Chapter 52

In the team led by Cheng Yang, all the members were among the first to change their professions. After several days of battle, their combat awareness had gradually developed. Although they still had a significant gap compared to Cheng Yang himself, they were no longer as inexperienced as they were at the beginning.

Niu Bing immediately summoned a spectral wolf, which fearlessly plunged into the crowd of skeletons.

This spectral wolf seemed to be on a high, wildly tearing at the surrounding skeletons. Due to the summoner's attack bonus, each of its attacks could instantly kill a skeleton, making it extremely formidable for a while.

The skeleton group, due to the sudden intrusion of this disruptive spectral wolf, shifted their targets to it, temporarily forgetting to continue their charge forward.

Cheng Yang and the others were not idle. The five ranged classes acted like mobile artillery, pouring their attacks onto the skeletons. Skeletons were continuously being shattered, turning into piles of dry bones.

Apart from Cheng Yang, the other ranged classes had limited mana. Even with mana-boosting equipment, they only had about forty points. After seven or eight rounds of intense firing, they had to rely on natural mana recovery. However, when they set out that morning, Cheng Yang had already instructed them to bring extra mana potions, so they were not worried about the consumption.

The other ranged classes were also not idle. They continued to attack, but their attack power was far behind the five teammates who received the skill boost. After their mana was depleted, they were unwilling to use potions and instead sat down to recover.

One of Niu Bing's spectral wolves had already died, but before the skeleton soldiers could continue their charge, a second spectral wolf rushed out. This new spectral wolf was not summoned by Niu Bing, as his skill was still on cooldown.

This new spectral wolf was not as formidable as the previous one. After rushing in, it failed to kill a single skeleton and was killed after enduring three rounds of attacks from four skeletons.

Fortunately, there were still several summoners in Cheng Yang's team. Before the first spectral wolf died, the next one was already ready.

"Lord, this battle is too easy, isn't it?" Niu Bing, bored, couldn't help but complain.

Cheng Yang said, "Don't be too happy yet, you'll be crying soon."

After about twenty seconds, over a hundred skeleton soldiers were all shattered, and the battle came to a halt. Fortunately, the battle ended at this moment; otherwise, when the last spectral wolf was killed, the warriors would have had to step up to fight the monsters.

"Is it over just like that?" Liu Hao said in disbelief, "I haven't even had a chance to show my skills!"

Liu Hao indeed hadn't had a chance to show his skills, as he was a warrior, and in this battle, the warriors had been standing aside the whole time.

"Don't worry, you'll have your chance. This is just the first wave of monsters," Cheng Yang said.

Sure enough, after waiting for about half a minute, the ground about seventy to eighty meters ahead began to tremble again, and a group of nearly two hundred skeletons charged over.

"Kill..." Cheng Yang shouted, signaling the start of the battle again.

Niu Bing summoned his spectral wolf, but this time it didn't last long. After rushing into the skeleton group and killing two small skeletons, it was killed by four skeletons in two rounds of attacks.

"There's a mid-level first-stage monster inside, everyone be careful," Niu Bing said, knowing his spectral wolf well. The fact that it was killed in just two rounds meant that there was more than just ordinary skeleton soldiers.

"Old Yu, focus fire on the black-gray skeleton," Cheng Yang quickly ordered, then waved his magic staff, sending a magic missile straight at the black-gray skeleton in the group.

"Thud..." The magic missile hit its target, but the black-gray skeleton did not disintegrate. Instead, a faint green light flashed in its hollow eyes, preparing to continue the fight.

But at this moment, Yu Kai's attack also arrived, an arrow hitting the skeleton's forehead. The green light in its eyes disappeared, and its body instantly collapsed into a pile of dry bones.

Without the interference of the mid-level first-stage monster, the remaining battle became much easier.

However, because Niu Bing's spectral wolf did not last long enough, and this time there were about forty to fifty more skeletons than before, when all the spectral wolves were killed, the warriors had to step up.

This battle lasted about a minute, and all the skeleton soldiers were eliminated.

The seven warriors on the outer perimeter were all injured, but fortunately, the injuries were not severe, otherwise, they would have had to use health potions to recover.

Just as the battle ended, the ground in the distance began to tremble again, and dry bones started to reassemble.

"Damn, is this ever going to end?" Yu Kai cursed, originally planning to sit and recover his mana, but now he had to stand up again and drink a mana potion.

Cheng Yang, while preparing for the battle, said, "It seems the monsters appear every minute, but I don't know how many waves there are. ... Be careful, this time we might face more than one skeleton leader."

