One hundred and eight Dao‑patterns erupted with divine light, weaving together as they rapidly tempered the tangible sword‑qi. Under the tempering of the Dao‑patterns, the sword‑qi twisted and fused with the divine light, evolving toward a sword fetus.
The high-rise where Ian Song is in seclusion has sixteen floors in total.
Corpse One and Corpse Two personally guard the door outside his seclusion room, while their elite zombie subordinates are stationed throughout the fifteen lower floors.
Suddenly, Corpse One and Corpse Two—waiting outside the door—both grew visibly angry and anxious: a horde of giant pythons had appeared outside the building.
There were thirty-three Mutant Pythons in the group. The smallest was as thick as a water barrel, while the largest four were each at least as thick as three barrels put together, and their bodies stretched over a hundred meters long.
"Three seventh‑tier Mutant Pythons, twelve sixth‑tier Mutant Pythons, and the remaining eighteen are all fifth‑tier Mutant Pythons. Corpse One, what do we do? Our subordinates probably can't hold them off!" Corpse Two said worriedly.
"Hmph."
Corpse One let out a cold snort: "Even if all our subordinates die, even if we both fall, we must carry out our master's command—no one is allowed to set foot on the sixteenth floor before he leaves seclusion.
But I'm worried the eighth‑tier Mutant Python might be here too. Although we're both tier eight, in terms of raw power, even together we're no match for it. So, if we just hold our ground here, we definitely can't stop it. Now, you should leave via the rooftop and summon a corpse tide as fast as you can—I'll stay and command the defense!"
Corpse Two nodded. "Alright, I'll leave this to you—I'll go summon the corpse horde right away!"
As soon as Corpse Two finished speaking, it flashed away toward the rooftop.
Meanwhile, Corpse One let out a piercing roar. Hundreds of tier-six, tier-seven, and tier-eight zombies hidden in the building surged out, charging toward the thirty-three Mutant Pythons outside.
"Hiss hiss!"
Seeing hundreds of zombies burst out of the building, the three leading Mutant Pythons let out a series of serpent cries. Their massive tails whipped down like giant lashes, viciously striking more than a dozen zombies at the front.
The tails carried tremendous force—any zombie struck exploded instantly, turning into clouds of black blood mist.
The three Mutant Pythons then opened their mouths and inhaled, and more than a dozen Evolution Crystals flew into their mouths.
But just then, three blurred shadows flashed by.
Three tier-eight S‑Type Zombies shot out, their sharp claws slashing fiercely at the heads of the three Mutant Pythons.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Sparks flew as if metal clashed with metal—the claws of the three tier-eight S‑Type Zombies couldn't break the Mutant Pythons' defenses, leaving only a few claw marks on their hard skulls.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Though uninjured, the three Mutant Pythons felt provoked and snapped their foul-smelling jaws at the three tier-eight S‑Type Zombies.
At the same time, the other thirty Mutant Pythons charged into the zombie ranks, starting a chaotic melee with the remaining hundreds of high-tier zombies.
The Mutant Pythons were lower in both tier and number than the zombies.
But in terms of combat power, a fifth‑tier python could sweep aside sixth‑tier zombies, a sixth‑tier python could crush seventh‑tier zombies, and as for seventh‑tier pythons, even tier‑eight S‑Type Zombies couldn't do them any harm.
As a result, in just a few minutes of fighting, nearly a hundred tier-six zombies were killed.
Fortunately, the three seventh‑tier Mutant Pythons were tangled up by six tier‑eight S‑Type Zombies; otherwise, if they rampaged freely, the zombies would have suffered even greater casualties.
On the sixteenth floor, Corpse One stood at the window, anxiously watching the scene below. The situation looked grim—the zombies downstairs could hold out for half an hour at most.
But he had no idea when his master would finish his seclusion.
What worried him even more was that the eighth‑tier Mutant Python was still hiding in the shadows and hadn't shown itself. He didn't know exactly where it was concealed, but he was sure it was lurking somewhere nearby.