189: Top corpse king

Tian Ming descended from the sky, landing on a scorched earth, surrounded by the remnants of zombies whose bodies were burned beyond recognition.

He looked around, his gaze falling on a building in the distance.

Although that building had also collapsed from the explosion, zombies were still struggling to crawl out from inside.

Tian Ming was still caught by the explosion's shockwave; even though he fled at twice the speed of sound, at the epicenter, the shockwave's speed reached a terrifying 5000 meters per second.

Even two kilometers away, the shockwave's speed rapidly decayed, and its energy was much weaker, but it still exceeded the speed of sound and directly slammed into Tian Ming.

The feeling was like a high-speed hammer directly smashing into his body, as if it would shatter him.

Tian Ming clutched his chest, exhaling a murky breath.

He looked up at the building, leaped, and plunged into the ruins.

The ruins were filled with the smell of charring and the stench of burned, unrecognizable zombie corpses.

Not far away, Xia Qi and his two companions also emerged from the rubble; they were also seriously injured, but fortunately, on the ground, the shockwave's decay rate was faster than in the air.

"Crazy, Captain Xia, if we follow this guy, sooner or later he's going to get us killed."

"Let's go, see if there are any Red Crystal Cores, and then leave immediately after completing the mission?" Xia Qi coughed, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

This wave of explosions also produced Red Crystal Cores from the more evolved zombies mixed within the horde, but the energy contained in these Red Crystal Cores was much less.

Tian Ming conjured a backpack, replicated several Red Crystal Core storage containers, and began collecting them on a large scale.

There were 12 in total; the ones with higher energy were directly absorbed by Tian Ming, and eight Red Crystal Cores were packed into the backpack.

These low-energy ones were not very useful to Tian Ming, so it was better to give them to the scientists at the base for research.

After absorbing four more Red Crystal Cores, his control range had now reached about 18 meters.

The energy intensity of these four Red Crystal Cores was higher than those absorbed before, but the increase in control radius was not as satisfactory.

Tian Ming quickly cleared the battlefield while muttering to himself, "Is that Xia Qi guy lying to me?"

Among the Corpse Kings killed by the explosion, although four were highly evolved, the strongest Corpse King could not have been directly killed by a Nitrogen Bomb.

Other brainless zombies wouldn't know to hide, but a Corpse King definitely would.

As he walked through the ruins, a black figure directly streaked past, rushing towards him.

It was a pale-faced woman with blood-red eyes, moving so fast that only afterimages remained.

Tian Ming's expression changed; other Corpse Kings were large, but this Corpse King was human-like, and a woman at that.

Tian Ming reacted almost instantly, forming an invisible shield.

But the Corpse King was even faster, a sharp spike appearing in her hand as she lunged towards Tian Ming's chest.

As the Corpse King entered Tian Ming's control range, she was instantly restrained by Tian Ming.

However, very quickly, the Corpse King's body became ethereal, like a shadow, and she directly broke free from Tian Ming's control.

The spike in her hand retracted, and her figure flickered, instantly appearing behind Tian Ming.

Tian Ming felt a chill on his neck, followed by intense pain; the creature was biting him, though it couldn't break the skin, the pain was real.

Tian Ming was greatly surprised and quickly manipulated the airflow to lift himself into the air.

Having struck successfully, the Corpse King showed no desire to linger and instantly fled into the distance.

Tian Ming clutched his neck; after absorbing so many Red Crystal Cores, his skin's toughness and strength meant even sharp blades couldn't harm him.

He rubbed the bitten area, looked at the Corpse King's retreating figure, and angrily declared, "Damn it, female zombie king, I'll still fight her!"

His figure slowly descended, and countless tungsten steel balls formed in the air.

The steel balls shot towards the Corpse King like a swarm of locusts.

The Corpse King's body became ethereal, and the steel balls passed through her body without obstruction; she was completely unharmed.

Tian Ming was stunned; this Corpse King could instantly enter a quantum void state, and his physical attacks had no effect on her.

Tian Ming's face darkened; this Corpse King was even more troublesome than he had imagined.

Moreover, this Corpse King's speed was extremely fast; if it weren't for Tian Ming's exceptional perception, he might not even see her shadow.

"I can't let her escape again," Tian Ming thought to himself, his figure instantly accelerating as he charged towards the Corpse King.

The Corpse King also seemed to realize the danger, her body becoming ethereal as she fled at super high speed into the distance.

Although her speed was fast, Tian Ming's speed was even faster.

After closing the distance, the air instantly became dense, and the Corpse King's body hesitated for a moment, just as she was about to transform into an ethereal state, but Tian Ming's figure had already appeared before the Corpse King.

He extended his hand, and countless carbon fiber threads wrapped around her like a spider web.

The Corpse King's face became ferocious, her figure flickered, but the ethereal transformation failed, and she was immediately tightly bound by Tian Ming's carbon fiber threads.

His suppressive effect on Ability Users actually worked on this Corpse King, but the suppression range was only about two to three meters.

Bound tightly by the carbon fiber threads, the Corpse King could no longer struggle.

She roared at Tian Ming in anger, but Tian Ming was unmoved, grabbing the Corpse King by the neck.

The Corpse King instantly stopped struggling, and Tian Ming looked at her coldly: "You dare to bite me? Are you a dog?"

"You killed so many of my kin, I wish I could tear you to pieces," the female zombie king said, her blood-red eyes filled with killing intent.

Tian Ming was secretly surprised by this level of evolution and this evolutionary trend.

"Your Red Crystal Core should be more powerful than other Corpse Kings', right?" Tian Ming didn't waste words.

The air surrounding the Corpse King instantly heated up, reaching several thousand degrees in just a few seconds.

Such a Corpse King must be eradicated to prevent endless future troubles.

A hint of fear flashed in the female zombie king's eyes, but she quickly calmed down.

She looked up at Tian Ming, her voice becoming grim: "If you kill me, my kin will not let you go."

"Then I'll kill as many as come!" Tian Ming said indifferently.

A sharp spike appeared in his hand, directly piercing into the female zombie king's chest.

The female zombie king's body trembled, a flicker of unwillingness in her eyes, but she couldn't resist.

The high temperature instantly carbonized the Corpse King's body, and a blood-red Red Crystal Core appeared in Tian Ming's hand.

Tian Ming didn't think much and directly absorbed it.

The control radius instantly expanded by two meters, now reaching twenty meters.

However, a piercing pain came from his palm.

He quickly spread his hand, and his entire palm suddenly became transparent, with the blood vessels and bones clearly visible.

Tian Ming gasped, "What in the world is happening? Why is this happening?"