It was worth mentioning that the proportion of monsters in this mausoleum was quite high. For example, in the wave of bone monsters just now, elite creatures accounted for more than one-third of them. In the normal battlefield environment of the Northern Region, this proportion was only one-fifth or even one-tenth.
No matter how the overall level of the Aaron Bitwall increased, the number of low-level soldiers was still the largest. Elites were only a minority.
Therefore, of the six hundred surprise troops sent by the Usok, about half were elites. It was indeed all the elite forces that the resistance could temporarily mobilize.
Of course, as the "hidden dungeon" of the Aaron Bitwall, the mausoleum was about the same level of difficulty as the "Serpent God's Underground Palace" in the ancient Egyptian Bitwall and the "Latent Shadow Labyrinth" in the Blacktide Bitwall. It was reasonable that the proportion of elites was higher.
According to Bai Xiaowen's speculation, it was only the first floor of the underground mausoleum. When they went deeper, it was possible that all the elite monsters would be there.
It was true that elite creatures were harder to deal with than ordinary creatures, but to the tireless undead army of summoned creatures, it was just a matter of a little more time. The HP and MP they lost would quickly recover as they hurried to explore the map. The recovery speed was even faster than when Bai Xiaowen recalled his summoned creatures in a truce state.
However, the benefits brought by elite monsters were incomparable to ordinary monsters.
Not to mention the occasional silver treasure chest, not to mention the rapid increase in combat experience, just the rapid accumulation of Soul Essence made Bai Xiaowen happy.
In the process of advancing, Bai Xiaowen also encountered some undead monsters that had never appeared in the Black Soul Stone.
For example, the "Herpes Poison Monster", a creature of the Corpse Fey race covered in pustules. Its attack method was to spit out smelly balls. After it died, it would explode into a pile of feces. Although in the strange environment of the mausoleum, the pile of feces would quickly dissipate, leaving behind a foul gas that only lasted for a few seconds, it was so smelly that it left a serious psychological shadow on Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi. It could be said that the stench lasted forever.
Another example was the Wailing Banshee, a Soul creature. It had a porcupine hairstyle that looked like withered grass, and its face was wrinkled like an auntie's. It was good at letting out shrill howls and wails that could frighten people to death, attacking the enemy on the mental level …
In addition, there was also a type of undead Bone Clan monster called "Skeletal Construct". It looked like a melee tank monster, but it was actually a long-range monster that was good at shooting bone needles for penetrating attacks …
After seeing these strange monsters, Bai Xiaowen was secretly glad that they were not in the strengthening options in the Black Soul Stone … Even if they were there, Bai Xiaowen would not want them. Either their smell was too strong or their appearance was too low. Both were shortcomings.
The structure of the mausoleum was similar to a beehive. After advancing to the middle section, the rooms were basically hexagonal, which was rarely seen. There were very few square rooms.
Each room had six doors that connected to six adjacent rooms.
The honeycomb structure was a type of maze structure. Compared to the square structure of a room, it was easier for people to get lost. If there were enough rooms and the intruder did not have a precise and clear memory, it was very likely that they would be misled and run in circles, resulting in the effect of going around in circles.
After entering the middle section, they would encounter a wave of monsters every few rooms.
"We're almost at the end."
After the ninth wave of monsters was eliminated, Bai Xiaowen pressed his eyebrows slightly and retracted his mental strength.
"According to the results of my mental scan, we'll reach the mountain wall two more rooms."
"In other words, we've already walked from the entrance of the mausoleum to the edge directly opposite." Li Shuyi quickly understood. "Have you found any steps or stairs that can lead us to the second level?"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "No. Next, we need to change direction and move along the edge. The entrance to the second level of the mausoleum should be in one of the rooms on the edge. "
This was the experience that Bai Xiaowen had accumulated from playing various maze games in another space-time. His representative work was Diablo.
After passing by a few more rooms, Bai Xiaowen's mental strength probed, and he said cheerfully, "I found the entrance to the second level."
Suddenly, Bai Xiaowen's gaze froze. He saw that on the surface of the Bracelet of Misfortune, the calm face had been replaced by a serious face.
"Be careful."
Bai Xiaowen felt a warning in his heart. A serious face represented a medium level of threat. If he was not careful, it could be life-threatening.
