In Bruce’s heart, the skeleton clan was a clan that harvested each other. As the ruler of the entire boneyard, the Skeleton King naturally stood at the top of this harvesting chain. He was disdained to devour those skeletons that were too far away from his rank, but the warrior-ranked skeletons he would not let go!
No one knew how long the boneyard had existed.
No one knew how many warrior-level skeletons the Skeleton King had devoured.
The moment the Skeleton King became the ruler of the boneyard, perhaps this chain of devouring had already been determined. The Skeleton King itself was the biggest beneficiary.
Of course, this wasn’t anything unusual.
There were countless skeletons in the boneyard. Naturally, there would also be skeletons with extraordinary natural endowments or higher consciousness. After these skeletons evolved to the warrior level, perhaps they would not challenge the eight great feudal vassals, nor would they join the Skeleton King’s subordinates.
Their other option was to hide.
They would grow stealthily, and when they had enough strength, they would challenge the Skeleton King to seize control of the boneyard, or they would hide forever and try their best not to be discovered.
Once they were discovered by the skeleton army under the Skeleton King, they would have to fight in a war.
If they would not gather enough strength to fight against the Skeleton King, it would seem like they had simply waited to be devoured by the Skeleton King.
Thus, time passed. On the path of the skeleton race’s orthodox evolution, there were only eight skeleton commanders who had stepped into the warrior rank.
On the contrary, there were more warrior skeletons from other classes that were more difficult to advance into.
These skeletons were not a threat to the Skeleton King’s rule, and they were the best assistant for the Skeleton King to strengthen its own power. Naturally, the Skeleton King would continue to collect and accumulate them.
The skeleton commanders were different but diverse warrior skeletons basically stationed in the Skeleton King’s habitat, Death Castle!
“If that’s the case, then collecting warrior class templates will be easier than I imagined,” Bruce muttered to himself.
Bit by bit, he sorted out the information he got from the skeleton commander. The Soul Fire in Bruce’s eyes flickered slightly.
He already had a plan.
If his plan succeeded, he wouldn’t need to face that terrifying Skeleton King. He would be able to obtain enough warrior class templates and raise his rank from elite to warrior!
A few days later, a skeleton army with a total number of more than four thousand was marching in the wilderness. They were heading towards the core of the boneyard, the Death Castle, where the Skeleton King was resting in.
A skeleton army of more than four thousand skeletons was basically equivalent to the number of legions under a full skeleton commander.
However, it was slightly different from the skeleton army that was under the Skeleton King’s skeleton commander. In this skeleton army, other than the archers, skeleton mages, and skeleton warriors, the largest number of skeletons were actually skeleton guards!
As special skeletons that focused on the growth of their physiques, the purpose of the existence of skeleton guards in the skeleton army was to protect the skeleton generals or skeleton commanders who were the main generals.
There were very few skeleton guards around the main generals. However, there was a large number of skeleton guards that acted as meat shields in the outer layer of the skeleton army.
It was as if the purpose of the existence of the skeleton guards was not to protect the main general but to protect the entire skeleton army!
This was difficult for the skeleton clan to understand.
This was because the purpose of the existence of the entire skeleton clan was to pile up higher-level existences, and not to let the high-level skeletons protect those low-level skeletons that had no notions about their intelligence and existence.
The skeleton army continued to move forward.
When they were still more than ten kilometers away from the Death Castle, they finally stopped.
In front of them, an even larger skeleton army appeared!
It was not just this.
On the left and right sides of this strange skeleton army, two even larger skeleton armies also appeared!
They stepped into the encirclement!
“As expected of the Skeleton King, this aura is truly terrifying.”
Outside the Death Castle, in a small mound that was only a few hundred meters away from the Skeleton King’s resting place, Bruce, who only had half of his head exposed, tried his best to restrain his aura to avoid being discovered.
Not far in front of him, a huge creature that was over 2.5 meters tall hurried away with a few warrior skeletons, disappearing from his sight.
This was the Skeleton King, the owner of the Lord class template.
The king of the skeleton race, the ruler of the boneyard!
Bruce did not dare to approach.
He could not see the exact appearance of the skeleton king.
However, just the terrifying aura emitted from the skeleton king’s body made Bruce’s heart beat wildly!
After all, it was the Skeleton King, an existence that had existed for a long time and devoured countless warrior skeletons. Its strength was not only Bruce’s, but it was also an absolute powerhouse among monster lords of the same level.
If he were to face this Skeleton King directly, Bruce might not even have the chance to make a move and would be killed in one hit!
He carefully hid in the small mound and watched the Skeleton King’s huge figure slowly disappear.
After confirming that the Skeleton King was far away, he raised his head and slowly climbed out of the small mound.
The soul fire in his eyes flickered slightly, and Bruce was very happy.
Since the Skeleton King had really appeared, it meant that his plan had succeeded.
In the next few days, Bruce led his skeleton army and traveled hundreds of kilometers, devouring four skeleton armies under the Skeleton King. Other than one skeleton commander being enslaved and becoming Bruce’s underling, the remaining three skeleton commanders and most of the elite skeletons were all killed and devoured, becoming Bruce’s experience points, attributes, and Omni points for further growth.
Including the Skeleton Army that was devoured in the beginning, five of the eight feudal vassals under the Skeleton King had already been killed by Bruce.
Five skeleton commanders were killed.
Five skeleton armies were devoured.
Even for the Skeleton King, this could be considered a heavy loss.
When Bruce was ready to attack the sixth skeleton army, the remaining three skeleton armies had already gathered under the Skeleton King’s orders and were only patrolling the vicinity of the Death Castle.
Moreover, if the Skeleton Legion under Bruce showed signs of appearing, the three skeleton legions would immediately gather and surround them!
Bruce made a plan.
The skeleton commander’s underling that he had subdued would lead his skeleton legion to directly attack the death castle on the surface, making it seem like they wanted to seize the death castle,
On the other hand, he was moving stealthily, hiding around the Death Castle in advance.
The Skeleton King did not know who his enemy was or what rank he was at. Once he learned that his enemy was surrounded, he would definitely make a move personally to kill those who dared to offend his dignity.
At this time, Bruce’s opportunity came!
Things developed as he had expected. The skeleton army was surrounded, and the Skeleton King, who had received the news, also left the Death Castle. He brought a few brave skeletons under his command and personally rushed to the battlefield!
Just like that, the existence that posed the greatest threat to him in the Death Castle was lured away!
The Skeleton King went to the battlefield.
On Bruce’s side, even he could not withstand a blow from the Skeleton King, let alone his skeleton underlings.
When Bruce came up with this plan, the skeleton army had given up. Their purpose was to delay the Skeleton King so that it could not return to the castle of death in a short period of time. It was to delay Bruce’s hunting plan.
Therefore, when he devoured the four skeleton legions under the Skeleton King, Bruce could choose to keep the skeleton guards and skeleton guards, which had a strong defense, in order to buy more time.
Shortly, the Skeleton King had left.
Bruce officially began his hunting!
No one knew how long the Death Castle stood, but judging from its collapsed walls and dilapidated traces, the old and dilapidated castle had probably existed for at least hundreds of years.
After climbing out of the small mound, Bruce tried his best to conceal his figure and quietly made his way toward the castle.