Chapter 161: Cleaning the Battlefield and Upgrading the Evil Coffin
As Gu Xi's commands were issued one by one, the battle here slowly came to an end.
Under Gu Xi's command, the skeletons' fighting became much more orderly.
They started learning to cooperate with each other, and gradually, their battles became much smoother.
Although no one was commanding them, the coordination slowly fell into place.
Meanwhile, some of the items they took from the red-skinned corpses were also used by themselves. Their weapons and equipment began to be replaced, and their combat effectiveness started to improve.
And in front of Gu Xi, a pile of trash began to accumulate.
There were chopped-off arms, torn-off red skin, and some hair among these items.
It's unclear why the skeletons thought these things were valuable.
Most importantly, these items all had attributes. When placed in front of Gu Xi, he would receive prompts. He couldn't ignore them even if he wanted to.
[You received plucked hair (gray).]
[You received a hand with nails (gray).]
[You received a large piece of skin (gray).]
[...]
Among the gray trash brought by the skeletons, the best material was a head from an abomination with a string of brains attached.
[Stitched Head (gray): A head stitched with many brains. Perhaps in the original owner's mind, brains were used to enhance intelligence. However, their idea was quite mistaken. In the end, this item lost its original function, but it's a good material for making equipment.]
Because of this [Stitched Head], Gu Xi was willing to keep reading the pop-up messages, even if they were gray and seemed worthless.
Of course, there were also white-quality weapons, but Gu Xi noticed that most of them were soldier equipment.
[Short Sword (white): Soldier weapon, attack +1]
[Cloth Armor (white): Soldier armor, defense +1]
[Iron Club (white): Soldier weapon, attack +2]
[...]
These weapons were quite miscellaneous. Gu Xi didn't collect them; instead, he distributed them on the spot. Basically, whoever found them got to keep them. Gu Xi didn't expect to organize a whole army with these weapons and equipment.
On the other hand, the chair initially used to carry the abomination yielded three green items after being dismantled, which were Gu Xi's greatest gains this time.
[White Baboon Skin (green +1, identity proof): A more powerful white baboon skin after reinforcement. With this baboon skin, one can walk freely in the void, but the effects of strange influences will also be enhanced.]
[Bloodstained Wood (green): Wood influenced by various bloodstains. The bloodstains have covered it for an unknown number of layers. It's the best material to reinforce chairs or chests.]
[Flesh Cushion (green): A cushion made from the flesh, skin, and hair of defeated enemies. It can enhance the quality and attributes of part of the chair.]
Gu Xi thought for a while. The white baboon skin was proof of his victory over the enemy, so he kept it. As for the other two items, since he didn't have his own throne, he directly used them on the evil coffin.
When the wood was thrown into the evil coffin, it happily swallowed it. Then Gu Xi noticed that the coffin lid became much thicker.
The flesh cushion was placed on the evil coffin, and the black gas from the coffin devoured it.
When the black gas dissipated, the evil coffin's exterior had some changes. Gu Xi could clearly see that several new talismans appeared on the coffin, and the edge of the coffin lid had some darkened tendrils of flesh.
[Evil Coffin (green +1, mount): Mount for undead players and heroes. Movement speed: 150 km/h, can carry one person. Can temporarily speed up to 300 km/h (limit: 20 seconds).]
This situation made Gu Xi's eyes light up. After the evil coffin was enhanced, not only did its speed increase, but it also gained a temporary charge speed boost.
It seems the quality of this mount is indeed the better, the stronger.
After considering it, Gu Xi took out the [Magic Power Heart] he had saved earlier and placed it in front of the evil coffin.
At this moment, the evil coffin had just completed its upgrade from green to green +1. As soon as it saw the [Magic Power Heart], it quickly moved in front of the heart and emitted black gas to drag it into its heart.
In the next instant, the evil coffin was completely enveloped by black gas, and even Gu Xi couldn't get close.
Gu Xi understood that the evil coffin was upgrading. However, judging by the current situation, this upgrade might take some time.
At this point, Gu Xi turned his attention to the battlefield.
The last remaining enemies had been cleared by the skeletons. Without needing any orders, the skeletons started cleaning the battlefield on their own.
Some idle skeletons even helped Gu Xi transport the gray trash piled in front of him back to the undead calamity formation.
During the transportation process, Gu Xi even had time to sort these items.
Those that could be used to make equipment were separated, and those that could be used for alchemy or medicine were placed in another pile.
Lastly, all the items with unknown uses were piled together. After the battle, Gu Xi planned to send them to the dock warehouse and have Cain check if there were any other unique items among them.
At this time, Luna had also transported a large amount of weapons and equipment from Aridowei.
Most of the weapons in Gu Xi's city came from the spoils of the battle against ghost soldiers last time.
Most of them were broadswords and full sets of armor. There were quite a few of them, with over a thousand complete sets and even more incomplete ones.
When the skeletons carried the items over, Gu Xi beckoned to them, "All level 3 and above, line up to receive weapons and equipment. Those below level 3, wait and mix with the newly summoned troops.
If you don't work hard, you'll end up as cannon fodder. Hurry up and clean the battlefield.
Luna, take these items to Aridowei City and let Cain handle the sorting."
Luna glanced at the large pile of gray items brought in by the skeletons. Without asking much, she simply pointed behind her, and the unassigned skeleton soldiers under Gu Xi's command began transporting these items into the city gate.
At this moment, Gu Xi started directing the newly leveled-up skeleton soldiers to collect their weapons.
Watching these skeleton soldiers get armed one by one, a slight smile appeared on Gu Xi's face.
Just then, the magic circle on the ground suddenly extended outward, and new skeletons crawled out from the ground, automatically joining Gu Xi's ranks.
Gu Xi separated the newly joined skeletons from the level 3 skeleton soldiers. After a count, Gu Xi now had 876 level 3 and above skeleton soldiers and 2124 below level 3.
This combat power was somewhat better than before, but still not very impressive.
It seems another battle will be needed to improve these undead's combat power.