Chapter 1245: Splitting Up to Act

The necromancer signal flare rose into the sky, Su Xiao looked up at the signal flare in the sky, and it wouldn't be long before the undead army would come to kill.

【Prompt: You have entered the survival phase.】

The Reincarnation Paradise's prompt meant that Su Xiao had passed through the brief initial phase and entered the second phase.

"Bubu, record this map."

Su Xiao threw a compass to Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang and asked him to record the map of the Undead Empire.

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang took out his camera and took several photos of the map in Su Xiao's hand.

"You go along this route to the Dark Moon Swamp, then try to find the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow near the Dark Moon Swamp; most high-ranking undead know the location of the Law-Destroying Shadow remains, and the undead call that place 'Nuotuo Ek'."

Nuotuo Ek is merely a transliteration; when translated, it means the place where the living cannot tread, and the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow are a dangerous place within the Undead Empire.

"Woof."

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang barked, meaning: "Master, do you no longer need my healing abilities?"

"Not for now."

Su Xiao did not mean that he no longer needed Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's healing abilities, but rather that someone had to go find the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow; his original plan was to find the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow during the initial phase and hide within them before the survival phase arrived.

What he did not expect was that the initial phase was so short, so short that it ended just as it began.

The combination of Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang and Am could handle most dangerous situations; Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang had scouting, healing, and negotiation abilities, while Am was the main tank, close combat, and control; more importantly, they were not human, so moving within the Undead Empire would be much more convenient.

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang walked away, looking back every three steps, with Am following behind; this parting today might be eternal, which is not impossible and actually has a high probability of happening.

Su Xiao was a hunter in the Reincarnation Paradise, able to grow strong quickly while also bearing greater risks, something he had realized long ago.

The Reincarnation Paradise was not a charity organization, and the native world was not a game dungeon; the natives here all had their own beliefs and thoughts, just like that squad leader encountered on the Wall of Gods—if placed in a 'game', he would merely be a face appearing for a few seconds as an NPC, but in the true native world, such a minor character would have his head chopped off in an orderly manner.

And what Su Xiao was about to face was countless undead armies, who feared neither life nor death, would form various battle formations to encircle and kill Su Xiao, and their commander was more experienced and also more cunning than that squad leader.

Under such circumstances, survival was not a simple matter; although the human sea tactic sounded commonplace, it was also one of the oldest and most frequently used tactics,

From now on, the only thing Su Xiao needed to do was to survive and break through toward the Dark Moon Swamp until Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang and Am found the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow.

After Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang and Am walked away, Su Xiao did not stay in place; one dog and one ox moved in an arc toward the Dark Moon Swamp, which could greatly reduce the chance of encountering the undead army, while Su Xiao moved in a straight line toward the Dark Moon Swamp, recklessly bold, but also able to reach the Dark Moon Swamp more quickly.

The signal flare would not immediately summon the undead army; it would only roughly expose Su Xiao's position.

Half an hour later, inside a small undead village.

The village was surrounded by a fence, with an animal skull hanging at the village gate, resembling a goat skull, and cooking smoke rose repeatedly from within the village, yet there was not a single undead inside.

Su Xiao stood at the village entrance, looking up at the cooking smoke rising repeatedly above; the deathly silence inside the village made him alert.

Most of the buildings in the village were wooden structures, and some wooden pens still housed livestock of unknown breeds.

From the cooking smoke rising above the village, it could be seen that the villagers had just withdrawn, and they hadn't even had time to pack their belongings, as if someone had given an order, all the civilians in the village put down their work, hurriedly extinguished the cooking fires, and collectively left the village.

Similar villages, Su Xiao had seen more than one along the way; this was the fourth village he had passed through, and the scenes were all similar to the current one.

The appearance of this situation meant only one possibility: the undead had already guessed Su Xiao's destination; they might not know he wanted to go to the remains of the Law-Destroying Shadow, but they certainly knew he was heading straight for the Dark Moon Swamp.

The undead who set all this up were not simple-minded; they were putting pressure on Su Xiao, creating an invisible pressure, as if saying to him: 'I know where you want to go, I will wait for you on your necessary path.'

On the surface, it looked like that, but in reality, the other side had two additional purposes: reducing undead casualties and blocking Su Xiao's information channels, so he could not obtain information from undead civilians.

If it were only one village like this, it might be a coincidence, but four consecutive villages were like this, which could only mean one thing: the undead had already figured out Su Xiao's approximate location.

Bang.

A dull sound came from inside a village house, and a red signal flare rose into the sky.

Su Xiao rushed into the village, quickly arrived at the house that had launched the signal flare, blade light flashed, and the four walls of that house were chopped into pieces, with wood fragments collapsing downward.

A figure darted out from the house wreckage; this figure wore leather armor, had gray-white skin, green pupils, green eyes, and gray skin—the most obvious features of the undead race.

After darting out from the house wreckage, this undead charged straight at Su Xiao without the slightest hesitation; from this execution, it was absolutely an undead soldier, and moreover, a scout-type.

The undead soldier had obviously been lying in wait here, only waiting for Su Xiao to arrive near the village; if Su Xiao truly arrived here, the undead soldier only needed to do two things: fire the signal flare, and hold Su Xiao as long as possible; before accepting this task, his superior had talked to him for a few minutes, roughly saying that if he died, his family would have food and clothing without worry, his descendants would be prioritized for recruitment, and his future would be limitless.

Therefore, this undead soldier charged at Su Xiao without hesitation.

With a 'pa-da' sound, a half-iron ball emitting red smoke fell in front of the undead soldier; his forward step paused, he turned to think of something, and looked up toward the sky.

In the high sky, there was no exploding signal flare; that signal flare had already been pulled down by Su Xiao using the Boundary Severing Thread and chopped into two pieces with one slash.

The undead soldier immediately pulled out a backup signal flare from his waist; it was an iron bucket as thick as a cup's mouth, with a pull ring attached below.

'Puchi!'

Fresh blood splattered, a severed arm flew into the air; unknown when, Su Xiao had already rushed in front of the undead soldier, and before the undead soldier could scream from the excruciating pain of the severed arm, Su Xiao slashed open his throat.

Scorching blood sprayed several meters away; Su Xiao dodged sideways, and with his free hand caught the signal flare in midair; this thing might be useful later.

"Human, your killing technique is quite skilled."

A voice full of vital energy came from afar; Su Xiao turned his head to look, and not far away stood a burly undead on a house; from the opponent's aura, he did not look like a soldier in the undead army, and more importantly, his human language was very fluent, without any stiffness.

"The Undead King promised, take your head, award the position of Xiang Lan, coincidentally, I am very skilled at killing humans, although you are a strong one among humans."

The burly undead bared his teeth in a smile, revealing a mouth full of even teeth, appearing fierce and terrifying.

"Remember, I am Ou Wu·Nan Sa."

Ten or so seconds later.

With a 'putong' sound, Su Xiao threw down the half corpse in his hand, and on Ou Wu·Nan Sa's blood-covered face, only terror remained.

"What was this guy's name again? Sa something? Forget it, hurrying is important."

Su Xiao shook off the bloodstains on his hand and walked toward the village outskirts.