Lin Moyu's pace slowed as he ventured deeper into the core area. The sheer number of monsters, combined with the constant threat of falling shooting stars and aerial attacks from flying monsters, forced him to remain vigilant. He once witnessed a formation of over 100 flying monsters, their imposing presence felt even from thousands of ters away. These creatures, at least level 64, could be defeated by his undead legions, but not without significant losses—potentially hundreds of skeletons.
Initially, Lin Moyu intended to explore the core area and take a look at the supposedly undefeatable boss. However, after five days, he had barely covered 1,000 kiloters. The core area was vast, larger than the previous regions, and at his current pace, reaching its center could take over a month.
During these five days, Lin Moyu encountered two groups of monsters. One was a pack of three ter-tall goat-like monsters, with hooves larger than a human head, aptly nad as Battlefield Goats. They possessed a group attack skill. 10 Battlefield Goats unleashed their skill simultaneously, killing over 20 Skeletal Warriors in an instant.
Although Lin Moyu erged victorious, but he lost over 70 skeletons, which was a significant blow. Since then, he avoided provoking monster groups. However, the monsters in the core area grew more nurous as he advanced, slowing his progress.
Despite his caution, battles were inevitable. A teor exploded above, attracting a group of flying monsters. After a fierce fight, Lin Moyu lost over 80 Skeletal Warriors and 10 Skeletal Mages, nearly half of an undead legion. He had to stop and ditated to replenish his forces, frustrated by the slow progress
"The monsters here are too nurous and powerful. Their skills, although lacking control effect, are devastating group attack skills. The skeletons aren't strong enough to withstand them." Lin Moyu mused, "This approach isn't sustainable."
With only 1,000 kiloters covered in five days, and just 200 kiloters in the last two, Lin Moyu felt the pressure. Corpse Explosion was unusable, making each battle ti-consuming.
Just as he finished replenishing his forces, the ground trembled. A group of monsters appeared, charging towards him.
"Shit!" Lin Moyu couldn't help but curse. With no ti to escape, he prepared for battle. Fortunately, there were only 10 monsters.
[Battlefield Ironclad Beast]
[Level: 62]
[Strength: 80,000]
[Agility: 40,000]
[Spirit: 20,000]
[Physique: 60,000]
[Skill: Smash]
[Traits: 50% Physical Damage Reduction, 50% Elental Damage Reduction]
Seeing the information provided by the Detection spell, Lin Moyu was relieved, "At least they're not too strong."
Things seed manageable. But Lin Moyu didn't let his guard down. He knew that in the core areas, monsters above level 60 could be formidable, not just because of their strength but due to the skills they possessed. These skills were the real danger.
The Battlefield Ironclad Beasts resembled wolfdogs from his past life, but with armor-like skin and spikes, indicating strong defense. Their agility was ordinary, so Lin Moyu opted to use Damage Curse, hoping to end the battle quickly.
The Skeletal Warriors ford a formation to et them. When the two sides made contact, the Battlefield Ironclad Beasts emitted dazzling light, knocking the skeletons in front of them away. The Battlefield Ironclad Beasts' skill, while not greatly powerful, had a knockback effect that kept the skeletons at bay. However, instead of engaging the skeletons, they pushed through and fled into the distance.
Lin Moyu was stunned. What was going on? The monsters he had encountered thus far fought fiercely and only retreated when near death. Yet these beasts ran away right off the bat, "Sothing's not right. They look like they're… fleeing for their lives!" Lin Moyu realized. But from what?
The ground shook more violently, and Lin Moyu's heart sank. A massive creature appeared—serpent head and tail, turtle body, and tiger claws, over 20 ters long and 5 ters tall. Despite its size, it moved swiftly, without the typical clumsiness of turtle-type monsters.
It was a boss. Lin Moyu's nerves stretched taut.
The creature noticed Lin Moyu, its eyes flashing with murderous intent. Abandoning its pursuit of the Battlefield Ironclad Beasts, it charged towards him.
He promptly used the Detection spell.
[Battlefield Serpent-Turtle (boss rank monster)]
[Level: 64]
[Strength: 180,000]
[Agility: 80,000]
[Spirit: 40,000]
[Physique: 200,000]
[Skills: Trembling Earth, Whiplash, Shell Block]
[Traits: 60% Elental Damage Reduction, 70% Physical Damage Reduction]
Lin Moyu felt a headache coming on. The boss's attributes were staggering—500,000 in total, with strength and physique reaching 180,000 and 200,000, respectively. Its offense and defense were extraordinary, compounded by the imnse health characteristic of a boss monster, and its skills posed a significant threat.
"This ti the losses will be great." Lin Moyu thought, realizing that the battle would be grueling.
With no choice but to fight, Lin Moyu summoned eleven undead legions. The Lich Generals cast status buffs; 1,690 Skeletal Mages quickly spread out and ford a large arc-shaped encirclent.
The Battlefield Serpent-Turtle charged, sending hundreds of Skeletal Warriors flying with sheer strength. With the status buffs, the Skeletal Warriors' strength attribute was less than 60,000, clearly no match for the boss's overwhelming power.
Lin Moyu watched grimly. Even against the Earth Evil Centipede, the disparity hadn't been this vast.
After running for a short distance, the Battlefield Serpent-Turtle was finally stopped by the Skeletal Warriors. 2,600 Skeletal Warriors sward it and hacked away with their blades; many jumped onto its back.
However, the Battlefield Serpent-Turtle's defense was nearly impregnable. Not only was its defense extraordinarily high, but it also possessed immunity to both physical and elental attacks. Lin Moyu knew that conventional thods would not work against such a powerful opponent. Lin Moyu cast Damage Curse, aware it was the only way for the skeletons to harm the heavily fortified boss.
The Battlefield Serpent-Turtle roared, radiating light, and leapt into the air before crashing down with trendous force.
Skill: Trembling Earth.
The ground shook violently and fractured, and huge fissures spread out like a spiderweb, releasing a surge of energy that flung the Skeletal Warriors away, severely injuring them. The Lich Generals began the healing, with white light flashing and pulsating.
Lin Moyu's eyes narrowed. "What a powerful skill!"
The Battlefield Serpent-Turtle's attack had not only knocked away the surrounding Skeletal Warriors but seriously injured them, and even with the Lich Generals' healing skill, it would take multiple casts to fully recover.
Fortunately, the Skeletal Warriors on its back were unaffected. The Skeletal Warriors that weren't knocked away quickly rushed forward to fill the gaps, while the Skeletal Mages proceeded to bombard the Battlefield Serpent-Turtle with magic spells.
Lin Moyu summoned fierce flas in his hand. At the sa ti, a green star ring ford around the Battlefield Serpent-Turtle.
[Poison Star Ring (level 10): creates a 10-ter radius area that deals 100 poison damage per second for 10 seconds]
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