Lucas was watching the skeleton commander.
The skeleton commander was also watching Lucas.
While the leaders of both sides had not yet issued attack commands, the two skeleton legions, vastly different in both numbers and quality, stood facing each other across a distance of several hundred meters.
Lucas observed the skeleton commander, calculating its approximate four-dimensional attributes and searching for a breakthrough point—where he should charge into the heart of the skeleton horde to hunt the skeleton commander once the battle began.
The skeleton commander observed Lucas because its underdeveloped intellect couldn't comprehend why this seemingly peculiar elite skeleton had annihilated eight skeleton legions in such a short time...
Being an undead creature had its advantages.
Since it couldn't figure it out, the skeleton commander stopped thinking about it.
When its skeleton legion was only a few hundred meters away from the enemy, the skeleton commander raised its scimitar high—
The next moment!
The scimitar swung down!
The massive horde of over four thousand skeletons charged forward... rushing toward Lucas's position!
"It's starting..."
With a thought, as the skeleton horde surged forward, Lucas simultaneously issued orders for his skeleton minions to form up and prepare to withstand the onslaught.
Whether in terms of numbers or quality, Lucas's skeleton legion couldn't compare to the skeleton commander's.
But their task wasn't to win this war!
They only needed to endure the initial impact of the skeleton horde, draw its attention, and keep it occupied.
This task...
The thousand-plus skeletons Lucas had carefully selected were more than capable of handling it.
Skeleton guards formed the outermost layer, bearing the brunt of the skeleton horde's first charge. Behind them, skeleton warriors and skeleton soldiers formed the second line of defense.
At the very center were the skeleton mages and skeleton archers Lucas had gathered.
Time passed slowly.
The skeleton horde drew closer and closer.
When the distance between them was only a hundred meters, Lucas gave the command—the dozen or so skeleton guards on the outermost layer drove their bone tower shields into the ground and crouched down, ready to withstand the skeleton horde's first charge.
The skeleton warriors and skeleton soldiers held their weapons at the ready.
Meanwhile, under Lucas's command, the skeleton archers and skeleton mages unleashed a barrage of arrows and over a dozen ghostfire orbs toward the opposing skeleton horde from a distance of over a hundred meters!
The arrows and ghostfire orbs weren't fired aimlessly.
Under Lucas's direction, his limited skeleton archers and skeleton mages were divided into three squads, each focusing their attacks on a single target. The targets were none other than the skeleton warriors and skeleton warlords within the skeleton horde!
The combined efforts of the skeleton archers and skeleton mages.
Almost every volley could shatter a skeleton warrior, turning it into charred bones. If all three squads focused their fire, even elite-tier skeleton warlords would be crippled in a short time.
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This process repeated.
By the time the skeleton horde crossed the hundred-meter distance and was about to engage Lucas's skeleton legion in close combat, over ten skeleton warriors and three skeleton warlords had already fallen to the concentrated fire of the skeleton archers and skeleton mages!
And then...
Boom!
The two skeleton legions collided!
"Skyrend Slash!"
"Skyrend Slash!"
At this moment, Lucas and his elite skeleton swordsman minion unleashed their skills simultaneously. Two dazzling light blades shot through the air, slicing into the pale skeleton horde and clearing a small area on the battlefield by annihilating large numbers of skeleton soldiers.
After ordering the elite skeleton swordsman to continue using skills to support his skeleton legion, Lucas himself leaped forward—his formidable strength and speed attributes erupting!
Leaving a deep footprint in the ground, Lucas's body soared through the air, covering over ten meters in an instant as he plunged into the skeleton horde!
Circular Slash!
Boom!
The bone glaive swung!
The gleaming blade arced through the air, bisecting all skeletons within a two-meter radius. Lucas leaped into the air again, charging toward the center of the skeleton horde.
Once.
Twice.
Thrice!
Each leap carried Lucas over a distance of more than ten meters.
With each leap, he drew closer to the skeleton commander at the heart of the skeleton horde!
This process repeated.
By the seventh time Lucas landed within the skeleton horde, he was only a dozen meters away from the skeleton commander! One final leap would bring him within striking distance!
The skeleton commander wasn't a fool.
Due to Lucas's tier, it didn't hold him in high regard; at the same time, its limited intellect prevented it from feeling contempt.
When Lucas landed for the seventh time, an intangible soul wave emanated from the skeleton commander. The numerous skeleton mages near it turned their attention toward Lucas!
Dozens of skeleton mages.
Including several elite-tier dread mages!
Against ordinary skeleton mages, Lucas could rely on his formidable constitution and defense to withstand their attacks. But dread mages... casters of this tier were capable of inflicting significant damage on him.
Charge, or not?
This thought flashed through Lucas's mind and vanished just as quickly.
As dense death energy gathered in the skeleton mages' bone staves, and ghostfire orbs began to materialize, Lucas charged toward a skeleton warlord with lightning speed.
A single slash!
With his strength attribute of 134, the skeleton warlord was decapitated before it could even resist.
Then.
Grabbing the skeleton warlord's remains, Lucas used them as a shield and leaped into the air for the eighth time!
At the same time.
His only two skills... erupted simultaneously!
"Skyrend Slash!"
"Gale Slash!"
