Back then, a Level 1 zombie only had a Life Value of 180 points and an Armor Value of 8 points.

Using Level 1 strength as the standard attribute, each level increases the standard attribute by about 10%. The higher the tier of the monster, the more it increases. Zombies, as cannon fodder, increase by 10% in strength per level.

For a Level 6 zombie, it's approximately 1.6 times the standard attribute, with a Life Value of only 288 and an Armor Value of 12 points. Such Level 6 monsters only started appearing around noon today, and they make up just a small part of the entire swarm.

The [Type II Goblin Bomb] can instantly kill even Level 6 zombies, not to mention the zombies of lower strength around. Even some Level 1 Sharp-toothed Worms that survived until today are doomed to be instantly killed.

Following the explosion shock wave came several circular shell fragments from the Abyssal Worm's body.

Several hand-sized, black-purple shell fragments flew directly past Zong Shen.

Without needing to think, Zong Shen knew the Abyssal Worm was not lightly damaged by the explosion. An internal explosion can inflict full damage, and that Abyssal Worm only had a Life Value of 880 points; this single Goblin Bomb could claim more than half of its life.

Carrying the newly captured Wailing Lich, Zong Shen smoothly rode the Floating Technique back to the center of the team, activated the Demon Deterrence, assisting the warriors in paving the way, and soon returned to the previous defensive position.

The third captured Wailing Lich was tethered with the previous two.

Then he returned to the frontline, his body covered in the slimy mucus from the Abyssal Worm's body, carrying a stench of foulness.

Besides that, one of Zong Shen's hands was emitting a pungent odor, the same hand that had earlier retrieved the [Kodo Beast Dung].

Thankfully, there were the [Protective Thick Hide Gloves (Green)] to act as a barrier; otherwise, Zong Shen would have been utterly disgusted. He took off the gloves from that hand and stored them in the storage grid, planning to clean them thoroughly afterwards.

After a round of assault, the warriors were more or less left with some injuries, which is unavoidable when facing large groups of enemies.

After the Newbie Stage ended, the rules underwent extensive adjustments; severe injuries like fractures, dismemberments, major open wounds, and penetrating wounds require bandaging and treatment and cannot be immediately healed by treatment effects.

Severe injuries often require some recovery time, though some superficial wounds can quickly heal under a treatment state.

Zong Shen withdrew a [Healing Guard] and placed it on the ground behind him to restore the warriors' injuries.

Even though Zong Shen severely injured the Abyssal Worm and captured a Wailing Lich, the entire Burrow Monster Swarm still had two to three Burrow Heroes remaining, plus the half-dead Abyssal Worm, barely counting as three and a half.

After waiting for a few dozen seconds, when the Burrow Monsters approached again, Zong Shen reactivated the Demon Deterrence, then attacked amid the chaos of the Burrow Monsters, strangling this portion of Burrow Monsters in repeated cycles of harvesting!

It's not fancy, but it's very practical, with a round of strangulation completed every four or five minutes on average.

During this repeated harvesting, Zong Shen also discovered a feature: his Demon Deterrence could interrupt the Ghostly Demonesses during possession, forcing them to voluntarily give up possession.

Even without bringing the Two-headed Hellhound this time, Zong Shen could perfectly solve the problem of countering the Ghostly Demonesses with this ability alone.

The Stone Gargoyle Swarm in the sky attempted several times to dive down and attack under the command of the Burrow Heroes, but was frightened away by Zong Shen's Demon Deterrence.

Thus, over an hour passed, and the number of Burrow Monsters in the Burrow Monster Swarm before him had reduced to a quarter of its peak.

The monsters ahead numbered at most over two thousand, significantly shrinking in size. The previous Abyssal Worm hadn't reappeared since it consumed a lump of Kodo Beast dung and was hit by a Goblin Bomb.

Among the remaining Burrow Heroes, apart from the Abyssal Worm, there remained a Burrow Lord and two Death Knights. It was the Burrow Lord who used the Earth Vein Piercing skill earlier, in conjunction with the Abyssal Worm's drilling, to achieve an attack wave.

Later, Zong Shen was brought into the depths of the monster swarm by the Abyssal Worm, near the Wailing Lich.

As for the Burrow Lord, it was in other locations, and as Zong Shen's team repeatedly harvested the Burrow Monsters, the Burrow Lord had to continually change positions too.

Actually, the Burrow Heroes were quite helpless; each time Zong Shen activated the Demon Deterrence, they would regard Zong Shen as one of their own. Once the Demon Deterrence ceased, they would instinctively want to attack him due to his Lord identity.

This repeated operation was driving these Burrow Heroes almost to a state of split personalities.

The thirteenth round of strangulation ended; now it was already past 6 PM, the evening hour, and the sky began to darken.

The sky glowed with the orange light of the setting sun, while farther away the land had already descended into darkness.

Zhang Zihao panted heavily, witnessing firsthand the Burrow Monster Swarm before him shrink from over ten thousand to over two thousand.

With the coordination of Zong Shen and his warriors, there was hardly any threat throughout, slaughtering those clumped Burrow Monsters was like a massacre.

And each time the Stone Gargoyles in the sky attempted to launch an attack, they would inexplicably disperse.

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