Facing Gu Erdan's showing excessive kindness without reason, the skeleton wizard didn't take any precautions. He was too lazy to bother with this subordinate who often went crazy.
As long as this subordinate could help him do things and train elite soldiers for him, he didn't care. He definitely wouldn't give this kind of subordinate a chance to grow.
The reason was simple. This kid was too smart. His last very smart subordinate had finally chosen to rebel and almost killed him.
The skeleton wizard was just stupid, not foolish. Since he had already suffered once, of course he wouldn't fall for the same trick a second time.
This was also the main reason why he had always forbidden Gu Erdan from devouring soul fire to grow.
During this period, Gu Erdan had so many little minions helping him collect soul fire. But at this moment, his entire skeleton was still yellow, mainly because of this.
If there were any changes to his skeleton, the skeleton wizard would definitely realize that he was stealing. At that time, the best-case scenario would be being closely monitored, and the worst would be kicking the bucket on the spot.
So Gu Erdan endured the temptation and converted all this soul fire into system energy instead of absorbing it himself.
All for today!
The large army advanced in a mighty and imposing manner. However, this time it was different from usual. Usually, this hundred-man army would march in a compact formation to avoid being sneak-attacked by powerful enemies.
Today, they gradually spread out and finally formed an extremely loose fish-scale formation.
Of course, the skeleton wizard noticed this, but he didn't take it seriously because Gu Erdan had given a reasonable reason.
There were scattered first-order skeletons wandering around. To deal with them, there was no need for the entire army to go out together. That would be a waste of time. Hunting in groups of three or five separately was the perfect way. It was perfectly fine for the large army to spread out at this time.
Gu Erdan, who was following beside the skeleton wizard, was also subtly putting some distance between himself and them. He was afraid that when the bone-armored mantises suddenly attacked, they would mistake him for a worthless grunt and casually hack him down.
If the skeleton wizard didn't forbid him from going too far, Gu Erdan would wish he could be light - years away from these guys at this moment.
He kept lowering his head to adjust his armor. He even rummaged through the tattered backpack on his back and found a helmet to put on. There was a separate skull under the helmet.
With all the equipment ready, Gu Erdan actually had a bit of the air of an ancient soldier at this moment.
Walking on the flat plain, Gu Erdan waited and waited for a long time. Finally, when they reached the middle of the plain, the long-awaited sneak attack arrived!
There were several loud booms! Bones burst apart on the originally flat plain! Well over a dozen bone-armored mantises hidden underground surged out from among the bones. With two huge bone sickles in their hands, they swept across and instantly knocked down those skeleton guards!
Suddenly being sneak-attacked, the entire skeleton army was in chaos. The skeleton soldiers on the outermost perimeter were still silly-wittedly hunting. Among the skeleton soldiers in the middle who were originally responsible for defense, some were approaching this side while some were turning around and running away.
Among the entire army, only the 20 cannon fodder in the front row were acting relatively normally at this moment. They all rushed back at once, trying to intercept the enemy.
This chaotic scene left the skeleton wizard utterly stunned. He had always been confident in this subordinate's military ability. It was just a dozen enemies? Why was he performing so poorly today?
Looking back blankly, his eyes filled with confusion, Gu Erdan, who was supposed to be standing beside him, didn't appear. All that the skeleton wizard saw was a body crashing to the ground.
A broken knife was stuck in Gu Erdan's chest. The whole knife went straight through his chest. Due to the obstruction of the armor, it was difficult to tell whether it had hit the vital part of the soul.
As this guy fell to the ground, his limbs splayed out, the skull on his neck, along with the helmet, just rolled away directly.
This left the big mantis that emerged from beside him looking blank.
Using its claw sickle, it prodded the skull on the ground. Finding that this thing had even lost its chin in the fall, the big mantis looked at its sharp claws in some confusion.
