Starting with watering the World Tree for otherworldly survival

After luring Qin He away, the two zombies in charge, Siris and Xingnai, immediately mobilized their elite forces.

"It's here! There's something..."

Despite Zhong Liuxiu's message urging the women to gather together as soon as possible, the zombies ultimately moved faster.

"Erlu Wilfa, surrender now and hand over the gun in your hand, and I will not kill you."

Hillis's two forked cat tails swung arrogantly as level eight zombies rapidly poured into front of her, behind her, and throughout the entire building.

"You've got it backwards! I'll kill all the zombies here, and you... if you hand over the method to control the zombies, I won't kill you!"

The two sides were locked in a standoff when Hillis clapped her hands, signaling the zombies behind her to bring up the injured Yan, who had been ambushed!

"And now? Little princess, if you don't hand over that gun, your loyal servant will be torn to shreds!"

Seeing this, Elulu tried her best to keep her expression unchanged and mocked in a cold voice:

"Fool! You don't think I'd be stupid enough to hand you a gun, do you? If you dare touch a single hair on her head, I'll slaughter every zombie in your entire city!"

"But if I hand over my gun to you, we'll both die unarmed."

"How about... we make a bet: do you dare touch a single hair on her head?"

Aiming the laser beam at Sirius, Eruru is now absolutely serious.

"Why don't you dare?"

"Even if you have that gun, you still can't get the upper hand against so many zombies like us."

Just as Siris was about to skin Yan alive and show Elulu her skills... Yan suddenly burst forth with lightning-type battle aura and fire-type demonic energy, breaking free from the restraints around her!

"Vampire, shall we talk again now?"

Summoning her brand-new Swift Sword, Yan used lightning-fast movements to capture Silis on the spot! Her Swift Sword was even close to Silis's head.

The moment Sirius makes any move, a single sword strike will strike straight for the core, killing the zombie leader instantly!

"You think I'm an easy target? Do you think I've climbed from princess to heir to this position by crushing countless idiots like you behind the scenes?"

"Now stop those zombies from attacking, or I'll blow your head off!"

She aimed the flashing laser at Siris's head, but as she pulled the trigger, she directed the incinerating laser at the other zombies in the corridor.

"Yan, thank you for your hard work. Let's take her and go support other places."

It turns out that although Yan was captured, it was because the information shared by the drones in the building confirmed that Xilis was only at the peak of the seventh level.

She then decided to make a risky decision: to feign defeat and then approach and capture Sirius.

……

"Chosen One Zhong Liuxiu, fourth-tier lower level. What can you possibly do in front of Lady Lutafya?"

Zhong Liuxiu brandished the dazzling, all-encompassing golden hammer, capable of shattering everything, which symbolized what she was about to say:

"I may not be able to do much else, but there's one thing I can do... and that is to bring you here, little nurse, to warm my husband's bed!"

Xingna was stunned at first, and then... Zhong Liuxiu swallowed the ninth-order light-type magic core and unleashed the strength of the peak seventh-order.

"How...how is this possible? How could you still have this strength! You were clearly just a show-off before!"

Previously, Hoshina and Siris were present and did witness Zhong Liuxiu unleash her power to join the battle.

However, after Zhong Liuxiu appeared, her power immediately vanished as the other three Chosen Ones declared a truce. This gave Xingna and Xilis the illusion that she was a paper tiger.

If those two zombies had been a little more careful, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation... Now, they can experience the power that Zhong Liuxiu has unleashed.

Chapter 86 Shifting Positions, Torturing Black-Stockinged Prisoners of War

Seeing Zhong Liuxiu regain that terrifying power, Xingna instantly... recalled the trembling feeling that Lutafya had given her.

No, impossible. Zhong Liuxiu must have only achieved this level of power through external means; she is absolutely no match for Lutafiya!

"No... that's all! He's just a peak seventh-tier cultivator. Charge... all of you, charge!"

Seeing that the zombies behind her were also slowed down by Zhong Liuxiu's enhanced dragon might, Xingna's tension increased even more.

An eighth-tier peak magical beast, the Ironclad Spine Crocodile, immediately pounced, its gaping maw wide open, while other powerful zombies were poised to attack from behind.

"I can see it... and the movements are all in sync."

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

With a single step, Zhong Liuxiu slammed the Ironclad Crocodile's jaws into the ground.

The Ten Directions Crack, which had transformed into a hammer in his hand, was swung around and smashed the giant crocodile's upper jaw, which it hadn't yet managed to snap shut, into pieces and sent it flying!

