Chapter 203: Tomb Corpse King

Chapter 203: Tomb Corpse King

Chapter 203: Tomb Corpse King
The team set out again, and this time the number of people was reduced again, to only twenty-two people, leaving fifteen people to mine and clear monsters in the mining area.

Xiao Jie suddenly realized a problem. If he wanted to ensure that the return route was not blocked by monsters and remained unobstructed at all times, it would mean that every time they advanced a certain distance, a team of people would have to stay behind to clear the monsters. Then, if he wanted to explore the mine to the bottom, how many people would be needed?
It would be fine if this mine was shallow, but what if it was bottomless...

Unless you push it all the way there, and then push it all the way back on the way back.

However, in this case, the strength of the player team is required to be very high. If they encounter a strong enemy in front and the retreat is blocked, it will be easy to fall into a dead end.

Of course, there is a more risky way, which is to jump over the monsters. Zombies move slowly anyway, and it is impossible for them to really block the entire cave. As long as you move fast enough, you can parkour all the way down, and then run all the way back on the way back. As long as you dodge well enough, you can pass through without any injuries. Of course, this method is only suitable for situations with few people.

However, doing so is bound to be very risky. It may be acceptable in ordinary games, but it is too reckless for a death game like this.

If you run out of energy halfway through the run or get caught by a monster, you’ll be dead.

Xiao Jie was thinking in his mind that the team had already chosen a passage and started moving forward.

Qianlong Wuyong chose the widest passage.

The five people in front each held a torch, lighting up the mine.

Ten of the twenty-two people lit torches, and Deidara also summoned floating fireballs for lighting.

Because we calculated the monster refresh time accurately, there was no need to leave a rear team, so we directly split into two teams.

Qianlong Wuyong led the main force to clear the way, while Xiao Jie followed with support personnel.

For safety reasons, Xiao Jie summoned Xiong Da out.

With such a large meat shield next to me, I feel a lot safer. The cave is narrow, and if I can't defeat him, I can hide behind the big bear.

Seeing Xiao Jie summoning the baby, Dongfang Sheng also waved his iron halberd - "Listen to my command, come out - spear militia!" With the command, a militia holding a spear and wearing leather armor was summoned out by Dongfang Sheng.

He has successfully obtained the military commander profession, and thus gained the ability to recruit soldiers. Unfortunately, his merit is too low, so he can only recruit the weakest militia.

Ye Luo also summoned out the zombies. Xiao Jie took a look at the team which had obviously expanded in size and thought that it would not be bad to let these summoned creatures take over if they couldn't win.

The team slowly searched forward in the mine, and Xiao Jie calculated the time as he walked.

Not long after walking, a warning sound came from the front.

"Stop, stop, stop. There seems to be a monster ahead."

Xiao Jie asked everyone to stay alert, but he went forward.

In the darkness ahead, a pair of red eyes appeared, and something was faintly moving.

"Little White Dragon, shoot an arrow over there."

Xiao Bailong shot an arrow without saying a word. Although he was a military general, he was a bow and arrow general with accurate shooting skills. Even with the lack of vision, he still hit the target with one arrow. A strange cry was heard in the darkness, and a big rat as big as a wild boar rushed out from the darkness.

This mouse obviously looked abnormal, with obvious corpse spots on its fur and even festering wounds.

Xiao Jie was very familiar with this thing. He had seen something similar in the sick village under Bixia Mountain.

Corpse Rat: Level 12, HP 360.

Seeing such a large group of people, the giant zombie rat didn't show any fear and just rushed forward.

A general was about to go up and give it a try, and was about to stab it with his spear, but the giant rat suddenly jumped up and pounced on the general as if a spring was pressed.

The generals retreated hastily.
"Fuck, I'm poisoned."

Several people on both sides rushed out with their spears, and after a few rounds of stabbing, the giant zombie rat was killed. Looking at the bitten general, his whole body turned gray-green, and his health bar dropped rapidly.

"Eat the glutinous rice cake quickly."

Fortunately, this operation was well prepared and had all kinds of supplies.

Seeing that the poison in the general's body was cured and his health was restored after taking the golden wound medicine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be happy too soon, look ahead!" Ye Luo's voice came.

Xiao Jie immediately looked carefully into the darkness and could vaguely see a large area of ​​red light emerging in the darkness in front of him.

"Deidara, throw a fireball over there."

"okay."

Deidara shot a fireball, and as it flew, it illuminated a large group of giant zombie rats, which seemed to be gnawing on something, forming a dark mass.

Stimulated by the fire, these giant rats suddenly exploded in groups.

Chirp, chirp, chirp! The giant rat monsters swarmed over, screaming.

This scene is really a bit scary.

Qianlong Wuyong was also decisive. "Back off—shoot!"

