The corpse beast will have a sense when it is about to enter the next stage, that is, before it evolves.
So before this group of knights came to his door, You Huan realized that once he had absorbed all the monsters in this town, this body would have to undergo a second evolution.
Every evolution is a leap forward, which is why he didn't leave here in time before the knights surrounded him.
At this moment, after absorbing the many corpses of beasts he killed, he obtained 375 evolution points.
[Level: Lv.7→Lv.8 (88/1280)]
The unique evolution of this world that came with the upgrade was still in progress, and changes were taking place all over his body.
In addition to this, the reason why he stood still and did not immediately chase after the living knight was that this body was still undergoing a process similar to returning to its origin!
He saw many images of the past appear before his eyes.
He vaguely saw the scene where the previous generation of Ice Plague transformed into a natural disaster and ravaged the world, and saw many knights coming forward one after another and stabbing their weapons into the body of Ice Plague.
I also saw a more distant moment, when the apocalypse broke out, the dead bodies squirmed, and new limbs broke out from the inside, becoming the prototype of a monster...
Finally he saw the black dust, which was composed of countless tiny particles that were invisible to the naked eye.
They surged out from the depths of the earth, slowly fell from the sky, were born out of thin air, and gradually merged into the entire world...
It seems that the black dust does not have a single source, but erupts from all over the world?
The historical illusion dissipated, and when he came to his senses, the second step of evolution had been completed.
He moved his claws and felt his whole body filled with a powerful force he had never had before.
On the panel, the skill tree interface belonging to this body appeared. It was a crystal clear ice tree that looked like glass, just like a smaller version of his ice tree.
But he felt that this return seemed different from the previous ones...it was completely different from the previous feelings.
The power he felt at this moment seemed to be brought purely by the second evolution.
...Strange, are the monsters in this world different from those in other worlds?
The rustling noise coming from the front interrupted his thoughts.
Looking forward, he saw the ten knights who had regrouped - oh, including the knight captain who had been reduced to a lone commander by You Huan - actually looked like they wanted to try to kill him again.
The knight found by the captain with poor psychological endurance turned out to be quite capable.
The ability to block space and seal off enemies, coupled with the extremely powerful combat knights, combined with the direction they are coming from, these knights should be an ace team responsible for crossing the front line and operating deep into the ranch.
...In that case, they might know a lot of information.
You Huan's heart moved.
Then he took a step forward and walked towards the knights.
"Not only is it not dead, it has also evolved..."
On the knights' side, the knights captain, who had been very proud and excited just now, was now in a state of disbelief.
He used to be full of vigor and ambition, and everything went smoothly for him to achieve his current strength and status.
Although he encountered enemies stronger than himself while on missions outside, he was able to successfully kill them with the help of many companions.
The smooth journey made him believe that it was God who was blessing his path and allowing him to wield the sword and spread God's glory.
But recently, fate seemed to be playing a joke on him.
First, he encountered a corpse beast that frightened him so much that he had no intention of resisting at all.
After finally escaping, he happened to meet a team of knights who were evacuating from the heart of the ranch after completing a reconnaissance mission.
This team is incredible and well-known within the church. With the cooperation of twelve people, they have never been defeated in killing enemies.
He was overjoyed to meet these twelve people, and after some communication, the other party agreed to take him with them to search for the whereabouts of the new Ice Plague Lord.
After finding this enemy who once cast a huge shadow on him, things went smoothly.
——With so many knights surrounding an enemy, and twelve of them having top-notch teamwork, how could the enemy escape alive?
He watched with pleasure as it was pierced to the ground by the knights, but the next moment, things took a shocking turn.
——The step-by-step evolution of corpse beasts and zombies is the most important way for them to become stronger.
With each evolution, the monster's strength increases dramatically.
Monsters that have undergone four or five evolutions are all at the top of this world, and even the church will not take action against them casually.
Before evolving, this monster already possessed the power to cast a shadow on him.
So after evolving...can they still defeat it?
"No, why not..." Thinking of this, he swallowed his saliva, and while observing the corpse beast approaching with his peripheral vision, he said to the ten knights in front of him, "Let's retreat first? After this corpse beast evolves, I'm afraid it will be even stronger..."
