Chapter 71: The State of Deficit (1/2)

”Zombies!” gritted Jake.

However, the zombies he was currently looking at didn't get bitten by a zombie to turn to one.

Instead, they drank a pill that transformed them into one.

This transformation made Jake realize that there was something bigger in play.

The ”zombie potion” was definitely not known by the upper class of Aztec. In fact, Jake could bet the King had no idea of it.

Yet, here it was, something that defied logic.

'Hmmm….,' Jake noticed another abnormality.

In contrast to zombies not being able to manipulate [Spirit Essence], these zombies in front of him could as he currently see the senior zombie conjuring up a large ball of flame!

*Bwah!*

The flame was thrown with an astounding speed just two times slower than Jake's speed.

However, the lethality was not in the speed. It was in the burning presence it had!

Seeing the flame up close, its radiance blinded his eyes as Jake ducked nevertheless.

His clothes caught on the flame as it ignited causing Jake to look like a beacon of light.

He was about to put off the flame when he sensed the familiar [Finger Guns] being shot in his direction!

*Pa!* *Pa!* *Pa!*

This time, the [Finger Guns] were much faster than they were previously. Jake could barely find a loophole in the formation as he danced like a snake.

After escaping the attack, the flames on his clothes died out due to the speed of his evasion.

Once again, the tunnel descended into darkness as the zombies stopped using their [Spirit Essence].

Gazing in the direction of perceived hazard, Jake analyzed, 'There are no ordinary zombies, and by that, I don't mean special zombies. They are different from that, in that they are able to wield [Spirit Essence].'

His eyes grew colder as he found out something strange, 'Worst, it seems like they are able to retain their intelligence----'

Jake instantly went on as his sixth senses noticed a small disturbance bulldozing its way to his direction.

He got in his stance, trying to take it by surprise and finish this once and for all.

In the darkness, he pictured the disturbance, most likely a zombie, one foot away from him.

He tried to choose a finishing attack move, but decisively chose something else as he didn't know which zombie it was, and that would affect the accuracy of his attack!

Also, the zombie kept running in his direction, it didn't stop, which indicated that he could somehow sense Jake.

'Their sense of smell!' figured out Jake.

Zombies were known for their incredible sense of smell. It was way better than the heightened sense of smell cultivators acquired.

It was definitely enough to pick out Jake's smell and work on that.

*Whew!*

The moment the zombie got within his vicinity, Jake bent low and swept his feet around in a circle.

*Bang!*

His leg tripped the zombie, but it also got injured as the strength of just the zombie's barefoot was immense.

This made Jake wonder what the hell was happening.

This was the umpteenth time everything didn't follow the rules of logic.

Newly turned zombies, no matter their previous lives' strength, would only possess the strength of a [Realm-0] cultivator.

Yet, this particular zombie could best him in terms of physical strength. Even worse, the zombie had greater strength than their previous state as human beings.

Probably, this was why the senior turned the both of them into zombies, just so they can have the required strength to end the long battle.

Jake sighed as he started to get headaches, 'F*ck! It will soon deactivate.'

Knowing this, he activated the full ability of his [Akashic Eye] and tried to end this.

With clear composure, he looked sideways as he saw [Finger Guns] shot at him again.

Despite that, with his full abilities, the bullets came in slow motion to him.

Jake ignored it as he grabbed the already recovering zombie, which was revealed to be the senior zombie, and punch him in the chest with his sore muscles, still managing to blast it away temporarily.