After finishing breakfast, team Abyss had set off on the road once again.
The journey towards Pandora will still need another 3 or more days and Adam is pretty much bored just sitting on the roof of the delivery truck.
" Hays. Is there anything fun to do? "
Adam really need some action right now. It's fine if the scenery was nice but sad to say they can only see trees and some depressing normies.
" It would be fine if there are tier 4 zombies around? " suddenly, Jaya on the side said.
Huh?
Tier 4 zombies? Why would you wish for such thing?!
Tier 2 or 3 should be enough for now. Please don't let the difficulty level suddenly rise.
We are newbies, little girl. We should only bully some beginner mobs.
" There is something blocking the road! " a shout coming from Arnold beside Jackson on the shotgun seat stirred Adam.
The van and truck stopped on the middle of the road while facing the small hill blocking the road.
Then suddenly, the thing in front moves and stood up on four facing the humans on the cars savagely.
" Is that a bull? " Adam asked Jaya beside him asking for confirmation.
" Master, It doesn't match the original description but it should have been a bull. "
The bull looks very dangerous with it's really sharp pairs of horns and black sturdy body measuring 3 meters from the ground and 2 meters thick. Also, black armor made of spike is growing on it's back looking like those of prehistoric dinosaur from the past.
* MoooooooOOO!!!! *
Suddenly the bull made a very long cow battle cry and suddenly dashed at the van in front of the delivery truck.
Adam seeing that the bull has attacked immediately stood up and jumped towards the hood of the van.
" Stay where you are. Leave this one to us. " Adam said. Gil and the rest are only tier 1 and 2 evolutionary so they can't possibly fight the tier 3 zombie bull.
Is Adam not afraid?
If it was him a few days ago he would be afraid. But travelling for so long and becoming used to zombies running around, Adam had developed immunity to fear.
If it was tier 4 or 5, Adam would not confront it head on but for a tier 3, he still had confidence on his skills.
Jaya and Arthus followed suit and landed on the ground beside the van.
" My [ lord ]... it's a tier 3 zombie... Do..you want me... to kill it? " Arthus said while drawing his broad sword from the scabbard.
" Eliminating this bull will be easy. Master, do you want Jaya to come? " Jaya also offered as her eyes stared at Adam innocently while an excited smile hangs on her lips.
Jaya, you are supposed to be the innocent one and should be acting scared at moments like this. Why are you also eager to kill it?
Truth to be told, Adam really wants to try fighting the zombie bull. With his strength equivalent to tier 4, he should be able to defeat it.
He didn't know just when he become a person who likes to fight but after living in this apocalyptic world, his views and habits are slowly changing.
He knows that only power is the basis for survival.
And as a qualified survivor, he also want to become strong on his own too.
" I want to try fighting this one first. " Adam said without fear but with a little expectation.
Huh! Being in this world for many days what zombies, I, Adam had become brave!
" [ Phantom Traveller ]. "
Adam then become illusory and immediately dashed towards the zombie bull while taking out [ Fang of Leviathan ] from his storage space.
His body in phantom state dashed straight to the bulls body and passed through it.
The bull seeing the attack immediately launched his horns on the incoming figure but suddenly it was surprised that it hit nothing and was immediately confused.
" [ Shadow Stab ] ! "
Adam then become a shadow and perform [ shadow stab ] and tried to hit the bull at the back of it's head.
* MooooOoOOO!!!!!!!!!!!*
The bull cried in pain as the dagger sunk in its skull.
But the bull's reaction was also quiet fast immediately retreating avoiding the dagger to pierce through it's brain.
The armor was quiet hard!
Adam was amazed about the hardness of the armor to be able to stop the penetrating power of his dagger.
* Mooooo!!! *
The bull was angry upon receiving damage from a food that it is trying to hunt.
You, a food dares to hurt this beast? See if I don't kill you and shred you to pieces!!
" [ Phantom Traveller ] "
Seeing that the bull dashed once again out for blood, the impact would surely be very hard and even with his tier 4 body, it is impossible to remain unscathed.
So Adam decisively activated phantom state and escape the bulls attack avoiding being hurt.
For anyone, phantom state is really the greatest cheat!
Gil and others on the side are pretty much amazed on how Adam is fighting and toying with the tier 3 variant zombie bull.
" The boss is awesome. Not only can he summoned powerful skeletons but his melee too is actually pretty good. " Gil can't help but praise.
" Arthus, how is it? " Jaya asked Arthus.
" The.. [ lord ] is still.. tender... He didn't have any training yet.... so his fighting style.... is quite monotonous. " Arthus explained.
