The illusion approached the Undead Bone Warlock once again, dealing 100 HP with Shadow Strike. Before the Undead Bone Warlock could react, the illusion used Ultimate Force!
Xiao Hua controlled the illusion to approach the Undead Bone Warlock like a whirlwind, stabbing it seven times in an instant!
—18! —10! —10! —36! —10! —54! —10! —20! —72! —10! —90! —10! —30! —108! —10! —126! —40!
A series of green poison damage and burn damage numbers floated up from the Undead Bone Warlock's head. Seven attacks resulted in four layers of poison stacking, and infinite stacking reached seven layers. With the Phantom Ring equipped, Xiao Hua's Agility was now 370, Strength 190, and each layer of infinite stacking added 18 points of damage. After seven layers, the total damage was significant. Additionally, the Hot Thorn caused six instances of 10-point burn damage, reducing the Undead Bone Warlock's HP by 664 points in a blink of an eye!
—1000!
A long fire-red damage number suddenly floated up. Xiao Hua was surprised to see that the Hot Thorn triggered a super burn damage, a one-in-a-thousand chance!
In one second, the Undead Bone Warlock lost nearly 1800 HP!
—144! —50! —10! —162! —10! —180! —60! —60! —180! —70! —10! ...
In the span of one second, before the Undead Bone Warlock could react, Xiao Hua's attacks continued to land furiously on the Undead Bone Warlock's body. Under the continuous attack without interruption, the Hot Thorn only dealt normal 10 and 50-point burn damage, yet it still caused the Undead Bone Warlock to lose another 1700 HP!
The Undead Bone Warlock's HP dropped to less than 6500!
Seeing this, Xiao Hua was elated. At this rate, with a bit of luck, he could defeat the Undead Bone Warlock in four seconds!
However, how could the Undead Bone Warlock give up so easily? It opened its mouth and spewed out a bright white flame!
Upon seeing this, Xiao Hua quickly controlled the illusion to retreat, intending to avoid the skill first. After all, Ultimate Force still had seven seconds left, so there was no rush. Unfortunately, at such close range, despite the illusion's incredible speed, it was still helpless against the wide-area cone-shaped magic. The bright flame quickly engulfed the illusion, instantly killing it!
"What a pity!"
Xiao Hua's consciousness returned to his character, lamenting the missed opportunity. Had the Undead Bone Warlock reacted two seconds later, he could have saved a lot of time and defeated it. Now, he could only rely on Shadow Strike to whittle down the Undead Bone Warlock's HP.
With 6500 HP left, the illusion could enter the area once without using Ultimate Force, use Shadow Strike, and follow up with two unarmed attacks. This meant the illusion could deal over 150 HP per entry. By calling the illusion about forty more times, he could kill the Undead Bone Warlock in roughly two hours!
This wasn't a long time, but Xiao Hua hoped the Undead Bone Warlock wouldn't introduce new tricks.
Ideally, it sounded simple, but in reality, it wasn't as easy. Although the Undead Bone Warlock didn't introduce new tricks, its alertness increased significantly. Several times, the illusion had only taken a few steps into the magic barrier, still three to four meters away from the Undead Bone Warlock, when it would suddenly cast Plague or Undead Catastrophe, causing Xiao Hua's heart to race, thinking the Undead Bone Warlock had broken stealth. If such an error occurred, he would have wanted to die.
Fortunately, these were minor incidents. However, under the Undead Bone Warlock's various obstructive tactics, two hours passed, and it still had nearly 2000 HP left!
"Damn it, just die already!"
Seeing Ultimate Force was ready, Xiao Hua said sternly. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time!
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Poison Coating! Stealth! Enter!
The Undead Bone Warlock had only 2000 HP left. For a monster with 500,000 HP, this was a dire situation. Typically, bosses would act frantically at this point, but the Undead Bone Warlock remained calm, unnervingly so, giving Xiao Hua a sense of calm before the storm!
There was no room for hesitation. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the Undead Bone Warlock would definitely die under Ultimate Force!
This time, the Undead Bone Warlock did not break stealth, allowing the illusion to reach it successfully.
The illusion's left hand flicked its dagger, using Shadow Strike, then charged at the Undead Bone Warlock like a gust of wind. The Hot Thorn drew fiery red arcs, causing a series of red and green numbers to float up from the Undead Bone Warlock's head!
The Undead Bone Warlock's remaining HP dropped from 1000... 500... 300... 200... 80... 0!
