Seeing the head of the ghost zombie rolling on the ground, everyone present was in an uproar. A ninth-level ghost zombie was killed by David with just one move of the Shattered Void Fist. At the moment when the head of the ghost zombie landed on the ground,
Charles furrowed his brows, and in the next second, he descended from the air. David acted quickly, catching him before he reached the ground.
“Sophie, quickly heal Charles!” Seeing Charles’s pale face and sweat-soaked clothes, David hurriedly instructed Sophie.
Ten minutes had passed, and Charles couldn’t hold on any longer. He fell unconscious. Simultaneously, with the death of the ghost zombie, the domain in this area was also broken.
Sophie nodded and covered Charles with Stellar Healing. Watching Charles slowly recover, David nodded in approval. Without Charles’s trace back ability, they probably wouldn’t have dealt with the ghost zombie so quickly.
In other words, Charles was the hero of this battle. Soon, Charles opened his eyes.
“How’s the ghost zombie?” This was the first thing Charles said when he saw David. During the trace-back process, he had kept his eyes closed to maintain focus and was unaware of what happened outside.
“Don’t worry, David took care of it!” Arnold walked over, putting his hand on his neck and mimicking a beheading motion to tell Charles. Hearing that the ghost zombie had been killed by David, Charles finally let out a sigh of relief.
“If it weren’t for you, we would have been in trouble today. Rest for a while.” David patted Charles’s shoulder and smiled at him.
Hearing David’s words, Charles felt a warm feeling in his heart. This was the first time he had contributed his ability to the Embers team. In that moment, his admiration for David intensified. Not only him, but the other members felt the same way. Finding a powerful team leader in this cruel apocalypse was lucky for them.
Fatso couldn’t help but feel emotional too. He felt that David wasn’t just an exceptionally strong esper but also a qualified team leader.
Next, David took out several Gene Crystals and distributed them to everyone. The previous battle had consumed a lot of their stamina and energy, and now they finally had a chance to rest and replenish.
David then walked to the corpse of the ghost zombie, looking at its still wide-eyed and incredulous head with a faint glance.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a high-level crystal! ]
[Congratulations to the host for triggering a hundred times critical hit, obtaining a hundred high-level crystals! ]
The system’s voice rang in David’s ear, but he didn’t show any extra expression on his face. The high-level crystals in the system’s storage were already in the thousands, an endless resource for him.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for leveling up the Corrosion ability! ] Soon, the system’s voice sounded again.
“Huh? The Corrosion ability has leveled up?” This voice made David somewhat surprised. He didn’t expect that this ability he had obtained by chance had the potential to level up. With a thought, the system explained the upgraded function of the Corrosion ability.
[After the upgrade, the Corrosion ability can rapidly decay the target within a limited distance, increasing the degree of decay by fifteen percent! ]
Hearing the system’s explanation, David immediately understood. It meant that he could now corrode the target without direct contact. David looked at a one-meter-long abandoned steel pipe one meter away and pointed his finger at it. The abandoned steel pipe instantly emitted a sound of corrosion and rapidly decayed, as if it had been gnawed by tens of thousands of giant ants.
“The power is not bad!” David was somewhat surprised. He wanted to see the effective distance of this ability to corrode targets. So he repeated the same trick on another steel pipe two meters away. Just like a swarm of termites passing through, three meters, four meters. In the end, David found that the effective distance of the Corrosion ability was five meters. Within this range, he could instantly corrode all targets at will.
For David, this could be considered a long-range offensive ability. Even though the effective distance was currently only five meters, he wasn’t worried. He knew that as his strength improved and he killed more zombies, this distance would increase. This was a pattern he had discovered in his recent battles. After glancing at the corpse of the ghost zombie once more, David turned and left. The mastermind behind this apocalypse didn’t deserve a second glance from him. 𝘰𝑣𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
At this moment, Fatso also walked over. Wiping the juice from the Gene Crystals off the corners of his mouth, he grinned at David and said, “David? Is the team still short on members? Do you think I can join? Don’t judge me by my size; I’ve got plenty of strength!” Fatso raised his arms, trying to show off his biceps. However, despite his efforts, there was nothing but fat on his arms… still just fat. He awkwardly scratched his head, trying to hide his embarrassment. Seeing Fatso, David smiled.
The Embers team currently only had six members, even with Little Black and Cola included, it still wasn’t the ideal number David had in mind. Having been reborn, he knew that the number of members was a crucial factor for a team to thrive in the apocalypse. David’s plan for his team was to have ten members, and it was evident they hadn’t reached that number yet.
From the beginning, David had considered recruiting Fatso into the Embers team. Even if he wasn’t an esper, his identity as a Dawn Scavenger made him a valuable asset. However, David had never revealed his thoughts because he wanted to see what kind of person Fatso truly was. This world was full of strangeness, and people’s hearts were unpredictable. He had to be responsible for his team and even more so for its members. If he recruited someone with ill intentions, it could be a disastrous blow to their team.
“David? Abs, eight-pack abs, can’t you see?” Fatso was still trying to showcase his advantages, and as he was about to lift his shirt, David turned away in disgust. Eight-pack abs? He felt like Fatso’s abs had already become one with everything. Abs aside, his belly was quite big.
Fatso forced a dry laugh and looked at David again. “You can rest assured, in future battles, I’ll be the first one charging in! Whether it’s man or god, once Fatso makes a move, the whole world will feel the pain!”
To Fatso’s words, David just twitched the corner of his mouth and then asked, “Why do you want to join my team?”
“There’s war car, heavy machine gun, and Strong team. Who wouldn’t want to?” Fatso casually said, but then he suddenly realized what he had said and immediately covered his mouth.