It didn't take long for all the Skeleton Archers to finish transforming.
[Bone Archer (Level 8)] [Species: Undead Species/Bonefolk] [Attributes: Strength 30, Agility 33, Constitution 32, Spirit 27 (bonuses included)] [Skill 1: Corrosion: Passive. The Bone Archer's ranged attacks apply stacks of Corrosion to the target. Corrosion deals minor periodic shadow damage and reduces the target's armor by 5%. A target can have up to four stacks of Corrosion.] [Skill 2: Quick Shooting: The Bone Archer enters a rapid-fire state, increasing its ranged attack speed by 30% while reducing its accuracy by 30%. The rapid-fire state consumes 1 Spirit every 3 seconds.]
After transforming, the Bone Archers were no longer as tall as before. Standing under five feet three inches, they looked almost delicate, and the Soul Fire dancing in their eye sockets burned a brilliant white.
Their bone bows and arrows looked carefully polished, gleaming faintly white.
"They look much better than ordinary Skeleton Archers," Li Shuyi, a notorious judge of appearances, declared.
"Of course," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "They benefit from my class passive and Spirit bonus, and the Black Soul Stone's three Skeleton Warrior upgrades are still in effect... A boost of more than ten points to every attribute is bound to show in how they look."
Attribute-wise, they weren't much different from the Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers. Strength and Agility were swapped, but both hovered around thirty.
The Bone Archers' four attributes were remarkably even. Even Spirit, the least useful one, was close to thirty. That peculiar balance came from their former selves: Skeleton Soldiers were so weak that gaining just one point in each attribute per level was downright miserable.
They owed their current attributes to Bai Xiaowen's investment in Black Soul Stone upgrades and the powerful bonuses he granted them. Both