Chapter 115: The Alchemist Ding Xiang

After walking for more than ten minutes, Xu Feng saw a graveyard appear before his eyes. Countless tombstones lay fallen or broken, scattered across a patch of black wasteland.

Xu Feng’s expression changed. He didn’t expect the Undead Creatures’ influence to spread so quickly.

Xu Feng knew that when the Death Fortress first appeared, it was just an Ancient Castle occupying a few acres. But as time passed, the Undead forces grew stronger and began to erode the Blackwater Swamp, creating some unique undead landscapes.

In the end, if no one stopped it, the Blackwater Swamp would be completely swallowed by the Undead forces. Then they would continue to invade other places, eventually taking over the entire planet.

Similarly, the sudden appearance of the Blackwater Swamp was also expanding, seizing other parts of Earth until it took over the whole planet. When that happened, the entire Earth would become a planet entirely covered in swamps.

It was either unfortunate or too coincidental that the landing sites of two alien races were so close together. There was no choice but to fight it out first.

For Earth’s Will, which was still dormant and not fully awake, this was an unexpected boon.

The graveyard before him looked peaceful, but beneath each tombstone lay an Undead Creature. Once a living person got close, it would crawl out from under the tombstone.

In this graveyard, before the Undead Creatures emerged, you never knew whether the tombstone in front of you buried an ordinary Skeleton Soldier or a Death Knight.

Xu Feng considered whether to bypass this area. His current goal was the Death Fortress; only by destroying it could this undead region stop expanding.

“Ah—”

A sharp scream came from not far away.

Looking up, Xu Feng saw a girl whose height only reached his waist, panickedly running toward him. The girl wore black cloth armor and held a silver sickle twice as tall as her body.

Along the way, she stepped on many tombstones. After she passed, all the tombstones she touched began to wobble slightly. The Undead Creatures underneath were disturbed and crawled out, closely following the girl. By now, it looked like she was pulling a train of Undead Creatures behind her.

Xu Feng felt a headache. This was exactly why he had planned to take a detour. Fighting in this graveyard, if you didn’t dodge well, you could easily trigger other tombstones and attract more monsters.

“Help! Help me!”

Seeing Xu Feng, the girl’s eyes lit up, and she desperately ran toward him.

This girl only had One-Star Strength, yet she was bold enough to come to the Blackwater Swamp full of Three-Star monsters. And she had attracted so many monsters—it was simply asking for death.

Xu Feng turned his head, preparing to leave.

“Ouch—”

With a cry of surprise, the girl tripped over a withered bone protruding from the ground and fell. Her big eyes filled with tears, and she looked aggrieved as she struggled to get up. Just then, a white skeletal arm suddenly stretched out from the dirt and tightly grabbed the girl’s ankle.

“Ah—”

The girl was terrified. She desperately used the silver sickle in her hand to strike the arm that held her.

“Huh, is she an Alchemist?” Xu Feng thought, looking at the glowing white herbs scattered around the girl. He stroked his chin and considered.

A moment later, Xu Feng shouted, “Don’t be afraid, miss! I’ll save you!”

After speaking, Xu Feng drew his short sword and rushed toward the girl.

The sickle in the girl’s hand seemed to be a special weapon, actually emitting a faint green light.

What grabbed her ankle appeared to be an ordinary skeleton. It shattered into pieces after a couple of strikes from the sickle.

The girl stood up and saw Xu Feng charging toward her with a righteous look. Her small face showed delight, and she wiped away her tears and smiled.

“Drizzle Sword Technique, kill!”

Xu Feng shouted loudly while slashing, looking as if he was giving it his all.

The girl hid behind Xu Feng, biting her lip and watching the big brother in front desperately protecting her. Her face was pale. After a while, she seemed to make up her mind and began to wield her silver sickle.

“Kuka hayi…”

A string of strange chants came from the girl’s mouth. A huge hexagram array appeared beneath her feet.

Rumble—

A three-meter-tall two-headed giant dog appeared beside her. An identical hexagram array glowed under the giant dog’s feet.

Xu Feng took a moment to glance back and nearly fell over.

Standing next to the girl was a skeletal dog without flesh, only bones. Most importantly, this Skeleton Dog was a Three-Star Elite Monster, radiating a terrifying aura.

“How can a summon have Three-Star Elite Strength while its master only has One-Star? That doesn’t make sense,” Xu Feng yelled inwardly.

Instantly, Xu Feng felt his “performance” was like that of a clown.

No wonder she dared to come to the Blackwater Swamp alone. With such a Skeleton Dog, the monsters chasing her were nothing.

Sure enough, as soon as the Skeleton Dog appeared, it swept through the pursuing Undead Creatures. All their Soul Flames were devoured by the Skeleton Dog.

After killing all the Undead Creatures, the Skeleton Dog stared fiercely at Xu Feng. Two green ghost fires burned in its eye sockets, as if it was very interested in Xu Feng.

Xu Feng felt a chill. Even with his increased strength, he was no match for a Three-Star Elite Monster.

“Little White, come back,” the girl’s crisp voice rang out.

As soon as she spoke, the terrifying Skeleton Dog suddenly turned into a pet dog. Wagging its short skeletal tail, it made a “click-clack” sound with its bones and playfully bounded toward the girl.

Xu Feng was dumbfounded. This was so embarrassing for a Three-Star Elite Monster. Even if you killed the Three-Star Elite Giant Lizard Beast, it would never act so flattering.

Seeing Xu Feng staring wide-eyed at the Skeleton Dog with apparent fear, a trace of sadness rose in the girl’s eyes.

“Big brother, my name is Ding Xiang. Thank you for saving me,” the girl said politely, bowing to Xu Feng. Then she handed him a bottle of potion shimmering with blue light.

“Big brother, this is my thank-you gift.” Seeing Xu Feng motionless, staring at the Skeleton Dog as if afraid to approach, Ding Xiang bent down and placed the potion on the ground. She then gathered the scattered herbs, nodded slightly to Xu Feng, turned around, pulled up the hood on her cloth armor to cover her face, and left.

Xu Feng watched as the girl’s figure dimmed and turned into a translucent shadow. He was startled—had this girl been the one collecting materials from the Skeleton Warriors’ remains earlier?

“What a strange girl. Ding Xiang, that’s a nice name. So young, yet surviving alone in the apocalypse—it can’t be easy,” Xu Feng sighed, shaking his head. He bent down and picked up the blue potion.