This was Bai Xiaowen's first time summoning the Skeleton Warrior.
The Skeleton Warrior was tall and sturdy, a head taller than Bai Xiaowen. This was the standard "bone height," without any moisture such as hair. Its eyes burned with the same pale soul fire as the skeleton sword-and-shield bearers. Its thick, bony claws held a greatsword as tall as a person.
Bai Xiaowen didn't have a two-handed sword specialty, so he couldn't fully explore the Skeleton Warrior's full combat power. He could only let the Skeleton Warrior attack according to the inherent two-handed sword routine.
The Swamp Hydra seemed to feel the approach of death. Its three heads hissed threateningly, and its three mouths attacked the Skeleton Warrior fiercely. Its attack speed had increased threefold!
It had three heads, and each head had its own independent consciousness. It was indeed extraordinary.
When Li Shuyi used two swords, his attack speed would only increase according to the level of his single-handed sword specialty. Every level increased the attack speed by 5%. Even a level 10 single-handed sword specialty could only increase the attack speed by 50%. Every additional head of the Swamp Hydra was equivalent to an initial attack speed increase of 100%. Three heads increased the attack speed by 300% …
The three skeleton sword-and-shield bearers had been able to handle one head each without much difficulty. Now that the Skeleton Warrior was carrying three heads, it was a little flustered.
Bai Xiaowen finally understood why an Elite-level Swamp Hydra's skills were so weak. Other than the "multi-headed" racial passive and a special passive skill that prevented it from being killed instantly, it only had the "mud shell" passive skill, which was a common passive skill of all swamp creatures.
The 300% increase in the attack speed of its three heads was already equivalent to a powerful offensive skill. Although the three heads would interfere with each other, affecting a certain hit rate and dodge rate, the positive effects were still very strong.
Fortunately, the Skeleton Warrior had 34 points of strength, and Bai Xiaowen's combat specialty could be used to adjust the Skeleton Warrior's steps and dodge attacks. It was still useful in battle. The current Skeleton Warrior was equivalent to a warrior with relatively strong internal strength, weak offense, and strong defense. It wouldn't be a problem for it to temporarily block the Swamp Hydra.
Although the Swamp Hydra's passive was powerful, it was still only an Intermediate Elite creature. Now that Bai Xiaowen's strength had increased greatly, a few summoned creatures surrounded it and easily killed it.
The Swamp Hydra dropped a Silver Treasure Chest. After opening it, he received 600 Psychic Points. It was only a D-rank evaluation. Bai Xiaowen drew a Silver Card. Luckily, he didn't encounter the 1/3 chance of drawing an item.
However, the quality of the loot was not very good. It was a White grade leather armor, and it was bound when picked up. It was basically worthless.
Elite Monster Treasure Chest, Silver Card, and White Equipment. His luck was a little bad. However, Bai Xiaowen didn't mind. After all … according to the Law of Character Conservation, the Ghost Whip this time was to accumulate character for the next God Whip.
The quagmire wasn't large, and it seemed that there was only one Quagmire Hydra living here.
The two of them were about to continue moving forward when suddenly, a sharp sound of something breaking through the air was heard. Two short spears were shot out from the ghost fog.
"Be careful." Bai Xiaowen reacted quickly. He pulled Li Shuyi and hid behind the Skeleton Swordsman. The Skeleton Swordsman also raised its shield in an instant.
Clang!
The sound of metal colliding rang out. The short spears hit the shield, and the strong impact pushed the Skeleton Swordsman back. It also suffered considerable recoil damage.
"Who's sneak attacking us?" Li Shuyi drew his swords and looked in the direction where the short spears had come from.
"Hiss …"
Two monsters appeared in the thick fog in front of them.
"This is … a Naga?" Bai Xiaowen said a game term from the Common Era.
The two monsters were half-human and half-snake. The upper body was human, and the lower body was a thick snake tail. With a light swing, they could move nimbly in the mud.
The two monsters were obviously a man and a woman. The man was more muscular, and his arms were thicker than Bai Xiaowen's legs. He held a heavy trident in his hand.
The woman was more slender, and the outline of her chest was very obvious. She also had four arms, which was different from the man. The man only had two thick arms.
They didn't wear clothes, but they didn't have to worry about being exposed because their bodies were covered with a layer of fine scales.
