the flicker of purple light draw closer and closer, followed by the five black shadows in relentless pursuit, reeking of a terrifying necrotic aura!

The very instant Lin Yi’s figure shot into the entrance of the mountain pass like a bolt of lightning!

"Attack!"

Zhou Tiankuo’s roar was the signal to attack, erupting like a thunderclap!

"Get the hell down here!"

Lei Gang’s hair and beard stood on end as he let out a thunderous roar, a brilliant golden light exploding from his body!

Like a primeval beast, he met the fastest of the pursuers head-on—the Fourth Grade Perfection vulture at the very front—and violently slammed his giant shield upwards in a savage strike!

BOOOOM!!!

A colossal boom, like the world was cracking apart!

The face of the shield viciously collided with the diving Corpse Vulture Zombie!

A visible shockwave erupted outwards, sending rock and dust flying!

The Corpse Vulture Zombie let out a piercing shriek, its massive body flung upward by the immense force. Its rotting, fleshy wings twisted out of shape as thick, black pus rained down!

"Bind it!"

Liu Mei cried out sharply as her figure flashed forward like a phantom. The cyan light from her blade expanded in an instant, like a living vine, wrapping with unerring precision around the airborne vulture’s claws and the roots of its wings!

The Paralysis toxin and binding power contained within the blade’s light began to furiously take hold!

"Die!"

Zhao Zhuo’s spear shot out like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair. Seizing the perfect opportunity while the vulture was airborne and out of control, he infused the spear’s tip with all of his Gang Qi. It transformed into a golden meteor, carrying a sharpness that could pierce anything, and viciously stabbed toward the creature’s relatively fragile eye socket!

PSHHHK!

The sickening crunch of shattering bone followed!

The spearhead plunged deep into the Corpse Vulture Zombie’s eye socket, scrambling the eerie green soulfire within!

The Corpse Vulture Zombie’s massive body convulsed violently. It let out one last, feeble wail before crashing to the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust!

The first—and strongest—of the Fourth Grade Perfection Corpse Vulture Zombies, had been killed in an instant through the perfect coordination of the three!

However, the battle had only just begun!

The other four Corpse Vulture Zombies had already charged into the mountain pass!

The death of their companion, far from making them retreat, had instead thoroughly unleashed their savagery!

Letting out even more crazed shrieks, they ignored everyone else and pounced in unison toward Lin Yi, who had just landed and whose aura was in disarray!

Clearly, they considered Lin Yi their primary target!

"Watch out!"

Zhou Tiankuo’s eyes nearly burst from their sockets as the Gang Qi on his sword flared, and he tried to intercept them.

"Don’t even think about it!" Lei Gang roared, charging forward with his shield again, but he was a fraction of a second too slow.

Just then!

SHING! SHING! SHING!

Three eerie blue glints of cold light shot out from the shadows like a viper striking!

It was Du Qi!

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, he hurled his last three poison-coated throwing knives from an exceptionally tricky angle. He aimed for the relatively weak points of two of the Fourth Grade Middle Stage Corpse Vulture Zombies: the joints where their necks and wing roots met their bodies!