Chapter 79

"Damn! I didn't expect it to end up being a futile effort. If I had known these damned undead were so strong, I wouldn't have targeted them in the first place." After summarizing the reasons for his plan's failure, Zhou Tian then shifted his gaze to the group of undead monsters.

"It seems my decision to hold back was correct. If I hadn't kept a trick up my sleeve, that puppet maker might have really pinned me down." After sighing, Zhou Tian waved his hand, and at that moment, he ordered the orcs under his command to move.

Under Zhou Tian's command, the orc warriors all stepped back, directly giving up the entrance to the second level of the Skeleton Cave. Then, just as the undead monsters on the second level of the Skeleton Cave were excitedly preparing to rush out, they were met with wave after wave of arrows.

Zhou Tian did not lie to those bosses; the orc archers' arrows were indeed limited. Once the current arrows were used up, they would basically be unable to use bows until the next day's refresh. However, when Zhou Tian explained it that way, he estimated that the bosses, under his intentional guidance, completely overlooked a problem.

Although the orc archers' arrows would only refresh after a day, that did not mean they could only launch one or two waves of attacks!

When the orc archers had performed well, Zhou Tian had used that reason to explain, and the bosses had not said anything. However, at that time, the bosses seemed to have overlooked the fact that when Zhou Tian used the orc archers to attack the group of undead monsters, he had only launched one or two waves of arrows. An orc archer's quiver could not possibly contain only one or two arrows! So, naturally, although it seemed that Zhou Tian had done his best at the time, he was still holding back.

Now, with the other bosses gone, to avoid excessive casualties among his orc warriors, Zhou Tian naturally used the hidden means he had kept.

As the orc warriors retreated, Zhou Tian had the orc archers form small teams, and after lining up, they took turns attacking the entrance passage.

Wave after wave of arrows continuously fell, and the undead monsters, who were only thinking of rushing out, naturally had no choice but to take the hits.

Due to the narrow space, the undead monsters, crowded together, had no room to dodge. After taking a few arrows, most of the undead monsters rushing out fell to the ground and died.

Thus, as Zhou Tian's orc archers continuously shot arrows, the undead monsters continuously fell. When one team of orc archers ran out of arrows, Zhou Tian would switch to another team. With the number of orc archers under Zhou Tian's command, forming a dozen teams was not a problem. Although a dozen teams of orc archers could not sustain the attack for long, with the occasional hesitation of the monsters and the help of the orc warriors, Zhou Tian holding off the undead monsters was not difficult at all.

"How boring, how long are these guys going to keep this up!" Watching his orc archers continuously shoot arrows and the undead monsters continuously fall in the passage below, Zhou Tian might not have felt much at first, but as time went on, he could no longer bear it.

Zhou Tian felt that the undead monsters died in batches, and in less than a day, the number of undead monsters killed by the arrows far exceeded the casualties of the previous war. Even so, the undead monsters still seemed endless, and no matter how Zhou Tian killed them, new undead monsters would immediately appear after the corpses refreshed.

If it were any other time, Zhou Tian would have long withdrawn. But unfortunately, he did not want the puppet maker and the others to know his current trump card. So, even though he found it boring, he had to stay in the Skeleton Cave and fight alongside his orc warriors.

Due to the boredom, Zhou Tian, with nothing to do, started looking around. He did not expect that his random observation would lead to a rather strange discovery.

"What is that?" While observing the undead monsters rushing to their deaths, Zhou Tian accidentally noticed that, at some point, a small light ball had appeared at the entrance to the second level.

Generally, monsters would quickly refresh after death, although not as quickly as in games. According to Zhou Tian's calculations, a monster's corpse would usually remain in place for only a few hours, and after refreshing, neither the dead monster nor its items would remain.

In other words, whatever that light ball was, it could not possibly be something left by the dead undead monsters.

Zhou Tian remembered that the entrance from the first to the second level of the Skeleton Cave should have been empty.

Since there was nothing there originally, and the dead undead monsters theoretically would not leave anything, Zhou Tian naturally could not help but be curious when he suddenly saw such a light ball.

Since he was curious, Zhou Tian naturally would not just sit there. For the puppet maker and the others, guarding the passage was a tedious task, but for Zhou Tian, it was not. After forming the idea in his mind, Zhou Tian did not consider whether his actions would be difficult. He ordered his orc archers to stop attacking and had a team of orc warriors clear the way, then he stepped toward the position of the light ball.

Whether it was due to the orc archers' loss of morale or the orc warriors' exceptional performance, despite the orcs' strength being far inferior to the other side, Zhou Tian quite easily repelled the group of undead monsters and successfully reached the position of the light ball.

"What is this thing?" When Zhou Tian finally reached the light ball, he was sure he had never seen anything like it before. Out of curiosity, he naturally wanted to study it.

Of course, given the current environment, it was not appropriate for Zhou Tian to study the light ball. Therefore, if he wanted to study it, he would have to take it back first.

"Hmm, I wonder if I can touch this thing. I'll use the axes!" Afraid that the light ball might be corrosive, Zhou Tian did not dare to touch it with his hands. So, he took out his dual axes and prepared to use the blades to pick it up.

However...

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