Chapter 84: Sword Strikes A Level 4!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Is everything all right?”
Huo Sheng greeted him and saw Lu Ming nod in response.
Lu Ming picked up the deformed big sword again and turned to look at Sima Xiao.
He saw Sima Xiao revealing an expression that seemed between laughter and tears.
Sima Xiao was in complete despair.
Whether he was a traitor or not did not matter to Sima Xiao, he had no burden for being one.
The crucial point was…
It really wanted to run away.
However, he just could not escape!
Whenever it tried to make a move while Lu Ming was entangled by the zombies, the cold and sharp blade would always erase its thoughts of escaping.
‘So… let’s leave it at that…’
Sima Xiao sighed deeply in its heart. When he saw Lu Ming, Huo Sheng, and Bai Tianyu walking towards him, Sima Xiao immediately adjusted his expression and quickly spoke up.
“Big Brother is awesome! Big Brother is mighty! Big Brother is eternal!!”
Flattery!
He had to flatter!
If it didn’t make big brother feel comfortable, wasn’t it just courting death?
Before Lu Ming could say anything, Sima Xiao immediately added.
“Big Brother, do you think my ability to summon zombies is reliable?”
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment before nodding, “Quite impressive.”
A Tier 4 Devourer could control a large number of zombies. Just now, during the cooperation between Lu Ming and Sima Xiao, tens of thousands of zombies were unable to break free, showing how well Sima Xiao could control the lower-level zombies.
Sima Xiao crawled forward on his knees and smiled flatteringly at Lu Ming and the others, “So, my value is not small!”
“Big Brother, think about it. If you spare me, I can help you gather the zombies. We won’t need to make such a big fuss anymore. With just a hundred thousand or eighty thousand at a time, you won’t need more than a few days to exterminate all the zombies in Nanxiang!”
“Then Nanxiang will be under big brother’s control, right?”
“Big Brother, what do you think of my idea?”
Bai Tianyu was a bit stunned but quickly became intrigued…
This idea was feasible… extremely feasible!
With Lu Ming’s strength and Sima Xiao gathering the zombies, it would be like leading the zombies voluntarily to the slaughterhouse, waiting to be slaughtered one by one.
In no time, the entire Nanxiang would be completely pacified!
Lu Ming and Huo Sheng, however, remained expressionless.
Huo Sheng gently tugged at Lu Ming’s sleeve and shook his head.
No matter how impressively Sima Xiao spoke, it could not change one fact—a zombie with high intelligence like him really must not be allowed to live. The danger was too great. Letting it go was like releasing a tiger back to the mountain!
Lu Ming nodded and could not help but mutter.
“I’m very busy. I really don’t have time to play these tricks with you on slaughtering the zombies.”
This time, the zombie wave attacked the city.
The siege wasted Lu Ming’s entire morning.
He had not exercised, had no lunch, could not take a nap, and had not farmed his daily attributes…
Lu Ming’s heart ached at the thought of this loss!!
That was a 2.3 three-dimensional attribute!
Currently, the path to becoming an Awakened had been cleared.
Lu Ming was currently a Level 1 Awakened. Level 1 was 2.3 attributes, Level 2 was 4.6, and Level 3 was 9.2! Let alone Level 4 and 5!
Based on this estimation, Lu Ming had lost 100 million worth of attributes!
This data was enough to turn the world upside down, but it was delayed by a zombie wave today.
Not to mention that Sima Xiao had let Lu Ming become an Awakened one prematurely… How many attributes did Lu Ming lose?
He could not think too deeply about it…
Just thinking about it, Lu Ming felt a bit of a murderous intent toward Si Ma Xiao.
The cold killing intent flowed out, making Sima Xiao shiver.
It hastily added, “Brother! Big Brother! I still have other uses!”
“I have a superpower, big brother! I have a superpower that can foresee the future! This will definitely be useful for you guys! I also have fire, ice, strength, and healing superpowers!”
“I also know the secret about the Holy Tower!”
