Chapter 176: Ghoul

The crazy fighting in the dungeon scared Weituo and Salvatore pale.

"Sal... Salva, wh... what to do?"

Weituo is not a rookie who hasn't experienced the scene, but the scene in front of him still made him feel desperate.

And his companion didn't do much better than him.

"We... we can wait for them to kill each other, all... all dead... then..."

Salvatore said words he didn't believe himself, naturally unable to comfort his desperate companion.

The two who had no choice but to retreat slowly, taking advantage of the ghouls in front of them killing each other, quickly found the way to escape.

It was just that what made people desperate was that after turning over another corpse mountain, there were countless ghouls gnawing on corpses again.

After failing in the fifth direction, the two were completely desperate.

This corpse mountain dungeon is full of ghouls, but the two of them were lucky, and there were none where they fell.

"What to do? Salva, are we going to account for it here? The spot to enter this plot world was bought by me from that damn bastard Hans with all my savings. If I die like this, I will lose a life, and all my family wealth will be lost!"

Weituo was desperate, he now really hoped that he had never known that dead bald head.

"Shut up! I also spent six hundred gold coins. What's the use of saying this now? You should have thought that this plot mission is not so easy to do."

Salvatore pulled Weituo's collar and whispered.

"Which traveler doesn't rely on luck for power? Instead of being self-pitying here

Salvatore was also desperate, but he did not want to give up so easily; even if he were to die, he would die fighting.

"Clatter... Bang!"

Just as Salvatore finished speaking, a ghoul suddenly rolled down from the mountain of corpses behind the two of them.

【Ghoul—Elite】! Green monster!

【Corrupting Aura】! Green Entry! The elite ghoul is permeated with a corrupting aura, capable of weakening the stamina and will of nearby creatures.

【Reinforced Body】! Green Entry! Muscular and with hard bones, it can withstand more damage, recover quickly, and is immune to negative effects such as disease, toxins, pain, and fatigue.

【Corrupting Claw】! Green Entry! The ghoul's claws carry intense corrupting energy, capable of tearing through an enemy's flesh to cause continuous damage while randomly inflicting negative status effects.

【Devour Corpse】! Green Entry! The ghoul can quickly recover from physical damage by devouring corpses!

There were too many ghouls just moments ago, and Weituo and Salvatore did not dare to get close; now, seeing the entries of this ghoul, they were even more certain that if the two of them were surrounded, they would surely die without a burial place.

The ghoul fell in front of the two, shook its dazed head, and prepared to continue looking for a corpse to devour, but it froze for a second upon seeing the two Travelers, then roared and prepared to pounce.

Weituo reflexively raised the shotgun in his hand to fire, but was held down by Salvatore beside him.

Then, the small round shield on Salvatore's wrist glowed with a bronze light once again.

"Clang—"

The small round shield successfully blocked the elite ghoul's sharp claws, and then Salvatore twisted his body, utilizing his skills as an outstanding 【Jiaodushi】, pinning the ghoul beneath him and pressing the small round shield firmly against one of the ghoul's claws.

He then pressed down with his sturdy body, stepping on the ghoul's other claw with his size-45 foot.

The elite ghoul was strong, but it was no match for an experienced fourth-tier 【Jiaodushi】.

Seeing the ghoul suppressed, Weituo stepped forward and shoved his shotgun into the monster's mouth, intending to blast its head apart.

But he was stopped by his companion again.

"Don't! Weituo, don't be reckless!"

"Why? This kind of monster doesn't have any intelligence, right?"

Weituo did not understand; could this monster, which was as notorious as zombies and skeleton soldiers, possibly be interrogated for information!

"I know it doesn't have intelligence, but their noses are very sensitive. A single trace of blood could attract countless others to tear us apart!"

Salvatore's words made Weituo's face turn pale; he immediately thought of the swarm of ghouls they had just fought in the chaotic battle.

His own impulsiveness had almost cost both of them their lives and led to their immediate elimination.

As he pulled his shotgun away, the ghoul, its mouth just freed, immediately tried to bite Salvatore, who was suppressing it, but with both arms pinned, it failed to bite anyone after two attempts.

Salvatore did not hesitate; a light flashed across his free right hand, and a bronze gauntlet appeared in his grip.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Salvatore was very measured, with every punch landing on the ghoul's throat and chest.

The ghoul was incomparably fierce and cruel, but under the iron fists of a 【Jiaodushi】, it ultimately lost its life on the spot.

The monster's vitality was quite formidable; when Salvatore stood up, he saw that the monster's entire chest cavity had been smashed flat, its bones shattered, yet not a single piece of bone had pierced the muscle or diaphragm to let blood flow out.

Salvatore was quite satisfied with his technique.

As a veteran fourth-tier Traveler, he had been unable to kill any high-tier monsters, causing him to remain stuck at the fourth tier, but his professional skills had been honed to perfection.

Looking around, the brief battle had not attracted other ghouls; in the distance, roars and sounds of fighting continued to echo, so it seemed they were not too sensitive to sound, only overly sensitive to the smell of blood.

Watching Salvatore pick up the entry dropped by the ghoul, Weituo opened his mouth but said nothing.

In such a situation, he truly could not have killed this elite ghoul without shedding blood; it wasn't that his profession was lacking, he simply couldn't do it.

Weituo's profession was 【Hunter】, which was top-tier among all green-level professions, and not even inferior to some purple professions.

A 【Hunter】 could use longswords, crossbows, and firearms as weapons, and could combine them with various hunter charms and bullets; truthfully, Weituo should have been more adept and capable of dealing with dark creatures like ghouls than Salvatore.

But knowing that Weituo used a shotgun as his primary weapon showed that this guy was subconsciously afraid of close-quarters combat; he was not a good Hunter.

The Fairytale World was not a fairytale for Travelers; this was a dark world.

Salvatore naturally put away his trophy entry and frowned, beginning to think about how to escape this place; from the recent battle, he had discovered that these ghouls were of quite high strength.

He could easily deal with one, could handle two, but three would be a struggle; with four or five, he could win if he took minor injuries, but if there were more than ten, he could only run.

And here, there were at least several hundred such monsters!

There could even be over a thousand.

"Boom!"

While Salvatore was thinking, a mountain of corpses in the distance exploded, and countless withered remains were sent flying.

"That... what kind of monster is that!"

A huge shadow appeared behind the scattered mountain of corpses, and countless ghouls ignored the corpses they were devouring and fled in all directions!