Chapter 259 - Unity between Skeletons and Darkness

The black dragon showed extreme arrogance during the battle between Han Wu and Elina. It relied on its Skill that let it fly away from its tower to destroy towers inside Elina’s territory. Although its flight range was limited to a 100-kilometer radius, its attack range also extended 100 kilometers, giving it a total reach of 200 kilometers. Its breath attack destroyed every Holy Knight Tower within that range without fail.

Elina trembled as she witnessed the Great Dragon’s overwhelming power. She finally grasped how formidable the Black Dragon Tower truly was, but her pride refused to let her surrender. She realized it was time to play her trump card against such a strong opponent as Han Wu. She stopped ordering her Holy Knights to attack and instead commanded them all to retreat beyond the black dragon’s attack range. Even the newly summoned Holy Knights obeyed without hesitation.

Han Wu wasn’t sure what Elina planned, but he was certain she showed no fear. He sensed she was preparing something drastic to defeat him once and for all. To counter this, Han Wu stuck to his usual strategy: buying useless Sacred Objects, merging them, then selling them on the trade channel.

This method not only earned him substantial Energy but also flooded the trade channel with upgraded Sacred Objects. Those upgrades helped the representatives from his faction immensely. With the enhanced Sacred Objects, their towers struck harder, easing the pressure they faced against the armies of the God King of Life’s representatives.

Even Life frowned as he watched the situation unfold. His faction had initially held the advantage, but Han Wu’s sale of those upgraded Sacred Objects shifted the tide. Many of the God King of Death’s representatives survived the initial assaults and launched a fierce counterattack. Han Wu had single-handedly reversed the outcome in his faction’s favor during the wargame.

Life regarded Han Wu with a mixture of admiration and resentment. He longed for Han Wu to represent him instead. In truth, Han Wu had first chosen Life’s faction but was ultimately pushed into Death’s ranks. If Life had known this would happen, he never would have let Han Wu go.

Death saw the regret etched on Life’s face and quietly rejoiced. He resolved to grant Han Wu an even greater blessing if he emerged victorious. He would even consider naming him a Holy Son of Death.

While Life and Death debated Han Wu’s fate, the God King of Light remained focused on his descendant, Elina. Watching the chessboard, he felt certain she was preparing to use her trump card, the Radiant Tribute.

Elina activated her trump card as soon as she gathered 1,000 Holy Knights. She clasped her hands and prayed with unwavering devotion, and beam of light descended upon a Holy Knight.

Almost instantly, the Holy Knights surrounding that chosen one began to deflate like balloons. Their energy was violently drained, their bodies withering and dying, as all their power converged around the chosen one.

With that much Light Energy surging into it, the chosen Holy Knight started to grow, its stats rising steadily. Only after the 999th Holy Knight fell did the chosen one complete its transformation.

[Holy General (Lord)

HP: 300,000

Attack: 30,000–80,000

Defense: 60,000

Attack Method: Sacred Orb, Sacred Stab

Range: Sacred Orb: 5 km, Sacred Stab: 30 m

Attack Rate: 0.1 second

Movement Speed: 3,000 km/h

Skills:

1. Sacred Recovery (Passive) – Recovers 10% of max HP per second.

2. Sacred Body – Immune to status effects.]

Elina studied the Holy General’s data and felt her victory was certain.

Han Wu had been keeping a close eye on her the entire time. When the twenty-meter-tall Holy General appeared, he saw it immediately and checked its data. His breath caught in his throat. The thing was far too strong.

Even with the Dark Domain reducing its Defense stat, the Black Dragon Tower’s Attack still wasn’t enough to match the Holy General’s Defense—and any damage that did land was instantly healed by its new passive Skill. If it reached the Black Dragon Tower, the tower would be destroyed. And if that happened, Han Wu would lose for sure.

“I need to find a way to do this!” he muttered.

Han Wu glanced at the Black Dragon Tower and sensed its black dragon differed from Alpheus in his divine realm. As he met the black dragon’s eyes, a faint voice stirred in the back of his mind. It whispered that skeletons worked well with darkness.

He glanced at the 60,000 Energy he had left. It was enough to construct another Black Dragon Tower, but that would be useless against the Holy General.

After a moment of hesitation, he chose to trust the hint and started building a lot of Skeleton Towers. Each one cost 200 Energy, so he used the entire 60,000 to create 3,000 towers. Once they were complete, he started merging them. Ten combined into a single Elite tower, 100 into a Unique tower, and 1,000 into a Heroic tower. Following that system, he transformed all 3,000 Common Skeleton Towers into three Heroic Skeleton Towers.

Two became Osteomancer Towers, while the third seemed to have been influenced by Death’s Gaze, evolving into a Death Attendant Tower.

[Osteomancer Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 100,000

Attack: 30,000

Defense: 20,000

Attack Method: Bone Fragment Toss

Range: 30 km

Attack Rate: 1 second

Skills:

1. Summon Skeleton Tower –20% chance to transform a slain enemy into a Skeleton Tower.

2. Bone Fusion – Absorbs bone fragments to enhance stats.

Sacred Object Slots: 10]

Han Wu frowned when he reviewed the Osteomancer Tower’s stats. For a tower that cost 20,000 Energy, it felt underwhelming. It wasn’t until he examined the Death Attendant Tower that he realized his mistake. The two worked well together.

[Death Attendant Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 250,000

Attack: 50,000

Defense: 50,000

Attack Method: Death God’s Scythe

Range: 10 km

Attack Rate: 1 second

Skills:

1. Bone Domain – Summons a field of white bones to block enemies.

2. Bone Weapon – Turns bones into weapons.

3. Deadly Infection – Temporarily infuses Death Energy into allies.

Sacred Object Slots: 12]

This wasn’t the towers’ full power. After the three towers were constructed, they somehow absorbed the Dark Energy permeating the Dark Domain. The Osteomancer Towers didn’t undergo any dramatic transformations, though they did gain a new passive Skill. The bone fragments they hurled could now explode with intense Dark Energy on impact.

The Death Attendant Tower, however, experienced a more fundamental change. After drawing in the energy from the Dark Domain, its appearance altered, and the dried-up skeleton became obscured beneath a thin black veil. It seemed that this veil rendered the tower invisible.

Han Wu sensed that the entity secretly offering him guidance was no ordinary force. Even so, he couldn’t afford to waste time pondering it. He immediately ordered the three new towers to unleash their Skills.

The Death Attendant Tower cast a vast field of white bones that spread across a 10-kilometer radius, with the tower itself at the center. The Osteomancer Towers then absorbed the scattered bones at a rapid pace, their base stats increasing as they devoured every last fragment. Before long, even their external appearance changed.

[Bone Giant Tower (Heroic)

Armor: 1,000,000

Attack: 60,000

Defense: 40,000

Attack Method: Bone Fragment Toss, Giant Smash

Range: Bone Fragment Toss: 100 km, Giant Smash: 5 km

Attack Rate: 1 second

Skills:

1. Summon Skeleton Tower –20% chance to transform a slain enemy into a Skeleton Tower.

2. Bone Fusion – Absorbs bone fragments to enhance stats.

3. Dark Explosion (Passive) – Regular attacks may cause an explosion of intense Dark Energy.

Sacred Object Slots: 10]

Han Wu was overjoyed because these were exactly the kind of towers he needed to secure victory.