"Roar!" As he watched the strange black shadow coming toward him, Chu Hang transformed into, the Tyrant let out a furious roar. He then swung both claws at the shadow where Chu Hang had become.
After evolving, the Tyrant, like the Lickers, had lost its rational intelligence, but had developed certain hunting instincts. So after seeing Chu Hang's bizarre kill of a Licker, the Tyrant became cautious of him. It did not want this strange human getting too close!
*Hiss hiss!*
With two dull impacts, the Tyrant's claws struck at the black shadow Chu Hang had become. But at this moment, Chu Hang seemed to truly turn into a shadow, completely ignoring the Tyrant's claws, passing right through them and blending into the shadow beneath the Tyrant.
The next moment, the Tyrant's shadow seemed to come to life. It started writhing rapidly, and dozens of black tendrils shot out from the darkness, binding the Tyrant completely.
"Roar!" Trapped by these strange black tendrils, the Tyrant let out a series of furious roars and began to struggle wildly. However, these tendrils were incredibly elastic, as though made of rubber. No matter how much the Tyrant struggled, it couldn't break free.
"Move quickly, Chu Hang can't hold on much longer!" Seeing the Tyrant struggling desperately against the tendrils, Vincent's eyes narrowed. He shouted urgently and then lunged toward the Tyrant. He kicked the ground, and his body spun in an eerie motion.
*Crack crack crack!*
With the sound of bones grinding, Vincent's strength seemed to focus entirely into his right fist. Using the momentum of his spin, he swung his right fist, which made a deafening sonic boom, and slammed it directly into the Tyrant's right waist.
*Boom!*
With this punch, Vincent had clearly unleashed all of his power. The punch caused the Tyrant's soft flesh at the waist to burst open, leaving behind a deep fist print.
Under the fist print, numerous white dots began to merge into the Tyrant's wound. These white dots were parasitic eggs. Once they hatched, they would become tiny, ant-like insects that would feast on the Tyrant's flesh.
"Is this technique... the basic combat skill—Stabbing Fist?" Seeing Vincent break through the Tyrant's defense with a single punch, Chu Xun couldn't help but be surprised. He quickly accelerated and charged toward the Tyrant, claws raised to strike.
*Poo poo!*
The Tyrant's enormous size gave it immense strength, but also slowed down its reactions. When Chu Xun attacked, the Tyrant couldn't respond in time and was struck by Chu Xun's sharp claws.
The Tyrant's skin was incredibly tough, and its muscles were as hard as steel. Even a second-tier alloy weapon wouldn't cause it much damage. But now, under Chu Xun's full-force strike, his claws pierced the Tyrant's skin like an ice-breaking chisel, and they sank into its flesh.
Meanwhile, the Alien had leaped onto the Tyrant's back. Its sharp claws, like Chu Xun's, dug deep into the Tyrant's muscle. It quickly crawled up to the Tyrant's neck, opened its massive jaws, and thrust its inner nest teeth toward the Tyrant's head.
After fighting against zombie-like creatures, the Alien had learned that to truly kill these strange beings, the brain had to be destroyed!
*Clang!*
However, the inner nest teeth, which had always been unstoppable, encountered trouble this time. With a loud ringing, the inner nest teeth managed to pierce the Tyrant's scalp, but they couldn't penetrate further. Instead, they left a deep sawtooth-like imprint on the Tyrant's hard skull.
"Don't attack the Tyrant's head! Its skull is as hard as third-tier alloy. Attack its heart; that's its only weak point!" Seeing this, Vincent immediately shouted. He then turned around and threw a punch, knocking a Licker charging from behind to the ground. He added, "But be careful, its weakest point is also its strongest. The arteries around its heart can detach and attack, and they can suck the blood of the victim, healing its wounds!"
*Hiss!*
The Alien seemed to understand Vincent's words. It quickly climbed higher on the Tyrant's back, evading a swipe from the Tyrant's right claw, and darted to the Tyrant's chest like a snake. It opened its large mouth and aimed for the Tyrant's rapidly beating, massive heart.
