Gathering of the Zombies

"Boom, boom, boom..." Just then, the Zombie King suddenly exploded.

"Whoosh~" A pitch-black, gleaming core flew out instantaneously, shooting towards Alex.

"Hmm!" Alex narrowed his eyes, quickly sidestepping a few steps, narrowly avoiding the core. 

But the next second, the core mysteriously disappeared, and the very next moment, it unexpectedly reappeared behind Alex.

"Clack~" Alex swung his blade backward in a swift motion, slicing the core into two halves again, but it strangely fused back together.

"What is this?" Alex's eyes narrowed in focus. The core seemed to have its own consciousness, capable of splitting and recombining.

Alex was taken aback, realizing this was because the Zombie King's level was extremely high, which endowed its core with its own sentience.

A thought crossed Alex's mind, and the Red Lotus mark on his wrist appeared, followed by the ethereal silhouette of Red Lotus materializing in front of him.