Chapter 159: Blood Moon, Strange Skeleton Monster
Skeleton monitor lizards are as high as 4th order 2 stars, and can burrow into the sand to attack from the soles of their feet, so they are easy to sneak attack once a battle starts.
Therefore, Ji Chen's plan to deal with them is also very simple, that is, to lure out these skeleton monitor lizards, and then let Alice control them and use the enemy for her own use.
Bait is needed to attract them, Ji Chen looked left and right, and his gaze stayed on the self-detonating water spider.
These water spiders also have a very good ability to move through the sand, so they are perfect for bait.
Ji Chen first led the army back for a distance of about two or three kilometers and set up an ambush on the top of a sand dune.
With a wave of his big hand, the fifty self-detonating water spiders broke away from the team, fluttering with eight long legs, and approached the stone forest from all directions.
Sensing the presence of living beings, a large number of skeleton monster bees swarmed towards them, including most of the skeleton monitor lizards.
The blue flames in the eyes of the skeleton monitor lizard flashed, the mouth of the canine teeth clicked, and the thick forearms of the stubby fell, and the sand flew up, and the whole body burrowed into the sand, arching a slender sand channel on the surface, heading towards the enemy.
Seeing that it had successfully attracted the skeleton monitor lizard, the self-detonating water spider ignored the other skeleton monsters and did not hesitate to turn around and run, quickly fleeing at a speed that was beyond reach.
The skeletal monitor lizard moved very fast through the gravel, and suddenly disconnected from the other skeletons, leaving it behind, following the ass of the self-exploding water spider, and even jumped out of the sand several times, almost pounced on them.
Each self-destructing spider is mostly followed by one or two skeletal monitor lizards, although they flee in different directions, and the route is twisting and turning.
But if you look down from the air, you can see that they all end up in the same place, under the sand dunes where the ambush was laid.
The two chased after me, and soon they were out of the sensing range of the other skeletons, and they lost their targets and stayed in place in a daze.
Above the dunes.
Ji Chen looked at the hundreds of constantly arching sand and gravel behind the self-exploding water spider in the distance, and his heart was certain, and his eyes signaled Alice to prepare to make a move.
Alice nodded and stood in front of the dunes.
Soon, fifty self-detonating spiders were uniting in one place from all directions, galloping up the dunes and separating from both sides of the army.
Less than 100 meters behind, hundreds of skeletal monitor lizards suddenly jumped out of the sand, bringing up large clouds of sand and dust, and crawling with gusts of vicious winds.
The timing is perfect!
Alice is already a purple rarity, and the level is as high as level 28, dealing with these skeleton monitor lizards at the beginning of the fourth order is not easy, but also easy.
As soon as the song came out, these big guys, who were fierce one second, turned into well-behaved puppies the next second, crawling quietly on the hillside, and if they had tongues, they might stick out like puppies to please their owners.
Seeing that the task of attracting monsters was completed perfectly, Ji Chen did not waste time, and immediately asked the army to kill these skeleton monitor lizards one by one.
Because of the special pig control mode, the skeleton clan is one of the few races in Alice that cannot directly control it to turn against water, and if the enemy's superior skeleton is not higher than her, it can only be immobilized at most, and cannot directly snatch control.
Therefore, it is best to draw out the kill alone.
"Ding~ You killed 106 skeleton monitor lizards, gained 52520 experience, and the current experience value is level 28 [5%/100%]"
Another sum of tens of thousands of experience has been credited, which has increased the experience bar that has just been upgraded.
Ji Chen was in a good mood.
Deal with these skeleton monitor lizards, and there is nothing he can care about in that skeleton camp.
For him now, as long as the number of these low-level and low-level skeleton monsters does not exceed a critical value, it is only a matter of time before they are solved.
The army marched again, returned to the stone forest, and began to attack directly.
A few hours later.
After clearing out the tens of thousands of skeleton monsters entrenched on the periphery, the group began to enter the stone forest.
When he came out, Ji Chen's backpack already had a low-level skeleton nest and two white heroic soul spirits, and the smile on his face didn't stop.
