Chapter 232: Combat Power of 250,000, and You Call This an Iron Dungeon?

The Iron Skeleton King, wielding a black Scythe of Death, stomped directly onto the ground, causing hundreds of Iron Skeleton Soldiers to emerge from the earth.

Previously, only three Bronze Scythe Skeleton Guards remained; this summoning brought forth seven more, perfectly completing the set of ten Bronze Guard Skeletons.

Although such summoning tactics were troublesome, they were no match for the Transcendence Elites before them!

Everyone reacted: warriors began their charge, while mages started casting various ranged spells.

The Iron-level Skeleton Soldiers were not enough for these people to fight.

But soon they discovered that killing ordinary Iron Skeleton Soldiers yielded no evaluation points at all.

So that means—

For this first layer of the Transcendence Dungeon, the final points could only be obtained by killing the Iron Skeleton King.

Only by killing the Iron Skeleton King could one obtain the Iron Transcendence evaluation.

Likewise, only by defeating the Iron Skeleton King could one obtain the final reward points for this layer.

Jiang Li used Shadow Stealth—hiding directly within a shadow, watching everything leisurely.

If there had been a table, a teapot, and tea leaves, he would certainly have leisurely brewed a pot of fine tea to watch these people perform.

The stats displayed by the Iron Skeleton King were not powerful: only fifty thousand attack power and five hundred thousand health points.

Jiang Li's current health alone was already approaching one hundred thousand.

His attack power was also nearing one hundred thousand.

Therefore, as long as these people were given time, killing the Iron Skeleton King was merely a matter of time.

"Sigh, System, the Iron Dungeon is too simple; it's time to increase the difficulty!"

After muttering this in the shadows, Jiang Li looked around to ensure no one was nearby.

He secretly flung a Chaos Spell of the Confused Spirit type of magic at an Iron Skeleton Soldier from behind everyone, moving with great speed.

Immediately after, Jiang Li used Shadow Stealth again to hide within the darkness.

This Shadow Stealth had been upgraded; as long as Jiang Li did not attack, he would remain hidden in the shadow indefinitely, with no time limit.

Previously, when fighting the Skeleton Castle Dungeon, he had relied on Shadow Stealth to descend directly to the bottommost dungeon level to meet Augustus.

The only drawback was that if an enemy possessed a powerful spell capable of dispelling invisibility, then Shadow Stealth would be useless.

The second drawback was that if Jiang Li attacked while hidden within a shadow, his form would be revealed.

A "Confused Spirit" spell covered an Iron Skeleton Soldier, causing the skeleton's body to swell to three times its size, standing out like a crane among chickens amidst the Iron Skeletons.

It swung its rusted iron sword wildly left and right, cleaving a charging swordsman and sending him flying.

"Be careful—don't be careless; these Skeleton Soldiers might have hidden skills: Berserk!"

"It seems to increase strength by four or five times for a short duration."

Someone shouted a warning amidst the chaos.

Although it was nearly a statement of the obvious, it still made everyone alert.

After a while, the situation tilted even more decisively, with all Transcendence Taskers steadily advancing toward the Iron Skeleton King.

Jiang Li knew that the Iron Transcendence Dungeon could not completely halt the progress of these elites.

No matter how powerful the Iron Dungeon's Skeleton Soldiers became, their skills were too singular; even if strengthened four or five times, their weaknesses were easy to exploit and kill.

"If Confused Spirit were an area-of-effect spell..."

Just thinking about it made him excited.

If Confused Spirit were an area-of-effect spell, it would undoubtedly be an heaven-defying skill.

Unfortunately—upgrading Confused Spirit again would have to wait until after the Transcendence.

Right now, it was clearly impossible to use the Gold-level Chaos Spell of the Confused Spirit type of magic.

Hiding in the shadows.

He saw everyone using area-of-effect skills against the Iron Skeleton Soldiers, which also inadvertently struck the Iron Skeleton King!

Seeing excitement on the faces of some Transcendence Taskers.

Jiang Li sneered inwardly: "It seems you are celebrating too early."

"What's wrong with the Iron BOSS?"

"Is the Iron BOSS that awesome? Let me show you!"

Jiang Li, still within the shadows, continued to retreat his body.

Suddenly.

He saw several familiar silhouettes!!!

He suddenly appeared before Li Mengying and the other women.

Li Mengying, Tang Qianqian, and Xiao Ninger wore faces full of joy.

Before the three women could speak, Jiang Li said, "None of you should rush up; I feel that even ordinary Iron Skeleton Soldiers can enter a Berserk state, and it's possible that Iron BOSS might also explode into a Berserk rage!"

Hearing Jiang Li say this, the three women were still somewhat unconvinced.

Judging from the BOSS data on the scene, the Iron Skeleton King was merely a monster of the magic summoning type.

And the Berserk skill generally belongs to Barbarians, Great Swordsmen, and other warrior classes.

Human Transcendence Taskers and other living beings are the same; it is rare for a Mage and a Warrior to possess both simultaneously, which is nearly common knowledge.

But—precisely because of this, since it was Jiang Li who spoke, Li Mengying said, "Let's listen to Jiang Li; let's not rush up for now!"

The reason Li Mengying chose to trust Jiang Li so completely was twofold.

First, they were classmates and naturally looked out for each other.

Moreover, after several dungeons, Jiang Li had previously used invisibility to save her, and she already held deep affection for him in her heart.

Second, Jiang Li was undoubtedly a super academic genius; how could he not know something as basic as the combination of magic and combat that even ordinary people understood?

Therefore, since he knew this yet still warned them against rushing up, Jiang Li must have spotted some crisis.

"These people all have it out for me!"

"I don't want to run into them; just remember to stay far away!"

Having spoken, Jiang Li directly used Shadow Escape, but first unleashed a Chaos Magic spell that struck the Iron Skeleton King—formless and invisible!!!

The Iron Skeleton King—struck by the Chaos Magic.

Its entire body suddenly swelled; the figure that had been over three meters tall shot up to six or seven meters, and the Death God Scythe it held grew to nearly ten meters in length.

It first distinguished neither friend nor foe, wielding the Death God Scythe in its hands to sweep in a wide arc, clearing everything within a ten-meter diameter around it.

"Crash!"

With that single strike, more than a dozen Iron Skeleton minions fell.

Two or three Reincarnators were also swept away and killed instantly; the System even issued a death notification.

Everyone gasped in shock and hurriedly retreated.

When they looked again at the Iron Skeleton King's stats, their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Is this really an Iron dungeon?"

"Even Gold or Platinum dungeons aren't this outrageous!"

【Monster: Iron Skeleton King.】

【Status: Enraged (Enraged state lasts one minute)】

【Level: 10】

【Origin: Iron Reincarnation Dungeon】

【Attack: 50,000 (temporarily 250,000)】

【HP: 500,000 (temporarily 2.5 million)】

【Skills: Summon Thousand Armies, Summon 50 Bronze Death Scythe Skeleton Guards (if Bronze Death Scythes remain in the dungeon, make up the difference to fifty), Death God Blade Technique, Cursed Power!】

Let alone the other class-switchers.

Even Jiang Li, upon seeing this Iron Skeleton King, silently clicked his tongue in amazement.

Such stats are simply beyond those of ordinary Dark Elves.

Seeing this Iron Skeleton King, everyone gasped in shock.

"Scatter."

"Scatter."