56: The invincible Skeleton King boss?

This sudden turn of events left Ye Xiao somewhat bewildered.

Path of Exile had always only featured elite monsters.

He had never heard of a boss existing.

At this moment, Ye Xiao looked down through the enormous, pale white hand.

There, he saw a fragmented underground palace.

Within the palace, an eerie and terrifying aura permeated the air.

Thick layers of skeleton bones were scattered everywhere on the dusty ground, and stone coffins lay strewn across the palace, revealing the passage of time.

Suddenly, a low sound of bones clashing echoed, accompanied by a surge of powerful energy.

A shadowy light gradually emerged, rising from the depths of the underground palace.

The light slowly coalesced into a tall figure—a Skeleton King covered in sharp bone spikes.

His towering frame was shrouded in a dark aura, and his eyes gleamed with a blood-red light.

With the appearance of the Skeleton King, the atmosphere in the underground palace grew even heavier, as if even the air itself was oppressed by his presence.

He stood there majestically, like the embodiment of death, gazing at Ye Xiao above.

With just a single glance, Ye Xiao felt a hint of pressure.

One must know that with Ye Xiao's current combat strength,

very few monsters could pressure him, even bosses.

At this moment, the Skeleton King's attributes also appeared on Ye Xiao's panel.

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【Sleeping Skeleton King (Boss)】

【Level: 90】

【Health: 500,000】

【Attack: 9000】

【Defense: 8000】

【Skills: Bone Spike Storm, Skeleton Legion, Death Domain, Touch of the Undead, Dark Storm】

【Description: Various corpses that slept for a thousand years in the underground palace, condensed into a powerful monster by strong dark elements, and further nourished by extremely rich wind elements, allowing it to master various powerful wind-based abilities in addition to dark power. Do not underestimate its swift movements due to its size.】

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What formidable combat power.

With a staggering 500,000 health, his attack and defense were also nearing 10,000.

Moreover, through his skills and description, Ye Xiao discovered that this Skeleton King was not only an undead monster but also possessed powerful wind-based skills.

This strange combination of wind and dark elements made Ye Xiao frown slightly.

However, this also explained why the elite monsters he encountered earlier were primarily wind-attributed.

Suppressing his surprise, Ye Xiao didn't wait for the Skeleton King to fully emerge.

He launched a Fireball into the hole.

However, what Ye Xiao hadn't expected was that

the Skeleton King's magic resistance seemed to be surprisingly high.

Under dual casting, Ye Xiao's Fireball skill launched 100 Fireballs, but it only dealt 20,000 damage to the Skeleton King.

One should know that each of Ye Xiao's Fireball attacks currently dealt a staggering 8,783 damage.

Yet, now, hitting the Skeleton King, each Fireball only caused 200 points of damage.

Ye Xiao's brows furrowed, utterly perplexed.

The Skeleton King's defense was 8,000 points; even if it was all magic resistance,

his Fireball shouldn't have dealt such little damage.

Furthermore, Venomous Assault had no effect on the Skeleton King whatsoever.

In a flash, Ye Xiao then tried to activate the Whirlwind Slash he had just learned.

As a result, only 1 point of forced damage was dealt.

Ye Xiao shook his head, deciding not to ponder it further.

Although the Fireball only dealt 20,000 damage, the boss's health was only 500,000.

It would simply take a few more seconds.

Thinking this, Ye Xiao continued to use Fireball to attack the Skeleton King.

At the same time, the Skeleton King's body had already leaped out of the ground.

Facing Ye Xiao's attack, the Skeleton King suddenly displayed a speed completely inconsistent with his massive body, directly retreating rapidly.

The next moment, a large number of Fireball spells landed in front of the Skeleton King.

Ye Xiao roughly calculated that more than half of the Fireball spells missed.

It was important to note that Ye Xiao's Fireball trajectory had been enhanced by several pieces of equipment, and its current speed was extremely fast.

Yet, this enormous Skeleton King was still able to evade it.

Such a contradictory result gave Ye Xiao an extremely awkward feeling.

The Skeleton King's pale, rigid face unexpectedly showed a hint of mockery at this moment.

Immediately after, under Ye Xiao's gaze,

the Skeleton King waved his hands.

Instantly, dense bone spikes surged from his body.

They shot towards Ye Xiao with great speed and urgency.

The sharp-eyed Ye Xiao noticed that these bone spikes were actually intermingled with a large number of sharp wind blades.

The Skeleton King's skill, Bone Spike Storm?

If this had been before, Ye Xiao might have had to tank the Skeleton King's Bone Spike Storm.

With his over 170,000 health, taking it head-on wouldn't have been a problem.

But this wasn't a virtual game after all, and bone spikes hitting him would still hurt.

So, the moment the bone spikes appeared,

Ye Xiao activated Void Phantom.

The next instant, his figure was gone.

The Skeleton King, seeing this, was clearly also a little surprised.

Suddenly, a large number of Fireball spells abruptly appeared less than 2 meters in front of him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At such close range,

the Skeleton King's unnaturally swift speed became useless.

A large number of Fireballs completely engulfed the Skeleton King.

However, the Skeleton King belonged to the undead.

Although his health plummeted, being immune to pain, his reaction was extremely quick.

Enduring the barrage of Fireballs, he activated a skill against Ye Xiao.

Touch of the Undead.

Around Ye Xiao, a large amount of dark energy filled with a putrid aura appeared.

That terrifying energy seemed to even devour space itself.

However, Void Phantom was on cooldown.

Ye Xiao naturally couldn't hide in the void immediately.

Fortunately, he had gained an acceleration effect when he previously melted the skeleton trousers.

From the first hit on the Skeleton King until now, his movement speed had increased by 2530%, which was 25 times.

With Divinity Speed activated, his figure vanished again.

The Skeleton King's attack, miss.

However, Ye Xiao didn't go far.

Instead, he circled the Skeleton King, continuously releasing Fireball spells.

Originally, if it were just like this,

the Skeleton King, having learned his lesson, wouldn't have been unable to dodge.

However, under this ultra-high-speed movement, the Fireball's trajectory surprisingly changed from a straight line to a strange curve.

This unexpected result meant that despite the Skeleton King's equally fast speed,

he was still hit by a large number of Fireballs.

At the same time, not far away,

Ye Xiao's two clones, under his control, were also continuously harassing the Skeleton King.

Just like that,

the Skeleton King's health rapidly decreased at a visible rate.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The strength the Skeleton King had just displayed was somewhat beyond his imagination.

Such strength was definitely not something an ordinary S-class possessed.

Similarly, he was convinced that

even if all the elites in Path of Exile attacked together at this moment, they probably wouldn't be a match for the Skeleton King.

Fortunately,

all of this ended with a reluctant howl from the Skeleton King.

The entire process only lasted 15 seconds,

but the level of danger within it even surprised Ye Xiao.

And just as the Skeleton King fell,

a familiar and surprising light surged forth once again for Ye Xiao.

Mythical equipment!