Chapter 124: Not bad, now everything is mine!

【Crimson Bone Demon's Left Hand Bone】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: The Crimson Bone Demon's left hand bone possesses astonishing hardness, making it an excellent material for forging weapons and armor.

At the same time, this hand bone is also an excellent medium for casting necromancy and bone magic.

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"Whoa! Turns out my bones are this badass!"

Su Hao raised his eyebrows, feeling a sense of pride welling up inside him.

Eighteen days ago, he was just an ordinary person who had just been reborn; now, after eighteen days of effort, even a random bone on his body has become a Supernatural Second Rank item—this growth speed is terrifying! "Since my bones are an excellent medium for bone magic and necromancy, what special changes might the skeleton warriors summoned from my hand bones have?"

Thinking of this, Su Hao's face showed anticipation; he slightly moved his thoughts, mobilized his mental power, communicated with the depths of his soul, and activated the skill rune for summoning skeleton warriors.

The next moment.

On the ground appeared a huge black magic circle, black mist spreading out to envelop all the hand bones.

Furthermore, this black mist, as time passed, rapidly spread outward.

This lasted about ten seconds; as the ground's magic circle vanished, the black mist began to dissipate.

Five or six hundred skeleton warriors, each holding a black spear and towering in stature, stood on the ground, appearing before Su Hao's eyes.

These skeleton warriors stand nearly three meters tall, their entire bodies composed of thick, black bones; even a single hand bone in their arm is thicker than an ordinary adult's thigh.

Even the bone spears they hold are as thick as an adult's arm.

Inside their skulls burns a cluster of black soul fire, silently gazing at Su Hao, awaiting his command.

Compared to the five skeleton warriors Su Hao originally summoned, these five or six hundred newly summoned skeleton warriors are noticeably stronger.

"Could it be that these are all Supernatural Second Rank skeleton warriors?"

Su Hao stroked his chin and opened the information panel of one of the skeleton warriors.

【Skeleton Warrior】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Skill: Berserk Charge – Introduction: Possessing excellent strength and defense, moving rather slowly, and feeling no pain, these skeleton warriors have combat power surpassing most Supernatural Second Rank beings.

Skeleton warriors summoned via a special medium have a longer duration.

……

"They really are Supernatural Second Rank?!"

After reading the skeleton warrior's description, Su Hao couldn't help but exclaim.

He never expected that the skeleton warriors summoned from his own hand bones would actually reach Supernatural Second Rank.

Moreover, compared to the skeleton monsters summoned last time, the duration of this summoning is even longer.

Originally he merely thought of summoning a batch of skeleton warriors to fill numbers, with the Violent Demon Ox still being the main force this time.

As it turned out, summoning five or six hundred Supernatural Second Rank skeleton warriors made them the main force of this battle.

Even though these skeleton warriors have a single skill, they are still Supernatural Second Rank units; crushing Supernatural First Rank enemies poses no problem.

"Fall in!"

Su Hao lightly waved his right hand; under his command, twenty-four of the skeleton warriors walked to the side of the Violent Demon Ox, flipped onto its back, and took the front of the formation.

The remaining five hundred or more skeleton warriors stood neatly behind those twenty-four Violent Demon Oxen, making no sound.

Whether skeleton warriors or Violent Demon Oxen, they experience no emotional fluctuations, let alone fear; nothing can sway their thoughts except……

Su Hao's command! "Charge!"

Upon hearing Su Hao's command, the Violent Demon Ox let out a low roar, took the lead, carrying the skeleton warriors on its back, and charged forward.

The remaining skeleton warriors, the soul fire in their skulls flickering slightly, closely followed behind the Violent Demon Ox and launched a charge toward the pyramid.

At the same time.

A mechanical tower beside the pyramid detected the rapid approach of the Violent Demon Ox and skeleton warriors, emitting a sharp alarm.

"Warning! Warning! An unknown unit is rapidly approaching the T235 Experimental Base; based on their behavior, they are deemed enemies, and counterattacks are authorized!"

The next moment.

The robots originally patrolling around the pyramid momentarily stalled, their white eye lights turning red as they swiftly turned their heads to gaze at the charging skeleton warrior squad.

Without any verbal communication, these robots possess a special communication channel; in an instant, they had completed their battle deployment.

Supernatural First Rank Black Iron Robots converged from all directions to the front of the skeleton warriors' charge route, raising their massive shields and adopting a defensive stance.

At the same time.

Supernatural Second Rank Bronze Robots stood over a hundred meters behind the Black Iron Robots, lifted their Energy Laser Guns, aimed through the gaps between the Black Iron Robots, and targeted the skeleton warrior squad.

Once all the skeleton warriors entered within one kilometer of the pyramid.

All the Bronze Robots, at the same time, pulled the triggers on their weapons.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—! Blue beams as thick as an arm shot forth from the muzzles of the energy machine guns.

These energy beams travel at extreme speed; almost the instant Su Hao saw the muzzle's blue light flash, the beams had already crossed hundreds of meters, striking the skeleton warriors and piercing their bones.

A few unfortunate ones had their skulls struck by these blue beams, shattering the soul fire within their skulls.

