[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-king-of-zombies":3,"chapter-apocalypse-king-of-zombies-apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-814":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: King of Zombies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},696740,930,"Chapter 814: I’ve got a test for you,","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-814",814,"\u003Cp>Chapter 814: I’ve got a test for you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ricky turned his head and shot a glare. “Don’t listen to his crap. He’s just trying to mess with your head. You’ve already chosen this path—there’s no turning back now. Don’t forget what we believe in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah!” Veyra nodded hard, her eyes regaining their resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varick’s gaze turned icy. “I gave you a chance, and you threw it away. Don’t blame your Instructor for going all out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at Pinnacle Academy, he’d been Veyra’s mentor. Now that words had failed, he was ready to teach this rebellious student a lesson the hard way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could act, a chorus of monstrous roars echoed from the distance. Even after a round of bombing, countless parasitic beasts surged forward, filling the vacuum left by the explosions. They swarmed toward the humans like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pain in the ass…” Aria muttered, glancing over. She reached behind her back and drew a katana, its blade gleaming with a razor-sharp edge. Under the sunlight, it shimmered with a cold, bluish hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her weapon was one of a kind—crafted from rare, high-grade materials, designed for elite combat. There was only one like it in existence. Mass production? Not a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Domain of Tides, Everflowing…” she whispered as the monsters closed in. Water-element energy rippled out from beneath her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground around her transformed, as if she were standing on the surface of a tranquil lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parasitic monsters’ howls abruptly cut off. Their bodies froze mid-charge, then—after a single heartbeat—split into chunks of flesh and collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one even saw the moment of the kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ricky raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised. She was stronger than he’d expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan, hidden in the shadows, watched silently. There were no SSS-ranked humans in this battle, but this girl… she wasn’t ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gear, her entourage—everything about her screamed high status. And her talent? Definitely above average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria pointed her blade toward Ricky. The Domain of Tides surged forward, deceptively calm on the surface, but laced with deadly intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ricky’s expression tightened. The air around him began to ripple, faint waves slicing the space into segments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Specter’s Wrath!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He growled, and a surge of dark energy erupted around him. A massive, shadowy specter formed, cloaked in rage and malice, rising to meet the Domain of Tides head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces collided with a deafening crack. Water exploded outward, the ghostly figure flickered and twisted. They clashed, devoured, and tore at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath them buckled and caved in. Trees already damaged from earlier were reduced to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other students from Pinnacle Academy quickly backed off, giving the two fighters space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy crap, they’re strong!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ricky’s no joke…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, but who’s stronger—him or Aria?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on, it’s gotta be Aria. She’s the top student at the Academy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Pinnacle Academy, no one could match Aria anymore. It was rare for them to witness a fight this intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria’s brows furrowed slightly. Among her peers, she’d always dominated. But against Ricky, it felt… even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn’t sit right with her. A genius shouldn’t be struggling like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did he awaken his powers earlier than I did?” she wondered, doubt creeping in. Her katana flared with blue light, pulsing with the Domain of Tides. She launched herself forward, closing the distance for a direct assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her movements were fluid, graceful—like a butterfly dancing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ricky responded with a surge of fury. The specter behind him swelled, monstrous and demonic, and he swung his blade down at her with brutal force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weapons clashed, steel screaming against steel. The shockwaves from their strikes rippled outward, tearing through the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, neither could gain the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, they both struck again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blow after blow, their blades collided in a relentless rhythm. The Domain of Tides and the wrathful specter energy crashed together, thunderous and wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unleashed energy spread like a storm, snapping trees and reshaping the terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the other Pinnacle Academy students stopped spectating. They turned their attention to the rest of the White Robe Order, ready to join the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varick stood still, his eyes scanning the battlefield alongside another Instructor from Pinnacle Academy. At first, neither of them had planned to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Veyra had once been his student—trained under his direct guidance. Seeing her now, walking a path he considered misguided, stirred a sense of responsibility in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine,” he muttered, his voice low but firm. “Looks like it’s up to me to teach this rebellious student a lesson.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint blue glow shimmered around him, water energy beginning to gather and swirl. He, too, was a Water-type Awakener.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tidal Surge,” Varick intoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glow intensified, and in the next instant, a massive wave of energy surged forward, crashing toward Veyra like a living tsunami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught off guard, Veyra’s eyes widened. She clenched her jaw and threw both hands forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering Tidal Shield formed in front of her, just in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wave slammed into the shield with a thunderous roar. The impact rattled her entire body—bones cracked audibly, pain lanced through her limbs. She was nowhere near strong enough to go toe-to-toe with Instructor Varick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield shattered almost instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before she could recover, another wave came barreling in—bigger, faster, stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varick’s attacks weren’t just powerful—they stacked, each one building on the last, relentless and overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you before,” he said coldly, “your water energy condenses too slowly. That’ll always be your biggest weakness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veyra didn’t respond. Gritting her teeth, she fought through the pain and began forming a second Tidal Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the shield could fully materialize—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next wave hit her dead-on. Her water energy shattered like glass, and her body was flung backward like she’d been hit by a speeding truck. She slammed into the ground with a sickening thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain exploded in her chest, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she looked up, Varick was already standing over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You still can’t take even one of my hits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…” Veyra’s eyes fluttered open, dazed. Her mind flashed back to her academy days—one of the final exams had been to withstand a single strike from Instructor Varick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the move he’d just used… was exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… regret it yet?” Varick asked, his voice low, his gaze unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Veyra was nothing if not stubborn. She wiped the blood from her lips and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leaving the Inner City… I don’t regret it. Fighting for what I believe in—that’s the Creed of the White Robe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Creed of the White Robe?” Varick scoffed, lips curling into a smirk. “Please. What belief? You’re just a bunch of kids playing revolution.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could say more, the other Instructor beside him—Cassian Voss—suddenly tensed. His brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassian was no ordinary teacher. He was an SS+ ranked Awakener, and a top contender to inherit leadership of the powerful Voss family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Varick,” he said quietly, “something’s off. I’m sensing… a strange energy nearby. Something I’ve never felt before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?” Varick turned, frowning. “What kind of energy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassian didn’t answer right away. His eyes narrowed, scanning the treeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crushing pressure rolled across the battlefield like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure in white appeared in the distance, slowly walking toward them. Each step echoed with quiet authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he emerged, it was as if the world itself shifted. The air grew heavier. The sky dimmed. His calm, emotionless eyes swept across the field like a god surveying mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve got a test for you,” he said, voice soft but laced with power. “Let’s see if you can take one of my hits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here’s a redemption code for everyone:\u003C\u002Fp>",1309,"2026-06-02T09:29:28.785Z",1,"novelbin.me","51058251c360fb655bae583936629c75ca21659b0c4ff6688fc92fc1f4c354e4","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-815","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-813",1329,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-king-of-zombies-cover.jpg"]