The skeleton leader Cheng Yang referred to was the mid-level first-stage skeleton soldier, the Skeleton Warrior, which had its own unique name.

This statement surprised everyone, and they all looked up, noticing that there were indeed two skeletons with different colors in the group, just like the one killed by Cheng Yang and Niu Bing earlier.

The previous Skeleton Warrior had instantly killed Niu Bing's spectral wolf, but this time they were prepared, so such a situation would not happen again.

Cheng Yang and the other four ranged classes with explosive attack power immediately unleashed their power. The two Skeleton Warriors, as soon as they entered the range, bravely fell to the ground, turning into two piles of ordinary dry bones.

This time, the skeleton group was larger, with about 250 skeletons.

Faced with this situation, relying on just one or two spectral wolves was clearly not enough to hold back the main force. Cheng Yang had no choice but to order the team to tighten their formation, with all the warriors and spectral wolves forming a circle on the outer perimeter, desperately resisting the enemy's attacks.

With no worries about the rear, Cheng Yang and the others began to launch a frenzied attack.

After several intense battles, over two hundred skeleton soldiers were killed again, and the cost to Cheng Yang's side was only some mana potions. In this regard, humans indeed had a significant advantage. Without potions, combatants of equal strength would find it difficult to defeat even a single demonized beast, but after taking potions, over thirty people successfully defeated over two hundred demonized beasts. Although the six people in Cheng Yang's group played a significant role, the powerful effect of the potions could not be denied.

"Lord, there won't be any more, right?" Liu Hao, exhausted, said with a wail.

Cheng Yang smiled and said, "Didn't you say you hadn't had a chance to show your skills?"

Liu Hao said bitterly, "Wasn't that just talk? I've been at the front the whole time, and this high-intensity battle consumes a lot of stamina."

Cheng Yang looked ahead and said, "Your words are quite prophetic. There is indeed another wave."

Liu Hao looked up and saw that the dry bones on the ground were indeed moving frantically again, forming skeletons quickly and lining up in a neat formation, exuding a solemn and deadly atmosphere.

"What big monsters are there this time?" Yu Kai, seeing the scene, which was different from before, immediately realized that the situation was not good.

Cheng Yang said, "You guessed right. This time, there is a late-stage first-stage Skeleton Warrior in the group, along with three mid-stage first-stage Skeleton Warriors."

Yu Kai and the others' faces changed, and they immediately asked, "How do we fight them?"

Cheng Yang said, "First, we take out the Skeleton Warrior. Its health is around 120 points. We three will focus fire on it and should be able to kill it. The other two will focus on the Skeleton Warriors, and then there will be only two left. The skeleton soldiers are not fast, so we still have time to launch an attack before they charge. But after that, we will face a tough battle. There are about three hundred skeleton soldiers here, and it will be up to the warriors to hold them off."

"That's the only way," Liu Hao lifted his shield and said, "Warriors, can we hold off the skeleton group, right?"

"Right!" All the warriors shouted in unison.

At this moment, the skeleton army in the distance had already gathered, and a black bone sword was raised in the group. Then, the entire skeleton group charged towards Cheng Yang and the others.

"Kill!" Cheng Yang and the other two mages simultaneously shot a magic missile at the black Skeleton Warrior. At the same time, the other two ranged classes also launched their attacks, targeting another Skeleton Warrior.

Everyone was hoping that these two big monsters would be killed smoothly, but when Cheng Yang's three attacks hit the Skeleton Warrior, a gray light appeared on its body, instantly absorbing the three magic missiles.

After the attacks dissipated, the Skeleton Warrior was still standing there unharmed. The Skeleton Warrior that was attacked beside it, however, instantly disintegrated.

The combatants behind were stunned. What was going on? Was this thing immune to attacks?

Cheng Yang's face also changed. Although he had done this dungeon before, at that time, they had already reached late-stage first-stage, and a barrage of attacks had killed the Skeleton Warrior before it could even react. It certainly wouldn't have continued to charge like this.

However, with his rich combat experience, seeing that the skeleton group had already advanced about ten meters, he made a quick decision and shouted, "Continue the attack!" He then shot another magic missile, and the other two mages also regained their senses, aiming at the target and firing two more magic missiles.

"Thud... thud, thud..." After three consecutive dull sounds, the Skeleton Warrior finally fell to the ground.

At this moment, the other two ranged classes had also killed another Skeleton Warrior.

But after this round of attacks, the front of the skeleton group was already close to Cheng Yang's side, and the battle instantly broke out.

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