Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton

It really has something to it!

Inside the execution room at this moment, apart from the Skeleton Archer summoned by Tasia, there was only this guy.

Although they were all skeletons, this big fellow radiating blue light all over was clearly not something those two flimsy Skeleton Archers could compare to.

At this time, the two Skeleton Archers began to nock their bows and shoot.

"Twang!"

"Twang!"

Following two sharp sounds of bowstrings, two powerful arrows shot toward the large blue-glowing skeleton.

At such a close distance, the arrows reached its body in an instant.

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Two pathetic damage values, only in the single digits, popped up above its head.

"Looks like this guy isn't easy to deal with."

Zong Shen raised an eyebrow.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the blue-glowing skeleton in the execution room launched a counterattack.

The large machete in its hand swung horizontally toward the Skeleton Archers.

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Two striking damage numbers appeared.

And that wasn't the end of it.

As it retracted its large blade, it left two trails of bright red flames on the bodies of the Skeleton Archers.

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These two flames began to burn fiercely on the wounds of the Skeleton Archers.

The level 10 Skeleton Archer possessed 220 health points; after this wave, only 107 remained.

This blue-glowing skeleton had formidable combat power, with its slashing damage even surpassing that of the Wolf Cavalry.

"Colby, throw the net!"

"Tasia, have the Skeleton Archer retreat!"

Zong Shen quickly issued his orders. Although the Skeleton Archer was sent in to scout the path, he couldn't let it be wiped out so easily.

Retreating a bit would still allow it to contribute some damage.

Upon hearing this, Colby didn't hesitate; he grabbed the Capture Net hanging at his waist and threw it.

It spread out in front of the blue-glowing skeleton, covering it from head to toe and pinning it in place.

The Capture Net was a skill that carried a forced crowd-control effect, and the Capture Net skill itself could not be destroyed.

At the same time, the Skeleton Archer began to retreat, exiting the execution chamber.

Zong Shen took this opportunity to focus his gaze and check the attributes of the blue-glowing skeleton.

[Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton lv16 (Green)]

[Race: Undead]

[Slashing Damage: 61~64]

[Health Points: 468/480]

[Armor: 30]

[Skill: Heavy Cleave (Uses all strength to deliver a slash, dealing 1.5x slashing damage, 15% chance to cause equipment destruction, reducing durability to zero, cooldown 8h), Passive Skill Blood-Burning (Attacks carry a blood-burning effect, igniting health points to deal 50 points of fixed damage)]

(A withered Blood-Burning Demon, nurtured by countless years of resentment, its bones have transformed into an Undead skeleton warrior. Beware of its great cleaver; it will be a formidable foe.)

An elite monster, and a very powerful one at that!

With these stats, taking a single hit would instantly cost him over a hundred health points.

If it used its Heavy Cleave skill, it could severely wound Zong Shen or Tie Zhu, fragile units with less than 200 health, in one blow.

At this moment, the duration of Colby's Capture Net skill ended.

The Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton strode out, its entire body covered in black light armor.

Inside its skull, which featured demonic horns, two clusters of ghostly blue flames were flickering.

This was the source of the blue glow.

"Arvid, Bjorn, take turns using your Capture Net skills to buy us time to retreat."

"Everyone, try to use ranged attacks as much as possible."

"Flank it, kite it, do not engage head-on!"

After saying this, Zong Shen retreated first while simultaneously deploying the battle plan.

Against a boss like this with thick health, high defense, and explosive damage, one absolutely could not mindlessly tank it, or the losses would be catastrophic.

Hearing Zong Shen's command, the others also began to fall back, while Arvid used the Capture Net skill, binding it in place for another three seconds.

At the same time, while retreating, Zong Shen and Tie Zhu threw the broken, scattered iron bars from outside the cells into the middle of the corridor.

Interlocking them to jam the space, they fashioned a makeshift barricade out of several damaged iron bars.

Then, everyone stopped in their tracks.

Stimulated by such a powerful opponent.

Without needing much direction, these soldiers all began to launch attacks with everything they had.

The Wolf Cavalry began throwing short spears.

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Two short spears stuck into its light armor.

They only dealt 8 points of damage each.

The third one, however, struck the shoulder blade unprotected by armor.

While dealing full damage, it also pierced straight through the shoulder blade of the Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton.

Tasia also chanted for Double Necrotic Arrow.

Two pitch-black necrotic arrows shot out like bolts of black lightning.

They slammed directly into its chest.

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Two high instances of magic damage flashed above its head.

Although Tasia's magic damage attribute fluctuated slightly, the 1.5x magic damage multiplier of the level 10 Double Necrotic Arrow was simply too terrifying.

It was practically explosive damage.

However, this move also costs a high 40 points of mana, consuming one-tenth of Tasia's total mana in a single go.

At the same time, the Skeleton Archer was also firing diligently.

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Zong Shen also took out his Hunting Crossbow.

Relying on the crosshair from the Strategy Module.

He fired a bolt with precision, hitting the eye socket of the Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton and extinguishing one of the ghostly blue flames inside.

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Zong Shen's base piercing damage is as high as 51 points, and with the 8 points provided by the Bent Crossbow Bolt, this resulted in 59 points of piercing damage.

As for the 30 points of additional damage, it should be related to the extinguished ghostly blue flame.

It seems that all skeletons have two flames in their eye sockets.

At this moment, the Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton finally broke free from the 3-second immobilization of the Capture Net.

However, in those three seconds, the group had already dealt a massive amount of damage.

At this time, the Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton had only 178 health points remaining.

Next, the Wolf Cavalry Bjorn also used his Capture Net skill.

After taking a beating and just regaining its mobility, the Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton hadn't even taken two steps before another Capture Net trapped it in place once again.

Control combined with damage output is simply the ultimate strategy for fighting monsters!

If this Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton possessed intelligence and could speak, it would probably be cursing up a storm right now.

Frustrating! It was truly too frustrating!

A dignified elite-level monster with such powerful attributes was actually being pinned in a corner and beaten to a pulp.

So far, other than the one time it attacked the two cannon-fodder archers in the execution room, it hadn't even harmed a single hair on Zong Shen and his group.

"Tasia, don't move, save your mana!"

"Lads, shower it with short spear throws! Aim for the spots without armor protection!"

Zong Shen commanded once again.

At the same time, I loaded the Hunting Crossbow.

I aimed at the other eye socket.

"I'll poke your dog eyes out!"

The two Skeleton Archers were also diligently launching their attacks.

Next, a dazzling string of damage values popped up.

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The Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton's health points dropped straight to zero, its bone frame scattered across the ground, and it transformed into several clusters of reward light that appeared on the spot.