Chapter 31 : Chapter 31
Chapter 31: The Terrifying Frostcold Sword Guard
At this point, Lin Yuan could have picked up a shield and played the role of a Shield Warrior without the slightest problem.
Just look at what was in his skill bar.
Shield Wall, Shield Block, Shield Bash, Guard—
these were all core Shield Warrior skills.
And what was the most crucial point of all?
Lin Yuan did not need healing.
With a casual cast of Undead Summoning, he gained a hundred extra lives.
The current Lin Yuan could be said to have reached the point where even if he wanted to die, it would be difficult.
Looking at the vast swarm of undead troops before him,
Lin Yuan fell into thought.
“Why does it feel as though I’ve gone down the wrong path? I’m developing more and more in the direction of a Boss.”
Clack.
The sound of misaligned bones snapped Lin Yuan out of his thoughts.
When he turned around,
he saw A’gui hurrying over as if offering tribute, holding a chair made entirely from spinal bones in his hands.
After setting the chair down, A’gui made a gesture of invitation.
Master, please take your seat!
“Oh?” Lin Yuan’s tone lifted slightly.
He sat down in the chair with one smooth motion, and it proved unexpectedly sturdy.
Naturally it was sturdy. A’gui had pieced it together from the spines of more than ten Second Rank Skeleton Warriors.
How could it possibly not be solid?
To make Lin Yuan sit more comfortably, A’gui had even torn off his own cloak and used it as a cushion.
“Well done.” Lin Yuan offered verbal praise.
A’gui danced about in delight. “Gah-gah!”
There was nothing to be done. He simply wanted to improve too badly!
He had originally been nothing more than a lowly Skeleton Warrior.
After the fortunate chance of becoming Lin Yuan’s Summoned Beast, he awakened an SSS-Rank talent.
Then, in quick succession, he evolved perfectly from a Second Rank Skeleton Warrior into a Third Rank Skeleton Mage.
He had even comprehended the S-Rank skill Undead Summoning.
If ever there was a case of defying the heavens and rewriting one’s fate, it was him.
He had once believed that becoming a Third Rank Skeleton Mage was already the pinnacle of his life.
Yet just now, before his very eyes, Ali had completed another perfect evolution.
Fourth-Rank Steelclad!
Third-Rank Ali could kill A’gui as easily as butchering a dog.
Now that he had become Fourth Rank, A’gui was no more than an ant in his eyes.
He could crush him with a single step.
That would not do.
From the moment he became a Skeleton Mage, A’gui had sworn an oath:
never again would anyone be allowed to steal his bones.
He was going to climb, one step at a time, all the way to the highest point.
But if he wished to become the highest,
there was one person he absolutely could not do without.
His master, Lin Yuan.
A’gui’s thinking was simple.
As long as his master was pleased, then would the next evolution not naturally fall to him?
And so, A’gui stepped onto the path of becoming a proper lackey.
Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair,
and A’gui immediately stepped forward to knead his shoulders.
The pressure was neither too light nor too heavy. It was perfect.
“Wonderful.”
Lin Yuan let out a long breath.
At a moment like this, if only he could drink something warm, it would be even better.
He had come in a hurry today. Next time, he would have to remember to bring some.
Lin Yuan’s behavior seemed to enrage the Frostcold Sword Guard buried beneath the graveyard.
The surrounding air dropped to forty degrees below zero.
The very breath leaving his mouth was on the verge of freezing.
【3】
【2】
【1】
【Frostcold Sword Guard has awakened. The portal is now closed】
“Intruders, die!”
Fifty meters away,
the ground suddenly collapsed.
A swift figure leapt forth from within.
The instant it appeared, a thumb-thick blue beam shot from its hand.
Its target was Lin Yuan.
-20000
An outrageous damage number sprang up above Lin Yuan’s head.
Lin Yuan himself was unharmed, but fifteen meters away, a Skeleton Archer exploded into fragments with a sharp crack.
“Damn it!”
