31: Chapter 31 The Little Skeleton's Second Hextech Rune!

"Huh?"

The Slime looked at its master in front of it, stunned for a moment.

Then it lunged directly into Lu Yuan's arms.

Its short arms hugged his neck tightly, crying its eyes out.

"Wuwuwu... Master..."

The Slime lay in Lu Yuan's palm, sobbing uncontrollably.

Its whole body was trembling, and tears were gushing from its little eyes.

"This King Slime thought I would never see you again..."

"That snake nest was so scary..."

"Those snakes were so fierce..."

The more it cried, the sadder it became, soaking Lu Yuan's palm with tears.

Lu Yuan looked down at the little guy, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"You asked for it."

Slime: ...

"I was just trying to show off, Master, you know that."

"Who knew you would actually throw me!"

"It's a good thing I can revive, otherwise I would've been dead for sure."

Lu Yuan gently patted its head.

"Alright, stop crying."

"Aren't you alive and well?"

Bai Zhi, Celia, and the others all looked at Lu Yuan and the resurrected Slime in shock.

They didn't know what was going on.

A Magic Pet capable of Self-destruct that deals high damage.

Could it actually revive?

Was there no justice in this world?!

...

Lu Yuan cast his gaze onto the Little Skeleton.

Just now,

The Little Skeleton had also successfully reached level 10 through shared experience points.

Choose the new rune first.

Lu Yuan's mind stirred.

Three gilded runes, visible only to him, appeared out of thin air.

[Gold · Phenomenal Evil]: Permanently gain Spirit attributes when hitting enemies with skills.

[Gold · Final City Train]: Upon your death, your corpse will transform into a death train, stopping only when it hits an enemy.

[Gold · Tank Engine]: Kill a BOSS to gain stacks, increasing size and maximum HP. Each stack increases size by 5% and maximum HP by 5%. Lose 65% of stacks upon death.

...

"All three are Gold-tier Hextech Runes."

Lu Yuan fell into thought.

These three are all very powerful runes.

Phenomenal Evil is very suitable for spell-type Magic Pets.

Can a Skeleton Soldier learn spells?

The second one, Final City Train.

This is one of the runes for the 'Dive Bombing' set.

Lu Yuan suddenly thought of a question.

He remembered a rule in the game,

Hextech Runes that are not selected will not appear again.

He wondered if the system had this rule?

Forget it,

It doesn't really matter,

Because Lu Yuan had already made his choice.

Tank Engine!

Although it doesn't form any set bonus, it's more broken than a bonus.

[Skeleton Soldier]

[Level: 10]

[HP: 7342 / 7342]

[Mana: 0]

[Attack: 50]

[Skills: None]

[Hextech Rune: Heartsteel, Tank Engine]

...

Just then,

Rumble!!!

A violent tremor came from the depths of the ruins.

Debris rolled down, and dust flew into the air.

Lu Yuan raised his head and looked toward the center of the ruins.

There, a huge figure was slowly crawling out.

It was a snake.

A giant snake covered in black scales with an exceptionally thick body.

Most eye-catching was the spiral horn in the center of its forehead.

[Lord BOSS · One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao (Lv.35)]

[HP: 120234 / 180000]

[Skills: Black Scale Protection, Poison Mist, Dragon Might, Flood Dragon Tail Sweep]

[Introduction: A powerful existence that has consumed a dragon heart, it already possesses certain dragon-like power, defense, and damage reduction capabilities.]

Level 35!

Lord-tier BOSS!

And it possesses some dragon-like characteristics!

As everyone knows, in any world, anything related to dragons is extremely powerful!!

BOSSes are classified not only by level but also by grade.

From weak to strong: Normal, Lord, Monarch, Overlord, Emperor, World, Immortal, God-tier.

A level 35 Lord BOSS.

Its attributes are at least equivalent to a level 45 Normal BOSS.

And it might have special mechanics, making it difficult to deal with.

However,

Bai Zhi looked at the health bar of the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao, her brows slightly furrowed.

"It seems to be injured?"

The scales on the abdomen of the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao were covered in fine cracks, with even some flesh exposed.

