It didn't take long for the Skeleton Archers to complete their mutation.
[Undead Archer (Level 8)]
[Race: Undead/Bone Race]
[Attributes: STR 30, DEX 33, Constitution 32, Spirit 27] (Bonuses included)
[Skill 1: Corrosion: Passive. The Undead Archer's long-range attacks will add layers of corrosion to the target. The corrosion will cause periodic weak shadow damage and reduce the target's armor by 5%. The maximum number of layers of corrosion on the same target is four.]
[Skill 2: Rapid Shooting: When the Undead Archer enters rapid shooting mode, its long-range attack speed is increased by 30%. At the same time, its accuracy is decreased by 30%. Rapid Shooting mode consumes 1 Spirit every three seconds.]
After the mutation, the Undead Archer's skeleton wasn't as big as before. It was less than 1.6 meters tall and looked small and dainty. The soul fire in its eye sockets was blazing white.
The Undead Archer's bone bow and bone arrows looked like they had been carefully polished. They shone with a weak white glow.
"They look much better than the average Skeleton Archer," commented Li Shuyi, who was famous for looking good.
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "Of course. They've received my profession passive and Spirit bonus. Also, the Black Soul Stone's two strengthening options are still in effect. All their attributes have been increased by more than ten points. It's reflected in their appearance."
In terms of attributes, there wasn't much difference between them and the previous Skeleton Swordsman. Their Strength and Dexterity attributes were switched, but they were both around 30 points.
The Undead Archer's attributes were very similar. Even the most useless attribute, Spirit, was close to 30 points. The reason for such a strange balance of attributes was that its predecessor, the Skeleton Soldiers, was too weak. Every time it leveled up, it would grow by four Skeleton Soldiers.
It had its current attributes thanks to Bai Xiaowen's investment in the Black Soul Stone's strengthening option and Bai Xiaowen's powerful bonus. The Black Soul Stone's strengthening and Bai Xiaowen's Spirit bonus all strengthened the Skeleton Soldiers' attributes. This caused the Skeleton Soldiers' attributes to increase at the same time.
However, the Undead Archer was definitely much stronger than the lowest-level Skeleton Soldier. Switching from a melee class to a ranged class, without any reduction in attributes, it was worth it to lose even one skill. Not to mention, both of the Undead Archer's skills were useful.
Even compared to the Skeleton Sword Shield Bearers, they each had their own advantages. The Necromancer Archers' group attack was definitely more suitable for Bai Xiaowen's Undead Army.
"I can understand the first skill, Corrosion. What does the second skill, Rapid Fire, mean by reducing accuracy by 30%?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen said, "Precision is the crosshair … Emmm, reduce the precision by 30%. Let me try."
Bai Xiaowen ordered a Ghoul Archer to activate Rapid Fire and shoot at a tree not far away.
Whoosh! The arrow flew past the tree and missed its target.
Bai Xiaowen immediately entered Minute Manipulation. Under the mental link, the Undead Archer aimed at the tree and shot another arrow.
Duo! The bone arrow hit the left side of the tree.
Bai Xiaowen frowned and said, "I can feel it. In the Rapid Fire state, there seems to be a primitive force circulating in the Undead Archer's body. Although the shooting speed is greatly increased, the crosshair of the bone arrow will tremble slightly. This is probably the reason for the reduced accuracy. Even with my fine control and LV8 Advanced Shooting, I can't accurately hit the target that I aimed at in advance. "
"Oh, isn't this skill useless?" Li Shuyi said.
What was the use of an Archer who couldn't shoot accurately?
For example, Li Shuyi had accompanied Bai Xiaowen into the wilderness for the first time before his class change. When she practiced basic shooting with a small wooden crossbow, the buttocks of Skeleton No. 1 and Skeleton No. 2 were filled with her crossbow bolts.
Shooting was different from magic. After shooting an ally, it would definitely cause damage. The damage wouldn't be canceled according to the attacker's will.
Bai Xiaowen thought for a moment and said, "No, the strategic value of this skill is still quite high. For example, in an army-level battle, you can let ten Undead Archers activate Rapid Fire before the start of the battle. Even if the precision is reduced by 30%, it won't be a big problem. When your mental power is almost exhausted, you can turn off Rapid Fire and switch back to Steady Fire. "
The four members of the White Phoenix team nodded at the same time.
Of course, there were strong and weak skills, but it depended more on the user's thinking. Some skills were trash in one situation, but in another situation, they were godly skills.
After using 860 Soul Essence, Bai Xiaowen checked the current situation of the Black Soul Stone.
Since returning from the Blacktide Plane, Bai Xiaowen had fought two waves of zombie armies in the Cain Plane. There were many elites who participated in the killing. This time in Jiangdu City, the number of elite demons killed was not small. There were also a large number of leaders.
Now, the growth of the Black Soul Stone had risen to Level 7. 6950/10000. He had accumulated more than 3,700 Soul Essence! After using 860 points this time, he had close to 3,000 points left.
This growth was faster than Bai Xiaowen had expected.
Ever since the White Phoenix Battle Team joined Qiao Rui, Cecilia, and Han Xu and became a complete team, their strength had increased greatly. The five of them were not weak at all when facing an army of thousands. In such a large-scale army-level battle, it was the easiest to obtain Soul Essence. Participating in a battle and killing hundreds of elites was not a problem.
In addition, the elites that they had encountered were all close to the top (Level 10). One of them was worth 10 points of Soul Essence. After a battle, the Soul Essence obtained would definitely exceed 1,000 points.
Elite enemies were the biggest source of Soul Essence. Although the Soul Essence obtained from killing leaders would triple, the quantity was too small. The difficulty of killing them was much higher than killing elites. It could only be used as a bonus.
Bai Xiaowen did not plan to use these 3,000 points of Soul Essence for the time being. Although he could use 3,000 points to light up another leader-level summoned creature option on the seventh level, it was not necessary for the time being. If he encountered a battle that he could not handle, Bai Xiaowen could consider using it on the spot. With his thinking speed, he could complete the process of lighting up and familiarizing himself with the new summoned creature's skills in an extremely short amount of time. Then, he could use it in battle.
If he did not need to add additional combat power, Bai Xiaowen planned to save up Soul Essence until he unlocked it on the eighth level.
Now, he still needed more than 3,000 points of Soul Essence growth. He estimated that after another Spiritual World exploration and two or three large-scale army-level battles, it would be enough. It looked like a big gap, but in reality, it was very fast. By then, he would have accumulated around 6,000 points of Soul Essence. He would be able to use it on the eighth level. Under normal circumstances, the increase from the eighth level would be higher than that from the seventh level.
The Ten Bandits had been eliminated. It was time to go back and look for Yang Guang.
Li Shuyi was still a little conflicted. She could vaguely feel that Yang Guang would not hand over the Dragon-Patterned Gold Box so easily. It would be inevitable for them to fight. Why should she support the enemy and feed these Resentment Soul Stones to Yang Guang?
However, seeing that Bai Xiaowen did not say anything, Li Shuyi did not ask anymore.
Taking the remaining three Resentment Soul Stones, the White Phoenix team headed west and returned to the Thousand Elephant Palace.
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