Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 172 - Special Technique

As the elite troops got closer to the red zone, they encountered more hordes of zombies. In the last two days, hundreds of star troops had already fallen but they pushed forward and were now in border within the yellow zone and the red zone.

The Wolf Army, part of the seventh regiment, was in this border when stage 3 giant zombies suddenly attacked them. Fortunately, Sergei, the muscular earth spirit enhancer, was one of the strongest fighters and fought it. He used his recently mastered ability to enlarge and harden his arm. But even with his 2 meters height, the arm turned so big it looked disproportion to his body. 

BAAAAM! BAAAAM!

"Die! Die, you horrendous monster!"

Sergei stood at the black zombie's head and repeatedly punched it with his enlarged arm. Black liquid splashed from the black zombie as it was being crushed from the punch that could easily destroy an iron door.

BAAAMM! BAAAMM!

"What is this creature's head made of?! Its head is very hard!"

Sergei solely focused on crushing the monster, did not realize the creature's hand slowly shifted into two large blades and attacked from Sergei's blind angles.

"!!!

SWISSHHH!!!

But someone swooped in and pushed Sergei from the giant blade that only cut the wind. The black monster slowly rose up, its face covered in black liquid screamed with rage!

RROOOOAAARRRRR!!!

The man who helped Sergei was the head of the Wolf Army. Jerry the wind spirit enhancer. If it weren't for Jerry's swift movements, the former Russian wrestler would have two large holes on his body.

"Hahahaha! Thanks, you're really great!"

Sergei laughed was still cheerful even after he had just experienced a near-death situation.

"Your attack is unable to finish him?"

"Yes, if my big thing can't kill it, then, of course, your small thing wouldn't be able too."

"..."

Of course, what Sergei meant was the two knives in Jerry's hands. 

Jerry ignored Sergei's teasing. He was already used to dealing with this fussy man for the past 3 months. "We won't know without trying."

Jerry clutched his two knives. Although it was included in the knives category, Jerry's two could also be considered as machetes. These two 60 cm short machetes were Jerry's weapon of choice for the past three months.

"Humph! You sure are stubborn," replied Sergei.

Jerry rushed toward the right side of the monster while Sergei lifted a lump of rock the size of a basketball. Sergei used one hand and threw the stone with full strength. Sergei's giant hand expanded and threw the stone like a giant bullet.

SHUIISSHH!!!

CRACK!

The monster easily brushed the stone without a scratch. But the stone's purpose wasn't to injure it. With the black zombie distracted, Jerry found an opening and attacked!

"HIAATT!"

Jerry stuck close to the monster and launched several direct blows to the various parts of the creature's body.

SLASHH !! SLASHH !! SLASHH !!

Black liquid splattered from the creature's body once more. But what's interesting about Jerry's attacks was that some slashes did not touch the monster's body at all, still, scratches occurred. Jerry's potential as a wind spirit enhancer was showing itself. Jerry then circled around the black zombie's blind spots. Although the black monster was no less faster, Jerry cleverly positioned himself.

SLASHH! SLASHH! SLASHH!

Again, dozens of wounds filled the monster's back. When the monster finally had enough, it held its hands together and slammed it hard to the ground!

BAAAMMMM!!!

The slam caused an earthquake that could be felt up to 100 meters. The force and flying rocks from the floor flew in all directions and Jerry was forced to run back to find safety.

ROAAAAAAAAARRR!

The angrier the monster became, the more ecstatic Jerry felt. But his smile quickly disappeared as he watched the streaks of wounds he made quickly healed. It was as if those wounds had never existed.

Sergei sneered at him. "Wow! Any other genius ideas?"

"..."

Sergei, adding salt to the injury, continued, "I heard that yesterday, the leader of the first regiment, Colonel Arief easily killed a black zombie. Hmmm. Comparing it to the leader of our regiment, it's like heaven and earth."

"..." 

"WATCH OUT!!!"

This time, the angry monster dashed and attacked the two of them. Jerry easily evaded. But speed wasn't Sergei's advantage as he was hit by the monster and flew 20 meters away.

BAMMM !!!

"Argh! This monster hits hard!" Sergei was thrown to the ground with just one attack.

The stage 3 zombie was smart enough to decide and finish off the one who's at a disadvantage. When Sergei hadn't a chance to get up when the 5 meters tall monster had already run toward Sergei.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

But a small object came flying towards the monster.

