Chapter 238 Chapter 32 Undead Skeletons
Verafia pushed Igat aside and cast a fireball from her staff, which exploded among the charging skeletons. Bone fragments were splattered along with the flames. The young girls behind Verafia grabbed their weapons.
Igat, pushed aside by the young girl, had just regained his footing. As he raised his eyes, he saw a tall, humanoid winged skeleton appear before him. The winged arm it raised emitted a chilling light, harder than any steel blade.
Igat raised End, and the bone blade like a cutting sword clashed together. White bones and sword edges sparked upon impact, emitting a sharp sound.
“Boom!”
Igat’s shoulder trembled, and he took half a step back to dissipate the force. A harsh sound came from the skeleton’s grinning maw, and all the sharp bones on its body turned into weapons, attacking Igat.
“What kind of skeleton is this? Humanoid… but its skeletal structure doesn’t resemble the winged people of the Beast race! Could it be a creature from the Demon Realm?”
Igat gripped his sword tightly, but he had to face the undead skeleton’s attack.
After only a few clashes, Igat felt his wrist go numb, making it difficult to channel his Dou Qi. The demonic power intensity of the skeleton he faced was not much different from his own, but its bones were far harder than true gold.
Even with Igat’s full-force attacks, he could only leave inconspicuous white marks on it!
“Boom!”
The undead skeleton’s attacks also lacked any subtle moves; it merely swung its bone blade with brute force. The immense power forced Igat to retreat continuously.
The white bone sword struck End, which Igat had raised to block, with immense force. The black-haired young man’s body trembled heavily, his feet sinking into the ground. Suddenly, he looked up sharply, and End, which was spinning, began to flow with a crimson brilliance.
“Boom!”
The burning Starflow Sword Qi Slash struck the densely packed ribs below the chest of the skeleton. The starlight flowed, burning with brilliant flames, surging and pouring down. However, it merely made the opponent’s chest bones glow redder by a fraction, failing to damage them.
“Hiss hiss!”
The undead skeleton bared its sharp white teeth and let out a mocking sound. Its bone blade ripped through the flames and suddenly slashed down. Igat narrowly dodged the blade with his sword, and the force transmitted through the clash sent him staggering back several steps.
“Cough cough… This isn’t working either. This skeleton’s body strength is far more terrifying than its power. In its life, it might have been a super powerful being of crystal or even stars?”
Igat pressed his aching wrist, holding his sword to remain standing, and watched the skeleton emerge from the flames unscathed. His heart sank.
The attack, augmented by Starflow Sword Qi Slash and the flames left in End by Verafia, was the most destructive attack Igat had combined after much trial.
Although Igat’s Dou Qi was only at the Silver level, even a Platinum-level powerhouse would need to temporarily avoid the sharpness of such an attack. Yet, the undead skeleton that took the full brunt of it was completely unharmed, causing Igat to gasp.
“Screech!”
The undead skeleton let out a harsh sound. Though its body appeared heavy, its speed was incredibly fast. It lunged at the young man. The first strike deflected the young man’s block, and then its massive body slammed Igat heavily onto the ground.
As the sharp bone blade thrust down, Igat’s heart nearly stopped. He moved his head, desperately avoiding the bone sword aimed at his throat. Igat had no time to think; End, held in his right hand, was still burning with flames, but it suddenly became infused with a dark black hue. Then, he pulled it out and thrust it heavily into the skeleton’s chest.
Where End pierced the white bone, a dark black color appeared and began to spread.
The skeleton’s body trembled heavily. The blue ghost fire in its eyes flickered like candlelight, and the sound it emitted was sharp and cracked, as if experiencing unprecedented pain.
Igat took the opportunity to break free and stand up. Gritting her teeth, the End in his hand continued to burn with flames and the desolation of black light. He raised his sword momentum and slashed towards the skeleton’s waist.
“Sword of Ash Destruction and Annihilation”—
Cold light split apart, blazing desolation, like withered dark flames, cut across the white bones. Then, it was severed by End’s destructive slash, splitting the enemy in half!
Looking at the formidable enemy that had him suffocating, now split into two skeleton halves, Igat breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to lower his sword, the upper half that had fallen to the ground suddenly flared its ghost fire, which seemed to be extinguishing, and the lowered bone blade was once again raised high, slashing down at the young man before it!
Verafia, who had just used her magic to blow up the last skeleton before her, had no time to rest. She gripped her staff with her delicate jade-like hand and raised it, releasing flames that heavily struck the remaining target before Igat, while shouting loudly:
“Igat, you idiot! You don’t hack at a skeleton’s body with a sword! Stab its undead fire!”
Igat hurriedly raised his sword, aimed at the skeleton that had just taken a “Bursting Flame Bomb,” and thrust his sword down forcefully.
End pierced the skeleton’s skull. The blue undead fire flickered for a few seconds before extinguishing. The undead skeleton, like a combat machine, fell to the ground and shattered into a pile of broken bones.
Ophi and Flarn also finished their battles and walked towards Verafia.
“Young Lady, thank you very much just now…”
Igat quickly said to Verafia, who was approaching, but the response he received was only a light hum from the young girl as she raised her small face.
Verafia held her staff in one hand, pulled her skirt corner, and crouched down. Her flawless white fingers lightly touched the broken bones on the ground. As expected, the white bones crumbled into dust with a gentle touch, falling to the ground, leaving nothing but a trace of deathly still, withered power.
“Still no magic, it’s like it was directly drawn out, vanished into thin air…”
Verafia murmured softly, her golden eyes lowered. The skeleton killed by Igat was the same as the group she had shattered with her magic. After the undead fire extinguished, the magic that sustained its life had vanished without a trace, not even a sliver visible.
“Young Lady, is there a problem?” Igat asked, seeing the girl’s expression.
Verafia raised her cheek and stood up, but did not mention what she was concerned about. Instead, she said, “I looked at the residual bones of this skeleton, and inside, there was a kind of ‘withered’ and ‘wilting’ power… no different from the aura of the Abyss. Igat, did you feel anything unusual when you used this sword just now?”
Igat thought for a moment and replied.
“Young Lady, what you said… just now, when I tried to activate it, it seemed like a cold, sinister energy entered my body. But now I can’t find any trace of it?”
“Is that so…?”
Verafia’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. The Flame Mark she had left on Igat had also vaguely sensed something. Verafia suddenly reached out her small hand and grasped the young man’s wrist.
Suddenly being held by the girl’s soft, jade-like jade hand, Igat’s arm trembled but was pressed down. Igat’s heart rate inexplicably began to speed up. The girl’s beautiful and slender delicate body leaned closer, and a faint, refreshing scent emanated from her silky golden hair.
Igat gazed at the girl’s side profile, as exquisite and flawless as a work of art. The girl suddenly raised her beautiful golden eyes:
“Don’t move, let me take a look.”
