Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 533 - 380: Frenzied Battle Tactics, Explosive Leap!
But the creatures before them were all undead. They couldn’t comprehend what fear was; they just silently swung their weapons, damaging the demons charging at them. Every strike was precise and lethal, without the slightest hesitation or wavering. Although the demons pounced on them with mad abandon, the Skeleton Warriors remained calm, methodically fighting back.
The Deceiving Demon Commander was not idle, either. It gestured to an assistant, who dragged over a bound demon slave. The unlucky slave was forcibly pressed to the ground as a sharp dagger slit its throat, causing blood to gush from the wound. The Deceiving Demon Commander, adorned with demonic trinkets, began muttering a tongue-twisting spell.
"Giant Transformation Technique!"
A profane radiance emanated from the Deceiving Demon Commander’s hands, bathing several Black Iron Tier Tyrant Demon officers within the horde. The effect of this spell was simple: it increased the recipients’ strength.
Feeling the abundant strength surging through its body, a Black Iron Tier Tyrant Demon officer roared at the sky, its voice filled with frenzy and murderous intent. The enhanced demon swung its war axe, cleaving a Skeleton Warrior’s long spear in a single stroke. Then, relying on its heavy armor, it crashed straight into the formation of Skeleton Warriors. The skeletons it struck head-on were almost completely shattered, their bones breaking as they collapsed.
Seeing this, the other Skeleton Warriors immediately surrounded the powerful demon to stop it. The Tyrant Demon officer sneered, grabbed a nearby skull, and channeled demonic energy into its hand, crushing and extinguishing the Soul Fire within.
But its arrogance had caught Olaf’s attention. Five elite Skeleton Officers were hidden among the Skeleton Warriors, tasked with killing these audacious Tyrant Demons.
One of the elite Skeleton Officers opened its jaw wide, emitting a silent soul roar. Under its command, two Skeleton Warriors disengaged from their battles with other demons and charged straight at the Black Iron Tier Tyrant Demon, intending to grapple it. The Tyrant Demon officer was not flustered. It swung its war axe, fiercely cleaving a Skeleton Warrior’s sternum and splitting it open. Then, it extended a massive hand through the gaping chest cavity, grabbed the Skeleton Warrior’s spine, and violently tore it out.
"Hahaha!" The Tyrant Demon officer laughed maniacally, but it had clearly underestimated the Life Energy of a Skeleton Warrior.
As long as the Soul Fire within the skull remained lit, these Skeleton Warriors would continue to fight, even if only their jaw could move. The injured Skeleton Warrior’s Soul Fire flickered. It opened its large hands and embraced the Tyrant Demon officer. However, without a spine, the Skeleton Warrior’s embrace was pitifully weak, and the Tyrant Demon Officer easily broke free. But this brief delay gave another Skeleton Warrior an opportunity. It rushed forward and held the Tyrant Demon Officer fast.
The elite Skeleton Officer waiting nearby would not let this opportunity pass. It struck swiftly, its blade slicing through the grappling skeleton’s arm and deep into the Tyrant Demon Officer’s chest.
In a direct comparison of combat power, the Tyrant Demon was a Bronze-level demon template, while the Skeleton Warrior was merely a Black Iron-level Undead Creature with one of the weakest racial Combat Power Coefficients. Even at the same Energy Level and with identical Four-dimensional Attributes, a Skeleton Warrior was no match for a Tyrant Demon.
However, the elite Skeleton Officer before the Deceiving Demon Commander was no ordinary Skeleton Warrior. It had been empowered by a series of enhancements from Fang Zhou: the Strong Undead Summoning specialty, the Summon Undead Creatures talent, the Contract Enchantment, the Skeleton Armory, Domination Skeleton, Undead Coronation, Brutal Aura, and Iron Wall Aura. When an enemy was caught off guard, felling a Tyrant Demon head-on was not so difficult.
