"Impressive, as expected from the Skeleton King..."
"This aura is truly terrifying..."
Outside the Death Castle.
Hiding in a small mound only a few hundred meters from the Skeleton King's dwelling, Su Mu kept just half of his head above ground, carefully suppressing his aura to avoid detection.
Not far in front of him, a towering figure over 2.5 meters tall rushed past with a few Skeleton Warriors and quickly disappeared from his sight.
This was the Skeleton King.
The holder of a Lord Class Template.
The ruler of the Skeleton Clan, and the sovereign of the Bone Burial Ground!
Su Mu dared not get close.
He couldn't see what the Skeleton King looked like in detail.
But just from the terrifying aura exuding from it... Su Mu's heart pounded with fear!
After all, this was the Skeleton King.
A being that had existed for an incredibly long time, devouring countless Skeleton Warriors. Its power was beyond compare—not only for Su Mu, but even among monsters of the same Lord Tier, it stood at the pinnacle.
If he were to face the Skeleton King head-on…
Su Mu feared he wouldn't even have a chance to strike before being killed in a single blow!
Carefully watching the Skeleton King's massive figure fade into the distance from the mound, only after confirming that the Skeleton King had truly left did Su Mu raise his head and slowly crawl out of hiding.
The Soul Flame in his eye sockets flickered faintly—he was in a very good mood.
Since the Skeleton King really did appear, it meant his plan had succeeded.
Over the past few days, Su Mu led his Bone Legion across hundreds of kilometers, destroying four Bone Legions under the Skeleton King's command! Aside from one Skeleton Commander who was enslaved and became Su Mu's subordinate, the other three Skeleton Commanders and the majority of the Elite Skeletons were killed and devoured, contributing to Su Mu's growth in experience, attributes, and free stat points.
Including the first Bone Legion he devoured, five of the Skeleton King's eight vassals had now fallen at Su Mu's hands!
Five Skeleton Commanders slain.
Five Bone Legions devoured.
Even for the Skeleton King, this was a massive loss.
When Su Mu prepared to attack the sixth Bone Legion, the remaining three Bone Legions had already regrouped under the Skeleton King's orders and were now patrolling only around the Death Castle.
Moreover—
as soon as Su Mu's Bone Legion showed any signs of movement, those three Legions would immediately converge and surround it!
Thus—
Su Mu devised a plan.
He had his enslaved Skeleton Commander lead its own Bone Legion in a bold assault on the Death Castle, pretending to be aiming to seize it.
Su Mu himself quietly moved ahead of time and hid around the Death Castle.
The Skeleton King, unaware of who or what tier its enemy was, would undoubtedly act personally once it heard that its forces were besieged—to crush the one who dared challenge its authority.
At that moment...
Su Mu's opportunity would come!
Everything unfolded exactly as he predicted.
The Bone Legion was surrounded, and upon hearing the news, the Skeleton King left the Death Castle, personally heading to the battlefield with a few Skeleton Warriors.
With the Skeleton King lured away—
Su Mu's most dangerous obstacle inside the Death Castle was now removed!
The Skeleton King had gone to battle.
Even Su Mu himself could barely survive a blow from it, let alone his Skeleton Minions.
When he came up with this plan, that Bone Legion had already been deemed expendable.
Its sole purpose was to stall the Skeleton King and buy Su Mu enough time for his hunt.
Therefore, when Su Mu was devouring those four Bone Legions under the Skeleton King's command, he deliberately kept only the high-defense types like Skeleton Guard and Skeleton Warden.
All to buy more time.
Now that the Skeleton King had left, Su Mu could officially begin his hunt!
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No one knew how long the Death Castle had stood.
But judging by its collapsed walls and signs of decay, it had likely existed for hundreds of years.
Crawling out from the mound, Su Mu carefully concealed himself and crept toward the Death Castle.
This castle was massive.
Aside from the collapsed sections, there were frequent patrols of Skeleton squads composed of archers and spellcasters on the remaining walls.
As the absolute core of the Bone Burial Ground, there were no Skeleton Soldiers in the Death Castle.
The lowest-ranking patrol units here were Advanced-tiered Skeletons like Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Archer, and Skeleton Mage. The squad captains were even more powerful Elite Skeletons such as Skeleton Battle General, Bone Shooter, and Terror Mage.
Higher still—
were the Warrior Tier Skeletons.
These Skeleton Warriors, who held significant autonomy within the Death Castle, were Su Mu's true targets!
Carefully approaching the castle wall, he leapt through a collapsed section once a patrol passed and had their backs turned.
Climbing swiftly, Su Mu soon reached the top of the wall.
Behind him was the crumbled portion of the wall.
In front of him was a squad of Skeleton Archers—
consisting of one Elite-tier Bone Shooter and ten Advanced-tier Skeleton Archers.
Skeletons had no flesh.
On the ground, Su Mu could soften his footsteps to stay quiet.
But on this stone-built wall, even careful steps made noise.
So—
once he appeared atop the wall, Su Mu no longer bothered to hide.
He charged straight at the Skeleton squad!
Clack!
The crisp sound of bone striking stone rang out across the wall.
That patrol, barely ten meters away, was instantly alerted.
The Skeleton Archers gripped their bone bows tightly.
The Bone Shooter, acting as squad captain, immediately turned and nocked an arrow glowing with the aura of death.
They had noticed him?
Su Mu showed no emotion. He had expected this.
He sped up.
And in the next moment, the Bone Falling Moon Blade in his hand slashed forth—
covering the entire Skeleton squad in its path!
"Boss Skill… Shattered Sky Slash!"
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