" Hehe. Go master!!! Beat that bull!!! "
"Maybe..... I should give.....lessons to the [ lord ]....sometimes. "
" That's good!!! Nice hit!! "
Jaya screamed when Adam once again was able to hit the bull on it's head.
" The bull is only tier 3 but the defense is comparable already to tier 4. So this is a variant? "
Adam said to himself seeing how the variant bull can still stand up after receiving continuous stab on it's body.
Thankfully I can use this zombie bull to practice. Ordinary zombies will fall from a single stab and will not increase my experience much. But with this bull, I can practice as hard as I can!
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
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After several bouts, the bull is already riddled with deep wounds but there was no significant sign that it will die soon.
As for Adam, he is basically alright except a little tired. But with his current stamina, he can still last for hours.
" The blade can't penetrate deep enough. I must hit the same place multiple times so that I can penetrate the brain and kill it." Adam analyzed seeing how the bull is still energetic as ever even with many stab wounds.
" Let's try it!, [ Shadow stab ]!! "
Adam tried to hit the same wound he had inflicted earlier but the bull is a moving target so he missed on a huge margin.
His accuracy really needs improvements. Thankfully, the bulk is right here to serve as practice dummy.
" The plan....of the [ lord ].... is good but his accuracy.... is still lacking. " Arthus commented.
" fuuu! The master can kill that bull. Go master!!! " Jaya shouted showing her support as she waved a towel as her pom-pom.
" Boss, go for the kill!!"
" You can do it!!! "
" The boss is amazing!! "
The audience are pretty loud. Thankfully they are at a rural area and zombies are sparsely populated and the danger is not that great compared to the city.
And they still have Arthus on their side so what is there to worry?
The side commentators are very enthusiastic seeing their boss fights and are becoming a very qualified cheering squad.
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
Another stab was given and this time the blade inserted on the previous wounds making the bull cry.
* MooooooOOOOO!!!!!!!! *
The blade is deep this time and the bull had become sluggish like it would fall any time soon.
But even in it's weak state, the bull still struggled and once again tried to impale Adam with it's horns.
* MooooOOO!!! *
" [ Shadow stab ]!! "
Adam once again stabbed becoming like a shadow and penetrating the whole blade of his dagger making a black fountain of blood to burst out drenching some parts of Adam's clothes.
The bull staggered and stopped it's dashed and crashed down making a huge noise as its body hit the ground.
Ding!
" Congratulation host for killing a tier 3 variant zombie bull. You receive one token and +1000 experience points.
Progress: Tier 3 imtermediate [ tier 4 intermediate ( buffed ) ] 33050/100000. "
Nice. I killed it!!!!
Hahahahaha!
I'm amazing.
But from the fight, Adam severely realized what he lacks. His attacking skill is only [ shadow stab ], an active skill when using [ Fang of Leviathan ]. So without the dagger, his melee is basically nothing. He need another attack skill in his arsenal!
" System, activate two tokens. And please give me an attack skill, okay? "
Ding!
" Activating 2 tokens...
Congratulation for acquiring skill [ Flame Bullet ], skill [ shadow control ].
[ Flame Bullet ]: Able to condense flame bullets with a penetrating power equivalent to host's base tier and can penetrate the enemies with the same and lower tier than the host. Maximum range: 50 meters
[ Shadow control ] : can manipulate shadow at will either for attack or defense. Maximum range: 30 meters."
Cool!!!
The system is the best as always.
Right now, his remaining token are only 2 and he must save some for future use. Anyway I still don't know what to use them for so saving some for later is good.
Seeing that the bull is dead, the team members of Adam hurriedly ran to their boss and master.
" Master, your clothes are dirty. Do you want Jaya to wash it for you? " Jaya asked seeing how dirty her master had become.
The master is the esteemed sovereign! He must be kept clean at all times.
" No need Jaya. I still have extra clothes on me. "
" [ lord ].... Arthus would.... like to train you... Are you willing? "
Train with Arthus?
That's good!
With Arthus around, a battle expert, I would become a qualified combatant in no time!
The perks of being a systematic person.
" That's good Arthus. You can train me along with Gil and others. "
" Yes,... my [ lord ] "
Gil and others are like fan boys and fan girls checking Adam out in every angle.
" Boss, you are really powerful back then! "
" Your stabs are so beautiful. "
" I wish I had a quarter of the skills of the boss. "
Adam can only smile proudly and say.
" You guys still need lot's of training to do to catch up. Get back to the cars and continue on the road. "
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