The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

【Black Knight Mold】

Rating: 23

Rank: Silver

Life: 500000

Attack: 3100

Defense: 1570

Skills: Legion Banner, Heavy Armor Defense, Undead Regeneration, Iron Cavalry Charge, War Stomp, Undead Summons

[Legion Banner]: Passive skill. Within a 30-meter radius of the user, all skeleton targets gain a 25% increase in physical attack and a 20% increase in physical defense. For each surviving skeleton soldier, the user gains a 2% attack bonus, stacking up to 15 times.

【Heavy Armor Defense】: Passive skill, reduces damage taken from ranged attacks by 20%; when facing an enemy head-on, it reduces damage by an additional 15%; the back is weakly protected, and damage taken is increased by 25%.

[Undead Regeneration]: Passive skill. After 15 seconds out of combat, restores 2% of maximum health per second. In combat, restores 1% of maximum health instantly for each enemy target killed.

【Iron Cavalry Charge】: Ride a skeletal warhorse and charge forward at high speed, knocking back all targets in its path and dealing 180% physical damage. It also has an armor-piercing effect, reducing the target's physical defense by 30% for 8 seconds.

【War Stomp】: Ride your warhorse and slam the ground, creating a shockwave that hits a 15-meter radius, dealing 145% physical damage and stunning the target for 2 seconds.

[Undead Summoning]: Summons 6 elite skeleton infantry and 2 skeleton riders to fight alongside you.

Note: A former commander of the royal cavalry of an ancient kingdom, he died on the battlefield when the kingdom fell. An evil necromancer disturbed his slumber, resurrecting him as a skeletal knight. Due to his immense power, he broke free from the necromancer's control and became an independent undead boss. Note that he seems to have awakened a trace of his past life's memories, and his strength is advancing towards the Gold rank.

Weaknesses: There will be a brief stalemate after the charge ends; due to the nature of the undead, light and fire damage are increased by 20%.

Both being Silver-tier bosses, the Skeleton Knight not only has its own name, but its skills and attributes are also far superior to those of the Gale Bandit Leader.

Seemingly noticing Huan Cheng and his group, the Bone Knight's soul fire pulsed violently, and his horse's hooves pounded like a torrential downpour.

"Watch out, master!"

Changfeng Yinuo knew that his group was no match for Huan Cheng, so he nodded to Huan Cheng and led his men to retreat slowly.

Huan Cheng didn't turn his head, his eyes fixed on the skeleton knight, a fierce fighting spirit burning in his chest.

"Wind Slash!"

As the skeleton knight approached, Huan Cheng suddenly roared, his figure transforming into a streak of black light, attacking directly without dodging or avoiding.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the two passed each other.

"Ding! You are immune to the Skeleton Knight's knockback effect and stun effect!"

The additional effects can be ignored with the Abyssal Body, but the base damage cannot be dodged.

In charge mode, the Skeleton Knight took away 4,000 of his health points with a single shot.

Fortunately, after the charge ended, the skeleton knight would be in a brief stalemate. Huan Cheng seized this precious opportunity and delivered a heavy blow, slamming it hard into the skeleton knight's back.

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More than two thousand damage numbers floated over the skeleton knight's head. Huan Cheng frowned and glanced at the ordinary skeleton soldiers around him.

Each skeleton soldier provides the Bone Knight with a 2% attack bonus, up to a maximum of 30%. Without eliminating these skeleton soldiers, the Bone Knight will be too dangerous.

"The blazing sun sweeps across!"

Avoiding the skeleton knight's counterattack, Huan Cheng leaped into the midst of the skeleton soldiers, activated the Dark Breath, and swept his blazing sun greatsword, enveloping the skeleton soldiers in a searing sword light.

"Wow, are all those area-of-effect attacks this powerful?"

The members of the Changfeng Guild were speechless as they stared at the four thousand damage numbers flashing above the heads of the skeleton soldiers.

After swiftly and efficiently eliminating the ordinary skeleton soldiers, Huan Cheng turned his gaze to the skeletal knight.

