Newbie Guardians

Chapter 43 Rampage

The headless corpse spun around for a long time before finally stopping, seemingly giving up the search and deciding to cut off a new one. Carrying its cleaver, it strode towards Huang Xin and the others. Huang Xin, with over three thousand experiences escaping in dreams, shouted:

"Quickly find a tombstone and hide behind it."

Following the principle of proximity, everyone found a relatively intact tombstone. Hannah chose one right next to Huang Xin's tombstone. Everyone assumed a defensive stance, ready to dodge at any moment. This was to test the frequency of the severed heads being thrown; usually, three sets of data were needed to grasp the pattern.

The headless corpse locked onto Jin Jun, leaped high into the air, and slashed down with its blade. Jin Jun brandished his Dragon Gallant Spear, forcefully blocking the attack, but with a clang, he was instantly knocked back five or six steps, blood seeping from his tiger's mouth. Mu Lingshan quickly cast a healing spell, while Elise gripped the vines tightly, her eyes fixed intently on the severed head.

The headless corpse charged at Jin Jun again. Just as Teacher Liu was about to use his drag technique, Hanna had already activated her transformation and rushed behind the headless corpse. Under the passive effect of the set's Dark Strike, attacks from behind were guaranteed to hit and were guaranteed to be critical hits. In addition, with the armor-piercing attribute of Liu Ren, several consecutive strikes hit the back of the headless corpse, and blood splattered everywhere.

The headless corpse seemed enraged, turning and slashing with its blade. Hannah lunged to the left, quickly dodging behind another large tombstone. The headless corpse slammed its blade into the ground, creating a seven- or eight-meter-long crack; the attack's range was breathtakingly large.

It couldn't find Hannah, and when it turned around, Jin Jun was gone too. So it started circling in place again, looking for a new target.

The power of that attack just now startled Teacher Liu. This guy was incredibly strong; if he got close, it would be extremely dangerous. He quickly whispered:

"Try to deal damage from a distance; I can't withstand many hits in melee. If there's danger, I'll drag you over; everyone, please coordinate."

Everyone answered in unison, "Yes!"

Sounds came from all directions. The headless corpse ignored the closer ones and instead locked onto Liu Hanqin, who was hiding the furthest away. Its left arm pulled back, and Liu Hanqin instantly broke out in a cold sweat. With a whoosh, killing intent swept over him. Liu Hanqin activated his Wind Wings, frantically dodging to the right, his eyes fixed on the head. Thud! In his panic, he lost his bearings and his right shoulder slammed into another tombstone. He staggered, veering off the Wind Wings' fast-moving trajectory. The scene before him terrified him: the head had smoothly turned in mid-air and was lunging at him again.

Whoosh! Three vines descended like divine soldiers, firmly ensnaring the head. With a flick of the wrist, the headless corpse vanished, instantly reappearing over thirty meters in the air. A single slash severed the three vines, and the head returned to the left hand. However, after using the skill, the headless corpse plummeted to the ground, swinging the decapitation blade again in mid-air. With another loud thud, it used the recoil from the blow to slightly slow its descent. The moment its legs touched the ground, it created a half-meter-deep crater. This strike covered another seven or eight meters, shattering a blank tombstone and even splitting a large gash in the grave.

With a roar, the zombie lying on the ground looked up and roared to the sky, then leaped up and pounced from more than 30 meters in the air towards the headless corpse.

The headless corpse had used its ultimate move; based on the interval between its two attacks, the cooldown time should be five minutes. It raised its guillotine high, aiming it at the corpse's neck. The corpse reacted extremely quickly, crossing its arms, its palms together like knives, pointing diagonally at the severed point on the headless corpse's neck.

Another loud bang! The zombie failed to break through the defenses, and the headless corpse couldn't even harm it; both were knocked back two or three meters. Before the headless corpse could even raise its blade, the zombie pounced, clearly enraged and determined to fight to the death. The sounds of thuds filled the air as the zombie sustained more and more wounds, while the headless corpse's neck was riddled with holes—both were severely injured.

Suddenly, the headless corpse slammed its head to the ground, stomping it so hard that the head was crushed into the earth. A plume of black smoke rose from the soil, surging towards the severed neck, and miraculously, a semi-transparent head regenerated, albeit a mismatched size, looking utterly comical. Clearly, the head it had just sculpted wasn't its own. Then, an even more unbelievable scene unfolded: the headless corpse swung its decapitation blade, hacking fiercely at its own neck, severing the semi-transparent head, and forcefully slamming it into the severed neck. The semi-transparent head vanished instantly, and simultaneously, a crimson glow spread across the headless corpse's body, its muscles swelled, and it grew taller and larger.

The undeterred zombie lunged again, only to have its arms severed by the headless corpse's blade. This was another of its special abilities—Rage, which grants a 30% power boost at the cost of losing its head, lasting for three minutes with a half-hour cooldown.

Before the zombie could retreat an inch, and before the headless corpse could even sheathe its blade, the zombie lunged again. Simultaneously, with a deafening roar, the zombie exploded into countless fragments. The headless corpse staggered back twenty or thirty meters, its chest splitting upwards, most of its neck blasted into pieces. With a clang, the decapitation blade fell to the ground. Then, the headless corpse collapsed, motionless, the ground covered in black blood, emitting a pungent stench.

The eight people who had been watching the fight from the sidelines exchanged bewildered glances. Was it really over? The ending was indeed unexpected. Just as everyone was reconstructing the case around the two corpses, Hannah pulled Huang Xin to the tomb guarded by the living corpses. Looking through the crack, under the bright light, a stunningly beautiful face appeared before them. The woman's expression was serene; were it not for her slightly dark complexion, one would have thought she was asleep. Everyone gathered around, and Teacher Liu pointed at the person inside the tomb, horrified:

"This is Ouyang Nishang, the youngest daughter of the Ouyang family, a prodigy! She's already at the peak of the sixth rank at nineteen. How did she end up here?"

Teacher Liu realized the seriousness of the situation. After giving a few instructions to be careful, he immediately activated the teleportation scroll and went back to the college to report.

Jin Jun looked at Mu Lingshan, seemingly waiting for her to speak; clearly, he had also heard of Ouyang Nishang.

Mu Lingshan, with a heavy heart, slowly said:

"Among all the aristocratic families, she is the most talented among her generation. Half a year ago, in order to rescue her younger brother who had been captured by the Chaos Force, she disappeared without a trace. So, that living corpse is very likely her younger brother, Ouyang Yuntian."

Jin Jun also felt very sorry:

"It is heartbreaking that two exceptionally talented young people have perished in just six months. As long as the forces of chaos are not eliminated, the world will never have peace."

Hannah spoke weakly:

"The culprit who chopped off the villagers' heads has been found, but where is the monster that drained the blood of a hundred villagers?"