Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Jackalwolf Watcher (Heroic BOSS)
Watching the Jackalwolf Chieftain, like a tyrant reborn, cutting down his foes unchallenged.
Zi Liyuan decisively commanded the Shield Combat Skeletons to abandon their taunting of it and instead blocked the path of the small BOSSes following behind the Jackalwolf Chieftain.
Without the Shield Combat Skeletons' random taunts, the Jackalwolf Chieftain instantly shook off the forced effect of the hate chain, glaring with its blood-red vertical pupils, and roared as it charged at Zi Liyuan once again.
This time, the Jackalwolf Chieftain bulldozed its way through the Skeleton Horde, turning any Skeleton in its path to a shattered heap of ribs and bone fragments.
In just a few seconds, the Jackalwolf Chieftain had smashed over a hundred of the 256 Shield Combat Skeletons to bits, nearly resulting in a loss of more than half.
"The Skeleton Sea can't handle the enemy's high-end combat power, indeed. If I had the Zombie Elixir to create Second Order Zombies, would a hero BOSS be able to break through the Skeleton Sea so easily?"
However, it wasn't going to be so easy for the Jackalwolf Chieftain to get close to Zi Liyuan.
When it charged to within forty meters of Zi Liyuan, its rapidly moving form suddenly halted, and its speed visibly slowed down significantly!
The Hell Puppeteer's gravitational field covered a forty-meter radius, applying a negative BUFF that reduced the enemy's speed by 20% to any opposing target that entered.
"You chase, you desperately chase, as long as you get close, I guarantee I won't kill you!"
Zi Liyuan, maneuvering the Hell Puppeteer, circled around the Shield Combat Skeleton Formation's edge, continuing to head toward the stone building.
As for the numerous small BOSS Jackalwolves, they had been blocked by the Shield Combat Skeletons and would still need some time to break through the Skeleton Sea.
As he neared the stone buildings, the contours of the hero BOSS that hadn't shown itself began to appear more and more clearly in the 3D image in his mind.
This was a small-statured Jackalwolf, much skinnier than an ordinary one.
[Jackalwolf Sentinel (Hero BOSS)]
[Level]: LV60
[Attributes]: Magic Damage 2000, Physical Defense 480, Magic Resistance 450, Health 150W, Spiritual Energy 100W
[Skills]: Wooden Spear Technique, Thorn Jungle, Ironwood Prison, Natural Recovery, Natural Heal, Tranquil Ancient Tree, ??
[Combat Power]: 3000
As Zi Liyuan closed in on the target, most of the BOSS's information was finally revealed by the Eye of Death.
"Well, well, a nature Mage, it seems. Just the visible skills alone include three healing types."
Zi Liyuan was still marveling at the BOSS's skills when the next moment, the situation changed abruptly.
A mass of green vines burst from the earth, instantly merging into a dense Thorn Jungle, blocking his way forward thoroughly.
"So this is the 'Thorn Jungle' ability, but if you think this can stop me, you'd be mistaken."
The Thorn Jungle, while intimidating in appearance, was essentially useless against Zi Liyuan.
The mere two-meter-tall Thorn Jungle was no obstruction at all to the over three-meter-tall Hell Puppeteer.
And not to mention, the Hell Puppeteer's body harbored hellfire, which naturally countered plant life.
Wherever the Hell Puppeteer passed, the Thorn Jungle was turned into a fireball, eventually burning down to a pile of black ash.
"What goes around comes around; take my Bone Spear!"
The colossal death energy coalesced into a two-meter-long bone spear, which, accompanied by the wails of the dead, burst forth toward the stone structure.
With a "rip", the bone spear effortlessly punctured a hole through the stone wall and buried itself deep inside, piercing right into the chest of the Jackalwolf watcher hiding behind it.
"-12971" points of damage floated above the watcher's head.
"Haha, finally stopped hiding, take another one of my Death Dark Arrows!"
Having taken a hit from the bone spear, the Jackalwolf watcher realized its opponent had locked on, and hiding was futile, so it stepped out of its hiding spot to face Zi Liyuan's attack head-on.
Although not adept at fighting, it had plenty of health reserves, and it wasn't facing the mage alone but with a large group of tribal brothers, needing only to delay a bit of time to surround and overwhelm the enemy.
The Jackalwolf watcher had a strategy in mind, but before it could act on it, a pitch-black energy arrow, swift as lightning, shot forth, piercing its body before it could react.
"-25856" popped up above the watcher's head.
At this moment, the Hell Demon Puppet finally approached the watcher, and without a word, its two massive iron palms slapped onto the Jackalwolf's head.
With a succession of "smack smack" sounds, the dwindling health numbers continued to float above its head.
A level 40 Hell Demon Puppet, inflicting mixed damage of 4,000 points, increased to 4,400 with equipment bonuses, and every hit on the target came with a burning effect.
Essentially, with each slap, the Jackalwolf watcher's health would drop by more than 4,500 points.
The Hell Demon Puppet swung its fists left and right, creating afterimages with its speed, potentially landing four strikes in a single second, making the per-second damage reach a terrifying 18,000+ points.
This damage was far deadlier than Zi Liyuan's channeled spellcasting, and this wasn't even the Hell Demon Puppet maximizing its total damage output.
It wasn't until Zi Liyuan raised his Magic Wand and began casting a curse skill that the Jackalwolf watcher truly understood what it meant to face the horror of a professional face-beater.
Increased Damage Taken (LV1): Curses a target within a 1-meter radius, causing it to suffer 100% more physical damage for a duration of 10 seconds, with a cooldown period of 30 seconds, consuming 100 points of Spiritual Energy.
This skill's damage amplification was a fixed value of 100%, with each level-up only increasing the coverage radius by 1 meter and the duration by 2 seconds.
The effect at level 9 could cover a 9-meter radius, with a duration of 26 seconds. Now triggered, the damage taken by the Jackalwolf watcher doubled!
The already frightening 18,000+ per-second damage instantly skyrocketed to 36,000+!
For a moment, the Jackalwolf watcher was slapped silly by the Hell Demon Puppet, its health bar plummeting rapidly.
After several seconds of the one-sided beating, the Jackalwolf brute king finally arrived.
"Awooo! Damn human mage, die!"
From over ten meters away, the Jackalwolf brute king let out an angry roar, his muscular and massive body sprang forward like a rocket. The chain hammer in his hands swung in circles, gathering momentum to smash down onto Zi Liyuan.
"Big pooch, you wish!"
Well-prepared Zi Liyuan, how would he let the Jackalwolf brute king approach so easily?
As the brute neared, Zi Liyuan had already begun to channel the Bone series imprisoning spell—Bone Prison!
Bone Prison (LV1): Summons a 2-meter radius encasement of petrified skeletons, sealing the enemy within. The seal contains 2,000 death energy points, dissipating when energy is depleted or after 30 seconds, with a cooldown of 60 seconds, consuming 500 points of Spiritual Energy.
At level 9, the Bone Prison could cover a 10-meter radius, with a seal containing 18,000 death energy points, lasting up to 38 seconds!