From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 415 Facing the Skeleton Monarch
On an ancient battlefield in the southern part of the continent of Quel'dorei, a being shrouded in black mist strode across the parched ground.

With each step he took, the ground around him would shake.

Skeleton arms burst from the ground, crawling up from underground.

The spirits of heroes who died on the ancient battlefield hundreds of years ago are now buried underground, and these spirits have become servants of the Skeleton Monarch.

One by one, the skeletons of the dead rose from the ground, slowly gathered together, and followed the Skeleton Lord, forming a procession that meandered through the wilderness.

From an aerial view, the densely packed "figures" on the ground resembled a procession on its way.

However, upon closer inspection, it became clear that the humanoid units walking in the group were all skeletons without flesh and blood.

Some still wore tattered armor, while others carried rusty weapons, making a chilling creaking sound as they walked.

The skeletal monarch was shrouded in a thick black mist, which seeped into the earth as he walked forward, continuing to awaken the heroic spirits that had slumbered for centuries on the ancient battlefield.

Ke Yiming followed behind, intentionally keeping a distance from the skeleton behind him.

He didn't want to smell the putrid odor emanating from these skeletons; it wasn't a pleasant experience.

As he walked forward, he would occasionally look back to observe the sky.

Because ten minutes ago, a magical mark appeared on his body.

The magical mark appeared for only three seconds before being erased by the Skeleton Lord, but he knew that those three seconds were enough for the elves to pinpoint his location.

Therefore, he knew that someone would catch up with him soon.

As expected, when he looked back at the sky again, several black dots appeared at the horizon.

With his extraordinary vision, he immediately recognized it as an elven dragon eagle.

He turned his head and said to the skeletal monarch shrouded in black mist ahead, "The elves are catching up."

The Skeleton Lord seemed not to hear him and continued to stride forward, with undead skeletons emerging from the ground wherever he went.

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above the sky.

Lu Heng and his group rode flying mounts and flew at top speed.

In supersonic cruise mode, a distance of 150 kilometers can be covered in less than 10 minutes, including the acceleration process.

The Azure Phoenix's light-transformation flight speed is even faster, reaching Mach 15, and it can traverse a distance of 150 kilometers in just 30 seconds.

Therefore, just half a minute after the team took off, the Azure Phoenix had already circled above the ancient battlefield in stealth mode, locking onto the location of the Skeleton Monarch.

During those 10 minutes, Su Muyu continuously reported on the Skeleton Monarch's condition.

“I feel something is strange. Everyone be careful. Ever since the Azure Phoenix locked onto the location of the Skeleton Monarch, it has been moving forward slowly, constantly waking up the skeletons underground.”

As they drew closer, Lu Heng was able to see the location of the Skeleton Monarch with his naked eye.

There was no need to search; the Skeleton Lord was at the very front of the skeleton army on the ground.

In addition, on the distant mountains, the skeleton of a dragon crossed the mountain range and headed north.

So far, as many as six dragon skeletons have been found. Although they are not as powerful as the Frost Bone Dragon, they still pose a considerable threat to Kolos City.

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Tyrese was the fastest; a sword beam streaked across the sky, landing at the forefront of the skeleton army. Holding the dragon's fang, he blocked the Skeleton Lord's path.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Heng also jumped off the mechanical tiger's back and landed on the other side, forming a triangular formation with Tyrese in front of him.

His gaze swept over the skeletal monarch shrouded in black mist, then landed on Ke Yiming behind him. Lu Heng asked jokingly, "Are you running again this time?"

Ke Yiming spread his hands, revealing a helpless expression, and advised, "I suggest you don't waste your time here. You should know what kind of existence you are facing."

As Lu Heng spoke, his eyes scanned the surroundings warily, searching for another possible human, while simultaneously using his eyes to question Su Muyu, trying to locate the other person.

Su Muyu continued his reconnaissance, reporting over the communications channel: "We have reconnoitered a three-kilometer radius around the perimeter and have not found Clyde Savile."

The number of recruits for this Abyss Battlefield has been basically determined.

With only eight days left until the end of the Abyss Battlefield, any other recruits should have appeared long ago.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that the recruitment scale for this Abyss Battlefield is ten people.

Our own team of four, plus the five members of the Creator's raiding party, plus Clyde Saville, make a total of ten people.

Clyde Savile only appeared once during the Ice Age Rift, and has not appeared since.

This person possesses the [Spirit Summoner] class and has rather unique abilities, making them a likely key variable in this Abyss Battlefield.

Lu Heng originally thought that Clyde Savile would be with the Skeleton Monarch, but it seems that he is not here.

