The tentacle monster has swollen to an unknown multiple of its previous size. Just a single tentacle detached from its main body rivals the strength of a Tier Six Extraordinary.
The pressure of the undead tide is greater than imagined, yet it’s still advancing step by step, with over ten visible black threads connecting the tentacles and the horde.
This is a form of siphoning flesh and blood released by the chewing zombies, capable of remotely extracting life force from targets and weakening their power.
Chewing zombies have evolved from extraordinary zombies within the undead tide. They’re quite unique, seemingly only found therein, with individual combat capabilities being average, yet they greatly assist the horde in battle.
As time passes, the carpet of flesh in the surrounding area is completely consumed by zombies, leaving only the massive tentacle swinging amidst the tide, destroying all surrounding structures and turning them into ruins.
At this moment, the tentacle finally detects something amiss, and numerous tiny pink tentacles extend from underground, attacking the zombies in the tide.
These pink tentacles easily pierce through zombies’ bodies and adhere to them.
But while such means may be extremely effective for humans, for zombies, as long as their bodies aren’t completely destroyed, they can still resist and fight.
Having devoured significant energy, hundreds of extraordinary zombies emerge within the tide, enhancing the overall strength by at least half.
The sky darkens, then continuous drizzle begins to fall, landing on the ruins and filthy flesh, emanating a foul stench.
What difference does this place have from a living hell, with monsters endlessly battling each other?
Clearly visible are countless zombies, yet not a sound of shouting, this stark contrast engenders terror.
The white-haired man holding a gourd, named Hu Xiaofan, is among the top tier of humans, Tier Seven Extraordinary, yet for such individuals, the thirst for power grows stronger.
Human pursuit of power is endless, growing greedier the stronger they become, ultimately seeking divine spirits.
Everyone believes divine inheritance is the path to divinity, enough to drive those who know of it insane.
"It’s about time now, at this rate, those zombies might devour the tentacle of the divine creature."
Hu Xiaofan’s expression turns heavy, no longer as relaxed as before.
These zombies far exceed their expectations, the terror hardly less than that of the divine creature, like some immortal beings, visibly part of the horde with heads smashed yet still standing up again.
Moreover, this zombie horde is clearly controlled by some entity, possessing strong autonomous awareness, making it a greater threat than the divine creature.
But even so, they unanimously decide to seize from the mouth of a tiger, to snatch the blood of the divine creature from the zombies.
With the continuous consumption of the giant tentacle, its swings slow down, and more conspicuous wounds appear at its base.
At this moment, snowflakes fall from the sky, then explode amidst the horde, freezing nearly a hundred zombies into ice sculptures, immobile.
That group of humans fiercely charge through the horde to the east, appearing utterly reckless.
"Courting death." Su Changxing sneers coldly, already sentencing these people to death in his mind.
Once caught by the undead tide, not even stronger extraordinary creatures can escape.
The tentacle monster is a terrifying creature, so is the undead tide; for humanity, there’s fundamentally no difference between the two.
A total of seven people, Hu Xiaofan holding up the gourd leading the way, incessantly spraying snowflakes to freeze surrounding zombies.
Their teamwork is quite perfect, supplemented by a thorough plan, enabling them to quickly advance to the middle of the horde, facing the tentacle.
Of course, Su Changxing doesn’t actively intercept them; since these people want the tentacle monster’s blood, let them have it.
Nothing but a matter of the crane and clam contest.
The situation progresses smoothly, much more so than Hu Xiaofan and others anticipated, as if the horde hasn’t noticed their presence.
"It’s your turn!" Hu Xiaofan shouts back, having used ice too frequently, leaving him drained.
A man in workwear with a wrench, covered in rusted armor, steps forward to withstand the tentacle’s frontal strike.
With a tremor, he remarkably endured a tentacle’s strike, leaving a two-meter-long wound.
Others also seize the chance to attack, a man with swollen facial skin wielding a big knife chopping at the tentacle’s already scarred base, with terrifying explosive force piercing its solid outer skin defense.
Before he could recover, over a dozen thin pink tentacles pierced his body, dragged him into the flesh carpet, disappearing without a scream.
The tentacle has almost been consumed by the undead tide, leading to significant decreases in both power and speed.
And these few extraordinaries are the last straw to break its back, the tentacle severing from its base, exposing a blood-red beating heart, greed gleaming on everyone’s face.
However, still amidst the undead tide, they maintain some rationality, together breaking out.
Excluding the two deceased extraordinaries, five remain, based on previous experience, it shouldn’t be difficult to break out of the horde.
