Game Invasion: Awakening the Necromancer at the Start

The dome of the provincial capital's arena is eighty meters high and made of transparent magical material. When sunlight shines through it, it casts colorful spots of light inside the arena.

The 50,000 seats were all occupied, and the noise of the crowd was like a surging ocean.

Standing in the contestants' tunnel, Su Wan could clearly hear the host's passionate commentary outside:

"Next up is the Eternal Temple team from Jiangcheng!"

They're a newly formed guild, but they've performed amazingly in the qualifiers! Their captain, Su Wan, is a... necromancer!

When the last three words were pronounced, the cheers from the audience noticeably dropped a notch, replaced by whispers.

"A necromancer? That kind of evil class can participate in the competition?"

"I heard he turned enemy bones into skeleton soldiers, that's so cruel..."

"Wait, that girl behind him is so cute!"

Ye Hongyu sneered: "A bunch of idiots."

Lin Qingyue calmly adjusted the cuffs of her robe. Su Li gripped her brother's hand tightly and whispered, "Brother, don't pay them any attention."

Chu Yanran walked at the back, clutching the Longquan sword tightly in her arms. This was the first time she had faced so many people.

Having cultivated in the mountains for many years, I have met no more than a hundred people in total.

"Don't be nervous." Su Wan turned to look at her. "Just think of it as... chopping wood."

"Does chopping wood require 50,000 people to watch?" Chu Yanran asked expressionlessly.

Su Wan smiled.

The door at the end of the contestants' passage slowly opened, letting in blinding sunlight and deafening noise.

The five men walked into the center of the arena under the spotlight, joining the other fifteen teams for inspection.

In the VIP section, representatives from various prominent families in the provincial capital lined up in order.

Inside the Ye family's banquet, a middle-aged man in his forties squinted at Su Wan and whispered to the masked man beside him, "Is that the kid?"

"Yes. The Necromancer, the only hidden class." The masked man's voice was hoarse. "His heart is strong enough to complete the final step of the altar."

"Can we start today?"

"Not here. The league's chief referee is watching." The masked man shook his head.

"Wait for the second round... Blackwind Canyon map, that's where our plans are."

The middle-aged man, Ye Xiong, the head of the Ye family, nodded, a cold glint in his eyes.

In the center of the arena, the host began explaining the competition rules. Su Wan listened while glancing at the other teams.

He quickly identified several opponents he needed to be wary of:

Ironblood Guild (controlled by the Ye family, all members are level 35 or above, with excellent equipment)

Sword Pavilion (All members are sword cultivators with extremely high attack power)

Conqueror Guild (last year's champion, captain is suspected to be level 40)

And their first-round opponent, the Ironwall Guild.

"Ironwall Guild, ranked third in the provincial capital, renowned for its defense." Zero's voice came through the miniature earpiece.

"Captain Wang Tieshan, a level 38 shield warrior, whose talent 'Iron Barrier' increases the entire team's defense by 30%. The tactic is a war of attrition, dragging the game out until the opponent's stamina is exhausted."

Su Wan looked across. The five members of the Iron Wall Guild were all burly men, clad in heavy armor and carrying shields, standing there like five iron towers.

"Captain, how do we fight?" Ye Hongyu flexed her wrists, and dragon scales began to emerge from under her skin.

"A swift and decisive victory," Su Wan said briefly.

"Red Fish breaks through defenses, Qingyue controls the back row, Su Li buffs the skeletons with Holy Light, Chu Yanran...act according to the situation."

Chu Yanran nodded. She didn't really understand what "playing it by ear" meant, but decided to wait and see.

The referee announced "Ready," and both sides retreated to opposite ends of the field.

The arena floor begins to change; the stone slabs sink, and the ancient rock floor rises, simulating the environment of an ancient arena.

"The match begins!"

The Ironwall Guild immediately formed a defensive formation.

Two shield warriors stood in front, holding tower shields the size of a door panel.

