Seeing the dozen or so zombies die, the global audience's minds were full of question marks.
Those were zombies, with the same health as a player! A dozen zombies!
They just died... like that?
After killing them, Lexon frowned.
"The efficiency is still too low."
It was about eight or nine zombies and one skeleton. The drops were only rotten flesh and experience; he didn't even see a single bone.
At this rate, when would he ever get the skyblock built?
At the same time.
On the other side, Okamura wiped the sweat from his forehead.
'The monsters are increasing. The pressure of surviving alone is really immense.'
According to the rules, contestants from the same country could survive together, or they could choose blocks individually.
Considering that the island's resources might not be enough to share, he had not chosen the same block as Yamamoto. Instead, he had chosen his start individually: a Blacksmith shop.
It was a place filled with lava, but it also contained mineral resources and stone. Food was relatively scarce, but the blacksmith's house had a starting set of leather armor and a wooden sword.
It was precisely by relying on this set of equipment that Okamura chose to strike directly and kill monsters when night fell.
"Another zombie!"
Having practiced Bushido, his keen sixth sense made him detect the killing intent behind him. He rolled to dodge the zombie's attack and struck back with his wooden sword.
"Urgh!"
The zombie howled as it was hit and took a step back. Okamura pressed his advantage, landing two more strikes.
[Player Ranking]
[First Place: Samurai Nation, Zombies Killed * 15]
[Second Place: Liberty Nation, Zombies Killed * 14]
[Third Place: Tianzhu Nation, Zombies Killed * 10]
[...]
Thanks to having two blocks and attacking simultaneously, their ranking had actually, briefly, surpassed the strongest, Liberty Nation!
"It seems this time, the fight is with Liberty Nation!"
Taking out some food, Okamura took a short breather. The food in the Cube Civilization was magical; it was related to health and stamina. As long as food was guaranteed, stamina issues could be largely resolved.
Looking at the only four potatoes left in his backpack, Okamura knew he definitely couldn't compete with the resource-rich Liberty Nation in a battle of attrition.
He had to do more within his limited stamina!
"In that case... huu."
Taking a deep breath, Okamura's eyes gradually turned green.
"In the name of the Tachi Craftsman, Iaijutsu!"
The wooden sword in his hand gradually changed, and a scabbard and a longsword appeared.
Obtained in the Katana Civilization, Okamura had passed the Tachi Craftsman's test and could temporarily transform his weapon into an Iai-sword.
In Okamura's hand was the most basic, and also the only, Iai-sword he could manifest and use.
[Nameless Tachi: Puppet]
Its attack speed was faster than a normal sword, and every time he hit an enemy, Okamura could see a rating bar. From the most basic B-rank, to A-rank, to S-rank. With each increase in rank, his attack power would become higher, all the way to SSS-rank.
He could already finish off a zombie in two hits!
Even when skeletons appeared on the island—creatures that made everyone else want to run—Okamura was fearless, facing them in battle.
*Smack!* *Smack!*
Two strikes, and the skeleton fell, dissipating into a pile of green experience.
With the clean and decisive slaughter of the zombie, the entire Samurai Nation cheered.
"Wow, Okamura-kun is so cool!"
"I want to have your babies, Okamura-kun!"
"Yamamoto-kun isn't bad either, killing five zombies with no armor!"
"The Samurai Nation is proud of you!"
The Iai-sword state did not last long. After three minutes, it shattered, along with the original wooden sword.
But in those short three minutes, the Samurai Nation's kill count had soared.
[First Place: Samurai Nation, Zombies Killed * 34, Skeletons Killed * 3]
A full thirty-seven monsters!
The other audiences couldn't help but exclaim.
"He really is strong. That Iai-sword is too overpowered!"
"The attack speed is too fast. It's simply not comparable to a normal sword!"
"It's a pity our Buda Dian didn't draw good resources and can't go up and fight!"
"Sigh, our Sam-chang-imnida isn't weak, but he has no weapons."
"Mark! Jett! Let's go!"
On Pumpkin Island, Mark and Jett coordinated their attacks, and their kill count quickly broke twenty.
Opening the leaderboard, they saw the Samurai Nation's ranking.
"Iaijutsu, huh. It's indeed a very strong offensive-ability."
Knowing what Okamura had used, Mark smiled.
Although the Iai-sword was strong, he knew Okamura's sword could only exist for three minutes. The sudden surge was nothing more than him temporarily clearing out all the monsters on his island.
After this, without a guarantee of sufficient food and weapons, he definitely couldn't compete with them!
"Jett, look what that is!"
Tossing away the axe in his hand that had no durability left, Mark switched to a new weapon. There were six ready-made weapons on the island. To seize the initiative, they had decided to use them all up during the night.
"A skeleton? A zombie? Wait."
"It's a skeleton wearing armor and a zombie holding a sword!"
Following Mark's direction, Jett saw two special monsters. The skeleton was wearing chainmail, and the zombie was holding a golden sword.
The two instantly realized that these were very troublesome monsters!
The skeleton's bow itself allowed for ranged harassment. Its weakness was its low health, which the armor now compensated for. A gold sword, furthermore, dealt extremely high damage and was difficult to handle!
After a moment's hesitation, Mark was already thinking about how to deal with them.
The difficulty was higher, which meant the reward for killing them might be higher!
"Kill the zombie first. I'll lure it over!"
He rushed forward first to attract the gold sword zombie's aggro. Seeing it enter tracking mode, Mark retreated until he was out of the skeleton's line of sight.
[-9!]
Jett ambushed it from behind a block, chopping away nearly half the zombie's health.
With the aggro drawn to him, Mark stopped running, turned, and performed a jump-strike.
[-13!]
He triggered a critical hit, insta-killing the gold sword zombie!
It fell, turning into experience and disappearing, leaving a glittering gold sword on the ground.
"It dropped equipment!"
Jett was overjoyed.
There was still a lot he didn't understand about the block world, but he knew that a golden weapon definitely counted as a high-end weapon!
"This is such a huge win!"
He hurriedly collected the gold sword and turned to look at the skeleton.
Wearing chainmail, its defense was higher, making it harder to kill than a normal skeleton. But for Mark and Jett, it was just a matter of a few more hits.
Again, one person kited while the other attacked, and they quickly killed it. It didn't drop any more equipment, and the two felt a slight twinge of pity.
But looking at the cleared-out zombies around them, they began to eat pumpkin pie and opened the player rankings.
[First Place: Liberty Nation, Zombies Killed * 34, Skeletons Killed * 3, Special Monsters Killed * 2]
[Second Place: Samurai Nation, Zombies Killed * 37, Skeletons Killed * 4]
Just as Mark had said, after their burst, the Samurai Nation's killing speed had visibly slowed. Special monsters carried more weight in the trial, so they were securely in first place!
"Half the food is left. I can keep killing for another half a night!"
After finishing the pumpkin pie, Jett recovered his stamina, his spirits high. He wanted to show the whole world the power of Liberty Nation!
"Wait, Jett. Our ranking... it seems to have been surpassed again."
"Samurai Nation? It's fine, they don't have food!"
"It's not Samurai Nation. It's Jiuzhou!"
Clicking on the ranking, Jett saw it.
[First Place: Jiuzhou Nation, Zombies Killed * 103, Skeletons Killed * 14, Special Monsters Killed * 5]
"What??!!!"
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