Chapter 57: The Beast Corpse Warlord and the Mastery of Control Skills
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The Beast Corpse Queen, an elite alien of level 18, unleashed her skill, Frenzied Charge, expecting to instantly annihilate the level 14 Corpse Golem. Yet, the attack only managed to chip away a mere eight hundred health points from the golem. The Beast Corpse Queen’s expression faltered, her savage gaze clouded with confusion upon witnessing such paltry damage.
Having reached level 14, the Corpse Golem’s health stood at a formidable 32,600 points. Damage in the hundreds was virtually negligible. Even in that brief moment of hesitation, the lost health began regenerating right before the Queen’s eyes.
She was stunned, utterly unsure of how to proceed. Before her loomed the towering form of the Corpse Golem, as immovable as a mountain, a sight that filled her with unprecedented despair.
On the second floor of the dungeon, dozens of Beast Corpse Soldiers had gathered, nearly encircling them, yet the Queen’s scalp tingled with unease. Meanwhile, the Blood Clan Lord and the Nightmare Sovereign had already plunged into the midst of the Beast Corpse Soldiers, with the otherwise inactive Blood Clan Descendants joining the fray.
The scene was clear—a near one-sided massacre. The Blood Clan Lord unleashed a relentless barrage in the center, while the Nightmare Sovereign picked off enemies at the edges. One summon was legendary, the other epic—no ordinary aliens stood a chance against such foes.
Though most Blood Clan Descendants possessed attributes comparable to level 17 aliens, their innate Blood Clan instincts granted them superior speed, strength, and recovery abilities beyond their peers.
Thus, the main prison had become a massive slaughterhouse.
The Beast Corpse Queen, witnessing this, roared furiously and released a ring of purplish-red bloodlight from her feet. Beams of bloodlight shot outward, striking nearby Beast Corpses, who howled in rage. Their eyes gleamed with bloodlust, and their bodies swelled in size.
“This is the Beast Corpse Queen’s skill, Beast Corpse Frenzy. It enables all Beast Corpse Soldiers to enter a frenzied state, gaining a 30% damage boost,” Xu Xia whispered to Gu Chen, who stood behind Lin Qingqing’s sturdy frame, barely daring to peek out.
A 30% damage increase was significant for ordinary adventurers, sometimes enough to turn the tide of battle. But enhancing a group of weaklings by 30% still left them weak—at best, it only slowed their deaths slightly.
After around three minutes of combat, under the relentless onslaught of the summons, over forty Beast Corpse Soldiers lay dead in disarray.
The Blood Clan Lord wasted no time and turned to strike the Beast Corpse Queen, who was still locked in a desperate struggle with the Corpse Golem.
The Beast Corpse Queen was the most rational being on the dungeon’s second floor, yet her actions were perplexing. She knew from the outset to eliminate the Corpse Golem first, but she spent the entire battle merely harassing it, paying no attention to the main battlefield.
A modicum of reason, but not much.
This was Gu Chen’s assessment of the Beast Corpse Queen.
“Ah—” A piercing wail echoed as the Beast Corpse Queen, bleeding black tainted blood, fell beneath the twin guns of the Blood Clan Lord.
[Beast Corpse Queen defeated · Elite LV.18, Experience +7268]
[Loot acquired: Mirror Ring LV.15 [Rare]]
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[Loot acquired: Fate Amulet LV.15 [Rare]]
[Loot acquired: Enhancement Stones *10]
[Loot acquired: Health Restoration Potions *5]
[Level Up]
[Level: LV.15 (2212/162400)]
[Strength: 467]
[Agility: 466]
[Constitution: 468]
[Spirit: 669]
[Summons: Blood Clan Lord LV.15 [Legend★], Nightmare Sovereign LV.15 [Epic★], Corpse Golem LV.15 [Legend★]]
[Talent — Currently able to acquire a Dark Bloodline]
Another level gained!
Reaching level 11 had plunged Gu Chen into the first abyssal tier, where he alone reaped the experience of five. The speed of leveling was exhilarating.
He glanced at the experience bar; the next level required over 160,000 experience points—a sign that progress would soon slow.
The Beast Corpse Queen dropped two pieces of equipment: a ring and an amulet.
[Mirror Ring]
[Quality: Epic]
[Level: LV.15]
[Class Restriction: Summoner]
[Attributes: Agility +50, Spirit +100]
[Effect: Summons can create two mirrors; each mirror possesses all the master’s talents and skills with 80% of their attributes but receives 50% increased damage]
An exclusive summoner’s item, and an epic one at that—a rare find indeed!
While the mirrors took 50% more damage and thus wouldn’t last long, this drawback applied mainly to ordinary summons.
For the Blood Clan Lord, whose recovery was exceptional, this was manageable.
As a legendary summon, even with only 80% of the master’s attributes, the mirrors would more than compensate for this weakness.
Effectively, Gu Chen gained two powerful new allies.
He promptly equipped the Mirror Ring on the Blood Clan Lord.
Then, he turned his attention to the second item.
[Fate Amulet]
[Quality: Rare]
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[Level: LV.15]
[Class Restriction: None]
[Attributes: Constitution +60]
[Effect: Bind to a friendly unit; when the wearer’s health falls below 30%, damage taken is transferred to the bound ally]
“This is a life-saving artifact!” Gu Chen thought without hesitation, equipping the Fate Amulet himself and binding it to the Blood Clan Lord.
The Blood Clan Lord already possessed high health growth, and after his first bloodline awakening, his talents were enhanced—each kill increased his maximum health by 10 points.
Combined, his health surged rapidly, exceeding even that of the legendary Corpse Golem by over thirty thousand points.
After a brief rest, the Blood Clan Descendants resumed their path. In a secret chamber beyond the main prison on the second floor, they discovered the entrance to the dungeon’s third level.
Compared to the first two floors, the third was less complex.
Descending stone steps, they entered a wide corridor stretching deep into darkness.
Halfway through, a low, guttural roar echoed from the shadows.
Suddenly, fifteen burly figures emerged, marching heavily forward.
Leading them were three Beast Corpses wielding massive hammers, their bodies scarred with stitches of beast and human skin, eyes gleaming with savage bloodlust.
[Alien: Beast Corpse Warlord]
[Level: LV.19]
[Health: 75,200]
[Attributes: Strength 198, Agility 183, Constitution 192, Spirit 185]
[Skill I: Bone-Crushing Strike]
[Skill II: Hammer Stomp]
The level 19 Beast Corpse Warlords were more advanced specimens than the Beast Corpse Soldiers. According to the strategy guide, their skills were single-target burst and single-target control.
Powerful, the Warlords typically operated in squads of five, meaning each team could unleash five control skills.
For an average adventurer party, this was catastrophic—one misstep, and they’d be utterly overwhelmed by control effects.
And as Gu Chen stepped onto the third floor, he encountered not one but three squads of Beast Corpse Warlords!
His luck was abysmal.
“Why suddenly three squads?” Xu Xia’s face paled.
Fifteen Beast Corpse Warlords meant fifteen control skills.
That translated to fifteen seconds of relentless crowd control in nightmare-tier abyss.
Xu Xia shuddered, chills running down his spine at the thought.