The priest casts a buff spell in the middle, while the mage and archer charge up their attacks in the back row.

Wang Tieshan roared, "Iron Wall Formation!"

The five shields simultaneously lit up with an earthy yellow light, connecting to form a massive energy shield.

This is their signature tactic: to wear down their opponent with superior defense.

"A mere trick." Su Wan raised her right hand. "Skeleton Legion, attack!"

Instead of summoning 100, he summoned only 50 Skeleton Guards and 50 Skeleton Archers.

"charge!"

Fifty skeletal guards, carrying bone shields, began to advance in orderly steps.

Their steps were perfectly synchronized, with almost no gaps between the bone shields, forming a moving wall of bones.

The audience erupted in uproar.

"These...these are skeletons? How can skeletons be arrayed in formation?!"

"Look at their movements, they're like well-trained soldiers!"

In the VIP section, the expressions of several family heads changed slightly.

They had seen necromancers before, but never anyone who could control skeletons to this extent.

Wang Tieshan was also taken aback, but quickly regained his composure: "Archers, launch your projectiles! Mages, prepare fireballs!"

The archers of the Ironwall Guild drew their longbows to their fullest extent, and arrows rained down like raindrops.

But the skeletal guards simply raised their bone shields, and with a clanging sound, all the arrows bounced off without even leaving a scratch.

"This is impossible!" Wang Tieshan exclaimed, his eyes wide. Those arrows were all engraved with armor-piercing runes; even a level 30 shield warrior couldn't possibly escape unscathed.

What he didn't know was that the attributes of these skeletons were equivalent to sixty times Su Wan's mental attributes divided by their number, and the defensive power of each skeleton guardian had exceeded that of a level 35 dedicated tank.

"Ice Wall," Lin Qingyue chanted softly.

Three arched ice walls rose behind the Ironwall Guild, separating the priests, mages, and archers from the shield warriors in front.

This is a classic battlefield division tactic.

"Not good!" Wang Tieshan wanted to go back to help, but Ye Hongyu had already rushed in front of him.

"Dragon Transformation - Rock Smash!"

The dragon-scale-covered fist slammed into the energy shield. The shield trembled violently, and cracks appeared on its surface.

Wang Tieshan grunted and took three steps back. In terms of strength alone, her explosive power was unmatched by the shield warrior.

At that moment, Su Wan's second wave of attacks arrived.

"Skeleton Mage, Death Mist."

Ten skeletal mages appeared in the back, waving their bone staffs.

Dark gray mist surged from the ground, quickly enveloping the entire Ironwall Guild formation.

The fog not only obscures vision, but also inflicts continuous damage and weakening effects.

"Priest! Purify!" Wang Tieshan shouted.

The priest hurriedly cast a spell, and the holy light disc player dispersed some of the fog.

But the instant his vision returned, he witnessed a scene that filled him with despair—

Fifty skeletal archers were ready to fire in unison, the arrowheads gleaming with a ghostly blue light.

That's an enchantment of death energy.

"put."

Su Wan swung her right hand down.

Fifty bone arrows tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

Their target wasn't the shield warrior, but the three in the back row: the priest, the mage, and the archer.

"Protect the back row!" Wang Tieshan tried to rush over, but Ye Hongyu punched him back to his original spot.

Lin Qingyue's ice wall restricted the movement of the three people in the back row, forcing them to endure the rain of arrows.

The priest erected a shield of holy light, but it shattered after only three seconds.

The mage used a fire shield to block ten arrows, then ran out of mana. The archer tried to dodge, but the arrows were too dense...

Puff puff!

The sound of arrows piercing flesh rang out one after another.

The three players simultaneously glowed with the light of a protective barrier. This was a safety measure of the league; when a player suffered fatal damage, the barrier would be forcibly deactivated, and the player would be declared "dead."

Three orbs of light rose from the mist and drifted out of the arena.

Ironwall Guild lost three members in an instant!