The female monster opened her mouth and said a series of words. Her tone was very fierce and definitely not friendly.
"Ancient Latin … They can communicate. These creatures are quite intelligent." Bai Xiaowen's ancient Latin was much better than before. He could roughly understand the meaning of the other party's words.
Li Shuyi didn't understand. He turned his head and asked, "What did she just say?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "She told us to go back."
"Well, I should have guessed …" Li Shuyi said, "Can you communicate with them?"
Since the other party had human-like intelligence, it wasn't appropriate to address them as "it" or "them."
Bai Xiaowen looked at the female Naga and shook his head. "Unless we leave the Dead Soul Lake, there will definitely be a conflict. The Mud Hydra that we just killed seems to be a species that these Naga worships. "
Bai Xiaowen tried to speak a series of ancient Latin to the female Naga. "Do you know where the Spirit Hydra is?"
Unexpectedly, the green face of the female Naga that was covered with scales suddenly twisted. She roared loudly and assumed an attacking posture. On the other hand, the male Naga brandished his trident and charged forward.
While speaking, Bai Xiaowen had already used Insight on the female monster.
[Mud Naga Priest (Elite Level 6)]
[Race: Humanoid/Naga]
[Attributes: Strength 17, Agility 20, Constitution 26, Spirit 33]
[Skill 1: Slippery Scales: Passive. The Mud Naga Priest's physical damage is reduced by 20%. The chance of being hit by throwing skills is reduced by 20%.]
[Skill 2: Mud Shell Shield: Control the mud to cover the target ally's body and give it a layer of shield. The shield can block three physical attacks.]
[Skill 3: Amotava's Gift: Passive. The Mud Naga Priest's normal attack will cause (33) Frost Damage. The damage is equivalent to its Spirit attribute.]
This female Naga priest didn't have any offensive skills. From her attributes, her melee attributes (Strength and Agility) were not low. Her Constitution was also quite high. The last skill, Amotava's Gift, was a rare passive skill that had special effects on normal attacks.
All in all, the Naga Priest was a rare melee creature that specialized in Spirit.
Bai Xiaowen also used Insight on the male Naga.
[Mud Naga Warrior (Elite Level 6)]
[Race: Humanoid/Naga]
[Attributes: Strength 37, Agility 18, Constitution 30, Spirit 14]
[Skill 1: Slippery Scales: Omitted]
[Skill 2: Shock: The Mud Naga Warrior swings its trident and slams it into the ground, sending enemies in a circular area flying. When they land, they will be stunned.]
[Skill 3: Brute Force: After the Mud Naga Warrior accumulates energy, it will launch a brutal attack, causing heavy physical damage to the enemy and knocking them back.]
The Level 6 Elite Mud Naga Warrior had high Strength and two powerful skills. Together with the female Naga Priest, it was even more difficult to deal with.
However, when the Naga Warrior charged forward, Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and an illusory ghost shadow appeared. It was Bai Xiaowen's new Elite creature, the Evil Ghost.
The Evil Ghost did not waste any time and directly used its Grudge skill on the Mud Naga Warrior. With the Naga Warrior's pitiful 14 Spirit, how could it withstand the mental attack of the Evil Ghost? The Evil Ghost's Spirit was as high as 36, and it had a skill called Fright, which was specially used for mental attacks.
Draw Mana! Draw Mana! Draw Mana!
A number of "-1 Spirit" appeared above the Mud Naga Warrior's head.
The Naga Warrior roared. It did not feel good to be continuously drained of Mana. It immediately changed its target and pounced on the Evil Ghost. It charged its trident for a short time and launched a Brute Force Strike!
However, the Brute Force Strike seemed to cut through the air and did not take away even a single cloud. The racial passive of the Evil Ghost was "Formless Illusion," which countered physical attacks.
The sad thing was that the Naga Warrior's Spirit was not high to begin with. After using the Brute Force Strike, it had used up another 4 points, leaving it with only 10 points of Spirit. After a few seconds, its Spirit was quickly drained to below 2 points, and it fell into a coma that lasted for 6 to 7 seconds.
Li Shuyi had already rushed forward, his two swords crisscrossing as if he was chopping up minced meat.
The other female Naga, the Mud Naga Priest, wanted to save her companion, but the Vampire Keats and the Skeleton Swordsman had already surrounded her. She could not rush over. She could only try her best and use the Mud Carapace Shield skill to protect the Naga Warrior.
