Online Game: Crazy Skeleton

"Crack!" "Crack!"

Countless bolts of Wild Thunder cascaded down, exploding amidst the group of players, causing terrifying damage to burst above their heads. Some unlucky players were hit by lightning twice in a row and died on the spot, while many others fell victim to the poisonous hands of skeleton archers, pierced by a rain of arrows and dying instantly.

In just a short moment, dozens of players had offered up their precious lives, covering the ground with a layer of human cushions, as more and more footprints soon appeared on the corpses.

One had to say, the Guardian Thunder Tower, after being enriched by the Heavenly Thunder Bead, had its power greatly increased. The terrifying effect was something Su Ran couldn’t even dare to imagine.

However,

this couldn’t change the direction of the battle. The mass lightning attack only served to further inspire the bloodthirsty killing intent innate in the players. While fending off the arrow rain from the skeleton archers, they relentlessly assaulted the protective electric barrier.

The Guardian Thunder Tower, as a protective structure of the ancient ruins, could withstand so many attacks for a moment. With the boost of the Heavenly Thunder Bead, it could probably have lasted even longer.

"Boom."

The resilience of the electric barrier was worn down, shattering and disappearing into the air, revealing the original appearance of Skeleton Village.

"Haha, we’ve finally broken through this tortoise shell, brothers, charge!!!"

"Let’s wipe out these two annoying skeleton archers first!"

"Damn skeleton guards, I’ve had it with you two, no more showing off, die!"

The players united in their assault on the two skeleton archers. With only 5000 points of health, they stood no chance. They quickly turned into piles of bone fragments, scattered all around. With no more obstacles, the group of players surged forward and rushed into Skeleton Village.

But Skeleton Village hadn’t been upgraded to level 5 yet, and the space inside was limited. It was already crowded with a thousand people, and those outside were anxious but helpless, so they could only vent their frustration on the perimeter walls.

"Eh? Why have I slowed down? You guys check to see if you’ve been hit with any negative statuses."

One mage player was very sensitive to his speed. As soon as he entered the village, he felt as if he had been electrocuted, his feet tingling weirdly.

"Damn, me too, my Agility has been reduced by 3 points!"

"What’s lowering Agility? I’m paralyzed. I can’t even move! What’s going on, is there a ghost in this village?"

"You and your big ghost! Can’t you just check the system panel? We’ve been hit with the ’Electric Paralysis’ BUFF. It only takes effect in the village, and the BUFF disappears once you leave. But this BUFF is pretty sick. It’s able to affect everyone."

Another player exclaimed, surprised to find such a powerful debuff status in this remote village.

(Electric Paralysis is one of the passive skills of the Guardian Thunder Tower. Hostile targets entering the territory will be affected by lightning, reducing Agility by 3 and with a certain chance of being rendered immobile.)

"My God, why’s there a coffin floating above the altar!"

"Damn, that’s so unlucky! Graves are everywhere, and now there’s a coffin being worshiped here, it’s giving me the creeps!"

"Who knows what secret is hidden inside this floating coffin to produce such a strange sight."

"Ignorant, don’t you even know this? Only the Guardian Beast of the territory is sealed in the altar! The Guardian Beast inside this coffin must be of a high rank. Everyone, stay on your guard!"

The player who spoke stared at the ancient coffin suspended above, feeling inexplicably panicked.

"Enough chit-chat, we need to focus on what’s important!"

The warrior closest to the altar felt even more annoyed under the pressure emitted by the Beast King’s Coffin, quickly urging his teammates to attack the altar.

Once the altar was destroyed, the territory could change hands!

"Crack!"

Just then, a wild bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck one of the players on the head. The poor guy didn’t even have time to realize what was happening before everything went dark, and he fell dead on the spot.

"Damn it, it’s an ambush!"

"Don’t freak out, it’s that Guardian Thunder Tower doing the dirty work!"

A player who was closest to the Thunder Tower saw the lightning flash with his own eyes, shivering from head to toe with fright.

"Damn, let’s destroy it first, to avenge our fallen brother!"

The warrior player roared out loud, and was the first to start attacking the Thunder Tower, while his teammates who couldn’t lend a hand went for the altar.

"Crackle and pop."

"-7" "-1" "-6" "-3"

...

A series of single-digit damage nearly blinded them with its insignificance.

"Hiss..."

"How is this possible?"

"The defense on this Thunder Tower is way too strong, isn’t it?"

The players were incredulous as they looked at the Guardian Thunder Tower, their faces showing embarrassment. How were they going to bring down this Guardian Thunder Tower at this rate?

Actually, it wasn’t just them experiencing the struggle; the other players were also having trouble dealing with the altar, only inflicting a few meager points of damage.

"Is this some kind of joke?"

"Tsk tsk, this guy is pretty fierce, really willing to invest in his territory!"

"Lucky for us he’s not here, otherwise taking down the village would’ve been really tough."

The players felt a sense of awe, realizing the territory’s owner must be an RMB player; otherwise, why would the defenses be so formidable!

Indeed, the high defense of the territory had its reasons. The Thunder Arc Protection of the Guardian Thunder Tower could increase defense by 10%, and tenacity by 10%; the weakened soul of King Snake from the Demon-sealing Platform added +30 to the defense of all buildings and +1000 to their tenacity; and with the presence of the Architectural Grandmaster Lu Yue, all buildings within the territory gained an additional +30% tenacity, resulting in near impregnable defense for the structures.

The players attacking the city walls from outside the village fared even worse. The city wall’s defense was inherently high, and with the added series of defensive buffs, their weapons would spark off the walls, and the forced 1-point damage made them lose the desire to continue the assault.

Not only that, but the Thorn skill from the Demon-sealing Platform enabled all the buildings of Skeleton Village to have a rebound attribute, with 30% of physical damage dealt bouncing back. Cough cough, though they could forget about this skill for now, as the forced 1-point damage was incapable of triggering the rebound effect...

"What are you all standing around for? Even if it’s a tough bone, I want you to chew through it! Listen to my command, ignore the other buildings, and concentrate all attacks on this altar, destroy it completely!"

Jiu Kong rode on the back of the Wave Chasing Eagle, waving his folding fan repeatedly, as he launched a powerful ice cone from it, aiming it straight at the mysterious altar below.

"Boom!"

"-32"

"Wow, that’s some high damage! Jiu Kong, a high ranker of the Earthly List, truly exceptional when he makes a move!"

Seeing Jiu Kong’s powerful output, the players erupted in thunderous cheers, which even a child could guess, indicated that these players were from the same guild as Jiu Kong.

"Crack!"

The Thunderstorm ability of the Guardian Thunder Tower was triggered once more, thunder exploding effortlessly and claiming another life. This only hastened the players’ desire to destroy the altar.