Chapter 159: The Earth Bomb
Joo Joowon carefully placed Byeol and Hwi in a safe spot nearby before charging forward without the slightest hesitation.
This was undoubtedly the moment when the Big Belly Zombie was at its weakest.
It had no energy left.
Otherwise, while they had been trapped beneath the rubble moments ago, it would already have attacked him again with those stone spikes.
More importantly, Joo Joowon could no longer feel the oppressive pressure that had previously radiated from its body.
That alone was enough proof that the boss had entered a weakened state.
Because of that, Joo Joowon rushed forward without hesitation.
He did not even bother using the crossbow this time.
Instead, Joo Joowon directly pulled out the Fire Axe.
After all, for someone who could manipulate spider silk as freely as he could, even a fire axe could be used as a ranged weapon.
"ROAR!"
In an instant, the Big Belly Zombie raised an arm and blocked Joo Joowon’s attack.
The fire axe sank deeply into the flesh.
There was not the slightest sensation of striking bone.
The blade sliced downward smoothly as though cutting through soft meat.
A trace of surprise flashed through Joo Joowon’s eyes and he immediately retreated.
No blood flowed from the wound at all.
Only a small amount of greasy yellow fluid oozed out while strands of flesh wriggled around the opening, looking as though the injury could heal itself at any moment. Yet it only looked that way.
The flesh merely writhed.
It did nothing more than writhe.
Although the Big Belly Zombie’s obese body stored an enormous amount of energy, it had repeatedly shifted its eye position and repeatedly used its skills.
No matter how much energy it originally possessed, it should have long since exhausted those reserves.
However, the difference in the level of life between the two of them was fundamentally enormous.
An injury of this degree was still nothing more than a minor irritation to it.
The creature suddenly leaped into the air.
Its massive body descended like a small mountain and cast an enormous shadow over Joo Joowon.
While using spider silk, Joo Joowon kicked off the ground and escaped to the side while the fire axe cut across the creature’s waist.
However, the layers upon layers of fat compressed the wound together.
The injury looked no different from one of the many folds of flesh covering its body.
From a distance, it was impossible to tell that it had even been wounded.
The moment he created enough distance, Joo Joowon immediately switched back to the crossbow and fired directly toward its eye.
This time, however, the Big Belly Zombie did not dare ignore the attack.
The bolt buried itself deeply into the thick arm that it had raised to shield its face.
Thunk!
The instant it lowered its arm, Joo Joowon had already moved to a different position.
Another bolt shot forward at incredible speed.
"ROOOAAARRR!"
It’s direct hit!
The Big Belly Zombie let out an enraged roar, smashing the surrounding ruins into even smaller pieces.
Massive clouds of dust and debris engulfed its body, completely obscuring its figure and making it impossible to determine its exact position.
Joo Joowon narrowed his eyes and held the crossbow steady without moving.
Whoosh!
Joo Joowon leapt sideways, narrowly avoiding the chunk of building debris that came crashing toward him.
Thunk! Thunk!
Two bolts flew out in rapid succession.
One targeted the face and the other targeted the chest.
With Joo Joowon’s current eyesight and memory, the moment the Big Belly Zombie bent down to pick up the construction debris was already enough for him to memorize its exact location.
No matter how obese the Big Belly Zombie was, its head could never be as wide as its body, making it relatively easy to identify.
The dust cloud certainly made its figure blurry and difficult to see clearly, but blurry was all it was.
As long as he compared what he saw with the image stored in his memory, the margin of error in its position would never be very large.
"ROOOAAARRR!"
Joo Joowon rushed toward it at full speed.
The Fire Axe came crashing down from above and split straight through the middle of its body, exposing layers of fat that looked disturbingly similar to strips of pork belly.
The inner walls of the wound were coated in thick yellow black grease.
Layer after layer of flesh stacked together so densely that none of the internal organs could be seen.
Even after the handle of the fire axe had completely disappeared into the wound, there was still no sign of any organs, let alone the intestines that Hwi had managed to tear out earlier.
Countless strands of flesh began emerging from the wound.
The nearest sections of flesh on either side started intertwining and sticking back together.
After all, with half of its body practically split apart, there was no way the Big Belly Zombie could simply ignore such an injury.
Joo Joowon, however, had no intention of giving it any chance to recover.
Without the slightest hesitation, he fired the crossbow directly into the open wound.
The Immobilization effect activated!
Joo Joowon immediately seized the opportunity and threw the Earth Bomb directly into the Big Belly Zombie’s body before instantly retreating to a safe distance and climbing upward with spider silk.
The Big Belly Zombie had only just broken free from the Immobilization effect.
Its body was still instinctively writhing as it attempted to heal the wound.
It did not have enough time to force the bomb back out of its body.
BOOM!
Dust and flesh exploded outward simultaneously.
A cloud of blood mist engulfed the surrounding area.
The already unstable ruins groaned under the strain and collapsed even further as countless stones tumbled downward and sent massive waves of dust into the air.
Joo Joowon watched coldly from above.
The Earth Bomb had an explosion radius exceeding ten meters.
Even among homemade explosives, its destructive power ranked among the very best.