Chapter 87: Execution

At this moment, the Giant Lizard Beast had already crushed all those Skeleton Soldiers under its feet. It charged into the group of Skeleton Mages, lowered its head, and bit a Skeleton Mage’s arm, tearing at it constantly. Behind it, the Skeleton War General leaped up, its greatsword stabbing hard into the Giant Lizard Beast’s spine, shaving off several of the bone spikes on its back.

The Giant Lizard Beast roared madly in pain as its Health Points dropped to 30%. That strike from the Skeleton War General had actually dealt nearly five hundred points of damage.

A faint red glow appeared on the Giant Lizard Beast’s body. Its form suddenly swelled in size as it charged forward, directly crushing a Skeleton Mage. Its body twisted violently while its tail whipped repeatedly against its own back.

The Skeleton War General pulled out its greatsword and flipped down from the Giant Lizard Beast’s back. Mid-air, it swung its greatsword horizontally to block an attack from the Giant Lizard Beast’s tail. However, the immense force still sent the Skeleton War General flying over ten meters away like a baseball.

The Giant Lizard Beast continued pouncing toward the Skeleton War General. Now its attention was completely drawn by the Skeleton War General; even the attacks from the Skeleton Mages behind it failed to capture its notice.

“Commander, the death energy within us is almost depleted. We only have enough for one last round of attacks,” a Skeleton Mage said suddenly, its Soul Flame flickering.

“Preserve the energy of three Mages. The rest will expend all their death energy and then retreat to recover,” the Skeleton War General commanded while swinging its greatsword and engaging the Giant Lizard Beast in combat.

“As you command, Commander!”

Three Skeleton Mages quietly stepped back, distancing themselves from the battlefield. The remaining Skeleton Mages began chanting, gathering their final death energy to unleash one last wave of spell attacks.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This time, the Skeleton Mages cast high-powered undead spells.

Soul Rend, Shadow Orb, Deathly Chill Wind…

A series of spells was hurled at the Giant Lizard Beast.

By now, the Giant Lizard Beast had entered a frenzied state, its overall defense and resistance greatly reduced. Surprisingly, half of this wave of spell attacks took effect.

Seeing this, the Skeleton War General felt a slight regret. If it had known, it would have saved all the Mages’ spells for this moment. Perhaps relying on spells alone could have taken down this Three-Star Elite.

The Giant Lizard Beast howled fiercely. It felt its life fading rapidly; its Strength began to decline slowly. Its claws grew weak, its head felt heavy, and the skeleton wielding the greatsword before its eyes was irritating, yet it couldn’t manage to crush it underfoot.

Pfft~

Another cloud of poisonous mist spewed from the Giant Lizard Beast’s mouth. The Skeleton War General failed to dodge in time, and half its body was caught in the toxic fog.

As the Giant Lizard Beast weakened, the potency of its poisonous mist also decreased significantly. The mist clung to the Skeleton War General’s bones, emitting only a sizzling corrosion sound and releasing faint white vapor. A light gray film covered the surface of the Skeleton War General’s bones. Although it took damage, it didn’t impede the Skeleton War General’s movements.

“Your life is nearing its end, but the end of life is not the finale. Embrace the darkness, and you shall gain eternal life,” the Skeleton War General said coldly, its words carrying a faint chill.

The Giant Lizard Beast’s frenzied state was about to end. Its Health Points had dropped to 10%. Its skin had rotted away, revealing mangled flesh oozing foul-smelling pus. In some places, bones were even exposed, stark white and terrifying.

The Skeleton War General was confident of victory. Some of the crushed Skeleton Soldiers, whose heads remained intact with undamaged Soul Flames, were slowly gathering bones to reassemble their bodies.

The Skeleton Mages suffered the least losses, with eight remaining. However, only three Mages still retained energy for one spell; the other Skeleton Mages had exhausted their undead energy. Now, they were even weaker than Skeleton Soldiers, hiding to the side and recovering their energy.

Xu Feng decided not to wait any longer. Once the Skeleton War General killed the Giant Lizard Beast and turned it into an Undead Creature, even if its power slightly declined, it would still be more than Xu Feng could handle.

Using the surrounding bushes as cover, Xu Feng moved stealthily behind the Skeleton War General.

Swift Wind Thrust!

The sword guided his movement as he thrust toward the Skeleton War General’s head.

Xu Feng’s skills were still incomplete. He only knew one basic sword technique, one Swift Wind Thrust skill, one set of Drizzle Sword Technique, plus the two skills that came with the Page of Protection. He lacked suitable movement techniques or internal energy methods.

For now, he could only rely on the Swift Wind Thrust skill to slightly increase his speed.

“Foolish human, I can smell the scent of a living being from three hundred meters away,” the Skeleton War General said, turning and swinging its greatsword to block Xu Feng’s first strike.

However, what it didn’t expect was that Xu Feng’s second sword thrust was even faster than the first.

Clink~

The longsword struck the Skeleton War General’s forehead, producing a crisp sound.

The Skeleton War General was also a Three-Star monster. Its skull had become crystalline and jade-like, with astonishing defensive power.

Yet, this strike left a small dent on the Skeleton War General’s forehead, with fine cracks spreading outward from it.

The Skeleton War General’s Soul Flame wavered violently.

“How is this possible~”

Clink~

Another crisp sound rang out. This time, the Skeleton War General didn’t even see clearly how its opponent had executed the thrust.

A hole the size of a finger appeared in the Skeleton War General’s forehead, as if a third eye socket had formed there.

Through this hole, one could already see the purple Soul Flame burning fiercely inside the Skeleton War General’s skull.

“Die!” Xu Feng said in a low voice.

Boom~

An explosion sounded from within the Skeleton War General’s skull. Its jade-like skull directly shattered into three or four palm-sized fragments that flew in all directions.

A cluster of purple Soul Flame floated in mid-air, burning slowly.

“Who are you, really?”

A voice transmitted through mental energy reached Xu Feng’s mind—it was from the Skeleton War General’s Soul Flame.

“An Earthling who kills Alien Invaders like you!” Xu Feng sent back a message before swinging his sword to slash at the purple flame.

With one strike, the Soul Flame was shattered into several smaller flames that drifted away, gradually burning out until they vanished completely.

“Roar~”

Seeing the Skeleton War General die, the Giant Lizard Beast actually let out a pleased roar, its eyes filled with the joy of revenge.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three balls of death energy flew toward Xu Feng.

Absolute Defense!

A faint golden light enveloped Xu Feng. The three death energy balls collided with this golden protective shield and immediately exploded, causing him no harm at all.

Xu Feng gripped his longsword and charged toward the Skeleton Mages.

Without their death energy, the Skeleton Mages were even weaker than ordinary Skeleton Soldiers. Within a dozen seconds, all the Skeleton Mages had their Soul Flames shattered by Xu Feng, returning them to the embrace of death.

“Now, only you remain,” Xu Feng said, tightening his grip on the longsword as he walked toward the Giant Lizard Beast.