48: Chapter 48 The Birth of the Skeleton Elf Archer

A pity.

Before the two lords had run very far, several Sand Jackals had already reached them.

They sprinted on all fours, their speed so fast they left afterimages.

The human lord had just turned around when his throat was severed by sharp claws, and blood sprayed violently.

The Dwarf lord hadn't even run three meters before a Minotaur reached him, and a heavy bone hammer smashed down.

The remaining three hundred or so remnants fell into chaos after losing their lords; in an instant, they were submerged in the tide of Skeleton Soldiers and Sand Jackals.

After clearing out this wave of small fry, the Undead Army's speed didn't decrease but instead increased, colliding violently with the hundreds of Erosion Beasts that were pursuing them.

Tian Ming raised the Death Scepter high.

The wide-area curse of [Death Wither] stacked with [Wither] descended upon them.

The monsters in the vanguard saw their speed drop sharply, and their defensive capabilities crumbled like paper.

The Minotaur charged into the core, activating [Taunt Roar] to force aggro.

The [Bone Spike Counter] on its body made all the monsters attacking it suffer endlessly.

Jackal Hunter unleashed the [Undead War Cry] and placed [Hunters Mark] on the elite units, boosting the army's damage in all aspects.

Blade Guard transformed into a storm of sword nets, with [Split Light Slash Shadow] repeatedly cutting through the enemy formation.

In less than ten minutes, the desert returned to dead silence.

The battle was akin to a one-sided slaughter.

The Bone Transport Cart began to operate, and Xu Qin looked at the golden settlement interface that popped up before him.

[Battle Settlement]

Targets Killed:

Rift Erosion Beast (Level 15) × 583

Rift Erosion Beast · Elite (Level 18) × 12

Lord Kills × 3

Elf Archer × 113, Human Infantry × 125, Dwarf Musketeer × 84

Basic Drops:

Erosion Beast Bone × 583

Elite Erosion Beast Bone × 12

Soul Energy × 22880

elite soul core × 12

Abyss Bone Seed × 12

Dark Erosion Crystal × 64

Elf Bow × 3, Human Iron Sword × 12, Dwarf Musket × 4

Lord Kill Bonus Rewards:

Soul Energy × 5000

Magic Crystal Fragment × 75

elite soul core × 6

Talent [War Gift Level 9] triggered! All loot quantity × 10!

Final Gains:

Elf Race Bone × 1130, Human Race Bone × 1250, Dwarf Race Bone × 840

Erosion Beast Bone × 5830

Elite Erosion Beast Bone × 120

Soul Energy × 278800

elite soul core × 180

Abyss Bone Seed × 120

Dark Erosion Crystal × 640

Elf Bow × 1130, Human Iron Sword × 1250, Dwarf Musket × 840

Lord Kill Bonus Rewards (× 10):

Soul Energy × 50000

Magic Crystal Fragment × 750

elite soul core × 60

Battle Rating: S (Killed multiple lords + large-scale annihilation battle, extremely low casualties)

[Talent "War Gift" upgrade progress: 2780/3000!]

Xu Qin finished reading the settlement information and nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, the progress given for killing lords is significantly more.

Three lords directly contributed nearly 800 points of progress.

"After grinding a few more rounds, the talent can reach level 10."

Xu Qin grinned and continued reading downwards.

When he saw over a thousand Elf Bows, he raised his eyebrows.

Although the Undead cannot use these weapons, they can be thrown into the forge to be dismantled into iron ore and Magic Crystal Fragments.

"Wait, no, if I resurrect them into troop types, can they continue to be used? I'll try that in a moment..."

Xu Qin closed the settlement panel and looked at the battle damage report.

The casualties in this battle were less than two hundred.

The three lords' remnants were too weak; it didn't even count as a warm-up.

The Erosion Beasts were the same as before, having no power to fight back under the coverage of the dual Wither.

He switched back to the storage and flipped to the Elite Erosion Beast Bone column.

There were 190 before, plus the 120 from this time.

310.

