Bone Ash System

The interval between salvos is three seconds.

For Leon and his team, those three seconds were only enough time to dash forward a few steps. When they heard the sound of the bowstring tightening, they had to stop and defend in place.

From the moment the giants appeared, they were hundreds of meters away from the enemy.

This is torture, utter torture.

If the tombstone were still intact, they would feel a little more comfortable with a place to hide. Unfortunately, they didn't. Under the dense barrage of arrows, they could only rely on the all-around, 360-degree protection of the Sword Saint Gapar.

Without Jia Paer, we probably would have all been wiped out in the first volley.

For most people, this level requires them to slowly inch their way to the giant by relying on the tombstones; a mistake means death. However, if you can memorize the strategy, it might be much easier.

Numerical monsters have their weaknesses. If Jia Paer hadn't come with them, they would already have discovered the correct strategy and be trying to kill the giant.

The group moved forward at a snail's pace. As they approached the dilapidated city wall where the giant was located, Leon suddenly noticed something.

Because the tombstones and weeds all disappeared when the city wall was still hundreds of meters away, leaving the ground bare.

It's practically saying: Charge forward, and you'll be amazing if you can make it through the Arrow Rain alive.

A distance of over a hundred meters is enough for an adventurer of average strength to rush across in a few seconds, but it's also enough for archers to complete a volley!

Two paths lay before them: one was the stairs leading to the top of the city wall, which would allow them to face the giant directly.

The other path leads to small rooms beneath the city wall, illuminated by scattered torches, seemingly leading to a bottomless underground depth.

The closest room to them was undoubtedly the small room; if they rushed in and closed the door, they could keep all the arrows out.

Leon found it strange because, according to information provided by other teams, there should be at least three paths leading to the city wall, each corresponding to an Elite Monsters that could weaken the Death Rite Bird.

But where is the third road? Why can't I see it?

However, the current situation did not allow them time to think, and everyone unanimously chose the stairs leading to the top of the city wall!

In this short period of time, the giant has successfully attracted everyone's anger, and everyone wants to grind him to dust!

In any case, whether there were tombstones or not, it didn't matter to them for the last stretch of the road. Jia Paer swung his longsword with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," and the sky was filled with dazzling sword light. They would take two steps, stop, practice their swordplay, and then take two more steps. This went on in an endless cycle.

Even though Jia Paer's special effects are amazing, the whole thing still feels pretty bizarre.

His arms didn't ache at all, and his eyes didn't even blink or dry up; he was incredibly capable.

The crowd went from being on tenterhooks to being numb and indifferent, content to just watch Jia Paer Show, which was the latter's thought as well.

"Haha, such a grand scene is rare. I've never seen such an amazing dungeon before!" Jia Paer laughed heartily.

However, just as everyone was making smooth progress and was about to reach the foot of the city wall, a group of new monsters suddenly joined the battlefield.

When Jia Paer saw the true forms of those monsters, his face fell immediately.

Because those monsters are Rust Monster!

"Again?"

Jia Paer will not use weapons to attack the Rust Monster this time, even though he is only using an ordinary longsword he bought casually from the blacksmith shop. He cherishes all his weapons.

So he simply uprooted a broken tombstone and smashed it into the nearby Rust Monster, splattering its brains everywhere.

Te Er also came to help, swinging his big hands with great force, but he got too caught up in the fight and a stray arrow pierced through his shoulder!

A single arrow could pierce through Te Er's body!?

He was wincing in pain, and Delu scolded him while treating him.

The moment the group reached the city wall, the archer spirits standing on the plain vanished. In their place, a row of about ten archers appeared atop the small city wall. The giant stared at them menacingly, his withered face resembling that of a demon.

"Take care of yourselves,"

This time, Jia Paer abandoned the Strategy Team and charged straight at the giant, who seemed to have no other means of attack besides summoning archer spirits.

A flash of sword light appeared, and the giant let out a mournful howl, turning into dust and disappearing, leaving behind a point of light.

"I'll leave it to you," Jia Paer waved casually, completely unconcerned about the reward for killing the enemy.

"As expected of Master!" Leon, who knew Jia Paer's character well, clapped his hands.

"What's so special about that?" The Sword Saint shook his head modestly while smiling. He reviewed his actions in his mind and felt that his moves were incredibly cool.

Swordsmanship seems pretty cool. No, magic is even cooler.

People are always attracted to things they don't understand but that seem impressive. For example, magic is to Jia Paer. He can't even set off a small firework, and learning magic has almost become an obsession for him.

The reward for defeating the Titan is unprecedented and is called "The Archer Legion's Bone Ash".

When facing Elite Monsters or higher in dungeons, you can summon them once at any time. Outside the dungeon, you can use them once every 24 hours. Each time you use them, you can summon three archers to attack enemies on the field.

