This time I chose Paladin

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask," Han Jiangxue said. Then she quickened her pace and followed Nie Weiyang.

Yi Jian: "..."

He looked at the backs of Nie Weiyang and Han Jiangxue, shrugged his shoulders, and quickly followed them.

In the darkness, six pairs of eyes with flowing purple light sank into the shadows.

……

The closer you get to the central area, the more zombies will clog the roads.

Nie Weiyang always rushed to the front, and the zombies also attacked him first. When zombies passed by Yi Jian and Han Jiangxue several times, rushing towards Nie Weiyang without hesitation, the two people following him finally realized why this person had such confidence, daring to lead two ranged professions into an area occupied by zombies alone.

When Nie Weiyang showed them a passive skill, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed.

[Passive Skill [Decision: Guard]: When you have a firm belief, hostile targets within a 50-meter radius around the holder will prioritize attacking the holder, but the damage dealt to the holder will be reduced by 30%.]

——A true tank must always be taunting!

"Holy crap! Taunt with damage reduction, perfect! If only there was a healer..." Yi Jian clapped his hands wildly, his face beaming with joy, feeling the future was bright. "Great! This is truly great! A perfect teammate!"

Nie Weiyang smiled and warned, "This effect has a pitfall. It only attracts unintelligent hostile targets. Therefore, the possibility of you being ambushed still exists."

As he spoke, he quickly rushed towards the central square, keeping a distance of about four or five meters between him and the two people behind him. But as he turned a corner, a cold light emerged from the darkness behind the corner, and a dagger fiercely stabbed his cheek!

Nie Weiyang seemed unprepared and didn't even turn his head, but the next moment, he knocked the assassin to the ground with a shield!

'Clang!'

A sharp metallic crack echoed as Zhenhui's utterly wicked three-dimensional shield crushed the dagger into a ball, even breaking bones and crushing flesh. A corpse roared and struggled beneath the shield, its eyes glowing purple and chaotic. A cold wind rose again from behind Nie Weiyang, and five cold rays of light simultaneously pointed at various parts of his body!

'Om—'

The upgraded shield shone with white light, and its spherical structure shrank around Nie Weiyang, while outside of it, a thick new shield emerged.

This shield is thick but not omnidirectional. Instead, it is woven from interlaced hexagonal structures. When attacked, even streams of light scatter, releasing pressure in all directions through the structure composed of light.

Nie Weiyang killed the assassin under him with one sword.

Before he could stand up, a shout of "Get down!" made him lie down immediately.

A seemingly insignificant cold wind blew by, and the five assassins' figures in the air were instantly frozen, smashed to the ground, and the fragments were scattered all over the ground.

Han Jiangxue put down the ice pick and staff in his hand and let out a sigh of relief.

Her face turned even paler, as if she were experiencing the same low temperature as her target. But she simply ran towards Nie Weiyang: "You're okay..."

"Don't come over!" Nie Weiyang shouted.

A black shadow flashed out.

It was a pitch-black hound, its body rotting, its eyes gleaming with purple light, mucus and blood trailing behind it in a foul-smelling tail.

Han Jiangxue couldn't avoid it, her athletic ability holding her back. But she instinctively swung out her weapon crystal, erecting a complete snowflake ice shield!

'boom! '

Before the gap was filled with ice, the corpse dog crashed into the ice shield and the powerful force knocked Han Jiangxue away.

'boom! ! ! '

A ray of light passed through the corpse dog's head, splashing bones, muscles and brain gray matter, and then dissipated into the air.

Yi Jian held a massive, radiant spear in his hands. It was a meter-four long, with sharp, angular features, and looked incredibly heavy. His eyes widened as he roared, "Fuck! Touching my teammates?!"

[[Faith in Victory]: After being in combat with the target for more than five minutes, with the determination to win, permanently consume all attributes of [Custom Value] to launch an attack.

This attack is guaranteed to hit

This attack ignores all the target's defenses and any obstacles along the way.

The guaranteed hit effect is above all else, ignoring any offset, guidance, or path changes.

"Crack!"

The golden light tore through the air, pierced through the corpse dog, and threw it heavily to the ground, with blood and flesh flying everywhere amidst the wailing!

【[Wonderful Item·Golden Gift]-

A sharp golden spear, the tip of which has the ability to destroy the gene chain of a specific carbon-based organism.

Spear

Energy weapons

Current designated destruction target: Homo sapiens

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Echoes of the Golden Night. -】

[Passive Skill [Decision: Forward]: When the holder has a firm belief, the attack power against hostile targets in the straight line ahead is increased by 100%.]

Yi Jian was stunned. He looked at the hands on the golden spear, and his eyes followed the silver-gleaming arm armor upwards.

He saw Nie Weiyang's face, without sunglasses. Apparently, Nie Weiyang's sunglasses had fallen off when he was lying on the ground, so that he had to close his eyes.

—But who the hell can be so accurate with their eyes closed?! A spear accurately pierced a floating target from two or three meters away. Have you been practicing vision-restricted combat since you were born?!

Not far away, Han Jiangxue coughed twice and stood up as if nothing had happened. He looked at his full health bar and the circle of light surrounding his body with some surprise.

