Chapter 156: The Imperial Crypt

Gongzi Wei and Zhang Shengmo were joining forces to deal with a group of Nightmare Skeletons.
Feather Fall and Sinking Boat!
Gongzi Wei leaped into mid-air and plummeted abruptly, his feathered fan waving as countless feathers pinned a Nightmare Skeleton to the spot, forcefully severing the effect of its fire chains.
Meanwhile, Zhang Shengmo controlled ten ink swords, slashing and writing ten "Kill" characters in the air, directly chopping the Nightmare Skeleton to pieces!
Once one was killed, the remaining three became much easier!
Bang, bang, bang!
The three skeletons exploded, leaving a pile of crystals on the ground along with a piece of purple equipment—a skeleton round shield.
"Gongzi Wei, do you want this piece of equipment?" Zhang Shengmo asked, picking up the skeleton round shield.
Gongzi Wei looked disgusted. "Too ugly, I don't want it."
Zhang Shengmo chuckled. "Then I won't be polite!"
With their friendship spanning many years—having even shared the same pair of trousers when they were kids, let alone a piece of equipment—there was zero chance of them falling out over loot.
"Ignorant mortals! How dare you disturb my slumber! Go to hell!!"
Right at that moment, a deafening roar echoed through the entire cathedral.
Gongzi Wei and Zhang Shengmo exchanged glances, looking somewhat puzzled.
Gongzi Wei said in a deep voice, "Someone is faster than us! They must have already reached the vicinity of the Orb of Destruction!"
Zhang Shengmo found it hard to believe. "The two of us had to fight our way through, and we could clearly feel how powerful these skeletons are! I can't imagine who else, besides the two of us, could possess such formidable strength! Could it be Wei Zheng and the others?"
Gongzi Wei shook his head. "Impossible! Although Instructor Wei Zheng and the others are not weak, they can at best ensure their own survival. It's impossible for them to reach the center this fast. The only person I can think of is—"
"Chen Mo!" Gongzi Wei and Zhang Shengmo said in unison.
Meanwhile, the team consisting of Mu Xiaoyi and Zheng Haonan from the Normal University Affiliated High School also heard the roar of the Skeleton King.
Mu Xiaoyi looked anxious. "Oh no! Someone has already found the BOSS! Hurry! We must find the BOSS. We've already sacrificed three teammates; the cost is far too high. If we walk away empty-handed from this trip, we'll take a massive loss!"
The five instructors—Wei Zheng, Moon Fox, Comic, Chicken Drumstick, and Fatty—had been teleported to unfavorable locations with overly complex terrain, causing them to run in circles all this time.
Wei Zheng wore a complicated expression as he said, "I never expected someone to have already reached the center!"
Moon Fox, on the other hand, seemed quite happy. "I bet it must be Gongzi Wei and Zhang Shengmo. Among all these people, those two are the strongest!"
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At the center of the cathedral, the Skeleton King was radiant with golden light, especially the four-edged giant axe in its hand, which emitted a razor-sharp edge. Every single blade-like aura transformed into a tangible projectile, striking out in all directions!!
Clang, clang, clang!
All the surrounding jars and pots shattered into pieces.
Bang, bang, bang!
The earth tore apart, and the staircases fractured!!
Chen Mo had not expected that before the Skeleton King even made a move, a mere roar would carry such immense power.
Wielding a round shield in both his left and right hands, Chen Mo batted away all the incoming blade projectiles as if he were playing badminton.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Chen Mo was growing more and more fond of this skeleton round shield; it was simply too useful.
The Skeleton King was stunned. After its roaring attack, the target not only remained unfazed by its royal majesty, but had instead started playing around with it with great amusement. Those eager eyes looked at the Skeleton King as if to say, "Come on, do it again! Why aren't you continuing?"
"Roar!" The Skeleton King was enraged. It swung its axe at empty air!
Proud Bone Strike!!
Chen Mo wondered if the Skeleton King was an idiot. Instead of attacking him, it was attacking thin air.
