Chapter 71
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Chapter 71: I Want to Report! Someone Is Cheating!
The Iron Armored Ants swiftly disposed of these "dead" Military Ants.
They buried the eight Military Ant corpses on the spot.
After advancing a short distance and pushing through fog-shrouded grass—
Swish—swish—
Projectiles tore through the air at alarming speed!
"Protect Acid Ant sister!"
Red Pupil barely managed to shout before crouching low with her forelegs raised defensively.
Thud-thud-thud…
Several impacts struck her armored limbs before metallic objects clattered to the ground.
Through Acid Ant’s vision, Lin Yu identified the projectiles – iron-tipped arrows.
Shifting perspective forward, she saw numerous attackers emerging from the mist.
People… humans?!
No…
Shivers ran through her consciousness…
These creatures… skeletons clad in rotting leather armor…
They nocked arrows to bone bows – clearly the source of the attack.
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Name: None
Race: Dead Spirit (Puppet)
Qualification: B
Class: C
Level: LV.3
Health Value: 320/320
Magic Value: 100/100
Skills: "Bow Talent", "Double Shot", "Eagle Eye", "Attack Enhancement", "Concentration", "Undying"
Attributes: Strength 10 (+2)
Agility 2
Intelligence 3
Physical Resistance Ability 3
Elemental Magic Resistance Ability 1
Abnormal State Resistance Ability 1
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"Mom, these monsters are different – their status doesn’t show ‘dead’, and they possess a skill called ‘Undying’."
"Undying??"
Before Red Pupil could elaborate, another volley of arrows whistled through the air.
Though harmless against Iron Armored Ants, the Acid Ant remained vulnerable.
Approximately forty to fifty Archer Dead Spirits stood visible, with shadowy figures massing behind them in the fog.
Red Pupil wisely avoided direct assault, instead ordering her forces to feign weakness while retreating under arrow fire.
This served dual purposes – appearing vulnerable while luring enemies toward the waiting ant army’s ambush.
Moreover…
"These Dead Spirit monsters seem to be guarding that castle behind them."
She mentally reported to Lin Yu.
"Castle?"
Now focusing, Lin Yu commanded Acid Ant to gaze upward, revealing a towering structure looming through the mist.
An aged castle stood obscured by swirling vapors, its details blurred yet undeniably imposing.
But…
A castle…
Such magnificent architecture should rightfully belong to the glorious Queen Ant!
But right now, it was better to deal with these frightening skeletons first.
…
The Archer Dead Spirits were indeed drawn by Red Pupil’s retreat and followed out.
Behind these Archer Dead Spirits, there seemed to be some other Dead Spirits, though not as numerous as those before the castle earlier.
The pursuing archers then seemed to activate a skill, firing arrows that nearly doubled in quantity and flew faster than before.
The attack struck the Iron Armored Ants, this time actually causing damage.
The Iron Armored Ants hit by arrows lost 5 to 10 Health Value points, while some Acid Ants that were struck saw their Health Value plummet by twenty to thirty points at once.
Deeming the retreat distance sufficient, Red Pupil didn’t wait for reinforcements from the ant colony behind.
"Attack. Eliminate them all."
She issued commands to the other Iron Armored Ants and Acid Ants.
This timing coincided perfectly with the Archer Dead Spirits’ momentary pause after firing a volley.
The Iron Armored Ants activated their "Charge" skill.
True to the skill’s name, they leveled their mandibles and accelerated into a collision course with the pursuing Archer Dead Spirits.
As they closed in, Lin Yu finally saw the other Dead Spirits accompanying the archers.
These were Skeleton Soldiers wielding various melee weapons – longswords, battleaxes, iron spears – and wearing armor. Their numbers exceeded the Archer Dead Spirits’, roughly seventy to eighty in total.
Red Pupil also observed these Skeleton Soldiers. Through appraisal, she discovered some were Class C monsters like the Archer Dead Spirits, though most ranked as Class D.
Though both skeleton archers and Skeleton Soldiers wore partially rusted yet still functional armor, Red Pupil remained utterly confident.
The Iron Armored Ants maintained their charging momentum.
At the critical moment before impact, the Acid Ants riding their backs activated "Poison Surcharge" and "Acid Spray."
Toxic green acid fanned out in a wide arc, leaving no escape for the Dead Spirits.
Where acid struck armor, corrosion began. Direct hits on pale bones caused immediate damage.
The Dead Spirits’ Health Value steadily drained under combined poison and acid effects.
Seizing this advantage, the Iron Armored Ants plowed into the acid-weakened horde.
Twenty Iron Armored Ants became living tanks, smashing through Dead Spirits. Combined with prior acid damage, this assault halved their Health Value instantly.
More unfortunate Dead Spirits had bones shattered or knocked loose from their frames.
As the fallen Dead Spirits lay vulnerable, Iron Armored Ants pressed forward for execution blows.
Acid Ants temporarily dismounted to join the cleanup. Though specialized for ranged combat, their melee capabilities proved no less formidable.
Their primary execution method involved bone-crushing bites.
While bones resisted breaking, each successful bite still drained Health Value.
…
Forty-two Iron Armored Ants and Acid Ants required little time finishing off over a hundred Dead Spirits.
Yet after delivering final strikes…
The supposedly dead spirits – Health Value already at zero – began rising again!
Scattered bone fragments flew back to reconstitute their bodies, appearing fully restored.
…
Lin Yu stared in shock.
Undying… did this mean literal immortality?!
Seriously?!
This is beyond cheating! Worse than "Leadership" or "Magnification"!
I’m reporting this! Someone’s hacking!
"Understood, Mother. Their ‘Immortality’ skill doesn’t grant true deathlessness."
Huh? What did you figure out now?
"What do you mean?"
"Mother should appraise them herself."
Red Pupil glanced backward where the ant army had caught up during the battle.
Among countless black ants of varying sizes, one small white ant stood out conspicuously.
Following Red Pupil’s suggestion, Lin Yu appraised the mist-shrouded skeletons.
Their condition and Health Value had indeed fully recovered. The only incomplete restoration was-
Magic Value?
Ah! The "Immortality" skill isn’t passive! It’s an actively triggered skill consuming Magic Value!
The solution became obvious.
Keep killing them, or completely drain their Magic Value before finishing them all at once!
