Chapter 517 - Skeleton Soldiers

Chapter 517: Skeleton Soldiers
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It turned out that the General’s Tomb wasn’t a tomb—it was actually a mass grave!
 

Back then, the Wind Earl’s strength could be noted when he led his army to raid the area and even destroyed one of the Dark Shrine’s sub-shrines. However, he had been ambushed and had not died in peace. The Dark Shrine was planning his revival.
 

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You have entered the [General’s Tomb], your Knowledge increased by 20.

 

Amidst the dark desert, a horrible corpse stench emitted from the soil as countless armors and weapons were planted in the mud. Several revived corpses could be seen wandering aimlessly around the area.
 

Lin Jie’s eyes lit up a Hexagram Rune—Keen Sight! Instantly, a bright ray of light blasted out from his eyes as Keen Sight was able to detect creatures in Stealth. After all, there were many Undead assassins in the tomb, if he suffered an attack from both the Undead assassins and monsters, he would be in deep trouble! Not to forget that the General’s Tomb was a hidden map, and the monsters were on a higher standing as compared to those in a normal map, comparable to those in Blade Peak Canyon.
 


Hmm?
With Keen Sight, Lin Jie managed to spot two lewd figures. Their bodies were faint in color and were translucent. Even with Keen Sight, they still seemed illusory. The two men were stunned as they spotted the rune in Lin Jie’s eyes, and they escaped immediately.
 

How could he let them get away?
 

Lin Jie gripped his right hand, and the Death Grip was activated. He grabbed one of the guys and unleashed Water Surge at the same time. That skill targeted the other man, as he planned to capture both of them at once.
 

However, as Death Grip came into contact with the player, it went straight through him as the man did not have a physical body! The raging waves from Water Surge failed as well.
 


Hehehe, Codename Lone Wolf? This will be your tomb!
One of the men laughed coldly.
 

Lin Jie’s pupils constricted, as this voice sounded familiar, but he couldn’t recall who it was exactly.
 

Identify!
 

[Soul of Nothingness] (Normal)
 

Level: 40
 

Health Points: 150
 

Attack: 0-1
 

Defense: 0-1
 

Special Feature: Undead Manipulation, Ghost-like (Immunity to Non-Holy Light attacks)
 


So it’s Soul of Nothingness, huh?
Lin Jie muttered.
Soul of Nothingness was a rare monster in the General’s Tomb, and only three spawned in the tomb. One would be rewarded with many rare materials after slaying it. Soul of Nothingness did not possess any attacking skills, but it was capable of manipulating the Undead, plus it was immune to all attacks from non-Holy Light skills. Thus, it was a tough enemy for Warriors.
 

However, these two Ghost-likes seemed to be players instead of the usual rare monsters. Lin Jie guessed that it was probably Eighteen Massacres that had slain the Soul of Nothingness before transferring their attributes to these two players! The Dark Shrine was capable of all sorts of odd Dark Magic, with interesting effects, so this would not be a surprise.
 

At a corner, the two men were having a discussion.
 


Lone Wolf really has great observation skills, even after turning into Soul of Nothingness and enhancing our Stealth Mode, he was still able to find us.
One of the men, called Sea-Conquering Shield, noted. He was originally a citizen of the Ironwall Empire, but he joined the Kingdom of Glory afterward.

It wasn’t his observation skill, it’s just his usual trait of being alerted, and it just so happened that he managed to locate us.
The other man spoke.
Now that we have the ability to manipulate the Undead, we must block Codename Lone Wolf here! The best would be to kill him.

 


Kill him? Do you think that it will be that easy?

 


Don’t you forget, this is a hidden map. Any elites here would be on the grade of Boss when they are outside. Wouldn’t it be easy to block Codename Lone Wolf? Watch me! Undead Manipulation!

 

Weng—
 

As Lin Jie was about to locate the two men, the ground loosened, and 4 Skeleton Soldiers clad in heavy armor, and rusty swords climbed from beneath.
 

[Skeleton Soldiers] (Elite)
 

Level 61
 

Health Points: 230,000
 

Attack: 1,736-2,000
 

Defense: 900
 

Note: They are the Skeleton Soldiers that wander around the General’s Tomb. They have inherited their skillful martial arts from their previous life and will slay any adventurer that dares to disturb the General’s Tomb.
 

These were the elites of the General’s Tomb! Their attributes were stronger than the usual Boss!
 

The four Skeleton Soldiers raised their rusty swords and unleashed Heroic Strike. They had inherited both their martial art skills and techniques from their previous life. Furthermore, under the manipulation of Soul of Nothingness, their skills would be unleashed for an infinite amount of time, just like how Lin Jie had controlled the City of Light’s NPCs back then.
 

Lin Jie dodged the four attacks, waved his Broken Blade, and it pierced the shoulder of one of the Skeleton Soldiers with precision. He dragged it roughly aside and appeared in front of the other three soldiers. A few crackling sounds resounded, and a faint scar appeared on one of the soldiers’ arms as it was unable to be sliced off! The monster did not feel any pain as it activated Smash and bolted towards Lin Jie. However, he dodged it cleanly with Vanishing Step.
 

Kacha— Kacha—
 

The handicapped soldier was busy unleashing Smash, but Lin Jie went right up to its side and managed to inflict a Critical Hit to its rib, and he ripped it apart. Its body was raised up and thrown against the three other advancing soldiers. Upon contact, the handicapped soldier exploded from the impact, and all that was left was a wreckage of bones.
 

