Thud!!
A heavy, dull thud, like chopping wood, echoed in the air.
Taking advantage of the brief opening after the Advanced Skeleton unleashed its powerful strike and hadn't yet recovered, Su Mu brought down his Bone Falling Moon Blade with full force onto the skeleton's leg bone.
Bone dust scattered.
A massive notch appeared in the leg bone, slicing more than a third of the thick bone clean through!
The Advanced Skeleton flew into a rage.
Ignoring the two Skeleton Soldiers that had already reached its side, it swung its massive greatsword directly at Su Mu.
Clang!
A harsh screech of metal clashing pierced the air.
Su Mu blocked the blow with his Bone Falling Moon Blade. His body trembled slightly, and both feet sank deep into the soil. A tiny chip appeared where the greatsword clashed against his weapon.
And then—
Su Mu smiled.
That brief exchange had already allowed him to estimate the strength gap between himself and this Advanced Skeleton.
In Strength Attribute, there was at least a five-point difference in the skeleton's favor.
In Speed, Su Mu held a slight advantage.
As for Constitution, judging by the damage to his Bone Armament, the Advanced Skeleton was stronger, but only marginally.
All things considered, even in a one-on-one fight, Su Mu could hold his own for quite a while. Not to mention he had nearly thirty Skeleton Soldiers at his command.
This Advanced Skeleton's Class Template...
He wanted it!
With a single thought, Su Mu ordered five of his twenty-seven remaining Skeleton Soldiers to hold off the ten-plus minions accompanying the Advanced Skeleton. The remaining twenty-two surrounded the Advanced Skeleton completely.
Attack?
No.
With nearly double the Constitution Attribute, even if the Skeleton Soldiers could land hits, the damage would be minimal.
Their purpose was to interfere with the Advanced Skeleton's attacks!
With Su Mu's command, the twenty-two Skeleton Soldiers dropped their weapons, leapt into the air, and pounced onto the Advanced Skeleton!
Boom!
Clatter!!
With a sweeping horizontal slash, the greatsword tore apart two Skeleton Soldiers at the front. But the ones attacking from the sides and rear managed to latch onto the Advanced Skeleton's body!
Their pale, slender fingers dug into the gaps between its bones. Their smaller, more delicate frames clung tightly to its larger and more powerful body.
The greatsword was powerful.
Even Su Mu wouldn't dare take its blows lightly.
But—
It only became a weapon when it could move. If it couldn't be swung, it wasn't even worth as much as a broken bone on the ground!
A single Skeleton Soldier? The Advanced Skeleton could throw it off easily.
But five? Ten? Fifteen?
Now, the Advanced Skeleton was like a strongman wrapped in countless ropes. No matter how much strength it had, it couldn't use it. With so many soldiers clinging to it, it couldn't even swing its greatsword!
At this moment—
Su Mu had silently appeared behind the Advanced Skeleton.
He stared at the skull—intentionally left exposed by the clinging Skeleton Soldiers—that was still struggling violently. Slowly, he raised his Bone Falling Moon Blade and, using all his strength, brought it down with a heavy chop!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
With each strike, the Advanced Skeleton's body trembled violently.
After three full-powered hacks, its thick neck was finally severed, and its head—the core of any Advanced Skeleton—was sent flying!
With that, the battle was over.
Without its head, the Advanced Skeleton's body would just flail about blindly. And without its body, the head could only lie there, helpless.
Until they were reunited, this Advanced Skeleton had lost all ability to resist.
"Kill the others."
With a single command, Su Mu ordered five Skeleton Soldiers to keep holding the body in place, while the rest assisted the original five in eliminating the Advanced Skeleton's minions. Meanwhile, Su Mu walked toward the Skullhead.
An Advanced Skeleton.
Staring at the jawbone that still moved, clicking with a "creak creak" sound, Su Mu was momentarily lost in thought.
He was wondering—
Should he kill this Advanced Skeleton, or subdue it?
If he killed it, he'd earn a decent amount of Experience Points.
If he used the [Erosion] Talent to absorb the remains, he'd gain its Class Template and a significant boost in Attribute Values.
Judging by the attributes it had demonstrated, gaining this Class Template might allow Su Mu to immediately advance to a higher tier—from Skeleton Soldier to something beyond!
Plenty of benefits.
On the other hand, if he subdued it...
The greatest benefit would be gaining a powerful new combatant right away.
With a single Advanced Skeleton under his command, he wouldn't need to struggle nearly as much against the next one. And with two, the third would be even easier.
Rinse and repeat.
In just a few days, he could replace his entire squad of first-tier Skeleton Soldiers with second-tier Advanced Skeletons!
"To slay…"
"…or to subdue?"
After quietly weighing his options, Su Mu picked up the Skullhead.
He activated his [Erosion] Talent, and a force from deep within began flowing outward, corrupting the head of the Advanced Skeleton.
In the end—
Su Mu chose to enslave it!
The higher Su Mu's level and class tier, the less time it took to enslave Skeletons. Conversely, the stronger the target, the longer the enslavement took.
But in this case, enslaving the Advanced Skeleton didn't take much longer than his very first time enslaving a Skeleton Soldier.
After one minute—
As the Advanced Skeleton finally stopped resisting, a system prompt sounded in Su Mu's mind.
"You have obtained control over the Skeleton Warrior."
"You have enslaved this Skeleton Warrior."
"You may rename this Skeleton Warrior."
"You have acquired the 'Advanced Class Template - Skeleton Warrior' transfer information."
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