Zuo Feng nodded, took a deep breath, and the mysterious runes on his Space Shield flickered. “After we go out, you clear the zombies on the left. I’ll hold the right. Be careful not to shatter the glass.”
There were 12 zombies on the left, 15 on the right, and the nearest zombies on the left were a little further away.
With Da Mi Tao’s firing speed, 12 zombies would be dealt with in 10 seconds, and Zuo Feng only needed to hold for 10 seconds to prevent the zombies on the right from getting close. As for the zombies in the other three corridors, once the distance was opened up, they were simply Da Mi Tao’s live targets.
The difficulty wasn’t great. The only thing to watch out for was Da Mi Tao’s arrow power, which was too strong, so she had to be careful not to pierce through the zombies’ heads and shatter the glass doors of the shops.
Gently pushing the door open, they quickly darted into the corridor, standing back to back.
Zuo Feng held his shield horizontally in front of him, and Da Mi Tao’s arrow was already nocked. A series of arrows flew out like meteors, accurately piercing through the zombies’ heads. 12 zombies fell to the ground.
Da Mi Tao’s explosive power was astonishing! Arrows rained down densely. In just four seconds, Da Mi Tao had killed all the zombies on the left. Zuo Feng only had time to swing his shield and smash one approaching zombie on the right.
Da Mi Tao then quickly turned around, firing arrows in quick succession. In less than 5 seconds, the zombies on the right also fell to the ground, her movements clean and decisive.
Zuo Feng turned his head to look at Da Mi Tao. “You rest first. Once you’ve recovered, we’ll clear the zombies on the other side.”
Da Mi Tao nodded slightly, the golden light in her eyes fading. She leaned against the wall, slowly sat down, and closed her eyes to recuperate. Zuo Feng held up his Space Shield, vigilantly scanning their surroundings.
Although Da Mi Tao’s explosive power was strong, her ability consumption was also fast and couldn’t be sustained. Although they hadn’t found any two-bar zombies yet, Zuo Feng and Da Mi Tao both knew that…
…the number of zombies on the third floor was even greater than on the first, with over a hundred in the corridors alone, not to mention those hidden inside various shops.
With such a large number of zombies, there would inevitably be two-bar zombies, and perhaps even more than one.
As for Zuo Feng’s ability, its consumption was extremely low, so there was no need for him to recover. Simply summoning the Space Shield consumed almost no ability; it only consumed ability when attacking or defending.
Ten minutes later, Yue Jiaxue opened her eyes, her breathing steady. Looking at Zuo Feng, who was standing with his back to her, shield raised in defense, Yue Jiaxue couldn’t help but show a soft smile. “I’ve recovered. Let’s go clear the next corridor.”
It took Zuo Feng and Yue Jiaxue nearly an hour to clear all the zombies in the four corridors. Although it took almost an hour to clear the four corridors, the actual combat time was less than two minutes. The rest of the time, Da Mi Tao was leaning against the wall, eyes closed, recuperating her abilities.
As expected, two two-bar zombies appeared on this floor, both shot dead by Da Mi Tao.
After a short rest, the two began to scout for zombies inside the shops. The shop spaces were narrow, making it difficult for Da Mi Tao to use her arrows, so Zuo Feng cleared all the zombies inside the shops.
The entire third floor consisted of women’s clothing stores, with over 20 shops and nearly a hundred zombies. All of them were smashed one by one by Zuo Feng using his Space Shield. Among them, there was also one two-bar zombie.
The Space Shield was too large to directly attack the zombies’ weak points. Zuo Feng had to smash the two-bar zombie more than ten times with his Space Shield before he finally killed it.
The head bones of the two-bar zombie were already comparable to pig iron. Indeed, Da Mi Tao’s attack power was far beyond what Zuo Feng could match. If it were Da Mi Tao, she would have pierced it with one arrow.
After clearing each shop, Da Mi Tao would sweep up all the women’s clothing inside, not even sparing the racks and display stands. There was no other reason; Kong Ling’s space was large, so she could be willful!
Clearing the zombies inside the shops, scavenging clothes, and collecting loss crystals took the two another two hours. Although the process was tedious, the harvest was quite fruitful.
