Chapter 227: Explode You Right Here, Bring Out Something Good

Soul Fire throbbed violently, emitting a roar and an explosion sound.

Suddenly, all the Skeletons were injured, including the Lich General, and none escaped.

Only Jiang Chen, whose Bone Armor emitted White Light, successfully blocked the attack.

The intensity of the Bone Armor's light shows that the attack's power was far from negligible.

The Lich General reported that their souls had been attacked.

Jiang Chen guessed that this must be the skill: Soul Explosion.

The skill acts directly on the soul; its effect is somewhat like Jiang Chen's own Soul Burn, but unlike that, Soul Explosion is a group‑attack skill against multiple targets.

His Soul Burn, however, is a single‑target skill.

The skill's range is so vast it can almost affect the entire Secret Realm.

To quickly restore the soldiers' condition, Jiang Chen immediately had the Lich General use the Legion Healing skill.

A grim white light flared, and the Skeletons recovered one after another.

The Lich General also raised his staff, healing himself and the Skeletons.

Fortunately the Lich General was present; otherwise the Skeletons would have suffered heavy losses under the attack.

This enemy, the Soul‑eating Insect Mother, possesses extremely high Spiritual Power and formidable skill strength, and the damage it inflicts on souls is excruciating.

Fortunately they are Skeletons and feel no pain.

If they were other human professions, they would be tormented by pain to the point of collapse.

Even if they could endure, their combat power would drop sharply.

Jiang Chen has only seen Ning Wuxia endure soul pain; other human professionals find it hard to do so.

Skeleton Warriors have rushed to the Spirit Shield, releasing skills, their great blades flashing Red Light

, smashing into the Spirit Shield.

Two thousand Skeleton Warriors piled like stacked monks, trampling each other and climbing over the Shield.

Great blades kept hammering down, hitting the Shield, while fourteen Skeleton Mages continuously released skills.

Ripples rose on the Shield, concentric water‑like waves spreading outward, yet no matter the attacks, the Shield remained as steady as a mountain, unmoved.

Indeed hard!

Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Skeleton Warriors, after reinforcement and full status, have broken the 50,000 strength threshold.

Skeleton Mages' Spiritual Power reaches as high as 100,000.

Their attack power is extremely strong.

Yet they still cannot break the Spirit Shield.

Four Soul‑eating Insect Guards have their Spiritual Power fully merged.

With Spiritual Power up to 800,000, the Spirit Shield's hardness exceeds imagination.

The Undead Legion bombarded in endless waves, yet it remained steadfast.

Jiang Chen understood clearly.

The Soul‑Eating Insect King is a Lord‑level BOSS cultivated by the Soul‑eating Insect Mother before him.

The Soul‑Eating Insect King, a subordinate of the Mother, absorbs soul fragments from the outside to nourish the entire Secret Realm.

Pure, untainted Soul Energy flows through the Secret Realm, all controlled by the Soul‑eating Insect Mother.

The whole Secret Realm supplies energy to the Soul‑eating Insect Mother.

And the Mother, in turn, provides energy to the four Soul‑eating Insect Guards.

To break the Spirit Shield is to clash with the energy of the entire Secret Realm.

Hard, extremely hard!

It's unknown whether anyone has slain the Soul‑eating Insect Mother over countless years.

After all, even a professional team of over 60 levels may not be able to break such defense.

To breach it, at least a large team is required.

A six‑person squad, a twelve‑person squad, are both insufficient.

But today, Jiang Chen thinks

to kill it.

Wuwu.

A sobbing, weeping sound rang again.

The Skeletons were wounded again.

Skeletons on the Shield fell like raindrops, thumping onto the ground.

They quickly scrambled up again and leapt back.

They fear neither life nor death, unafraid of pain.

Skeleton Mages' skills were interrupted for a moment, then resumed.

Soul Attack interrupts skills very effectively.

Jiang Chen uses Soul Burn to interrupt enemy skills, repeatedly successful.

He didn't expect this situation to fall upon his own Skeletons.

The Lich General continues using Legion Healing.

The Soul‑eating Insect Mother's Soul Explosion is powerful, but its cooldown is long—over ten seconds per cast—so the Lich General can fully heal.

Both sides fell into a stalemate.

Jiang Chen ponders how to deal with it, how to break the opponent's Spirit Shield.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother also has the same thought.

Hundreds of compound eyes on its body stare at Jiang Chen, filled with hatred.

The Soul-Eating Insect King died at Jiang Chen's hands, and it knows.

A few seconds later, its whole body erupts with deep blue light.

At the same time, the Bone Armor's radiance flares intensely, and Jiang Chen is startled, realizing he has been attacked.

Silently, he is attacked.

Moreover, the attack is extremely powerful; the Bone Armor's glow can reach this level only when it was attacked by the Flame Demon King.

Soul attacks are like this: silent, eerie and powerful.

Jiang Chen quickly adds another layer of Bone Armor to himself.

At this magnitude, the Bone Armor can endure at most two hits.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother finds the attack ineffective and switches its target.

A few seconds later, a Skeleton Warrior silently falls from the shield.

Death!

The Skeleton Warrior actually died!

The Lich General relays the information back: a Skeleton Warrior has died.

The cause of death is the soul being frozen.

The Skeleton Warrior's soul fire has been extinguished, and a pale blue chill light covers its head.

Aside from that, its body bears no other injuries.

The group attack turned into a single-target attack, becoming more concealed and more powerful.

It can even instantly kill a Skeleton Warrior.