This result shocked the two men in the shadows! The bones of the Skeleton monsters were a lot harder than usual ones, and it would take even Broken Blade a lot of trouble for it to slice through them—it would at most leave a few scars. However, Lin Jie made the monsters of the same composition collide and even made one of them the target of the other three, causing it to break into pieces—what kind of sorcery was that?
 

While the two men were still in shock, Lin Jie used his method again and smashed the second Skeleton Soldier to bits. This tactic did not cause him any damage, but the Skeleton Soldiers were in a wreck on the ground, and could no longer cause him any more harm.
 


Summon more Undead and reform them!
Sea-Conquering Shield said evilly as he raised his hands, and vibrations began emitting from it. At the same time, countless palms appeared from the soil—they belonged to the Skeleton Soldiers!
 

Lin Jie took a step back and whipped Broken Blade to unleash Thunder Descent as he saw this formation!
 

Smash!
 

Smash!
 

More than 30 Skeleton Soldiers bolted towards Lin Jie, but they did not collide with him. Instead, they were smashed to pieces by a few soldiers that surrounded Lin Jie at the beginning.
 

It turned out that Lin Jie had made use of the original soldiers to be his shield and had numbed them using the additional effect from Thunder Descent, for them to still be in working condition. The numbed soldiers were unable to retaliate and could only be used as meat shields, oh no, bone shields.
 

Lin Jie’s Broken Blade seemed to transform into a thunder whip, and the soldiers’ Smash attack became his aid to dismember them. Lin Jie’s footwork was hard to locate, and after practicing Vanishing Step, this technique seemed to have improved. The two men in the shadows were dizzy from trying to locate him, and how much harder would the soldiers take it?
 


Fck!
Sea-Conquering Shield exploded, and he unleashed his full force towards manipulating the Undead. Countless Skeleton Soldiers emerged from the soil and bolted towards Lin Jie. There were over 100 of them this time! They lined up into a row and planned to smash Lin Jie to pieces!
 

The next moment, Lin Jie’s Holy Light Winged Armor flapped as he activated Feather Drop and levitated in the air. He felt good as he blasted out his Blade Aura.
 

Sea-Conquering Shield did not admit defeat, and he resorted to just activating the Skeleton Soldiers’ Enraged Mode—Undead Enrage. Every attack would deplete 1% of their health points and inflict equal damage onto its target. They were also able to attack airborne targets.
 

Finally, Lin Jie floated down.
 

The Skeleton Soldiers were trembling in excitement as Lin Jie finally appeared in their vision. They swarmed up against him, and the rusty sword tips glowed blood red. This was the effect of Enrage. However, Lin Jie did not attack, but instead, he combined Broken Blade and the Supplementary Sword and blasted it out at an angle before dragging it back with the mutated spiderweb strands.
 

After Strength Judgement, 20 Skeleton Soldiers ahead of Lin Jie were dragged up into the air and blocked Lin Jie. He then unleashed Dragon’s Roar and caused the other soldiers to retreat. The soldiers’ assholes, uh, backs, were then taken over by the other soldiers that bolted up.
 

-3,625!
-3,537!
 

…
 

The Skeleton Soldiers’ damage outputs were indeed powerful, and Undead Enrage was able to increase their Attack by 2,000 points. These monsters’ health points were depleted by half before even reaching Lin Jie.
 


Pike him to death!
Sea-Conquering Shield had gone insane.
 


Sea-Conquering, let’s go, these close combat monsters will not be able to defeat him.
The other man spoke.
We will ambush him up front, there are many Undead Mages there, and their magic damage is the arch-nemesis of Warriors!

 

Sea-Conquering Shield glanced at Lin Jie amongst the crowd and ground his teeth.
Couldn’t all these monsters kill him?

 

Lin Jie seemed to be surrounded by monsters, but he only faced very little stress. The Skeleton Soldiers did not have high attacking speed, so, despite being skillful, their attacks were unable to be inflicted on Lin Jie. Thus, it resulted in Lin Jie making use of them to destroy one another.
 

In actual fact, the more condensed the monsters, the easier it was to manipulate them. For example, at the start, when there were only 4 soldiers, Lin Jie had to pinpoint their exact location in order to alter their attack routes to dodge them. However, with a bunch of them, things were much simpler as he could build a wall with any of them, plus their attacks on Lin Jie were almost negligible. With the Bloody Demonic Ring, he would be able to regain all the health points.
 

Half of the Skeleton Soldiers were killed during the hour-long tug-of-war, while the remaining half was partially dismembered, and their limbs fell, scattered on the ground. Lin Jie grinned as these skeletons were the original bodies of the soldiers. With over 100 of them here, the EXP would be incredible.
 



Thunderstorm! Lightning Spear Strike!

 

Currently, these two skills were Lin Jie’s strongest combination. The large AOE Paralysis of Thunderstorm, with Lightning Spear Strike’s Conduction damage, resulted in countless soldiers’ bodies emitting smoke as damage values popped above their heads!
 

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You have killed the Skeleton Soldier, you received 300,000 EXP.

 

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You have killed the Skeleton Soldier, you received 300,000 EXP.

 

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The Skeleton Soldiers offered incredible EXP, living up to their status of Boss-like attributes! Lin Jie slew all the soldiers, not leaving a single one. Lin Jie was preparing to keep the last one at bay before the system prompt message sounded.
 

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You have reached Level 49…