Chapter 21: The Abnormal Cataclysmic Trait!
[Disaster Trait]: Skeleton Warrior’s maximum health increased by 500%, attack power increased by 100%.
(PS: Foster fathers, please note, “increased to” and “increased by” are not the same thing.)
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Just this brief description left Su Mubai utterly stunned.
Such a terrifying buff appeared on a mere C-rank skill!
Is this... reasonable?
Is consuming five years of lifespan a lot?
No, it’s ridiculously cheap!
“This C-rank skill now might be stronger than most S-rank talents.”
Su Mubai couldn’t help but marvel, his gaze returning to Reggie, who was cutting through enemies like a whirlwind, a faint smile playing on his lips.
In just a few seconds, Reggie had slain seven more skeleton warriors.
And his health dropped by barely a trace.
The next moment, his life recovered, and his health bar was instantly full again.
Even among the 15 skeletons he had summoned, only two skeleton warriors had died.
This was after Su Mubai’s summoned creatures were enhanced by the Death Codex, which increased damage to undead by 100%.
The ferocity of an insane Dark-Gold-tier boss was beyond imagination.
Yet now, Su Mubai’s face no longer showed the slightest trace of tension.
Calmly waving his magic wand, a pale gray vortex, noticeably larger than before, quickly took shape.
The next moment, two burly skeleton warriors strode forth, each wielding a massive greatsword.
*Clack clack clack...*
The greatswords gleamed coldly; the skeleton warriors wore standard-issue armor, nearly two meters tall, with glowing azure soul flames flickering in their pupils, exuding an imposing aura far surpassing the earlier skeleton soldiers.
[Skeleton Warrior]
[Strength: 930]
[Constitution: 930]
[Agility: 930]
[Health: 69,750/69,750]
[Attack Power: 3,720]
[Physical Defense: 930]
[Skill: Heavy Strike Lv8]
[Heavy Strike:] (E) Level 8; swinging weapon to heavily strike the target, dealing 185% physical damage; cooldown 30 seconds.
[Disaster Trait]: Max health increased to 500%, attack power increased by 100%.
(Heroic warriors, significant attribute boosts.)
The luxurious stats of the skeleton warriors stunned Su Mubai even though he had been mentally prepared.
Previously, the Silver-tier boss, Mist Tree Python King, only had 88,000 health, yet these summoned skeleton warriors nearly reached 70,000 health each?!
What was even more absurd was their attack power.
Even Reggie, a Dark-Gold-tier boss, without the frenzy buff, wouldn’t boast such attack strength!
The combination of powerful skills and the stacking Disaster Trait created these terrifying skeleton warriors.
And now, he could summon a full hundred of these skeletons!
Su Mubai suddenly realized that what he had thought to be overpowered was only the beginning.
From the moment he exploited the bug to acquire the forbidden Disaster talent, he had embarked on a path to invincibility.
“Take him down!”
With a thought, the two skeleton warriors charged at Reggie, dragging their greatswords behind them, carving deep furrows into the forest floor.
Their agility of 930 meant that even without class bonuses, they moved quickly.
The front-line skeleton soldiers immediately stepped aside, as the two skeleton warriors raised their greatswords high and struck fiercely at Reggie.
The latter clearly sensed the threat; soul flames flickered wildly in his eyes as he swung his massive bone sword to block.
[Heavy Strike] ×2!
*Clang! Clang!*
Two heavy clashes of metal reverberated through the misty forest; the sheer force pushed Reggie back several steps.
Within the soul flames, a trace of shock appeared as his eyes fixed rigidly on the two suddenly emerged powerful skeletons.
He had utterly failed to block their attacks!
-12,504, -11,988
Two damage numbers surpassing ten thousand appeared — and these weren’t critical hits.
The terrifying attack power of the skeleton warriors, amplified by the Death Codex, resulted in such exaggerated damage.
“I am the true Skeleton King!”
Reggie steadied himself and roared in counterattack, gray death aura swirling around his body.
[Notification: Skeleton King—Reggie activated “Death Aura,” increasing power by 20%, reducing damage taken by 20%, lasting 10 minutes.]
The system notification sounded; Su Mubai smirked.
Bosses were different — even a casual buff could last ten minutes.
For players, such an effect lasting a minute would be exceptional.
“But it’s useless.”
Coldly smiling, Su Mubai let the two skeleton warriors advance, leaving several skeleton soldiers to assist.
Meanwhile, the rest of the skeleton army unleashed full firepower, immediately slaughtering Reggie’s summoned skeletons.
Two seconds later, Su Mubai waved his wand again, summoning two more skeleton warriors to the battlefield.
Just as Reggie was regaining control, he was struck by two heavy blows once more.
-9,764, -19,526!
Soon, Su Mubai had summoned ten skeleton warriors.
Together, they utterly suppressed Reggie.
No matter how he struggled, he could not break through their encirclement.
All his summoned skeletons perished; sixty skeleton archers shifted targets, launching a relentless hail of arrows.
-672, -663, -681, -657...
A dense cascade of damage numbers appeared, instantly draining over 40,000 of Reggie’s health.
Su Mubai continuously summoned new skeleton warriors to replace those whose health was depleted.
Every time two were summoned, they delivered two heavy strikes to Reggie.
Ever since Su Mubai upgraded his skill with Disaster, Reggie’s fate was sealed.
Even if he unleashed all his skills, it was meaningless.
How could he withstand two nearly 70,000-health skeleton warriors every two seconds?
His own fifteen skeleton summons were mere toys to these skeleton warriors.
Soon, Reggie’s health dropped to just 360,000.
[Notification: Skeleton King—Reggie entered Frenzy state, attack power increased by 50%, attack speed increased by 50%, defenses reduced by 50%.]
In frenzy, Reggie plunged into madness, no longer caring about defense, wildly swinging his massive bone sword against the surrounding skeleton warriors.
However, this only hastened his demise; it was utterly futile.
The skeleton warriors summoned by Su Mubai could not all engage simultaneously.
Whenever one died, another fully restored one took its place.
Reggie’s final frenzy was utterly meaningless, as his health bar plummeted faster than ever.
[Heavy Strike]!
[Double Shot]!
-10,387, -10,011
-1,241, -1,197, -2,548! ...
With the last wave of skill releases, the overwhelming arrow storm finally ended Reggie’s second life.
Boom!
He slammed his giant bone sword into the ground in frustration, the soul flames in his pupils fading.
“I... the king... am not willing...”
Bang!
The next moment, Reggie’s massive body collapsed with a great crash, dropping a pile of loot.
A golden light rose as the abundant experience from Reggie’s defeat caused the freshly leveled Su Mubai to level up once again.
Simultaneously, a series of system notifications rang in his ears.