Another World: When a Necromancer Possesses the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls

The undead squad immediately sprang into action silently. Five skeleton hunters took the lead, nimbly climbing to nearby high points to take up lookout positions and warily scanning the distance. Ten skeleton swordsmen and five crocodile-skinned zombies spread out in front of Li Xingyao, fanning out forward, and began a steady advance, conducting a thorough reconnaissance.

They make almost no extra sound as they move, only the soft rustling of their feet as they step over weeds and pebbles.

Li Xingyao then climbed back onto the electric motorcycle. He first looked in the direction where the undead squad had dispersed, and then slowly followed the team forward. At the same time, he spread his mental perception as far as possible, like a spider web, carefully sensing any abnormal aura in the air.

About ten minutes later, the undead on the far right spotted its first valuable target.

It was an unusually large rabbit-like quasar, standing almost as tall as an adult's waist. Its fur was mostly grayish-brown, but the tips of its long ears, the joints of its limbs, and along its spine were covered with strange, bright blue stripes that resembled the patterns on a broken circuit board, with faint arcs of electricity occasionally flashing across them.

Its ears were perked up alertly, and its three-lobed mouth moved rapidly as it gnawed at a special kind of moss on the ground that emitted a pale blue glow. The muscles in its exaggeratedly strong hind legs were bulging, indicating that its instantaneous burst of speed must be extremely astonishing.

"Electric Rabbit..." Li Xingyao immediately recognized this star beast. Its fur is an excellent natural insulating material, in demand for electronic devices and certain special armor. Its meat, containing a weak electrical energy, has a unique taste and can fetch a good price in restaurant dishes. Although they rarely develop star cores, both their meat and fur are excellent materials.

"Target confirmed. Skeleton Hunters, ranged attack. Skeleton Swordsmen #6, #7, and #8, surround the target. All other units, remain on alert." Li Xingyao's orders were issued instantly via mental connection.

The five skeleton hunters on high ground adjusted their direction. Two of them slowly raised their arms, aimed their handmade bone spears at their prey, and then threw the bone spears in their hands.

Meanwhile, the three skeleton swordsmen who had been named began to use the cover of weeds and debris to slowly maneuver towards the electric rabbit's location.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as the Skeleton Hunter's bone spear was thrown, the electric rabbit, which was munching on moss, immediately became alert and heard the whooshing sound in the air! It suddenly raised its head, its long ears stood up straight and kept turning, its ruby-like eyes were fixed on the direction from which the bone spear came, its body was crouched, a threatening "coo" growl came from its throat, its hind leg muscles were tense, and it was in a posture ready to jump away.

With a piercing whistling sound, two bone spears shot precisely at the Electric Rabbit from two different high vantage points, like two deadly gray lightning bolts!

puff!puff!

Despite the Electric Rabbit's extremely fast reaction time—it leaped to the side and backward the instant it heard the whooshing sound—it was still successfully hit by a bone spear! The bone spear pierced directly into the Electric Rabbit's head, passed through its neck, and plunged into the ground from its tail, pinning the Electric Rabbit to the ground.

"Chirp—!" The electric rabbit let out a sharp and painful screech. With its body pierced by the bone spear and pinned to the ground, it could neither move nor launch an attack, and could only wail and twitch helplessly.

The entire process, from the start of the attack to its end, took less than two seconds. Efficient and ruthless.

Li Xingyao slid off the motorcycle and slowly walked to the still-dead electric rabbit. He cautiously scanned the surroundings with his mental energy to make sure no other predators were attracted before crouching down. Sure enough, after a careful examination inside its head, he found no trace of a star core. He was prepared for this and was not disappointed.

He skillfully pulled a sharp skinning knife from the straps on his leg and began to work. Carefully following the grain of the fur, he meticulously peeled off the blue-striped pelt of the electric rabbit, trying not to leave any damage. Then he removed the two thickest, most electrically charged hind legs. He temporarily placed these most valuable spoils into two separate safes.

Then, his consciousness sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, communicating with the Myriad Souls Banner. An invisible suction force enveloped the electric rabbit, which was about to die completely. A blurry phantom with the outline of a rabbit was drawn away and sucked into the ancient banner.

Soul Power +5!

In an instant, a jumbled but valuable collection of fragments of information flooded into Li Xingyao's consciousness:

Habitat preferences: It strongly prefers areas where this luminescent blue moss grows, considering it delicious and a source of nutrients needed for its electrical system. Nests are typically built in cracks or underground tunnels.

Activity habits: Dusk and dawn are its most active feeding times. It is timid and cautious, with extremely keen hearing. When encountering danger, it will generate a brief electric current to defend itself.

Population distribution: To the southeast, about five kilometers away, there is a larger shallow depression covered with abundant blue moss, where at least one small population is gathered.

