Gu Erdan, sitting in the small pit, looked utterly confused. He never would've thought that in just seven short days, such earth-shattering changes would occur outside.
Was there a large-scale migration of a group of skeleton soldiers that accidentally brought them here?
Or was there a skeleton wizard who had gone nuts and resurrected a large number of skeleton soldiers?
But even so, it couldn't be such a grand spectacle! With just a quick glance, Gu Erdan saw that the skeleton soldiers outside covered the mountains and plains! There were at least ten thousand or eight thousand of them!
If these were resurrected by a skeleton wizard, he'd have to work day and night for several days!
There's something wrong! Definitely something wrong!
Gu Erdan, hiding inside and too terrified to go out, wished he could give himself a couple of slaps at this moment.
To be exact, he already had, and he hit himself really hard. After all, the head on his shoulders wasn't his own.
Hitting his enemy's head didn't hurt his feelings, only his hand.
"I should've known better than to be so wasteful! I should've absorbed it slowly!"
With a helpless sigh, Gu Erdan felt a bit regretful.
The reason he, a first - order skeleton soldier, could quickly absorb a third - tier soul fire wasn't due to his exceptional talent, but because this guy absorbed it like a nouveau riche.
Ignoring excessive consumption and energy overflow, Gu Erdan only cared about speed and didn't give a damn if he wasted the power of the Netherfire.
Otherwise, if he'd completely devoured a third - tier Netherfire, how could he have only just barely reached the second tier? Even if he didn't become a second - tier peak skeleton, he definitely wouldn't be at the bottom.
Originally, Gu Erdan planned to sacrifice small gains for greater ones. He wanted to quickly get a starting point by becoming a second - tier skeleton, then go out to recruit first - order skeletons and strengthen them. Once he had enough, he'd lead his strengthened minions to hunt high - level enemies and grow stronger in a snowballing manner!
But who'd have thought that when he woke up, the situation outside had changed completely.
Tens of thousands of skeleton soldiers! Who knew how many second - tier skeletons would be spawned from this lot! If he was unlucky enough and a few third - tier skeletons showed up! Wouldn't Gu Erdan be in big trouble!
Just as Gu Erdan was hiding in the wall, lost in his daydreams, the bone wall in front of him, used for camouflage, suddenly creaked. Two bone spears pierced through the bone and plunged into Gu Erdan's breastplate!
The already tattered and severely rusted breastplate had next to no defensive ability. The severely corroded iron plate broke at the slightest touch and was instantly penetrated by the bone spears.
However, despite their imposing appearance, the bone spears didn't achieve much more than that.
When they hit Gu Erdan's ribs, the spearheads broke on the spot and didn't pose the slightest threat to Gu Erdan.
However, this sudden attack still gave Gu Erdan a big scare.
With a yelp, Gu Erdan reached out and grabbed the two bone spears, then with a sudden burst of force, rushed out of his hiding place.
"Hey! What the hell kind of monster are you! How dare you cause trouble here!"
With a sudden strong pull of his arms, he directly broke the not - very - hard bone spears in the middle. Gu Erdan, holding the two broken spears in his hands, stabbed out without hesitation.
With a click, the rapidly falling broken spears pierced through the enemy's head from top to bottom, instantly killing these two first - order skeleton soldiers.
After dealing with the enemies, Gu Erdan casually threw the two corpses aside. At the same time, he didn't forget to take a deep breath and absorb the scattered soul fires of the two into his body.
"Who else is not afraid of death! Come at me!"
Scanning the surroundings, after noticing that all the surrounding skeleton soldiers were first - order, Gu Erdan gained a great deal of courage. Holding two bone guns, he suddenly let out a fierce roar.
The next moment! Hundreds of first - order skeleton soldiers rushed towards him from all directions! So scared that his legs turned to jelly, Gu Erdan hurriedly fled back to the hidden spot he had dug out.
