The hopping and speed of the white - haired zombie were beyond the reach of ordinary people. Niannian was fortunate that there were quite a few Amulets of Swiftness in her small satchel.
Thanks to these amulets, she didn't waste too much time and managed to keep the target in sight.
The zombie darted through the forest, and Niannian chased after it desperately. In the dense jungle, only the hasty hopping sounds of the zombie and the hurried footsteps of Niannian could be heard.
After chasing for a long time, when they reached the middle of the mountain, the hopping sound of the zombie suddenly disappeared.
Niannian quickly stopped and warily scanned the denser jungle around her.
She recalled the direction of the zombie's last jump and searched carefully.
The leaves in the forest were thick, and the branches were criss - crossed. It was deathly quiet, and not even the chirping of birds could be heard.
The sound of rustling leaves and twigs filled the air as Niannian frowned and looked around. Finally, her gaze was fixed on a tree to her right - front.
Suddenly, she looked up sharply and saw a dark figure plummeting from the sky.
Niannian nimbly dodged the attack but didn't retreat too far as she did before.
She took only one step backward, narrowly avoiding the zombie and creating a slight distance between them.
Just as the zombie's hand slammed into the dirt,
Niannian leaped into the air, raised her long sword, and struck the zombie's head with the sharp side of the blade.
Using the inertia of gravity, she wielded the long sword like a machete.
But this nimble zombie was no easy opponent. It quickly reacted and raised its arm, colliding with the long sword with a loud clang.
The long sword cut into its arm, neatly slicing off the white hair, which fell to the ground.
Niannian quickly retracted the long sword horizontally, leaving a neat gash on the zombie's arm.
The white - haired zombie was extremely angry after being injured on its arm. Although it didn't feel pain or fatigue, it still retained a bit of human emotion.
Its venomous eyes turned blood - red.
"Roar!"
The white - haired zombie opened its big mouth and let out a roar at Niannian.
This roar seemed to be a signal for attack. The zombie stopped using any other tricks and rushed straight at Niannian, waving its sharp claws.
Niannian retreated while counter - attacking.
She seized every opportunity to slash at the zombie's arm.
Each time, she could accurately hit the wound she had previously inflicted.
The arm with the gash had become a bloody mess after repeated strikes.
However, this level of injury was not enough to restrict its movement.
Instead, it only aroused its ferocity.
The zombie's attacks became more and more violent, and its speed also increased.
Sweat had already covered Niannian's forehead.
Fighting a zombie was truly a strenuous task.
Niannian knew that this was not the time to slack off. This time, instead of aiming at the zombie's arm, she targeted its neck and started to cut bit by bit.
Just like grinding an iron rod into a needle, she was determined to chop off its head sooner or later.
Swish, swish, swish...
The long sword danced through the air, leaving only after - images.
Each time it passed by the zombie, it would leave a wound on its body, always targeting the same spot.
The zombie waved its arms desperately in place, trying to block the blade.
But one of its arms had been severely damaged and couldn't recover for a while. Niannian was too fast. It could block one strike but not the next.
This kind of torture - like fighting style was too much even for a zombie with a body like a copper wall and an iron barrier.
It leaped into the air and turned to run backward.
Niannian had no choice but to continue chasing. She picked up her sword and pressed on.
As she chased, Niannian saw a cave, and it seemed that the white - haired zombie was also heading towards it.
The zombie scurried into the cave in a flash, and Niannian quickly followed. The cave was pitch - black, and she couldn't see a thing.
But inside, she could sense a strong stench of death, coming from both zombies and corpses.
Niannian involuntarily took a few steps backward and even had the urge to run away.
The atmosphere in this place made her hair stand on end for the first time.
There must be more than one zombie here. She could sense many of them. Even though she couldn't see anything, she was certain.
Just dealing with one zombie had already given her so much trouble. If there were more, she would surely be overwhelmed.
But just as she was about to step out of the cave, Niannian stopped.
This mountain belonged to the Shen family, and the Shen family's mansion was on the mountaintop. If she ignored this cave and the white - haired zombie, everyone in the Shen mansion would be in danger.
Who on earth had raised so many zombies in this place?
The most crucial thing was that the Shen family seemed to be completely unaware.
Niannian knew that Third Senior Brother's family was very powerful, and he himself was extremely capable. Almost no problem could stump him.
But even for such a capable Third Senior Brother, who wanted to have everything under his control, his family was on the verge of becoming a nest of zombies.
This was really a tough and troublesome situation!
What should she do?
"Squeak~"
The sound of a rat came from inside the cave. Niannian lowered her head and saw a pair of green - glowing eyes staring at her.
It was a big gray rat. But normal gray rats had red eyes, while this one had green eyes.
The rat was drooling, looking extremely abnormal. It was holding a piece of meat from an unknown creature in its paws, presumably its food.
A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Niannian's heart.
She took two more steps backward, took out a Fire Amulet from her satchel that could ignite a flame, and threw it into the cave.
The Fire Amulet was lit, and the cave was suddenly illuminated. Niannian finally saw what was inside.
It wasn't just one rat, but thousands upon thousands of them crawling on a mountain of corpses.
Not all of the corpses were zombies; there were also many ordinary ones.
The zombies were standing upright on both sides of the cave.
This burst of fire had really stirred up a hornet's nest. All the rats in the cave became restless, but fortunately, the zombies inside were not alarmed.
Niannian finally couldn't stand this hair - raising scene any longer. She quickly ran backward while the rats were still in a daze.
She quickly found a bush to hide herself.
Fortunately, the Fire Amulet didn't burn for long. After the light disappeared, the rustling sounds of the rats gradually quieted down.
Niannian quickly called Third Senior Brother. Shen Weixun was also shocked to learn that there were so many zombies and strange rats in the cave on his family's mountain.
He rarely went home and really had no idea about this.
He hadn't even noticed the slightest sign.
But even when he was away, the security of the Shen family was no joke. Who on earth could quietly place so many filthy things on the Shen family's territory?
Was this someone's plan to wipe out the entire Shen family when the time was right?