And that was precisely what happened. The elite Skeleton Officer’s sharp Bone Blade severed the Tyrant Demon Officer’s arms, sliced open its armor, and sank deep into its flesh. The strike was impeccably precise, as if it had predicted the demon’s every move. The Tyrant Demon Officer let out a painful wail and struggled to break free from the Skeleton Warrior’s grasp, trying to retreat to its own ranks. But how could it possibly escape while so grievously injured?
A thrown short spear, the attack of another elite Skeleton Officer, shot in from behind. The short spear carried immense kinetic energy and pierced straight through the Tyrant Demon Officer’s body.
Under the effects of the Skeleton Armory skill, some Skeleton Warriors had evolved heavy Skeleton Armor, significantly enhancing their frontal defense. Others had evolved Spear Throwing Weapons, greatly strengthening their offensive capabilities. Within the Death Energy network constructed by Undead Coronation, their coordination became increasingly seamless.
And just like that, a ferocious Tyrant Demon Officer fell under the skeletons’ combined assault.
With the Tyrant Demon Officer’s fall, the surrounding demons showed a flicker of panic, but they were quickly rallied by the roar of the Deceiving Demon Commander. For the skeleton army, the overall situation on the battlefield remained grim. Relying on their numerical superiority, high-end combatants, and the magical support from the Deceiving Demon Commander, the demons continued to slaughter Fang Zhou’s Skeleton Warriors. The scales of victory were gradually tilting in their favor.
Two discarded corpses now lay beside the Deceiving Demon Commander, indicating it had just cast two Desecration Magic spells: Bloodthirst Skill and Iron Armor Skill. With the support of these spells, the combat power of the Tyrant Demons, Horned Demons, Dog Demons, and Little Inferior Demons increased significantly.
Although the Deceiving Demon Commander remained highly vigilant, Fang Zhou continued to slowly approach under the cover of the Celestial Curtain Magic Bottle. Amidst the chaotic battlefield, no one noticed him two hundred meters away, hidden within a barely visible mist. He quietly observed the Deceiving Demon Commander as it began casting its fourth Desecration Magic spell. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
The Deceiving Demon Commander was completely focused on its spellcasting, oblivious to the approaching danger. Fang Zhou estimated its progress, and just as he judged the spell was about to be completed, he began casting his own:
Skeleton Cage!
Skeleton Cage!
Skeleton Shock Wave!
Skeleton Shock Wave!
Skeleton Heart Slaying Spear!
A volley of four spells from the Bone Prison Seal and the Ring of Shock, combined with Fang Zhou’s own casting, activated in succession. White Bone Chains as thick as a child’s arm and powerful shockwaves, all carrying immense energy, slammed into the Deceiving Demon Commander.
It was caught completely off guard. Its spell interrupted, the Deceiving Demon Commander couldn’t help but spew a mouthful of blood—the backlash from having a Desecration Magic spell broken. Immediately after, a Skeleton Shock Wave and a Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear struck it in quick succession.
CRACK!
CRACK!
Although life-saving items on the Deceiving Demon Commander absorbed the deadly attacks, the price was the Desecration Phylactery hanging from its neck, which shattered into pieces, completely destroyed. That was a phylactery it had refined for itself using a large amount of Magic Materials combined with the essence of the Abyss, capable of withstanding several attacks. At this moment, the Deceiving Demon Commander felt an agonizing pang, as if its heart were being torn out.
It never expected to be ambushed and lose such a precious phylactery in an instant. The power of that magical assault was immense!
"It’s you!" The Deceiving Demon Commander’s voice was a roar from the Abyss itself, echoing across the battlefield with indescribable resentment and terror. Its face twisted, and its eyes, burning with fury, locked onto Fang Zhou, who was still casting spells in the distance. It looked as if it wanted to tear him to shreds with its gaze alone.
"I’m going to kill you!"
The Deceiving Demon Commander’s voice was ice-cold, promising to freeze the very life from one’s body. Trembling, it reached into the pouch at its waist and pulled out the shriveled body of a poisonous snake—a cursed item it had treasured for a long time. Dipping its fingers into the blood flowing from its own wounds, it drew eerie symbols in the air, preparing to summon its most malevolent curse to deal with this enemy.
