Ch 14: One Arrow Breaks Armor

The Wailing Wraith quickly condensed a 【Bone Hand】.

The giant Bone Hand, “creak creak creak,” reached towards the invading enemy army.

The shadow of the arm, like the arrival of the Grim Reaper, enveloped the heads of the Goblins.

The giant Bone Hand randomly grabbed a Goblin Fighter, pulling it directly into mid-air.

Then, its five fingers suddenly clenched tightly!

-513!

The terrifying grip directly crushed the tough-skinned Goblin Fighter!

Blood splattered everywhere, its vitality vanished in an instant.

The giant Bone Claw continuously slapped down Harpies and crushed one Goblin after another.

Shrill wails issued successively from the monsters’ mouths.

Meanwhile, the Skeleton Archers ceaselessly laid down hundreds and thousands of Arrow Rains.

Layer after layer of the 【Sluggish】 debuff accumulated on the Goblin Fighters.

Their movement speed visibly slowed down!

The Skeleton Warriors seized the opportunity to advance.

Swords struck like the wind, slash!

…

The number of monsters in the army rapidly decreased.

Shen Chi had initially thought this battle could be quickly concluded.

However, an unforeseen variable appeared.

His sharp eyes spotted a Skeleton Warrior not far ahead cleanly delivering the final blow to a Goblin Fighter.

The Goblin Fighter collapsed with a thud, dying on the spot.

But from somewhere unknown, a faintly flickering red point of light drifted over.

The red dot suddenly merged into the dead Goblin Fighter’s body.

A moment later.

The Goblin Fighter abruptly opened its eyes!

It unexpectedly reached out a hand and grabbed the ankle of a Skeleton Warrior passing by.

As the Goblin Fighter slowly rose.

The Skeleton Warrior was also lifted upside down into mid-air.

Subsequently.

The Goblin Fighter fiercely slammed the Skeleton Warrior onto the ground!

“Crack—”

The Skeleton Warrior instantly fell apart into a pile of bones on the ground.

With a pop, its soul fire extinguished.

『You have lost one Skeleton Warrior!』

Hearing this rare system prompt, a trace of astonishment crossed Shen Chi’s face.

This was the first time a troop type had been lost!

Before he could think, following that, patches of red dots drifted across the sky above the battlefield, flickering in and out, emitting an ominous aura.

The red dots drifted down.

The Goblin corpses, originally lying on the ground devoid of life, actually began to slowly stand up, one after another!

They beat their chests, letting out excited roars, then swung their giant axes and bone clubs, charging back into the battlefield to fight once more.

『You have lost one Skeleton Warrior!』

『You have lost one Skeleton Warrior!』

…

The system prompts for troops being killed rang out continuously.

Shen Chi frowned.

He looked in the direction the Goblin army was attacking from.

Behind the advancing layers of the monster legion, a vast, slowly moving figure could faintly be seen.

Shen Chi’s heart tightened.

“It’s the boss of the first trial.”

As the shadow gradually approached, the details became clearer.

A 3-meter-tall giant, its skin dark green, incredibly sturdy physique, wearing heavy armor.

Its bloated and ugly head had bared fangs in its mouth, looking extremely ferocious.

One hand held a curved blade, the other held a staff.

From the staff, hundreds and thousands of fine red glimmers were continuously floating out.

【Goblin Magic General】

【Rank: Tier 3 （Champion Level）】

【Level: 10】

【Health: 54,224】

【Attack: 1,587】

【Defense: 2,125】

【…】

【Armor: 80】

【Skills: Berserk, Flesh Regeneration, Last Light, Blade of Destruction】

A Champion Level Goblin Magic General!

Its panel stats were quite terrifying.

Health reached 50,000!

Defense surpassed 2,000!

Agility over a hundred meant extremely strong evasion ability.

Three skills.

【Berserk】 could cause the entire Goblin army to frenzy, greatly increasing their stats.

【Last Light】 allowed it to slowly regenerate health after taking damage.

