Chapter 76: His goal wasn

The ruins of the Skull Wang Zuo were littered with broken, withered bones.

Many monsters hid among these withered bones; unless triggered, one could not tell which were monsters and which were debris from the ruins.

Searching, seeking.

The two arrived at the edge of a square, where beneath a faint, eerie green glow, a altar constructed entirely of human skull bones came into view.

Around the skull altar, four differently shaped beast skulls crouched low, their heads bowed as if in submission.

Luo Chenyu was slightly startled.

For the appearance of these monsters resembled the 【Blood Lizard·Giant Lizard】 that had sprung from the Blood River earlier.

But they were larger, appearing even more majestic and formidable.

"I'll go take a look first!"

Luo Chenyu hesitated a moment, then stepped onto the square's ground.

Instantly, a sudden transformation occurred.

The skull altar in the center blazed blood-red; within every skull socket, crimson soul-fire blazed fiercely.

The largest skull atop the altar slightly opened its jaws, shooting a pale green light toward one of the skull beasts surrounding it.

"Roar!!!"

A deafening, earth-shaking roar shattered the square's silence.

The skull beast came alive and sprinted toward the two at full speed.

Luo Chenyu quickly threw out his Insight Eye to check the skull beast's information.

【Blood Skull·Ground Drake】

Grade: Nightmare Boss

Level: LV. 30

HP: 300000

MP: 230000

Strength: 750; Constitution: 800; Agility: 450; Spirit: 450

Skills: Sweep, Long Yan Soul Bullet, Rift-Splitting Dragon Bone Claw, Dragonstride Charge, Death Roar…

Power: Tier 3!

……

"This… did we just find it?"

Luo Chenyu blinked in surprise—not with fear, but with delight; he had expected finding a Tier 3 Nightmare Boss to be difficult, yet here it was after only minutes.

And it was still a low-level 30-level Boss.

It was like a fortune falling from the sky.

"Step back, brother's about to start his… operation!"

Luo Chenyu's lips curled slightly upward.

The Boss's stats were indeed high, but he was not afraid; after several enhancements, his power had undergone a qualitative leap.

Wielding 【Steel Shield】, he activated 【Barbaric Charge】 and charged straight at the Boss.

Luo Chenyu's tall frame was but a speck before the Boss, yet the collision left Ye Xingtong standing frozen at a distance.

The Tier 3 Nightmare Boss had been stunned!

In narrow paths, the brave prevail!

This moment was embodied perfectly by Luo Chenyu.

The additional shield from 【Barbaric Charge】 appeared, stacking with 【Steel Shield】.

And Luo Chenyu had no intention of stopping—he instantly activated the additional skill 【Darkness Shield】 from 【Dark Gauntlets】, summoning another shield equal to 30% of his HP.

Shield value increased by another 561!

Now, he possessed 8111 shield points.

Phantom Body!

Luo Chenyu went utterly berserk!

He swung the door-sized 【Phantom】 with such speed and density it seemed like a dagger, striking with incredible velocity.

In barely one second, he landed three strikes.

Under the combined effects of Blade Storm and Phantom Body, three massive damages appeared.

-2432!

-2526!

-2688!

Seeing the damage, Luo Chenyu realized the Boss had substantial damage reduction.

But it didn't matter!

As long as he could break through defense, everything else was manageable!

Due to the Greed effect of 【Steel Shield】, each strike increased his current shield value by 10%.

Luo Chenyu had tested this before—he confirmed that even if he refreshed 【Steel Shield】, the extra shield from Greed remained stacked.

Infinite shield stacking was indeed possible!

Focus on attack!

After two more swings, the Boss finally awoke from its stun.