*Poo!*
However, just as the Alien was about to strike, an unexpected event occurred. The Tyrant's heart suddenly bulged, and several large arteries near the heart shot out like poisonous darts, aiming straight for the Alien.
*Poo poo poo!*
The speed at which these arteries shot out was incredibly fast. Within the blink of an eye, they appeared before the Alien. At this moment, the Alien's speed and agility were fully displayed. It twisted its body and managed to avoid most of the artery strikes, though one artery managed to pierce its body.
Once the artery pierced the Alien, it acted like a straw, beginning to suck the Alien's blood. But just as it did, the Tyrant let out a piercing scream. The artery jerked and flung the Alien away.
At the same time, the Tyrant's heart began to emit greenish smoke, and a sizzling sound could be heard, as though something terrible was eating away at its body from the inside out.
"Ha ha! You fool, the Alien's blood is not so easy to suck!" Seeing this, Chu Xun laughed loudly, then swung his claws again, ripping a large chunk of flesh from the Tyrant.
"Roar!" However, the Tyrant, being one of the top creatures among second-tier dangerous beings, was not defeated by the acid corrosion of its heart. Instead, it became even more enraged. With a roar, the Tyrant's arm muscles suddenly tightened, and veins like little snakes bulged from its fists.
At that moment, an intense feeling of danger surged in Chu Xun's heart.
"Damn, this is an Elite Body! It's going berserk, retreat!" Seeing this, the experienced Vincent immediately backed off, shouting wildly.
Even without Vincent's warning, Chu Xun and the Alien, both highly sensitive to danger, had already reacted, retreating quickly. At the same time, the black tendrils binding the Tyrant receded rapidly, turning into a black shadow that darted away.
*Boom!*
Luckily, Chu Xun and the others had retreated in time, because just as they moved, the Tyrant roared and slammed its fists down heavily onto the ground.
The ground exploded as though hit by a massive bomb, and a huge shockwave swept out in all directions. Countless cement debris, like cannonballs, were sent flying everywhere.
*Boom boom boom boom!*
The debris, carried by the shockwave, was deadly. Chu Xun and his group had no time to react before being struck by the flying debris, and with dull thuds, they were sent flying. Vincent had his thorny protection, and Chu Hang was in shadow mode, immune to physical damage, but Chu Xun and the Alien were the most unlucky, suffering grievous wounds from the barrage of rocks.
Soon, the dust settled, and the debris fell to the ground. The Tyrant's figure reappeared, but it had grown even larger. It now stood at a towering four meters tall, with muscles so enormous they were terrifying, giving off an unshakable feeling of power.
"So this is an Elite Body?" Looking at the now more fearsome Tyrant, Chu Xun's face turned grim.
Just like mutated beasts that could understand and use powers, some zombies, after reaching a certain level of evolution, could also develop abilities similar to those of superhumans, unleashing their full potential. However, because the virus in zombies dominated, the chances of this mutation occurring were extremely rare. To distinguish these creatures, they were called Elite Bodies.
Elite Bodies were exceedingly rare, one in a hundred, and the fact that Chu Xun and his group encountered one could be considered both fortunate and unfortunate.
Because inside an Elite Body, there was a high chance of finding a high-tier primordial crystal with immense energy, but the strength of the Elite Body itself was equally terrifying.
And with the current combat power of Chu Xun's group, it would be far from easy to deal with this Elite Body!
"Roar!" However, the Tyrant didn't give Chu Xun and the others any time to hesitate. With a roar, the giant Elite Body began to move forward and charged once more at Chu Xun and his group.
Meanwhile, more and more Lickers appeared in the streets, and Chu Xun even saw another Tyrant of the same immense size in the distance!
One Tyrant was already a headache, and now there were two Tyrants and a group of Lickers?
The shadow of death loomed once again!