18: The corpse poison attacked his heart, and Chen Du made his final, frantic sacrifice!

"Get out of the way!"

Chen Du's roar almost tore his vocal cords.

But the pale giant claw had already enveloped An Nuonuo's head.

The foul, deathly wind blew her hair wildly, and her adorable little face was filled with bewilderment.

At the critical moment, An Nuonuo's survival instinct finally kicked in.

She squeezed her eyes shut, and the surrounding air currents surged wildly.

Bang!

Like a kernel of popcorn shot from a high-pressure air gun!

An Nuonuo's petite body was directly swept up by the air current, flying back more than ten meters and crashing into the reed marsh.

Boom!

The Corpse King's claw missed, striking the ground.

Soil exploded, leaving a terrifying half-meter-deep pit.

If that slap had landed, An Nuonuo could be used to make dumplings right now.

"One less to worry about if one can run!" Chen Du's heart settled slightly, and his eyes grew dark.

At the center of the battlefield, the situation was collapsing.

"Roar—!"

The other four Iron Corpses, like sharks smelling blood, pressed forward in a fan shape.

"Want my life? Don't you dare try if your teeth aren't hard enough!"

Tang Ran's eyes were bloodshot, and her abdominal muscles bulged like a sculpture.

Blood Lock online! The lower the health, the stronger the combat power!

Facing the incoming foul wind, she sidestepped to avoid the direct claw attack.

But these beasts were cunning!

Another Iron Corpse took the opportunity to ambush from a blind spot.

Tang Ran only had time to twist her waist, but her back was still viciously scraped by the black fingernails.

Rip! Blood spurted!

The sharp pain completely ignited her violent tendencies.

"Dare to ambush me? Die!"

Tang Ran roared, her hands gripping the zombie's shoulders tightly.

Amidst the teeth-grinding sound of bones cracking, she actually lifted its body over her head!

Using her spine, a violent over-the-shoulder throw!

Crack—!

The zombie's head snapped at a strange angle, and black blood gushed from its seven orifices.

Tang Ran stomped on the zombie's head, crushing it, and gasped for breath.

The wound on her back was shocking, with flesh peeled back and rapidly turning black.

[Status Warning: Player Tang Ran has been infected with Corpse Poison. All attributes decreased by 20%, health continuously depleting.]

"Tang Ran! Behind you!" Li Yaozhi's terrified scream pierced the air.

Tang Ran's old strength was spent, and new strength had not yet emerged.

Another insidious Iron Corpse had already circled to her side, its claws piercing directly towards her carotid artery!

This strike would be fatal!

"Damn it, I have to go all out this time!" Chen Du's eyelids twitched wildly.

Tang Ran was the only heavy armored warrior in the team right now; if she fell here, they would all be wiped out!

"I Sacrifice! All my clothes for a skill!"

Although it was just a pair of boxers, it was still something.

In his mind, a line of small text slowly appeared on the sacrifice notebook.

[Sacrifice Successful: A pair of original beach shorts, stained with the scent of spirit fruit, even more flavorful.]

[Obtained Skill: Savage Charge, limited to 3 minutes.]

[A true tough guy never fears streaking!]

In an instant, Chen Du felt a surge of heat pour into his legs.

The original distance of over ten meters instantly shrunk to a single step with the blessing of a certain rule power!

He charged in like an out-of-control train!

Pfft!

The dull thud of claws tearing into flesh.

Chen Du had taken the blow head-on with his left arm!

The black fingernails pierced through his deltoid, and virulent poison eroded through his blood.

"Cap... Captain?" Tang Ran turned her head, her pupils trembling.

What met her eyes was Chen Du's face, contorted in pain, and... his completely exposed... The scene was absurd, comical, yet tragically moving enough to make one want to cry.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a streaker before!" Chen Du gritted his teeth.

Using the momentum from the charge, his right hand swung the fire axe upwards, violently stabbing into the eye socket of the ambushing zombie!

The axe blade penetrated the brain, shredding the central nervous system.

The ambusher twitched twice, then stopped moving.

[Status Warning: Player Chen Du has suffered piercing damage! Corpse Poison has invaded the lymphatic system! Severe infection, speed of zombification increased!]

His vision was filled with a blood-red warning.

Chen Du felt his left arm burning as if doused with concentrated sulfuric acid.

"Only three left! Including the big one!"

Chen Du pushed Tang Ran away, pulled out the axe, and stood in front of the women, covered in blood.

"If you don't want to die, get moving!"

What shame, what gender boundaries, all were rubbish in the face of life and death!

"Let's do this!"

Xia Mo's figure suddenly emerged from the shadow of a tree.

Her face was pale, continuous use of her talent consumed a lot.

But in her hands, two icy daggers emitted cold air.

"Shadow Kill!"

The zombie that was about to pounce on Chen Du suddenly froze.

The next second, Xia Mo appeared behind it like a ghost, plunging her ice blade into the back of its head—the 'corpse-fixing' acupoint.

Crack—!

Ice shattered, brain matter froze.

"Only two left!"

At this point, the massive Corpse King realized its subordinates were almost all gone.

It let out an angry roar, abandoned its circling, and charged directly at Chen Du.

"Xia Xin! Shoot its eyes!" Chen Du roared.