"Ashes?"

Delu's expression was strange; using the things left behind by the dead to summon their help in battle sounded like something only a necromancer would do.

But thinking about the strength of those archers just now...

It smells amazing! We're definitely using these ashes!

The Bone Ash System doesn't seem to bring much novelty to the people of this world, probably because necromancers exist in this world.

The counterfeit ashes produced by Gong Qiying do not require the bell given by Ranni, but the power of the ashes will be reduced accordingly.

If the adventurer is able to obtain the bell later and use it as a medium to summon the ashes, its strength will return to normal.

As for the time limit for summoning ashes in the outside world, he originally wanted to set it so that it could be summoned at any time. However, that would have increased the Spirit Power required to make one set of ashes by more than ten times. Therefore, it was reduced after the restriction was added.

It was as if the whole world was preventing him from coming up with something extraordinary.

Malu pulled out her Hunting Handbook; as a participant in the battle, her manual was also updated with information about the Titans.

[Hunting Handbook - Monster Category]

Name: Grave Keeper

The nameless giant, entrusted with guarding the tomb, tirelessly watched over it with the archer's spirit to prevent innocent people from straying into its depths and to keep those with ulterior motives away from the nation corrupted by the abyss.

This is a monster created by Gong Qiying.

To prevent innocent people from accidentally ending up in the grave.

Malu thought of the fierce archer and thought, "How can you stop me like this?"

Guarding the graves, or guarding the abyss—could it be a commission from the Farron Undead Legion? Damn it, why isn't the manual complete? There are too many blanks; we can only guess.

"A country corrupted by the abyss deep within the tomb," she suddenly felt a little scared. If the soul-devouring ghosts from the abyss were so powerful, what if it was an entire country corrupted by the abyss?

Deep within this cemetery lies a terrifying place; who would dare go there!

When she shared the information with everyone, Jia Paer was eager to try; he dared!

The members of the Strategy Team exchanged glances and decided that if Jia Paer really wanted to go there, they would find an excuse to leave first.

One must be clear about one's own strengths and limitations in life.

After killing the giant, they finally had time to check the surrounding area. The Grave Plains ended at the city wall. After climbing the wall, they saw a ruined city. The city seemed to have been soaked in water for a long time, and the buildings were all wet. If they wanted to continue exploring, they should go here.

But where is the third way?

While other teams may have concealed the traps and monsters, they wouldn't lie about the route, would they?

Could the intelligence be false?

They walked to the foot of the city wall and searched the surrounding area carefully, but found nothing.

"They gave us false information! Those guys are bastards!" Malu kicked a stone angrily.

The stone rolled into the weeds with Ghrū, but then a crashing sound came from within, as if the stone had fallen down.

Wait, it fell down?

She ran into the weeds, but suddenly lost her footing and screamed instinctively.

When everyone rushed over, Malu exclaimed in surprise, "There's actually another way down there!"

The edge of the Grave Plains is a cliff, but hidden by weeds, a path runs along a section of the edge.

If you take this path, you can avoid the archers!

In the middle of the path, there is a ladder that can be climbed up the city wall. If you go up from here, you can launch a surprise attack on the giant!

It's ingenious, so ingenious! This design leaves everyone with a feeling that's hard to describe.

When you first see the giants and the walls, wouldn't everyone want to rush forward and into the small room?

However, the journey seemed to be calculated; if you rushed halfway, you would be hit in the face by arrows, and you would be seriously injured even if you didn't die.

They wondered what it would feel like if someone stubbornly charged down the city wall, only to die repeatedly, and then, in despair, stumbled upon a hidden path to avoid the arrows.

Is it ecstatic or just a feeling of warmth? I have a feeling it will be both.

"Teacher, can we go this way?" Leon was eager to try, because this path not only allowed them to ambush the Titans, but also led all the way down.

This is the third path; it seems the intelligence was accurate.

"I don't care," Jia Paer had always been indifferent.

The group jumped onto the path below and walked forward. The path continued to sink and gradually embedded itself into the rock strata beside them as they descended underground.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from ahead, as if a group of people in armor were running.

Malu squinted and looked ahead, and the first thing she saw was a pale, skull-like face.

Wow, it's a soul-sucking ghost!

They're a squad of soul-devouring demons!

She couldn't help but take a step back. The Soul-Sucking Ghost had left her with psychological trauma, so how come it felt like any scary monster could leave her with trauma too?

Malu just taken a step back when she suddenly remembered that Jia Paer was here, so she didn't need to fear the darkness.

But as she stepped back, the ground suddenly rumbled.

When she turned around again, she was horrified to discover...

The road we came by has collapsed!