Chapter 1013

And these skeletons all have the Fearless talent, and will fight desperately at any moment.

So although these skeletons' stats are poor, their combat power is not weak.

However, standing before them is the allied force of Zhao Chi and Su Qin.

There's no need for Zhao Chi — Su Qin alone, relying on her own people, can deal with them.

Zhao Chi said: "Su Qin, your side climbs the trees and shoot. The rest form up and hold position."

"Yes!"

The female elves one after another climbed the trees.

Climbing a tree is actually not easy.

It looks effortless, but without training, it's very hard to get up.

Let alone climbing up quickly.

Su Qin's female elves were clearly well-trained — legs kicked out, palms grabbed a branch, then with another forceful push of the legs, a flip and they were up in the tree.

Although these elves' strength was low, they were all pure elves — very slender, very light in weight, so climbing trees was easy for them.

Once the elves were in the trees, the overall attack angles increased enormously.

When standing on the ground, to maximize the attack angle, the formation had to be arranged in a horizontal line to shoot.

But due to terrain limits, or a series of other factors, it was hard to fully deploy.

If arranged front-to-back, the archers behind would be blocked by the friendly troops in front.

Although one could use methods like three-stage shooting — having the front row crouch to raise the attack angle — some efficiency would still be lost in the end.

Climbing the trees was a different story.

Elves in the trees occupy three-dimensional space.

Some elves were on the main trunk, some on the branches, some at the treetops.

The attack angles were wide, and varied greatly.

Right now was a perfect example.

Su Qin pointed into the distance: "Everyone pay attention — Energy-Gathering Arrows!"

"Understood!"

Red light flared up.

Red light dotted the surrounding trees like hanging neon lamps.

A few seconds later, the arrows flew out in a volley.

Some arrows shot out flat, some at an angle, some plunging downward from above.

500 arrows whistled away from every direction.

Swish Swish Swish!

Red light illuminated the green grass and shattered the white bones.

Crack Crack Crack!

The crisp sound of bones shattering.

Crash! Crash!

When the skeleton soldiers died, the bones on their bodies immediately fell apart, shattering across the ground.

Turning into piles of white bones.

When fighting the ogres, Su Qin's move could pierce through their thick, fat bodies.

Dealing with the skeletons now was even easier.

Once an arrow flew out, as long as it hit, the skeleton was sure to die.

A single arrow could even kill multiple skeletons.

Crash! Crash!

Crash! Crash!

The skeletons in front collapsed in a swath.

But quite a few skeletons still blocked with armor and shields, or dodged through the gaps between bones.

Otherwise this one volley could have wiped them all out.

The skeletons behind trampled over the broken bones in front and kept charging.

"Keep shooting, don't stop — rapid fire!"

Su Qin shouted loudly, firing three arrows in succession.

Swish swish swish!

Three arrows shattered a skeleton's skull, taking down another one.

Zhao Chi laughed: "Su Qin, your accuracy isn't bad,

Su Qin laughed: "Of course, I put 20 points into accuracy — rapid fire!"

Another three arrows, another skeleton shattered.

The battle held no surprises.

In the end, the skeletons failed to break through.

Zhao Chi's entire army never even had to act — it was already over.

The forest ahead was a stretch of white.

Although the battle was easy, there weren't many spoils.

Those weapons and armor were too poor to use at all — they could only be smelted down.

Su Qin laughed: "Before, when I was on my own, I was always hoping some skeletons would come so things would be easier. Now that I have you, I actually don't want to run into skeletons anymore."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Yeah, fighting them wouldn't really yield much, but you can obtain the sutra, so that's fine."

Su Qin pointed at the shattered bones and asked, "Are you taking these bones back? If you grind them up and spread them on the soil, they can boost fertility."

"No need… it's not that serious… you keep them."

Su Qin also felt this kind of spoils was useless, so she just smiled. "Alright then, Li Hua, later have someone take them back and grind them up."

"Yes, my lord." Li Hua nodded.

Su Qin asked Zhao Chi, "Should we go ahead and clear tomorrow's magic beast quota now?"

Zhao Chi thought for a moment. "Aren't we heading out to fight tomorrow? I was thinking we should hold back our strength and avoid losses, then clear the quota after the battle is over. But the share assigned to you is only 400 beginner magic beasts—no matter how strong they are, they can't be that strong, so there probably won't be any losses."

Su Qin nodded. "Yes, those ogres from the day before yesterday were already considered strong, but with you by my side, we still took them out without any losses."

"Then let's clear them a bit earlier—go at dawn."

"Dawn? Won't it be pitch black then? We won't be able to see the enemy at all. Won't the battle difficulty be way too high?"

"It's fine, leave it to me."

Su Qin hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

Because it was Zhao Chi who said it—she didn't understand, but she agreed.

Night combat would indeed raise the difficulty.

After all, out in the wild you can only rely on starlight and moonlight.

A torch only illuminates about 5 meters, so the field of vision is extremely limited.

Even a torch made from ultra-bright fire oil only lights up around 15 to 20 meters.

And holding a torch takes up one hand, which cuts combat power quite a bit.

On top of that, when you hold a torch in the dark, you're in the light while the enemy is in the shadows—it's basically handing the initiative over to the enemy.

The enemy can ambush at any time, while our side is very much on the back foot.

If you run into a ranged enemy, you become a bright, living target—starting from an even worse disadvantage.

But Zhao Chi's women all had night vision.

In pitch-black surroundings, it looked to them just like an overcast day.

Maybe not as clear as daytime, but basically unaffected.

"Do you still have enough arrows? If you don't have time to make them yourself, go buy some from Zhao Cang's side." Zhao Chi asked.

Su Qin nodded. "Don't worry, I fight with a bow—these are my basic supplies. I don't have much of anything else, but I have plenty of bows and arrows."

"Good then, I'll come back at dawn."

"Okay~"

In the small hours before dawn.

Su Qin's Clear Bamboo Town was brightly lit.