Not knowing Clyde Saville's location remains a potential problem.

Lu Heng turned to look at Tyrese and reminded him, "There's another person named Clyde Savile who hasn't shown up yet. I think we need to send a message to remind Kolos City to be on high alert."

Tyrese nodded and replied, "Klos City is already on high alert. I trust Orianna will handle this. Our mission is to stop this damned evil spirit here!"

The Skeleton Lord raised his skeletal staff, summoning the surrounding undead skeletons to gather behind him, forming a skeletal legion of thousands.

"Then let's do it!" Lu Heng said, drawing his Aurora Blade and unleashing the weapon skill [Dragon Breath Slash].

Roar!
A phantom of the Infernal Dragon appeared, spewing flames that enveloped the fan-shaped area in front of it.

As the flames engulfed the area, the Skeleton Monarch raised his skeletal staff and unfurled a shield of black mist to block the dragon's flames.

The skeletons on either side of him had no shields to protect them. They were set ablaze by the dragon flames, but they did not let out any painful howls. They simply collapsed slowly in the flames and burned to ashes.

Followed by.

Tyrese made his move, his figure shooting out like a sword beam, unleashing the Wind Dragon's Breath Slash with the Dragon Fang.

Roar!
A fierce wind howled, and a wind dragon took shape, swirling around the skeleton monarch's black mist shield and tearing it apart instantly. The wind dragon swept the skeleton monarch into the sky, and the tornado blades raged, tearing the black mist apart, causing the black mist to surge and churn everywhere.

The Skeleton Monarch swung his skull scepter, his figure flashing out from the raging wind, landing on the ground, the scepter slamming heavily into the earth.

Bang!
The earth trembled violently the moment the scepter struck the ground.

All of a sudden.

The earth shook violently, the sky collapsed and the ground caved in.

The earth cracked open, revealing deep, bottomless ravines.

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately became vigilant, fearing that some terrifying creature skeleton might rush out from underground.

However, things didn't go as everyone expected.

No giant skeletons crawled out from the ground. The ground beneath the Skeleton Monarch's feet shattered and sank downwards, disappearing into the underground ravine in the blink of an eye.

After their recent exchange, Tyrese discovered that while the Skeleton Monarch did indeed exude a powerful demigod-level aura, his combat strength wasn't as formidable as he had anticipated. This was likely due to the characteristics of the demigod class; the demigod's power was primarily focused on controlling the skeletal creatures, making his physical combat abilities less prominent.

After a quick assessment, Tyrese decided there was a chance to injure the Skeleton Lord, and immediately swooped down into the underground ravine to continue his pursuit.

Seeing that Tyrese had chased into the underground, Lu Heng immediately followed, rushing into the underground trench while shouting, "Quick! Lock onto the target's location, don't let him get away!"

The Azure Phoenix had already rushed into the underground ravine, using its senses to pinpoint the location of the Skeleton Monarch.

However, once inside the underground ravine, something seemed amiss.

The fissures in the earth connect to underground caves, forming a huge underground labyrinth with no discernible pattern.

The Skeleton Monarch moved swiftly through the underground labyrinth and soon disappeared.

"Did we lose them?" Lu Heng asked loudly.

"The Azure Phoenix is ​​still tracking the aura of the black mist, but the maze's terrain is too complex. Even if we know its location, it will be difficult for us to catch up." Su Muyu focused her mind on controlling the Azure Phoenix, tracking the location of the Skeleton Monarch. But just because the Azure Phoenix could catch up didn't mean that others could.

"Keep the flame tail, Tyrese and I can keep up." Lu Heng rode the wind, speeding through the underground labyrinth with Tyrese, traversing one cavern after another.

When a stone pillar blocks the way, he cuts it down with a single sword stroke and charges through without stopping.

The Azure Phoenix emitted flames, burning the cave walls along its path as it pursued the bird, leaving traces as markers for its tracking.

Lu Heng and Tyrese followed the trail of flames, always staying behind the Skeleton Monarch.

After tracking for more than half an hour in the underground labyrinth, the Azure Phoenix suddenly stopped in front of them.

Su Muyu's voice came from the communication pearl: "Target lost. He used spatial teleportation."

With its intricate underground caves and spatial teleportation ability, even the Azure Phoenix could not catch up with it.

Upon arriving here, Lu Heng felt something was amiss. The Skeleton Monarch had been constantly fleeing and avoiding direct combat, which was not the behavior of a demigod.

There's no time to think about these things right now. We've been tracking them for so long, and if we lose track of them now, it would be a waste of too much time.

Lu Heng immediately asked, "Lin Zeyu, who did you give the mark to?"

