Under the bright morning sun, the surface of the golden cross, firmly fixed to the ground, was coated with a layer of golden light, making it look sacred and solemn... Twelve obsidian spearheads were neatly arranged on the gun mounts on both sides of the cross, glinting with a cold light.
"Roar!" The Honkai Zombies paid no attention to the giant cross next to Li Xuan and continued to charge forward fearlessly, their sharp scythes carrying a cold chill under the sunlight...
"You're courting death!" Li Xuan placed his right hand on the sword and shield emblem in the center of the 'Judah's Oath' cross. A stream of Honkai energy was input into the golden cross, and the slumbering cross began to awaken.
The twelve obsidian spearheads connected by chains of light trembled slightly, then shot out from the gun mounts. Controlled by Li Xuan, they pierced towards the surrounding Honkai Zombies like a thorny flower.
"Puchi! Tss!" Accompanied by the faint sound of something cutting through the air, the Honkai Zombies had no time and were unable to block the small obsidian spearheads with their scythes. They were pierced by the spears of light that took advantage of the opening. The obsidian spearheads remained in their bodies, and the Honkai Zombies, who had been full of life just a moment before, now hung limply like puppets with their strings cut.
High-concentration obsidian has an 'evil-warding' effect. It prevents the Honkai energy within a creature it touches from coalescing, directly immobilizing creatures that use Honkai energy as their power source.
"So it was just the scythe that was hard to deal with..." Li Xuan realized this when he saw 'Judah's Oath' easily pierce the Honkai Zombies' bodies... He figured the scythe must have been able to reduce the force, which was why his punch didn't kill the Honkai Zombie instantly. Without their scythes, the Honkai Zombies' bodies were still quite fragile...
I'll study the scythe later... Li Xuan thought. After all, he had the White Tiger Seal and had a slight grasp of the Power of Metal... he could try to reforge it into a new weapon...
"It seems it wasn't that I was too weak... but the problem was the scythe... However, it seems one punch can destroy it... or I can just dodge its attack and hit its body directly to defeat it!"
Li Xuan thought as he looked down at his own fair, jade-like hands, a heroic feeling surging in his heart. The newly appeared Honkai Zombies just had weapons, but they were still pretty weak...
"...Again!" Li Xuan ignored the Honkai Zombies on the spears of light from 'Judah's Oath' behind him and instead charged towards the other Honkai Zombies who were now somewhat hesitant...
"Eat my fist!" After the sweep of 'Judah's Oath', only a few Honkai Zombies were left. Li Xuan's gaze fell on one Honkai Zombie, and he raised his fist to meet it. His ten-thousand-jin punch ignored the scythe the Honkai Zombie hastily put up in front of itself, and he smashed it directly...
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the Honkai Zombie's body was like it had been hit by a car on the highway, sent flying by Li Xuan's punch... The scythe in its hand instantly shattered from the impact. The Honkai Zombie shot like a cannonball into an abandoned house, its fate unknown.
"As I thought!" Li Xuan excitedly waved his fist. This time, he clearly saw the Honkai Zombie's scythe get shattered by his own punch!
"There's no Honkai Zombie in the world I can't solve with one punch... If there is... then two punches!" Li Xuan said exaggeratedly, his gaze starting to lock onto the other Honkai Zombies.
"After collecting these Honkai energy crystals, it should be time to hatch the Familiar Egg..." Li Xuan's excited expression quickly faded, replaced by a bit of melancholy... "I really don't know what will come out of the Familiar Egg."
"Sigh!~" Li Xuan sighed lightly. He stomped his foot heavily on the ground, 'Boom!' Propelled by the strength of his powerful thigh muscles, his body shot towards another Honkai Zombie as if teleporting..
"Ha!" Li Xuan easily dodged the Honkai Zombie's somewhat clumsy attack, moved to its side, and threw a straight punch. The contact between his fist and the Honkai Zombie's body produced a dull thud of flesh hitting flesh.
The Honkai Zombie was sent flying like a doll, unable to fight back. It fell to the ground and rolled a few times before slowly stopping, its body already tattered.
"Just as I thought..." Li Xuan said with a sigh as he looked at his fist. "These Honkai Zombies are only a little stronger than the normal ones. They can block an attack, but as long as I get around them, I can basically defeat them!"
"Alright, who's next?" Li Xuan said softly, looking at the remaining stunned Honkai Zombies as if they were crystals.
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"Phew~" Li Xuan plopped down on the ground to catch his breath. After discovering such an obvious weakness in the Honkai Zombies, he finished off the rest of them in just a few minutes.
".These crystals are definitely enough to fill the gap for hatching the Familiar Egg..." Li Xuan propped his chin with his right hand and looked at the Honkai Zombie corpses littering the street... In his eyes, these corpses were all glittering Honkai energy crystals.
"Alright, I should hurry up, collect the crystals, and go back..." Li Xuan said to himself, patting his slightly sore shoulder. He stood up and quickly began a new round of body looting.
"As expected, the Honkai energy inside these Honkai Zombies is several times higher than that of normal ones!" Li Xuan said excitedly, looking at the crystals filling his hands.
"Better get back quickly..." Li Xuan hurriedly tossed all the Honkai energy crystals into the ring on his right hand. After all, Honkai energy crystals produce a certain Honkai energy reaction, and it would be troublesome if he accidentally attracted some large Honkai Beasts!
"It's time to hatch the Familiar Egg..."
"Let's go..." Li Xuan quickly swapped the five-star 'Nan'gong's Trial' emblem on his collar for 'Gale Arts (High Tier)', leaped onto a house by the street, and ran in the direction of his base.
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In the ruins of the abandoned house, a white-haired Honkai Zombie with a shattered body slowly walked out. Its arms were bent at a strange angle, as if broken, as if they had been forcefully snapped by something.
"Roar~" It opened its scarlet mouth and let out a weak roar. Suddenly, the Honkai Zombie saw the corpses of its comrades scattered on the ground, their Honkai energy drained by Li Xuan. This made its body tremble...
"Roar!" The Honkai Zombie roared furiously, its pretty face instantly becoming distorted. It lifted its feet and ran into the distance, its initially staggering steps becoming somewhat smooth. In its blood-red eyes, which had been chaotic and hollow, a spark of intelligence suddenly appeared.
Like a wounded beast, it gradually disappeared into the distance...
(End of Chapter)