Online Game: Evil Dragon Against The Heaven - 216
Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones.
Upon returning to the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones, the sky remained gloomy and the air was still pungently suffocating. After running day and night towards the south for two days, Ye Tian Xie returned to Tianchen City on the third day and revisited the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones.
During his first visit, just as he was beginning to understand the place, he was forcibly removed due to time constraints. This time, however, there was a significant difference—Ye Tian Xie was not alone; he had two companions, Yao Yao and Xiao Bei.
Previously, Yao Yao was extremely fragile, prone to dying from just a couple of hits from monsters. However, after the sudden increase in power at the Ice Abyss Wolf Den, not only did her attributes and healing abilities skyrocket, but she also gained several strong defensive skills, including the Wall of Vengeance and Wall of Heaven’s Protection. With these, it would be difficult to harm her unless she allowed it, so Ye Tian Xie no longer worried about Yao Yao’s safety.
Meanwhile, Xiao Bei had advanced to level five in just two days by defeating some monsters effortlessly, reaching a life value of 1500 and increasing his attack power to 450. The dramatic enhancement even sparked a bit of jealousy in Ye Tian Xie.
Neither Yao Yao nor Xiao Bei showed any discomfort from the deadly smell of the place. Instead, they excitedly surveyed the surrounding landscape, leaving Ye Tian Xie speechless. He summoned his sweat-blooded steed and charged towards the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones.
However, the situation he encountered was completely different from his first visit.
In his initial foray into the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones, he spent two hours in what seemed like an endlessly repeating scene, encountering a group of warrior wraiths only in the last minute. It was then that he realized—defeating a warrior’s wraith might awaken and enrage more of them, which seemed intrinsically linked to the War God’s remains.
Contrary to his expectations, before he could even attempt to provoke a warrior’s wraith, the ground around him began to stir as soon as he set foot in the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones. Old armor and weapons flew up from the ground littered with bones, assembling into formidable, translucent warriors clad in heavy armor and wielding weapons.
Why did this happen right at the start? Ye Tian Xie paused, puzzled. As he wondered, eleven warrior wraiths from different directions raised their weapons and attacked him.
“Meow!”
Before Ye Tian Xie could react, Xiao Bei had already leaped off the horse’s back. Even before touching the ground, his Meow-Meow Punch struck the leading warrior wraith in mid-air, dealing damage that nearly killed it twice over. The newly assembled armor and weapons scattered, clattering onto the damp, bone-strewn ground.
Without stopping, Xiao Bei landed and rushed to another warrior wraith, delivering a Meow-Meow Kick that sent it flying. Then, with lightning speed, he moved to the next target and executed another Meow-Meow Punch, instantly killing the warrior wraith. The remaining eight warrior wraiths finally closed in on Ye Tian Xie, who was just ten meters away.
As Yao Yao quietly watched Xiao Bei showing off in front of their master from her perch on the horse’s head, she slowly stood up. Now that she was the master’s pet, gaining the master’s affection became an instinct for her. This wasn’t a big deal when she was the only one around, but now with the violent Xiao Bei as a co-pet, who possessed strong competitive abilities, Yao Yao, bound by a cruel soul contract with Ye Tian Xie, inevitably felt a bit of a crisis. Thus…
With a slightly disdainful look at the approaching warrior wraiths, Yao Yao did not jump down from the horse nor use her only attack skill, Wall of Vengeance. Instead, she casually cast Mystic Spirit Healing Art.
A white glow shone on Ye Tian Xie and Xiao Bei, with two green numbers floating above their heads for health recovery.
+1020, +1020.
At this moment, the Destiny’s Hour that Ye Tian Xie had just prepared to swing halted in midair, and a look of obvious astonishment appeared on his face.
-1020, -1020, -1020, -1020, -1020, -1020…
The white glow not only appeared on Ye Tian Xie and Xiao Bei but also momentarily flickered on all the warrior wraiths that had approached Ye Tian Xie. Within this sudden burst of white light, the forward-charging warrior wraiths froze in place before all of them collapsed into piles of lifeless armor and weapons, powerless and strewn across the ground…
Eight warrior wraiths, all instantly obliterated—by none other than Yao Yao.
Ye Tian Xie’s shock lasted only a second before he immediately understood. The warrior wraiths were undoubtedly undead-type monsters, animated by their bodies after death. As such, they feared light and life-based skills—and this fear wasn’t limited to just offensive spells but also included support-type abilities.
Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Healing Art had the ability to massively restore the health of normal living beings, but when used on undead creatures, it had the cruel opposite effect—it stripped them of their very existence.
To these undead entities, Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Healing Art was utterly lethal—far more terrifying than Xiao Bei’s brute-force attacks. With that one simple move, Yao Yao completely stole the spotlight from Xiao Bei.
