The First Wave of Attacks Ends (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

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The Black Ghoul Shadow Head's long spear struck three times in quick succession, hitting the three skeletons in front with pinpoint accuracy. Under the force of his spear strikes, the bodies of those three skeletons shattered into pieces on the spot.

"Surround him."

Seeing this, Gu Xi commanded decisively. He knew very well that if he didn't deal with this Ghoul Shadow Head first, the battle ahead wouldn't be easy to fight. So while ordering his minions to act, he hurled two daggers at the Ghoul Shadow Head.

Although the Ghoul Shadow Head was stronger than ordinary Ghoul Shadows, he shared the same combat style—facing attacks, he didn't dodge at all, relying purely on his body to tank them. The two daggers successfully stabbed into the Ghoul Shadow Head's body, interrupting his next attack.

At that moment, the skeletons of Battle Squad 4 quickly moved in, using their shields to lock down the Ghoul Shadow Head's movement. Then the skeletons of Battle Squad 2 charged out, holding their Two-Handed Swords level, and drove them hard into the Ghoul Shadow Head's body.

But the Ghoul Shadow Head's level had already surpassed the normal standard for Ghoul Shadows. The skeletons' attacks mostly dealt 1 or 2 points of damage, which didn't inflict much harm on the Ghoul Shadow Head. Instead, it gave the Ghoul Shadow Head a good opportunity to strike back. He spread his hands apart, and the arm that formed the spear automatically split, turning into arm-like longswords. Gripping a sword in each hand, he spun around and slashed at the skeletons charging at him.

Three skeletons that had been pinning down the Ghoul Shadow Head were killed on the spot.

At this, Gu Xi shouted loudly.

"Raise shields!"

Hearing this, the skeletons locking down the Ghoul Shadow Head quickly lifted their shields and crouched down. Then Gu Xi pointed at the fallen skeletons.

"Lesser Corpse Explosion!"

One of the collapsing skeleton corpses exploded on the spot. Because this skeleton had originally been pinning down the Ghoul Shadow Head, as it fell, it happened to crash right into the Ghoul Shadow Head's body. When the corpse explosion hit, the Ghoul Shadow Head took the full force of the blast.

Boom!

The Ghoul Shadow Head's body was sent flying.

"Go!"

Gu Xi commanded decisively.

The skeletons of Battle Squad 2 quickly advanced, raising their longswords to chop at the Ghoul Shadow Head. Unlike the other skeletons, all their power was poured into their swords, and the Two-Handed Swords in their hands had even higher attack power than the long spears of Battle Squad 3. This time, they struck decisively, raising their Two-Handed Swords and hacking wildly at the Ghoul Shadow Head.

The Ghoul Shadow Head was already Severely Injured, and now, under the assault of so many longswords, he couldn't even dodge in time. Rolling once on the ground was the last bit of defiance he could muster. As Battle Squad 2 raised their longswords for a second strike, Gu Xi heard a notification.

[Skeleton (Summoned Creature) surrounded and killed Ghoul Shadow Head (Level 3, Elite). You gain 1+63 experience points (damage experience bonus). Each attacking Battle Squad gains 1 experience point. Each participating Summoned Creature gains 5 experience points.]

"Killed him."

Seeing the prompt before him, Gu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he noticed that at the spot where the Ghoul Shadow Head had died, besides the large number of Ghoul Qi Beads left behind, there was also the spear made of many arms.

It dropped gear?

Gu Xi didn't bother with anything else. He quickly pointed forward.

"Kill all Ghoul Shadows."

At the same time, he himself charged into the battlefield, wanting to check out what was up with that spear. Although he wasn't very skilled with a long spear, this one was definitely a piece of stat equipment. Even if he just held it to boost his attributes, it was better than the useless scimitar in his hand.

Meanwhile, the battle between the Ghoul Shadows and the skeletons had reached a fever pitch. These Ghoul Shadows were unaffected by morale; even with their leader dead, they showed no sign of retreat. Instead, because Gu Xi had sent out all his skeletons, the fight had turned into a chaotic melee.

In the chaos, Gu Xi also ran over to the spear and picked up the weapon, which was nearly three meters long.

[Ding, you have obtained Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm (Green).]

[Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm (Green, Long Spear)]

[Attack: 2-3]

[Equipment Requirement: Strength 2]

[Special: Grievance Lock—when parrying with the long spear, there is a 50% chance to lock onto the enemy's weapon, causing the enemy's weapon to be disarmed.]

[Description: In some people's eyes, arms are the sharpest blades.]

After glancing at the attributes of the [Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm], Gu Xi lost interest in the item. It didn't boost any stats, at most enhancing attack power a bit and adding one extra skill.

His spear technique wasn't great; holding a long spear, he could only thrust straight ahead.

This [Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm] in his hands would be a complete waste.

Knowing its attributes, Gu Xi didn't think twice and tossed the [Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm] back to the Skeleton Head of Battle Squad 3.

When that Skeleton Head took the [Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm] in hand, the long spear rapidly began to change.

The original [Hundred Blades Ghoul Arm] was a nearly three-meter-long spear made of arms.

Now it had transformed into a spear composed of hand bones, especially the spear tip, which was entirely pieced together from finger bones.

At the same time, all the long spears in the hands of the skeletons of Battle Squad 3 underwent the same change—they too became two and a half meters long, with the spear tips shrinking into cone-shaped palm bones.

Clearly, when the Skeleton Head was affected by the equipment, the ordinary skeletons in the battle squad were also influenced.

After switching to their new weapons, Battle Squad 3 quickly advanced and launched an attack on the Ghoul Shadows.

Unlike the previous uniform attack pattern.

This time, the skeletons of Battle Squad 3 fought individually.

After all, they couldn't charge as a squad now, or they'd definitely injure other skeletons caught in the melee.

The skeletons of Battle Squad 3 could only cooperate in pairs or trios, attacking lone enemies at the same time.

At this point, it had to be said that their new weapons brought a significant impact—the attack power of Battle Squad 3's skeletons had clearly increased a lot.

With their involvement, the remaining Ghoul Shadows were quickly killed.

When the last Ghoul Shadow was slain, a ding sounded in Gu Xi's ear.

Ding! Temporary Task: Dead City progress changed. First wave of enemies defeated. Second wave will appear in 15 minutes. Please prepare for battle.

Looking at the message that popped up, Gu Xi immediately began issuing orders.

"Everyone, move it! Clean up the entire battlefield. I don't want any of these Ghoul Qi Beads—use them all to strengthen the skeletons. Also, dismantle the houses and build roadblocks. Each battle squad, replenish your numbers. We don't have much time!"

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