The power accumulated within the branches of the World Tree, amplified by the Ten Directions Shattering, suddenly erupted, instantly killing the peak eighth-tier Ironclad Iron-Spine Crocodile!

"So that's how it is. It really is overwhelming power! Youjiu, Lorina, and Lutafia, those three have always possessed this kind of power..."

Generally, only a human powerhouse at the peak of the ninth rank can calmly deal with a mid-level ninth-rank dragon.

The three of them displayed strength comparable to peak ninth-tier beings. They even seemed to handle the combined attack of multiple mid-ninth-tier dragons with ease.

Celesi told her and Qin He what the essence of strength truly was—

Absolute foundation... that's a terrifying foundation and strength that only the strongest can possess, enabling them to challenge opponents of higher levels.

Dragons are a race with a profound foundation. It often takes three human experts of the same level to contend with a mid-level ninth-rank dragon, or a peak ninth-rank expert to compete with a dragon.

This is the difference in foundation. It can be the innate strength of a race, or the accumulation of one's level of attainment.

If combat power is quantified, a peak ninth-tier cultivator might have 100 points. Absolute foundation means achieving the same 100 points of combat power at the peak seventh-tier level through any means, including cultivation.

Absolute foundation means using all means to reach the upper limit of one's realm, so as to achieve cross-level combat.

When both sides possess absolute strength, it comes down to the level of their techniques, the amount and efficiency of their reserves of demonic energy and battle qi, and the maximum output they can maintain...

These factors are the key to victory between powerful individuals with absolute strength.

The infusion of resources, the perfect utilization of talent, and the tempering in life-or-death situations have given Youjiu and her companions the absolute foundation to fight enemies of higher ranks.

As for the powerful inheritances of divine beings like Qin He and Zhong Liuxiu, they possess power comparable to the absolute foundation of ordinary people simply through normal cultivation.

Ultimately, zombies that fight solely on instinct only manage to infect stronger individuals through sheer numbers and unpredictability.

Their abilities after turning into zombies may be quite different from their original forms.

Qin He, a fourth-tier lower-level zombie, was able to fight against a seventh-tier zombie, and even suppress Mo Zhi, a eighth-tier lower-level zombie, and pierce the throat of an eighth-tier Flame Mane Scorpion Lion.

……

The Ironclad Spine Crocodile's head was crushed and it was instantly killed! The magic core fell into Zhong Liuxiu's spatial scale.

"next."

With a single wave of her hand, Zhong Liuxiu easily cleaved the charging zombie knight in two. Luckily, she managed to use her spatial scales to steal the storage pouch from the knight's armor.

Before he could properly assess his catch, a fire taipan immediately coiled around him, attempting to ambush him from behind.

This foolish act was immediately noticed by Zhong Liuxiu, and the originally soft dragon tail suddenly gathered strength and became tough.

With a flick of her tail, Zhong Liuxiu easily crushed the deadly magical beast with eighth-order fire poison.

In the face of Qin He and Zhong Liuxiu, it could be said that no poison in the world had any effect. Although the crushed fire venom taipan snake could still wriggle, looking utterly disgusting.

But so what? If you feel disgusted, don't look at it. Zhong Liuxiu directly put the dead snake's gall, magic core, zombie core and other materials into her spatial scale.

With one hand, Zhong Liuxiu wielded the Ten Directions Cleave, crushing all the zombies in her path with its deadly long-handled hammer. With her other hand, she raised the Phantom.

Bullets rained down on the zombies in front of her, and Zhong Liuxiu quickly adapted to the rhythm of slaughtering them.

The zombie berserker wielding a giant axe charged forward through a hail of bullets. Although the bullets tore open cavities in its body, the zombie's mobility still gave it a chance to get close.

As Zhong Liuxiu swung her golden hammer, she also channeled her power into the branch of the World Tree. The branch not only forcefully withstood the heavy blow of the giant axe, but also bent under Zhong Liuxiu's input of force.

The long-handled hammer then shattered the berserker's head in a twisting arc.

The eighth-tier peak magical beast, the Golden Tiger with Drooping Eyes, is a dual-elemental magical beast of fire and earth. With a flick of its claws, scorching hot earth, gleaming with the color of lava, hurtled towards Zhong Liuxiu.

However, it was no use. Zhong Liuxiu swung the golden hammer in his hand again, and the lava spikes exploded and scattered.