The 150 homogenous bones needed to resurrect Blade Guard were also solved after obtaining the human race bones.

Xu Qin looked at the Undead Army neatly arranged on the plaza, calculating the next steps in his heart.

Very good.

The level 5 Graveyard still needs over twenty hours to finish upgrading.

Before that, there is only one thing he needs to do...

That is to continue clearing!

Clear out all the Erosion Beasts within a fifteen-kilometer radius.

Push the War Gift progress to 3000.

"The whole army will attack in two directions, continuing to clear surrounding hidden dangers."

As the army set out again.

Xu Qin then came to the bone cellar and found the three races' skeletons that had just been stored.

To be honest, the number of skeletons is not large, totaling only 3220.

Compared to the thousands and ten thousands of Sand Jackal and Minotaur skeletons in his inventory, it's not even a fraction.

But the skeletons of these three races have a completely different significance.

This is the first batch of "civilized race" skeletons in his hands.

There are bows, muskets, and swords.

"Let's resurrect a few first to see."

Xu Qin first took out one hundred Elf Race bones, one hundred Human Race bones, and eighty Dwarf Race bones from the storage, and threw them all into the Graveyard transformation pool.

Soul Energy was deducted.

Dark purple light surged within the transformation pool.

One minute later, the first batch of Undead crawled out of the transformation pool.

Xu Qin stared at the panel.

The first to pop out was the Human Race.

[Skeleton Soldier · Tier 2]

Attack Power: 12 (+12) (Physical - Slash)

Defense: 8 (+8)

HP: 35 (+40) / 75

Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Loyal)

Morale: None

Traits:

Bone Shield Block (Passive): When receiving frontal physical attacks, there is a 20% chance to completely block the damage.

Fight to the Death (Passive): After HP reaches zero, there is a 15% chance to survive with 1 HP, continuing to fight for 3 seconds.

As expected.

The Human Race soldiers transformed into Skeleton Soldiers.

It's the exact same template as his initial five Skeleton Shareholders.

"As expected." Xu Qin nodded, "The Human Race is the most basic template after all."

However, he didn't dislike it at all.

One thousand two hundred and fifty Skeleton Soldiers, what kind of concept is that?

Blade Guard requires 150 homogenous troop types for resurrection.

Skeleton Soldiers are the homogenous type for Skeleton Blade Guards.

One thousand two hundred and fifty is enough for Blade Guard to die eight times.

"Blade Guard, oh Blade Guard, your resurrection coins are enough."

Xu Qin cheerfully closed the Skeleton Soldier's panel and looked at the second batch of Undead walking out.

This batch of skeletons was slender, half a head taller than the Skeleton Soldiers.

The arc of their shoulder blades was narrower, and their finger joints were longer.

The most eye-catching thing was what they held in their hands.

"Hmm? Is this a bone longbow?"

Xu Qin lowered his head to observe carefully.

The bow body was fused from the remains of the Elf and bone, and the bowstring was solidified dark purple soul energy threads.

What was nocked on the string was not an arrow, but a solidified ghostly blue soul energy arrow.

Xu Qin clicked on the attributes.

[Skeleton Elf Archer · Tier 2]

Attack Power: 22 (+12) (Magic - Shadow/Ranged)

Defense: 6 (+8)

HP: 45 (+40) / 85

Range: 30 meters

Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Loyal)

Morale: None

Traits:

Soul Energy Arrow (Passive): Arrows are condensed from Soul Energy, no need to carry physical ammunition. Each shot consumes a small amount of Soul Energy (automatically supplied by the territory's soul hall). Hitting a target adds 3 points of Shadow Erosion damage (ignores defense).

Undead Calm (Passive): Undead Archers do not possess the fear reactions of living beings. When enemy melee units break into range, they do not trigger panic penalties and can continue stable output until destroyed.

Precision Bone Bow (Passive): Inherits the bone memory of the Elf Archer, increasing ranged hit rate by 25% compared to ordinary Skeleton Soldiers.

When Xu Qin read the second trait, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Huh?"