With so many monsters infected with corpse poison, it would be easy to die in a melee. Even if no one died, a large amount of supplies would be lost. These things are not shield-wielding mining zombies.

It is better to solve it remotely.

In an instant, all the people in the front row switched to bows and arrows, and retreated while desperately rushing around the room. Long-range weapons were useless against the mining zombies before, but it was different against these big rats.

Combat skill - continuous arrows!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, more than seventy damages were dealt in an instant.

Haha, this kind of beast is easier to bully.

However, despite the rain of arrows, the rats were shot down, but they still approached quickly.

"I'll do it!" Deidara waved his staff.

The magic of the five elements - the fire wall technique!

Boom! The flames shot up into the sky, instantly forming a wall of flames five meters long and one meter wide, just blocking the entire passage.

However, the giant rats showed no fear and just rushed towards the wall of fire. The moment they rushed through the wall of fire, the fur of the zombie rats was ignited one after another. The darkness was instantly illuminated by the flames. It has to be said that the lighting and shadow effects of this game are really realistic. The groups of ignited rats running around in the dark, and the scene was spectacular.

"Shoot with all your strength!" Qianlong Wuyong shouted, but he stood in front of the formation with a gun. A big fire rat with low health rushed over, and he stabbed it with a gun, killing it accurately.

Another big rat - whoosh! An arrow flew from behind and nailed it to the ground. It was Xiao Bailong's bow and arrow combat skill.

Xiao Jie also kept shooting arrows. These big rats with their bodies on fire became the most conspicuous targets in the dark and were shot to death on the ground in large numbers.

[System prompt: Your bow weapon specialization level has been upgraded and is now at the mastery level...]

Xiao Jie was a little surprised, but now he didn't care much. Finally, all the big rats were killed.

Unfortunately, the wild beasts don't drop much stuff, just tattered rat skins, smelly rat meat and other garbage.

Hey, mysterious piece of meat? What is this?

Mysterious Meat (Junk)
Item Description: This strange piece of meat was found inside the corpse-transformed giant rat. It seems to have condensed into a ball. The corpse-driving sorcerer of the Taiyin Fahui may be interested in it. 】

Okay, keep it for now.

The battlefield was cleaned up quickly, and thanks to good coordination, no casualties occurred.

It's quite scary.

"I seemed to see them gnawing on something just now..." said a core member, took a few steps into the darkness, and suddenly stopped.

"vomit……"

Xiao Jie also came closer, and it turned out to be a burrowing zombie that had been gnawed to the bone. Looking around, there were actually quite a few.

"Everyone be careful, there seems to be another monster."

Sure enough, several burrowing zombies staggered to their feet from the ground. Some of them still had traces of being bitten on their bodies, and their blood volume was not full.

Hey, these monsters actually fight each other?

Xiao Jie didn't think too much about it. These burrowing zombies would probably trigger the corpse poison, so he should be treated with bows and arrows.

A hail of arrows knocked them all down, and everyone continued to move forward.

After passing through this winding, dark slope, the ground suddenly became flat, and a huge cave appeared in front of us. Its area was not much different from the previous mining area.

"Everyone be careful, there are usually a lot of monsters in this kind of large cave." Qianlong Wuyong was still walking in the front, looking at the darkness in front of him with a serious tone. "Deidara, light the way."

"receive."

As a Five Elements Warlock, he is not only powerful in killing monsters, but can also be used as a human searchlight. He can shoot fireballs into the darkness.

The fireball flew all the way, illuminating several human figures in the darkness. They were zombies!
Boom! When the fireball finally exploded in the air, the last ray of fire reflected a huge human-shaped outline in the darkness.

"Oh my God - there seems to be a Corpse King!" Deidara exclaimed, unable to tell whether he was surprised or frightened.

Xiao Jie also noticed that the information provided by the guild regarding the Corpse King was extremely detailed.

This kind of BOSS can be found in many maps. It will appear wherever there are a large number of zombies gathered, especially in underground tombs and caves.

Usually the names are slightly different, with different prefixes depending on the type and map.

According to the background provided by some books and documents in the game, every corpse king was a powerful warrior, fighter, or even spellcaster in his lifetime. Therefore, after his death, he was transformed into a corpse and gradually grew into a powerful corpse king. Therefore, after being killed, he can drop advanced skill books of various professions.

It is said that there is even a chance of dropping secret manuals of peerless martial arts - of course the drop rate is a bit small.

The most common ones are the secrets of various high-level martial arts, and occasionally some high-level spell secrets will also drop, so generally if you can kill one, the benefits will be huge.

Moreover, the strength of the Corpse King is generally not "too strong", and for major guilds, it is one of the best targets for brushing skill books.

However, this is not very strong when compared with the main teams of major guilds. It is hard to say for their current branch team.

