Chapter 104: End of the Battle
The bearded man quickly realized that the Death Incarnation was not the type of giant beast he had dealt with before.
The Death Incarnation belonged to a class of elemental creatures, and he had never actively jumped onto such creatures before.
However, this time, for some reason, he acted impulsively.
In fact, the bearded man didn't know that the reason he behaved this way was entirely because he had been touched by the black mist as the Death Incarnation flew past.
He had been cursed with an unnoticed curse.
[Rash Curse]
The effect of this curse was simple: it made the cursed person act impulsively, doing things differently than usual.
For example, challenging a BOSS alone without preparation.
By the time the bearded man jumped onto the back of the Death Incarnation and realized something was wrong, it was too late.
Half of his life was already gone.
If he stayed there any longer, the bearded man might soon lose his life.
Thinking of this, the bearded man turned his body and punched the bones of the Death Incarnation, causing it to retreat a distance.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the bearded man landed on the ground, grabbed some things, and stuffed them into his mouth without caring.
Losing half his life, even the strongest would be scared.
At this moment, the Death Incarnation seized the opportunity, its right eye turned gray, and a beam of gray light fell on the bearded man.
The bearded man didn't expect that the skill once used by his subordinate would now be used against him.
He was well aware of the attack's power. Facing the gray light, he immediately jumped to the side.
Behind him, a skeleton soldier was fighting a ghost soldier. As the gray light swept over, both the skeleton soldier and ghost soldier turned to ash.
Before the bearded man could catch his breath, another gray beam came straight at him.
The bearded man was enraged by the Death Incarnation's attack method.
When the single-eyed stitched corpse used this skill before, it was only used during a breakthrough.
But the Death Incarnation was using it like a machine gun.
It was as if it didn't value the skill at all.
The bearded man didn't know that for the Death Incarnation, this disintegration ray was just icing on the cake.
The real attack method of the Death Incarnation was its Death Breath.
That was the real means for a large battlefield.
In this situation, the disintegration ray, with its low power and slow usage, was just a bonus that could be used more frequently in each battle.
If it didn't use its only advantage, what was the point of having this skill?
So when the first attack missed, the second one followed, then the third.
The bearded man managed to dodge the first attack, barely escaped the second, but the third disintegration ray hit him squarely.
Although he had been eating various foods to quickly recover his health, the time to heal was too short. Hit by the disintegration ray, his body flew backward.
Seeing this, the Death Incarnation knew one hit wasn't enough.
Without hesitation, its right eye gleamed, and another beam followed.
This time, the bearded man's life was almost at an end, even his shoulder was partially dissolved.
Despite his unwillingness, the bearded man had no more chances. The blood he had just grabbed couldn't be stuffed into his mouth before he collapsed.
[Death Incarnation (spell product) kills Ghoul Leader (level 9), you gain 5727 experience points (experience +5%).]
Hearing this, Gu Xi finally sighed in relief, a trace of excitement flashing in his eyes.
In just two battles, his level had almost reached 5. Indeed, large battlefields are the fastest way to level up.
Just as Gu Xi was feeling excited, a ghost soldier unit, upon discovering their leader was dead, charged towards Gu Xi.
Fortunately, even after summoning the Death Incarnation, Gu Xi hadn't deployed all the zombies.
Before the ghost soldiers could reach Gu Xi, they were blocked by the armored zombies.
Their charge reminded Gu Xi that he was still on the battlefield, and now was not the time to be careless.
After drinking a bottle of magic potion to replenish his mana, Gu Xi began casting spells to increase his proficiency amidst the chaos.
Bone spikes and bone shields flew everywhere, with soul extraction and summoning spells being used simultaneously.
With Gu Xi's participation, the battle progressed much faster. Most importantly, the bone shields he cast played a crucial role in protecting many severely wounded undead.
Protected by the bone shields, these undead fought even more fiercely.
Especially the ghost troops, initially sent to deal with the bearded man.
With the bearded man's death, they lost their target and immediately turned to the remaining ghost soldiers.
With the ghosts' joining, the ghost soldiers, already outnumbered and outmatched by the Sunshine Glory Guild's skeleton soldiers, quickly fell one by one, never to rise again.
All Gu Xi could see were constant messages.
[Ghost (temporary control) kills ghost soldier (level 5), you gain 1 experience point, Yin Wind Battalion gains 1 experience point, ghost gains 1 experience point.]
[Skeleton soldier (temporary control) kills ghost soldier (level 5), you gain 1 experience point, Sunshine Glory Guild gains 1 experience point, skeleton soldier gains 1 experience point.]
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At this time, Gu Xi worked even harder, using up all his mana after drinking the potion.
After exhausting his mana, Gu Xi finally sat on a coffin lid, gasping for breath.
Having his mana drained twice in a row was not for the faint-hearted.
At this point, Gu Xi really didn't want to drink any more magic potions. Holding his head, he wished he could just go to sleep if it weren't for being on the battlefield.
Luckily, the last ghost soldier was killed, and the five units that completed the task quickly regrouped and headed towards the gate behind Gu Xi.
As they passed by Gu Xi, they reported their battle damage.
"Sunshine Glory Guild, 137 soldiers lost, need replenishment."
"Ray Shooters, 22 soldiers lost, need replenishment."
"War Shackles Battalion, 36 soldiers lost, need replenishment."
"Yin Wind Battalion, 9 soldiers lost, need replenishment."
"Ghost Battalion, no losses."
With each report, the five hundred reserve troops behind Gu Xi sent out corresponding soldiers to replenish the teams.
Seeing the number of undead soldiers halved, Gu Xi felt a bit distressed.
But there was nothing he could do. He could only focus on his troops.