Chapter 22: Sudden Turn for the Worse

  This wave of killing, Zhou Yue obtained fifty copper plates again. Adding up the previous ones he had obtained, he already had nearly two hundred and forty copper plates in his hands. In addition, he also obtained a wicked ghost ring, three pieces of rice cake. The wicked ghost ring was prepared to be left for that foolish woman, because he tried it out, one person could only equip two.

  The other people also gained a lot, among them was a soldier named Lan Hongliang who was lucky enough to get the Evil Spirit's Tooth, which is already the best item dropped by a 2nd-level evil spirit. It's worth mentioning that Lan Hongliang can be considered as one of the strongest soldiers in the first squad, second only to Tang Kun, and has now reached level 3. However, because he always adds the free points from leveling up to his strength, the Evil Spirit's Tooth he obtained cannot exert its power like it did when Zhou Yue had it.

  Moreover, this time everyone unexpectedly had no deaths, only four people were seriously injured, and the rest were just some minor injuries, which could be recovered by eating a few apples or a piece of cake. As a result, everyone's morale was getting stronger and stronger.

  At this time, the evil spirit army that had been constantly advancing was left with less than a thousand heads under the attack of ten heavy machine guns and a large number of light machine guns and rifles. However, at the same time, they all pushed forward to within 100 meters, so the close-quarters melee battle that followed was almost a fight to the death.

  At this time, including Zhou Yue, everyone was extremely emotional, because these nearly a thousand evil spirits were all experienced ones. If they could eat them away bit by bit, it would be great, but now they had to make a choice: either use heavy machine guns to annihilate more than half of them or retreat. These thirty-odd people, although their strength had increased greatly, were not the opponents of nearly a thousand level 2 evil spirits.

  "Fall back! Everyone fall back inside Qiaotou Town, cease fire with heavy machine guns, prepare for street fighting!"

  After a moment of hesitation, Tang Kun finally gave the command that made Zhou Yue and others cheer, because this meant they could take advantage of the house's advantage and slowly devour the thousands of evil spirits, and at that time they might even be able to upgrade to level 5!

  This temptation is extremely deadly! Even Tang Kun couldn't resist it.

  But just at this moment, from the evil spirit wave 100 meters away, suddenly at least forty or fifty extremely fast black shadows rushed out, directly rushing towards the crowd on the bridge head. These were all evil spirits that had already been upgraded to level 3!

  Unlike the 2nd-level evil spirits with their large heads, these 3rd-level evil spirits are surprisingly agile and nimble. They stand at less than 1.5 meters tall, hunching forward, with a pair of black shiny claws that don't have the exaggerated power of the previous level's evil spirits, but instead resemble ordinary human fingers in size, yet are just as sharp. What's even more eerie is that each of these 3rd-level evil spirits holds two white bone spears, approximately 50 centimeters long, in their claws!

  At first glance, everyone saw the attributes of these 3-level evil spirits and couldn't help but take a cold breath.

  "Level 3 evil spirit, transformed from plague infection, inclined towards agility, with certain intelligence and combat power, trash!"

  "Comes with Zhang Tian's Blessing Aura, HP +10, Strength +2, Agility +1, Defense +4, Attack +1."

  "Basic life value 16, basic strength 10, basic agility 16, basic defense 1, basic attack 2."

  "Has skill, throws bone javelin, attack range 20m, attack +2."

  Seeing the attributes of these 3rd-level evil spirits, Zhou Yue knew that they couldn't retreat. Because among the crowd, only he and Qin Lang's agility could barely suppress these 3rd-level evil spirits. The others simply couldn't escape, and in the end, there was only one outcome - being slaughtered by those 3rd-level evil spirits from behind!

  "Heavy machine guns! Give them to me and wipe them out, everyone get ready on the spot, those who have leveled up to 3 stand in front, no one can retreat! Killing a level 3 evil spirit is equivalent to killing ten level 2 evil spirits!" Tang Kun naturally also knew this principle, immediately shouting loudly, while at this time the soldiers of the second line of defense obviously also realized the danger brought by these forty or fifty level 3 evil spirits, and quickly turned around the heavy machine guns to intercept, the two heavy machine guns on the bridgehead also opened fire quickly.

  But these 3rd-level evil spirits were too cunning, and they also knew how to dodge, unlike those 2nd-level evil spirits who only knew how to charge forward non-stop. As a result, despite Tang Kun's timely orders, eighteen 3rd-level evil spirits still managed to break into the twenty-meter range, and then it was a round of bone spears. First, they shot the four soldiers controlling the heavy machine guns at the bridgehead into hedgehogs, their life values plummeting directly to zero, thoroughly dead. The others were slightly better off, after all, they could still dodge, only six or seven people were hit by the bone spears, losing 3 or 4 points of life value.

  The problem is that since these eighteen 3rd-level evil spirits have approached within twenty meters, the heavy machine guns on the second line of defense behind can no longer attack, and the only thing that can be done is to intercept those nearly a thousand 2nd-level evil spirits that are constantly approaching. The two heavy machine guns at the bridgehead were silenced in the first time! These 3rd-level evil spirits have become difficult to deal with after gaining some intelligence.

  In an instant, the eighteen 3rd-level evil spirits threw out their second round of bone spears and suddenly accelerated towards the crowd. At this moment, even if people wanted to control the two heavy machine guns, they didn't have time, and could only shout and rush forward. Fortunately, more than thirty people who remained were already quite powerful, with ten or more having reached level 3, many of whom had one or two decent pieces of equipment in hand, so they weren't afraid at all. Moreover, the temptation of killing a 3rd-level evil spirit being equivalent to taking down ten 2nd-level evil spirits made no one retreat.

