Chapter 31 Skeleton Soldiers
The skeletons with ghostly lights flickering in their eye sockets, moving forward step by step, made Zhou Xu's eyelids twitch.
Although things like 'old gods', 'teleportation arrays', 'mantras' and 'big spiders' were all telling him that this was not an ordinary world.
But no matter which one, the impact brought to him by the dozen or so skeletons in front of him was not as great!
If we say that in a relatively normal primitive world, the threats at most come from natural disasters and man-made disasters within the scope of common sense, or some prehistoric beasts.
But once it becomes a magical world, the unpredictable factors suddenly become too many.
For example, these skeletons in front of us.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu subconsciously glanced at Dashan and the others beside him.
At this moment, Dashan and the others were looking at the dozen or so skeletons in the distance with stiff expressions, as if they couldn't believe their eyes.
"Dashan, is this also the power of mantra?"
In response to the question, Dashan nodded vigorously.
"I'm afraid so. I've heard from the elders in the tribe that there are some mantras that can control skeletons, but I've never seen it with my own eyes!"
Now it seems that the power of mantra does not appear very often in Dashan and his world.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Xu calmed himself down, threw away all useless thoughts, and focused all his energy on the battle in front of him.
[Whether the other side has discovered us or not, judging from the current situation, they should be using these dozen skeletons to explore the way. ]
“Tsk!”
When he thought of this, Zhou Xu couldn't help but make an unhappy sound.
Needless to say, the other party's arrangement disrupted his original plan right from the start.
The skeletons were not advancing very fast. During this process, Fei Que and others, who were carrying stone bullets from the cave on the other side of the ground, had arrived later, giving Zhou Xu a lot of confidence.
[Anyway, let's try these skeletons first and get some information! ]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu gave the order in a deep voice.
"Dashan, you take five men and stand by. Listen to my orders and be ready to charge at any time. Now, slingers, get ready!"
After receiving the order, the slingers loaded with stones quickly spun the slings in their hands, making a dull "whoosh" sound.
Just wait for those skeleton soldiers to step into their attack range...
"Target! The skeleton on the opposite side, shoot!!"
Following Zhou Xu's order, a round of stone bombs were thrown and hit the skeleton soldiers who were advancing towards them, knocking them to the ground.
One of the skeletons had its head smashed off and fell to the ground, rolling around like a ball, with its mouth opening and closing with a clicking sound, as if it was twitching.
But the headless entity did not stop moving. The headless skeleton continued to move forward, swaying from side to side.
This strange scene was somewhat within Zhou Xu's expectations.
After all, the skeleton soldiers have appeared, so how could it be so strange that the skeletons could walk without heads? During this process, Zhou Xuyou relied on the power of the "Eye of Insight" to observe the movements of the other side.
Once they took action, they would be exposing their existence. However, the guys on the opposite side were all hiding behind the shield wall, so Zhou Xu could hardly see them and had no idea what was going on.
At the same time, the skeleton soldiers move slowly, which greatly relieves the pressure on the slingers and gives them enough time to output.
A few rounds of stone bombs were thrown, which directly smashed the skeleton soldiers into pieces, giving them a boost of confidence.
"This thing only looks scary, but it's not very durable!"
I don’t know if it was because he was scared by these skeletons before, but in order to calm down his emotions, one of the slingers let out a long breath, then laughed and joked.
However, he did express the thoughts of most tribal members at this moment.
However, just as he finished speaking, the bones scattered on the ground in the distance suddenly changed.
As if being pulled by some invisible force, the skeletons that were defeated by the slingers' stones were quickly reorganized, and with a "crackling" sound, they returned to their original state.
This scene made the tribe member who couldn't help but make fun of it just now freeze in his place instantly.
“How, how could this happen?!”
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu cried out "Oops" in his heart and spoke quickly, interrupting everyone's thoughts.
"Why are you panicking? They are just a pile of broken bones. Such fragile skeletons cannot withstand a single blow! No matter how many times they stand up, we can easily knock them down! Keep attacking!!"
After experiencing the baptism of the giant spider, Zhou Xu's existence is now like a stabilizing force for the tribal members. Just standing there makes everyone feel at ease.
"The leader is right! It's useless to stand up for these broken bones no matter how many times! Beat them down!"
"Defeat them!!"
In just a few words, the morale of the tribesmen was boosted again, and they changed from their previous tension to a state of obvious excitement.
On the surface, Zhou Xu maintained the composure that a leader should have, so as not to make the tribal members under him panic, but he was not optimistic in his heart.
His timely interruption prevented the tribe members from realizing a problem.
That is consumption! The scattered skeletons can regroup and continue to attack, which means that the opponent can continuously consume them through this method.
Of course, Zhou Xu blindly guessed that if the opponent wanted to keep pulling up the skeletons like this, there would definitely be consumption problems on their own, and it would be impossible to pull them up indefinitely.
Now Zhou Xu was just glad that he had been cautious enough before and did not choose to save stone bullets. He waited for the opponent's skeleton to walk into the black forest and then destroyed it with melee weapons.
Otherwise, at this moment, the skeleton soldiers who stood up again would appear directly in the black woods and disrupt their formation!
But the situation is still not optimistic, because through this incident, he has completely figured out the opponent's tactics.
That is to set up a shield formation and defend yourself, and then use the skeleton soldiers that can be pulled up repeatedly to continuously consume them. This can be said to be a very typical attrition tactic.
This is undoubtedly an area where the opponent excels. If they follow the opponent's rhythm and fight a war of attrition, it would not be a wise decision no matter how you think about it.
"Big mountain!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu made a gesture towards the mountain.
Dashan immediately understood, and rushed out with his five brothers, bypassing the front battlefield and quickly approaching the enemy formation from the flank!
(End of this chapter)
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