I, the Necromancer, will crush the gods!

Chapter 96 We are truly destined to meet again, to kill the queen ant once more.

It's the same familiar map.

It's the same familiar monster.

The skeleton warriors rallied together and rushed toward the oasis, only to be met by a large swarm of giant desert scorpions.

These enormous creatures swarmed rapidly toward the skeleton warriors.

But the skeleton warriors did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, they skillfully guided the giant desert scorpion, speeding forward along the oasis waterway.

The giant desert scorpions relentlessly pursued the skeleton warriors, but the skeleton warriors controlled their running speed, maintaining a relatively balanced distance from the giant desert scorpions.

As the group grew, the giant desert scorpions along the way also joined the pursuit.

Jiang Chen followed at the back of the group, maintaining a distance of about 1000 meters, and safely observed the entire situation.

After running for half an hour, he finally saw his target—the ant nest.

Jiang Chen quickly sped up and caught up with the group.

At the same time, the skeleton warriors all stopped and prepared to fight the desert giant scorpions.

A fierce battle broke out, and the skeleton warriors easily defeated the giant desert scorpions that came to pursue them, thanks to their powerful attributes and combat skills.

Jiang Chen stood aside, witnessing the battle; the entire process required almost no intervention from him.

When the skeleton warriors faced these giant desert scorpions, it was a one-sided crushing and slaughter.

Boom! Boom! The sound exploded!

The yellow sand flew up again.

Jiang Chen unleashed his skill: "Corpse Explosion!" This skill detonates the corpse, dealing damage to enemies within range.

Even though all the giant desert scorpions in sight were dead, Jiang Chen was still using his skills.

That's right, he was practicing this skill non-stop.

The Corpse Explosion skill can only be used during combat, and Jiang Chen seized this opportunity to use it repeatedly.

Jiang Chen used this skill thirty or forty times in a row, constantly consuming his mental energy until the skill leveled up.

After a lot of hard work, it finally paid off.

The Corpse Explosion skill has finally been upgraded!

"Corpse Explosion (Level 3): Detonates a corpse, dealing damage equal to 20% of the corpse's health to enemies within a 3-meter radius." Jiang Chen perfectly upgraded the skill, increasing the attack range to 100 meters and the damage to 600% of the corpse's health.

His attack power has been significantly enhanced once again.

The group continued forward and arrived at the entrance to the ant cave.

Jiang Chen saw a large patch of cacti again, but unfortunately, this time they did not bear fruit.

Jiang Chen was somewhat disappointed, but he quickly dismissed it and decided to treat this solo run as an opportunity to level up and earn more points.

Besides, a lot of points were already deducted when I came in, so I can't waste them.

The skeleton army stormed into the ant hole.

Having had the experience before, this time I don't need to look for maps or exits everywhere.

The column of ants marched almost in a straight line towards the queen ant's location. Gradually, a group of ants joined the column.

Larvae, worker ants, soldier ants, flying ants.

There were all kinds of ants, numbering in the hundreds.

Jiang Chen donned the skeleton armor and followed at a distance.

When the ant colony arrived at the queen's nest, the ants all stood outside, too afraid to go in.

It seems that this is the case in many dungeons, where mobs dare not enter the boss's territory.

Jiang Chen also thought this was normal.

Skeleton warriors blocked the intersection and fought the ants.

The battle ended when Jiang Chen arrived and used the corpse explosion technique.

Jiang Chen was very satisfied as he watched the messages keep appearing.

"I can gain another wave of experience."

Since entering the dungeon, he's experienced two major experience boosts: once from the Desert Giant Scorpion and now. These two waves of corpses have increased his experience by 15%.

This is just the appetizer; the real main course is yet to come.

Jiang Chen drank a bottle of basic mental potion, restoring 100 points of mental strength.

Although 100 points of mental energy are negligible, they are enough for him to use Corpse Explosion 10 times or to put on Skeleton Armor a few times.

After clearing out the smaller monsters, the team rushed into the queen ant's room.

They quickly rushed towards the queen's four personal guards.

"Gather the fire!"

A concentrated barrage of fire instantly wiped out an ant guard.

At this moment, the other three guards went into defensive stance.

When the skill was activated, the entire body of the armor was covered with a layer of luster, and the defense was pushed to an extremely high level.

The skeleton warriors attacked relentlessly.

A massive barrage of attacks from wind, fire, thunder, and ice simultaneously rained down on the queen ant's guards, rapidly depleting their defensive abilities.

The queen ant flaps her wings and screams, launching a sonic attack.

I've already experienced the queen ant's sonic attack once.

Although it has a large range, its power is not very strong.

Jiang Chen's skeletal armor flashed continuously, completely blocking the attack.

This is especially true for skeleton warriors.

It's not that it has no effect at all, but rather that it has no impact.

The skeleton warriors continued their attacks, and in just ten seconds, the glow on the three queen ant guards had become quite dim.

The queen ant flapped her wings again.

Skill: Storm Strike!

A storm suddenly swept through, blowing away the skeleton warriors one by one.

