The Skeleton King was charging.
But its speed was no match for Su Mu's, especially with his explosively high attributes and the godlike movement skill, Phase Shift.
All it could do was command the Skeletons in the Bone Legion to pin down Su Mu at all costs, stalling for time until it arrived.
However...
Even the Skeleton King knew that with such a ghostly and elusive movement skill, the chance of trapping Su Mu was close to zero.
But that was its only option.
What it didn't expect was that after killing the Skeleton Warrior of the third Bone Legion, that lowly Skeleton Warrior didn't continue the slaughter—but chose to face it head-on!
…
With a single step, Su Mu appeared behind the Skeleton King.
Before the Skeleton King could react, ten pitch-black blades of light erupted from the Bone Falling Moon Blade in Su Mu's hand, slashing toward the massive figure's back.
"Death Cleave!"
It was still the Skeleton King.
Even though Su Mu had decimated its Bone Legions and slain its Skeleton Warriors, he never underestimated it.
He opened with his strongest attack!
Ten blades of black light swept out as one and slashed toward the Skeleton King's body.
What Su Mu didn't expect was that just as the ten blades were about to strike, four thick, translucent bone shields quietly emerged, surrounding the Skeleton King's massive frame.
Each time a blade hit a shield, the light of the shield dimmed. When all ten blades of Death Cleave had struck a single shield, it finally shattered with a boom!
However…
The other three bone shields began to rotate around the Skeleton King's body, protecting it once more.
Bone Shield.
This was the Skeleton King's first skill—and a defensive one—now revealed to Su Mu.
Using the delay granted by the Bone Shield, the Skeleton King halted its charge. Without turning around, it swung a massive two-meter warhammer in a wide arc, howling through the air as it smashed toward Su Mu!
Ordinarily, this would be a moment to dodge.
But—
With the life-saving skill Phase Shift in his arsenal, Su Mu had no fear. Instead, he stepped forward, channeling all his strength into the Bone Falling Moon Blade, and slashed directly toward the incoming warhammer!
Clash head-on!
He wanted to know just how much of a gap remained between him and the Skeleton King in terms of Strength Attribute!
Time seemed to slow.
Outside the Death Castle, within the encirclement of three crippled Bone Legions, Su Mu's Bone Falling Moon Blade, empowered by all his might, met the incoming warhammer.
The two weapons closed in.
Bit by bit.
Inch by inch.
BOOM!!!
When the Bone Falling Moon Blade finally collided with the warhammer, a heavy blast rang out, echoing far into the distance.
Dust exploded in every direction.
Su Mu blocked the strike.
But—
In this clash of pure strength, the Skeleton King's massive body merely trembled slightly, while Su Mu was blasted back several meters. Only after leaving a deep trail of footprints in the ground did he manage to absorb the tremendous force.
The Skeleton King lifted its warhammer and turned to face him.
Its mountain-sized body loomed ahead. The crimson Soul Flames in its eye sockets flickered, and its pale jawbone shifted slightly—as if mocking Su Mu's overconfidence.
If Su Mu chose to flee, the Skeleton King would have no way to stop him.
But to clash head-on…
In this vast land of death, no Undead had ever dared to challenge its strength!
Meanwhile—
Having retreated several steps to neutralize the massive force, Su Mu was smiling.
Clearly, he had lost this clash of strength.
A glance at his Bone Falling Moon Blade revealed a nearly imperceptible crack.
He had lost.
Not only in Strength Attribute, but also in Constitution Attribute.
However!
That warhammer was immensely heavy. Compared to such a true heavy weapon, even his Bone Falling Moon Blade counted as light. With the added weight of the warhammer itself, in a pure strength duel, the Skeleton King only managed to knock him back a few steps—not send him flying!
This meant—
The Skeleton King's Strength Attribute, as Su Mu had guessed, exceeded his own—but not by a crushing margin!
Su Mu was level 38.
The Skeleton King was likely level 60.
With a gap of 22 levels, Su Mu had directly clashed with the Skeleton King in its area of expertise—strength.
Yet even in such a reckless match-up, the Skeleton King couldn't dominate him completely...
Su Mu smiled wider.
The strength duel was over—and the result was far better than he had anticipated.
Now came the showdown of skills!
Don't forget, despite being so many levels below the Skeleton King, it was Su Mu's three BOSS-level skills that gave him the confidence to face and challenge the Skeleton King now!
…
BOOM!
The ground began to quake.
A violent shockwave surged out like a tidal wave from the point where the warhammer struck the earth, expanding rapidly toward Su Mu's position.
Shockwave!
Once the clash of strength ended, the Skeleton King—eager to crush the insolent low-level Skeleton who dared challenge its authority—unleashed its second skill: this shockwave.
The warhammer slammed into the ground.
A terrifying force erupted with the shockwave, making this not only a powerful attack skill but also a medium-range crowd control skill.
Any enemy hit by the shockwave would suffer massive physical damage and be launched into the air, left momentarily helpless in a floating state.
With the Skeleton King's overwhelming power and the warhammer's lethal impact, even a split-second of vulnerability would mean a barrage of devastating follow-up attacks!
Unfortunately...
This time, the Skeleton King was facing Su Mu.
As the violent shockwave surged forward, Su Mu had already taken a step and vanished from in front of the Skeleton King—only to reappear behind it!
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