in2ebook Chapter 259: The BOSS Appears, with Unique Characteristics
Chapter 259: The BOSS Appears, with Unique Characteristics
Chapter 259: The BOSS Appears, with Unique Characteristics
Jiang Chen's speed of advancement in the core area gradually slowed down.
The place is teeming with monsters, and starlight is constantly falling, forcing him to be constantly aware of threats on the ground and in the air.
Jiang Chen had personally witnessed a large group of flying monsters passing by; their numbers were enormous, their presence astonishing, and they were all at least level 64 or higher.
Despite the superior strength of his undead army, a battle is inevitable against such a large enemy force, and it could result in significant casualties.
Jiang Chen originally wanted to see the BOSS of the core area in person, but now it seems that the possibility of him even reaching the center of the core area is extremely slim.
Five days after entering the core area, he had only traveled less than 1000 kilometers. The core area is much larger than the previous two areas, and it would take at least a month, or even longer, to reach the center.
In these five days, Jiang Chen encountered two group attacks by monsters.
One group consisted of a herd of goat-like monsters known as Battle Goats, numbering about 30.
They are enormous in size and have a wide range of skills; a single group attack can instantly kill more than 20 skeleton warriors.
A battle broke out, and although they won, they lost more than 70 skeleton warriors.
Jiang Chen felt sorry for them, so he began to carefully avoid groups of monsters.
However, in the core area, groups of monsters like the Battle Goat are more common, and their numbers increase as you go deeper.
This is precisely why the pace of progress is slowing down.
Even if Jiang Chen is extremely careful, monsters will still come knocking on his door even if he doesn't seek them out. A sliver of starlight exploded right above his head.
In an instant, a group of flying monsters set their sights on Jiang Chen.
After a major battle, the skeleton warriors suffered another loss of over 80.
This time, even the skeleton mages lost 10.
Adding to the previous losses, they have lost nearly half of their undead army.
Jiang Chen had to stop and begin meditating to replenish his undead army.
"There are too many monsters, and they are too strong. Especially their skills; although they don't have any control features, almost all of them are powerful area-of-effect attacks."
"The skeleton's level is not high enough, and its vitality is insufficient, making it easy to be killed instantly."
"Fighting like this isn't a solution."
The progress is too slow; it only took 5 days to advance 1000 kilometers.
Especially in the last two days, we basically walked 200 kilometers.
The inability to explode corpses means that every major battle takes a lot of time.
Having finally replenished the undead army, Jiang Chen stood up, ready to continue his advance.
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.
The smooth ground trembled slightly, and a group of monsters rushed towards them, heading straight for them.
"I go!"
Jiang Chen used the same kind of吐槽 (tu cao, a form of humorous criticism) he had used in his previous life.
It was too late to dodge; we had no choice but to fight.
Fortunately, it seems there aren't many, only 10.
"Battlefield Ironclad Beast"
"Level: 62"
Strength: 80000 Agility: 40000
"Spirit: 20000"
Constitution: 60000
"Skill: Charge"
"Trait: Reduces physical damage by 50% and elemental damage by 50%"
Jiang Chen saw the information transmitted back by the detection technique and felt slightly relieved. "Fortunately, it's not very strong."
The attributes looked alright, but Jiang Chen still didn't let his guard down.
The monsters in the core area that are level 60 and above are truly powerful because of their various skills.
This is the key reason why the skeletons were damaged.
The Battlefield Armored Beast looks somewhat like the wolfhound I'd seen in my previous life.
Its body is covered with a layer of skin that resembles armor, with some spikes, making it look very defensive.
Skeleton warriors lined up to meet them.
Since the Ironclad Beast's agility attribute was quite ordinary, Jiang Chen directly chose the damage curse, hoping to end the battle quickly.
The moment the two sides made contact, dazzling light erupted from the armored beasts of the battlefield.
They unleashed their skills recklessly, rampaging through everything in their path.
At that moment, the skeletons were pushed aside.
The armored beast's skills don't deal much damage, but they have a knockback effect, preventing the skeletons from getting close.
The armored beast didn't fight the skeletons at all; it withstood their attacks and charged straight out of their encirclement.
Without looking back, he ran off into the distance and disappeared.
Jiang Chen was stunned. What was going on?
