Chapter 114: Chapter 113: Spatial Combat Skill
Wang Yuanhua’s miserable state instantly reminded Lin Fan of Liu Bin’s companion, who was one-shotted by a Giant-Armed Zombie.
It looked like a single blow. Luckily, Wang Yuanhua’s constitution as an Awakened One saved his life; he wasn’t torn to pieces like a normal person would have been.
It wasn’t just his constitution, but also that strange skill of his that had brought him, critically injured and on the brink of death, right to Lin Fan...
’This skill is useful... I want one too!’
The head of the spear in Lin Fan’s hand and the Giant-Armed Zombie’s fist smashed together violently!
Two streams of energy, from different sources but with similar properties, collided thunderously at the point where spear and fist met!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a grating, sharp scraping sound that set one’s teeth on edge, like two angle grinder wheels cutting into each other!
Lin Fan felt a colossal force slam into his spear, but with the support of the Strength Crystal, his power was now on par with the Giant-Armed Zombie’s. He held its fist firmly in place, stopping it from advancing a single inch!
CRACK—
BANG!
With a muffled thud, the two energies erupted into a turbulent vortex, blasting the Giant-Armed Zombie and Lin Fan’s spear apart and sending them both stumbling backward!
The resulting shockwave instantly sent all zombies within a few meters flying, tumbling onto the green lawns on either side!
[Obtained: Scrap Metal *2]
[Obtained: Canned Meat *1]
...
He took two steps back to create a safe distance when several notifications suddenly popped up.
A quick glance showed that some of the zombies sent flying were struggling and rolling around, but most were near death with shattered bones, unable to get up. Others were already lying motionless on the ground, their Life Value depleted, completely dead.
The energy explosion was surprisingly lethal. Looking at the Giant-Armed Zombie opposite him, its health was [1906/2000]—it had lost nearly a hundred points. It had also been hit by the force, stumbling back a few steps. A few faint cracks had appeared on its gray-green fist, from which filthy blood was seeping.
And himself...
[750/750]. He hadn’t lost any health...
Lin Fan suddenly had a feeling. He raised his spear to inspect it and, sure enough, saw that the blade at its tip was slightly chipped...
[Item: "Unnamed"]
[Durability: 98/100]
[Crystal Slot 1: Impact Crystal (Lv. 1) (20% Fine)]
...
’So the spear took the damage from that energy burst. And its durability only dropped by a mere two points...’
[Repair? Required materials: Blade *1...]
’It can be repaired!’
"Don’t repair..."
’It only lost two points, no rush to repair it. Even though I got drops from most of the zombies Su Qing and the others killed, and I have a lot more materials on hand, I should save them. Using a whole Blade to fix such a tiny chip would be a total waste.’
Following the principle of getting the most out of his things, Lin Fan tapped the spear on the ground. It was still very sturdy. It could still fight!
Wounded by the blow, the Giant-Armed Zombie went berserk. It swatted away a zombie that bumped into it, planted both hands on the ground, and charged wildly at Lin Fan!
That clash just now had been just for Lin Fan’s curiosity. First, he wanted to test if his own impact power was any different from the zombie’s. Second, he intentionally wanted to compare his strength against a two-thousand-health-point Mutated Zombie.
He had been stomping on rookies in low-level matches, completely overwhelming those thousand-health Mutated Zombies. It left Lin Fan with no real assessment of his own power, to the point where his perception was even a little distorted...
That kind of distortion could get him killed.
But now he had a rough idea. With the Strength Crystal equipped, his strength was on par with the two-thousand-health Giant-Armed Zombie...
Lin Fan’s thoughts shifted, and he replaced the Strength Crystal with an Activation Crystal...
His strength decreased, but in exchange, his reaction speed and perception increased.
The probing was over. Lin Fan had no more interest in wrestling with the monster before him. Overpowering it with sheer strength would require wasting a potion, which was pointless...
’Next up, it’s time for some technique.’
This opponent wasn’t unfamiliar. Time for the old tactics!
The energy bar above the Giant-Armed Zombie’s head had recovered to 8 points. Its next attack was imminent!
Lin Fan swung his spear, casually knocking aside two approaching zombies, and thrust straight at the Giant-Armed Zombie!