For undead beings, the soul fire is like a human's heart and brain—the core of the body; once the soul fire is shattered, there is only death.

The same holds for skeleton warriors: when their soul fire is shattered, a thick black mist emanates from their bodies, enveloping their entire skeletal frames.

After the black mist dissipates, only a small pile of black powder remains, falling to the ground and scattering in the wind.

"Hiss! These laser guns are incredibly powerful!"

Watching the second-rank bronze robots' volley, which felled forty or fifty skeleton warriors, Su Hao couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Leaving aside these skeleton warriors' attack power, the hardness of their bones is even greater than that of many Supernatural Second Rank beings' defenses.

Even so, taking a volley from these laser guns leaves them with no resistance; the beams easily pierce through, showing just how formidable the Energy Laser Guns wielded by these second-rank bronze robots are.

Excellent! All of these are mine!

Su Hao grinned, then shouted at the assault squad ahead: "Skeleton Warriors, use Brutal Force Charge!"

Ferocious Demon Bulls, use Bull Rush!

Smash their formation for me, remember, don't break my laser gun!!!

The next moment.

All the skeleton warriors running on the ground stopped at once, gripping their spears with both hands and pulling them to their waists.

The soul fire within the skulls also blazed up at that moment.

After waiting about a second, all the skeleton warriors burst forth with astonishing speed, launching a charge forward.

On the other side, the 24 Ferocious Demon Bulls at the front of the herd had a Bull Rush that was somewhat stronger than the skeleton warriors' Brutal Force Charge.

Their eyes turned crimson, and the black mist swirling around their bodies surged rapidly.

Immediately after.

The Ferocious Demon Bulls' speed suddenly surged, instantly throwing the skeleton warriors behind them hundreds of meters back.

Even though the First Rank Black Iron Robots had already set up their defensive formation, raising their giant shields and fully activating them.

Yet under the Ferocious Demon Bulls' powerful charge, they had no ability to resist at all and were instantly flung away.

In contrast, the Ferocious Demon Bulls' speed hardly suffered, easily breaking through the Black Iron Robots' defensive line and reaching the front of the Second Rank Bronze Robots.

Although these Bronze Robots had reached Supernatural Grade Second Rank, in terms of defensive power they were not as strong as the Black Iron Robots wielding giant shields.

Even the Black Iron Robots couldn't withstand that charge, so the Bronze Robots stood no chance. Moreover, lacking shield defense, upon being hit by the Ferocious Demon Bulls their bodies instantly dented, severely deformed, and flew backward tens of meters.

At the same time, the skeleton warriors riding on the Ferocious Demon Bulls swung their spears, converting the kinetic energy from the bulls' high-speed impact into a strong striking force, precisely hitting the bronze robots' arms.

Even though the bronze robots' bodies were made of not-simple materials.

Yet when struck by that fierce spear thrust from the skeleton warrior, they had no resistance; the spear lightly pierced the arm, splitting it in two, which slammed heavily to the ground.

Along with that arm falling to the ground came their Energy Laser Guns.

The Ferocious Demon Bulls' Bull Rush plus the skeleton warriors' spear attacks—in just one charge, fifty or sixty bronze robots were either rendered combat‑ineffective.

Furthermore, these bronze robots were obviously units skilled at long‑range attack; once the Ferocious Demon Bulls and skeleton warriors closed in, their fate was sealed.

At the same time.

The five or six hundred skeleton warriors in the rear, after using Brutal Force Charge, gripped their spears over two meters long with both hands and slammed them hard into the black iron robots' shields.

No matter how you say it, these skeleton warriors are Supernatural Second Rank units, and with Brutal Force Charge their attack is likewise something the black iron robots cannot block.

Furthermore, the black iron robots' formation had already been scattered by the Ferocious Demon Bulls, invisibly weakening their defense a bit more.

Thus, under the skeleton warriors' charge, black iron robots were knocked flying one after another, their bodies slamming heavily to the ground.

Electric lights flickered on their bodies, as if some malfunction had occurred, making it hard for them to get up for a while.

Needless to say, the black iron robots' giant shields in their hands truly have high defense; a First Rank robot facing a frontal charge from a Second Rank skeleton warrior did not die on the spot!

If it were replaced by a Heavy Armor Goblin Warrior, a First Rank monster, its body would be smashed to pieces.

However, even if these black iron robots didn't die outright, they'd have no effect on the ensuing battle—just finish them off with another shot! In this way, the robot army so formidable that even Second Rank Supernatural beings would balk was easily defeated by Su Hao at the cost of losing only a few dozen skeleton warriors.

This isn't to say the robots are weak; it's just that Su Hao summoned too many, each individually too strong.

Who the hell would've thought a Second Rank Supernatural could summon five or six hundred Second Rank Supernatural Grade skeleton warriors all at once?

Plus there were 24 even stronger Ferocious Demon Bulls—absurd! The battle is over; now it's time to happily examine the loot.

In this battle, the bronze robots' Energy Laser Guns and the black iron robots' shields left Su Hao with a deep impression.

The blue beam fired from the Energy Laser Gun could easily pierce even the sturdy bones of a Second Rank skeleton warrior.