Huo Sheng frowned. “What Holy Tower?”
Sima Xiao hurriedly said, “That’s the Holy Tower!” It pointed at the tall tower in the city center and said, “The Black fog! You all know about the black fog, right? The black fog around Nanxiang City! My ability to predict the future tells me that a great crisis will emerge from the black fog one day in the future! Only by going to the Holy Tower can we avoid that deadly situation!”
Huo Sheng and Lu Ming said in unison, “Tell us in detail?”
Sima Xiao was stunned for a moment before saying bitterly, “I can’t go into detail about this…”
Because the power of Future Prediction could not be actively used, what it could see was only fragments of the future. There were really no details left.
In that case…
The value of a united front was reduced…
Realizing this, Sima Xiao quickly added, “Big Brother, give me some time. If not, you can tie me up. This ability will be activated again one day! Once it’s activated, I will definitely know more secrets about the Holy Tower.”
“Mm—”
Lu Ming pondered for a while.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became!
Damn, 2.3 attribute points!!
All gone because of you!!
Beside him, Huo Sheng timely said, “I need its body cells for research… Well, I only need its body cells.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a saber beam flashed!
In the next second, Sima Xiao was split into two by Lu Ming.
From the beginning, Lu Ming had never considered sparing Si Ma Xiao – no matter how impressive its words were, no matter how persuasive it tried to be, it was of no use.
Lu Ming was a human, and Sima Xiao was a zombie.
The zombies ate humans.
This was the fundamental contradiction that would never change!
As long as the premise of zombies eating humans existed, no matter how high Sima Xiao’s value was, it could not stop Lu Ming’s determination to kill it.
He split Si Ma Xiao in half from the middle, and the two halves fell to the ground. Because he feared the Devourer’s healing ability, Lu Ming waited for Huo Sheng to take some experimental samples and then he immediately took out his sword to crush Sima Xiao to ashes. Even finding remnants the size of a fingernail was considered a testament to Lu Ming’s unskilled swordsmanship.
Afterward, Lu Ming even stood there and waited for nearly an hour.
After confirming that Sima Xiao was truly dead, he sheathed his sword and deactivated his combat mode.
He opened the attribute panel and looked at his stats.
Lu Ming’s heart ached with joy.
Distress over the 2.3…
He did not engage in systematic exercise today, nor did he eat or sleep well. His attributes indeed did not increase.
The joy was in the skill level!
Name: Lu Ming
Level: Level 1
Age: 25 years old
Strength: 450.7
Physique: 462.1
Agility: 445-6
Free Attribute Points: 0
Superpower: Awakening in progress…
Fitness lvi9 (251/1900).
The fitness skill had leveled up again. According to the proficiency calculations, it had increased by a whole 551 proficiency points!
Just like Lu Ming’s previous comprehension—daily exercise could also be categorized as fitness.
Does walking in circles count as fitness?
It counted.
Does killing zombies count as a fitness?
Also, yes!
Then, does spinning around and killing zombies count as fitness?
Of course, it does!
Slingshot shooting, crossbow shooting, archery, firearms shooting, unarmed combat, basic marksmanship, throwing, and resistance stances had not increased at all—because Lu Ming had not used them.
On the other hand, his level in close combat with cold weapons had increased again!
Cold Weapon Combat Lv22 (731/2200) – Level 24 (213/2400)!.
Strength and stamina each increased by 4.7 points.
Using a 40-meter-long sword to slash zombies certainly fell under the category of close combat with cold weapons, and Lu Ming had been slashing for the entire morning, resulting in a considerable increase in the skill level.
Unfortunately, Lu Ming did not obtain skills like Basic Swordsmanship or Swordstorm – probably because he had not undergone systematic learning, so the attribute system did not trigger those skills.
What a pity…
Lu Ming could not help but think this way.
If he had mastered the Basic Swordsmanship skill, how much would his swordsmanship have improved after this morning’s efforts?
Well, he just wondered if a forty-meter-long big sword was considered a proper sword…