As the first Skeleton Soldier successfully advanced, more and more Skeletons, having gained enough experience and absorbed enough Abomination power, successfully advanced into Skeleton Soldiers.
When choosing advancement paths for the Skeleton Soldiers, Gu Xi followed the principle of strengthening their advantages rather than pursuing balanced development. Every Skeleton Soldier was advanced in a direction that highlighted its traits.
Thus, all four Battle Squads gained their own specialized Skeleton Soldiers.
The Skeleton Soldiers of Battle Squad 1 still carried a Battle Axe in one hand and a Recurve Blade in the other. They now wore Leather Armor and had three Daggers at their waists for Throwing.
These Skeleton Soldiers had learned Ranged Attack methods. Although their range was less than ten meters, ranged was still ranged.
Skeleton Soldier (Level 3, Summoned Creature): Experience (13/500), Attack 3+1 (Melee Weapon), Defense 1+1 (Armor), Ammunition 3 (dagger), life 19, Skills: Undead Creature, Backstab, Throwing.
The Skeletons of Battle Squad 3, meanwhile, were completely different. Their Skeleton Soldier enhancements had all been focused on their Long Spears.
Their Skeleton Head had obtained a Long Spear during the last battle. Now that they had absorbed enough Abomination aura, their Long Spears had grown even more powerful.
Skeleton Soldier (Level 3, Summoned Creature): Experience (19/500), Attack 3+2 (Bone Arm Long Spear), Defense 1, life 19, Skills: Undead Creature, Disarm, Thrust.
The Skeleton Soldiers of Battle Squad 4 were the complete opposite of those in Battle Squad 3. They had strengthened the defensive effect of the shields in their hands and added another thick layer of armor to their bodies.
If they had not still been holding Longswords, someone might have mistaken them for Heavy Defensive Type Muscle Skeleton Soldiers.
Skeleton Soldier (Level 3, Summoned Creature): Experience (6/500), Attack 3, Defense 1+3 (Shield + Armor), life 24, Skills: Undead Creature, Shield Wall, Temporary Life.
After the various Skeleton Soldiers had advanced, Gu Xi examined the situation of the four Battle Squads.
Battle Squads 1 and 2 had suffered severe losses. Battle Squads 3 and 4, on the other hand, were doing fairly well. They had suffered almost no losses in this battle, and their Skeleton Heads' upgrades had instead created quite a few vacant slots.
Battle Squad 1 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Life +3, Attack +1, Experience 18/200): Captain (1/1), Level 1 Skeleton Head; Members (22/33), Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (3), Level 2 Skeletons (13), Level 1 Skeletons (6). Battle Squad 2 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +5, Defense +1, Experience 26/200): Captain (1/1), Level 1 Skeleton Head; Members (21/39), Level 3 Skeleton Warriors (1), Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (9), Level 2 Skeletons (6), Level 1 Skeletons (5). Battle Squad 3 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Attack +3, life +4, Experience 198/200): Captain (1/1), Level 1 Skeleton Head; Members (28/33), Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (8), Level 2 Skeletons (14), Level 1 Skeletons (6). Battle Squad 4 (Level 1, Unnamed, Traits: Defense +6, Experience 74/200): Captain (1/1), Level 1 Skeleton Head; Members (40/45), Level 3 Skeleton Warriors (6), Level 3 Skeleton Soldiers (9), Level 2 Skeletons (21), Level 1 Skeletons (4).
Their reinforcements were uneven.
Looking at the information before him, Gu Xi could not help but sigh.
He had no idea what the Third Wave of enemies would be like.
Gu Xi then gestured and ordered them to set up their positions again. The corpses of the Skeletons that had died earlier were laid out in the streets once more, while tables and chairs from nearby rooms were moved outside and turned into Roadblocks.
Battle Squad 3 stood behind Battle Squad 4, while Battle Squads 1 and 2 lay in ambush inside the rooms.
As long as the enemies appeared, Gu Xi could hold them back as before, prioritize killing the enemy leaders, and then use the Skeletons to wear down the Black Ghoul Shadows.
But Gu Xi never expected that when the fifteen minutes were up, the Ghoul Shadow that appeared before him would be like this.
This time, it was no longer a massive wave of three or four hundred Black Ghoul Shadows, but a huge Ghoul Shadow fusion.
Like the previous Ghoul Shadows, this one was entirely black. However, it was enormous. Its body did not move upright; instead, it crawled along the ground with its back turned, its joints bent in reverse.
Beneath it were eight massive arms, moving like the legs of a Spider.
Three pairs of arms on its body held up three human heads.
Although those three heads were also completely black, their size and appearance made it clear that they belonged to a man, a woman, and a child.
It was as large as a huge dump truck, and many twisting arms writhed across its body. One glance was enough to tell that it was not something to be trifled with.
As it entered the block, the massive Ghoul Shadow charged forward like a train.
The roadblock defense line arranged by the Battle Squads could not hold it back even for a moment and was instantly smashed apart.
Gu Xi reacted the fastest. The moment he saw this, he pointed at the Skeleton corpses before the Ghoul Shadow and began chanting.
"Lesser Corpse Explosion!"
But the Ghoul Shadow's movement speed was too fast. Gu Xi had clearly placed it in front of the Ghoul Shadow, yet by the time the Corpse Explosion went off, the Ghoul Shadow had already charged beyond the blast radius.
"Battle Squad 4, get up there!"
As Gu Xi shouted, he cast a Bone Shield over himself and advanced with a wooden stick in hand.
The wooden stick in Gu Xi's hand had belonged to a higher-ranking Ghoul Shadow Head. When Gu Xi held it, it rapidly shrank to a size suitable for him to use.
Bone Shatter (Green, Wooden Stick) Attack: 2-3 Equipment Requirement: Strength 2 Special: Crush. When attacking an enemy, there is a 50% chance of shattering the enemy's bones, armor, or other defensive objects. Description: Do not underestimate the power of a wooden stick. Many have already died beneath this stick.
With the wooden stick in hand, Gu Xi had the courage to join the battle as well.
Although this Ghoul Shadow had not attacked yet, its movement speed alone told Gu Xi that it was a high-agility Ghoul Shadow.
Enemies with high agility often did not have much life force or attack power.
They usually focused on evading enemy attacks, while their own attacks came in rapid succession over a short period.
So long as they could be trapped, there was still a chance to defeat them.
That was why Gu Xi had immediately sent Battle Squad 4 forward. Their Shield Wall could withstand this Ghoul Shadow's charge.
As long as its movement speed slowed, Gu Xi could step in and use the Bone Shatter Wooden Stick to break one of its legs.
After that came the most conventional BOSS-fighting strategy. Although he had already suffered considerable losses, Gu Xi still had 111 Skeletons under his command. If they joined forces against a single Ghoul Shadow, there was no reason they could not win.
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