Chapter 177: Obsession with Fresh Ingredients

"It... it's an even more suffocating one, Salva, we're dead for sure today!"

Weituo's mouth hung wide open; he had completely abandoned all hope of survival.

"No, you idiot! Look behind that monster!"

Compared to Weituo, who was on the verge of a breakdown, Salvatore, whose will was much firmer, had discovered a path to survival.

At this moment, Weituo, slightly brought back to his senses by Salvatore's shout, finally calmed down a little.

He looked in the direction of the sound.

Behind the gargantuan ghoul lay a deep, dark passage. Although that passage was quite wide and craggy with strange rocks, it was clearly too small to contain that massive ghoul.

Thus, it could be certain that the inside was at least not the ghoul's nest or anything of the sort.

If the two of them stayed in this place filled with mountains of corpses, they would sooner or later be torn apart and eaten by the countless ghouls; therefore, a passage was an opportunity, and it was better than staying here.

Weituo was, after all, an Intermediate Traveler; as long as there was still hope, he was willing to give it a try.

Taking advantage of the fact that the ghouls were too terrified to pay them any mind, the two exchanged a glance and immediately chose to bypass the giant ghoul from the side and run toward the deep passage behind it.

As long as they weren't blocked and surrounded by all the ghouls, the sporadic ghouls they encountered along the way that tried to pounce and bite were easily finished off by the two.

To speed things up, Weituo even took out two bottles of acceleration potion he had concocted himself; after the two consumed them, their speed increased by at least thirty percent.

As long as it wasn't a skill involving direct melee combat, Weituo was still willing to put in the time and effort; his Demon Hunter potions were indeed brewed quite well.

Such potions usually cost money, even for teammates, but since they were fleeing for their lives now, he, Master Weituo, wouldn't bicker with that brute Salvatore; he might still need him to charge into the fray later.

When the two drew closer, they finally saw the full appearance of the giant ghoul.

It looked almost the same as an ordinary ghoul, only the muscle tissue exposed all over its body was a dark red, and countless dense bone spurs had grown out from its back and joints, which was fearsome to behold.

【Ghoul King】! Purple monster!

Six entries; it was worthy of being a purple monster.

The 【Corruption Aura】 and 【Enhanced Physique】 from the four entries possessed by elite ghouls had all evolved into purple entries, among which 【Enhanced Physique】 had become the even more powerful 【Undying Body】.

And the two additional entries were 【King of the Undead】 and 【Corpse Explosion】!

【King of the Undead】! Purple entry! The King of the Undead can summon and command low-tier undead of its own species to fight.

【Corpse Explosion】! Green entry! The Ghoul King can detonate nearby corpses, dealing area-of-effect damage to surrounding enemies and releasing poisonous gas.

Seeing the Ghoul King's entries, Weituo and his companion had no thoughts of fighting it; they estimated that even if the two of them exhausted all their strength, that pitch-black 【Undying Body】 would only suffer superficial wounds at best.

Not to mention that in this space composed of a mountain of corpses, the green 【Corpse Explosion】 entry was likely ten times more terrifying than all the purple entries on that monster combined.

The monster was currently gorging itself, its two sharp claws constantly grabbing corpses from the ground and sending them into its blood-red maw; countless ghouls that couldn't escape in time were also caught in the crossfire, adding a bit of ketchup and seasoning to the monotonous dried corpses.

Weituo and Salvatore were sneaky, intending to quickly slip past the monster and into the passage cave behind it.

But to get to that passage, they had to climb over the mountain of corpses beside the giant ghoul.

Now that ghouls were fleeing everywhere, Weituo believed that the two of them would definitely be able to take advantage of the chaos to climb over the corpse mountain and escape.

But heaven has unpredictable storms; just as the two had climbed onto the corpse mountain, the giant ghoul's massive claw inadvertently swiped in their direction.

"Damn it! You cursed beast!"

There was nowhere to hide; the monster's palm range was too large.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The shotgun continuously sprayed fire, and a barrage of silver metal bullets shot toward the incoming giant claw.

Weituo had clearly used some kind of 【Demon Hunter】 exclusive enchanted ammunition, causing the giant ghoul's claw to emit plumes of black smoke; the effect was outstanding.

The damage was high, but the powerful physical kinetic energy brought by the giant ghoul's swiping palm was not so easily neutralized.

The giant claw still moved unswervingly toward the two, or perhaps because of the pain brought by the silver bullets, the claw's speed actually increased by thirty percent.

"Salva!"

"I know, shut up!"

The small round shield that Salvatore had been wearing on his arm instantly vanished, replaced by a massive bronze round shield.

"Bronze Bulwark!"

Salvatore hunched over and raised his shield, while at the same time, a super-giant translucent shield, identical to the massive bronze round shield in his hand, enveloped the two and blocked in front of them.

"Clang—"

A massive sound, like metal colliding, echoed throughout the entire cave.

Salvatore's face turned sallow, but he had indeed blocked the Ghoul King's giant claw.

But the problem was that the Ghoul King wasn't slapping; it was preparing to grab food.

And so, the two, along with the translucent bronze round shield and the corpses beneath them, were grabbed by the Ghoul King and taken away, taken away.

With holy-attribute bullets making its palm ache, the Ghoul King naturally couldn't fail to notice these two little runts.

Its tire-sized eyes immediately revealed a happy smile upon seeing the two.

Living humans!

Fresh living humans!

This was truly a rare delicacy.

The Ghoul King instantly forgot about the wound on its palm.

No need to worry; it would heal on its own anyway.

But it hadn't tasted these two delicacies in a long time.

Watching the blood-red maw drawing closer and closer, Weituo's face turned deathly pale.

"Salva, this time you've gotten me killed! Think of something!"

As he spoke, he raised the shotgun in his hand, which had just been reloaded, and fired several shots: "Bang, bang, bang."

The effect was still outstanding, causing the palm that had grabbed them to billow with black smoke, making the Ghoul King wince in pain.

But the massive monster simply wouldn't let go; although the ingredients were prickly, the more so they were, the fresher they were, and the Ghoul King was very satisfied with this feeding from that guy Otto.

"Shut up, you idiot!"

Salvatore usually wouldn't use foul language toward his companion, unless he was in dire need of stress relief.

"Spear of Dawn!"

A massive translucent spear followed the wound made by Weituo's holy bullets and stabbed fiercely inside.

"Awoo—"

The Ghoul King finally couldn't help but let out a miserable shriek.

The sound waves echoed continuously in the cave, and Weituo and Salvatore, who were in close proximity, were directly left with ringing ears and blurred vision.

Just like the 【Demon Hunter】's holy-attribute bullets, the 【Gladiator】 skill Spear of Dawn also contained holy-attribute damage, but Salvatore had still underestimated the Ghoul King's obsession with fresh ingredients.

It didn't intend to let go.

Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, I'm going to have a bite of something fresh!

And

Weituo and Salvatore were left in complete despair! ===== CHAPTER 178 =====