Blocking three physical attacks seemed beautiful, but under Li Shuyi's unscrupulous all-out attack, the Mud Carapace Shield did not even last for a second before shattering.
The Mud Naga Warrior finally woke up from its coma. When it tried to counterattack, it found that it no longer had the Spirit to use skills.
The natural recovery speed of Spirit could recover 10% of the Spirit attribute every minute. The Naga Warrior's Spirit was 14 points, which meant it could only recover 1.4 points of Spirit per minute.
A battle between Awakened ones usually did not last long. Unless the strength of the two was extremely close, it would evolve into a protracted battle.
The Naga Warrior could not use skills, so it could only wave its trident in vain. Its agility was poor, and its attack speed was slow. All of its attacks were easily dodged by Li Shuyi. Its HP was rapidly decreasing, and it could not afford to wait for its Spirit to recover.
With a thud, the Naga Warrior fell to the ground.
On the other side, the Naga Priest died before him. After all, Bai Xiaowen's side had more attack points. Moreover, the Naga Priest had given its Mud Carapace Shield to its teammates, leaving it defenseless.
The Naga Warrior did not drop a treasure chest, but the Naga Priest still gave face and left behind an Intermediate Silver Treasure Chest with a D-rank combat rating.
After a series of small scale battles to warm up, Bai Xiaowen's accessory, the Blood Essence Stone, finally filled up the extra HP.
After the battle, Bai Xiaowen concluded, "The Baleful Specter's tactical position isn't much different from what I expected. Against those violent Warriors and Assassins with high Strength and Agility but low Spirit, they'll be able to perform well."
Li Shuyi experienced the Evil Ghost's strength and praised, "That's right. If the Boss's Spirit is lower than 15, the Evil Ghost's Resentment skill can make it so that the Boss can't even use a single skill until it dies. Although the High Level Boss's Spirit is generally not lower than 20, after 15 points of Spirit is taken away, the Boss's Spirit will be depleted by more than half. Originally, it can use two sets of skills, but now it can only use one set or only one skill. The threat will be greatly reduced. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded, then said, "However, the Evil Ghost's weakness is also very obvious. Its physical damage is basically zero, and it can only rely on the Resentment skill to survive. The Resentment skill has a cooldown of two hours …"
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said, "The Resentment skill requires a continuous casting time of 15 seconds. This casting time can be interrupted halfway, and once it is interrupted, the Evil Ghost can only be a spectator. The good news is that the Evil Ghost is basically immune to physical attacks. The only skills that can interrupt it are spells. "
This battle was the first time that the Skeleton Warrior and the Evil Ghost, the two new summoned creatures, showed off their abilities. Bai Xiaowen felt that it was worth it. His strength had also increased a lot because of this.
Bai Xiaowen once again felt that his Hero Class exclusive equipment, the Black Soul Stone, was indeed extraordinary. Every time the Black Soul Stone leveled up, Bai Xiaowen's strength would increase significantly.
There were also strong and weak Hero Class, and many Hero Class did not have exclusive equipment.
Furthermore, there were also strong and weak Hero Class exclusive equipment. Based on the information that Bai Xiaowen had learned so far, he had never seen any hero class's exclusive equipment that was as powerful as the Black Soul Stone.
What was the origin of the Black Soul Stone? Delifa said that a part of her memory was sealed. What secret was it hiding?
Bai Xiaowen shook his head. Don't think about things that you don't understand. There was no need to be paranoid. A considerable part of his current strength did come from the Black Soul Stone, but even without this stone, Bai Xiaowen's strength was not weaker than a Hero like Qi Ruifeng's.
Bai Xiaowen opened the Naga Priest's silver treasure chest and chose the one and only draw.
Nothing.
Bai Xiaowen shrugged.
Li Shuyi exclaimed softly, "There's something else in the treasure chest. Take a look at what it is."
Li Shuyi reached out and fished out a palm-sized stone slab (clay slab?). It appeared in her hand. "There are words on it. But I can only make out a few words. "
Li Shuyi hadn't learned much ancient Latin in high school because it wasn't included in the college entrance examination.
"It's a special item that's guaranteed to drop. It won't be included in the list of loot drops." Bai Xiaowen reacted. He took the tablet and translated the words on it.
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