Chapter 326 The Battle of the 100 Gates part1
Chapter 326: The Battle of the 100 Gates (part1)
As soon as the artificial voice finished its speech, the tension on the platform changed completely. The Players set about looking for their companions, while carefully keeping an eye out for the much larger number of Zhorions in their vicinity.
Jake also felt the eager gaze of many Zhorions and participants landing on him. Their greed and hostility was overwhelming. He was like a tasty piece of meat in front of a pack of hungry wolves.
The intense reddish glow that radiated from his whole person was far too tempting.
Alas, the platform was too large and the number of Zhorions present was too many. Jake estimated their number to be over a thousand, and although these aliens also seemed to be wary of each other, it made it difficult to locate and reunite with his companions.
Given the urgency and danger he was facing, Jake did not intend to protect Tim and Lily. They didn't have any Soul Stones on them. If they chose to stay on the sidelines by remaining passive, they had a good chance of surviving unless an ill-intentioned Player or Zhorion attacked them directly.
Jake thought he had time to regroup with Will and Enya, who were reliable candidates, but the prevailing peace could not last forever. Only seconds after the artificial voice fell silent, a first Zhorion, unable to suppress his desires, pounced alone, spear in hand, towards one of the doors.
In a few extremely vicious spear strokes, he slashed to pieces several of his fellow compatriots who had turned their backs to him unsuspectingly. Sprays of green blood gushed in the air and a torrent of guts spilled on the ground, filling the air with a bloody fragrance.
" You traitorous bastard! We were drinking a glass of blood together a few minutes ago! "A Zhorion who had just been disemboweled shrieked in rage as he squeezed his open wound with his free hand to put his intestines back in place.
The Zhorion who had just spoken wobbled momentarily, with trembling legs and wheezy breath. Only his hatred seemed to keep him conscious. At least that was what Jake believed. With a toothy smile revealing his long fangs, the alien grabbed the Green Soul Stone around his neck and his green eyes suddenly pulsed with a radiant emerald glow.
The next second, his blood blazed and a network of fluorescent green veins emerged beneath the alien's dark skin. His legs immediately stopped shaking and the Zhorion's jerky breathing returned to normal.
"Die! "
The culprit, who was blinking stupidly with a dumbfounded face when he saw his former drinking buddy survive his attack, took two cautious steps backwards, but it was too late. His rabid victim leapt at him and his jaw opened up so wide that a full-grown human head could have fit inside it.
Before anyone had time to grasp the situation, the wounded Zhorion's fangs closed on his former companion's throat and noisy "GULP" echoed as he sucked out all of his enemy's blood.
As if paralyzed by the pain or some toxin contained in the fangs, the victim witnessed his body wither and shrivel without even being able to fight back. In less than five seconds, the alien was reduced from a healthy adult Zhorion to a gaunt mummy.
At the same time, the wounded Zhorion regained some color. Its muscles swelled visibly, while the gaping wound in its lower abdomen closed cleanly. The healing was not complete, but his life was no longer in danger. Moreover, all the vitality that had been absorbed had not been fully consumed. The alien was overflowing with energy and seemed stronger than ever.