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The Black Fog Descends: I Am the Taboo
Chapter 154

A First Glimpse of Strength

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Su Zhe looked somewhat surprised and said, "Chen-ge, there's a team over there!"

Li Chen sheathed his light blades around himself and fixed his gaze on those people.

He hummed in agreement.

I don't know him.

After all, it was Academy Tournament, so there weren't many people I knew there. It was he who attacked me first.

It was merely to stop himself from attacking that Eerie Monsters.

What is the purpose of this?

Roar~

At this moment, the skeleton in the middle, without anyone stopping it, quickly transformed into its full glory, covered in white bone armor, like a warrior who had been dead for a long time.

Green flames flickered in the skull's eyes.

It's similar to the previous Fate-Playing Skeleton, but its strength isn't as terrifying.

As he awoke, an extremely strong gust of wind blew away many Skeleton, which then crashed down on the crowd.

Su Xian held the magician's staff and softly chanted, "Magic Spell Protection."

Buzz~

A white barrier appeared in front of them.

Bang~ Bang~ Bang

The sounds of impact clashed against the barrier, creating ripples that echoed the impacts.

Their team doesn't have much in terms of equipment, but they have almost all the abilities to protect themselves, all of which are area-of-effect (AoE) attacks.

Mu Hen, however, stared intently at the skeleton, a hint of excitement on his face. He quickly exclaimed, "Li Chen, those skeletons Eerie Monsters; they'll be useful to me!!"

"I can make them serve me!"

Li Chen was somewhat surprised and said, "Oh? There's such a thing?"

Mu Hen scratched his head and said, "We, the Tomb People, are born from Eerie Monsters, but humanoid Eerie Monsters are too rare to encounter."

"After all, I can't exactly fight with that incredibly Eerie Monsters in my arms, can I?"

"Moreover, most of those Eerie Monsters are born after they have lost their Soul Flame, making them very difficult for me to tame."

"However, the way these bones are presented indicates that his Soul Flame is still within him and hasn't completely disappeared. I can give it a try."

Seeing an opportunity to profit, Su Zhe immediately stepped forward and said, "Alright, I'll get it for you!"

"Remember to give me some of your Dark Energy later."

Mu Hen glanced at Su Zhe with disdain and said, "That skeleton isn't someone you can take on one-on-one."

"I can sense that the skeleton just absorbed a large amount of death energy, and its current strength is probably at the Withered Sea Realm, at least stronger than you right now."

"Huh? The Withered Sea Realm? Eerie Monsters in this Academy Tournament Secret Realm that powerful?"

Su Zhe smacked his lips, somewhat incredulous.

This strength is seriously high...

What about the weaker trainees? Not every team has that level of strength.

Ji Shao's expression didn't change much. He had also heard their conversation and said softly, "That's how the Academy Tournament is. If it lacks intensity, then why even hold it?"

"They are all the pride of their respective academies. If seven people can't even beat an Eerie Monsters, they might as well go home and farm. Why bother participating in the Academy Tournament just to get humiliated?"

Ji Mumu nodded in agreement, though she was perhaps a little unsettled inside, as she was probably the weakest in the team in terms of actual strength.

But her abilities were developed during her previous training.

Fire Healing has been added...

In other words, her flames could be controlled to heal other people's injuries, which shocked Su Xian and the others at the time.

However, magic can also heal Su Xian, but it's very slow.

Not as capable as her.

At this moment, Su Xian spoke up, "Stop talking! That Eerie Monsters is about to charge!"

The Eerie Monsters held a sword, and green flames blazed on its white skull, like a knight returning from hell. Its mouth kept opening and closing, as if a black current was flowing into its body.

With a "buzzing" sound.

His figure disappeared quickly.

Li Chen raised his eyes, summoned "Zhu," and stepped out of the barrier, holding his sword to block from a distance.

Click~

Swords clashed, and an extremely terrifying force blew away all the surrounding debris, creating a whistling sound that flowed through the air.

The collision between the person and the bone was merely a single event.

The area, spanning several hundred meters, appeared to have been subjected to a massive impact.

The man not far away narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Let's go!!"

"This group is not someone we can afford to mess with!"

He could tell the difference at a glance; they weren't even in the same league. He could even picture a one-on-one fight between them, where he would be defeated in a single exchange.

It wasn't that he was afraid, but rather that he lacked strength...

Their team lacked the ability to fight the Eerie Monsters one-on-one. Although they searched the entire corner, they killed every single Eerie Monsters by working together.

The man standing before them, fighting the Eerie Monsters one-on-one, was someone they didn't know, but they understood that the strength he had already displayed was enough to give them a run for their money.

The woman beside him looked very serious. She wasn't stupid; she could see the situation clearly. She quickly asked, "Captain, are we really leaving?"

"You know, this is a very likely place where an Eerie Monsters map will appear!"

The man snorted coldly and said, "So you're fighting with that guy's teammates?"

"You have to understand that we attacked them first; the fact that they haven't attacked us yet is already showing them mercy."

"Early elimination isn't forbidden in the Academy Tournament exams."

The woman was somewhat unwilling, after all, they had searched for a long time but found nothing, and now they had no choice but to give away the meat they had already obtained.

The man sighed, stretched out his hand, and the spear he had thrown earlier quickly flew back, saying...

"Let's go, ranking is important."

"We're not here for the Academy Tournament to compete for first place."

"It's just about trying to please everyone."

Just after he finished speaking, a cold voice rang out.

Where do you want to go?

"You think you can just leave after attacking us like this?"

The man immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly turned around to look.

A man dressed in black, carrying a sword case, was staring at the two of them with extremely cold eyes.

The man gripped his spear, his eyes sharp. With a single glance, he roared angrily, "Damn it, what did you do to my teammate?"

Jianping flicked the blood off his Demon Blade and spoke calmly.

"Do you think I killed them, or let them run away right in front of me?"

Instantly, the man gripped his spear and assumed a fighting stance; the two auras seemed to collide in the air.

The woman beside her glanced over, looking somewhat flustered, her hand constantly tapping on her earpiece as she quietly contacted her teammates.

They were located in ruins; two people went up to observe, while five others stayed below to wait.

But how did that man get up here?

Were they all really killed?

The woman took a deep breath, somewhat unable to believe that the difference in strength was really that great, and quickly called for her teammates.

At least one person needs to be alive, right?

However, the conversations of her teammates were no longer heard in her headset; only silence remained.

This person is terrifying; they're going to wipe out all her teammates in an instant!

Otherwise, she would definitely have heard her teammates' cries for help.

But the facts were already laid bare before her, and she had no choice but to believe that all her teammates had been eliminated without anyone noticing.

Jianping's expression was unusually cold. Holding his sword, he didn't even glance in Li Chen's direction, because he knew that Li Chen couldn't possibly lose to that Eerie Monsters.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come so readily.

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