Countless skeletons crowded at the entrance. None of them were willing to give way to one another, all thinking about getting in to stab Gu Erdan in the back.
This situation was a great boon for Gu Erdan. Seeing that the enemies couldn't move, he immediately raised the broken bone guns in his hands and stabbed continuously. The skeleton soldiers kept falling, and the white bones at the cave entrance piled up more and more!
Just when Gu Erdan thought he had found a place with a glitch to take advantage of, the walls on both sides beside him suddenly started to tremble. Then, with a loud boom, a whole bunch of skulls actually burst out of the bones, scaring Gu Erdan so much that he almost dropped his weapon!
The group fight began! The first - order skeleton soldiers that had dug through the bone walls actually dug Gu Erdan out of the cliff wall, and then launched a brutal gang attack.
At first, Gu Erdan was very scared, extremely scared. But as the fight went on, he suddenly noticed something.
That is to say, these guys couldn't lay a finger on him!
The Low - level Bone Strengthening Technique actually had a very significant effect.
Although when facing weapons like swords, spears, halberds and other weapons made of steel, he seemed a bit powerless, when facing these fragile weapons made of bones, it was extremely domineering!
They couldn't hack through! They couldn't pound to pieces! They couldn't break apart! After being besieged dozens of times, Gu Erdan finally discovered his advantage.
Perhaps when up against well - equipped humans or undead of the same level, Gu Erdan's ability seemed a bit of a liability.
But when up against these weaklings now, it was simply a weapon for mercilessly bullying the weak!
With a surge of courage in his heart, Gu Erdan rushed into the bone crowd with two guns in his hands. He swung his weapons widely, only attacking and not defending, showing quite the imposing bearing of Zhao Zilong of Changshan (a famous heroic figure in Chinese history).
It's just that while Zhao Zilong could charge in and out seven times unscathed, Gu Erdan was rolling and scrambling while getting pummeled all the way.
Although Gu Erdan had started to lose it, he wasn't completely off the deep end. While fighting, he was also observing the surrounding situation.
Wherever there were second - tier skeleton soldiers, he wouldn't go within a mile of the place even if you paid him to, because he was afraid he couldn't defeat them.
Moreover, while mowing down these useless skeleton soldiers, Gu Erdan was also trying to recruit them.
Logically, as long as you outclass them in strength and put them in a tight spot, skeleton soldiers are basically a cinch to recruit.
The prerequisite is that you're also an undead being and can emit a necrotic aura that they can detect.
But for some reason today, the skeleton soldiers here were extremely brutal. No matter how Gu Erdan cajoled or threatened them, these guys just didn't give an inch, adopting an attitude of either you kill me or I'll kill you.
Frenzied souls, random attacks, and a sudden spike in numbers. These skeleton soldiers just seemed really off!
Just as Gu Erdan was desperately fighting the skeleton soldiers and trying to recruit them, a shrill flute sound suddenly came from afar.
The next moment! The skeleton soldiers who were fighting with all their might suddenly stopped their movements! They all neatly turned their heads towards the direction where the sound came from!
Seizing the opportunity to cut down several more skeleton soldiers in quick succession, Gu Erdan couldn't help but heave a long sigh of relief.
He was now certain that something was seriously amiss here!
As the skeleton soldiers fought desperately, their numbers were decreasing rapidly while their quality was constantly improving.
At this moment, many of the skeleton soldiers besieging Gu Erdan had reached the first - tier peak! They were fully capable of injuring Gu Erdan's bones!
If their numbers weren't so small, Gu Erdan would have run away long ago.
Hearing a sound similar to a bugle in the distance and looking at the motionless and no - longer - rampaging skeletons around him, Gu Erdan's face instantly took on a look of realization.
He got it! The reason this place was abnormal and so many skeleton soldiers suddenly showed up was most likely that some big shot had turned this place into a training ground!
Was he creating high - quality skeleton soldiers? What was he up to? Did he plan to recruit an army?