"Captain, do you want to fight?" asked Xiaobailong.

"Fight!" Qianlong Wuyong gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, form a defensive formation and clear the monsters first."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a creepy roar was heard in the darkness.

Obviously, the corpse king also discovered them.

In the darkness, a huge human figure slowly approached, and its name gradually appeared.

Tomb Raider: Level 20 BOSS. HP: 2400.

The corpse king was more than three meters tall, and his clothes had long been tattered, revealing his dark blue skin, the color of mud. Although dead, his muscles were extremely strong, his eyes were round and red, and his mouth was full of fangs. There was a thick iron chain tied to his body, as if he had been locked up by someone before, but had now broken free.

Not only was the Corpse King approaching, but as he roared, the surrounding monsters also became agitated, and human figures continued to gather in the darkness.

Xiao Jie's heart immediately lifted up. A level 20 BOSS was not that strong. The bandit leaders he had fought before were all level 19.

But this is a different time. At the beginning, they were outside in an open space with a good view, a wide formation, and a large number of people. It was really easy for more than 19 people to deal with a level BOSS.

Now there are only twenty-two people, the vision is pitch black, and they have no idea how many monsters are around. The terrain is narrow and there is not much room to maneuver.

This is a major problem that must be faced when going down the cave. If it is outside, with a good view, players can often see the BOSS in advance, but in this dark cave, it is often the monsters that discover the players first, which is really fatal.

"Oh my god, that thing is coming!"

“There are so many zombies!”

"What should we do, Captain?"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise, obviously a little nervous, because this was a life-and-death struggle.

Qianlong Wuyong said calmly, "Don't panic. We are here to fight the corpse king. Fight well and get some top-quality items from it. Listen to my command and form a formation! One group will fight the BOSS head-on, and the second and third groups will defend the monsters on the left and right sides."

Seven groups and eight groups of back row output - two guest officials, I'm relying on you this time!"

When dealing with this kind of BOSS, ordinary players can only reduce its health. To truly have the final say or control the situation in battle, one must be a strong player.

Among all the people present, only these four senior executives can be described as powerful.

Light-condensing talisman! Xiao Jie cast a spell, and immediately the warm white light illuminated the surroundings. There was no time to save at this moment, and the surroundings had to be illuminated immediately.

Condensing light talisman! Qianlongwuyong unexpectedly used the same props. The two chapters of Condensing light talismans directly illuminated the surroundings and made up for the defects in vision.

When fighting in the dark, vision is undoubtedly very important.

The two looked at each other and were pleased with their mutual understanding.

"First group - follow me!" Qianlong Wuyong waved his spear and rushed towards the Corpse King, and the other four also attacked together.

The first group of players, all five of them are military generals, with the lowest level being 18 and the highest being 26.

The brothers wore helmets and armor, each holding a spear and a halberd, and attacked together.

Fighting skills! Spear thrust!
Fighting skills! Spear thrust!
Fighting skills! Long spear thrust...

The five men had no second trick at all. They all thrust their spears forward, mindlessly stabbing into the corpse king. It's true, this trick was really effective because it could maximize the attack range of long weapons.

Due to the continuous stabbing of the five people, the Corpse King was unable to break through the gun formation of the five people.

The two groups of people on both sides also started fighting with the surrounding monsters.

"Shoot! Focus all your fire on the BOSS!" Xiao Jie shouted from behind. Those mining zombies were too tough to be killed in a short time, so it would be better to focus on the BOSS. As long as the BOSS was killed, the remaining monsters would naturally be no problem.

At this time, the two groups of people at the back all switched to long-range weapons and shot arrows at the corpse king frantically.

Although the front was blocked by the five people in the first group, the corpse king was tall and big, so it was just right to shoot at the upper body.

The corpse king was stabbed by spears and hit by arrows, and his health continued to drop.

However, the real main output is still Deidara. A three-stage charged fireball can deal over a hundred damage. Two or three shots are enough to reduce the health of the corpse king and his whole body is on fire.

The corpse king's health continued to decrease, and in the blink of an eye he lost one third of it.

The corpse king suddenly roared.

The power of the corpse king——corpse body training!
Thick black hair instantly grew on the surface of the body, and the blue-black muscles began to swell.
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1-2-3-2!

Originally, the bow and arrow could inflict more than ten points of damage, but now it has dropped to single digits.

The accumulated corpse gas!
The Corpse King opened his mouth and a stream of dark green corpse gas gushed out.

The five people in the front row were all hit instantly.

"Oh no, I'm poisoned."

"Go back!"

Four of the five people in the first group were retreating to eat glutinous rice cakes, but Qianlong Wuyong did not retreat. If he had retreated, the front would have been broken through.

(End of this chapter)