Chapter 43 : Chapter 43
Chapter 43: Zombie Centurion
【The number of participants in the current dungeon has increased: 25/25】
The procession continued onward, and Lin Yuan’s brow furrowed slightly.
“Other Class-Holders came in?”
On second thought,
Lin Yuan quickly understood that these newly arrived Class-Holders
were most likely the strike team sent in by the Class-Holder Association.
After all, a Nightmare Difficulty Regional Dungeon was no trifling matter.
If the dungeon was not cleared within the allotted time,
and the Boss inside broke out,
people would truly die.
“We need to pick up the pace. We can’t let those people steal the Boss’s EXP.”
“A’gui, move faster.”
Upon receiving the order, A’gui tugged on the reins
and swung his right arm forcefully toward the front.
Full speed ahead.
The undead army swept through the jungle like a plague of locusts,
crashing recklessly through everything in their path,
leaving not a single Jungle Zombie alive.
Fifteen minutes later, Lin Yuan had already crossed the jungle region.
Along the way, they had encountered forty-two Jungle Zombies, and every last one of them had turned into Lin Yuan’s EXP.
Perhaps because this was a Regional Dungeon, those Jungle Zombies had even dropped two Gold-grade pieces of equipment.
【Jungle Running Shoes - Shoes】
【Grade: Gold】
【Required Level: LV15】
【Attributes: Agility +25, HP +500】
【Trait: Movement Speed +3%】
【Venomous Bite - Dagger】
【Grade: Gold】
【Required Level: LV15】
【Attributes: Attack +150, Agility +30】
【Trait: Attacks have a chance to poison the target, dealing 50 poison damage per second for 10 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times】
The shoes and dagger both had rather good attributes.
The dagger in particular was quite impressive. Its attacks had a chance to inflict poison,
and at three stacks, it could deal an extra 1500 poison damage over ten seconds.
It could be considered a rather fine piece of equipment.
After changing into the shoes, Lin Yuan’s movement speed increased by three percent,
but his HP dropped by 1000.
The three-piece Refined Iron Set bonus was gone.
Still, it did not matter.
With the talent All for Me in existence, so long as the undead before him had not all been wiped out,
Lin Yuan was immortal.
Whether he had an extra thousand HP or a thousand less made no difference whatsoever.
After leaving the jungle,
a military camp long abandoned appeared before Lin Yuan.
A new type of monster had appeared within the camp.
【Plague Zombie】 (Third Rank Elite)
【Level: LV17】
【HP: 250000】
【Attack: 3000】
【Defense: 7000】
【Skill 1 (Plague Miasma): Its body emits a rotting aura. Targets within two meters lose 100 HP per second, and targets affected by the Plague Miasma have their Defense reduced by 20%】
【Skill 2 (Explosive Blood Clot): Upon death, the Plague Zombie explodes, dealing 5000 damage to targets within a 5-meter radius and knocking them back】
The Plague Zombies had very low Attack,
but their Defense was astonishingly high,
and both of their skills were thoroughly disgusting.
They were extremely unfriendly to melee classes.
Lin Yuan sat upon the Bone Throne,
his right hand resting on the armrest, his head tilted against it,
and calmly reminded them,
“Kill them at range. Melee units, be careful not to get blown up.”
He had to remind them.
If the undead all mindlessly swarmed forward, they might not even kill the Plague Zombies before blowing up their own side first.
These were expendable troops, yes, but that did not mean they should be wasted without thought.
At Lin Yuan’s reminder, A’gui immediately began making arrangements.
He was no longer the simple fool who only knew how to wave his hand and charge ahead.
Now he had become a novice who could distinguish between melee and ranged forces.
If he kept developing like this, perhaps one day he might even become an excellent commander.
The Plague Zombies stood nearly two meters tall,
their swollen bellies wobbling as they lurched back and forth.
Green plague mist coiled around their bodies,
and the stench of rot could be smelled from far away.
A Class-Holder with a weak stomach would have a hard time facing such revolting monsters.
Skeleton Warriors formed groups of several dozen and pinned the Plague Zombies in place,
while the formations of Skeleton Archers began focusing them down one by one.
Each Skeleton Archer could only deal a few dozen points of damage,
but there were simply too many of them.
With more than three thousand Skeleton Archers firing in unison,
a single volley could deal a full hundred thousand damage.
Three volleys were enough to kill one Plague Zombie.
BOOM!
The first Plague Zombie died,
blowing dozens of Skeleton Warriors around it into fragments.
The deaths of those Skeleton Warriors had no real effect on the battle.
A’gui merely sat atop his Skeleton Horse and lifted a hand,
and another hundred undead soldiers appeared on the battlefield.
In less than ten minutes, all thirty-four Plague Zombies had died under the concentrated fire of the Skeleton Archers.
Not only had the undead army not diminished, it had actually increased by three thousand.
By rough estimate, it had now reached a scale of twelve thousand.
【Killed Plague Zombie (LV17) *34, EXP +20400】
After the Plague Zombies died, they dropped three identical Gold-grade pieces of equipment.
【Dim Alchemy Stone - Accessory】
【Grade: Gold】
【Required Level: LV15】
【Attributes: Stamina +25, HP +1000】
【Trait: Upon activation, restores 20% of maximum HP. Cooldown: 10 minutes】
An accessory,
and a superb one at that, with an active healing trait.
It was practically mandatory for frontline classes such as Shield Warriors and Defensive Knights.
At a critical moment, it could save one’s life.
Even Magic-Type classes could wear it,
because this single piece of equipment granted 1500 extra HP.
For the frail Magic-Type classes, it was no different from a divine treasure.
“Ali, one for you.”
Lin Yuan tossed one of the Alchemy Stones to Ali.
Ali casually equipped it.
With this accessory, Ali’s survivability rose by quite a bit.
As for Lin Yuan himself,
it hardly mattered whether he wore one or not.
A life-saving accessory only mattered if there was a chance of dying in the first place.
Lin Yuan already found it hard enough to die.
To him, the accessory would only be decoration.
When he left the dungeon, he would look for an opportunity to sell it,
or perhaps exchange it for equipment or items he could actually use.
They continued deeper into the camp.
Lin Yuan arrived near the cookhouse,
and from within it emerged a monster nearly two meters tall, carrying a horse-chopping saber.
【Zombie Centurion】 (Third Rank Elite)
【Level: LV18】
【HP: 500000】
【Attack: 9000】
【Defense: 8000】
【Skill 1 (Bone-Shattering Blade): Swings the horse-chopping saber and delivers two chops against targets within a 3-meter area ahead. The first strike deals 3000 damage, and the second deals 5000 damage. If the first strike lands, the second is guaranteed to crit. Cooldown: 15 seconds】
【Skill 2 (Bloodthirsty Charge): Rushes at the target with tremendous speed, stunning it for 1 second. Can be used consecutively twice. Cooldown: 10 seconds】
【Skill 3 (Fight to the Death): When HP falls below 30%, Attack increases by 50%】
【Skill 4 (Unyielding): Immediately removes control effects and becomes immune to control for 5 seconds】
The instant the Zombie Centurion appeared, its gaze locked firmly onto Lin Yuan, who sat floating in midair.
But the distance between them was too great, and the Zombie Centurion had no way to activate Bloodthirsty Charge.
Thus, it shifted its target to Ali instead.