189: Skeleton soldiers, cavalry, archers

Chapter 181 Skeleton Soldiers, Cavalry, Archers

“Roar! Roar!”

Just as the thirty Water Clones of the Fishing Cat approached the ancient city gate, a series of hoarse, low roars echoed from the ancient and heavy city gate.

Spiritual power flickered on the city wall, and an eerie black light bloomed.

The ancient city wall seemed to come alive, its surface bricks wriggling like water, creating ripples.

Then, human-shaped skeletons emerged and crawled out from the ripples on the city wall!

These human-shaped skeletons were clad in ancient soldier armor, exuding a stern and sinister aura.

They wore helmets and carried weapons such as swords, spears, staffs, and clubs.

Two wisps of burning green light burst from the eye sockets of the human-shaped skeletons, flickering rapidly up and down!

As soon as these Skeleton Soldiers appeared, they raised their weapons, roared, and charged towards the thirty Fishing Cats, radiating killing intent!

Indeed, there were enemies... This thought flashed through everyone's minds.

Jiang Chen, however, was not surprised by the sudden appearance of the Skeleton Soldiers.

The Necromancy System aura in Qingyu Underwater Ancient City was so strong, with even the exit spewing out dense Necromancy System energy, so it was normal for Necromancy System life forms to exist within the secret realm; it would be abnormal if they didn't.

The Skeleton Soldiers before them were the most common and widespread race in the Necromancy System.

This was also an advantage of the Necromancy System; no matter how much time passed in the outside world, as long as there was enough Necromancy System aura in the secret realm, the Necromancy System life forms within could remain dormant indefinitely, never perishing.

However, what made everyone frown slightly at this moment was that the level of these Skeleton Soldiers before them was somewhat high!

Skeleton Soldiers, as the lowest-tier species of the Necromancy System, were almost always at the awakening level, yet these Skeleton Soldiers were uniformly at the Elite Level!

Some of the stronger ones even reached the Transcendent Level!

“Thump! Thump!!”

And while everyone's thoughts were still incomplete, a series of dull thudding sounds of heavy objects falling echoed from within the majestic and heavy city gate tunnel!

Then, from the wide-open city gate, more than a dozen Skeleton Cavalry riding Skeleton Horses quickly appeared.

At the same time, on the battlements of the city wall, Necromancy System aura condensed, the city wall churned, and more Skeleton Archers, each holding a strong crossbow, appeared!

Jiang Chen and the others were momentarily stunned by this sight!

Because these Skeleton Cavalry and Skeleton Archers had an even stronger Necromancy System aura, and they were all Commander Rank!

Suddenly, a large number of Skeleton Cavalry moved through the water, launching an assault on the thirty Fishing Cat Water Clones, while the Skeleton Archers on the city wall also drew their bows, quickly condensing spiritual power into solid-like arrows!

“Swish! Swish!”

Water Clones only possessed thirty percent of the main body's strength, and both the Skeleton Cavalry and Skeleton Archers were Commander Rank, so in almost an instant, the thirty Water Clones were annihilated on the spot, turning into seawater.

The entire process sounds long, but in reality, from Xiao Jiu's thirty Water Clones charging to the city wall, to the appearance of a large number of Skeleton Soldiers, Skeleton Cavalry, and Skeleton Archers, it all happened in a mere few seconds, in the blink of an eye.

And as soon as Xiao Jiu's thirty Water Clones were destroyed, these Necromancy System life forms returned to the city wall, their figures gradually merging into the wall, as if nothing had happened.

“It seems entering the ancient city will require some effort,” Long Shijie, the leader, slowly said.

To be honest, the strength of these guards was quite high!

Normally, in the outside world, Skeleton Soldiers would be at the awakening level, Skeleton Soldiers would be Elite Level, and Skeleton Archers and Skeleton Cavalry would be Transcendent Level.

However, here, their strength was all one level higher!

But considering that this secret realm might have been sealed for nearly a thousand years, it was normal for the Necromancy System races living within to have higher strength.

“Let's go, we're going in!” Long Shijie immediately ordered, and the others nodded, maintaining their formation as they swam towards the city gate.

“Roar! Roar!!”

As expected, as soon as everyone approached the city gate, the Skeleton Soldiers who had just disappeared into the city gate immediately roared back to life, reappearing from the city wall!

And this time, the number that appeared was ten times that of the previous wave!

Nearly hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers, a hundred Skeleton Cavalry, and a hundred Skeleton Archers appeared, immediately launching an attack on Jiang Chen and the others!

Suddenly, the entire area in front of the city gate became a sea of skeletons!

“They dispatch guard soldiers based on the number of invaders!” Lei San exclaimed in surprise!

Long Shijie naturally saw the situation clearly at this point, but it was too late to retreat!

A hasty retreat would not only expose their vulnerable backs to the enemy but also throw their formation into disarray!

At this moment, nearly a hundred Commander Rank Skeleton Cavalry were charging, and a large number of spiritual power arrows were piercing through the seawater from the city wall, shooting down densely!

To retreat now would be to court death!

Long Shijie made a decisive decision and shouted loudly: “Zhang Shanfeng, lead the team to protect the position!”

“Yes!”

“Ironclad Dragon Shark Squad, come out with me and block the charge of the Skeleton Cavalry!”

“Yes!”

“Lian Wei, lead the Ghost Eye Fish Squad to assist me!”

“Yes!”

“Teacher Lei San, you all attack freely, pay attention to coordination!”

“Yes!”

The situation instantly became grim, but what made Jiang Chen slightly stunned was this.

Looking at the Skeleton Soldiers rushing like a black tidal wave, especially the nearly hundred awe-inspiring Skeleton Cavalry charging in the center of the Skeleton Legion, Long Shijie actually led the Ironclad Dragon Shark Squad directly to meet them!

Long Shijie took the lead, being the first to enter Man-Beast Unity mode, his body manifesting the mighty and domineering strong physique of an Ironclad Dragon Shark, and the Dragon Country soldiers following him also released theirs one by one.

The fourteen people quickly gathered, forming a triangular formation, with Long Shijie at the apex of the triangle.

“Everyone, listen to my command!”

“Combination Skill: Ironclad Charge!”

“Boom!”

As Long Shijie's order was given, a profound spiritual power aura bloomed from all fourteen of them, and then the phantom images of their Ironclad Dragon Shark pet beasts slowly connected and condensed, forming an incredibly massive Ironclad Dragon Shark phantom, nearly a hundred meters long!

The phantom was lifelike, as if real!

“Roar!!!”

A majestic and domineering spiritual power aura immediately appeared on this Ironclad Dragon Shark!

It raised its head and let out a furious roar, then charged mightily towards the hundred Skeleton Cavalry before it!

“Boom!!!”

The moment the two collided, the hundred awe-inspiring Commander Rank Skeleton Cavalry were actually pierced through by the Ironclad Dragon Shark phantom!

The leading dozen or so Skeleton Cavalry were even shattered into pieces on the spot!

Jiang Chen, who was following behind, ready to assist, watched this scene with wide eyes: “Holy... crap, this is too strong!”