"Hurricane Slash: Active skill. Consumes half of your stamina to instantly unleash three blades of energy, dealing 80%, 100%, and 120% of normal attack damage to enemies respectively."
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If evolving from Skeleton to Skeleton Soldier was the first leap for the Skeleton Clan, then advancing from Advanced Skeleton to Elite Skeleton was the second.
The first leap awakened the consciousness of the Skeletons, allowing them to transition from a state of aimless confusion to having a sense of self. Only with this foundation did they begin to hunt their own kind to level up and grow stronger.
The second leap awakened their intelligence!
Yes.
Elite Skeletons already possess intelligence.
Even if this intelligence is still primitive and rudimentary, it nonetheless exists.
The tactical deployment of the Skeleton Battle General, the charge and retreat of the Elite Skeleton Swordsman, the commands and pleas of the Brutal Zombie, the venomous spray from Elite Zombies when trapped... and so on.
All of these are manifestations of intelligence!
Of course.
This is merely the most basic form of intelligence.
According to Su Mu's assessment, if the intelligence of Elite Skeletons is considered primary, then the Skeletons of the Warrior Tier possess intermediate intelligence.
As for those of the Lord Tier...
They likely possess advanced intelligence comparable to that of humans!
Faced with such high-tier Undead, Su Mu could no longer adopt the same mindset he had when dealing with Elite Skeletons or those below. Because once he fell into a trap set by high-tier Undead... he could be doomed beyond redemption!
After adjusting to his power following the Elite transition, Su Mu once again set out on the hunt.
He needed to replenish his minions.
And he needed more experience to level up—although the Heavy Armored Skeleton Swordsman Class Template combined the strengths of both the Elite Skeleton Swordsman and the Zombie, giving Su Mu greater growth potential, it also increased the amount of Experience Points required for each level by 50%.
In addition.
The existence of Rogris hung over Su Mu like a sword of Damocles, making him desperate to become stronger!
Because no one knew whether Rogris was currently in the Bone Burial Ground. And even if he wasn't, no one could guarantee he wouldn't suddenly return one day to retrieve the lost Crystal Ball.
Compared to Rogris, the players who would descend in two and a half months... were no longer Su Mu's greatest threat.
Before leaving the area, Su Mu embedded the Crystal Ball into his chest cavity.
Once embedded, the Crystal Ball began to float automatically and emitted fine black mist, connecting to Su Mu's bones like chains, anchoring it firmly to the center of his ribcage.
It was as if...
This Crystal Ball had become Su Mu's heart.
In this state, the Crystal Ball would automatically absorb the death aura lingering in the air and refine it, channeling it into Su Mu's Bone Body through the mist-like chains.
In terms of game data, this meant it continuously provided Su Mu with Experience Points and Attribute Values.
Although the daily gain wasn't much, it accumulated steadily over time. In the long run, the Experience Points and Attribute Values Su Mu received from the Crystal Ball would add up to a considerable sum.
Additionally.
With this setup, Su Mu could now store magic in the Crystal Ball and extract it in critical moments.
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One day later.
Su Mu entered the true core of the Bone Burial Ground with only nine remaining Skeleton Minions.
However.
Even though he now possessed the power to crush Elite Skeletons, Su Mu still treaded carefully upon entering this area. He couldn't recklessly harvest or enslave Elite Skeletons at will.
The reason was simple.
Below the Elite Tier, whether it be base-level Skeletons or Advanced Skeletons, they were all scattered and unorganized. Even the Skeleton Warrior could only command a handful of underlings—not much of a threat.
But starting from the Elite Tier, organized warfare became the norm!
When Su Mu had just stepped into the center of the Bone Burial Ground and encountered the battle between an Elite Skeleton Swordsman and a Skeleton Battle General, he had merely gotten lucky.
In this core area of the Bone Burial Ground, solo Elite Skeletons were the exception.
The vast majority of Skeletons that reached the Elite Tier... had already been conscripted!
That's right.
Conscripted.
Skeleton Warriors had the ability to command Skeleton Soldiers, and Skeleton Battle Generals could lead Skeleton Warriors. Nearly seventy percent of the Skeleton Battle Generals, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeleton Soldiers in the Bone Burial Ground were under the command of the Warrior Tier Skeleton Commanders!
And the Warrior Tier Skeleton Commanders... reported directly to the Skeleton King!
In simple terms.
Up until now, all the Skeletons Su Mu hunted, regardless of their tier, were like free-range fodder. In human terms, they were akin to bandits and raiders—meant to be culled periodically.
From here on, the Skeletons Su Mu hunted belonged to the formal army under the Skeleton King!
Unless Su Mu was willing to spend a vast amount of time avoiding patrols and harvesters of the Bone Legion, carefully picking off the thirty percent of stray Elite Skeletons and Skeleton Warriors scattered in the wild...
He would inevitably have to confront the Bone Legion under the Skeleton King!
However.
The threat of Rogris and the urgency brought by the players' arrival in just over two months meant that Su Mu had no time to waste.
Hunting down the Bone Legion under the Skeleton King was his best choice!
Fortunately.
Elite Skeletons only had primary intelligence.
Even the Skeletons of the Warrior Tier were far from being as intelligent as humans.
This Skeleton Kingdom under the rule of the Skeleton King... still had plenty of loopholes Su Mu could exploit.
It was under these circumstances that Su Mu, along with his remaining nine Skeleton Minions, appeared near a Sea of Skeletons!
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