【Flesh Regeneration】 was even more outrageous, directly resurrecting the corpses of Goblin soldiers, allowing them to rise and continue fighting!

Most importantly.

The Goblin Magic General had an additional attribute, 【Armor 80】.

An Armor value of 80 meant 80% damage reduction.

After our side’s attack is reduced by 80%, it must still be greater than its Defense value of 2,125 to inflict damage!

This way, even Asuen, with an Attack over 4,000, couldn’t break its defense.

However, Asuen still had an Armor-Piercing Arrow he hadn’t used!

He observed the situation more carefully, occasionally sending combat commands to Asuen through their mental link.

On the field.

The resurrected Goblin soldiers waved their weapons, charging recklessly.

Swarms of Skeleton Warriors were smashed into pieces.

Asuen acted decisively, leaping and landing on the head of a Goblin Fighter.

【Ten Thousand Bones Wither】!

Boom—!!!

A terrifying shockwave exploded outwards in a sphere.

Crimson Sword Qi suddenly bloomed.

Like a massive karmic fire red lotus, swaying and magnificent.

The world filled with the aura of death.

Sharp Sword Qi continuously spread outwards, circle after circle, rippling away like waves.

Sweeping past the Goblin soldiers, it directly harvested a large amount of their vitality.

The newly resurrected Goblins died in droves again in an instant!

The Goblin Magic General at the rear of the enemy army watched this scene and was enraged.

It was seen frantically waving its staff.

The staff grew increasingly hot, emitting an angry red light.

Large swathes of red light spread through the battlefield like ripples.

【Berserk】!

The Goblin soldiers empowered by the red light seemed to faintly grow larger.

Every Goblin excitedly twisted its body, howling madly and wantonly.

Attack increased!

Defense increased!

Movement speed increased!

The Goblin troops, having received comprehensive buffs, began to furiously fight against the Skeleton Army!

Instantly, another wave of prompts for fallen skeleton troops appeared.

3 minutes later.

The slaughter on the battlefield caused the members of both sides to continuously decrease.

Asuen continuously weaved through the Goblins, quickly approaching the Goblin Magic General.

He raised his long sword.

Slash!

The Goblin Magic General swiftly raised its curved blade to block.

Clang—

The piercing sound of metal clashing rang out.

Where the blade and sword collided, dazzling sparks flew.

The next moment.

The Goblin Magic General suddenly swung its curved blade, slashing forward with a pitch-black, deep blade light.

Blade of Destruction!

The blade light struck the sword Asuen held defensively before him.

Bang!

Asuen was directly knocked back ten meters!

-2,914!

Asuen, with a high health of 6,000, lost nearly half his health after being heavily damaged for the first time.

However,

He appeared unharmed, quickly getting up and deftly putting away his iron sword.

Reaching behind him, he steadily took out a bow and arrow.

Drew the bow, nocked the arrow, aimed!

The next moment, the arrow shot out fiercely—

【Soul-Chasing Arrow】!

Like a streak of light, the arrow flew over the Goblin troops.

With unstoppable speed, it shot straight towards the Goblin Magic General.

Along the arrow’s flight path, purple power of the undead soul continuously crushed forward.

Countless afterimages of skeletons trailed behind the arrow, letting out shrill screeches.

Swarms of berserk Goblins abruptly entered a state of fear.

Movement ability decreased, defense decreased, attack decreased.

The Skeleton Warriors seized the opportunity to surge forward and frantically surround and attack!

And the Soul-Chasing Arrow flew towards the Goblin Magic General from afar.

The Goblin Magic General sensed the dangerous aura and was preparing to use its 107 agility points to dodge this terrifying strike.

However, the Soul-Chasing Arrow was faster!

Swoosh—

Boom!!!

-30,897!

Pierced through armor!

The Goblin Magic General was knocked back by the arrow.

Forced back a full 20 meters.

It crashed heavily onto the ground, dust rising everywhere, looking utterly wretched!