Every monster I've encountered these past few days has fought me to the death.
If you're going to run for your life, it's when you're about to die. Unlike now, you run away the moment you make contact.
"Something seems to be wrong."
"They're more like... running for their lives!"
Jiang Chen suddenly realized something was wrong; these armored beasts were really running for their lives.
But why run for your life...?
The earthquake tremors intensified, and Jiang Chen cried out in alarm.
Turning my head, I saw a huge monster in my line of sight.
Snake mouth and tail, turtle body, tiger claws…
Its length is estimated to be over 20 meters and its height is over 5 meters.
Large and fast, without any of the clumsiness of turtle monsters.
BOSS!
My heart tightened.
This BOSS also spotted Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen's presence piqued its interest, and a hint of killing intent flashed clearly in its eyes.
Jiang Chen had witnessed this killing intent many times in the past few days.
It changed direction, abandoning its pursuit of the armored beast, and charged towards Jiang Chen instead.
Without a second thought, Jiang Chen used his detection technique first.
"Battlefield Serpent Turtle (Boss-level Monster)"
"Level: 64"
Strength: 180000
Agility: 80000
"Spirit: 40000"
Constitution: 200000
Skills: Earthshaker, Whiplash, Turtle
"Trait: Reduces elemental damage by 60% and physical damage by 70%"
Looking at the attributes, Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on. The skills and traits were very simple; the elemental and physical immunity traits were slightly stronger than those of ordinary monsters.
However, its attribute value is as high as 50, which is quite astonishing.
In particular, his strength is as high as 18, and his physique reaches 20.
It possesses extremely high attack and defense.
In addition, there's the powerful vitality that a BOSS possesses.
Jiang Chen judged that the fight would be very tiring.
"The losses from this battle will be substantial."
Based on my understanding of monsters level 60 and above over the past few days, their skills are getting stronger and stronger.
Needless to say, the BOSS in front of us is definitely stronger.
The skeletons will inevitably be lost again.
Now that things have come to this, he has been targeted and has no choice but to fight.
Eleven undead legions appeared, blocking Jiang Chen's path. The Lich General simultaneously activated his buff, unleashing a burst of white light into the sky.
The 1690 skeleton mages quickly dispersed, forming a huge arc-shaped encirclement.
The snake-turtle charged forward with tremendous force and shock, sending hundreds of skeleton warriors flying.
It's not some kind of skill effect; it's simply immense power.
The skeleton warrior was constantly buffed, but his strength was still less than 6.
It's three times less than the 180,000 for the snake turtle.
There's no way to fight against it.
Jiang Chen saw this and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
His advantage had completely disappeared; even when facing the Earth-Touching Dragon God, the gap wasn't this large.
After charging forward for some distance, the snake-turtle was finally stopped by the skeleton warriors. 2600 skeleton warriors had surrounded it, and many of them jumped onto its back.
He swung his broadsword and began hacking down on people's heads and faces.
A red light flashed in Jiang Chen's hand, "Damage Curse!"
Its defense is too strong, and it also has dual immunity to physical and elemental damage.
Without the damage curse, the skeletons' attacks are completely ineffective against it.
The snake-turtle raised its head and roared.
Its whole body glowed, and it suddenly leaped into the air, dozens of meters above the ground, before crashing down heavily.
Skill: Earthshaker.
The earth shook violently and then cracked open.
The massive cracks spread out like a spider web, unleashing terrifying energy.
Skeleton warriors flew outwards like raindrops, each one severely wounded.
The Lich General immediately began treatment, with white light flashing and leaping continuously.
Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, "Such powerful skills!"
This skill not only sent all six hundred or so skeleton warriors flying, but also severely injured them.
Even with the Lich General's healing skills, it would take at least a dozen hits to fully recover.
Fortunately, the skeleton warriors on its back were unaffected.
The skeleton warriors who weren't knocked away quickly rushed forward to fill the gaps.
The skeleton mage's attacks had arrived, landing heavily on the snake-turtle.
Jiang Chen's hands were still engulfed in flames.
At the same time, a green star ring exploded on the snake turtle's body.
"Venomous Star Ring LV10: Creates poison damage within a 10-meter radius, dealing damage equal to 100 points of Strength per second for 10 seconds."