But the undead tide at this moment was completely different. It seemed that because the tentacle was severed, the focus was entirely on them, and more than a dozen extraordinarily fast extraordinary zombies launched an attack.
They became quite difficult, and Hu Xiaofan raised the gourd in his hand, once again spewing out a large amount of snow onto the undead tide.
This time was different from before. Some zombies, just frozen into ice sculptures, began to struggle and broke free in an instant.
This seemed to be a trap, or perhaps it was originally a trap set by Su Changxing.
He also needed the divine spirit’s inheritance, so he needed these players to cooperate and obediently deliver the genetic chain.
To open the divine spirit’s inheritance requires two things: one is the tentacle monster’s blood, the other is the black crystal, the genetic chain.
After all, these five people were Tier Seven Extraordinary, forming a group and breaking outwards, for the moment the zombies within the undead tide could do nothing against them.
"It seems these zombies also have designs on what we have, otherwise there wouldn’t be such a large change," the man in work clothes deduced some clues.
It’s not surprising, they were eyeing the tentacle monster’s blood, and likewise the zombies were too, perhaps their goals were originally the same.
His whole body was covered by rusty armor, incredibly solid; ordinary attacks couldn’t breach its defense. Leading the charge forward, the extraordinary zombies trying to intercept were all knocked away.
Just then, Hu Xiaofan noticed something appear above him, froze for a moment before reacting: "Careful!"
It was a blood-red ghost claw.
The Big Horn suddenly appeared before the armored extraordinary, clawing at his chest.
An ear-piercing sound rang out as the armor, as well as the extraordinary’s body, were pierced easily, then immediately the figure vanished again, disappearing without a trace within the undead tide.
Previously, the Big Horn hadn’t acted, nor did Su Changxing let him risk it, after all the tentacle monster was too dangerous, any slight carelessness could lead to accidents.
Such was this sudden death of one, Hu Xiaofan’s men were scared dumb, not even seeing what it truly was, probably it was also a zombie, a powerful extraordinary zombie.
They panicked and began to lose composure, desperately trying to break out, yet the undead tide had completely surrounded them; breaking out wasn’t easy.
Inadvertently, another red blur flashed by; the Big Horn’s claw tore through another extraordinary’s body, then vanished again.
In the same tier, humans are always the weaker side, simply due to their fragile life force.
In a short time, Big Horn had killed each of them the same way, until Hu Xiaofan also fell within the undead tide, which then calmed down, returning to a short tranquility.
Su Changxing also appeared inside the undead tide, squatted down collecting items from the extraordinary’s bodies, surprisingly found more than ten black crystals.
He had always been nearby, after all, dealing with the existence of a tentacle monster, one couldn’t be careless.
With previous experience, Su Changxing mixed the heart’s blood with black crystals, golden brilliance converged forming DNA chains, presented within the liquid.
The Big Horn beside him stared at the golden liquid in Su Changxing’s hand, couldn’t help but lick his lips, feeling the temptation surpassing even flesh.
Seeing his look, Su Changxing smiled: "Want a taste?"
Then, he handed the configured divine spirit inheritance to the Big Horn. The inheritance, rather than enhancing power, was more about unleashing all potential within a creature’s body and lifting restrictions.
If the Big Horn received the divine spirit inheritance, he could certainly become stronger again short-term and have a promising future.
Zombies themselves are a species with a very high ceiling, although reaching that step isn’t easy.
The Big Horn took the glass bottle from Su Changxing’s hand, drank it all in one go, squatted motionless on the ground, golden lines spread across his skin, merging with the blood vessels.
During this process, the connection between Big Horn and the undead tide intensified, becoming part of the undead tide.
[Blood Demon (Divinity): The indestructible ghost soul within the undead tide, life completely linked with the undead tide, any damage received is distributed across the tide. As long as the tide endures, it won’t die.]
"This is indeed the power of divine force, far too strong for a Tier Seven Creature."
Su Changxing couldn’t help but sigh, thinking such ability should at least be controlled by high-tier extraordinary creatures.
This was merely an experiment, yet it indeed proved that any creature, bestowed with divine spirit inheritance, could acquire corresponding divinization ability.
But what is the cost of such an ability?
Next, he configured a second portion of divine spirit inheritance for himself to drink, each heart could configure two portions of inheritance.
The frenzy was reinforced.
Frenzy v2—Frenzy v3
Gained a new enhancement ability.
[Extraordinary Process v1: The extraordinary energy required for zombies to advance within the undead tide is reduced by 30%, and it becomes easier to transform from normal zombie to extraordinary zombie.]