Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 482 - 443: Melee Altar_2

The low thundercloud in the sky had already begun to rumble, emitting a booming sound.

Kane and his team noticed the situation immediately.

Looking at Longbei’s bewildered expression, Kane promptly informed him, "You’ve triggered the altar’s decoding process."

Longbei glanced at himself and quickly said, "But I don’t know what to do! What should I do now?"

Kane observed his current appearance and the rolling thunderclouds in the sky.

"You have three red hearts above your head, and there’s a lightning rod-like iron spike on your body. It seems lightning will strike from the sky, so you must dodge it. You only have three chances."

All these appearances should align closely with what Kane imagined, as it was quite obvious.

As soon as Kane finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck down.

Kane’s words had already reached Longbei’s ears, and he instantly wanted to dodge to the side.

However, lightning seemed to have a certain range; the lightning rod on his body attracted the lightning, which slanted onto him.

A very video game-like effect appeared on his body.

In the instant of the strike, Longbei became transparent, revealing the skeleton inside him.

The whole person swiftly switched back and forth between his skeleton and flesh, looking very exaggerated, and emitting the sizzling sound of lightning.

But this situation only lasted for three seconds.

Longbei fell to the ground from a suspended state, losing one of the red stars above his head.

His hair was all blown-up, face blackened, and he coughed out a puff of black smoke.

"So... so numb!"

"Longbei, try to keep the lightning rod on your back as far from the range where the lightning strikes, otherwise even if you dodge it, if the rod is too close to the lightning, it will also draw the lightning into your body."

Longbei stood up, patted himself, and nodded at Kane.

Then he frowned, staring at the sky with a serious face.

"Boom!"

Another yellow bolt of lightning struck down fiercely.

Longbei immediately jumped back, one foot extending rapidly and enlarging, propelling him far away, while the lightning rod on his back also moved far from the range of the lightning strike.

The lightning successfully struck the ground.

"Well done!" Kane cheered from the side!

Upon hearing Kane’s words, Longbei laughed aloud, "Haha, don’t you know who I am."

Yet, as soon as he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning directly struck him.

"This... this lightning doesn’t follow rules."

Longbei trembled as he climbed up, feeling even more numb.

Kane stayed silent beside him, thinking it might be best not to speak now.

Now Longbei only had one life left.

Without external interference, Longbei focused all his energy on dodging the lightning.

With his reaction speed, although his movement was slow, he had received dodge training, so he managed to completely avoid it smoothly.

The thundercloud in the sky shrank smaller and smaller with each lightning strike, until it finally disappeared.

With the thundercloud gone, the iron armor and lightning rod on Longbei’s body also vanished.

A booming sound came from below his feet, prompting Longbei to leap again, dodging it.

"It’s completed, no need to be so excited," Kane walked over, patted Longbei on the shoulder, and pulled him up.

The ground also began to rise slowly, revealing an altar; the surrounding soil started gathering towards the altar’s center, forming a knight-like figure kneeling on one knee, holding a sword.

Aside from the central sculpture, it was no different from the long-range altar.

"Come on, brothers, line up quickly," Longbei eagerly shouted at the soldiers behind him, urging them to quickly step onto the altar.

It was then that Kane realized they had brought many soldiers, seemingly taking all their soldiers with them.

Meizike, standing nearby, noticed Kane’s glance and simply said, "It’s on the way."

After hearing Meizike’s words, Kane nodded understandingly.

Indeed, after the upgrade, they could directly meet up and return to the camp behind, bringing along the soldiers Kreya left at the camp back to the main camp.

This route was considerably closer to the main camp.

Longbei had already tapped the badge on his chest.

A skyward light shrouded the altar.

Next, all that was needed was to wait.

After about 30 minutes, the glow faded.

The soldiers on the altar revealed their forms.

Because these soldiers always fought at the frontline, their casualty rate remained high, resulting in few reaching the breakthrough stage alive.

Compared to the nearly 300 soldiers Kreya brought, Longbei only had over 150.

On the altar, the sword and shield soldiers (holding spears) stood out, especially with their shields, which had transformed from great shields to tower shields.

The long spears in their other hands also became sharp steel lances, and their armor became thicker.

The troops shifted from balanced to more defense-focused.

This should be related to Longbei’s constant orders, as he always instructed his soldiers to focus on defense and protect the long-range units behind.

Next came Kreya and her brought heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry squeezed together, barely managing to stand on the altar all at once.

Under Kreya’s knocks, they were enveloped in light.

This upgrade took about 50 minutes.

When the light disappeared, the upgraded heavy cavalry’s appearance came into view.

The most noticeable change was their steeds, whose size expanded by a whole tier.

Though called warhorses, they looked more like large beasts now.

Even bigger than the horses Kane’s upgraded bow riders rode.

These horses also wore armor.

The soldiers themselves did not change much, but their armor appeared to be more refined and defensive, with weapons better suited to their now larger mounts.

Yet, with these massive steeds charging, they were not to be underestimated.

After upgrading their troops, they gathered their soldiers and returned to the camp Kreya came from, as it was on their way.

They took all the soldiers staying at the camp and returned to the main camp via the route they came from.

Now that they had Longbei’s infantry, their pace slowed down.

Based on the distance, with a rapid march, they would arrive at the camp by midnight.