Chapter 33: Elite Monster, Necromancer! (Please bookmark and recommend)

Among the three wolf cavalrymen.

Colby possessed the highest loyalty and fought with the greatest bravery.

Today's battle, combined with yesterday's skirmish with the goblin tribe, had left his leather armor looking tattered and worn.

In other words, this meant his equipment was nearly depleted of durability.

It looked like he would need to consider getting Colby new gear in the near future.

Turning his head, Zong Shen prepared to focus on dealing with this Priest Undead alongside Tie Zhu.

As Zong Shen concentrated, the Priest Undead's attributes immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Resentful Undead lv8] [Race: Undead] [Bludgeoning Damage: 11–13] [Magic Damage: 32–37] [HP: 208/245] [MP: 80/150] [Armor: 8] [Skills: Green Energy Arrow lv1 (Cast time 2s, consumes 20 MP, deals 1.1x magic damage), Thorn Entanglement lv1 (Cast time 5s, consumes 50 MP, summons thorn vines from the ground to entangle the enemy, rooting them and dealing 3 continuous damage/s), Passive Skill: Thorn Armor lv1 (Deals 10% reflected damage to attackers)]

(A squishy little priest, full of weaknesses. As long as you can interrupt its magic casting through timely attacks, you can deal with it easily.)

This Priest Undead had low health and armor, but it possessed a full three skills.

Furthermore, its primary method of attack was through magic skills, dealing magic damage.

Armor values could not defend against magic damage; only the much rarer magic resistance attribute could mitigate it.

However, previously, Zong Shen and the others had been unable to spare hands, which had given this Priest Undead the opportunity to chant its spells.

Now, with Zong Shen and Tie Zhu working together against it, they could absolutely prevent it from completing a single chant.

"Go!"

Having seen through everything, Zong Shen watched as the Priest Undead raised its staff again. He instantly drew his sword, lunged forward, and pounced.

At the same time, he issued a command to Tie Zhu.

His sword slashed heavily against the Priest Undead's head.

[-46]

A bright red damage number appeared.

Immediately, thorns appeared.

A damage value of [-5] popped up above Zong Shen's head.

Then, Tie Zhu emerged from the shadows like a phantom, attacking from both sides with two quick dagger thrusts.

[-37] [-37]

Two damage values floated out.

Due to the reflection effect, Tie Zhu's health also decreased by 8 points.

At this moment, the Priest Undead was completely helpless; without the ability to chant magic, it was like a toothless tiger.

It now had only 88 HP remaining.

At this point, Zong Shen lunged again, delivering another strike.

[-46]

The Priest Undead abandoned its chant and instead raised its staff, striking Zong Shen's horned helmet.

*Clang!*

[-1]

A single point of forced damage popped up above Zong Shen's head. Its bludgeoning damage couldn't even break through his defense, resulting in only 1 point of forced damage.

"Pah!"

Zong Shen spat at the Priest Undead and drove his final sword strike into its chest.

[-42]

Finally, the Priest Undead dissolved into a flash of white light, leaving only a few small orbs of light on the ground.

[Killed Resentful Undead lv8] [Gained 130 EXP]

With a flash of white light, Zong Shen leveled up once more, and his health was fully restored.

On the other side, Tie Zhu also reached lv2, and his lost health was completely replenished.

However, the levels of the three wolf cavalrymen were not so easily raised.

Their starting level was 10, so the experience required to level up was far greater than that required by Zong Shen and Tie Zhu.

After Zong Shen finished his battle.

Only five undead remained on the field.

Among them, three undead were rapidly losing health under the fierce attacks of the wolf cavalry, leaving them with only a sliver of HP.

Of the remaining two, one was also holding a staff.

This undead was different from the Priest Undead; its robes were covered in skeletal patterns, and the tip of its staff featured a hideous skull burning with eerie green flames.

Three pure white bone plates were also rotating continuously around its body.

With a wave of its staff and a brief chant, the ground bulged, and two skeleton warriors carrying rusted swords crawled out.

"Good heavens, isn't this the technique of a Necromancer?"

"Tie Zhu, go help!"

Zong Shen focused his gaze once more on this suspected Necromancer.

[Resentful Necromancer lv11 (Green)] [Race: Undead] [Bludgeoning Damage: 18–24] [Magic Damage: 46–49] [HP: 285/285] [MP: 180/230] [Armor: 13] [Skills: Summon Skeleton lv1 (Cast time 2s, consumes 50 MP, summons 2 lv1 Skeleton Warriors that can exist on the field for 10m, cooldown 15m), Necrotic Arrow lv1 (Cast time 1.5s, consumes 20 MP, fires a necrotic arrow dealing 1.1x magic damage), Bone Armor lv1 (Summons 3 bone plates, each with 20 durability, lasts 5m, cooldown 15m)]

(To your current self, this is a quite formidable opponent. Enjoy the joy of battle to the fullest.)

Good grief, this was a Green-tier elite monster.

Its strength was a step above the White-tier ordinary undead.

Moreover, it was a very rare Necromancer.

By this time, the three wolf cavalrymen had dealt with their respective opponents.

They were now surrounding the remaining Necromancer and the short-sword undead along with Tie Zhu.

Zong Shen turned his attention to the two skeletons.

[Skeleton Warrior lv1] [Race: Undead] [Slashing Damage: 15–18] [HP: 120] [Armor: 0]

Two basic skeletons—easy enough to deal with!

These two skeletons, along with the other short-sword undead, moved toward the wolf cavalry with clear intent, aiming to stall their offensive.

However, Tie Zhu had already used the shadows to reach the side of the Necromancer.

*Swish!*

*Bang!*

His dagger swung out.

One of the three bone plates surrounding the Necromancer shattered upon impact.

Another was heavily damaged.

Taking advantage of this opening, the Necromancer had already finished chanting its Necrotic Arrow!

A mass of pitch-black necrotic magical energy converged into a sharp arrow and struck Tie Zhu in the chest.

A burst of black light exploded.

*Bang!*

"Ah..."

[-50]

A high damage number appeared above Tie Zhu's head.

It instantly wiped out nearly one-third of Tie Zhu's health.

He let out a cry of pain and was sent flying by the force of the Necrotic Arrow.

Currently, the three wolf cavalrymen were doing their utmost to slaughter the skeleton warriors and the short-sword undead.

No one was able to interrupt its casting.

Simultaneously, the Necromancer raised its staff again, preparing to deliver a finishing blow to the wounded and fallen Tie Zhu.

Zong Shen did not hesitate. With a lift of his brow, he charged forward behind his kite shield.

After the Necrotic Arrow had been fired.

He had already positioned his shield in front of Tie Zhu.

"Come on then!"

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(End of Chapter)