Lin Yuan was startled.
“That bastard actually launched a sneak attack!”
If not for his talent taking the blow for him, would he not have been killed instantly?
Damn it. He could not tolerate that.
“Ali, deal with him for me!”
There was no need for Lin Yuan to say it. Ali was already charging forward with his sword in hand.
Anyone who dared wound my lord
must die!
“Ants, you dare trespass upon the territory of Lord Pierre.”
“Turn to dust!”
The Frostcold Sword Guard spun in place.
A snow-white sword qi appeared out of nowhere,
then shot toward Ali.
-6000
The white sword qi carried a slowing effect.
After being struck, Ali’s movement speed was reduced by thirty percent.
【Frostcold Sword Guard · Laiyas】(Fourth Rank Commander)
【Level: LV20】
【HP: 600000】
【Mana: 80000】
【Attack: 5000】
【Defense: 4500】
【Skill 1 (Frost Ray): Laiyas releases a beam of frost, dealing 20000 magic damage to a single target. Cooldown: 15 seconds】
【Skill 2 (Frost Slash): Laiyas swings his treasured sword and releases a streak of frost sword qi in a straight line ahead, dealing 6000 magic damage and inflicting a Chill effect. Cooldown: 12 seconds】
【Skill 3 (Frost Armor): When taking damage, Laiyas summons frost to protect his body. The armor has 100000 HP. After the armor is shattered, targets within 3 meters are inflicted with Root for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 20 seconds】
【Skill 4 (Shadow Dance): Laiyas enters the Shadow Dance state, increasing dodge effects by 80% for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds】
【Skill 5 (Bone Revival): Laiyas activates the power of the Bone Orb, temporarily reviving the hundred thousand undead of Skeleton Graveyard】
After reading the Boss’s information, Lin Yuan’s expression shifted slightly.
“This Boss really does have something to him.”
That blue beam from just now was likely the Boss’s first skill.
Its cooldown was short, and its damage was absurdly high.
The second skill, Frost Slash, was an area attack with broad coverage and a Chill effect.
After Ali was struck, a slowing effect had immediately been placed on him.
He barely managed to walk into the Boss’s thirty-meter range.
Berserk Rush!
Charged Draw Slash!
The Bone Greatsword descended toward the Frostcold Sword Guard’s head with a piercing howl through the air.
The Boss’s reaction was also extremely swift.
He activated Frost Armor, his third skill.
Clang!
-50000
Dodge.
The first strike shattered the Boss’s Frost Armor
and dealt 50000 damage to the Boss.
After the Frost Armor was broken, the frost aura it released froze Ali in place,
causing the second strike to miss entirely.
“It missed?”
Lin Yuan said in surprise.
This was the first time he had ever seen a Boss evade one of Ali’s skill attacks.
That alone was enough to show how greatly the slender figure before him differed from all the Bosses that had come before.
“Darkborn.”
“I never expected to encounter one of the Darkborn race again after a thousand years.”
The Frostcold Sword Guard Laiyas slipped aside, and a flash of surprise passed through his ice-blue eyes.
Ali tensed his body, shattered the frost binding him,
and spoke the identity the Boss had possessed in life.
“A Shadow Dancer of the Elf race.”
This gaunt Frostcold Sword Guard before them
had, in life, been one of the famed Shadow Dancers of the Elf race.
Among the Elves, the minimum threshold to become a Shadow Dancer was Level 60.
Shadow Dancers specialized in assassination and concealment.
They pursued the ideal of killing in a single strike.
They could take an enemy commander’s head from amidst ten thousand troops.
Yet even their frontal combat ability was far from ordinary.
Once Shadow Dance was activated,
they could fight Orc Berserkers head-on.
The reason Laiyas had been able to evade Ali’s attack just now
was precisely because of his fourth skill, Shadow Dance.
The Darkborn were born for war.
Shadow Dancers never feared a challenge.
A fierce clash between dragons and tigers was inevitable.