Chapter 174: Head-on Collision
As the Death Incarnation's flying altitude exceeded seven hundred meters, the ghostly enemy leader locked inside the icebox started to feel anxious.
The icebox could defend against most attacks, but that didn't mean it was invincible.
Jumping down from a high place, the icebox couldn't prevent it.
Now at this height, it was beyond what she could defend against. If she was thrown from this position, she would surely die.
The ghostly enemy leader wasn't planning on dying just yet; she wanted to struggle a bit more.
But the Death Incarnation didn't hesitate. He continued flying upwards until he reached an altitude of one thousand five hundred meters, then dispersed the black mist, allowing the icebox to fall freely.
The position where the icebox fell was exactly where the next wave of ghostly enemies was charging.
Here was the main force of the ghostly army.
Among these ghosts, there were over six thousand of them.
They were led by a ghostly leader as big as a small mountain. This ghostly leader had a massive body, wearing a small wooden house as a sling bag. The white ape fur was wrapped around his fingers, serving as rings.
When he ran, the ground shook, but it was clear he was a paladin-like profession.
As he ran forward, special auras appeared on the ground, greatly enhancing the stamina of all the ghosts covered by the aura.
Behind this mountain-like ghostly leader was another ghostly leader, covered in many differently colored balloons. He floated at a low altitude like a dried corpse hanging from the balloons.
In his hand, he held white ape fur, but from the way he held it, it seemed he had wrapped a weapon inside the ape fur.
Following them was the chaotic ghostly army, with some running fast and others slow. Their sizes also varied, making them look nothing like a proper army.
At this moment, Gu Xi's undead army in front of them had also prepared for battle, rearranging the formation disrupted by the earlier fight.
As the ghostly army charged, these undead only had eyes for the ghosts. They fixed their gazes on the approaching ghosts, regardless of the ghosts' strength, size, or ferocity. The undead performed the same actions.
Step forward, slash or stab, then step forward again.
As for whether they hit the enemy, that didn't matter. The ghosts were all crowded together, and even those with excellent evasion skills couldn't dodge around freely.
On such a battlefield, a saturation attack was the best fit.
Every strike from the undead would take down some ghosts.
But the ghosts lacked organization. Facing the undead's assault, they were chaotic. Some tried to dodge, some wanted to attack, and some aimed to charge straight through.
Their actions only made their formation more chaotic, hindering their comrades' attacks.
This gave the undead more opportunities.
Gu Xi's undead soldiers attacked mechanically, advancing and attacking repeatedly.
This continuous assault left the ghostly army in disarray, unable to exert their basic combat power.
At this moment, the mountain-like giant ghostly leader noticed the situation. He raised his wooden club, ready to sweep horizontally.
If he landed this sweep, the undead army that had just gained the upper hand would be shattered, and the battle would shift to the chaotic melee the ghosts favored.
Then the ghosts could leverage their individual strength and peculiar abilities to kill all the undead they saw.
Even if Gu Xi's Death Incarnation descended again, it wouldn't be able to handle the chaos.
After all, Gu Xi's undead would be mired in the melee, and the Death Incarnation couldn't possibly crush all the undead and ghosts together.
But at this moment, the ghostly leader in the icebox fell from the sky.
She descended like a meteor, crashing heavily into the ghostly army.
The mountain-like giant ghostly leader saw the descending blue meteor immediately. Without thinking, he changed his horizontal sweep into an upward strike with his club.
Boom!
The icebox shattered into pieces on the giant ghostly leader's club, scattering countless ice shards, along with dark red blood and white flesh.
Although the giant ghostly leader shattered the icebox, he didn't come out unscathed. The impact from the fall affected him too. Despite breaking the icebox, his arms shook uncontrollably, and he couldn't even hold his massive club.
Seeing this, the Death Incarnation, who had thrown the icebox, decisively dove down.
To all dragons, giants were always the primary target.
As the Death Incarnation dived, Gu Xi, on the city gate tower, also jumped onto the evil coffin.
Due to the evil coffin's upgrade, Gu Xi was still adjusting to its increased speed.
He didn't stand at the front of the coffin as before but held onto the chains on the coffin in a semi-crouched position, preventing himself from being thrown off.
Meanwhile, he gripped the Cold Wind Staff with one hand, charging towards the enemy lines.
While waiting for the enemy earlier, Gu Xi had taken the time to finish reading the Bone Storm skill book.
With the previous battle, Gu Xi's Bone Storm had already leveled up to 4.
[Bone Storm Level 4 (53/1000), consumes 10 mana, forms a storm of bone fragments at the designated location, dealing 270% of your attack power as damage to surrounding enemies for 30 seconds. The Bone Storm's area can move.]
The upgrade of Bone Storm brought many changes. At level 1, it was just a Bone Storm.
At level 2, its damage increased. At level 3, its duration increased and it became movable.
Now at level 4, its mana consumption had significantly decreased.
This meant Gu Xi could now cast more Bone Storms.
When Gu Xi entered the battle, his target was the core of the ghostly army.
He pointed towards the ghostly area, and the Bone Storm cut through the ghosts like a harvester.
Weaker ghosts were shredded instantly, while stronger ones couldn't withstand the continuous Bone Storms. When they tried to escape, the icy effect of the Bone Storm froze them in place.
Thus, wave after wave of Bone Storms carved a path straight into the ghostly army's core.