Information about natural enemies: Deep in their souls lies a profound fear of a solitary, dark red wolf-like star beast—the "Shadowclaw Wolf," their primary and deadliest predator.

"Southeast, one kilometer away, the gathering place..." A sharp glint flashed in Li Xingyao's eyes as he recalled the information carried by the Electric Rabbit's soul. This was additional information brought about by the Myriad Soul Banner devouring living souls! This allowed him to acquire some memories carried by the creatures he had killed, and to analyze these memories to glean useful information.

He immediately issued a new order to all undead units via mental link: "All units, turn southeast, maintain reconnaissance and alert formation, proceed!"

He first placed the harvested rabbit pelts and meat into the storage compartment at the back of the motorcycle. Then he mounted the motorcycle, but instead of speeding, he followed the undead squad at a distance, using the motorcycle's visibility to observe and command the overall situation.

The undead squad changed direction, surging southeast like a cold tide. The skeleton hunters continued to advance and guard from the high points on the front and flanks, while the swordsmen and zombies advanced silently on the ground.

With clear directions and distance guidance, hunting efficiency improved. About ten minutes later, they arrived at a shallow depression about half the size of a football field. In the depression, large patches of blue glowing moss spread out like a carpet, and from a distance, they could see at least seven or eight electric rabbits leaping and nibbling among them, and even a few smaller baby rabbits.

"Spread out. Hunters, take the high ground first. Swordsman squads, slowly encircle from the left and right flanks. Zombie squads, slowly approach from the front. Drive them towards that pile of rocks and kill them one by one." Li Xingyao calmly issued a series of detailed instructions.

The undead faithfully carried out their orders. The skeleton hunters quickly found their firing positions. The swordsmen and zombies began to slowly approach from three sides.

"Skeleton Hunters, attack from near to far," Li Xingyao ordered.

In an instant, bone spears rained down on the rabbits from above like cold raindrops! The sounds of "thud" filled the air! Although the hit rate decreased because the targets sometimes moved, rabbits were still being hit. Most of the electric rabbits that were hit died instantly or lost their ability to move.

The rabbits quickly realized they were under attack and immediately became agitated, making panicked "cooing" sounds as they searched for their target. They soon spotted the approaching skeleton swordsmen, and as their companions were being struck one after another, they abandoned their fight and attempted to escape through the gap left by the undead in the southeast.

The hunt turned into a highly efficient harvest. Li Xingyao didn't even personally participate; he simply rode on his motorcycle, calmly observing the overall situation, occasionally using his mental connection to fine-tune the direction of the encirclement or arrange attacks on specific targets.

One electric rabbit after another was shot down while running, or dealt with by the swordsman, and soon most of the electric rabbits in this area were killed.

As the battle ended, Li Xingyao began gathering materials. He dismantled the electric rabbits one by one, and the harvest of rabbit pelts and meat quickly increased. Soon, he could no longer carry so many spoils on his own, so Li Xingyao had no choice but to summon two skeleton swordsmen to help him carry the items.

"Summon two new swordsmen to take over the transport work," Li Xingyao ordered. Consuming star energy, two new skeleton swordsmen were summoned and joined the team, specifically responsible for transferring the piled-up loot to the motorcycle's storage baskets in batches. Li Xingyao, on the other hand, was responsible for carefully binding the items and placing them in the baskets. The motorcycle's carrying capacity was fully utilized.

Just as most of the rabbits had been eliminated and the undead squad began to surround the last few rabbits huddled in the corner, an unexpected incident occurred.

Based on feedback from a skeleton hunter on high ground, Li Xingyao suddenly saw a dark red, ghostly shadow, using the shadows of the tall grass, approaching a crocodile-skinned zombie being driven away from the side and rear at an extremely high speed!

The shadow was incredibly fast, moving with agility and stealth, until it was about thirty meters away before the skeleton hunter noticed it!

"Zombie number 11! Three o'clock! Attack!" Li Xingyao immediately issued the order!

But that dark red shadow was too fast! Almost at the same time Li Xingyao gave the command, it suddenly burst out from behind a patch of waist-high weeds! Only then did Li Xingyao see clearly that it was a giant wolf with a lean, streamlined body, muscles full of explosive power, and fur as dark red as satin!

Its limbs and claws are exceptionally long and sharp, gleaming with a metallic cold light. It is the Shadow Claw Wolf, the main natural enemy in the Electric Rabbit's soul memory!

This Shadowclaw Wolf was extremely cunning. Instead of attacking the swordsman in front or the hunter on higher ground, it pounced straight at the relatively cumbersome crocodile-skinned zombie that had landed a little behind! The angle of its pounce was extremely tricky, targeting the zombie's relatively vulnerable neck!