"It must be its skill, Soul Frost!"

Jiang Chen recalls the information returned by the Detection Technique.

Soul Frost, powerful, froze the Skeleton Warrior's soul fire.

A new Skeleton Warrior appears nearby, filling the vacancy in the Undead Legion.

During the earlier battle with the Soul-Eating Insect King, more than ten Skeleton Warriors were lost, and they were all replenished afterward.

Jiang Chen's own Summon Queue has now become a reserve for the Undead Legion.

The blue light on the Soul-Eating Insect Mother continues to flicker.

Ten seconds later, another Skeleton Warrior dies.

The soul fire is extinguished; the death is silent.

Soul attacks are hard to defend against.

Jiang Chen continues to pull Skeleton Warriors from the Summon Queue to replenish them.

Every ten seconds, a Skeleton Warrior dies.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother seems determined to engage Jiang Chen in a war of attrition.

Throughout the Secret Realm, soul energy flows slowly.

This is soul energy accumulated over an unknown number of years.

Jiang Chen attempts to use Soul Burn.

The Spirit Shield is strong; it cannot be penetrated to lock onto a target.

Not only Soul Burn, but Damage Curse is also blocked outside.

The Spirit Shield is the toughest Turtle Shell Jiang Chen has ever seen; it's too hard.

Skeleton Warriors are being point‑killed one after another.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother can attack Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen cannot injure it.

If this continues, not

a solution.

The Spirit Shield still ripples with water patterns, unmoving.

All attacks are shared by four Soul-Eating Insect Guards.

In the Secret Realm, soul energy flows endlessly, and the Soul-Eating Insect Guards don't care about the consumption.

A hint of mockery seems to emanate from their eyes, despising Jiang Chen.

"Skeleton Mage, focus your attack!"

When Jiang Chen's thought moves, the Lich General simultaneously executes the command.

The Skeleton Mage simultaneously begins attacking a single spot.

Thousands of spells fall simultaneously on the same area.

The Spirit Shield instantly undergoes a new change.

It originally only raised ripples.

Now the attacked spot experiences a slight distortion.

The Spirit Shield develops a dent.

Effective!

Jiang Chen's eyes brighten; a change is good, indicating the idea worked.

Then continue, push harder.

Perhaps this is the breakthrough.

The Skeleton Mage continues the attack.

Skeleton Warrior also rushed to join the attack, intensifying the assault on this area.

But gradually, Jiang Chen noticed something was off.

At first a slight distortion and dent appeared, and then no further change occurred.

After fighting for a few minutes, it was still only a faint distortion, a faint dent.

The Spirit Shield remained steadfast.

During that time another twenty Skeleton Warriors were point‑killed.

Jiang Chen saw blatant mockery in the Soul-Eating Insect Mother's eyes.

It seemed this method was useless.

The Spirit Shield was too solid; ordinary attacks were ineffective.

If he were to give up and retreat now, Jiang Chen would feel unwilling.

Energy flowed within the Secret Realm, and the Entrance twisted and vanished.

The Secret Realm closed again, becoming an enclosed space.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother sealed the Secret Realm, not intending to let Jiang Chen escape.

Jiang Chen felt the high‑grade escape talisman in his pocket.

Even when sealed, the Secret Realm cannot confine.

He, should not be in mortal danger.

"Since that's the case, let's try again!"

Jiang Chen thought to himself, then stepped forward to the shield.

His fingertip touched the shield.

Skill: Bone Fang!

White Light flickered at his fingertip, and the shield in this area instantly dented inward.

Bone Fang has extremely strong penetration; even the Dragon Race Professionals' Scale Armor cannot block it.

Now, Level 30 Bone Fang, a total of 1,200 points, erupt simultaneously at a fingertip‑sized spot.

Its attack power may not be stronger than the Skeleton Mage's skill.

But its penetration completely surpasses the Skeleton Mage's.

The shield formed a needle‑shaped dent, sinking more than half a meter deep.

Yet the shield remained solid, still holding without breaking.

Jiang Chen continuously unleashed Bone Fang, releasing ten rounds in one breath.

White Light was dazzling.

The two stalemated, and the shield still showed no sign of damage.

He stopped the skill; the White Light burst away, and the shield instantly returned to normal.

Ineffective, still ineffective!

Bone Fang also cannot pierce the shield.

Jiang Chen pressed against the shield, and suddenly sensed a soul's presence within.

His eyes lit up instantly; he had an idea.

The shield contains a massive amount of Soul Energy, and also the will of the Soul-Eating Insect Guard, so...

Soul Burn blazed fiercely in his palm.

The previously unbreakable shield was instantly ignited.

A shield made of soul and spirit is indeed most vulnerable to Soul Burn that can scorch souls.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother immediately showed a panicked expression.

It suddenly launched a fierce attack at Jiang Chen, trying to stop him.

Skill: Soul Frost!

Bone Armor burst dazzling White Light, firmly blocking his attack.

Jiang Chen kept Soul Burn with his right hand, while his left hand pressed down to

re‑equip himself with Bone Armor.

The Soul-Eating Insect Mother attacked Jiang Chen repeatedly, each time blocked solidly by Bone Armor.

The Soul-Eating Insect Guard also let out a frantic roar, continuously strengthening the shield.

Soul Energy poured in endlessly, attempting to stall time.

After Soul Burn burned for a full minute, it finally carved a hole.

Jiang Chen's mouth twitched upward; he finally locked on.

His earlier efforts had finally not been in vain.