Yet, in less than half a second, the Skeleton King's body teleported directly behind Chen Mo!!
That fatal axe strike, which previously seemed aimed at the air—Proud Bone Strike!
—was actually descending straight toward Chen Mo.
Chen Mo never expected the Skeleton King to have this trick up its sleeve. Caught unprepared, he twisted his body and hurriedly raised his round shield to block!!
Boom! Boom!!
The two skeleton round shields burst apart instantly. Chen Mo's body was sent flying by the tremendous force, slamming heavily against the furnace on the tomb's sacrificial altar. Scalding flames engulfed his body.
Chen Mo jumped around in pain, casting a Water Burst at his own feet to barely extinguish the fire.
The Skeleton King did not give Chen Mo a single moment to catch his breath. It raised its golden four-edged giant axe once again, using the same old routine: deliberately swinging its axe into empty space, away from Chen Mo's direction!
This time, Chen Mo was not going to give the Skeleton King such an opportunity. He deployed his demonic wings in advance, leaped into the air, and vanished from the spot!!
However, Chen Mo had underestimated the Skeleton King once more!!
This time, the Skeleton King did not teleport; instead, it truly brought its axe down heavily onto the ground!
Boom!!
The ground was split open, and countless fragments of marble suspended themselves in the air before shooting madly toward Chen Mo like arrows.
Chen Mo's brow twitched! Mind's Eye!!
Meditation fully activated! Slaughter doubled! Ten fingers spread wide!
Get back here!
Seeing that dense barrage of marble chunks about to slam into him, all the marble debris suddenly froze in mid-air!!
Chen Mo's control via Mind's Eye had pushed past his limit. Go!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The marble chunks reversed their path, slamming into the Skeleton King and causing its health bar to plummet wildly!
-10 HP!
-20 HP!
-15 HP!
...
-30 HP!
Although each chunk only dealt a few dozen points of damage, there were hundreds of them in total, dealing tens of thousands of damage in a single breath.
"Humble mortal, how dare you hurt me! Die, Despair Soul Absorption!" The Skeleton King's hands suddenly transformed into a pair of ghostly claws, lunging directly to grab Chen Mo.
Chen Mo unleashed a tenfold Fire-Lightning Impact, only to find that the ghostly claws completely ignored the elemental assault.
Chen Mo wielded the Golden-Scaled Dual Blades, unleashing the Quintuple Annihilation Blades alongside fifteen streams of sword qi!
Enduring Chen Mo's attacks, the Skeleton King's pair of ghostly claws seized his body and began frantically draining his health.
Seeing his health slowly draining away, Chen Mo tried to break free from the Skeleton King's ghostly claws, but he couldn't shake them off at all!
"Despair, mortal!" The system had designed quite a lot of lines for this Skeleton King, taunting him every now and then!
Chen Mo opened his smart brain map, confirmed there were no green dots around, and switched characters! The Great Demon King!!!
In an instant! Chen Mo's entire Phoenix Suit vanished, replaced by a Vampire Suit.
However, vastly different from his previous C-grade Vampire Suit, Chen Mo was now decked out in an A-grade Vampire Suit!! What did that concept mean? The attributes of a single piece of equipment now almost rivaled the stats of an entire old set.
In the past, the Vampire Suit was a vibrant red; although it looked flashy, it gave off a cheap, tacky feel.
Right now, Chen Mo's A-grade Vampire Suit was a dark, blood-red, exuding an eerie and mysterious aura!!
Heh!!
A ruthless smile crept onto the corner of Chen Mo's mouth. "Despair, little skeleton! Blood Feast!!"
Chen Mo's body instantly melted into a pool of blood, effortlessly breaking free from the Skeleton King's ghostly claws.
And even more terrifyingly, that dark pool of blood actually enveloped the Skeleton King's character, causing its health bar to drop rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!!
-20000 HP!
-20000 HP!
-20000 HP!
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