Chapter 98: Capture the Thief and Capture the King
According to the records of "The Complete Collection of Undead Creatures" and my observations, skeleton archers actually have many weaknesses. The most obvious thing is that the skeleton arrows it uses to attack cannot be fired freely. The number of skeleton arrows equipped by each skeleton archer is limited.
The weapon configuration of the skeleton archer is a bone bow and a quiver. The quiver contains twelve to twenty skeleton arrows ranging from twelve to twenty. The number of arrows determines the strength of the skeleton archer. Each arrow shot out cannot be replenished quickly. The skeleton archer needs to concentrate and calm for a period of time before it can be regenerated. During this period, they will remain motionless, as if they are dormant. If I want to conquer them, I can only rush forward to cast the "soul contract" at this time. However, after the arrows are exhausted, they will usually only return to the core area of the territory to rest. There are many skeleton archers around to guard them. If you want to rush in, you have to conquer the entire territory first.
I rode around Taotao and observed the territory of several nearby skeleton shooters. According to the distribution density, the smallest piece would not be less than 2,000, and I was very strong. On the enemy's territory, I naturally could not foolishly launch the war of the undead and forcefully conquered. The opponent responded to the group, and I fought less and less. I must be the one who failed in the end. The most feasible and safest way was to keep staring at a territory and harassing small troops, so that it would not cause large-scale conflicts, and there would be arrows that could effectively consume them. More than 2,000 skeleton shooters could have about 30,000 skeleton arrows in total. I had more than 7,000 zombies under my command, and I took turns to fight. As long as I was careful and planned properly, I should not lose too many people. As long as I exhausted their skeleton arrows, I would just be a group of teethless dogs and could only be slaughtered by me.
However, this method is too time-consuming and the calculation efficiency is extremely low. It is better to continue to catch zombies directly. Although the qualification value has increased a little, with the help of the old zombie, the efficiency of submission is much higher. Moreover, the old zombie cannot bear such meticulous command, so I can only command myself and have no time to distract myself from doing other things. Even if I successfully subdue this group, the next group will still have to be processed in the same way, without reducing any trouble. Comprehensive analysis, it is really not worth the effort to make such time-consuming and labor-intensive! Now everyone is leveling up every minute, and I don’t have so much time to spend with them.
After repeated weighing, I really don’t want to give up the long-range attack method of the skeleton shooter and continue to go back and follow the old path of catching zombies. It seems to be smooth now, but it is difficult to further improve the combat effectiveness, which is not conducive to sustainable development. A Feng once tampered with this sentence with me: Playing games is like sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat! Players who are not enterprising will definitely not have a future!
There is no shortcut to use. I stared at the old zombie for a long time and finally made my heart apart. As the saying goes, capturing the king first, conquering a thousand-year corpse king, made my plan of subdue much smoother. Facing the more difficult skeleton archers, it seems that only soldiers can take risks and challenge their leaders directly. Wealth and honor are in danger, and if we want to accomplish great things, we must bear greater risks. There is no cheap thing in the world that is worthless!
Although the level is slightly higher, unlike zombies, most skeleton shooters gather together spontaneously. They rely on instinct to fight and are not much smarter than skeleton warriors in terms of thinking. Therefore, many groups are in a state of unowned state and have not evolved many intelligent individuals to act as leaders. The individual strength of their leaders is not as strong as the old zombie. This is also one of the main reasons why I dare to take a risk. I will never do it even though I know it is going to die. The price of failure is a limit of 5% of mental power.
Lao Zon and I searched separately. With my spiritual sense, we finally found a target. According to the scale, this is a territory with about 5,000 skeleton shooters. The territory is filled with a powerful force. It should be the leader of the skeleton shooter - the Skeleton King.
Even if there are kings, low-level undead species rarely actively invade and expand. They are so easy to satisfy. There are even two large territory of 10,000 people nearby. The Skeleton King doesn't want to conquer and take it for himself. If its power is stronger, I really don't dare to challenge it rashly. Seven thousand zombies are fighting against the Five Thousand Skeleton Shooters. My men also have a thousand-year-old corpse king with superb strength. Fighting in groups is definitely a loss-winning outcome. According to the system's settings, when the strength is not much different, undead creatures often choose the one-on-one challenge mode to resolve disputes, which is exactly what I need.