The Giant-Armed Zombie swung its fist to meet him. It was the same scene as before, a collision of brute force with no technique... or was it?
The Giant-Armed Zombie swung its fist, trying to knock the spear away. Its other fist was also raised high, preparing to gather energy and launch its impact ability!
However, its fist just swiped through an afterimage, hitting nothing but air. The spear had vanished...
It was impossible to know if the Giant-Armed Zombie could think, but in that instant, it froze for a moment.
"Heh heh..."
Lin Fan’s hands were empty. With a single thought, he equipped the Sharpness Crystal!
The spear that had just disappeared instantly reappeared in his hands, now wreathed in Sharp Energy. At the same time, he activated the spear’s impact power!
Its swinging arm was blocking its chest, so he thrust straight into the back of its rigid elbow!
BANG!
[-366]!
With a muffled bang, the joint of one of the Giant-Armed Zombie’s arms completely exploded. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and even the bone inside was blasted into fragments. All that was left of the arm was a stump below the shoulder, revealing mangled flesh and thick, grayish-white bone...
"ROAR—"!
A fissure split open at the base of the bulge that served as the Giant-Armed Zombie’s head, revealing rows of sharp teeth inside as it let out a furious roar!
Its energy finally finished recovering, and its other raised arm smashed down heavily toward Lin Fan!
But Lin Fan was already prepared. There was no way he would let it hit him.
He kicked off a nearby zombie, using the momentum to propel himself backward, leaping out of the Giant-Armed Zombie’s attack range.
The punch slammed into the ground, obliterating the zombie Lin Fan had just kicked into a bloody mist. Several other nearby zombies also had their Life Value drop to zero, turning into materials and supplies that were collected into Lin Fan’s backpack...
That last strike, combining his spatial ability from the inventory, wasn’t a sudden whim.
Lin Fan had been studying how to best utilize this independent space from the very beginning. It was just that, aside from the handle-less Blades and Scrap Metal, he’d never had a weapon that could be stored in his inventory.
Lin Fan hefted the spear in his hand. ’Now I finally have one...’
His newly developed "spatial combat technique" was wonderfully effective. Even if a Mutated Zombie had some capacity for cunning thought, it was absolutely impossible to defend against a spear that could "vanish" at any moment!
Seeing that the Giant-Armed Zombie had expended the energy from its punch, Lin Fan was about to advance when he saw more and more zombies swarming in. There had to be thirty or forty of them, even more than Wang Yuanhua had pulled away earlier...
Lin Fan frowned and glanced over at Wang Yuanhua, who was clinging to the willow tree. ’Looks like he pulled some more aggro...’
But he didn’t expect that one glance would reveal Wang Yuanhua staring at him with wide eyes!
Seeing that Lin Fan had noticed him, he could only manage an awkward smile.
"Th-that is, Chief... I... I’ll come down and help you..."
However, the storm raging in Wang Yuanhua’s heart was far more turbulent than his expression let on!
He had woken up as soon as Lin Fan tossed him into the tree. Although the wrenching pain inside his body had subsided, his arm and leg were still in excruciating agony. It took all his effort just to keep from crying out!
Which ordinary person who awakened a strange power at a time like this didn’t have a heroic dream in their heart?
Wang Yuanhua had also fantasized about being the great hero who saves the world in novels and movies, the One...
In fact, he had acted that way too. Whether it was actively seeking to become stronger, fighting to the death to kill Mutated Zombies, or distributing his surplus supplies to others, he believed he was living up to the name of a hero.
However, it wasn’t until he met that monster that he realized he had just been lucky. Lucky enough not to have encountered a single monster like that in his own building.
The power of that punch surpassed so-called physical strength... No, forget flesh; even steel would probably be shattered to pieces by that blow!
And yet, that very same blow—the one that had filled him with despair and made him question his life—had been easily blocked by that man!
He had blocked it easily with that cosplay-prop-looking spear he must have picked up somewhere...
In that instant, Wang Yuanhua, up in the tree, was so shocked that he forgot his physical pain. All that remained was a daze.
’Even if I ate ten—no, a hundred more Crystal Stones, I’d probably never be able to surpass him...’
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