How do you feel that heroes are so easy to get?
In the blink of an eye, the crown of the ocean could add two more white heroes.
It's in Hero Wholesale Ah!
In a good mood, he left the Stone Forest with his army and headed towards the Red Desert, continuing to search for the next skeleton camp.
As everyone knows, Skeletron, who is thousands of miles away, has already noticed what happened in the two skeleton camps.
A huge castle built on a hill and perched on a cliff.
This is the supreme existence of the entire secret realm, the residence of Skeletron, the object of submission of all skeletons.
In the dimly lit halls.
Skeletron's hoarse voice echoed.
"Yesterday and today, two low-level skeleton camps in the Red Desert region lost contact one after another, can anyone tell me what's going on there?"
A skeleton hero kneeling on the ground with a staff at the bottom said, "Report to my king, it's not clear what you've found, but maybe it's only a temporary hiatus. β
"But what if the few skeleton heroes guarding there also lose contact at the same time?"
"Thisβ" The mage skeleton hero was shocked, and the soul fire in his eyes flickered.
If the skeleton hero has lost contact with the king, doesn't that mean it has fallen?
But in this secret realm, which is completely ruled by the skeletons, how could it fall without warning?
Looking at his silent subordinates, Skeletron said slowly, "Just yesterday, the portal to the outside world that I was about to forcibly open was interrupted, which means that the human in the outside world probably knows about our plan. β
"It is very likely that he has taken the initiative to open the portal and has already entered this realm."
"So these two low-level skeleton camps may have been defeated by him."
"How dare that human? This is the sacred land of our people! The Mage Skeleton Hero was furious, "King, I am willing to lead an elite army to exterminate him and bring him to you to be punished!" β
"Let him know the greatness and inviolability of your king!"
The Skeletron pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Very well, I will allow you, Yaskar, you must bring that human back, dead to see people, and alive to see corpses." β
"Since that human was able to defeat the two skeleton camps so quickly, the strength should not be weak, and it happened that the evil wind was killed by it before, and this time it happened to transform that human into our companion to fill the void of the evil wind."
"My king is wise!"
"Go ahead."
Hearing this, Yaska stood up and saluted, and slowly exited the hall.
Soon, in the camp under the giant castle, an elite skeleton army with an average rank of nearly four ranks rushed out, led by Yaskar, towards the direction of the Red Desert.
...
"My lord, this is the low-level skeleton lair of this skeleton camp and a white heroic spirit."
"Only one?" Ji Chen took it and said with some disgust.
This is the fifth skeleton camp they have breached, and it is as low-level as the previous four, but there is only one white skeleton hero guarding it inside.
So far, the five skeleton camps have produced a total of five low-level skeleton nests and ten white heroic soul spirits.
As for the more advanced Green Skeleton Heroes and Intermediate Skeleton Lairs, none of them were seen.
He guessed that only the larger skull camp might show up.
Thinking of this, Ji Chen looked at the vast red desert around him, and couldn't help but sigh.
Although they have gained a lot, they have all walked for three whole days and have not yet walked out of this red desert.
Could it be that this secret realm is all red desert terrain?
The bigger question is, where does he go to find Skeletron?
This kind of directionless progress in the Red Desert, the efficiency of searching and searching is too low.
If only Skeletron had come looking for him...
Thinking of this, Ji Chen led the army out of this messy skeleton camp, looking for a place to camp.
Just three hours after they left.
Yaska arrived with the Skeleton Legion, and when she saw the already dilapidated skeleton camp without seeing the enemy, she couldn't help but roar in anger.
"Damn!! Why is it a step too late!? β
"If I catch that human, I'll torture him before I take him to the king!"
After receiving the king's orders, it set out with its legions overnight to the two skeleton camps, and then followed the traces left by the enemy.
But I don't know if it's luck or something else.,Every time it's always staggered with the enemy.,Every time it's late.γ
Before the enemy could see the shadow, they lost three more skeleton camps.
Looking at the devastated camp, Yaska felt like the fire of its soul was about to stop burning.