Upon landing, the skeleton warrior sprang to his feet and rushed back to continue the attack. The skeleton mage stood in front of Jiang Chen, becoming his human shield.

The light emanating from the queen ant's personal guards was about to disappear.

Jiang Chen issued the order in his mind.

The skeleton warriors unleashed their skills.

Skill: Berserk Power.

Almost instantly, the defenses of the three queen ant guards collapsed, and they were all crippled.

The skeleton mage finished off the enemy, unleashing a barrage of skills accompanied by dazzling light.

At the same time, Jiang Chen raised his palm.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

boom! boom! boom! boom!

Four loud bangs followed, and four explosions swept through the cave.

The queen ant screamed in agony as she was blasted into a deep wound and instantly curled up in a defensive position. While curled up, her injuries healed rapidly.

At the same time, screams echoed throughout the ant nest.

Jiang Chen smiled; this was the moment he had been waiting for.

Unlike last time.

He hadn't cleaned the monsters from the anthill last time.

The number of ants inside will be astonishing.

Now he's just waiting for the ants to come to him.

A group of skeleton warriors had already run back and stood in his way.

A dozen seconds later, a dense crawling sound came from the cave, accompanied by the sharp chirping of ants, which made one's scalp tingle.

The anthills are interconnected, and large numbers of ants are rushing here from all directions.

Soon, a dense, black mass of ants appeared in my field of vision.

Below are crawling ants, and above are flying ants. Jiang Chen had no idea how many there were.

After waiting another two seconds, the ant swarm was less than 20 meters away.

"Do it!"

At the command, the skeleton warriors responded and sprang into action, while the skeleton mages were even faster.

Dozens of skills were unleashed simultaneously.

The cave was suddenly filled with a dazzling array of colors.

Screams erupted from the ant colony; some ants had already been instantly killed.

Jiang Chen instantly locked onto the monster.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

The explosion echoed throughout the anthill, and the entire cave trembled.

One sound followed another, very rhythmic.

Jiang Chen wasn't just randomly placing the ants; he was waiting for them to multiply before unleashing a devastating attack.

Gradually, a large number of ant corpses began to accumulate in the cave, forming a small mountain.

The ants that came in later knocked over these small hills again, and they charged towards Jiang Chen, stepping on the corpses of their own kind.

Summoned by the queen ant, the ants fought fearlessly.

A wealth of experience is coming in.

In the blink of an eye, the experience points had reached 50%, an astonishing speed.

After level 21, the leveling speed slows down again.

Although it's not like the big jump that happens every 5 levels.

However, it was at least 10% slower. Jiang Chen estimated that if he could get more than 85% experience after completing the Tyrant Desert dungeon this time, that would be considered good.

It will get even slower after that.

"It's a bit slow!"

Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh. If anyone else heard this, they would probably vomit blood.

Others go from level 20 to 30 in a year for some and two or three years for others.

At Jiang Chen's speed, he could reach level 30 in one or two months at most.

Even so, you still complain about being slow? It's infuriating to compare yourself to others.

Jiang Chen kept exploding the monsters.

Ten minutes later, no more monsters came.

All the monsters in the ant cave have died.

The queen ant's screams also stopped.

The curled-up state is lifted.

The queen ant recovered from her injuries.

However, what awaited it was a saturation attack from skeleton warriors and skeleton mages.

135 skeleton warriors simultaneously swung their greatswords, unleashing their skills. They attacked from all directions, whether beneath the queen ant, on her body, back, or head.

The queen ant, whose wounds had just healed, was instantly on the verge of death.

The skeleton mage's spells followed in quick succession, finishing off the enemy.

The queen ant was almost instantly killed, much more horribly than last time.

They didn't even use a single skill.

"Killed the Desert Ant Queen, Experience +653741"

"Obtained Silver-tier weapon: Queen Ant Longsword"

Obtained Silver-tier jewelry: Queen Ant Ring

"Obtained low-level monster cores"

"Queen Ant Longsword: Silver-grade weapon, Strength +80, Constitution +80, Sword skills boosted by 13%, usable after level 20"

"Queen Ant Ring: Silver-grade jewelry, Spirit +50, Constitution +50, Spirit recovery speed increased by 10%, usable at level 20." This time the harvest was not as much as last time.

No desert ant queen eggs were obtained.

Stepping over the queen ant's corpse, Jiang Chen left the ant cave and entered the lion clan's territory.

Looking at the towering castle and the sturdy gates.

Jiang Chen knew that if he wanted to open the castle gates quickly, he would need siege equipment.

Siege equipment is not sold in the exchange; you need to collect materials and have it crafted by a blacksmith.

Jiang Chen didn't have that kind of free time.

Using the simple and brutal method again, the skeleton warriors broke down the door directly.

At most, it will only waste a few more minutes.

He has only been in the instance for five hours.

It's more than twice as fast as last time.

He could afford to waste such a short time. "World-class BOSS, here I come again!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, and the skeleton army charged straight ahead.

The hundreds of skeletons looked imposing and unstoppable.