CHAPTER 493: CHAPTER 414: ZOMBIES ARE THE TRUE IMMORTAL KINGS

The Lava Skeleton King realized something was off.

He initially thought the opponent had only occupied a small volcano mouth.

Unsure of what they were doing every day, but ultimately, it was just a small mountainside.

The losses were still within controllable range.

But soon, he noticed that the lava quantity within his Sulfur Mountain Range territory was steadily decreasing.

The production of the Molten Lava Skeleton Soldiers in his domain was dropping sharply.

On the contrary, near that tiny volcano mouth, those Skeleton Soldiers were popping up like bamboo shoots after a rain, crazily surging out.

As a result, they were immediately captured by the nearby growing Sulfur Mushrooms, evolving into Mushroom Bone Soldiers, each sent as laborers to the enemy’s camp.

Although the output of combat units for the entire Sulfur Mountain Range hadn’t changed much, the numbers under the Lava Skeleton King’s command were dwindling one by one.

The Lava Skeleton King didn’t understand this chronic bloodletting tactic, but his beast-like intuition told him that continuing like this was absolutely unacceptable!

So, he personally led his army towards that little hill!

"The one who captures this hill will be rewarded with three Divine level Magma Hearts!"

The Lava Skeleton King waved his burning giant sword, roaring a soul-stirring shout that shook the souls of the molten skeletons.

Immediately, with a single slash, he detonated all the Magic Mushrooms on the hillside, opening a wide path straight to the fortress.

"Charge! Rush!"

The Skeleton Soldiers immediately raised their weapons and rushed toward the hillside like a tide.

Skeleton Soldiers are best known for their swarm tactics.

Their production cost is low and can be mass-produced, and for many of the strong ones on the Nether Beach, they are the quintessential cannon fodder resource.

Their status is comparable to that of Angels among the Gods’ favoured, monopolistic in level.

No matter how many of these Skeleton Soldiers are lost, no one feels too distressed.

But Lette had a different take on this.

The Undead Skeleton is indeed the simplest Immortal Creature.

But precisely because of its simplicity, it has abilities other immortal creatures don’t possess, which is a blank slate.

A true stronger being despises adding extraneous details to a canvas already outlined by others, and prefers to unleash their creativity on a blank slate.

The combination of skeleton and Magic Mushroom is a species Lette has always wanted to experiment with.

Perhaps in the eyes of other immortal experts, adding some rotting meat to a skeleton frame is just the same level of cannon fodder as a zombie.

Relatively speaking, because of the addition of decaying flesh, the general applicability of zombies is actually inferior to that of Skeleton Soldiers.

But Lette insisted on playing some tricks on this path.

"You know, Lilith, when I was young, I was very afraid of a kind of monster that circulated in my hometown."

In the Holy Flame Bone City, Lilith curiously looked at Lette, "You, you have things you’re afraid of?"

"Not so much fear, more like... taboo."

Lette licked his lips, "I’m certainly not afraid anymore now, but in those years when I was small, pitiful, and helpless, I was always afraid of a monster named a zombie.

It comes from when people die and are revived, and it loves to suck human blood..."

"A Ghoul? Or a zombie?"

"No, much scarier than those things!"

Lette wiped his lips, "There was a time when I tried to recreate such a classic immortal creature here.

In my perspective!

Zombies! They’re the true Immortal Kings!

Unfortunately, I never had good opportunities and materials, so this plan was shelved.

But recently, I’ve finally gathered all the conditions!

Steel muscles! Iron bones! Enormous strength! Immortal and ageless! Devouring and evolving! Ominous and disastrous!"

When Lette reached this point, he stood up excitedly from the massage chair.

"When Tai Sui’s meat merges with the skeleton bone, then gets soaked to absorb in magma, ultimately refining into a line of perfect Immortal Corpses!

This is the brand new immortal monster I’ve created—the Molten Zombie!"

Before Lette could finish his words, countless figures sprang out of the fortress.

Their bodies were stiff and upright, arms extended forward, moving entirely by jumping, exuding a terrifying aura throughout their bodies.

The Lava Skeleton King was also startled by the appearance of this strange immortal creature; he could feel the presence of his Molten Lava Skeleton Soldiers within them.

But the strength of any randomly selected one matched that of an elite captain under his command!

Hiss!

The Lava Skeleton King took a sharp breath, wondering why he hadn’t noticed this advancement path for Molten Lava Skeleton Soldiers before?

Before he realized it, these Molten Zombies had already begun a massacre.

In front of their steel-hard bodies, the attacks of the Molten Lava Skeleton Soldiers were nothing more than tickles.

The attached sulfur lava couldn’t even scratch the surface of these Molten Zombies.

The fire-resistant layer of the Mushroom Beasts was perfectly replicated on their bodies.

Moreover, the strength of these zombies was jaw-dropping; a casual leap would smash a large group of Skeleton Soldiers into fragments.

The most terrifying part was that after killing the Skeleton Soldiers, these zombies would open their full rows of fanged mouths and swallow the Soul Flames from the skulls inside.

As the devoured Soul Flames increased, the power of these zombies surged, and their bodies began to grow fur, becoming increasingly ferocious.

"Charge! Charge!"

Although the Lava Skeleton King felt panic in his heart, he continued with his war of attrition tactics.

For him, as long as the quantity is sufficient, no enemy can remain undrowned!

But what he didn’t know was that zombies didn’t know fatigue.

In a scenario where they could devour the opponent’s soul, zombies were virtually unstoppable killing machines, growing ever stronger.

Initially, a single zombie was at most at the level of an Elf Skeleton Monster, but now the elites among them had grown to rival the Skeleton Knight Captain.

The Lava Skeleton King trembled all over, his two clusters of Soul Flames in his skull fixating on the zombies ahead in the battlefield.

Although the opponent’s troop numbers weren’t vast, they were effectively holding the battle line in place.

Having risen step-by-step from a Skeleton Soldier himself, the Lava Skeleton King knew too well the difficulty of the undead.

It wasn’t that every immortal creature had the potential for devouring evolution; those capable of progressing further were the elites of their species.

Moreover, the better one’s natural talent, the higher the ceiling for an individual.

But why did this horde of abnormal undead show no visible evolutionary limit whatsoever!?

What exactly were these monsters?

And scarily enough, up to this point, these zombies were not even considered the main force of those Mushroom Beasts.

At best, they could only be deemed revamped Skeleton Soldiers!

If the cannon fodder was this tough, how formidable was the Mushroom Beast’s main force?

Just as the Skeleton King was considering retreat, he suddenly felt something tighten around his foot.

Looking down, he noticed that, unnoticed, a Sulfur Mushroom had quietly blossomed at his feet, winding around his leg bone.