Chapter 49: The Epic-Level Boss Was Indeed Powerful, But Useless.
Franklin reached out to summon it, but the Cursed Crown in Su Mubai's hand remained completely unresponsive.
Just as he was filled with doubt and shock, he watched as this mere human directly placed the [Cursed Crown] upon his head!
"This is impossible! It belongs to me! How can it submit to your control!"
Franklin was utterly shocked, entirely unable to comprehend why the [Cursed Crown] failed to answer his summons.
"Anything that falls into my hands belongs to me!"
A fierce glint flashed across Su Mubai's eyes. With a single thought, his skeleton legion immediately swarmed toward Franklin and surrounded him.
[Cursed Crown]
Head
Level: 10-120
Legendary Item
Durability: 1000/1000
Equipment Requirement: The Forgotten – Franklin
(The Lord of Death may ignore this requirement and forcibly equip it. Upon killing the owner, the equipment requirement will return to normal.)
Base Attributes: (Level 15)
Physical Defense +100
Magical Defense +200
Health Points +2000
Mana Points +4000
All Attributes +75
Affixes:
1. Spirit +10%
2. Curse Resistance +30%
3. The wearer of this item will be subjected to the continuous erosion of deathly aura.
Skills:
[Power of Curse]: Passive skill. All your spells will carry a curse effect, randomly inflicting two curses on the target for 5 seconds, with a 5-second cooldown.
[Curse Aura]: Aura-type skill. When activated, reduces the speed of all enemies within a 100-meter radius by 30% (including but not limited to attack speed, movement speed, and casting speed).
Consumes 200 mana points per second, no cooldown.
(Curses are an art.)
At this stage, apart from Su Mubai, no player in the world could possibly equip this item.
This was precisely why Franklin was so profoundly shocked.
"You detestable thief!"
Facing Su Mubai's skeleton legion, Franklin's eyes burned with fury as the staff in his hand flared with brilliant light.
Hum~
Three pale gray portals opened, summoning forth Franklin's undead legion.
It must be said that an Epic-grade Boss certainly had a presence far superior to a Dark Gold-grade Boss.
The size of the legion he summoned was hardly any smaller than Su Mubai's.
Aside from three types of skeletons numbering 100 each, there was also a squad of knights clad in black armor.
[Shadow Knight]
[Level 20]
[Summoned Creature]
[Health Points: 1,000,000 / 1,000,000]
[Attack Power: 9,800]
[Physical Defense: 1,800]
[Magical Defense: 1,800]
[Skills: Shadow Charge, Shadow Power, Shadow Shield.]
(A powerful undead creature, proficient in charging and defense.)
Aside from their health points, the panel attributes of these knights were already approaching those of a Dark Gold Boss of the same level!
And Franklin had summoned 10 Shadow Knights all at once!
The strength of an Epic-grade Boss far exceeded that of a Dark Gold-grade one—they were simply not on the same plane of existence!
"I shall refine you into a being just like them!"
The soul fire in Franklin's eye sockets flickered, and the Shadow Knights immediately charged at Su Mubai, followed by a hundred skeleton warriors.
The next moment, the two skeleton legions violently collided with one another.
However, the outcome turned out to be completely different from what Franklin had anticipated.
A pale blue aura emerged from beneath Su Mubai's feet, sweeping across a hundred-meter radius in the blink of an eye.
[Curse Aura]!
The charging Shadow Knights saw their speed plummet by 30%. Su Mubai's hundred skeleton warriors stood firm at the front, their massive greatswords descending in a fierce slash, meeting the Shadow Knights' charge head-on without retreating a single step!
Immediately afterward, a torrential storm of arrows and fiery meteors swept across the battlefield.
With their casting and attack speeds significantly reduced, the movements of the legion summoned by Franklin slowed down by a noticeable beat.
[Heavy Strike]!
[Double Shot]!
[Fireball]!
-83,594, -83,071, -168,126! ......
-13,509, -27,274, -13,622, -27,658! ......
-43,985, -43,233, -87,834! ......
Amidst the flashing cascade of terrifying damage numbers, nearly a quarter of the skeleton legion summoned by Franklin was instantly wiped out!
Even several of the Shadow Knights perished.
The reason the damage was so much higher than before was not only due to the addition of another Legendary piece of equipment, but also tied to Su Mubai's current level.
Upon reaching level 15, the attributes of both of his Legendary items, as well as the [Book of the Dead], had all increased.
The attribute bonuses from all stats alone provided an additional 25 points for each of the two Legendary pieces, while the [Book of the Dead] granted an extra 50 points!
Combined with the [Curse Crown] and Rhode's soul possession, Su Mubai's Spirit attribute had now soared to an impressive 980 points—exactly double what it was when he first stepped into the Forgotten Land!
As a result, the attribute panel of the skeleton legion empowered by his Spirit naturally doubled as well.
It was only regrettable that another nested stat enhancement could not be achieved; the repaired [Curse Crown] and its previous fragments were treated as the exact same entity by his [Cataclysm] talent.
However, Su Mubai had anticipated this long ago and did not dwell on it.
The priority right now was to eliminate Franklin, this Epic-grade Boss.
Overwhelming suppression!
Utter devastation!
The moment the two forces clashed, Franklin realized something was gravely amiss.
He raised his hand, attempting to cast spells for backup, but Su Mubai clearly had no intention of granting him that opportunity.
Before his first incantation could even leave his lips, Franklin suddenly felt a heart-stopping, terrifying pressure descend upon him.
At that moment, Lich though he was, he actually felt an urge to drop to his knees and submit!
"This is... No, absolutely impossible..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Mubai's gaze had already locked onto him.
[Deathly Gaze]!
The soul fire within Franklin's eye sockets instantly twisted into a frantic blur. He abruptly let go of his staff, clutched his head with both hands, and plummeted from mid-air while trembling violently!
[Prompt: You have used "Deathly Gaze" on The Forgotten – Franklin. It is determined that your life level is higher than the target's.]
-14,000,000!
The system prompt rang out as a grayish-white eight-digit damage number erupted above Franklin's head, instantly slashing his maximum health pool down to a mere 21 million.
With every passing second, over 100,000 points of true damage would tick away above his head, and the occasional critical hit pushed that number close to 300,000!
Not only that, but two types of curses were also applied to Franklin along with Su Mubai's [Deathly Gaze].
[Prompt: You have inflicted "Curse of Agony" on "The Forgotten – Franklin", dealing 100% spell power shadow damage per second for 5 seconds.]
[Prompt: You have inflicted "Curse of Calamity" on "The Forgotten – Franklin", increasing the target's vulnerability to critical hits by 30% for 5 seconds.]
Layer upon layer of damage numbers continuously popped up above Franklin's head, yet he was completely powerless to defend himself.
The fear effect of [Deathly Gaze] was something even this Epic-grade Boss could not resist, forcing him to scramble around blindly like a headless fly.
This skill did not require Su Mubai to maintain continuous channeling.
As long as he desired it, the effect of [Deathly Gaze] would remain even if he shifted his gaze away from Franklin.
Su Mubai merely glanced at Franklin for a fraction of a second before turning his attention to the corpse of the very first Shadow Knight that had fallen in battle.
The next instant, the corpse of the Shadow Knight detonated violently, the shockwave sweeping across a thirty-meter radius!
Boom!
[Advanced Corpse Explosion]!