Bai Xiaowen retracted his mental strength and carefully probed his surroundings as he said, "Come out. If you're strong, there's no need to hide."
Li Shuyi looked at Bai Xiaowen, somewhat at a loss.
"Keke …"
A sinister sound rang out from the ceiling of the room. A gust of black wind blew past. It was a swarm of bats.
The bats quickly condensed into a human form. It was a man with deep eye sockets and pale skin. He wore a noble's suit. It was somewhat similar to Keats' clothes, but more luxurious. Moreover, the aura of the pale man in front of him was many levels higher than that of the boorish Keats.
"To be able to discover me in my bat form, these two little guys are quite capable."
The pale man spoke carelessly.
"You flatter me. Who are you?" Bai Xiaowen spoke nonsense as he used Insight.
The pale man said somewhat reservedly, "You can call me … Lord Markus."
At this time, Insight had a result.
[Markus Gillette (Leader Level 8)]
[Race: Undead/Blood Clan]
[Class: Vampire Lord]
[Attributes: Strength 41, Agility 80, Constitution 35, Mental Strength 30]
[Skill 1: Advanced Cursed Body: Racial Ability, Passive. Vampire Lord receives a 25% increase in Holy Damage and Magic Penetration Damage. Receives a 25% increase in Physical Damage from Silver Weapons. All other types of Damage are reduced by 50%. Critical Damage received is treated as a normal attack (except for special areas). Immune to bleeding effects.]
[Skill 2: Night Demon Form: Passive. Vampire Lord's blood boils in a sunny environment, all attributes reduced by 20%. When moving in a non-sunny environment, all attributes increased by 20%. Active Effect: Vampire Lord can transform into a Night Demon Bat to fly long distances. After the effect ends, the body will reform. Every loss of a bat will reduce HP proportionally. In the Night Demon Bat form, it can physically bite the enemy.]
[Skill 3: Bloodthirst Ability: Passive. 20% of all damage dealt by Vampire Lord will be converted into HP to heal itself. Active activation of Bloodthirst Ability will cast a powerful Blood Sucking Skill, absorbing 20% of the target's maximum HP to heal itself.]
[Skill 4: Blood Slave Transformation: Vampire Lord bites the target and injects its own blood, turning the target into a blood slave that will forever obey its orders. This skill does not require Mental Strength to cast, but it needs to lower Vampire Lord's HP limit.]
[Skill 5: Death God's Aura LV2: HP increases by 400 points, gains 40% toughness.]
"So this is Kitts' template after he advanced into a leader …"
Bai Xiaowen was shocked. Compared to ordinary vampires, Vampire Lord was simply enhanced in all aspects!
Compared to Kitts' Body of Curses, [Advanced Cursed Body]'s negative effects were halved, but the positive effects were not reduced at all. It also ignored vital points and was immune to bleeding.
[Night Demon Form], compared to Kitts' Night Walker, had an additional skill that allowed the bats to actively attack. It was also quite good. Combined with [Bloodthirst Ability], when the bats attacked, it could even suck blood to restore its own HP!
Bai Xiaowen really wanted to ask if a leader like Vampire Lord could be so shameless … The first three upgraded skills were already quite shameless, and the last one was a permanent control transformation skill.
Fortunately, Blood Slave Transformation was only effective on living beings. Bai Xiaowen's Undead Summoning Army would not be affected.
It was just that Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, these two living beings, needed to be extremely careful.
According to the information Bai Xiaowen had found, it was not uncommon for Awakened ones to be controlled by spirit world creatures and become their slaves.
Once they became the slaves of spirit world creatures and lost their consciousness, the Awakened ones would completely lose the ability to enter and exit the spirit world. Their storage space, their previous memories … everything would be sealed, and they could only exist as a spirit world human, reincarnated along with the plane …
This was definitely a disgrace to Awakened ones.
"Be careful. If you're caught by his Blood Slave Transformation, you must use a Town Return Scroll before your consciousness is destroyed." Bai Xiaowen shared the skills of Vampire Lord Markus with Li Shuyi and instructed through the team channel.
Li Shuyi nodded heavily. The thought of becoming the slave of a spirit world vampire made him shudder.
Perhaps because he saw Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's cautious postures, Vampire Lord Markus revealed an unfathomable smile.