One was swift as the wind, taking down three enemies in three seconds.
The other, with just a casual flick of magic, wiped out all of them.
“Meow?”
Xiao Bei, now left without any targets, turned his head, tilting it slightly with a confused expression, clearly unaware of what had just happened.
“Since that’s the case…Yao Yao, this time, I’ll be counting on you.”
The moment Ye Tian Xie’s voice fell, the ground in the distance suddenly began shaking even more violently. In Ye Tian Xie’s field of vision, at a range of ten to thirty meters, countless pieces of armor and weapons flew up, assembling into warrior wraiths once more—this time, their numbers exceeded thirty!
Even the elite Heavenly Soul Cemetery, with its dozen or so Level 20 Boss-class monsters, had been easily taken down by Ye Tian Xie before. How could he possibly fear these ordinary Level 20 undead creatures?
Before they could even charge forward, Ye Tian Xie spurred his horse ahead. Just as he closed in, Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Healing Art, whose cooldown had just reset, activated once again—instantly annihilating more than ten warrior wraiths. Ye Tian Xie immediately turned his horse, switching directions, unleashing Dragon Fissure Strike in rapid succession. Each attack struck with perfect accuracy, and every hit resulted in an instant kill.
Meanwhile, Xiao Bei dashed forward behind them, his movement speed of 150 making him lightning-fast. His small and agile body, combined with the unpredictable Meow-Meow Step, allowed him to weave effortlessly between the attacks of the warrior wraiths. In the blink of an eye, he would deliver a Meow-Meow Punch out of nowhere, his rapid movements so quick that even Ye Tian Xie found it dizzying to watch—let alone these slow-reacting undead creatures driven by a mere remnant of their consciousness.
Five warrior wraiths fell at Xiao Bei’s hands—without him being touched even once.
By the time Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Healing Art finished its cooldown again, only the last dozen or so warrior wraiths remained. Without hesitation, she unleashed the healing spell once more, instantly obliterating every last one of them.
The Mystic Spirit Healing Art’s healing radius was five meters around Yao Yao, meaning that any undead creature within five meters of her was mercilessly drained of its existence. Its efficiency surpassed Ye Tian Xie and Xiao Bei’s one-by-one slaughters by an immeasurable degree.
Not having a powerful area-of-effect (AoE) skill had always been a regret and a major weakness in Ye Tian Xie’s arsenal.
Clang—clang—clang…
Yet, it was still not over. The restless noises returned once more. Another large wave of warrior wraiths materialized at an even greater distance around him. As Ye Tian Xie’s eyes swept over them… he realized that their numbers had nearly doubled from before.
The first time, there was only one warrior wraith.
The second time, there were a dozen or so.
The third time, there were more than thirty.
And now… fifty to sixty of them!
The difficulty of system quests had never been in question. For a party of at most twelve players to face such a massive swarm of monsters attacking simultaneously, it would be an absolute nightmare. But… would this be the final wave?
The undead warriors here only had a single combat class—Warriors, all melee attackers. If there had been a mixed variety of classes, the battle would have been significantly more difficult. Against such a large number of enemies, the correct strategy for weaker players would be to fight while retreating, drawing in small groups and eliminating them one at a time. But the fastest way to deal with them was…
The warrior wraiths all formed at the same time and attacked at the same time. As they rushed forward in a circular formation, surrounding Ye Tian Xie completely, he did not move. Instead, he silently stood still, waiting for them to get closer…
Twenty meters…
Ten meters…
Five meters…
One meter…
Mystic Spirit Healing Art!!
The advancing warrior wraiths, packed densely together in a dark wave, nearly piled on top of each other as they reached Ye Tian Xie.
What greeted them, however, was a sudden burst of blinding white light—one of absolute despair.
A massive flood of damage numbers erupted around Ye Tian Xie, so densely packed that they blurred together, making them impossible to count. And in just that one instant, over thirty warrior wraiths were obliterated.
【Ding… Your pet, Mystic Spirit Snow Fox, has leveled up to Level 13.】
【Ding… Your pet, Xiao Bei, has leveled up to Level 6.】
Once Yao Yao had finished her rampage, Xiao Bei finally charged forward, unleashing his brutal Meow-Meow Punch—each strike an instant kill. He tore through one enemy per hit, finishing off five in five seconds.
Then, as Mystic Spirit Healing Art’s cooldown reset once again, Yao Yao cast it once more.
A single flash of white light—
The remaining warrior wraiths were instantly eradicated, dissolving back into the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones.
At that moment, a system notification rang in Ye Tian Xie’s ears:
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 100 『Warrior Wraiths』.】