Nie Weiyang exhaled. Amid the enthusiastic buzzing and shouting from all directions, and the excited gazes coming from inside the house, he leaned on his spear with one hand and with the other... took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on himself.

【[Life Link]-

A great power. -

Links the user's health to that of the designated target, sharing their current health and the user's health regeneration speed.

Current number of links that can be maintained: 1-

be safe.-】

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, something strange happened!

Chapter 144 The Butterfly Effect

Amid exclamations from all directions, eight corpse dogs emerged from the shadows and surrounded the three people!

A huge corpse dog emerged from the darkness and walked around the periphery. It seemed that its size was not so big from the beginning. There were dense strips of tear marks on its rotten skin and flesh, but the tears were filled with purple light, so its movement was not affected.

The strange thing is, this isn't a boss, or even an elite unit...

There was actually a thoughtful look on its face!

Nie Weiyang locked eyes with the giant dog, his heart instantly ablaze with alarm. He instinctively shielded Yi Han and the other two behind him, closely watching the giant corpse dog's movement, always ensuring he was between the most dangerous enemy and his teammates. His 1.9-meter-tall frame blocked the view, almost making the two behind him think it was dark.

He simply stared intently at the giant corpse dog, and the corpse dog stared back at him. In the silence, both sides took up their positions, their vigilance heightened to the maximum. Nie Weiyang, reviewing the information from his previous life, concluded: this dog was a brand-new enemy. The Lost Soul Puppet Master in his previous life had never had such a combat unit around him!

No, is this really a puppet? The Soulless Puppet Master's Soulless Puppet, as the name suggests, has lost its soul. Those puppets have no souls at all, so how could they have such a ferocious yet anthropomorphic look?

This reminded Nie Weiyang of an ability of the Lost Soul Puppet Master...

[[Switch Body for Life]: One life for another. After death, the soul leaves the body and erodes the killer's body, initiating a mental judgment on the target. If successful, it will take over the target's body and merge with the target's soul.]

……

...Could it be that in this life, the Lost Soul Puppet Master was bitten to death by a dog before he even grew up... ?

It doesn’t seem impossible…

Nie Weiyang stared at the corpse dog, lost in thought. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "Do you want to become human again?"

The corpse dog's focus was diverted for a moment.

It's now!

Nie Weiyang thrust his spear forward, and the corpse dogs, unable to dodge, roared. Eight corpse dogs lunged forward, but were held back for a moment by the sudden appearance of the ice shield, and then—

'Om—'

[Flash]!

The round shield shone with a sudden burst of light, and Nie Weiyang passed through the frost, shaking off a corpse dog that had blocked the spear. In this instant, he had already reached the giant dog!

"Crack!!!"

When a dog bit Nie Weiyang, the light bullets pierced through the heads of several other dogs, and the golden spear pierced through the giant dog's neck without any hindrance!

This was like a hot knife cutting through butter; it was incredibly easy, so easy that Nie Weiyang hadn't expected it. Beside him, the shield easily deflected the dog away. The level number of 27, which was a bit too high for such a level in the early stages, was simply too high. It was a simple numerical extreme. If he could be penetrated by such a small monster, he would lose.

Nie Weiyang twisted the spear hard, feeling like stirring yogurt.

He frowned slightly, but found that the crystal on the spear head was emitting a ray of light, and a halo was formed where it joined the spear shaft.

—Genetic disintegration is taking effect.

...No, isn't its genetic collapse targeted at Homo sapiens?!

Even Nie Weiyang was baffled by such abstract ideas. The giant dog roared wildly, its body twisting and deforming, its tail transformed into a thick, long bone whip, lashing at Nie Weiyang. He drew his sword with his backhand and slashed down!

"Holy Blade!"

Eat my invincible Holy Blade of the Purifying Spirit!

The whip tail was cut off, but the giant dog roared and tried to tear itself off the golden spear. It seemed to feel no pain at all - how could a corpse feel pain? All this happened in the blink of an eye. It still had a chance -

"Crack!"

The long sword pierced the giant dog's eyes and pierced its head from top to bottom, nailing it to the ground. Then the spear was pulled out and pierced through the giant dog's heart, making it like a giant specimen, fixed to the pages of the earth by two nails.

Between the houses on all sides, countless puppets and zombies were restless and wanted to rush into the houses, but suddenly hundreds of professionals rushed out from the shadows, most of them were assassins, thieves and other professions, and a small number were other professions with stealth abilities. They were well-trained and rushed towards the enemy amid the cheers coming from the houses, and even pulled out the puppets hidden in the house!

How could it be possible that the city of Gushi hadn't sent anyone in after so long?

A lot of people were sent in from Gushi, but before Nie Weiyang’s three-person team, they had no option that could guarantee to attract all the enemy’s attention!

Over four thousand cloak-able classes charged at the enemy, including several spellcasters whose magical abilities allowed them to remain invisible for extended periods. Yi Han and the others then realized that the target they were covering had actually been nearby the entire time, simply remaining hidden and practically blending in with the enemy.

Under the light of purification and destruction, the giant dog struggled frantically, but this only accelerated its death. After a while, Nie Weiyang released his sword and placed one hand on its head, driving his mental power deep into its mind.

Sure enough, his consciousness came into contact with another consciousness, a manic and restless human consciousness.

This dog is indeed a person.