For some time afterward,
the base was at a disadvantage, often pushed back by the zombies. But whenever the situation became critical, Wang Luo would intervene, preventing the zombies from breaking through.
The battle had reached a stalemate.
This infuriated many zombies, causing them to roar at the sky,
[Why is that damned human so strong?]
Without Wang Luo, they would have overrun this base long ago. Yet, they still hadn't taken it.
These zombies wished they could devour his flesh and drink his brain fluid!
[This is bad, several large black mist masses have appeared in the rear and are already spreading over!]
Some zombies reported in terror.
[Black mist? How large?]
[It's already huge, covering the entire mountainside and heading towards our volcanic crater!]
[Damn it, we can't let them reach our volcanic crater, or things will truly become dire!]
Most of them, being born from the volcano, would face extinction if the black mist invaded.
It might even spread underground.
Many zombies looked towards the distance with worry from the crater's edge. Indeed, the land ahead was pitch black and slowly rolling towards them.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Streams of black mist shot out in all directions, irresistibly invading the zombies. In an instant, a large number of zombies died, leaving only piles of dry bones!
The black mist advanced ferociously, unstoppable even by demigod-level zombies.
"Doesn't this make sense? Only by slaughtering our way into the zombie stronghold can we grow faster!"
In the void,
Wang Luo smiled with satisfaction.
He felt the black mist's growth rate was a bit slow, not meeting his expectations. That's why he had led the black mist towards the zombie stronghold, to accelerate its growth!
Moreover, this would allow the black mist to share some of the zombie pressure on the base. Why not?
Then, his figure appeared in the void, exposed to the black mist. As expected, upon seeing him, the mist immediately charged towards him.
[Did I just see a flicker of a human figure?]
Some zombies said in a deep voice.
[Didn't see anything, maybe you're hallucinating!]
[No, there is indeed someone at that location?] a tracker zombie said. Although he couldn't see clearly, his sensitive nose caught the scent!
After "luring" the black mist for a distance, Wang Luo left and went to "lure" other mist masses.
As expected, the zombies' attacks on the base slowed considerably for a while. Sometimes they were too busy evading the black mist to focus on the base, but this still couldn't stop the mist's rapid growth.
The zombies were defenseless against the black mist.
They were inherently of the Yin attribute, so even fire-elemental abilities couldn't harm the mist.
Thus, facing the black mist, they had only one option: flee. As long as they stayed out of the mist's sight, it wouldn't attack them.
Even so, in just a few days, a large number of zombies died, and the black mist grew to an immense size. Many zombies were forced to leave the area.
"It's time to harvest!"
Wang Luo said from the city wall.
Then, he took Yang Shu and flew towards the black mist.
Before long, a powerful battle erupted. Laws permeated the black mist, and there were quite a few demigod-level zombie puppets. However, for Wang Luo, who had formed a divine ring with the Law of Lightning, these were not a problem.
Fierce lightning and dazzling light power erupted from the black mist intermittently. Soon, the black mist, which covered tens of thousands of meters, was reduced to mere vestiges of its origin by the two of them.
"This is insane, actually raising black mist with zombies and then killing the mist to obtain its origin!"
Yuan Ye exclaimed in shock.
He had never imagined such a thing, nor that anyone would dare to do it!
"The black mist on the surface isn't as powerful as that in the underground world. As long as one's abilities can counter the mist and overpower it, it can be completely eliminated!"
Zhao Zhen said.
The black mist in the underground world was truly terrifying, with even god-tier puppets. Entering it was almost certain death.
The zombies exchanged glances. Many had already been forced away from the vicinity of the crater, but now they saw a human killing the black mist?
Wasn't this helping them?
Why would humans do this?
[Are they trying to surrender to us? So they're showing goodwill this way?]
Some zombies wondered.
But a demigod-level Devourer realized it and roared, [Ah! Despicable humans, how dare you use our zombie race to raise black mist!]
It understood.
The black mist earlier might have been led here by these humans, with the goal of letting the mist devour them zombies to grow.
In an instant, all the zombies roared in unison. These humans were truly despicable, capable of such actions?
"What are you roaring about? I learned this move from you!"
Wang Luo shouted at the zombies.
[Nonsense, we zombies have always been upright and honest, how could we do such a thing?] a demigod zombie that had just emerged from the underground world yelled.
[Uh... well, we have done such things before!] some zombies said in low voices.
At that time, they had no choice but to lure the black mist towards the human side, as the black mist preferred humans and mutated beasts over zombies.
"......"
[Even if we have done it before, so what? As long as we can kill those humans, we'll stop at nothing!]
Unfortunately, Wang Luo couldn't understand the zombie language.
Otherwise, he would have definitely retorted.
Before long,
all the black mist around the base was completely cleared by Wang Luo and Yang Shu. They gained a lot of origin energy, enough for most people in the base to comprehend laws.
[Ah! Damn humans, you're worse than beasts!]
The zombies roared,
because they discovered that the two hadn't completely killed the black mist, but had left a few wisps behind!
What was the meaning of this?
Wasn't this clearly intending to "harvest" them like leeks?
This was meant to deny them any peace!
As expected, the moment the zombies appeared, the black mist, which was already severely injured, instantly burrowed into a demigod-level zombie. Accompanied by a series of piercing screams, the black mist emerged, much larger than before!
Zhao Qingxuan looked at Wang Luo and chuckled, "This guy hasn't changed at all, still dripping with wickedness!"
She recalled the early days of the apocalypse when Wang Luo had tricked Chen Zhou into believing that energy source crystals needed to be ingested orally. Chen Zhou had indeed done so and had been retching for a long time.
"I don't know if I'm dripping with wickedness, but you're still as eager to 'flow' as you were before!"
"Ah! You scoundrel!"
Zhao Qingxuan kicked Wang Luo's backside, but he grabbed her leg and whispered in her ear, "Your feet are getting sexier. When you wear black stockings tonight, use them to take care of me."
"Dream on! Do you and Shushu often play like this?"
"Where do you get that from? Aren't the three of us always together? Don't you know how she and I play?"
"What do you mean, together! It's only been two or three times!"
"Then let's make it one more time tonight!"
"Get lost!"