Chapter 35: Gold-Eating Rats! Battle of the Mine!

Qin Luo came to the Undead Graveyard again and spent 6 corpses (Black Iron-tier), 6 Magic Crystals (Black Iron-tier), 60 Magic Crystals (Ordinary-tier), 60 units of Red Iron, 600 Energy points, 600 units of Wood, and 600 units of Stone to successfully recruit 6 Black Iron-tier Undead Necromancers!

Nowadays, when recruiting Undead Necromancers, the most lacking thing is Black Iron-tier Magic Crystals; other resources are not lacking at all.

Qin Luo looked at the Undead Skeleton Soldiers; after two battles, their number had fallen to below six hundred, a loss of one-quarter.

But the good news is that two Undead Skeleton Soldiers had been promoted to Black Iron-tier Bone Generals.

Qin Luo looked into the distance; the black mist was getting closer and closer, almost adjacent to the territory boundary.

And the third wave of the offensive was slow to come, as if it were brewing a major offensive.

"Recruit some more skeleton cannon fodder!"

Qin Luo spent supplies worth nearly 2500 Energy points to recruit one thousand Ordinary-tier Undead Skeleton Soldiers.

The recruitment price of Undead Skeleton Soldiers, compared to Undead Necromancers, is simply not too cheap.

Basically, one only needs to consume 2.5 Energy points to recruit an Undead Skeleton Soldier.

Of course, now there are only Ordinary One-Star Undead Skeleton Soldiers on the battlefield, which are completely cannon fodder.

One-on-one, they can't even beat a single dark monster.

But Skeleton Soldiers have a huge function, which is that after an Undead Skeleton Soldier dies in battle, its Undead power can be absorbed by other Undead, thereby becoming stronger.

Therefore, after every battle, one or two Black Iron-tier Bone Generals will be born.

At the same time.

At the Red Iron mine one kilometer away from the territory, which is the original location of the Red Wolf Grotto Nest.

A fierce battle was also breaking out.

"Quick, everyone retreat from the mine!"

"Guard the entrance and fight; don't let these monsters rush out!"

Inside the mine, a Bone General waved its bone spear, piercing the body of a half-meter-long Gold-Eating Rat with golden-yellow fur, and threw it heavily against the stone wall.

In front of it, countless Gold-Eating Rats appeared, constantly rushing out from the depths of the mine.

They bared their sharp teeth and claws, pouncing toward the Undead.

Sharp teeth could easily bite through the bones of Undead Skeleton Soldiers; inside the mine, over a hundred skeleton frames had already fallen.

The bone claws of the Undead Skeleton Soldiers landed on the Gold-Eating Rats, but only made a sound of metal collision, being blocked by the hard golden fur of the Gold-Eating Rats, completely unable to break through the Gold-Eating Rats' defense.

And the previously invincible quantity advantage was gone.

Because the number of Gold-Eating Rats rushing out from the Red Iron mine was far greater than the number of Undead Skeleton Soldiers.

As a result, the Undead Skeletons were beaten back step by step.

Having no choice, the Bone General Wang Yi could only order a retreat and conduct a blocking action at the narrow mine entrance to prevent the Gold-Eating Rats from rushing out.

"Have you all retreated?"

Wu Yi shouted at Wang Yi, who was fighting hard at the entrance.

"There are still over a hundred skeleton soldiers surrounded by the Gold-Eating Rat swarm; I'm afraid they can't retreat!"

The Bone General made several consecutive bone spear stabs, killing several Gold-Eating Rats.

Although Ordinary-tier skeleton soldiers could not break through the Gold-Eating Rats' defense, this did not include the Black Iron-tier Bone General.

"Then we can only give up. If we drag it out, I'm afraid these dirty rats will rush out of the mine. By then, a rat plague will be rampant, which will likely cause incalculable consequences!"

On the other side, Wu Er spoke up.

Each legion was equipped with one Bone General and two Undead Necromancers.

And since the battle began, the two Undead Necromancers had only acted once or twice, using Undead Song and dark magic, but the effect was not great and could not reverse the entire battle situation.

"All skeleton soldiers in the mine, listen to my order: no more retreating, defend against the Gold-Eating Rats' offensive on the spot!"

The Bone General gave the order decisively.

Soon, the one hundred Undead Skeleton Soldiers in the mine formed a defensive line, constantly suffering from the Gold-Eating Rats' offensive.

And at the mine entrance, the Bone General and other skeleton soldiers formed the final defense, using the entrance to block a large number of Gold-Eating Rats inside the mine.

The fierce battle between the two sides continued, and both sides suffered casualties.

Especially inside and outside the mine entrance, there were casualties everywhere, and a large number of corpses piled up there, almost blocking the entire entrance.

The Gold-Eating Rats trapped in the mine numbered at least one or two thousand.

"Almost there, retreat backward!"

Wu Yi shouted at the Undead.

At this time, the Undead Skeletons trapped in the mine had basically been dismantled by the countless Gold-Eating Rats.

The Bone General led many skeleton soldiers to retreat backward rapidly, leaving the entrance.

And at this moment, the Gold-Eating Rat swarm quickly crossed the entrance and rushed out of the mine.

Corpse Explosion Technique!

The two Undead Necromancers stood less than fifty meters from the entrance, and the terrifying Undead power ignited the corpses of the Gold-Eating Rats; a series of explosions swept across the entire entrance.

This wave of explosions killed hundreds of Gold-Eating Rats blocking the entrance on the spot.

And the mine could not withstand the power of the explosion and collapsed with a rumble, crushing countless unlucky Gold-Eating Rats; one could only hear bursts of miserable rat squeaks amidst the huge explosion.

Rumble!

The terrifying explosion instantly submerged an area of several dozen meters in radius, and the huge explosion energy waves surged inside and outside the mine.

Outside the mine, it was fine; in the vast space, the Undead retreated seventy or eighty meters away and were not affected by the aftermath of the explosion.

But inside the mine, it was miserable; the terrifying explosion energy poured in, following the mine passage and attacking the interior. The Gold-Eating Rats that were rushing out one after another bore the brunt, suffering the impact of the terrifying energy waves, and were shaken to death or fainted on the spot.

When the explosion ended, the mine became very quiet; inside the cave, there were casualties everywhere, thick smoke and fog filled the entire mine, various flesh and broken meat were scattered all over the ground, and even the mine stone walls were stained black-red.

"How is the situation inside?"

Wang Yi came to the destroyed mine entrance and asked subconsciously.

"No movement heard for now!"

"It seems the Gold-Eating Rats inside are either dead or fainted!"

"I have two ideas: one is to dig open the entrance immediately, move out the dead Gold-Eating Rat corpses, and finish off the ones that aren't dead, ending their lives!"

"The second is to report what happened here to the Lord immediately and request support!"

Wu Yi pondered for a while and said, "I suspect there is a huge Gold-Eating Rat nest in the depths of this mine; I'm afraid there are more than just these Gold-Eating Rats inside!"

"You make sense, then I'll listen to you!"

The Bone General Wang Yi nodded in agreement, and after speaking, he ordered the Undead Skeletons under his command to start acting.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====