Seeing clearly the appearance of the approaching figure, Gu Erdan (a made-up name, can be directly transliterated as it has no specific cultural meaning) couldn't help but let out a laugh.
Yo! An old acquaintance! Isn't this the skeleton war general who was ambushed by him before and almost hacked to death on the spot!
These two guys originally acted together. As a result, one was killed in that battle, and this one had an arm chopped off and fled back in a sorry state.
Unexpectedly, three months passed, and this guy actually gathered an army and fought back!
This looks like a gesture of seeking revenge!
Looking at the over three hundred skeletons charging in a disorganized way, and the menacing skeleton war general following behind, Gu Erdan didn't have a single worry.
In these three months, he had witnessed even grander scenes. Let alone these mere hundreds of cannon fodder.
"Release!"
With a roar from Gu Erdan, over twenty skeleton archers standing beside him simultaneously let go of their palms.
The black bowstrings condensed by energy trembled, and the bone arrows shot out through the air, arcing into the skeleton army.
Normally, these cannon fodder bone frames couldn't take a hit. An ordinary adult could kick and break their bones with one foot. How could they withstand the throwing of such sharp weapons?
Only hearing a few cracking noises, large numbers of skeletons fell to the ground.
Although skeletons are full of gaps all over their bodies and should have great resistance to sharp weapons like bows and arrows.
But the problem is that the arrows of skeleton archers are different. Their arrows are made from their own mutated ribs. These straight ribs mutated will explode after hitting the target.
The whole bone arrow instantly shattered into pieces, and the black undead aura inside burst out, ejecting a large number of white bone fragments.
The effect was like small grenades. Although the explosive lethality was not strong, or even basically non-existent. (7K Wenxue, a Chinese online literature platform)
But just like the fragmentation grenades among grenades, the main damage of this thing was caused by the bone fragments. Coupled with the fragile bodies of skeleton soldiers, if they were hit by just a few bone fragments, they would either die on the spot or lose their arms and legs.
After a round of arrow rain, more than thirty of the charging skeleton soldiers actually fell!
And these were just the ones that couldn't get up. The number of small skeleton warriors who, even with their hands and feet blown off, still stubbornly got up and continued to charge was also quite large.
Looking at these cannon fodder that broke at the slightest touch, Gu Erdan kept shaking his head.
No wonder it was recorded in the books and calendars he collected from the corpses that undead creatures were dubbed the trash of the same level.
Especially skeleton creatures, their combat power was pitifully weak.
Things like there being a haunting somewhere, with hundreds or thousands of skeletons showing up and then being wiped out by the militia teams of nearby villages and towns were already common occurrences.
With the combat power of this group of bone frames, if you encountered just one of them alone, I'm afraid it wouldn't pose as much of a threat as a dog.
However, although they broke at the slightest touch, the fearless fighting style of the undead was still very intimidating.
Not to mention that the number of the enemy far exceeded that of this side at this time.
Before the battle, not more than three arrows! By the time the second round of arrow rain ended, the enemy's sea of skeletons had already rushed in front of them.
There were still more than two hundred skeletons in the army. They bravely charged into the army of the skeleton wizards. The two sides fought inseparably, and the sound of bones breaking kept ringing out.
Actually, the mutated varieties of skeleton soldiers were not limited to archers. There were those carrying shields, axes, knives, and spears everywhere.
It's just that their weapons are flimsy and their physiques are pitiable. Except for the skeleton archers whose equipment has been upgraded, the other varieties have no cultivation value whatsoever. No one even bothers to classify them, and they are collectively called skeleton soldiers.
Watching the two groups of skeletons fiercely fighting with all sorts of weapons, Gu Erdan waved his hand expressionlessly.
Upon receiving the order, the skeleton archers immediately snapped off a rib, strung their bone bows, and lifted them up.
With a humming sound, the bone arrows shot through the air and accurately landed among the skeletons in the melee.
Then, the sound of bones breaking kept ringing out. A large number of bone arrows exploded, and bone fragments flew everywhere, knocking down row after row of bone frames.
Indiscriminate firing!
No wonder these skeleton soldiers are so mindless. Obviously, their own side is also being wiped out along with the enemy in the rear, yet these bone frames are still mindlessly fighting to the death with the enemy, and not a single one of them chooses to retreat.
Or rather, they don't even know what the term "retreat" means.
The chaotic battle soon came to an end. Nearly 300 skeleton soldiers from both sides, after continuously enduring three waves of arrow showers, only had less than 100 scattered ones remaining alive, and basically all of them were from the other side.
Seeing these remaining skeletons charging towards his side non-stop, Gu Erdan very decisively took three steps back and hid behind the skeleton wizard.
Who knows what kind of undead talent spell the other side has awakened! If some fool awakens the throwing ability and happens to target him, wouldn't he die on the spot?
So, to play it safe, it's better to hide first!
Just as Gu Erdan chose to dodge, the hordes of skeletons also rammed head-on into the skeleton wizard's guards.
When ordinary skeleton soldiers clashed with skeleton guards, the strength gap between the two was evident.
On one side were useless cannon fodder who couldn't even overpower an ordinary person, and an ordinary strong man could take on three or five of them single-handedly. On the other side were second-order warriors. Although they were at the bottom of the second-order strength level, they could still engage in more than ten rounds of combat with human second-order experts.
In just an instant of the collision, white bones flew everywhere in the air. Some of them shattered upon hitting the shields, and some were smashed by the swinging weapons.
In the blink of an eye, over 20 of the remaining nearly 100 skeletons were eliminated. At this rate, they probably wouldn't even last a minute.
These were the melee aces the skeleton wizard painstakingly trained, and they were his real trump card for survival.
Just as the skeleton guards were locked in a fierce battle with the skeleton soldiers, a soul-rending roar sounded. Then, only to see the skeletons crowded in the front flying in all directions, and a huge skeleton with a height definitely exceeding 2.5 meters charged over, waving a giant bone ax in its hand.
It was the one-armed skeleton war general!
Bang!
Amid the deafening noise, the skeleton guard who took an ax head-on dropped to one knee. The bone shield in his hand, along with the arm fused with the shield, was instantly split into countless fragments.
Before this skeleton guard could struggle to his feet, he had already been kicked in the chest, and his entire skeleton was sent flying backwards, knocking down several skeleton archers standing behind.
Although missing one arm, his momentum was still awe-inspiring. The bones of the skeleton war general were already close to the color of jade, so white that they were almost glowing, and their hardness was also extraordinary.
The weapons of the skeleton guards slashing at him from all directions could indeed cause him some harm, but the damage was not significant. At best, they could only inflict superficial wounds on him, but it was difficult to break through his bones, and it couldn't affect his movements.
After knocking down three skeleton guards in succession, the enraged skeleton war general charged towards the skeleton wizard, planning to capture the ringleader first.
At the sight of this, the soul fire in the skeleton wizard's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly tightened his grip on the bone staff in his hand.
As for Gu Erdan who had originally been hiding behind him? This guy had already hightailed it out of there!
He wasn't about to put himself in harm's way. Otherwise, what if he got mistaken for a nobody and axed to death?