The three types of skeletons formed a legion and clashed with the skeleton army summoned by Su Mubai.
However, their only advantage was their health. Even with the blessing of the Undead Aura, their attributes couldn't compare to Su Mubai's skeleton legion.
What troubled Su Mubai the most was Reggie himself!
The panel of this boss was terrifying, and for the first time, Su Mubai felt uncertain.
As soon as the two sides made contact, Reggie slashed a skeleton warrior with less than half its health with a single sword strike.
Su Mubai's expression was grave as he waved his magic wand, summoning two more skeleton warriors to hold the line.
The next contest was whether he could summon faster than Reggie could kill!
"This guy's attack power is too high!"
Looking at his own MP, Su Mubai frowned.
Even though he had just leveled up and restored his MP, at this rate, even if he exhausted all his mana, he would have no hope of killing Reggie.
As Su Mubai was pondering, a sudden system announcement made his face change drastically.
[Notice: The hidden storyline "Reggie's Nightmare" has officially begun. Newbie Village protection is now invalid. Upon death, you will lose 10% of your lifespan, with a minimum loss of ten years.]
!!!
The hidden storyline would even disable Newbie Village protection?!
Hearing this, Su Mubai's heart sank, and his face turned extremely grim.
He only had 1 year of lifespan, not even enough for one deduction.
Moreover, the dungeon's exit had been sealed.
This meant that unless he defeated Reggie, Su Mubai's journey in the Myriad Worlds would end here!
"Crush them!"
Reggie roared, raising his sword, and stomped heavily with his right leg.
[Undead Stomp]!
Boom!
The ground trembled, and the skeleton warriors within 30 meters of him instantly lost 50% of their health.
"It's that skill that deducts a percentage of health."
Su Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that this skill hadn't been enhanced.
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The next moment, the bone sword in Reggie's hand flashed with lightning, and he slashed down.
[Thunder Heavy Hit]!
Boom!
-9527, -10086, -10001...
This strike instantly killed 6 skeleton warriors.
"Damn it."
Su Mubai frowned, controlling the skeleton legion to counterattack.
The skeleton warriors used Heavy Hit simultaneously, clashing with Reggie.
The skeleton archers in the rear released their bowstrings, targeting not Reggie but the 15 skeletons he had summoned.
They needed to deal with these nuisances first to focus on the boss.
Meanwhile, Su Mubai kept retreating, moving out of Reggie's Undead Leap attack range.
As soon as the two-second cooldown ended, he waved his magic wand to summon more skeleton warriors.
Next, he needed to focus on controlling the frontline skeletons to buy himself more time.
After reaching level 7, his Spirit attribute increased to 152 points.
Combined with the Leader's Emblem attribute, his MP cap had reached 9560 points.
Using [Summon Skeleton Soldier] consumed 200 MP.
Even with the 152 MP recovered every five seconds during combat, he could only summon about 70 times.
"70 times, which means 140 skeleton warriors."
Calculating quickly in his mind, Su Mubai frowned.
"Not enough, far from enough!"
After becoming the Skeleton King, Reggie's defense was too high!
Neither the skeleton warriors nor the skeleton archers could deal significant damage to him.
While controlling the front-line skeleton warriors to dodge and parry Reggie's attacks, Su Mubai thought rapidly.
But no matter how he calculated, the odds of winning this battle were nearly zero.
Unless...
The skill [Summon Skeleton Soldier] advanced another tier!
His only hope now was that the class Cataclysm trait attached to this skill was strong enough!
The effects of the class Cataclysm trait were still vivid in his mind. Thinking of this, Su Mubai immediately opened his backpack.
[Mid-level Life Soul Stone] Ã18
One stone added 120 days of lifespan, so 18 stones were about six years.
However, before upgrading the [Summon Skeleton Soldier] skill, Su Mubai tried something else.
[Cataclysm]!
[Target: Mid-level Life Soul Stone]
"Tier 3!"
[Notice: Do you confirm to consume 100 years of lifespan to overwrite the previous promotion effect and Cataclysm the "Primary Life Soul Stone" to a higher grade?]
[Confirm] (Consume 100 years of lifespan)
[Cancel]
"Cancel."
A full hundred years of lifespan, which Su Mubai didn't have.
Even ten years of lifespan was a luxury for him now.
The terrifying consumption showed that once the Life Soul Stone exceeded high-grade, the enhancement amplitude would surely be significant.
"Let's see how much lifespan the Cataclysm skill requires first. Hopefully, it won't exceed six years!"
Sighing, Su Mubai focused his mind and activated [Cataclysm] again.
[Target: Summon Skeleton Soldier]
[Notice: Please select the promotion tier, Tier 1/Tier 2/Tier 3.]
"Tier 3!"
[Notice: Do you confirm to consume 5 years of lifespan to overwrite the previous Sublimation effect and Cataclysm the skill "Summon Skeleton" to a higher tier?]
[Confirm]
[Cancel]
"Cancel."
"Phew, it's enough."
Su Mubai let out a long breath. He hadn't absorbed the Life Soul Stones yet, so he naturally canceled first.
Since advancing three times would add the Cataclysm trait, he feared his lifespan wouldn't be enough.
Now it seemed that even with the Cataclysm trait, low-level skills didn't require much lifespan.
Without hesitation, he directly absorbed 15 [Mid-level Life Soul Stones].
The Life Soul Stones glowed, transforming into a vibrant green light that merged into Su Mubai's body.
His attribute panel showed a change in the lifespan column.
[Lifespan: Less than 6 years]
He then selected [Summon Skeleton Soldier] again and activated the [Cataclysm] talent.
[Notice: After this skill advances to C-level, three branches will appear: "Summon Skeleton Warrior," "Summon Skeleton Shooter," and "Summon Skeleton Mage." Please choose the direction you want to advance.]
"There are branches?"
Su Mubai was slightly stunned.
At D-level, he could choose to summon two types of skeletons, but upon advancing to C-level, he could only summon one type.
However, he quickly made a choice.
Facing the terrifying attack power of Reggie, choosing a shooter or mage could easily backfire. Only choosing a warrior was the safest bet.
"Summon Skeleton Warrior!"
The next moment, Su Mubai felt as if something was draining from his body.
[Notice: You have lost five years of lifespan.]
[Lifespan: Less than 1 year]
The skill icon also changed, with the original two skeletons gradually merging into one noticeably sturdier skeleton.
The skeleton's bone sword changed from a single-handed sword to a two-handed greatsword.
[Your F-level skill "Summon Skeleton" has successfully Cataclysmed into the C-level skill "Summon Skeleton Warrior."]
[Summon Skeleton Warrior]: (C) Level 8, active skill, summons a skeleton warrior to fight for you.
Casting time: 3 seconds, cooldown: 30 seconds, MP cost: 300.
(The skeleton warrior's panel is enhanced by the player's Spirit attribute.)
The skill retained its previous level, and the MP cost increased by 50%.
But what Su Mubai cared about most was the added Cataclysm trait.
When his gaze fell on the Cataclysm trait, his pupils widened, and a look of ecstasy appeared on his face as he couldn't help but exclaim:
"Holy crap!"
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