NOVEL NEXT Chapter 13: 109 Styles Of Body Strengthening
"Benjamin?"
He was one of the guards stationed outside the large company to ward off people who wanted to cause trouble.
This man had left a impression on Draziel as the man was extremely huge and bulky to a scary level, it was no wonder why he would turn into this beast when he transformed into a zombie.
Draziel grabbed his blade and his axe but then, he saw the vehicle he had used to trap Benjamin was been pushed by the zombie with its tires squealing.
Draziel was visibly impressed. "Scan Target."
[Name: Unknown]
[Type: Infected (Zombie)<Variant>]
[Sex: male]
[Age: 38]
[Strength: 4]
[Agility: 1.1]
[Vitality: ∞ ]
[Poisonous Teeth :1]
[Poisonous Nails :1]
[Overall Power level: 7 units]
[Warning: Lifeform is extremely dangerous!]
'4?' That's four times the strength of a peak ordinary human!
His strength had increased to a scary level even after transforming into a zombie.
Wasting no time, Draziel climbed onto the hood of the vehicle, and with a perfect angle, slammed his axe across its head, dividing it into two halves, it couldn't be any more dead.
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His eyes flickered as the notification came on.
[You eliminated a Zombie variant, user has obtained a book: 109 Styles Of Body Strengthening! (Earth-Grade, Low-Tier)]
At first Draziel was certain he wasn't going to get anything good since he had just killed an ordinary zombie even if it was a variant. But as he saw the notification, his mask couldn't help but falter for a second.
'A strengthing technique? And at the earth rank? How is that possible?'
Quickly, he searched the body of the zombie, retrieving a seemingly ordinary journal from his pocket.
Using his smart-lens, he checked for the information of the technique.
[109 Styles Of Body Strengthening; The body is the temple and mind, its god. 1 style for breathing technique, 108 styles of body technique.]
From what he could see, the technique contains 108 styles of exercises, each different and weird, with only one breathing exercise.
The breathing exercise seemed similar to yoga breathing exercises and most be used in conjunction to the 108 styles of exercise.
It seemed he had made a killing this time. This is exactly what he lacked the most, a constant way to increase his strength as just battling mindlessly wasn't nearly enough for his plans.
While the technique didn't reach the legendary tier, he was satisfied with it. Maybe he could kill another muscular zombie to more.
But where would he find a muscular zombie obsessed with a strengthening guide to make him drop it after his death?
His ears flickered as he noticed several undead marching towards his direction.
He couldn't stay at this place any longer. The commotion the vehicle had caused had attracted more and more zombies than he could deal with.
He withdrew his axe and started walking towards the metal door, linking the second floor to the garage. While it would take more time to reunite with his daughter, he didn't show since of sadness nor one of happiness.
Furthermore, his daughter who was with Yvonne weren't staying in this particular city. He would have to get across this city; Grand Metro City before heading towards Old Bryxton City where Yvonne resides.
The difficulty in reaching there by foot is extremely high therefore he would need a vehicle to head there but the road is most likely been blocked by other vehicles, making it difficult to pass through.
Which meant that, he needed to rethink his options and how he would go about it.
A zombie's head was squashed to death by his axe but there were more than a few hundred zombies that had been attracted by the noise, running towards him with blood lust in their white lifeless eyes.
Draziel continued to kill the more faster zombies that had reached him before he got to the door. His kill was quick and efficient, but they consumed more of his stamina.
[You eliminated a zombie, Nexus dropped]
[You eliminated a zombie, Nexus dropped]
[ You have obtained Silver Nexus]
The moment he took care of the two zombie, three more immediately took its place.
Draziel continuously killed the zombies as he retreated towards the iron door. His expression a bit annoyed as he didn't have enough time to retrieve his loot.
"Help!!"
A shrill scream suddenly rang out of the outer part of the garage, attracting Draziel's attention, he looked in the direction of the scream and saw a frightening sight that didn't seem much alien to him any longer.
A girl wearing a white T-shirt suddenly came out of the vehicle she was hiding; an expensive black Rolls-Royce and began fleeing in his direction.
Previously, she had been dejected when Draziel left with the car. But seeing him drive back in even faster than he came, along with a variant zombie in tow, she didn't dare to come down from her vehicle.
But immediately, Draziel had surprised her by killing the variant zombie in one move, dissecting its head into two seperate parts.
Witnessing how strong Draziel is, she no longer hesitated and immediately rushed out from the vehicle, towards him.
She didn't get to far when eight other female zombies caught up with her.
"Ahhhh! Don't let me die!!!" Her shrill cry for help echoed through the garage like a siren. Her eyes pleading at Draziel for help.