Bang! Bang! Bang... Several pebbles whistling through the air accurately hit the Corpse King's face.

Although unable to break its defense, it forced the Corpse King to cover its eyes.

Its charging momentum slowed.

Tang Ran, meanwhile, had become a blood-soaked mess, but the madness in her eyes intensified.

She pounced like a leopardess, clinging desperately to one of the Corpse King's legs.

No matter how much it thrashed, she wouldn't let go.

"Good chance! Savage Charge!"

Chen Du gripped the axe with both hands, took a running start, and jumped!

He stretched his body in mid-air.

At that instant, his exposed body displayed the ultimate tension of strength and beauty, like a statue of vengeance.

The axe blade flashed with cold light in the sunlight.

"Let me... split your head open!"

Clang—!

After the sound of metal striking skull, there was the dull thud of a sharp blade cutting through rotten flesh.

The fire axe deeply embedded itself in the Corpse King's crown, stuck in its skull.

The Corpse King let out an unwilling wail and crashed to the ground.

On the other side, Xia Mo had already killed the last Iron Corpse, drenched in cold sweat.

"We... we won?"

An Nuonuo poked her small head out from the reed marsh, her face smeared with mud and her eyes teary.

The girls collapsed one by one onto the ground.

Some even started to retch.

Those few minutes had exhausted all their courage.

Chen Du gasped for breath.

His left arm was completely purplish-black, swollen like a risen steamed bun.

But he couldn't care less about that.

He dragged his heavy steps to the foul-smelling corpses.

The notebook in his mind flipped wildly.

The eyeball on the cover was now bloodshot crimson, radiating greed.

"Sacrifice!" Chen Du muttered in his heart.

Whoosh—

The notebook opened, and blood-red characters appeared.

[Judgment: High-quality undead flesh and blood, including elites!]

[Due to the extremely high quality of the Sacrifice and its rich resentment, a critical reward!]

As the five corpses turned into black smoke and dispersed, a series of options popped up in Chen Du's mind.

[Option One: 500 catties of premium Wuchang rice.]

[Option Two: Skin of Venom: Passive, Poison Resistance +10%.]

[Option Three: 100 units of high-purity fuel.]

[Option Four: life essence x3.]

[Option Five: Corpse King's Bracer, Physical Defense +20%, Strength +3.]

[Choose three from the above five options!]

Chen Du's vision was already somewhat blurry.

Corpse Poison was attacking his heart.

He found no items useful against Corpse Poison.

He could feel his heart beating slower and slower, and a chill was spreading through his blood vessels to his entire body.

"Choose... fuel... rice... and..."

He bit his tongue, forcing himself to stay conscious.

Rice, a must-have.

Dozens of mouths on the boat were waiting to be fed.

Fuel, a must-have.

Without fuel, the ferry was just a coffin on water.

Bracer... perfect for compensating for his defensive weakness.

As for life essence... Chen Du's eyes flickered, but he ultimately chose to give it up.

This thing was useless against Corpse Poison!

As his intention was confirmed, several heavy barrels of diesel and bags of rice appeared out of thin air on the open ground.

The black iron bracer also automatically fell into Chen Du's right hand.

After doing all this, Chen Du couldn't hold on any longer and knelt on one knee.

"Pfft—"

He spat out a mouthful of black blood.

"Captain!"

"Chen Du!"

The Xia sisters and An Nuonuo exclaimed, rushing over.

Chen Du was in terrible shape!

His skin had turned a deathly gray.

Black blood vessels climbed like spiderwebs across his neck and chest, gradually spreading to his face.

It wasn't just him.

Tang Ran was also in the same state.

She lay on the ground, her body twitching occasionally.

The whites of her eyes were being stained black, and her fingernails were visibly growing longer and darker.

"So cold..." Tang Ran curled up, murmuring vaguely, "Am I... going to die...?"

"Don't sleep! Tang Ran! Wake up!" Xia Xin cried anxiously, slapping Tang Ran's face hard.

But Tang Ran's body temperature was rapidly dropping, and her body was stiff like a stone.

"What do we do... what do we do...?" An Nuonuo cried, her face streaked with tears, completely at a loss.

"It's hopeless!"

In this desperate atmosphere, an untimely voice suddenly rang out.

Zhou Qian stood a few meters away, holding the fire axe Chen Du had dropped.

She looked at Chen Du, half-kneeling and naked, with complex eyes.

"This is Corpse Poison, didn't the Heavenly Dao warn us earlier? Soul Annihilation!"

Zhou Qian's voice trembled slightly.

"They're about to turn into monsters! And then they'll bite us all to death!"

"Zhou Qian! Shut up!" Xia Mo turned her head, staring coldly at her.

"I'm not wrong!" Zhou Qian took half a step back, shouting at the terrified girls around her, "Do you want to die? This island is full of monsters! If there are two more gifted zombies, none of us will survive!"

"While he hasn't fully mutated... push him into the lake! This is for everyone's good!"

This was human nature.

Chen Du lowered his head.

Although his consciousness was blurry, his hearing was unusually sharp.

He struggled to pull at the corner of his mouth, revealing a ferocious smile.

Heh!

Indeed.

Entrusting his back to these women was a gamble in itself.

Chen Du painstakingly lifted his eyelids, staring at Zhou Qian.

"You want to kill me...?"

"You... can try."