Chapter 50: The Skeleton Crushes the Bone Dragon—Is This Even Possible?
Advanced Corpse Explosion!
Boom!
-610,000, -1,220,000, -1,220,000!...
Thanks to the Shadow Knight’s massive health pool of over a million, Su Mubai’s Advanced Corpse Explosion, enhanced by the profession’s cataclysm traits, inflicted terrifying damage on all skeletons within a 30-meter radius.
If not for the fact that Franklin’s summoned ranged skeletons were somewhat scattered, this attack could have wiped them out completely!
Even so, most of Franklin’s summoned legion perished in the blast, leaving fewer than fifty ranged skeletons remaining.
The effect of Death Gaze ended, and Franklin instantly regained full clarity, the suffocating fear vanishing from his heart.
Yet at this moment, he was once again utterly alone.
Even his own health had been reduced by nearly ten million thanks to the skeleton army’s assault.
Franklin
Health: 11,980,000 / 21,000,000
“You… who exactly are you?” Franklin stared fixedly at Su Mubai, the flame of his soul flickering wildly in his pupils.
That sensation just now, the one that made his soul tremble, was absolutely the power of death!
But the being before him was clearly human—how could he wield death’s power more pure than Franklin, a lich himself?
“I’m your father.”
Su Mubai snorted coldly, then shook his head. “Forget it, I don’t have a son as ugly as you.”
As he spoke, the skeleton legion’s assault showed no sign of stopping.
Over a dozen skeleton warriors held Franklin tightly in place, while skeleton archers and mages unleashed volleys from behind.
Though their size limited their ability to all strike Franklin simultaneously, each wave of attacks still drained nearly a million health from him!
“Human, how dare you insult the great lich!”
Buzz~
Enraged by these words, Franklin clenched his hand, his staff returning to it as an ice-blue shield erupted around his body.
Frost Shield
Shield Value: 5,000,000
Compared to his health, five million shield points wasn’t high, but it was enough to block several attacks from the skeleton legion.
More importantly, with this shield, he now had enough time to cast more powerful spells!
“Hmph, I don’t care who you are, today you will be buried in the Land of Oblivion!”
The soul flame in Franklin’s eyes blazed fiercely, his aura surging dramatically.
He slowly floated upward, a terrifying energy wave bursting forth from his body, sweeping across the entire Land of Oblivion.
Rumble!
Just like when he first appeared, the Land of Oblivion trembled again.
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Suddenly, the shattered fragments of skeletons once crushed by Su Mubai were as if summoned, all rising through the air.
At this moment, the Land of Oblivion transformed into a sea of bones.
Countless bone fragments swirled together, dense death energy flowing out from Franklin’s body and infusing the fragments.
Then, these fragments converged beneath Franklin’s feet.
From the death aura, a tens-of-meters-long undead bone dragon was born, roaring to the sky!
“Roar!!!”
“Cacus, kill this human. The power within him will be our chance to recover.”
Undead Bone Dragon — Cacus
Mid-level Undead Creature
Level 20 (Injured, level reduced)
Epic Boss
Health: 80,000,000 / 80,000,000
Attack: 42,000
Physical Defense: 10,000
Magic Defense: 6,000
Elemental Resistance: Death 30%
Skills: Bone Cage, Bone Spike Hell, Death Storm
(Don’t worry, this creature isn’t a true dragon, but don’t underestimate it—its power rivals that of dragons of the same rank.)
Undead Bone Dragon — Cacus has appeared, current exploration progress 90%.
At this moment, the system notification sounded, and Su Mubai’s gaze sharpened.
He had been puzzled earlier why defeating Franklin only increased exploration progress by 20%.
He had assumed killing the boss would further increase it.
He hadn’t expected a second epic boss to appear!
“No wonder this trial given by the Lord of East Sea City is so difficult.”
Watching the massive bone dragon dive down, Su Mubai felt awe in his heart.
Yet his expression remained unchanged.
Crack, crack, crack…
Cacus’s massive claws struck down with unparalleled force.
But in the next moment, both he and Franklin were stunned!
Boom!
A resounding crash echoed as a skeleton warrior next to Su Mubai stepped forward, its size instantly doubling.
Swinging a giant sword, it forcibly blocked Cacus’s strike!
Not only that, this skeleton warrior suddenly surged with power, cleaving and sending the enormous Cacus flying backward!
Heavy Strike!
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-1,102,800!
A critical hit exceeding one million flashed above Cacus’s head, his massive body uncontrollably blasted into the air.
“What?! This is impossible!”
“How can a mere skeleton warrior’s strength crush my Cacus?!”
Franklin was completely disoriented, the flame of his soul constantly expanding and contracting.
He had never faced anything like this before.
“Got anything else good? Bring it all out and show me.”
Su Mubai crossed his arms, smiling as he looked at Franklin.
Meanwhile, the skeleton legion’s assault continued relentlessly, and Franklin’s shield had already dropped below half.
The reason this skeleton warrior could block Cacus was naturally thanks to Su Mubai’s enhancement.
Death Drain Feedback!
[Notice: You have consumed all your death energy to strengthen the targeted skeleton warrior’s main attributes by 640%.]
Su Mubai was in high spirits because of the subsequent system notification.
[Notice: You are being corroded by death energy from the "Cursed Crown."]
[Death Energy +10]
[Death Energy +10]
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A faint death energy seeped out from the Cursed Crown, merging into Su Mubai’s body.
Every second, Death Drain Feedback stored an additional ten points of death energy!
A curse?
Death energy corrosion?
This was basically a mobile charger!
The strengthening effect of Feedback lasts for 60 seconds, with a cooldown of only 30 seconds.
Normally, Su Mubai could only drain death energy twice from corpses within 60 seconds.
Without a boss corpse, he wouldn’t be able to store much death energy.
But with the Cursed Crown, everything was different.
Now, he could automatically restore 600 death energy points in 60 seconds.
In other words, Su Mubai could keep two skeleton warriors permanently enhanced with 600% main attribute boosts!
At this moment, this skeleton warrior was enjoying the full strength of the enhancement.
After a 640% increase, its strength reached a terrifying 75,184 points!
Its attack power had surpassed 150,000!
With the addition of Heavy Strike, critical damage, and the double damage effect of the Death Codex on undead creatures, this single blow reached a damage value in the millions.