Chapter 11: 10. Skull Heavy Hammer
After a moment of haziness, Noland Lee got the deconstruction result.
[Deconstruction Success!]
[The degree of deconstruction of the Big Skeleton has reached 100%.]
[You have gained all the information about this target.]
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[Name]Big Skeleton
This is a large skeleton that is significantly larger than other Skeleton Warriors, with a height usually exceeding 3.5 meters and a weight of over 400 kilograms.
It possesses more significant physical destructive power. Although it moves very slowly, every attack is forceful and heavy.
Additionally, the Big Skeleton in front of you has the ability to cast spells that ordinary Skeleton Warriors do not have.
[Faction]Undead Cult
[Type]Undead Construct
Undead Creatures of this type must have four features:
Bloodless, Fear Aura, Constant Morale, and Death Magic Protection.
[Hierarchy]Low-level Undead Creatures
Undead Creatures of this level do not have minds, autonomy, or the ability to think. They can only react to external factors according to the action strategies set by the summoners.
[Construct Value]3000/3000 points
Destroying its skeleton integrity can reduce its construct value. When the construct value reaches zero, it will enter a temporary slumber state where it cannot take any actions.
[Soul Strength]1 point
As long as the soul is not extinguished, Undead Creatures will not truly die.
The soul is the core of Undead Creatures.
Its importance is equivalent to the blood volume of humans.
If you destroy its soul, reducing its soul strength to zero, you can truly kill Undead Creatures.
[Death Energy]10/10 points
Death Energy is the energy source for Undead Creatures, equivalent to the physical and mental energy of humans.
Attacking, moving, defending, and casting death-related spells all require the consumption of Death Energy.
Slumber can restore Death Energy.
[Features]
Bloodless:
The Big Skeleton does not have flesh and blood, making it immune to bleeding effects and all attacks and negative effects specifically targeting flesh and blood creatures.
Fear Aura:
The Big Skeleton constantly causes fear effects on living beings with minds. Fortunately, due to your vast experience, you have developed immunity to the terrifying appearance of Undead Constructs.
Constant Morale:
Big Skeletons do not have minds, so they will not lose morale due to severe casualties. They will fight until the last moment.
Death Magic Protection:
When the Big Skeleton is under the influence of the Spirit Pivot, it will slowly revive after its Construct Value reaches zero.
[Knowledge]
This target has no mind, and you cannot acquire its knowledge.
[Memory]
This target has no mind, and you cannot acquire its memory.
[Skills]
Active Skills:
Death Pulse, Level 1, death-related spells.
Consume 5 points of Death Energy to release a pulse ray containing Death Energy at the target.
Before casting, you need to prepare the spell for 3 seconds. If attacked during the preparation period, the casting will be interrupted.
Passive Skills:
Close Combat Mastery, Level 10.
Strong physical close combat ability. It only takes three hits to end your life.
Sturdy Bones, Level 16.
Very strong physical defense ability. Only large-caliber rifle bullets and weapons of equal power can effectively damage it.
Mindless, highest level.
No mind means it cannot be controlled mentally. The Big Skeleton is immune to fear, charm, illusion magic, psychic spells, and blocks its own knowledge and memories.
Undead Revival, highest level.
The Big Skeleton is under the influence of the Spirit Pivot. When its Construct Value reaches zero, it is expected to rejoin the battle after approximately 3 hours of slumber.
Fast Integration, Level 3.
Solely breaking apart the Big Skeleton's bones will not cause any effective damage. If its bones are scattered, the Big Skeleton would only take 5 minutes to reassemble itself and rejoin the battle.
[Summoning Requirements]
1. Summoning Materials
Ordinary materials: 3000 Low-grade Necromantic Bones, 3 kilograms of Bone Melting Powder...
Core materials: 1 Pure Bone Token, used to record the summoner's action instructions.
2. Summoning Ritual
Low-grade Necromantic Construct Summoning Array. After obtaining the blueprint for this spell array, the Panel Information will be updated in sync.
[Weaknesses]
One-hit-kill Weakness:
Using death-related spells or items to break down the Big Skeleton's soul can create a one-hit-kill effect.
Fatal Damage Weakness:
Dense barrages of large-caliber rifle bullets or attacks of equivalent power can effectively damage the Big Skeleton and reduce its Construct Value.
Action Hindrance Weakness:
The Big Skeleton will only attack non-Undead Cult faction living beings.
When you chant the Undead Cult's prayers, show Undead Runes, or perform the Undead Cult's prayer rituals, the Big Skeleton may regard you as a living human who has submitted to the Undead Cult, and thus will not treat you as a target of attack.
...
Deconstruction thoroughly analyzed the Big Skeleton from top to bottom and inside out, presenting all the information Noland Lee needed.
Not only did it include the summoning method and materials for the Big Skeleton, but it also listed the weaknesses of the Big Skeleton.
Especially the last few lines of the Deconstruction result, they gave Noland Lee hope of survival.
Chanting the Undead Cult's prayers and performing prayer rituals are definitely impractical because Noland Lee doesn't know the pronunciation of the Undead Runes and is unclear about the ritual requirements.
However, there are Death Runes copied by the Intelligence Department 4 on the translated text of The Grudge Teachings.
It should be possible to deceive the Big Skeleton by gesturing with these copied characters.
Noland Lee tightened his lips, holding up the Coal Lamp with his right hand while silently stretching his left hand forward to gesture the Death Runes from his memory.