"Little human, don't be so afraid. I'm different from those minion creatures without intelligence … "
Markus' sharp fingernails lightly tapped his head. "I've already lived for more than three hundred years. My intelligence is much higher than most humans. If it's not necessary, a highly intelligent creature won't casually make enemies. "
"Three hundred years? Your lifespan is longer than the history of the Lionheart Empire? "Bai Xiaowen's eyes revealed a trace of just the right amount of suspicion.
Li Shuyi's mind was clear. The scene in front of him was too familiar. Bai Xiaowen had already entered bluffing mode.
Bai Xiaowen actually wanted to get some information about the mausoleum from this Spiritual Realm powerhouse who was suspected to be the guide of the NPC. What was so difficult about this S + Elite Instance Dungeon? As long as he could obtain some useful information, a delay of some time was acceptable.
Markus smiled proudly. "Of course, a human kingdom is just a moment to me. I'm immortal."
"Then why are you here? Also, the minion creatures you mentioned … Are they the undead that attacked us? How did they appear? "
"It's a long story," Vampire Lord Markus said with a shrug. "It's a very boring story."
"It's fine, Mr. Markus. I'm very patient." Bai Xiaowen added.
Markus coughed. "It all started four hundred years ago, with the fall of 'Death God Nairo' …"
Suddenly, Markus's expression changed, and he shouted, "Watch out behind you!"
Bai Xiaowen instinctively turned around to look, but Markus' pale and thin face had a sinister smile. He flew in front of Bai Xiaowen like a phantom, his sharp nails grabbing at Bai Xiaowen's neck!
This attack was extremely fast. Li Shuyi, who was close at hand, didn't even have time to react!
However, before Bai Xiaowen could turn around, the curse was already brewing in his palm, and finally turned into a yellow ray of light!
Markus flew over, thinking that he could kill Bai Xiaowen in one blow, but he was hit by the Bewitching Curse. It looked like he had bumped into Bai Xiaowen's talisman head-on.
Bai Xiaowen's figure drifted back, and a word came out of his mouth.
"Attack!"
Li Shuyi unsheathed his two swords and rushed behind Vampire Lord Markus, slashing at him in a criss-cross. At the same time, the other summoned creatures also swarmed forward. Kitchen knives and scimitars flew, wands and scepters danced.
However, when these attacks landed on Markus, the damage they dealt was shockingly low. Markus's racial passive, Advanced Cursed Body's damage reduction effect was too strong.
Only the necromancer's lightning spell dealt extra damage to Markus. When the lightning struck, green smoke rose from Markus' body, and he couldn't help but groan.
This round of fierce attacks, including the extra damage from the necromancer's Evil Breaker, had only shaved off a little over a hundred points of Markus' HP.
Markus's figure flickered like a ghost. He passed through the gaps between the summoned creatures and appeared ten meters away. In his deep eye sockets, his slightly scarlet eyes had a trace of astonishment. "How did you know that I was going to attack you?"
Bai Xiaowen's curse required a casting action to activate. When he turned his back to Markus, he was still able to calmly attack. He must have been prepared in advance.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and didn't answer. In fact, he was relying on the shared vision of the summoned creatures.
Moreover, Bai Xiaowen hadn't let down his guard since the beginning. Markus' appearance had raised the threat level of the Bracelet of Misfortune to medium! The Bracelet of Misfortune hadn't made a mistake so far.
"Be careful," Bai Xiaowen warned Li Shuyi in the party channel. "This guy should have the highest Agility among all the bosses we've encountered. This is the first time I've seen someone escape from the gaps between the summoned creatures with speed alone."
Markus' Agility was 80, but one couldn't forget that he had the terrifying skill "Night Demon Form"! In a non-sunlight environment, all his attributes were increased by 20%, and his Agility soared to 96 points!
The Agility of all Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures was severely suppressed by Markus.
Seeing that Bai Xiaowen didn't respond, Markus sneered. "Alright, your luck will only last this time." He turned his body and shot into the sky like a spinning top. He jumped up and down the walls and ceiling of the tomb like a shadow.
Although Bai Xiaowen's party had the advantage in numbers, it looked as if Markus had surrounded them all. Unable to keep up with the opponent's speed, Bai Xiaowen could only order his summoned creatures to surround him and Li Shuyi in the center for protection.
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