Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 608 - 418: Defense-Breaking Divine Skill, A Brand New Path of Enhancement!
A series of damage numbers popped up in quick succession. Although the damage from each hit was low, the attack frequency was extremely high. Even as a Black Iron Elite, the Fallen Bear Monster wouldn’t last more than a minute under such a high-frequency attack.
Fang Zhou was a bit surprised. Even if this Fallen Bear Monster crossed that line and nullified some unknown defensive buff, its Defense Power shouldn’t have dropped so drastically all at once.
Was it because it chose a Bear Spirit incarnation that wasn’t skilled in defense? Or perhaps it was because it had been thrown, injuring it in the process? Or maybe, it was because of the skill it had just used? Once it drank blood and ate flesh, it boosted its attack power and speed at the cost of some of its Defense Power. That seemed very plausible!
Thinking of this, Fang Zhou immediately gave a decisive order, "Hong Yang, take everyone and retreat another twenty meters!"
During the previous battle, he had observed that some Bear Monsters, in a state of extreme anger and unable to bear the harassment from his ranged units, would cross that line. But at most, they only crossed it by a few meters. If it weren’t for the fact that both sides’ melee units were entangled at the time, Fang Zhou theoretically could have eliminated the opponent without taking any losses.
Now that Fang Zhou had increased the distance to twenty meters, under normal circumstances, these Bear Monsters shouldn’t chase them. If they wanted to deal with Fang Zhou’s group, they would likely need their leader to throw them!
Except for the Skeleton Bats and Harpies who were still engaged with the remaining Fierce Mantises, Liu Diewu and the others immediately ceased their attacks and chose to retreat. Although Hong Yang had his doubts, he had already handed over the authority of captain and the right to distribute items to Fang Zhou, so he chose to comply without another word.
At this moment, the distant Fallen Bear Monster leader seemed to have regained its strength after the throw. It roared again, grabbed a nearby Bear Monster, and hurled it over.
"I will punish your reckless actions!"
BOOM! With another loud thud, a second Fallen Bear Monster landed successfully, crushing a group of Skeleton Warriors.
Having just heard Fang Zhou’s instructions, Liu Diewu immediately fired a Natural Fury Spear. She then discovered that her damage had skyrocketed.
Exchanging a look with Fang Zhou, they both came to the same realization.
The problem likely wasn’t the Fallen Bear Monster’s blood-drinking, flesh-eating ability, but the fact that it had been thrown and had taken damage in the process!
With this new understanding, their next battle would probably be much smoother. The plan was simple: use only ranged attacks, wait for the enemy to throw the Bear Monsters over, and then swarm them!
Although Bear Monsters possessed basic intelligence, their tactics were quite rigid, and they weren’t good at thinking. This was especially true for these Fallen Bear Monsters, who, due to some unknown corruption, had been overwhelmed by a brutal, mindless bloodlust.
Just as Fang Zhou and the others had speculated, the Bear Monsters halted in their tracks once they reached a certain line. This created the perfect opportunity for the Skeleton Archers to fire at will.
However, Fang Zhou was even busier than they were. Not only did he have to continuously consume mana to maintain the Brutal Aura, enhancing the ranged lethality of the Skeleton Archers, but he also had to personally cast spells, conjuring one Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear after another for precise, single-target strikes.
However, even Fang Zhou’s Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear was largely ineffective against the strongest Fallen Bear Monster. Whenever it faced an attack, it would grab a nearby Bear Monster as a meat shield and emit a puff of purple-black mist. The severe wounds on a Bear Monster hit by a Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear rapidly recovered within that mist.
This was clearly a powerful healing skill, leaving Fang Zhou feeling somewhat helpless. Although this group of Fallen Bear Monsters’ tactics wasn’t as good as the Magma Demons he had encountered yesterday, their individual strength was definitely superior.
Considering the Fallen Bear Monsters’ extremely low poison resistance, Fang Zhou experimentally cast Poison Cloud Skill a few times. However, these Corrosive Poison Series skills were also annihilated by the purple-black mist the leader released.
This instantly snuffed out his idea of taking out the leader first. The immediate priority was to kill the minions first and then see if any other options presented themselves.
During this process, the Fallen Bear Monster leader naturally swelled with anger. But it also adhered to that invisible rule, doing its best not to cross the line.
After all the Fierce Mantises were killed, all it could do was throw its minions over again and again. Unfortunately, not only was its aim poor, but against a team that was already prepared, how much of a storm could a single Fallen Bear Monster—a Black Iron Elite with reduced Defense Power, at that—possibly stir up?
It couldn’t even last thirty seconds before being swarmed and killed by the Sea City Military Academy cadets. This only made the Fallen Bear Monster leader even more furious. However, it had no other choice but to continue this futile line of attack.
Under these circumstances, the number of Fallen Bear Monsters kept dwindling. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
This was the first time Fang Zhou had ever fought such a bizarre battle. He was growing more and more interested in whatever it was these Bear Monsters were guarding.
But these Bear Monsters were indeed tough nuts to crack, and they occupied the special terrain of the forest. No wonder the Eagle Mother, Destiny, who commanded so many Harpies, had temporarily tolerated their existence.