After scolding, as if in a state of confusion, it raised its staff and fired more than a dozen soul fireballs at the camp, blasting the few remaining bone buildings to pieces before stopping.
At this time, the subordinates who were trembling dared to speak up: "My lord, it is almost night, the blood moon is about to come out, we need to set up camp as soon as possible." β
Hearing this, Yaska raised her head and saw the blood moon gradually emerging from behind the dark clouds, and her heart trembled.
No matter how confident it was, it didn't dare to march at night in this red desert.
After all, in this red desert, there are many taboos, especially for their undead clans, touching the taboo will cause them to lose their sanity and vitality, and at worst, their souls will melt and disappear into the desert completely.
Legend has it that this is related to an undead powerhouse from outside the world...
Although it was still reluctant in its heart, it still had to give orders to camp here and wait until the next day to continue the pursuit.
Behind a sand dune dozens of miles away from the skeleton camp here, Ji Chen and his party camped here, but they didn't rest immediately.
The army was neatly arranged, as if waiting for something.
Soon, in the dim desert in the distance, burning red flames appeared, accompanied by the sound of bones grinding that could hardly be concealed by the sound of the wind.
A large number of skeleton monsters appeared in view, from far to near, all over the mountains and fields, and the originally dark desert was replaced by white.
Seeing this, without a moment's hesitation, Ji Chen ordered to start attacking.
Tridents, water arrows, and bone spurs crackled out, and melee classes such as the Naga Berserker wielded weapons to fend off the tide of skeletons.
The sound of fighting resounded throughout the night.
By the time the battle was over, it was already midnight.
Ji Chen looked at the skeleton monster that disappeared behind the sand dunes in the distance, and looked up at the heavy dark clouds that the blood moon slowly disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Tonight was their third night here, and the third time they had been attacked by a large number of skeletons during the night.
At first, he thought that Skeletron had discovered their existence and sent a large number of Skeletrons to surround them.
But then Ji Chen quickly ruled out this idea.
The simple reason is that enemies will not appear when a Blood Moon appears, and then leave as soon as they disappear.
What about getting off work here?
Leaving tonight when it's time?
At night, the blood moon in the sky will appear exactly on time.
Not long after its appearance, a large number of skeleton monsters with flames of the same color as the Blood Moon will inexplicably appear in the depths of the desert.
These skeletons are strange to those found in the skeleton camp, extremely irritable and crazy.
And such a large number of skeleton monsters, without any skeleton hero command, is a very incredible thing in itself.
He had left a few of them behind on purpose, quietly following them as they left at the end of the blood moon, trying to figure out where they had come from.
But miraculously, when they followed up a sand dune, they found that these strange skeletons had disappeared in front of their eyes, without a trace.
If this scene is placed on the blue star, it will be the entire ten unsolved mysteries, to say the least.
Coming back to his senses, Ji Chen shook his head.
Anyway, it doesn't get in the way, so many skeleton monsters have brought a lot of benefits.
The experience gained from destroying the Skeleton Camp during the day, combined with the experience gained from fending off the Sea of Skeletons at night, allowed them to level up by leaps and bounds.
Ji Chen's current level has reached a high level of 31, and the level that has been raised in three days in the secret realm will take at least thirty days to be upgraded to the outside world.
However, as the level has broken through level 30, not only has the amount of experience required to level up has increased exponentially, but the experience points obtained from killing these low-level skeletons have also been severely reduced.
The difficulty of leveling up has increased by more than a star and a half.
But fortunately, the number of skeleton monsters is enough, as long as the experience of killing one is not zero, then it can add up to a lot and gather sand into a tower, and you can still get some experience more or less.
Ji Chen looked at the sky, stretched, and walked into the tent to rest.
The next day, the spirited heroes and the army set out again.
But it didn't take long to see a surging skeleton army chasing after him.
At the head of the group was Yaskar, who had been pursuing him for several days.
When it saw Ji Chen and his party in the distance, the fire of his soul suddenly flickered, and his heart was ecstatic.
Damn it!
They've finally caught up with the enemy!
It is going to exert all its power to let that humanity know the consequences of angering the Great King, and its Yaskar!!
On it together