However, the knights who seemed easy to talk to before now just stood motionless with their backs to him and facing the corpse beast.
The knight who was good at drawing the sword and slashing stood in the front, his gaze becoming more profound as he looked at his fellow knights who had turned into ice sculptures.
"We, the White Knights of the Church, hereby declare that we will never allow such a powerful enemy, such a blasphemer who slaughtered his colleagues, to leave this place..."
The knight captain, who was gradually becoming panicked, heard the man mutter something in a low voice.
The next moment, the knight and the corpse beast both exerted their strength at the same time and rushed towards each other at high speed!
They did not take action when the corpse beast's evolution had not yet ended. They were forced to do so.
The low temperature field that You Huan erupted at the moment of evolution caused these knights to suffer more or less injuries in their bodies, making it difficult for them to move. A rash attack would only result in their deaths.
But at this moment, the knights' injuries have healed, and You Huan has also completed his second evolution, and his strength has entered a new stage.
Both sides are at their peak levels at the same time.
For the ten knights with firm faith, this was a battle where their lives and faith were at stake!
The explosion of evolution alone could freeze hundreds of knights into dead ice sculptures. This natural disaster ability already had the prototype of the natural disaster of ice plague, which was once known as the "Snow God".
In order to protect the many people of God in the world, the church decisively launched a war, paying the price of the death of a large number of newly cultivated White Knights, which severely damaged the Ice Plague and made it no longer have the power of natural disasters in its heyday.
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At this moment, they also want to follow the example of their predecessors. Before the new generation of natural disasters grows up, they must kill it here even if they have to risk everything they have.
Blood splattered into his eyes and his pupils dilated instantly.
The knight at the front stared blankly at the white figure passing by him.
The next moment, all the heat in his body flowed away irretrievably like a river gushing out after a floodgate was opened.
The forward momentum gradually stopped, and the skin was stained with a bluish-white color.
When the corpse beast attacked his teammates behind him like a ghost, he kept his hand on the hilt of the sword and fell to the ground from a low altitude.
"Crackle!"
It was like an ice sculpture being pushed over, and he broke into a dozen pieces without any resistance.
"Pah!" The last thing that fell was a severed head. The frozen head with the helmet on rolled on the ground, and the astonished eyes finally looked at the knight captain standing at the back.
"Ah...ah..." The knight captain stared at him blankly, making meaningless sounds.
And in front of him, one knight after another was being slaughtered.
"Blasphemer!"
Several knights roared and flipped the scriptures in their hands, but this time, the white runes did not have time to attach to the enemy who turned into snowflakes, and the enemy's low temperature field had already included them.
Just like those ordinary knights who were frozen at the first sight, they were instantly turned into ice sculptures.
At the same time, with the cheerful calls of "chi chi chi", the gathered snow dust insects guided the blizzard, covering the knights who cast the chains of light.
Although the snow dust worms gathered together cannot reduce temperatures as well as You Huan, their tiny size and ability to guide snowflakes make them a natural counter to knights who are good at restraining medium and large monsters.
After entangled with the knights for a while, You Huan also turned over, and changed into a beast with a snowflake. His dagger-like claws flashed and he took off the heads of the knights one by one.
The change in the strength of the corpse beast before and after evolution was so huge!
One knight after another fell to the ground. He walked out of the gradually dissipating snow and came to the last knight.
The knight who had escaped from his claws once stared blankly at the approaching corpse beast.
No, that might not be a corpse beast, but a more advanced and perfect life form born from the corpse beast.
As the church's teaching says.
When he came into contact with its pure and clear eyes, which did not look like those of a corpse, this thought suddenly came to his mind.
"I, I…"
His lips trembled and remained open for a long time as he looked at the silent corpse of the beast, but in the end he did not utter the three words "I surrender".
"Farewell, my God..."
Mumbling desperately, he closed his eyes and felt the sharp teeth of the corpse beast knocking through his armor and piercing his flesh.
…
You Huan opened his mouth and licked it, feeling that the White Knight's blood had a refreshing taste like tea, which was magical.
Then he turned and walked towards the fallen head of the knight with the sword drawn.
He raised his paw and pressed the hard head, and said: "You are not dead yet? Tell me, where is the lord of the ranch now?" (End of this chapter)