The cliff here was at least twenty meters high, and any ordinary skeleton soldier jumping down would be crippled if not destroyed.
However, with Chen Xu here, it wasn't a problem.
His Transcendent-level mental power could already cover a radius of one kilometer, and as long as his mental power reached an area, he could summon skeleton soldiers directly from the Necrotic Space.
These new abilities were things Chen Xu had slowly figured out after advancing to a Necrotic Lord. The class holder interface provided by the world consciousness only showed the most basic information, leaving the deeper mechanics for humans to discover themselves.
This was the background against which the various high schools and the Three Great Academies of Daxia were established.
Daxia Academy and the Heavenly Crafts Academy researched classes, skills, equipment, and items, while the Daxia Military Academy took that research data into dungeons for practical application. They would then feed the results back to the researchers, and finally, the verified findings would be taught to the general population of class holders through the various high schools.
In addition to direct summoning within his mental range, Chen Xu had also developed something else: Space Permission Tokens.
By spending a bit of mental power and using armor fragments scavenged from the Ancient Battlefield, he could engrave his own mental imprint and the user's mental imprint onto them. This created a teleportation charm that allowed free entry into the Necrotic Space.
Chen Xu had crafted two of them and given them to Bone Guard One and Bone Guard Two so they could return to the Necrotic Space at any time.
"Bone Guard Two, return to the Necrotic Space."
Next, Chen Xu recalled Bone Guard One and the surrounding skeleton soldiers into the Necrotic Space as well.
Then, he summoned Bone Guard One and his commanded unit directly at the foot of the cliff.
"Gah!"
The nearby goblins immediately noticed the skeleton army. Bone Guard One once again transformed into a skeleton juggernaut, charging straight into the center of the goblin settlement.
Wooden walls and houses in the camp were instantly smashed to pieces, and any goblins in his path met a gruesome fate.
Once Bone Guard One had drawn the goblins' attention, Chen Xu summoned tens of thousands of skeleton soldiers at the base of the cliff.
At this moment, Chen Xu looked like the true invader of the dungeon, as a never-ending stream of skeletons surged into the camp, striking at every single goblin.
Finally, Bone Guard Two was summoned. He stood at the top of the cliff with Chen Xu, overlooking the chaos below.
Bone Guard Two's skills allowed him to perceive surrounding enemies in advance, making it easier for Chen Xu to flash back into the Necrotic Space if needed.
Judging by the current situation, there was no need for Bone Guard Two to join the fray. He stayed by Chen Xu's side as a bodyguard while gaining experience points passively.
A full day had passed since they entered the dungeon.
【Raise Skeleton (Level 21): Summon a skeleton. If a corpse is used for the summon, gain extra bonuses based on the quality of the remains.】
【Skeleton Hero: Bone Guard One (Level 12)】
【Skills: Command, Hold Fast, Shield Bash, Vanguard's Courage, Gaze of Fear, Blood-Bathed Body】
【Command (Level 12): The skeleton hero can lead 12,000 skeleton soldiers and slightly enhance their attributes. Simultaneously, the skeleton hero gains attribute boosts based on the number of soldiers under his command.】
【Hold Fast (Level 12): During stationary combat, the skeleton hero and nearby skeleton soldiers gain additional defense attributes.】
【Shield Bash (Level 12): Strikes a target with a shield. Guaranteed to cause a stun when used against units smaller or lower-leveled than the skeleton hero.】
【Vanguard's Courage (Level 9): Spreads an aura that grants commanded soldiers extra speed and defense. While charging toward enemies, their pace cannot be halted by non-lethal wounds.】
【Gaze of Fear (Level 4): Unwilling souls cling to the shield, representing the ultimate dread of the living. Raising the shield and activating the souls strikes fear into enemies ahead.】
【Blood-Bathed Body (Level 4): Blood is the source of power for the living. Bathing in that power strengthens the skeletal frame.】
【Skeleton Hero: Bone Guard Two (Level 3)】
【Skills: Soul Hunt, Soul-Sealing Spear, Soul-Piercing Throw】
【Soul Hunt (Level 3): The skeleton hero can perceive the souls of the living over a wide area and lock onto them. Locked souls cannot dodge the skeleton hero's attacks.】
【Soul-Sealing Spear (Level 3): The spear briefly seals the target's mental power upon dealing damage. If the spear remains lodged in the enemy's body, the sealing effect is increased.】
【Soul-Piercing Throw (Level 3): A secret technique of ancient necromancy. Throws a spear that cannot be blocked by physical matter. If the target's mental power is lower than the skeleton hero's upon impact, they will be consumed by the spear.】
Raise Skeleton had reached level 21 and Bone Guard One had reached level 12. Bone Guard Two was only level 3 because he had spent most of his time scouting, only killing a few goblins in self-defense when discovered.
Consequently, 【996】 likely judged that Bone Guard Two was slacking off, while Bone Guard One was a hardworking employee.
It wasn't that Bone Guard Two was intentionally avoiding combat, but at level 3, even as a hero unit, he probably couldn't even beat a regular skeleton soldier.
If a skeleton hero unit died, they could be resurrected, but it took time—at least seven days.
【Dungeon Clearance Progress: 1%】
【Dungeon Clearance reached the first stage. Unlocking dungeon name: Green Calamity.】
"Green Calamity? Is it because of these goblins?"
The system panel that suddenly popped up revealed the name of this dungeon.
Dungeon clearance progress provided notifications at 1%, 10%, 30%, 50%, and 100%.
The first four were informational updates, while 100% provided the completion rewards.
Academy research suggested that clearance progress represented the actions taken by class holders within the dungeon to help the world consciousness suppress the dungeon's own consciousness. By absorbing the essence of the dungeon world, the world consciousness could then relay information back to the class holder.
However, this information wasn't always accurate. There had been cases where a dungeon's consciousness intentionally sacrificed part of its essence to mislead the world consciousness, giving class holders false information and causing the raid to fail.
Therefore, class holders knew to be extremely cautious whenever they encountered a dungeon with a strange name.
"I've killed over a hundred thousand goblins, and the progress is only at 1%? Are there tens of millions of them in total? At this scale, there might actually be a goblin king."
Thinking of this, Chen Xu became a bit uncertain.
He was confident against ordinary goblins, specialized variants, or even higher-tier ones like goblin priests or goblin chieftains, but a goblin king was a legendary monster.
While Chen Xu hadn't paid much attention in class and didn't know the full list of legendary monsters, he remembered the threshold values.
A legendary monster, even the weakest among them, was comparable to a level 50 class holder who was fully equipped with high-tier skills and gear. According to what he had learned from Teacher Xia, class holders at that level possessed Transcendent-level attributes.
"Whatever, I'll take it one step at a time. I hope Senior Tang isn't some undercover cultist who gave me a false dungeon rank just to kill off a human genius."
Though it was a bit rude to complain about someone behind their back, it felt inhumane to expect a newcomer who hadn't even undergone their first rank advancement to solo a legendary monster. Even in the early days of the Dungeon Era a hundred years ago, things weren't this brutal.
Boom!
"Goblins!!!"
In the distance, Bone Guard One's advance was halted. A goblin only a head shorter than Bone Guard One slammed a massive wooden club against his shield.
Behind this giant goblin stood an elderly-looking goblin holding a staff in his right hand and a severed goblin head in his left, muttering unintelligible incantations.
As the incantation finished, a flash of red light shot from the staff into the giant goblin. In the next second, the giant goblin seemed to have been injected with steroids, its body ballooning until it stood even taller than Bone Guard One.
"A goblin priest and a goblin chieftain! I've hit the jackpot so soon!"
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