Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

"Such tough skin!" Jiang Hua exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the zombies.

These zombies were covered with a thick layer of hardened skin, which was much harder than that of ordinary zombies.

Moreover, their resilience was astonishing; even Jiang Hua's true essence sword energy could not damage these corpse skins.

Seeing this, Jiang Hua couldn't help but sigh inwardly, these zombies truly deserve to be called the top-tier zombies.

"Young man, your swordsmanship is quite good. It actually managed to damage our corpses. I'm really surprised."

At this moment, Qin Feng looked at Jiang Hua with a smile and praised him.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hua gave a wry smile. He glanced at Qin Feng, shook his head, and said, "I was just lucky. No matter how skilled my swordsmanship is, I can't possibly be a match for these zombies."

"Moreover, these zombies are too strong. Our attacks have no effect on them unless we use my fire. But these zombies have a special constitution, so my fire has no effect on them either."

"Besides, my flames can't burn for that long. If we continue like this, I estimate we'll run out of energy soon and die here."

After listening to Jiang Hua's explanation, Qin Feng and Chen Le's expressions changed immediately, and they also felt that Jiang Hua's statement made a lot of sense.

"But what do we do now? If we keep waiting here, we'll be eaten up by these zombies little by little. We have to find a way to get rid of them, otherwise we'll probably be in trouble soon."

Chen Le glanced at the surroundings and said to Jiang Hua with a serious expression.

“That’s right, the only way now is to kill these zombies! Otherwise, we’ll be eaten by them sooner or later!” Qin Feng nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hua took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "I understand."

Immediately, a glint flashed in Jiang Hua's eyes as he looked at the zombies around him, and suddenly an image appeared in his mind.

With a thought, Jiang Hua swung his True Essence Sword again, and a terrifying sword aura swept towards the group of zombies.

Chi Chi Chi

The sword energy surged like a rainbow, instantly enveloping the group of zombies.

Under the shroud of sword energy, the zombies immediately let out miserable screams. Their bodies were torn apart by Jiang Hua's true essence sword energy, and blood gushed out.

The scene was incredibly poignant, but for these zombies, it was not a good thing, because their blood was devoured by the True Essence Sword Qi and transformed into the power within Jiang Hua's True Essence Sword Qi, strengthening Jiang Hua's True Essence Sword Qi.

A series of booming sounds followed.

Under the assault of Jiang Hua's true essence sword energy, the bodies of these zombies gradually became illusory. After a brief struggle, these illusory bodies immediately dissipated into the world.

Seeing this, Jiang Hua couldn't help but smile.

These zombies have incredibly strong bodies, but their souls are extremely fragile. If you destroy their souls with a single blow, they will perish completely.

After the souls of these zombies were shattered, they became incredibly illusory, and could not be clearly seen without careful examination. Only Jiang Hua's soul power became even stronger.

Only then could one barely make out these illusory zombies.

"Brother Jiang, what kind of sword technique was that sword strike you just used?" Qin Feng asked Jiang Hua curiously.

"I don't know what kind of sword technique this is, but it feels very familiar. It's like I've seen this kind of sword technique somewhere before, but I can't remember it right now." Jiang Hua frowned, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said.

"Oh?" Qin Feng and Chen Le were taken aback.

“Oh right, I remember now. When we were outside that tomb, before we entered the tomb chamber, we encountered a golden-armored zombie. The body of that golden-armored zombie was just like this.”

"Its body is very similar to the zombies in front of us, but the golden-armored zombie only has a huge zombie head, but its body is not that big!"

Just then, Jiang Hua suddenly remembered that the body of that golden-armored zombie was somewhat different from the bodies of the zombies here, but he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time, so he didn't notice it much.

"Huh? The golden-armored zombie you mentioned, could it be related to these zombies here?" Qin Feng looked at Jiang Hua in shock after hearing her words.

"Hmm, I think that's probably it."

"That golden-armored zombie, I think I chopped off its head with my sword. I still remember it vividly, but I can't remember who chopped it off," Jiang Hua nodded and said.

"I see." Qin Feng nodded slightly, a look of sudden realization on his face.

"Alright, since we want to leave here, we need to find the zombies' lair now. Once we find their lair, we can get out of here. I find this place very strange; it feels like it's filled with an eerie atmosphere. Let's leave quickly."

Qin Feng frowned, then said.

"Okay." Jiang Hua nodded, then without further hesitation, urged Qin Feng and Chen Le to leave the area quickly.

After hearing Jiang Hua's words, the two of them stopped and followed him, immediately flying forward along the mountain wall.

The winding mountain path stretched into the distance. At this moment, Jiang Hua's true essence sword energy had disappeared. At this time, the corpses of those zombies all collapsed and turned into puddles of black water.

Around these black waters, some corpse poison floated, constantly emitting smoke, clearly still corroding the corpses.

Without hesitation, Jiang Hua immediately activated his true essence sword energy and began to swing it in the air.

Instantly, sword energies of true essence slashed towards the floating corpse poison, driving it away.

"Huh? Where did all this corpse poison go?" Just then, Qin Feng suddenly exclaimed.

"Brother Qin Feng, what happened to this corpse poison? Where did it go?" Hearing Qin Feng's exclamation, Jiang Hua immediately asked curiously.

"Look for yourself!" Qin Feng didn't answer Jiang Hua's question, but pointed to the corpses and said.

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Jiang Hua looked in the direction he was pointing at the corpses and was immediately stunned, her expression changing slightly.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that all the corpses had vanished.

Only the corpse fluid remained, floating here, as if it had been destroyed by Jiang Hua's true essence sword energy and disappeared.

"How did these corpses disappear?" Jiang Hua asked curiously, looking at the corpse fluid.

"This... this corpse poison can actually devour true essence sword energy!"
Just now, the three of us attacked those zombies together. They didn't even flinch; we beat them to a pulp, but their bodies remained completely unharmed. It's incredibly bizarre!

Qin Feng's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the pool of corpse fluid. His face darkened, his expression shifting between light and shadow, clearly terrified by the scene before him. (End of Chapter)