Swiiisshhh!

KABOOMMM!!!

RPG bullets landed and exploded right on the shoulder of the monster causing it to fall on the ground. The shots came from one of the units of the wolf squad who had just arrived in this battle area. The leader of this unit was Darius, the third spirit enhancer of the wolf squad beside Jerry and Sergei.

"KEEP SHOOTING!"

Tratatatatatattata Tratatatatatatat

Although these bullets didn't have an effect against a stage three zombie, it was at least enough to distract the huge monster and forget about Sergei momentarily who had just stood up. 

Darius immediately called for Jerry and asked, "Should we retreat? It looks like we can't kill this monster."

Jerry didn't want to admit it, but Darius's words made perfect sense. Just when he was about to give the retreat order, thundering heavy steps came from their behind.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Is it another black zombie again?"

Luckily, Jerry's guess was wrong, the one who arrived was Rama with his mutated bears. They had come specifically for this black zombie.

"Jerry, order the retreat for all of the seventh regiment troops. We will face this monster!"

Jerry, Sergei and Darius looked at each other and rejected the order.

"Nahhh! We want to see how you defeat this monster "

The three of them and these martial arts masters were the first troops that Alex had invited to fight in the monkey forest. Although all of them nearly died fighting the mutated snake, it had been three months since they fought together, so the three wolf squad members were curious about how could Rama finish off the black zombie.

"Ok, watch carefully!"

The secret of Rama's group success was because of the mutated bears they were riding on. These 5 mutated bears, even though they do not have the same strength as the black monster, have very high endurance. They were able to dodge or withstand the attacks from the stage 3 zombie. What's more, these five bears simultaneously ran in a circle around the black zombie making it confused.

Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!

The martial arts masters beautifully jabbed their iron spears as they ran past it in speed. The monster tried to catch up only to be hit by another spear from behind it. These attacks were so quick as these four masters coordinated very well. 

Without the large creature realizing, two large iron chains had entangled its body. It struggled to free itself.

ROAAARR!

Although the chain wasn't enough to hold it for a good amount of time, it was enough to give Rama the opportunity he needed. 

Jerry had been wondering why Rama did not join the attack. But what he saw next was the answer to his question. Rama had been concentrating on the new technique he had mastered. He had only mastered this special technique after he had a breakthrough with his fire spirit.

Rama held the iron spear tightly with both hands. A burst of energy flowed from his entire body into his hand and all gathered at the spearhead.

HIAAATT!!!

Rama jumped from the bear he was riding on towards the black zombie and threw an exploding thrust that was focused on the tip of the spear. The monster had just escaped from its chain when the tip of Rama's spear directly passed through the creature's head.

SPLLAAATTT !!!

Brain fragments and black liquid scattered. One deadly attack and the head of the monster shattered. Rama flipped himself on the air and landed on the body of the black monster and casually took one yellow spirit stone.

Rama's deadly spears and these mutated bears were the reasons Alex entrusted the killing of black zombies to Rama and the other masters.

"That was awesome!" Sergei cheered.

Jerry, Sergei, and all who saw were amazed. Seeing the powerful moves from their fellow spirit enhancers pumped up their blood. 

Out of all the spirit enhancers watching, only Darius had yet to awaken his special abilities. Alex had told him before that his ability was one of the most difficult to master. So Darius could only wait for the Doomsday Pillar to arrive before he could truly show his strength.

"Ok, it's time to retreat. We have already passed the borderline asked of us."

After the death of the black zombie, the elite troops began retreating in unison as they pulled thousands of stage 1 and 2 zombies toward the second line.

But seconds after Jerry saluted and praised Rama's special abilities, Rama's handheld radio rang again.

"A black zombie has been sighted!"

"Location?"

"The third regiment. Major Sandi and his team. They are trapped..."

"Ok, we'll be there soon."

"Another black zombie appeared! I repeat there are now two on Sandi's regiment!"

"!!!"

Alex was also listening in the open channel from the Command Center. As he heard there were two black zombies,  he immediately walked out followed by Aria. 

They boarded a jeep and went straight to the location. As they were on their way, Alex suddenly remembered something. "Sandi's Regiment. Hmm. The new spirit enhancers team is with him."