Chapter 691: Chapter 467: The Unstoppable Battle_2
But those skeletons far from the Martial Artists were also devouring each other, which is why the dragging tactics used by the Martial Artists, while effective, also brought about very serious consequences.
As time passed, just as Zachary had guessed, the number of times those skeletons on the stage evolved increased. The higher-level skeletons that were killed, the higher the chance that more powerful ones would appear next.
When a skeleton over three meters tall, wielding a giant bone club, appeared on the stage, Zachary realized that the battle was likely coming to an end, even though he couldn’t see the situations on the other stages.
With a flash of cold light slashing through, the giant skeleton that had just appeared was chopped into pieces by the Flying Swords controlled by Zachary.
Zachary, looking at the scattered bone debris on the ground, wasn’t overly excited but continued to control his Sword from mid-air, commanding another sword to continue clearing skeletons.
Zachary didn’t know, when he killed that giant skeleton, that another giant skeleton had appeared on the remaining stages.
Seeing this, the others, although they didn’t know who had quickly slain the skeleton on their stage, couldn’t help but curse in anger, "Who the hell is this impatient sod? Don’t you want us to live? Looking for a quick death, are you?
Alright, if that’s how you want to play, don’t blame me for not holding back."
The survivors who had voluntarily entered the Mysterious Ship were all no ordinary people. Some survivors might have died not long after the game began, but that was just because they were too careless.
After all, the survivors who ventured onto the Mysterious Ship at this time would definitely have a trump card to protect their lives; they had not used it before because they thought they could last longer, and it would be a waste to reveal their trump card too early.
However, they never expected that merely hesitating for a moment would result in them not getting a chance to return, being taken out by the skeletons in one fell swoop.
Realizing that it was difficult to hold on in the current situation, one survivor no longer hesitated and took out a huge firework that he had treasured for a long time from his backpack.
After lighting it, he hurled it at the gigantic skeleton. The huge skeleton paid no mind to the object thrown by the survivor, still focusing on devouring the other skeletons around it.
When the large firework landed at the foot of the giant skeleton, not only did it disregard it, but it also stepped on it while moving.
With a ’boom,’ the entire stage shook, and the survivor who threw the bomb had not expected his homemade explosive to have such formidable power.
There was no room to dodge on the stage, and even though he had prepared to die with his enemy when throwing the bomb, the moment the bomb left his hand, he still instinctively took a defensive stance.
After the explosion, not only were the skeletons within the blast radius blown to annihilation, but the powerful shock wave also pushed all the skeletons on the stage violently towards the edges, and some near the blast were shattered to pieces by the shock wave.
The survivor who threw the bomb, although he had taken a defensive posture, was in a very sorry state.
The man, hunched over in defense, wasn’t blown away by the shock wave from the explosion, but the fragments of the skeletons blasted apart by the shock wave still inflicted severe injuries on him.
However, when he struggled to his feet and saw the stage cleared, a look of great joy crossed his face.
But his happiness didn’t last long. The stage, originally emptied by the explosion, was once again overrun with skeletons, and while his bomb had only taken out two giant skeletons, this time, more than ten of them appeared at once.
The survivor, looking at the scene before him, saw his smile vanish in an instant, his complexion turned deathly pale, and then out of sheer desperation, he took out something from his backpack that he had long prepared but never wished to use.
With a bitter face, he grasped the thing in his hand, watching more and more skeletons appear on the stage, and finally, in desperation, swallowed the object.
As he ate the thing in his hand, his eyes instantly turned hollow, accompanied by a scream, he dropped his weapon and, like a wild beast, charged at the skeletons in front of him.
At this point, he had lost all reason, driven by instinct, he abandoned any defense, destroying everything around him regardless of the consequences.
His combat power surged, using every part of his body as a weapon, and even if his muscles were strained or his bones dislocated, nothing could diminish his urge to destroy.
But such a method of fighting was ultimately unsustainable, and shortly after rushing into the pack of skeletons, despite killing many, he eventually fell to the ground and was dismembered by the surrounding skeletons.
While his death may seem valiant, in some respects it was also a cycle of cause and effect.
When he detonated the bomb earlier, although it cleared most of the skeletons on his stage, one must realize that according to the combat rules of the stage, for every skeleton slain on one’s own stage, a new skeleton would spawn on all the other stages.
After he used the bomb to clear the skeletons on his stage and saw the empty platform, he was happy, but it brought suffering to the other survivors.
Thus, his action triggered a chain reaction, putting other people in jeopardy, forcing them to reveal their trump cards.
Although the wise knew that the longer they could hold out and the later they used their trump cards, the greater their chances of victory, as the skeletons refreshed on the stage became stronger, weaker survivors had to reveal their cards prematurely to survive.
In using their trump cards, they were actually gambling, betting that after they cleared the skeletons on their own stage, the other survivors on the platforms wouldn’t be able to hold on.
At this stage, all the surviving survivors were clear that this challenge wasn’t about their ability to kill skeletons but rather about how long they could withstand the onslaught of endless skeletons.
Even without killing a single skeleton, as long as one survived long enough, victory could be secured.
After realizing this, some smart fighters shifted their focus from quickly killing the surrounding skeletons to cautiously defending against their assaults.
Although theoretically, this approach could allow them to survive longer, they were all aware of the rule that allowed skeletons to devour each other and evolve on the stage.
This passive way of fighting, though it could help them last longer, was essentially a slow death sentence; now, everyone was praying to outlive the others.
Zachary had already landed on the stage, and the reason he wasn’t controlling his sword in the air anymore was that when the giant skeletons appeared, they would grab smaller skeletons beside them and hurl them at Zachary as projectiles.
At first, when there were only one or two giant skeletons, Zachary could easily dodge their attacks, but as the number of giant skeletons increased, Zachary had to land on the stage to avoid their throws.
As long as Zachary’s feet were on the stage, unless he approached the giant skeletons himself, they would only devour other skeletons around them.
But once Zachary took to the air with Sword Control, the giant skeletons would stop their devouring and use any skeleton they could grab as a weapon to attack him directly.
After several tests, Zachary gave up the idea of ascending with Sword Control and stood honestly on the stage.
At this moment, nine Flying Swords were circulating around Zachary, forming a sword formation that continuously cut down the skeletons trying to approach him.