"Of course, it's the Skeleton Monarch."

"Where is he?"

“It’s still underground, deeper down, maybe three or four thousand meters. And it’s stopped; it hasn’t moved any further.” Lin Zeyu closed his eyes, looking at the location of the Witcher’s Mark, calculating the distance.

"Mu Yu, find the path downwards." As soon as Lu Heng finished speaking, Tyrese had already swung his sword and cleaved through space, using the Space Slash to travel downwards.

Lu Heng's spatial combo attack hadn't reached the level of Tyrese's, but he had other methods to keep up. He directly activated [Shadow Travel] and sank into the ground to chase after it.

According to Lin Zeyu's estimation, the Skeleton Monarch is located three to four thousand meters underground.

This depth is a bit exaggerated. For ordinary superhumans, it would be impossible to pursue them at such a depth.

Only Lu Heng and Tyrese have this ability.

Tyrese repeatedly swung his sword, cleaving through space and traversing downwards, forcefully using a series of spatial slashes to penetrate thousands of meters underground.

Lu Heng's speed was also impressive. With the combined acceleration of Wind God Step and Shadow Travel, his top speed approached three times the speed of sound.

A depth of three to four thousand meters can be crossed in just a few seconds.

Under the shadow vision, when Lu Heng traversed to a depth of 3,500 meters, he saw crimson magma appearing below.

Nearly four thousand meters underground, there is a huge underground space, at the bottom of which is boiling magma.

At this moment, the Skeleton Lord stood on a rock surrounded by lava, wielding a skull scepter and chanting an ancient incantation.

Lu Heng and Tyrese arrived at the lava cave almost simultaneously, landed on the rocks, and released their source energy to resist the heat of the lava.

The two had just landed when the Skeleton Monarch suddenly turned around, swung his skull scepter, and a roar came from behind him.

A colossal creature stretched its hand out of the lava and slapped it towards Lu Heng and his companion.

Lu Heng and Tyrese immediately flew to the sides and, by the light of the lava fire, saw clearly what was crawling out of the lava.

This was clearly a lava demon, its body shrouded in a thick abyssal aura.

This means that the lava demon should have been dead, and was only now being awakened by the skeleton monarch.

At this moment, Lu Heng finally realized that the Skeleton Monarch had not entered the underground to escape, but to awaken the Lava Demon underground.

Lava Demons and Fire Demons possess similar powers, but also have some differences.

The Balrog is an elemental creature with a purer fire attribute, while the Lava Demon has both fire and earth attributes.

Bang!
The Lava Demon slapped Lu Heng again, causing rocks and lava to fall from the cave walls.

Tyrese turned to look at Lu Heng and asked loudly, "Can you handle the Lava Demon by yourself?"

Lu Heng quickly estimated the Lava Demon's combat strength and replied, "It's possible."

“Very well, the Lava Demon is yours.” With that, Tyrese dashed past the Lava Demon and charged toward the Skeleton Lord.

"I'll help you after I deal with the Lava Demon." Lu Heng agreed and began to gather his strength, unleashing the Wind Dragon's Breath Slash, which incorporated the Rift Sword Light, at the Lava Demon.

Roar!
The Rift Wind Dragon appeared, crashing into the Lava Demon and tearing its body into pieces of magma, which splashed everywhere.

However, after the Lava Demon's body exploded, the scattered magma slowly gathered together, reformed, and raised its palm to strike Lu Heng.

Lu Heng continued to dodge, looking for an opportunity to counterattack.

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the other side.

Tyrese showed no mercy, charging close to the Skeleton Lord and giving him no chance to escape. He unleashed a powerful spatial combo, locking onto the target with his traceless sword intent, and then brought down the Dragon Fang with all his might.

boom!
With a spatial tremor, the Skeleton Monarch tore through the void to dodge.

Tyrese cleaved through space with his sword and reappeared in front of him.

The two moved several times in succession with a series of thuds, and finally Tyrese slashed his sword into the body of the Skeleton Lord. The black mist exploded instantly, and the bones shot out and stuck into the cave wall.

In addition, a figure was thrown out of the black mist and crashed to the ground, revealing its true form. It was a human, a human that had been seen before.

Tyrese recognized him at a glance. He had seen this human riding on the back of a frost dragon in the Ice Rift. It was none other than Clyde Saviel, whom Lu Heng had mentioned.

When the dragon's tooth pierced the skeleton monarch's body, Tyrese sensed something was wrong.

An evil demigod should not be defeated so easily.

Seeing Clyde Savile emerge from the black mist, the question was answered.

(End of this chapter)