Chapter 72: Fierce Battle with the Bone Dragon
Ding!
When the zombie's cleaver struck the bone dragon, it made a metallic clanging sound.
This startled Gu Xi. The bones of the bone dragon in the black mist had turned metallic, a defense beyond Gu Xi's imagination.
Gu Xi thought that the bone dragon's body was also misty, but unexpectedly, it had metal defense.
"Hold him off."
Gu Xi knew right away that this enemy needed to be dragged down and fought with full force.
They couldn't throw all their troops at it at once, nor could they let the bone dragon take off or unleash its ultimate moves.
Otherwise, with the troops at Gu Xi's disposal, they wouldn't be able to withstand even one attack from the bone dragon.
"Luna, have the ghosts ready. If the bone dragon shows any signs of taking off, have the ghosts bring it down."
"Okay." Luna responded immediately and went to make preparations.
At the same time, Gu Xi directed the newly acquired skeleton archers to launch a ranged attack on the bone dragon.
Gu Xi somewhat regretted not waiting a bit longer.
Now, Aridowei city could produce 500 points of negative energy daily. If he had waited a few more days, he could have converted more skeletons into skeleton archers, significantly boosting their combat power.
Thinking this, Gu Xi kept an eye on the battlefield. After Gu Xi issued new orders, the black bone dragon was pinned to the ground, unable to take off.
Even so, the black bone dragon's combat power was terrifyingly high.
A single tail swipe from the black bone dragon would kill three to four skeleton soldiers.
However, the attacks from Gu Xi's skeleton soldiers did little damage to the black bone dragon.
This worried Gu Xi about his insufficient troops.
Luckily, at this moment, Shaya also emerged from her invisible state.
She flashed to the top of the black bone dragon's head, holding a dagger in both hands, searching for a spot to strike.
Gu Xi knew Shaya had the Eye of Omniscience, which could see through enemy weaknesses. She was now looking for the bone dragon's weak point, their only chance to defeat it.
Thus, when Shaya made her move, Gu Xi and Luna quickly changed tactics from active attack to actively attracting the bone dragon's attention.
At least they needed to give Shaya a chance to find the enemy's weak point.
Their actions were successful. The bone dragon was entirely focused on Gu Xi's skeleton soldiers, ignoring Shaya above it, and focusing on the skeleton soldiers of battle squad 3.
These skeleton soldiers, wielding swords and shields, kept banging on their shields while retreating.
Their retreat was orderly, not a rout.
Three to five skeleton soldiers would engage the bone dragon, and regardless of whether they retreated or died, a new skeleton soldier would immediately fill the vacant spot.
Using this tactic, Gu Xi's skeleton soldiers managed to hold the bone dragon's attention, preventing it from noticing Shaya on its back.
Meanwhile, Luna was also holding back, not using wide-range attack methods, but using Frost Touch instead.
Ten ghosts hovered in the sky, ready to swoop down into the bone dragon's eyes and drag it back to the ground if it attempted to fly.
The bone dragon's combat power was formidable, but its attacks were purely physical. Against the ghosts, many of its attacks missed entirely.
This minimized the losses among the ghosts.
Seeing the ghosts and skeleton soldiers struggling to hold the bone dragon, Gu Xi was ready to join the battle when Shaya suddenly stiffened.
"Found it."
Gu Xi immediately understood the situation.
Shaya had found the bone dragon's weak point.
"Luna!"
Luna instantly grasped Gu Xi's intention. Together with Gu Xi, they charged towards the bone dragon from both sides, while all the skeleton soldiers launched an all-out attack to distract the bone dragon.
Seeing Gu Xi launch a full-scale assault, the bone dragon was surprised, but it no longer held back. The bone dragon raised its head and opened its mouth, a green light forming within.
The bone dragon had long wanted to use this powerful attack, but it could only use it once a day. Although it had a large attack range, it was exhausting. After this attack, the bone dragon could only rely on its tail and claws for combat.
It had been waiting for Gu Xi to make a move.
Seeing Gu Xi's charge, it realized that Gu Xi had no other options left, making it safe to attack.
But just as the bone dragon raised its head, Shaya moved. She plunged her dagger into a specific spot in the bone dragon's spine.
Though the bone dragon's bones were as hard as iron, its joints were not as tough to allow flexibility, supplemented with negative energy for movement.
These negative energy points allowed the bone dragon to fly.
Shaya had found one of these nodes.
There were seven such nodes on the bone dragon, but the others were in critical spots, with only this one moving around the bone dragon's body.
As the bone dragon raised its head, it exposed this spot.
Shaya's dagger cut through the node like a hot knife through butter.
The bone dragon, preparing to unleash a breath attack towards Gu Xi, had its negative energy disrupted by Shaya's attack.
The dragon's head shook, and its bones collapsed, falling heavily to the ground.
Simultaneously, the green light in its mouth disappeared.
Seeing the bone dragon's head hit the ground, Gu Xi seized the opportunity and smashed the bone dragon's head with his crushing staff.
Boom!
Gu Xi put all his strength into this attack. The crushing staff's effect activated, denting the bone dragon's metal-like bones.
The bone dragon's negative energy began to gather again, trying to reassemble its bones.
But Luna was already beside the bone dragon. With the bone dragon's disassembly, all its negative energy nodes were exposed, and Luna's Frost Touch hit one of them.
The frost power slowed the negative energy flow, slowing the bone dragon's reassembly.
Gu Xi noticed this and commanded, "Drag those bones apart, all of them."
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