The eight girls were crazy struggling to bite on the white T-shirt girl's body, dying her white shirt red.
Suddenly, she was tackled to the ground. The white T-shirt girl was constantly struggling and screaming, but she could not escape from the encirclement of the eight female zombies.
She gazed at Draziel with tear-filled eyes, asking him to do something.
Looking at the terrible scene from afar, Draziel's eyes lit up but then dimmed. With the amount of zombies swarming him, he didn't have time to 'help the young lady. Moreover, there might not be time to get her loot.
Regretfully removing his gaze, he immediately kicked the three zombies in front of him backwards, using a single slash, he behead the three in a single move while the axe got stuck within the neck bone of the third. He stomped at the corpse and yanked his axe out.
The eyes of the eight girls who were feasting on the white T-shirt girl held pure hunger, malice and savagery. There was no trace of pity nor remorse in their actions.
The horrific scene was enough to make even a grown man nauseous, filled with fear and guilt about not being able to help but Draziel held no emotion in his eyes.
He was only focused on killing the zombies before him. He must become stronger.
His combat experience was more than enough to deal with normal zombies as long as their numbers are not too much. But they would be insufficient if he met a strong zombie or a different strong variant.
Since the ones he had been fighting were only normal infected, those of the first degree would certainly be on a different level. Therefore he needed to prepare as best as he could for what he would encounter.
The eight girls gnashed and fought, slurping the intestines of the lady in white like noodles while the blood was the soup until there weren't any more organs and bloody flesh to feed, therefore, the eight zombies joined the rows of zombies looking desperately to feast on Draziel.
Draziel remained composed. Utilising his entire strength, the fire-axe in his hand turned into phantom flashes, slashing through skulls after skulls of zombies.
When he saw he wouldn't be able to keep up with the speed at which the zombies were rushing at him, he started backed into the garage door and immediately after he had reached, he locked it from behind.
His breathing was heavy, drawing in more toxic through his covered nose, his muscles spasmed and the axe he was holding shook slight. Sweat dripped down his forehead as he rested on the garage door.
The zombies were still clawing at the garage door, but the door was made out of pure steel, therefore it didn't budge much to his relief.
He closed his eyes and rested to regain his stamina. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the red light flashing.
[Thirty-one New Notifications]
[Decakill×3]
[You eliminated a zombie, Nexus dropped]
[You eliminated a zombie, Nexus dropped]
[You eliminated a zombie, Nexus dropped]
"Increase agility and strength by 0.5 Evo points each.
In the next four seconds, Draziel immediately felt the sensation.
His arms started to itch and his sore muscles shook repeatedly. His legs weren't left out. He felt his muscles constrict and retract as his two attributes increased to 2 points.
Finally, after a while, the sensation ended and Draziel sighed. He could feel the exhaustion in his body fade away like a cloud of smoke.
Draziel clenched his fists tightly, feeling the surge of strength coursing through his veins.
Then he glanced at his fist and saw that they were bleeding slightly. The vigorous fighting had opened up the injury on in his palm. But Draziel didn't mind, he could feel his newfound strength coursing through his veins, his upper body more streamlined and his leg muscles tightened.
His overall stats had now reached 6 units.
While it was nowhere near as strong, he would be able to deal with any unexpected situation.
Draziel headed up the stairs, towards the third level. He wanted to test out his strength with the zombies while searching for the fire escape door.
As he walked onto the third floor, he immediately froze as he saw something moving from afar and by instinct, he knew it wasn't a zombie.
He narrowed his eyes and blinked rapidly twice. The double zoom immediately activated and he saw clearly what it was.
At one corner, at the edge of this particular floor several meters away from Draziel, a handsome man who appeared to be in his early twenties was putting on a nose mask quietly came out from one of the larger offices but then froze as he sighted Draziel.
Jacob blinked his eyes twice, also activating his two-time zoom effect. He then sighed in relief seeing that it was another human.
"J-Jacob, is something wrong?" Someone whispered nervously from behind the door he came out from.
"No, there's nothing wrong. I thought a zombie spotted me, but it's another human." Jacob said quietly, sounding relieved, the one behind the door also breathing in relief.
"You guys stay here, let me take care of the remaining zombies here then we will head to the next floor." Jacob motioned to them that he would be back, and then he locked the door behind him.
Waving towards Draziel. He pointed at the five zombies on his far left and then pointed at himself. Then he pointed at the three zombies that were quite closer to Draziel then pointed at Draziel.
The meaning couldn't be any more clear. Draziel remained silent but then nodded his head towards the handsome man. Seeing that Draziel understood his words, the man counted raised his finger up and then countdown from three.
Three!
Two!
One!