Thousand-Faced Skin, D-rank

Instead of swarming forward like the monsters in the trial, they quickly split into three groups.

The front row of about thirty skeleton soldiers raised their bone swords and bone shields, forming a loose battle line, and advanced towards Little Drill Wind.

The twenty skeleton archers in the back row spread out, nocked their bone arrows, and aimed at the possible path Little Drill Wind might take.

Meanwhile, about thirty skeleton soldiers were flanking from both sides, rapidly closing in under the cover of the tombstones.

Close-range suppression, ranged output, and flanking maneuvers.

They work together extremely well.

Su Mu narrowed his eyes.

This is another characteristic of wild nests... the monsters have intelligence.

As the difficulty and level increase, this intelligence will become higher and higher.

In Nightmare and Hell difficulties, monsters will even use tactical coordination, luring enemies in, and besieging reinforcements.

But Little Drill Wind didn't care about any of that at the moment.

It stood at the mountain pass, a short sword tucked diagonally at its waist, its bluish-black scales gleaming coldly in the pale sunlight. Even with its attributes weakened by thirty percent, even with these monsters being five levels higher than it, exhibiting a clear level advantage...

Its attributes are still too high.

Su Mu glanced at its panel through the Soul Link.

[Name: Little Drill Wind (Summoned Form - Weakened)]

[Rank: SSS]

[Level: 10]

[Life: 237000/237000]

[Attack: 19900]

[Defense: 11700]

[Agility: 17900]

[Base Combat Index: 291000]

[Current Status: Forced Recall - Weakened (All Attributes -30%, Remaining Time: 28 minutes)]

[Current Environment: Lion Camel Ridge (Lion Camel Ridge Glory active, all attributes +50%)]

[Actual effective attributes: HP 248850, Attack 20895, Defense 12285, Agility 18795]

[Actual Combat Index: 203805]

The weakness deducted 30%, Lion Camel Ridge made up for it with 50%.

Looking at the string of numbers, Su Mu felt relieved.

Even with a 30% discount, the base stats of a level 10 SSS card still completely overwhelm these level 15 skeleton soldiers.

These level 15 skeleton soldiers have an attack power of 520 and a health of 9200.

The Little Drill Wind's defense is over 12,000, which is more than 20 times its attack power.

The attack from the Little Drill Winds was over 20,000, which was more than 60 times their defenses.

This is not a battle.

This is the harvest.

One cut, one kill.

Su Mu didn't even give any instructions.

Little Drill Wind charged forward against the first wave of advancing skeletons. Bone arrows flew from the rear, clanging and clattering into its scales, leaving not even a white mark.

It directly absorbed damage from both ranged and melee attacks, pushing its way through.

The short sword was drawn.

The first strike shattered the skull of the foremost skeleton soldier.

With his second strike, he severed the spines of two nearby skeletons.

The third strike, a sweeping motion, broke the ribs of all three skeletons simultaneously.

It was like a meat grinder, ploughing right through the middle of the Skull Line.

Bones flew everywhere, and grayish-white bone dust filled the air, forming a thick fog. The front row of thirty skeleton soldiers were all destroyed in less than twenty seconds.

The skeleton archers in the back row panicked.

They began to retreat, trying to create distance so they could continue firing arrows.

But Little Drill Wind was too fast. It rushed over the broken bones on the ground, and before the archers could even fire a second volley, they were already enveloped in the flash of blades.

Twenty archers, ten seconds.

Seeing the situation was not good, the thirty skeleton soldiers that had flanked them began to retreat deeper into the tombstone.

The Little Drill Wind chased after it, reaping the harvest piece by piece with each slash.

Seventy or eighty skeletons were wiped out in less than a minute from the start of the battle.

Su Mu stood there, looking at the broken bones scattered all over the ground, and silently did some calculations in his mind.

Then he froze.

The experience points pouring into the Soul Space were far more than he had imagined, but what surprised him even more was another piece of data.

Momentum Points.

Each skeleton soldier grants ten points of Momentum Points.

Those level 10 Goblin Skirmisher outside only give four points for killing enemies four levels higher.

These level 15 skeleton soldiers, although five levels higher than Little Drill Wind, only give ten points of Momentum Points upon being killed.

One bird is worth 10 points, so seventy or eighty birds would be worth seven or eight hundred points.

One wave is enough to accumulate enough power for the Years Like a Blade Momentum Points.

Su Mu took a deep breath.

He spent over two hours grinding goblins outside before finally accumulating enough points for eight uses of Years Like a Blade Power.

Here, a single wave of monsters can almost equal the earnings of two hours outside.

And this is only the first wave.

There are fourteen more waves to come.

Su Mu withdrew his gaze, no longer paying much attention to the battle.

Little Drill Wind can handle everything on his own. He only needs to pay attention to whether his Momentum Points is full at certain intervals. Once it is full, he can use Years Like a Blade.

Taking advantage of the lull while the Little Drill Wind cleared the second wave, Su Mu's consciousness sank into his Soul Space and began to examine the items he had previously obtained from the person who had tried to kill him.

First, there are a few cards.

He flipped through them one by one.

[Spectral Lantern, Rank F, Ghost-type Creature Card. Note: A floating, eerie green lantern containing a wisp of vengeful spirit. It can illuminate the path to the underworld and also release resentment to corrupt enemies.]

[Faceless Ghost Servant, Rank E, Ghost-type Creature Card. Note: A faceless gray ghost, skilled in stealth and intimidation. Its strength increases in environments with abundant yin energy.]

[Yaksha Fork, F-rank, Demon-type Equipment Card. Note: A rusty short fork, said to have once belonged to a demon from hell. Attack +15, with a slight deterrent effect against demon-type creatures.]

Su Mu's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the cards.

Ghosts.

In Journey to the West, ghosts are just as important as demons.

The Underworld, the Hall of Yama, the Eighteen Levels of Hell, the Path of Reincarnation, the City of Wrongful Death... these places are all maintained by ghosts.

Especially the Underworld system; if he wanted to unfold the complete worldview of "Journey to the West," the Underworld is an indispensable part.

These ghost-type cards can be used to fill this gap.

He continued flipping through the pages.

Then his fingers stopped.

He pulled a card from the corner.

The card is dark gray, with a blurry human face outline drawn on it. The lines flow and change constantly on the face, like a piece of skin without a fixed shape.

[Thousand-Faced Skin, Rank D, Equipment Card - Costume Type. Note: A human skin mask that can be placed over the face of a Creature Card. After wearing, the Creature Card can freely switch between its "Original Appearance" and "Set Appearance". The Set Appearance must be entered before use. Switching has no cost, and each switch lasts until actively canceled. Only usable by humanoid or humanoid Creature Cards.]