Chapter 545: Mysterious Ancient Era, Legendary Skill Stone

A speck of green light exploded in the sky.

The poisonous lich's toxic starburst overlapped doubly, dealing considerable damage to the puppets each second.

The ice lich applied a slowing effect to the puppets, and with an aging Curse, the puppets' speed was greatly reduced.

The storm lich boosted the Undead Legion's speed, and as one side weakened while the other grew, the undead's speed advantage quickly manifested.

Thunder roared continuously in the sky, and successive bolts of Lightning struck the puppets, inflicting a paralyzing effect.

The puppets' comprehension of Skill has reached the level of a Divine-level Strongman, but their strength is slightly weaker.

Jiang Chen dared not be careless and gave them the highest‑grade treatment.

Except for the Primordial Rune and the elemental lich's self‑detonation, everything else was employed.

The puppets that had just broken the encirclement fell again into the Undead Legion's heavy siege.

At this moment, the third statue awakened—it was a Knight puppet.

It seemed to sense the danger of the first two puppets, and the third statue revived.

A Shield flew into the sky, rapidly expanding aloft, intending to disperse Skeletons and rescue the two surrounded puppets.

"I've been waiting!"

Having taken a loss once, Jiang Chen could never suffer a second.

He had long prepared; when the third puppet revived, the pre‑prepared Undead Legion had already acted.

Elemental Explosion targeted the Shield, bombarding it continuously.

In almost an instant, it exploded over five thousand times.

It forcefully blew the Shield away.

The Skeleton Sharpshooter's arrows all aimed at the third Knight puppet.

The Knight puppet reacted swiftly, brandishing its Long Spear, attempting to block the arrows.

However, the Skeleton Sharpshooter's arrows were extremely fast and astonishingly powerful.

Although the Long Spear deflected some arrows, several still pierced the Knight puppet's defense, striking vital points.

The dual assault of Poison and Lightning slowed the Knight puppet's movements.

The Undead Legion seized the opportunity and launched a full‑scale attack.

Flame, frost, Poison, and Lightning—attacks of the Four Elements intertwined, forming an Elemental Storm.

Under the ferocious assault, the Knight puppet gradually could not hold.

Meanwhile, the earlier Archer puppet and Swordsman puppet also appeared precarious under the Undead Legion's siege.

Jiang Chen saw this and knew he could give them no further respite.

"Full assault—make sure to crush them completely!"

Under Jiang Chen's command, the Undead Legion went all out, their attacks becoming even more ferocious.

The puppets were powerful, yet under the Undead Legion's siege they ultimately could not prevail and fell one by one.

Jiang Chen stood at the battlefield's center, his gaze steadfast.

Although these puppets were immensely powerful, he still triumphed over them with wisdom and courage.

"It seems the next stage will only become harder."

Jiang Chen steadied his mind and pressed onward.

In an instant, ten thousand arrows were released.

The Sharpshooter's arrows, bearing Lightning, rained down on the Knight puppet.

The Knight puppet was riddled with arrows, and more continued to fly in.

It let out a roar, its aura surging, blasting all the arrows from its body while also deflecting more incoming arrows.

It reached out, withdrew the Shield in one motion, then rose into the air, charging at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "So you know how to kill a Summoner!"

These puppets understand support, know to capture the king before the thief; their creator is truly formidable.

Jiang Chen compared in his mind; he knew Li Xueru also makes puppets, but they are far weaker than the ones before him.

Let alone producing Level 80 puppets with near Divine Level power.

Even creating Level 70 puppets would be impossible.

In this respect, the previous era was far stronger than their current one.

Jiang Chen truly wished he could take one of the puppets back for thorough study.

But he also knew that was impossible.

A massive Fireball appeared in the sky.

The Fireball, over a hundred meters in diameter, hung aloft like a blazing inferno.

At an unknown moment, another puppet revived.

This time it was a Mage.

The huge Fireball fell from the sky, and Jiang Chen was not frightened at all.

He forced the Undead Legion to endure the Fireball's assault.

At this point the Archer and Swordsman puppets were at the end of their strength, a wound to ten fingers worse than cutting off an arm.

First, eliminate them.

The Fireball exploded in the sky, dazzlingly brilliant, filling Jiang Chen's sight with flames.

At the same time, the sound of puppets shattering rang out.

Jiang Chen felt a surge of joy, knowing the two puppets had been dealt with.

He closed his eyes and shifted his perspective to the Skeleton.

The skeletons didn't care about the flames; they lunged toward the mage.

Perhaps sensing that the puppet archer and swordsman had been eliminated, the remaining eight statues behind them awakened simultaneously.

Two beams of holy, radiant light descended from the sky, landing precisely on the shattered remains of the destroyed puppet archer and swordsman.

The fragments rapidly reassembled before Jiang Chen, and the puppet archer and swordsman, clearly dead, miraculously revived!

Jiang Chen was stunned!

"Revived?"

"This really is a resurrection skill!"

Jiang Chen's gaze pierced the layers of mist toward the road's end, where two puppets clad in healer robes stood silently.

The skill they wielded truly reawakened the previously fallen puppet archer and swordsman.

A look of disbelief flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes: "This resurrection skill truly exists in the world!"

"It is a legendary skill from the previous era, now lost to history."

"I never expected that in the previous era, practitioners could truly wield such potent resurrection power."

An indescribable excitement surged within Jiang Chen; he yearned to master this skill.

But he understood that it was a dream far beyond his reach.

