Boom! Lightning struck.
The Skeleton Lord was astonishingly agile. Less than two seconds passed between his first movement and the moment he nearly charged out of the crypt.
Yet the black mist within the projection was even more terrifying. With a slight shudder, it flung out a strand of black mist that formed an octopus-like tentacle. A spark flashed at its tip, and then it lashed out.
That tiny spark flickered and rapidly expanded, becoming a thick lightning whip in the blink of an eye. A moment later, it slammed viciously into the Skeleton Lord with a bang.
Sensing the attack behind him, the giant Skeleton Lord spun around and swung two enormous bone claws at the lightning. But the lightning nimbly curled around his guard and struck his breastbone directly. A single blow from the lightning whip cracked bones as hard as alloy!
The tremendous impact sent the Skeleton Lord flying. He crashed into the rock wall with a boom, then fell to the ground. He struggled to climb back up, but another bolt of lightning lashed him squarely across his left eye socket. Lightning flashed wildly, and even the soulfire burning within the socket dimmed. The Skeleton Lord let out an even more agonized howl. That blow had wounded his soul, inflicting pain and damage that truly struck at its very core.
Utterly terrified, the Skeleton Lord desperately surged his psychic energy. He had no intention of fighting back. He only wanted to escape this underground crypt and get as far from the projected black mist as possible.
Green watched everything in silence, deeply shaken.
The waters of this Mist World ran far too deep. He had thought this was just an ordinary crypt, never imagining a major boss lurked inside!
The lightning whip continued to lash the