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He used his own body to block the soldiers' sight, to avoid having his left-hand movement noticed by the soldiers.
His fingertips slid back and forth in the cold air, drawing out the Undead Runes recorded on the translated script one by one.
He was unsure if it was an illusion... but after signaling several Undead Runes, Noland Lee felt the Big Skeleton's gaze seemed to be less sharp.
Upon closer inspection, Noland Lee found that the Big Skeleton's neck was subtly turning, its skull going from staring straight at himself to facing the metal gate.
Clearly, signaling Undead Runes had an effect, and the Big Skeleton no longer considered the Sin Soldiers in front of it as its primary targets.
Noland Lee let out a slight sigh of relief, feeling many beads of sweat emerging from his back.
However, before he could congratulate himself on escaping danger, his tense mood rose again to his throat.
He saw the Big Skeleton retrieve its gaze from the metal gate and look at the Sin Soldiers in front of it.
Noland Lee once again felt that chilly gaze from the undead, as if his signaling of Undead Runes had lost its effect.
What was going on?
Why did the Big Skeleton take me as an attack target again?
What accelerated Noland Lee's heartbeat even more was that the Big Skeleton slowly raised the bone hammer in its hand, the movement and posture just like a pre-attack aiming for a ground rodent...
Noland Lee swallowed hard with difficulty, signaling the Undead Runes more devoutly with his left hand.
He slowed down the signaling speed, trying to describe every detail of the Undead Runes so as to portray himself as a sincere believer.
In the surrounding dark environment, the sound of bone friction echoed intensely as Skeleton Warriors completed their transition from slumber to awakening, treading chaotic footsteps and slowly approaching Noland Lee.
Without the need for the Coal Lamp's light, Noland Lee clearly saw the surroundings:
It was a dense Skeleton Ocean.
Countless purple light balls floated just over a meter above ground level.
Each purple light ball corresponded to a Skeleton Warrior of normal human size.
With just a simple glance, Noland Lee realized that the number of Skeleton Warriors surrounding him might have reached hundreds.
The connected purple light balls were enough to induce an episode in anyone with claustrophobia.
The bone hammer in the Big Skeleton's hand was raised higher and higher, the Skeleton Warriors slowly walked into the Coal Lamp's light, the ghostly purple glow as numerous as star points...
On the verge of being surrounded by the Skeleton Ocean, Noland Lee felt intense pressure.
If there was anyone to blame, it was the Biochemical Bait on his arm, which was simply too attractive to Undead Creatures.
Even signaling the Undead Runes couldn't eliminate his mockery value, nor dispel the Undead Creatures' desire to attack him.
Noland Lee anxiously looked back at the metal gate and couldn't help but curse inwardly:
"Damn, won't Mars let me retreat? A Sin Soldier's life is still a life! Calling the Sin Soldier Life Protection Association for support..."
The bone hammer of the Big Skeleton was about to fall...
"Sin Soldier No. 888, retreat to the staircase! Hurry!"
Corporal Mars finally issued the evacuation order.
Noland Lee immediately turned around and ran without looking back, bursting out with the fastest sprint speed in his life.
As he took three steps forward, there was a sudden muffled impact sound coming from behind. The floor beneath his feet vibrated very obviously, and a piercing gust of wind grazed past his ears.
Noland Lee looked back.
The bone hammer in the Big Skeleton's hand fell right down next to his back, slamming onto the floor, raising a large cloud of dust.
If he were half a second late, that heavy hammer would have landed on his head, blowing it open with a loud bang...
Noland Lee had no time to rejoice over his close escape.
He continued to run with his head down, taking three steps as two, dashing desperately.
The noise of the Big Skeleton striking the floor seemed to signal the Skeleton Ocean's attack. A dense surge of footsteps echoed behind Noland Lee.
Noland Lee stepped into the metal door and looked back.
The horde of Skeleton Warriors stumbled along the tomb passage like a wave swallowing fishermen, swarming towards the metal gate.
Fortunately, Skeleton Warriors are always slow-moving; otherwise, Noland Lee would have had no chance to escape the tomb passage alive.
"Close the door quickly! Sin Soldier 888, don't just stand there! Come help close the door!"
Noland Lee hurriedly propped the door with his shoulder and, along with the soldiers, pushed the heavy metal gate.
The metal gate slowly closed, while ordinary Skeleton Warriors couldn't catch up to the speed of the door closing.
However, the Big Skeleton could.
That enormous Skeleton Soldier, which nearly took Noland Lee's life, lifted the bone hammer with both hands and threw it with force after a short buildup.
"Hu~"
The heavy hammer tore through the air, raising a whirlwind and covering a distance of over ten meters in half a second, heavily hitting the metal gate.
With a crashing sound, soldiers and Noland Lee, who were holding the door, were shaken by the fierce impact force, letting out low groans of pain.
"Hurry up, close the door! ...Damn, the power of this Big Skeleton is too astonishing! Sin Soldier 888, keep pushing the door!"
Orders were continuously given to push Noland Lee into action faster.
The soldiers on the scene were divided into two groups.
One group was pushing the gate with Noland Lee, trying to close the door as quickly as possible.
The other group provided cover fire with short-barreled rifles, slowing the action of the Big Skeleton.
However, no matter how they shot, the large Skeleton Soldier still loomed like a silent Titan.
Its heavy footsteps were like hammer blows, pounding the soldiers' hearts one after another with great pressure.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
70 Power
stone 
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