Three two-pattern loss crystals and over thirty one-pattern loss crystals were collected, leaving them tired but satisfied.
Shaking his somewhat sore arms, Zuo Feng said softly, “Let’s go, Da Mi Tao! It’s time for us to head back.”
But this time, Zuo Feng didn’t get a response from Da Mi Tao. He couldn’t help but turn to look, only to see the bowstring in Da Mi Tao’s hand drawn taut, the arrow glowing brightly with golden light, pointing straight ahead, her expression grave.
Zuo Feng looked in the direction of the arrow tip, only to see that the partially open door to the staircase they had come up from had been opened at some point!
A Gray-skinned Zombie was crouched on the ground like a hunting dog, bone spikes protruding from its spine like sharp blades, growling softly at the air, seemingly sniffing for something.
Then, the Gray-skinned Zombie slowly turned around, its nose twitching a few times, and its dead-gray eyes suddenly locked onto Zuo Feng and Da Mi Tao, letting out a low roar.
Zuo Feng instantly activated his Space Shield, blocking in front of Da Mi Tao, his expression more serious than ever. This zombie had two half-bars on its forehead. This zombie could smell the lingering scent of living people in the air; it had tracked Zuo Feng and Yue Jiaxue’s scent all the way here!
“Roar!”
With a low growl, the Gray-skinned Zombie suddenly exerted force with all four limbs, instantly pouncing towards Zuo Feng, its speed astonishing.
“Meteor of Light!”
Da Mi Tao let out a soft cry, the bowstring vibrated, and a golden arrow shot out like a meteor, hitting the Gray-skinned Zombie’s eyeball. The powerful impact directly knocked the leaping zombie to the ground, its eyeball bursting, and foul-smelling liquid splattering.
The Gray-skinned Zombie leaped up the moment it hit the ground, half of its dead-gray eyeball already shattered, an arrow stuck in its eye socket, and gray blood slowly flowing down the arrow shaft.
The zombie’s roar grew even more frantic. Da Mi Tao’s full-power arrow, even aimed at a weak point, hadn’t killed this zombie!
With a low growl, the zombie pounced at the two again.
“Retreat!”
Zuo Feng roared, ordering Yue Jiaxue to retreat, while he, with both arms pressing against the Space Shield, directly charged and collided with the Gray-skinned Zombie. The shield face of the Space Shield glowed brightly, and it violently crashed into the leaping zombie, letting out a deafening roar. The Gray-skinned Zombie’s sharp claws clashed with the Space Shield, producing an ear-piercing metallic scraping sound.
Zuo Feng clearly saw—the deep gray two-and-a-half bars on the zombie’s forehead twisting like ripples, and the bone spikes on its spine suddenly grew three inches longer!
Zuo Feng gritted his teeth, fully activating the Space Shield, which glowed even brighter. Although the Gray-skinned Zombie didn’t break through the Space Shield’s defense, the impact force was astonishing. Zuo Feng retreated several steps, and the Gray-skinned Zombie was also knocked flying, crashing heavily to the ground.
“Swish! Swish!”
Two golden arrows, one after another, cut through the air, accurately shooting into the Gray-skinned Zombie’s burst eye socket. Zuo Feng saw clearly that the first arrow shattered the remaining half of the zombie’s eyeball and entered the eye socket.
The second arrow struck the tail of the first arrow, erupting with an even stronger golden light, but it did not penetrate the zombie’s skull. Due to material limitations, the arrow that entered the eye socket was directly shattered, and the second arrow also broke at the edge of the eye socket. The zombie’s roar became even more shrill.
“Crazy woman, are you trying to get yourself killed?!”
Zuo Feng roared in anger. This was the first time Zuo Feng had cursed Da Mi Tao. Was this woman really so reckless?
How could she dare to take such a risk at a time like this?
Her ability was only enough for three full-power arrows at most. Now that all three arrows were used, Da Mi Tao was exhausted, without even the strength to escape!
And most importantly, the zombie wasn’t dead! Zuo Feng hadn’t expected Da Mi Tao to be so resolute. If Zuo Feng abandoned Da Mi Tao and ran away by himself at this moment, Da Mi Tao would surely die. Wasn’t she afraid that he would leave her and run away alone?