Although the old zombie still has the strength of a thousand-year-old corpse king, after surrendering to me, he has lost the qualifications of a king and can no longer participate in the battle between kings. I can only take action in this battle myself. Arrange the zombie army to set up a team behind me. I took a few steps forward, calmed down, and emitted an invisible spiritual fluctuation, trying to communicate with the Skeleton King hidden in the dark.
It is said to be communication, but in fact it means repeatedly: challenge! After all, it is just a low-level species with a new intelligence. If it is too complicated, they will not understand it. Just make the Skeleton King feel hostile.
As soon as I was in contact, the mental fluctuation quickly understood my purpose, and was immediately filled with a hint of anger. It immediately cut off the communication with me. Not long after, the calm skeleton group suddenly became turbulent and began to move slowly, gradually giving up a channel from far to near.
"Crack, Crack", accompanied by a sound of bone friction, a skeleton about two meters slowly walked over the passage, and its figure became clearer and clearer. At first glance, its body shape was not much taller than other skeleton shooters, but the skeleton that constituted the body emitted a faint phosphorescence, even the skeleton bow in the hand and the skeleton arrow in the quiver. The eye sockets were not two holes, and there were two faint lights flashing inside.
Seeing that the momentum of this appearance should be the Skeleton King, I paid special attention to the skeleton arrows inserted in its quiver, which were thirty-six, each installed in two quiveres, two to three times that of an ordinary skeleton shooter. If its attack power is about the same as that of an old zombie, I will definitely not be able to stand a few.
"I, the king of zombies, challenge you!" The last time Lao Zombie challenged me. I didn't understand any rules, so I had to copy it. Although I don't look like a zombie, my subordinates are all zombies, and they can only pretend to be the king of zombies. Lao Zombie admitted my identity, and I shouldn't question it if I changed to the Skeleton King.
The Skeleton King first looked up and down, then turned his head to the old zombie on one side, paused for a moment, then slightly turned his head to scan my legion, and finally pointed his head at me, "I, Skeleton King, fight you one-on-one!"
"Okay!" Although I knew that I could not regret it once I decided, I immediately made a positive answer and completed the agreement according to the rules. At the same time, I felt relieved, I was really afraid that it would choose the group battle mode regardless of damage. In that way, even if I win, it would be a tragic victory and would definitely hurt my vitality. Even if I conquered the Skeleton King as I wished, it would be difficult to replenish it in a short period of time.
Zombies and skeleton shooters retreated backwards one after another, giving up a wide field. I even ordered the old zombie to retreat a little more so that I could leave a wider space for effective dodging. The opponent is the Skeleton King who is good at ranged attacks. He has no way to use the same trick again to deal with it like conquering the old zombie. He can only move quickly and cooperate with the "Dead Shield" to avoid the thirty-six phosphorescent skeleton arrows. The Skeleton King has no weapon attack, so it is much easier to capture it alive.
I have never seen the Skeleton King take action, and I am not sure that I can safely avoid the thirty-six phosphorescent skeleton arrows. However, I can't do it alone. If Taotao is added, the chance should be greater.
According to the rules of "Neon Space", in the battle between kings, no matter how powerful other undead creatures are, they cannot intervene. However, Taotao is an exception. Although it belongs to the Hell Skeleton Horse, its main identity is my pet. According to the "Pet Regulations", it can help me fight in any summonable situation. The "Pet Regulations" is a basic method that is used in the "Tianxia", and its effectiveness is definitely higher than the challenge rules of "Neon Space". According to the "If there is any resistance, refer to the design of "High-effectiveness".
The basic rules of "determined execution" are stipulated. In the one-on-one mode, Taotao can fight with me as a pet, which is also the main reason why I finally chose to capture the thief first. Two against one, Taotao completed another evolution, with a lot of strength, and the chance of success should be greater. In this way, it took the initiative to dodge me, so I don't have to be distracted to use "One Rider" and "Undezvous Shield" at the same time. This is a long and fierce battle. If you use it with one mind and two minds, you can easily make mistakes.
