Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 2329 - 1812: Mummy (Double - )
"How will we know if we don’t try? I’m going all in!"
Su Ran steadied his nerves and, after preparing mentally, threw the shroud onto the Cursed Ghost Corpse.
"Swoosh!"
Just as Su Ran had expected, upon contacting the Cursed Ghost Corpse, the shroud seemed to come alive, dancing mid-air and shifting into various shapes. This scene didn’t last long before the shroud wrapped around the Cursed Ghost Corpse, forming a proper mummy.
Just as Su Ran was about to make a snarky comment, the mummy suddenly sprang to its feet, ignoring Su Ran beside it, and dashed forward, quickly covering more than ten meters.
"Trying to escape? It’s not that easy!"
Having gone through so much to obtain the Cursed Ghost Corpse and the shroud, how could Su Ran let the mummy escape easily? He mounted Wang Cai and chased after the mummy.
During the chase, he gathered the Netherworld Purple Fire, and at the right moment, launched the purple flames at the mummy.
The column of fire surged, enveloping the mummy. But to Su Ran’s surprise, the Netherworld Purple Fire failed for the first time.
The mummy was unafraid of the purple flames’ wrapping, casually breaking through the fire column and continuing its run forward.
"This is troublesome!"
Su Ran realized the severity of the situation. If he let it continue, it was inevitable that he would encounter a group of players, meaning his location would soon be exposed, and the mummy would be taken by others.
Having worked so hard, only to let others reap the benefits, how could Su Ran tolerate this? After a moment’s hesitation, he took out the bone scythe and activated the Thousand-Mile Ice Seal from the ice orb. With such a wide attack range, the mummy couldn’t possibly evade!
This Thousand-Mile Ice Seal had 3 points of freezing attributes, with a high chance of freezing the mummy. As long as its mobility was restricted, he could then think of a way to deal with it!
Unfortunately, the mummy was completely unaffected, disappointing him once again.
"I refuse to believe this!"
Having exhausted one strategy, Su Ran tried another, this time deploying the Dragon Soul Sand’s domain technique, Heaven-covering Yellow Sand.
(Heaven-covering Yellow Sand—Forms a yellow sand domain in which the enemy’s speed is reduced by 50%, evasion -3, duration 60 seconds.)
Luckily, this time the domain technique showed some promise. The mummy’s speed visibly decreased, giving him some comfort.
Next, he swung the bone scythe, quickly forming an Ice Vortex, whirling it towards the mummy.
The Ice Vortex had freezing properties; surely this time it would freeze the mummy?
As proof of his misfortune, the freezing effect didn’t trigger, and the mummy wasn’t lifted into the air. This Ice Vortex was undoubtedly the weakest he had ever formed.
Feeling at the end of his rope, Su Ran, out of desperation, used the Undead Lock skill. He was betting on triggering the locking effect, which had a 30% success rate. If his luck held, the mummy would be forced to stay in place for 60 seconds!
(30% chance to lock the target, reducing mobility to zero, lowering defense by 20%, lasting 60 seconds.)
That would be more than enough time to peel the shroud off the Cursed Ghost Corpse!
However.
The skill was a MISS.
"Damn!"
Su Ran was out of options. He never imagined his luck would be this bad today. He didn’t dare to use the Flame Meteor skill, fearing it would smash the mummy to bits, ruining the task.
In desperation, he resorted to firing basic ice arrows repeatedly at the mummy, hoping to trigger a freezing effect just once.
When the first ice arrow hit the target, the mummy finally stopped in its tracks. Though the freezing effect didn’t appear, a ’zzz’ symbol appeared above its head, clearly indicating it was hypnotized.
"Does this ice arrow have a hypnotizing effect?"
Being the skill’s user, even Su Ran was baffled, as he could recite the ice arrow’s properties from memory and knew there was no hypnotizing effect.
What’s going on?
But why bother with insignificant details? As long as the situation was in his favor, that was enough!
Su Ran quickly ran towards the mummy. Taking advantage of its hypnotized state, he rushed to separate the shroud from the Cursed Ghost Corpse to avoid losing both man and material.
But before he could take two steps, he saw a flash before his eyes and realized he triggered the Drunken Fluctuation passive skill.
[Drunken Fluctuation](Passive)
When attacking normal targets, there’s a 6% chance to induce sleep, rendering them unable to act, reducing defense by 30% for 5 seconds. The sleep state disappears upon attack, and defense returns to normal. Against BOSS or player targets, sleep chance is halved.
This skill had been awakened from drinking Monkey Wine. It had never triggered before and was even harder to activate than the [Colossal] skill. He had regarded it as decoration, so forgetting about it was expected.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the skill finally triggered, much to his delight!
The appearance of Drunken Fluctuation unlocked memories of the unique taste of Monkey Wine, now thinking back, truly feels like a wasted treasure.
Now wasn’t the time for reminiscing, so Su Ran cast those thoughts aside, ran up to the mummy, and without further ado, pushed his hip against the mummy.
The system did not give Su Ran this chance, the hip grab failed.
Consequently, Su Ran decided not to be gentle with the mummy, forcefully grasping the shroud, intending to strip it off the ghost corpse.
But to his surprise, the shroud seemed as if it had grown onto the ghost corpse, rendered immovable. Even exerting all his strength couldn’t budge the shroud, which meant he had no way to handle this mummy after all.
Given the situation, Su Ran stopped trying and watched as the mummy escaped from him, striding quickly ahead.
If he couldn’t use the mummy himself or destroy it, he’d let it go. Fortune or disaster was uncertain, better to first discern the mummy’s purpose!
Su Ran quietly followed behind the mummy, keen to see where it headed. If it led to another special location, wouldn’t that be a gain?
While tracking, he maintained a safe distance from the mummy, ensuring an escape route if danger arose. His curiosity about the mummy’s behavior was growing. The mummy seemed non-aggressive, not retaliating when attacked, just marching steadily forward. It seemed to play the role of a guide. A peculiarity at the final destination was sure!
Perhaps...
It might be the Sealed Land of the final BOSS demon!
If the plot developed as he suspected, that would be perfect!
He aimed to establish rapport with the BOSS before the players hunting arrived, getting the BOSS to deal with the players while he merely observed. That was the strategy he had upon entering this space, and if the demon truly appeared, he would proceed with this plan.
"Look quickly, what’s that ghost?!"
As Su Ran’s mind wandered, a surprised cry echoed from afar, and it was undeniable, he had indeed encountered a team of players.
"Do you need to ask? Even an idiot can see it’s a mummy!" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"This should be a BOSS. Brothers, go get it, grab the top-notch gear!"
"Huh?"
This voice felt inexplicably familiar to Su Ran, though for a moment, he couldn’t tell whom it belonged to. Instinctively, he glanced ahead, and upon seeing the speaker, he murmured softly, "How could it be him?"
It was none other than Righteous and Indomitable’s guild leader, Zhiyuan Xingfang.