With all the puppets revived, twelve puppets formed an invincible formation.

Two Knights charged at the front, two swordsmen slashed like wind, two archers rained arrows, three mages controlled the elements, two healers provided constant cure, and a support puppet continuously buffed the team.

Surrounded by the Undead Legion, the team moved as if through an uninhabited realm.

No matter how the Undead Legion attacked, they could not breach its defense.

They wielded their skills, repelling the skeletons time after time.

The support puppet further bestowed a powerful buff on the team, greatly enhancing all puppets' attributes.

Although the Undead Legion was numerous, its combat power could not compare with that of this puppet squad.

The Knight Puppet led the formation like a sharp arrow, pointing straight at Jiang Chen.

The Undead Legion gave its all to block them, yet before this puppet force it seemed powerless.

Jiang Chen remained unflustered; he knew this could not be a lasting strategy.

To break the stalemate, he must wield the power of the Primordial Rune, or force the Elemental Lich to self‑destruct.

Without hesitation, a faint glow spread across the back of Jiang Chen's left hand.

The Strong Soldier skill erupted instantly.

Under the boost of the Strong Soldier skill, the Undead Legion's combat power surged more than tenfold in an instant.

Skeleton Berserkers swung their giant axes, frenziedly assaulting the puppets.

Each swing dealt massive damage to the puppets.

Meanwhile, the Skeleton Knights simultaneously activated a group Limit Defense skill.

Originally a Limit Defense skill, it now flowed over each puppet like water.

"Even Limit Defense can be used for others; it seems this is another lost skill from the previous era,"

The puppets' abilities once again astonished Jiang Chen.

In the previous era, every mystery he encountered left him in awe.

In this era, they have lost far too much of their former brilliance.

The mage puppet raised its staff high, its tip blazing with dazzling light, and a pale blue shield manifested on every puppet.

The shield's resilience seemed capable of repelling any attack, and such a powerful defensive skill could be applied to other puppets.

Jiang Chen was speechless, yet upon reflection found it only natural—his own Bone Armor could also be bestowed upon others, couldn't it?

So does this imply his own skills also stem from that distant era?

In that era, did a profession like his even exist?

Only with time's passage were these skills and knowledge buried in history's dust, until now they re‑emerged within him.

The coordination between the Knight Puppet and the mage was flawless; their combined defensive skill even repelled the Undead Legion's ferocious assault under the Strong Soldier state.

And the two healer puppets were astonishingly powerful, their abilities seeming miraculous, with healing comparable to the legendary Divine-level Healer.

Jiang Chen hadn't anticipated that even the Strong Soldier skill couldn't sway this puppet force.

"It seems we have no choice but to use that one move."

Jiang Chen retrieved the solidified Fire God Essence Blood from his storage, hesitated, then put it back.

"It's insufficient; though the solidified Fire God Essence Blood is powerful, it equals only a Pseudo‑God's strike and may not fully resolve the issue."

After careful deliberation, Jiang Chen finally took out the Venom God's Essence Blood.

Its power far surpasses that of the solidified Fire God Essence Blood; it represents the massive gap between a Pseudo‑God and a Level‑93 Divine Spirit.

The two cannot be compared at all.

At this point in the battle, Jiang Chen could no longer concern himself with much else.

Even if he unleashes the toxin in this Instance, he must still eliminate these puppets to claim final victory.

He is determined to secure the reward of this assessment.

The Toxic Lich, summoned by Jiang Chen, charged madly toward the puppet squad.

Just two seconds later, the sound of an eggshell shattering rang through the air.

A dense green light enveloped the entire puppet team; to prevent their escape, Jiang Chen even sacrificed a few Skeleton Berserkers as bait.

The toxin rapidly corroded the puppets' bodies, turning the once mighty puppets into fragments scattered across the ground.

When the damage reached their limit, their bodies crumbled and disintegrated like sand.

"Finally, it's done," Jiang Chen exhaled, a resolute gleam flashing in his eyes.

Jiang Chen gently clapped his hands, a faint satisfied smile tugging at his mouth; indeed this move was the most effective, successfully capturing those puppets in a single net.

He walked along the path, steady steps, to that familiar pavilion.

The same stone table, the same stone box; this time, Jiang Chen did not hesitate, walked straight into the pavilion, reached out and took the stone box.

He gently opened the stone box, and saw myriad specks of starlight instantly surge upward, dazzling, as if lighting the entire night sky.

Those starlights shone with enchanting radiance, and Jiang Chen whispered, "This must be the light of a Skill."

Jiang Chen had seen similar light before; it only appeared when he used a Skill Scroll with a flashing effect.

The appearance of these lights undoubtedly meant that the stone box contained some powerful Skill.

He felt as if something inside his body was being touched by this light, seemingly resonating with him.

Jiang Chen realized that the Jade, sparkling like stars, in the stone box must be closely linked to the Skill.

A legend suddenly flashed in his mind, an ancient legend about Skills, which he had happened upon in an old book from the Royal Secret Treasury.

He had thought it was just an unattainable legend, but didn't expect to find verification here today.

"It is said that in ancient times there was a divine artifact called the Skill Divine Stone, which possessed the power to seize the forces of heaven and earth, and could grant its holder a powerful Skill."

"Could this be the legendary Skill Divine Stone?" Jiang Chen's heart filled with excitement and anticipation.

He immediately released the Detection Technique, hoping to investigate.

The next moment, when the feedback from the Detection Technique entered Jiang Chen's mind, his whole body trembled with excitement.