Priest Skeleton (Dragonfang) – Level 15 Elite
Strength: E
Magic: C
Endurance: E
Agility: E
Skill 1: Randomly summons any Dragonfang-type skeleton except the Priest Skeleton itself.
Skill 2: Soul Sacrifice — sacrifices itself and ten nearby Dragonfang-type monsters to forcibly summon the boss-level monster Dragonfang Monarch.
This monster basically has no offensive means of its own, but it can randomly summon Dragonfang Axe Skeletons, Dragonfang Mage Skeletons, and Dragonfang Cavalry Skeletons.
Even so, Bai Qiu still considered it trash.
But this Soul Sacrifice was a bit too much — given enough time, it could directly summon a combat-type boss!
Right now, the Dragonfang Priest Skeleton was surrounded by a group of Dragonfang monsters.
All of them had formed a circle around it, kneeling at its side.
Looking more closely, wisps of ghostly blue flame drifted from their bodies, gathering above the crystal orb atop the staff in the Priest Skeleton’s hands!
“Damn it!” Bai Qiu roared angrily.
He immediately pulled out his Darksteel longbow and an arrow, aiming for the priest skeleton’s skull.
Swish!
Bang!
The priest skeleton’s skull shattered on impact — but Bai Qiu clearly saw that the instant his arrow was released, the skeleton priest’s soul-flame had already floated out from its mouth.
“Roar!”
A deafening roar echoed from the void.
Bai Qiu’s arrow could not be retrieved because he failed to kill the priest!
He only had two arrows left — freshly regenerated in his quiver.
“Shiyao! You have night-vision-type skills too, right? Look carefully! If you see a skeleton wearing a cloak, shoot it immediately!”
The situation was dire.
Bai Qiu practically shouted the order, while fixing his gaze on the direction of the tremor in the void!
Boom!
A massive wyvern-like creature emerged from the magic array in the void.
Its wingspan was nearly twenty meters, its appearance ferocious, and its body covered in gleaming cyan scales.
Dragonfang Monarch (Flying Type)
Level 20 [Lord-Rank]
Strength: C-
Magic: C-
Endurance: C-
Agility: C
Skill 1: Sonic Boom Charge (insufficient level to view details)
Skill 2: Primordial Flame (unable to view)
Skill 3: War Mount Summoning (unable to view)
Swish! Swish!
Two fully-drawn shots left the bowstring.
The Darksteel arrows, normally unstoppable, finally failed this time — each arrow sank only a few centimeters into the Dragonfang Monarch’s wings before coming to a halt.
They injured it enough to knock it out of the sky, but could not truly harm it!
Bai Qiu drew his Darksteel heavy spear and began chanting its Noble Phantasm.
[Gather all life and will, break the spine of the heavens above, and let the killing intent that hangs above all be unleashed!]
As faint reddish mana coated his entire body, the grounded Dragonfang Monarch seemed to sense the danger as well.
It immediately opened its jaws and spat out a fireball.
Pop!
The fireball struck Bai Qiu directly, but it was completely useless.
Such a basic attack couldn’t break through the defensive barrier granted by his Noble Phantasm while it was activated.
“Roar!!”
The Dragonfang Monarch let out an enraged roar.
The sound of iron hooves stomping on the ground echoed around them.
In the blink of an eye, four skeletal horses galloped out from the void, each bearing an extremely tall skeletal cavalryman on its back.
[Noble Phantasm — Spear of Converging Mana!]
With Bai Qiu’s final shout, all the mana around him surged into the Darksteel heavy spear.
A layer of red light enveloped the spear, making it emit a deep rumbling, as if it might tear itself from his hands and launch toward the enemy at any moment.
A strange force carried Bai Qiu as he leapt off the tall building, descending like a meteor aimed straight at the Dragonfang Monarch.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The four skeletal cavalry leapt upward to block the falling “meteor,” attempting to stop it with their lives.
But the meteor pierced straight through them.
The skeletal warhorses, the cavalry, and even the conical lances in their hands were shattered by the overwhelming force, dissolving into white light.
Yet the meteor’s momentum did not diminish—it continued its descent toward the Dragonfang Monarch.
“Roar!”
A massive fireball was forming in the monarch’s mouth.
The next moment, the meteor tore through its body, leaving behind a one-meter-wide hole.
The fireball failed to fully form and scattered instantly.
With a final, miserable wail, the Dragonfang Monarch’s body split apart from the abdomen outward, before turning into white light and vanishing.
Target eliminated.
Mana is being recovered…
Mana recovery complete.
Mana restored: 22%.
Level up!
Bai Qiu took out a large bottle of mana potion, downed it in one gulp, stuffed the bottle back into his storage card, and sprinted forward.
With a leap, he propelled himself back up the building and landed on the rooftop in one motion.
Seeing Zhang Shiyao still firing nonstop, Bai Qiu grabbed her without a word and activated his Berserk Skill.
All attributes increased by 100% for one minute.
Run!
He formed condensed mana barriers beneath his feet like stepping stones, descending rapidly.
Seconds later, he landed above the main highway and began sprinting at full speed.
Not for any special reason—simply because Zhang Shiyao could no longer kill that many priest skeletons in time.
There were too many.
It had become impossible for her to keep them in check.
Some were simply too far away—more than five hundred meters—already beginning their Soul Sacrifice ritual beyond her effective firing range.
They had likely been drawn here by the noise from Bai Qiu killing the Dragonfang Monarch.
Worse yet, Bai Qiu hadn’t recovered even a single Darksteel arrow.
Meaning he had lost his ability to perform long-range kills.
Going into melee to kill priest skeletons scattered all over the area was completely unrealistic.
By the time he ran over to kill one, several others would have completed their Soul Sacrifice.
If that happened, it would truly be a death scenario!
After activating the Berserk skill, Bai Qiu’s Agility finally managed to reach barely C-rank.
Holding Zhang Shiyao tightly in his arms, he sprinted with all his strength, leaving a trail of sparks scraping across the ground behind them.
In Bai Qiu’s embrace, Zhang Shiyao felt the violent wind whipping at her face so hard that she could barely open her eyes.
The scenery around them blurred backward as if she were riding a bullet train!
But she quickly sensed something terrifying—
Something behind them had already locked onto their position.
She never expected things to escalate to a point where even Bai Qiu couldn’t handle it!
Despite using Berserk, Bai Qiu’s Fivefold Arcane Crystallized Eyes didn’t deactivate.
Even with the raging wind, he could still clearly sense the massive energy behind them without turning back.
Dragonfang Monarchs had already been successfully summoned—
And not just one.
Thankfully, he had reacted with enough decisiveness.
He ran the moment he sensed the threat.
By the time the priest skeletons completed the summoning, Bai Qiu had already escaped nearly a full kilometer.
Under the Berserk buff, his speed wasn’t far off from the flying Dragonfang Monarchs!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two wyvern-like Dragonfang Monarchs flew in alternating patterns above the highway, minimizing wind resistance.
One would break the air in front, and as soon as it tired, the other would flap its wings and dive beneath it, taking the lead.
Back and forth they rotated, their acceleration astonishing.
Clack! Clack!
On the road, four Dragonfang Monarchs resembling massive versions of the Dragonfang Cavalry skeletons charged at full force.
The enormous skeletal warhorses beneath them galloped with explosive power—their speed nearly matching that of their airborne counterparts.
After the Soul Sacrifice ritual…
The number of boss-class Dragonfang Monarchs summoned to hunt Bai Qiu had reached an unbelievable six.
— The end of the Chapter–
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