From the start of Ultimate Force, Xiao Hua vigilantly watched the Undead Bone Warlock with just a sliver of HP left. To his surprise, the Undead Bone Warlock did not resist and died without fighting back under the illusion's final storm of attacks!
The Undead Bone Warlock's body collapsed with a thud, its crystalline bones turning into piles of glittering sand upon hitting the ground. Only its head, wearing a ceremonial hat, remained intact atop the pile of sand. Four items dropped at the spot where the Undead Bone Warlock died.
Finally, he got rid of this guy, after spending three whole days!
Seeing the Undead Bone Warlock finally fall, Xiao Hua felt a surge of excitement and let out a deep breath. Simultaneously, a white light flashed, indicating his level had risen to 33.
After the Undead Bone Warlock's death, the magic barrier covering the mountain altar gradually faded away. Xiao Hua crossed the stone forest, entered the altar, and picked up the items on the ground.
System Prompt: You obtained the item "Forgotten Memory"!
System Prompt: You obtained the item "Skull Staff"!
System Prompt: You obtained the Free Skill Book "Voodoo"!
System Prompt: You obtained the Free Skill Book "Undead Catastrophe"!
Two skill books? And "Undead Catastrophe" was a restricted red-level skill book! This was truly worth the three days of effort!
After checking the ground to ensure nothing was left behind, Xiao Hua examined the battle loot. Among the four items, "Voodoo" was a common free skill book, "Undead Catastrophe" was a restricted skill book, "Forgotten Memory" was a parchment-like item, and the Skull Staff was clearly the weapon used by the Undead Bone Warlock.
"Voodoo": Using this skill book allows you to learn the skill "Voodoo," which inflicts attacks with a wizard's dark poison, giving a chance to turn the target into your puppet upon killing it!
This skill is pretty good! After reading the description of the "Voodoo" skill book, Xiao Hua was surprised. He thought it would be another poison damage skill, but it turned out to be different.
Holding the "Voodoo" skill book, Xiao Hua pondered whether to learn it. The skill was good, but he felt he needed a high-output skill more. However, considering the skill's description, he believed it was worth learning!
After some deliberation, Xiao Hua clicked to learn it. If the skill turned out to be unsatisfactory, he could always do a quest to remove the free skill!
System Prompt: You learned the skill "Voodoo"!
Voodoo (Passive) (Low Level): Inflicts attacks with a wizard's puppet poison, giving a 5% chance to turn the corpse of a killed target into your puppet. If the killed target is a player and their corpse turns into a puppet, the player cannot be resurrected! Currently, you can have only one puppet. The puppet can execute four commands: attack, defend, guard, move, and cannot receive any buff or healing skills (except for puppet-specific skills).
"Haha!" Xiao Hua laughed heartily after reading the attributes of Voodoo. The skill worked exactly as he imagined and was effective against players too! It would be hilarious during PvP battles to accidentally create a puppet of the enemy!
Unfortunately, there were no nearby monsters to test it on. The 5% chance was quite low, and he could only have one puppet, so the skill wasn't very useful for now.
After indulging in some fantasies, Xiao Hua continued examining the attributes of the other items.
"Undead Catastrophe": Restricted-level skill book. Using it allows you to learn the skill "Undead Catastrophe," summoning a large number of undead creatures to descend from the sky! Can be learned by Dark faction Mage-class professions!
Skull Staff (Dark Gold): A staff refined from countless skeletal bones, emitting a heavy resentment aura that ordinary people cannot withstand!
Attributes: Physical Attack 220-450, Magic Attack 670-730, Dark faction, requires level 60 to equip!
Strength +20
Agility +20
Intelligence +50
Spirit +40
Additional Skills:
Skeleton Guard: Summons a level 60 Skeleton Guard to fight for you, cooldown time 30 minutes.
Plague: Casts a plague spell lasting 10 seconds within a one-meter radius of the target, inflicting 1 to 3 random negative statuses lasting 5 to 10 seconds!
"Undead Catastrophe" and the Skull Staff seem to be too advanced for now. Looking at the attributes of these items, Xiao Hua sighed. The game hadn't yet introduced factions, and who could use this stuff, especially the Skull Staff, which requires level 60 to equip, making it frustrating to think about!
Forgotten Memory: Written on parchment in an alien language, it contains special memories recorded by the Undead Bone Warlock when it first fell into the abyss and became a Bone Warlock. Requires finding someone who can decipher the language.