An attack that can so easily pierce a skeleton warrior's bones would likewise inflict massive damage on any other Second Rank Supernatural being.

The black iron robots' shields, when taking a skeleton warrior's Brutal Force Charge head‑on, only showed a white speck—enough to demonstrate their astonishing hardness.

Su Hao casually picked up a shield and applied Item Appraisal Technique to it.

【Standard·Energy Mechanical Shield】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: A mechanical shield made of black iron alloy, inherently possessing considerable hardness.

By consuming energy it can be fully activated, greatly increasing the shield's hardness and mitigating impact, enabling it to block most attacks from Second Rank Supernatural beings.

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"Whoa, this is actually a Second Rank Supernatural shield!"

Su Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, a look of surprise on his face.

He also hadn't expected that the shields used by these First Rank Supernatural black iron robots would actually reach Supernatural Grade Second Rank.

Know that there are six or seven hundred of these black iron robots, each equipped with such a Second Rank Supernatural shield.

That's ridiculously lavish! In other words, the ground around is littered with six or seven hundred of these Second Rank Supernatural Energy Mechanical Shields.

Moreover, these Energy Mechanical Shields are also energy weapons, which makes their usage requirements very low.

As long as sufficient energy crystals provide power, even an ordinary person can maximize the effect of an Energy Mechanical Shield.

Suffice it to say, merely equipping an Energy Mechanical Shield allows an ordinary person to block several attacks from First Rank Supernatural beings.

If one could also procure a matching weapon and armor, perhaps ordinary people could trade blows with First Rank Supernatural beings.

"The black iron robots' shields are Second Rank Supernatural items—what about this laser sword?"

Thinking this, Su Hao picked up a laser sword.

【Standard·Energy Laser Sword】

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

……

The good news is, these laser swords are also energy weapons; as long as there's enough energy, anyone can use them.

The bad news is, these laser swords have only a First Rank Supernatural Grade, and compared to the Energy Mechanical Shield, their overall effect is somewhat inferior.

For Su Hao, First Rank Supernatural weapons are not particularly useful.

Whether it's the Second Rank Skeleton Warriors summoned by Su Hao from his own bones,

or the Ferocious Demon Ox and Demon Flame Pumpkin Head forged from the hellish demon construct, their attack and defense are considerably stronger than many First Rank Supernatural equipment.

So, as long as it's not a First Rank Supernatural equipment with special functions, it's basically useless for Su Hao.

However……

"If we could take these laser swords and trade them with Divine Summer, they would probably like them."

Su Hao nodded slightly, letting the skeleton warriors equip the Energy Mechanical Shield on the spot, and also move the Energy Laser Swords and the corpses of the Black Iron Robots together in one place.

While the skeleton warriors were moving things, Su Hao went up to a Second Rank Bronze Robot and picked up the Energy Machine Gun that had fallen nearby.

In this battle, all casualties were caused by this kind of laser gun, and Su Hao's expectations for it grew even higher.

From the appraisal results of the Energy Mechanical Shield and Energy Laser Sword, Su Hao suspects that this laser gun is also a weapon that consumes energy and fires lasers.

Moreover, the laser fired by this gun is so powerful that it definitely isn't a First Rank weapon like the Energy Laser Sword; it is very likely a Second Rank Supernatural energy weapon.

If we could equip every skeleton warrior with a laser gun, they would have a powerful long-range attack capability.

【Standard Model·Energy Laser Gun】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: Consumes one Second Rank Supernatural energy bullet, firing a laser with strong penetration that can easily pierce the body of a Second Rank Supernatural being; ordinary Second Rank armor struggles to block the laser gun's shots.

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"Second Rank energy bullets? That's a bit troublesome……"

Su Hao frowned slightly; this energy laser gun is indeed as he expected, a Second Rank weapon that fires powerful projectiles by consuming energy.

However, the troublesome part is that the energy machine gun wants to fire that kind of powerful laser that can easily pierce skeleton warriors.

The energy consumed is not energy crystals, but a Second Rank energy bullet.

Once the energy bullets are used up, these energy laser guns are merely slightly higher-grade fire sticks.

The good news is, in the recent battle, these Second Rank Bronze Robots, after just firing a single round, were completely wiped out by 24 Ferocious Demon Oxen accompanied by 24 skeleton warriors.

So, the magazines of these Second Rank laser guns still contain plenty of bullets, enough to fire dozens of shots.

Furthermore, each Second Rank Bronze Robot has two spare magazines; with these energy bullets, Su Hao should have enough to fully explore this Pyramid.

If luck is on his side, perhaps within this Pyramid he could also obtain a device for manufacturing energy bullets.

Afterward, Su Hao had the skeleton warriors take off these energy laser guns and the spare magazines from the Bronze Robots, and equip them on themselves.

And have them move the corpses of the Bronze Robots over to the Black Iron Robots' side.

After the skeleton warriors had moved both the left and right Bronze and Black Iron Robots together, Su Hao applied the Item Refining Technique to each corpse one by one.

These are all First and Second Rank robot corpses; they must not be wasted.

Five thousand words, and another five thousand this afternoon.

(End of Chapter)