Chapter 142: Focus Fire on the Boss
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"Bone Spur! Attack!"
As Gu Xi fired the first shot, his undead troops began entering the Tower Bridge area.
Although not all these undead were led by undead bosses, Gu Xi had arranged their positions from the start.
The Bone-Cutting Battalion charged at the forefront, followed by all the skeleton archers led by the Skeleton Archer leader.
Battle Squad 1 and Battle Squad 2 positioned themselves slightly ahead of Gu Xi, while the remaining minions spread out on both flanks, ready to charge together.
The zombies were right next to Gu Xi's Evil Coffin. It wasn't that Gu Xi didn't want them to charge, but their slow movement speed made charging ineffective.
On the contrary, the ghosts immediately took to the air, swooping down from the sky towards the Shadows.
Their flight speed was quite fast; even though the skeleton soldiers had started the charge first, the ghosts were the first to reach the enemy.
There were quite a few of these ghosts. Originally obtained by Gu Xi from the academy, plus those captured during deliveries, there were a total of 52 ghosts.
Their strength was quite high. Even those from the academy started at level 5, not to mention the captured ghosts, which started at level 7.
Once these ghosts rushed out, they brought with them a strong, chilling wind. Instead of targeting the lower-level Shadows in front, they went straight for the Shadow leader at the highest point on the bridge.
The Shadow leader hadn't expected that anyone could reach where he stood.
Initially, Gu Xi had hit him with a bone spur that had a frost effect, catching him off guard. Now, these ghosts were swooping towards him.
They clearly didn't see him as a boss.
Sure, your level is higher than mine, but I am a BOSS model. My health, attack, and defense are all superior. How dare you?
The furious Shadow leader screeched from the top of the bridge, and the black arms coiled around his body suddenly spread open, revealing his true form.
Gu Xi then saw clearly that there were all sorts of creatures among the Shadows. Previously, there were centipedes and giant eyes, but this one looked like a tree.
It resembled a large tree similar to a sensitive plant, usually curled up, but unfolding its body when needed, doubling in size.
After opening his arms, the Shadow leader reached out to grab the approaching ghosts.
This made Gu Xi doubt whether the Shadow leader had a brain. Could he not see that all the ghosts were stronger than him?
And he still wanted to catch the ghosts.
But in the next moment, Gu Xi was stunned. The outstretched arms did grab the passing ghosts.
After catching the ghosts, the Shadow leader kept dragging them towards himself, clearly wanting to devour them.
"Damn it, bone spur! Focus fire!"
Seeing this, Gu Xi was speechless. While releasing another bone spur, he commanded the Skeleton Archer leader to focus fire.
The Skeleton Archer leader also saw what was happening. Although he didn't understand the situation with the Shadow leader, he still ordered his troops to shoot arrows at the Shadow leader under Gu Xi's command.
To Gu Xi's surprise, the Shadow leader's arms deftly blocked all the arrows.
And he still didn't let go of the ghosts.
This situation left Gu Xi speechless. This was obviously wrong. With such a disparity in levels and numbers, how could they be overpowered?
But Gu Xi had no time to deal with this, as the Shadow leader's advantage boosted the morale of the lower-level Shadows, and the level 2 and 3 Shadows actively charged at Gu Xi's team.
"Ignore them, surround the boss and attack directly."
Seeing the situation, Gu Xi made a judgment.
Sending all his troops to fend off the charging Shadows would quickly end the battle, as Gu Xi's weakest skeleton soldier was at level 3, capable of defeating a Shadow one-on-one.
But so what? The key was the Shadow leader.
Gu Xi didn't know what made him so tough. His arms could attack and defend, just short of casting spells.
If Gu Xi focused on the smaller Shadows, he'd lose the 52 ghosts.
After killing the smaller Shadows, Gu Xi would still have to gather his troops to focus fire on the Shadow leader.
It was better to concentrate all combat power on the Shadow leader.
As for the charging minions, Gu Xi didn't care about them.
[Dead Man's Tendrils]
[Bone Storm]
[Skeleton Priest]
Gu Xi released three spells in succession, creating a pathway of bone arms and tendrils at the front of the Shadow battlefield.
This pathway immediately blocked the charging Shadows, their bodies glowing blue.
Their movement slowed, and they even collided with each other.
Even the two Shadow leaderes among them were affected.
Then countless bone fragments spread out from the Shadows, each fragment like a blade, cutting through the Shadows and harvesting their lives.
With these two spells, Gu Xi blocked all the charging Shadows.
As for the Skeleton Priest, it was Gu Xi's final support for his undead troops. As he withstood the Shadow attack alone, he had no time to look around.
Gu Xi concentrated his mana, continuously casting Bone Storm into the Shadow horde.
To better aim, he even moved past the undead troops to the front line. While the Evil Coffin moved, Gu Xi's spells didn't stop.
Each spell accurately landed where the Shadows were densest.
Meanwhile, Gu Xi's notifications kept popping up.
[You killed Shadow (Level 2), gained 6 XP (XP +5%, level cap, overflow XP stored).]
[You killed Shadow (Level 2), gained 11 XP (XP +5%, level cap, overflow XP stored).]
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