Chapter 25

The Skeleton Clan, not expecting Zhou Tian to dare to launch an attack against them, was caught off guard, which allowed Zhou Tian to easily block the entrance.

After Zhou Tian blocked the entrance, although the Skeleton Clan did not know exactly what had happened, they could understand that an enemy had arrived at the entrance from the deaths of all the skeletons there. In such a situation, the Skeleton Clan naturally sent more skeletons to attack outward.

When those skeletons discovered that there were so many half-orcs blocking the entrance, although the Skeleton Clan had not anticipated this, they immediately reacted upon seeing the situation.

No matter what, the Skeleton Clan would absolutely not allow Zhou Tian to block their entrance like this. Therefore, when more skeletons arrived at the entrance, they did not hesitate and immediately launched an attack.

However, because the Skeleton Clan did not expect the situation at the entrance, although they sent a certain number of troops, the number of troops they sent at that time was not enough to pose a threat to Zhou Tian. As a result, when the Skeleton Clan's warriors attacked Zhou Tian, they not only failed to drive Zhou Tian away but were all killed by Zhou Tian's group.

However, after Zhou Tian and his group eliminated the second wave of skeletons, the pressure on them soon followed.

Not only because Zhou Tian and his group had killed two groups of skeletons in the Skeleton Cave, but also because, as Zhou Tian and his group took action, the skeletons outside the cave and the half-orcs were constantly engaging in battles, leading to a large number of skeletons dying at the same time. The situation, which did not seem to be caused by players, was reported to the Skeleton King, who naturally activated the alert and led most of his warriors to the entrance.

"Kill!" The Skeleton King originally thought they were being attacked by NPCs, but when he arrived at the entrance and discovered that the commotion was caused by Zhou Tian and his group of half-orcs, he felt extremely angry. After roaring, he immediately led his skeletons to attack Zhou Tian.

"Hold the line, we must not let them break our formation."

Facing the attack of the Skeleton Clan, Zhou Tian did not dare to be careless. After shouting loudly, he immediately tightened his grip on the sacrificial scepter and directed his half-orc warriors to hold the line.

"Hopefully it will be fine!" Zhou Tian was indeed very nervous. Before the action, Zhou Tian had made the necessary preparations and calculated that achieving his goal was not impossible. However, when he really took action and faced the Skeleton Clan's counterattack, he realized that he had underestimated the situation.

At first, Zhou Tian only saw the weaknesses of the Skeleton Clan and felt that his plan had a high probability of successfully occupying the outer territory of the Skeleton Clan based on his calculations. However, a plan is just a plan, and Zhou Tian's plan could not make him truly feel the threat of the Skeleton Clan. When the situation really happened, and Zhou Tian saw tens of thousands of skeletons charging at him, it was impossible for him not to be nervous.

The weakest warriors of the Skeleton Clan were not much weaker than the half-orc warriors on his side, let alone the strong ones in the Skeleton Clan, who were not even a match for Zhou Tian, the half-orc leader. In such a situation, Zhou Tian found it hard to believe that his small group of warriors could completely block the Skeleton Clan inside the cave.

However, given the current situation, Zhou Tian had no choice but to hold the line. If he retreated, he might be torn apart by the skeletons.

What slightly comforted Zhou Tian was that the entrance to the Skeleton Cave was not very large, and five half-orc warriors were enough to block it. Although the Skeleton Clan was powerful, Zhou Tian's hundred half-orc warriors could form several lines of defense. Thus, using the advantage of the terrain, Zhou Tian still had a chance of winning.

Moreover, although the Skeleton Clan was much stronger than the half-orcs, in terms of intelligence, the two races were about the same. Therefore, although the Skeleton Clan was very powerful, they might not know how to use their advantages when dealing with Zhou Tian.

In fact, with the Skeleton Clan's strength, they did not need to use many tactics. When dealing with enemies like Zhou Tian, a few waves of attacks from a group of skeleton archers would be enough to make Zhou Tian and his group unable to fight back.

Unfortunately, the intelligence of the skeletons was similar to that of the half-orcs, and they only acted according to their instincts. As a result, although there were simple ways to win, the skeletons did not think of them, so such situations would not happen.

In fact, although the Skeleton Clan was very angry due to Zhou Tian's provocation, they only knew how to charge chaotically and did not know how to use their advantages reasonably. There was even a situation where a group of skeleton archers rushed to the front of the half-orc warriors and engaged in melee combat.

As a result, although the Skeleton Clan was powerful and numerous, due to their unreasonable combat methods, they failed to defeat Zhou Tian and his group in the first place and even turned what should have been an easy victory into a prolonged battle.

However, even in a prolonged battle, the strength of the Skeleton Clan still put immense pressure on Zhou Tian.

Even with the advantage of the terrain, it could not change the gap in strength between the two sides. When the half-orc warriors faced skeleton warriors, they could achieve some results and ultimately win. However, if they were unlucky and faced skeleton warriors, the half-orc warriors would have to sacrifice seven or eight members to stop the skeleton warriors.

As a result, although Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors were working hard to hold the line, the casualties on their side were quite high. Even with the help of the sacrificial scepter, more than half of Zhou Tian's hundred half-orc warriors died in less than an hour.

At that point, although Zhou Tian had bought a lot of time for his other half-orcs, due to the incompetence of the beast slaves and half-orc warriors, Zhou Tian had to fight to the death.

If the defense line collapsed, Zhou Tian would not be able to return alive today. Since he was already on the brink of life and death, even if Zhou Tian cherished his life, he still had to take action.

Speaking of which, the half-orcs, like other monster subraces, had Zhou Tian, their leader, as the strongest. Therefore, when facing strong enemies, although Zhou Tian's appearance did not boost morale, it did indeed add to their combat strength.

In fact, after Zhou Tian joined the battle, he immediately demonstrated the combat strength that a leader of the half-orcs should have.