  Zhou Yue this time rushed to the front, because his current 19 agility is enough to suppress these level 3 evil spirits, so these eighteen level 3 evil spirits are a great experience for him.

  However, including Zhou Yue, everyone underestimated the stubbornness of these 3rd-level evil spirits. Their short bodies were as agile as loaches, and Zhou Yue's high agility of 19 points was still unable to hit them in the first attack. As for others, it was even more miserable - not only did their attacks miss, but they were also scratched by these 3rd-level evil spirits with swift dodges, leaving wounds all over their bodies. Moreover, these 3rd-level evil spirits seemed to know how to bully the weak and fear the strong, almost always launching full-force attacks on those who were left behind with only 2nd-level strength. In an instant, more than a dozen people were seriously injured or killed, blood splashing everywhere, and cries of agony rising and falling.

  Witnessing this scene, everyone's heart was chilled. These 3rd-level evil spirits looked unimpressive, but unexpectedly they were so terrifying! Even Zhou Yue felt a bit powerless in his heart. He had always relied on his agility to be invincible, but he didn't expect that at this moment, he would be left with a profound lesson by these 3rd-level evil spirits who were even more agile than him.

  After three consecutive attacks missed, Zhou Yue decisively abandoned the 3rd-level evil spirit he was chasing and instead rushed towards other evil spirits that were slaughtering people. He discovered that these 3rd-level evil spirits were too agile and their bodies were too small, making it pointless to continue chasing them. However, when they were slaughtering others, their bodies would inevitably become slightly stagnant, which was his opportunity.

  At this moment, Zhou Yue almost reached the limit of speed, seeing a 3-level evil spirit's claws piercing through someone's abdomen, he rushed over, the evil spirit's teeth flashed continuously, and in an instant, it killed that 3-level evil spirit which couldn't even pull out its claws. However, at the same time, the other 3-level evil spirit that had been hiding took advantage of the opportunity to pounce from behind. Zhou Yue barely dodged to the side, but his left arm was still torn off a large piece of flesh by the evil spirit!

  Those three evil spirits howled one after another, and as soon as they succeeded in striking, they retreated like a mudskipper, apparently knowing that they couldn't match Zhou Yue's agility.

  This swipe directly took away Zhou Yue's three points of life, but at this time he couldn't even replenish it, let alone bandage himself, and didn't chase after that extremely cunning 3rd-level evil spirit. It was as if the wound on his left arm didn't exist, and he quickly picked up the small bag dropped by the previous 3rd-level evil spirit, then pounced out again, grabbing the opportunity to swiftly stab the evil spirit's fang from behind a 3rd-level evil spirit that was disemboweling a soldier. After three lightning-fast attacks, the paralysis effect was triggered again, and then he stabbed three more times, successfully ending this evil spirit.

  While quickly finishing off the evil spirit, Zhou Yue thoughtlessly took a step to the left, because he knew that the previous 3rd-level evil spirit would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to launch another sneak attack. It was just this momentary difference that allowed him to narrowly avoid the 3rd-level evil spirit's second attack.

  For this 3rd-level evil spirit, Zhou Yue was so angry that his teeth itched, and at this moment, taking advantage of the 3rd-level evil spirit's empty attack, he didn't even bother to use the Evil Spirit Tooth to attack. He directly pounced on it, pinning the 3rd-level evil spirit to the ground, then took out the Evil Spirit Tooth and stabbed its neck wildly, finally venting his anger.

  But Zhou Yue himself was also unable to escape, his right and left legs were respectively cut by this 3rd-level evil spirit with several bloody wounds, thus his original 16 life points were reduced to only 8.

  "Brother Zhou, save me!"

  At this time, a miserable cry came from five or six meters in front. Zhou Yue raised her head to look and saw two evil spirits surrounding Fang Changjin, one in the front and one in the back. Almost in the blink of an eye, his body was torn open with more than a dozen bloody gashes, and his internal organs and intestines were scattered all over the ground. However, Fang Changjin was still crying out in agony. Even Zhou Yue, who had already become accustomed to bloody scenes, felt like she was about to collapse at this moment.

  He picked up the two small bags that had fallen to the ground, and Zhou Yue rushed over with gritted teeth. Now he really didn't think about escaping at all, his heart was filled with boundless anger, nothing else!

  Zhou Yue, after all, was a 19-point agile player. When dodging in circles to avoid these short and hunched evil spirits, he couldn't catch them, but his speed in making a direct dash was absolutely unmatched by those evil spirits. By the time the evil spirit with its back to Zhou Yue sensed danger, Evil Spirit's Fang had already sliced through its weak neck from the right side. Evil Spirit's Fang, combined with high agility, exerted enormous killing power at this moment. In the blink of an eye, the 3-level evil spirit's life value rapidly dropped to zero!

  And another level 3 evil spirit seemed to be unaware of Zhou Yue's danger, and instead rushed over directly. This was exactly what Zhou Yue had expected, as he didn't retreat at all, but instead charged forward with a roar. At this moment, the wounds on his body were causing his life value to drop continuously, and his speed had also slowed down significantly. The sudden burst of energy from earlier was almost impossible to replicate, and if this level 3 evil spirit also started playing hide-and-seek with him, he would be doomed!