Since when did he become this strong? Did he scare a skeleton soldier to death the moment he showed up? Could it be that he had unconsciously evolved to the third rank!
Suddenly filled with overjoy, the big mantis spread its wings and wanted to let out a loud roar, but unexpectedly, at this very moment, a Spear of the Dead came flying through the air and instantly blasted its head into pieces!
"Damn it!"
A hoarse and stuttering voice rang out. This skeleton wizard, whose intelligence was much higher than that of an ordinary skeleton soldier, couldn't help but curse loudly.
Dead? He actually died at such a critical moment! This guy really couldn't have picked a worse time!
If he had known earlier, he should have let him be strengthened a little!
Letting out a roar to the sky, an invisible wave of soul energy spread. The skeleton wizard tried to make the skeleton soldiers under his command obey his orders in this way.
However, the skeleton soldiers under him had already been secretly replaced by Gu Erdan's subordinates. Not to mention shouting once, even if you shouted all day long, it would be useless!
Finding that except for the 20 cannon fodder running back from afar and his personal bodyguards, the other skeletons still didn't listen to his command, although the skeleton wizard was a bit shocked, he didn't have time to think too much.
Regroup! Order the skeleton guards to gather around him! The skeleton wizard started to show his might!
First-tier spell! Skeleton Resurrection! First, raise a dozen skeletons on the ground to disperse the firepower!
Following closely was the second-tier spell, Hand of Death! As the staff struck the ground! A large amount of ghostly aura spread out, condensing one semi-transparent shriveled palm after another on the ground. These palms kept tugging at the enemies' limbs, slowing them down or even making them stop completely.
The strength of these palms wasn't great. An ordinary person could break free with ease, but the problem was their large number!
Those densely packed arms emerging constantly were enough to give people with trypophobia a scare. Once you were grabbed by one palm and couldn't break free promptly, a large number of palms would gather around you until you were completely immobilized!
It has to be said that this skeleton wizard's ability was really strong. He had group control and targeted elimination. He was simply born for team battles!
As Hand of Death was cast, the imposing bone-armored mantises' combat power immediately dropped significantly.
The skeleton wizard continuously launched two Spears of the Dead, directly blowing the heads off two mantises that were fixed in place and couldn't move. After feeling that the energy of the soul fire in his body was completely depleted, this guy actually pointed forcefully to the side.
In the next moment, the soul fire in the eyes of the skeleton archer that had been closely following him and attacking desperately exploded with a loud bang. While blowing its head to pieces, the scattered soul fire swept towards the skeleton wizard and was quickly absorbed completely by him.
This guy actually chose to control the soul fragments and kill his subordinates! And quickly replenish his power with their soul fire!
This move is really vicious! But it's also highly effective!
Quickly converting the energy in the ghost fire, the skeleton wizard raised his hand and launched two additional Spears of the Dead! At the same time, he didn't forget to add a Hand of Death!
After exhausting his energy once more, this time he pointed his staff at another archer...
The roars kept sounding. Gu Erdan, who was lying on the ground, pretending to be dead with his breastplate covering the ghost fire in his chest, secretly peeked at the situation through a crack.
Finding that the battle situation didn't unfold as he had expected, instead of being pushed to a desperate situation, the skeleton wizard demonstrated great power. In a cruel way, he turned into a turret and quickly killed several bone-armored mantises. Gu Erdan couldn't help but frown.
This won't do! This isn't going to work! If things keep going like this! Isn't the skeleton wizard sure to win!
By then, if he finds out that he's just pretending to be dead, he might really be doomed to sleep here forever.
Suddenly clenching his fist, Gu Erdan quickly gave an order through the connection of the soul contract.
Receiving the order, the skeleton soldiers who were originally just idly waving their weapons and watching the show around, the flames in their eyes instantly flared up, and they actually swung their swords at their fellow soldiers!
To be more precise, it was those skeletons that obeyed the skeleton wizard's orders! And even signed a soul oath with him!