The Skeleton King had already retreated to the distance and was ready to attack at any time. However, when I saw me happily calling Taotao and rode up. It was obvious that he wanted to fight one of them, his mental fluctuations suddenly became disordered. It seemed to be beyond its expectations, but then it calmed down. I did not violate the rules, and I could only follow the agreement.
I rode steadily on the horse and gently patted Taotao's big head. Although I was a highly educated atheist, I couldn't help but pray to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky at such a critical moment, and even the dead old man didn't let it go. After playing such a long game, this was the first time I took the initiative to challenge, so don't smite my enthusiasm!
The duel finally began. I yelled first and urged Taotao to run straight to the Skeleton King, but I swung a shot. As soon as I ran a few steps, I immediately turned my head and retreated, just avoiding the arrow shot by the Skeleton King. In this way, I went forward and retreated, not only wasting the four Skeleton King's skeleton arrows, but also roughly estimated its range and speed of fire, and mastered a little bit of virtuality and reality. This is a protracted battle. If I want to persist until the end, I must understand all the trump cards of the Skeleton King.
After testing a few more times, the Skeleton King learned his lesson, but he bent his bow and arrows to pose and no longer took action easily. I had to urge Taotao to rush forward slowly. As soon as I entered the range of fifty meters, an arrow shot immediately. Without my command, Taotao jumped and flashed over. Unexpectedly, another arrow flew over immediately. I hurriedly moved the "Dead Shield" to block it. With a "bang", my body couldn't help but shake it. The energy of the "Dead Shield" suddenly decreased by nearly half, which surprised me secretly. The phosphorescence skeleton arrow shot by the Skeleton King was indeed powerful. Judging from the power it showed, I could only hold up to two arrows at most. Maybe the third or fourth arrows could kill my life.
Before the arrow was shot, three more arrows flew over quickly, which made me almost no time to react. The first two arrows shattered the "undead shield". The second arrow that broke the shield was barely dodged by me, but I could no longer dodge. I was stabbed on my shoulder by the third arrow and immediately lost one-third of my health. Fortunately, my purpose was still You Dou. While being attacked, I ordered Taotao to retreat. It had already opened a distance of about a hundred meters, and finally got rid of the attack for a while.
I hurriedly released another "undead shield". I felt scared that this skeleton king actually used a trick to me. He had hidden his strength a few arrows before, and suddenly caught me off guard when I was paralyzed. If I hadn't been careful, it would have almost succeeded.
I was determined to defend but not attack. I relied on Taotao's rapid reaction and the protection of the "undead shield" to fight with the Skeleton King and try my best to consume its skeleton arrows. Although I was in danger and was repeatedly injured, I was even forced to get rid of the horse several times and had to "stay away from the world". Finally, I persisted.
Only nine arrows were left. Seeing that my plan was about to succeed, the Skeleton King suddenly became smarter again. He let me tease me in every way, and even approached thirty meters. He was still unmoved. He didn't shoot an arrow, but just stared at me with caution, making me so angry that I didn't dare to distract myself to attack. On the one hand, it would not cause much damage to the Skeleton King, and on the other hand, he would not be able to focus on defense. It was so close that he could easily be injured by it.
Helplessly, I could only carefully move closer to the Skeleton King and further tease it. Just as I approached twenty meters, the Skeleton King suddenly moved, and not only the bow, but the arrow was fired, and as soon as the arrow was fired, I rushed towards me, and I was going to take the initiative to attack and start the hunt.
I was shocked and hurriedly blocked the first arrow, directed Taotao to the side quickly, trying to distance himself from the Skeleton King. If it fired an arrow at close range, at the speed of the arrow, I would not have time to react, and I would definitely be dead.
The Skeleton King chased me tightly from behind, and the skeleton arrows shot over one by one. It seemed that I had to take all my might. At such a close distance, my body could not make effective dodging at all. I could only rely on the "undead shield" to block three arrows. Taotao jumped left and right and dodged two arrows, but he still hit two arrows, and his health was less than one-third.
Seeing that the Skeleton King had two phosphorescent skeleton arrows ready to go, I no longer dared to stay on the horse's back, and jumped down. At this time, I could no longer rely on Taotao's speed, and I was fighting for the flexibility of my body. If I got an arrow, I would have to see the dead old man.
Chapter completed!