When she came to her senses, the golden tiger with its piercing eyes had already been grabbed by the back of its neck by Zhong Liuxiu. With a single hammer blow, Shifangjulie shattered the tiger's skull.

After several consecutive attacks, Zhong Liuxiu dodged just before the other enemies' magic hit her, and completely killed the Golden Tiger with Hanging Eyes, storing it in her spatial scale.

Massacre, a one-sided massacre.

With each swing of her golden hammer, Zhong Liuxiu shattered the zombies that blocked her path.

"Oh~ You have a spatial ring, it's mine now!"

Zhong Liuxiu noticed a storage ring on the hand of a low-level eighth-rank mage zombie. She swiftly ripped the ring off, and at the same time, Ten Directions Rift sent the zombie flying.

"This soft armor is nice, it's mine!"

I pried a piece of black scale soft armor off the assassin zombie in front of me. I couldn't tell its exact quality, but it should be a very high-quality piece of armor.

Zhong Liuxiu swung her hammer repeatedly, even using the power of her dragon claws, but she couldn't break through the black scale armor. She couldn't harm the zombies beneath it in the slightest.

Only when she used her dragon tail to coil around the exposed zombie head at an angle that offered no chance of neutralizing or deflecting its force was she able to remove the black scales from its chest.

"This bag smells like rare and precious herbs! You're just a zombie, you can't possibly eat it all, so give it to me~"

Having just dealt with the assassin zombie, Zhong Liuxiu set her sights on the storage bag on the back of an archer zombie.

……

She was unstoppable, killing gods and Buddhas alike. Even if a peak eighth-tier zombie dragon came, Zhong Liuxiu would smash it into a pulp with her hammer.

The main elite force is only a small number.

Zhong Liuxiu treated each zombie as if it were a peak eighth-tier zombie. In this way, the uncertainty of their cultivation levels was not a concern.

For the zombies that had no treasures to be taken from them, Zhong Liuxiu basically only extracted their cores.

As Mana and the others arrived to provide support, Hoshina was cornered against the wall by the girls and dared not move.

"Hmph~ Why aren't you running away anymore?"

Zhong Liuxiu used water-based magic to clean the bloodstains and dirt off her body.

The way that soft dragon tail swayed was simply incomparable to the terrifying killing god from before.

"I...I, don't worry! Sirius has already escaped...she will definitely come back with other zombies, just you wait!"

Sensing that Sirius's actions had been thwarted, Hoshina, dressed as a nurse, curled up in a corner.

If one didn't know that she was the culprit behind the zombie invasion of the dead city, anyone would probably be moved by her pitiful appearance.

"Sleeve... Did you also encounter a zombie attack here? I just encountered a high-level zombie that could talk and command other zombies."

In the distance, Eruru and Yan rushed over, but Yan had many wounds on her body, and her maid outfit was stained with scarlet stains.

"That zombie had the abilities of a high-level vampire. Yan thought she had captured her without any trouble. But she didn't expect... she actually managed to escape by using her ability to transform into a bat, which is also a high-level vampire ability."

After listening to Elulu's account, Zhong Liuxiu roughly understood the situation.

"As long as you're okay."

"I've caught one here, and I'll hand her over to Qin He for interrogation in a bit. As for now... this building will soon become the center of a zombie siege."

"We need to move, and we need to be quick."

At this moment, Qin He also appeared, dragging his weary body. He picked up the key in his hand and shook it.

"We got the items back. Are you all alright?"

Qin He's expression changed when he saw the zombie in the nurse's uniform cornered by Zhong Liuxiu.

"It's okay. Honey, look! I caught a cute little nurse zombie for you!"

"She is Lutafia's subordinate and one of the controllers of this group of zombies."

Qin He handed the key to Zhong Liuxiu for safekeeping. Qin He's mere approach was enough to frighten Xing Nai into retreating repeatedly.

"...How many guys like you, who can directly command zombies, are there in the city?"

Stunned by Qin He's menacing gaze, Xing Nai immediately said, "I...I don't know!"

“I am loyal to Lady Lutafya! I have no freedom anymore. Even if you kill me, I will be resurrected as a ghost.”

Just as Qin He was about to take the prisoner of war into the safe house, Celesi appeared in front of everyone and said:

"Qin He~ Actually, you can set her free by using the method I told you before. As long as she takes your semen, she can turn back into a human."

Chapter 87 The Supreme God Dons a Nurse's Uniform