The two locked eyes, and the skeletal knight launched the first attack.

With a neigh, the skeletal horse leaped high into the air, its front hooves slamming into the ground, causing large cracks to appear on the ground and visible shockwaves surging outwards.

"The Wrath of Qingyang!"

Ignoring the stun effect of the skill, Huan Cheng activated the Qingyang set's built-in skill, Qingyang's Wrath, causing his attack power to soar to four thousand.

"Wind Slash!"

Taking advantage of the Skeleton Knight's skill recovery animation, Huan Cheng charged forward at top speed.

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This Wind Slash successfully triggered true damage, and with the blessing of Azure Sun's Wrath, it dealt 15,000 true damage in one fell swoop.

"Judgment of Hell!"

Just as the skeletal knight brandished his lance in preparation for a counterattack, Huan Cheng gave a soft shout and unleashed the Abyss Judgment.

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Amidst the horrified expressions of the crowd, a damage number of 50,000 floated above the Skeleton Knight's head.

"This...this...the big boss was hiding his strength just now?" Changfeng Beige's eyes widened like camel bells, as if he was wondering, or as if he was talking to himself.

No one answered him, including Changfeng Yinuo; everyone was dumbfounded.

Seizing the precious three seconds, Huan Cheng unleashed a barrage of attacks on the skeletal warrior.

Huan Cheng's biggest takeaway from sparring with Yun Xi was learning how to maximize his attack speed.

Thanks to his unique career development, Huan Cheng, though not specializing in agility, actually has a slightly higher agility attribute than Yun Xi.

In the attribute list, Huan Cheng's maximum attack speed is no worse than Yun Xi's.

However, in actual combat or training, with the same attack speed, Yunxi can unleash three or more sword strikes per second, while Huancheng cannot even manage two.

Huan Cheng was like a beggar holding a golden bowl, wasting too much of his resources.

After Yunxi's guidance and special training, Huan Cheng could not yet do four swords per second like her, but he could still barely manage three swords per second when attacking a stationary target.

In just three seconds, Huan Cheng unleashed his full power, his sword flashing like dots, delivering a total of eight effective attacks with a combination of slashes and strikes.

Two instances of true damage were triggered, along with one critical hit. Combined with the armor penetration and burning effects of the Fiery Greatsword, the total damage dealt to the Skeleton Knight reached a terrifying 30,000.

Although it wasn't as eye-catching as the 50,000 he received in a single judgment from the Abyss, it was something he had actually earned, and its significance was extraordinary.

Having broken free from the judgment of the Abyss, the Skeleton Knight immediately raised his lance.

With a roar that was difficult to decipher, eight skeleton warriors emerged from the ground, six of them positioned in front of the skeletal knight.

Two wielding swords and shields, two wielding spears, and two skeletal archers with bows drawn and arrows nocked.

On either side of the Skeleton Knight are two smaller versions of the Skeleton Knight.

Upon seeing the attributes of the summoned skeletons, Changfeng and his group were shocked. The six skeleton infantrymen were all level 23 elite monsters, regardless of their type. The two skeleton cavalrymen were even more outrageous, being bronze bosses!

"Boss, do you need our assistance?" Changfeng Yinuo asked loudly, fearing that Huan Cheng couldn't hold on any longer.

"Need not!"

Huan Cheng glanced at his opponent and resolutely rejected Changfeng Yinuo's kind offer.

Once they intervene, the kill is considered a non-independent kill in the system's judgment and will no longer be counted in the kill count.

In fact, by now, Huan Cheng was already confident of victory.

The Skeleton Knight had used all of its killer moves, but under the abnormal effects of the Abyssal Body, neither the knockback nor the stun had worked, and the Skeleton Knight's threat level plummeted.

The summoned skeletal warriors not only looked similar, but also had highly similar skills, posing very little threat to Huan Cheng.

Aside from having more health and providing the Skeleton Knight with 24% damage reduction, they are otherwise no different from ordinary skeleton soldiers in front of Huan Cheng.