Its health bar had also been reduced by nearly a third.

"Perhaps it suffered a backlash because the sacrificial formation collapsed," Celia speculated.

"Hahahaha."

The Slime stood on Lu Yuan's shoulder, hands on its hips, chest puffed out, laughing triumphantly.

"It was clearly blown up by this King Slime, wasn't it?"

"Big black snake, do you know how powerful this King Slime is now?"

Naturally, no one believed it.

They acknowledged the Slime's strength, but no one would believe it could deal nearly 60,000 points of damage in one hit.

The Little Skeleton also poked half its head out from behind Lu Yuan, raising its middle fingers with both hands.

"Boasting."

The Slime was instantly enraged, "Ah!! You people, how dare you not trust King Slime."

"Master, put me down."

"I want to blow it up again!"

"Let them see the true strength of King Slime."

Lu Yuan didn't stop the Slime but watched it with a playful expression.

"Go ahead."

"But I want to remind you, you can only revive once per day."

Hearing this,

The Slime instantly wilted.

It knew very well how powerful this BOSS was.

Without revival charges, it wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps in its teeth.

The Slime laughed awkwardly, "Forget it, forget it."

"Today, King Slime is feeling generous, so I'll spare its life."

Little Skeleton: ...

Lu Yuan didn't continue bantering with the Slime but turned his gaze to the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao.

"Something is not right."

Bai Zhi was stunned.

"What's wrong, Young Master?"

Lu Yuan pointed at the BOSS in the ruins.

"Why isn't it attacking us?"

Everyone noticed it then.

Although the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao had crawled out of the ruins,

It just coiled in the center of the ruins, flicking its tongue warily.

It didn't seem to want to initiate a conflict.

Celia's eyes closed slightly, and holy light flickered around her.

"I sense a very powerful force within its body."

"It must have consumed some kind of powerful heavenly treasure and is at a critical moment of breaking through, so it doesn't want to easily clash with anyone."

Transforming into a dragon!

Looking at the sharp horn on the BOSS's head, these two words appeared in everyone's mind simultaneously.

This One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao wasn't undergoing a normal evolution, but was transforming into a dragon!

If it were allowed to succeed, it would become a 'Monarch Tier' BOSS.

Its strength would skyrocket!

At the same time, it also meant that killing this One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao would very likely yield extra rewards.

Just then,

"The BOSS is mine!!!"

A delicate shout came from the foot of the mountain.

Xu Qianqian, in a fiery red mage robe, charged up with a dozen elites from the Demon Suppression Army.

Seeing the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao, ecstasy flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Immediately after,

She lifted her slender neck as usual, looking at Lu Yuan arrogantly.

"This time, you're going to lose!"

"Charge!"

"Take down the BOSS!"

The Demon Suppression Army soldiers responded in unison and quickly deployed into a combat formation.

The One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao was powerful.

But Xu Qianqian's team had high-level professionals.

Killing the One-Horned Black Spirit Jiao was only a matter of time.

...

On the cliff,

"Young Master!"

Bai Zhi looked serious.

"Our strength is far greater than theirs. As long as you give the order, we can drive them away directly and help you harvest the BOSS alone!"

Zhou Xiong and the Paladin team behind him all gripped their weapons, ready to go.

The Slime was jumping with impatience.

"Bastards!"

"How dare they steal King Slime's BOSS."

"Master, let me go blow them up!"

The Little Skeleton silently retorted.

"Brute."

The Slime was instantly furious, rage gushing from its eyes.

"Coward, the BOSS is about to be stolen, and you're not worried?"

The Little Skeleton remained unmoved.

"The BOSS still has over a hundred thousand HP, what are you worried about? If they want to fight, let them fight."

"You... what do you mean?" The Slime was stunned.

A flash of cunning passed through the Little Skeleton's eye sockets.

"Let them fight first. We'll make our move at the very last moment."

"Directly steal the kill!"

The Slime's little bean eyes widened bit by bit.

"Steal the BOSS?"

No one understood the frustration of having kills stolen, and the thrill of stealing them, better than the Slime, who had had N kills stolen from it.