He was extremely fond and satisfied with this armor, as it not only provided him with substantial armor value but also additional strength and life value enhancements.

Besides, it came with two skills, one to summon a Violent Bear Warrior and another to enter Bear Mode.

Especially the Bear Mode skill, definitely a killer-level enhancement skill that boosted both strength and size, making Zong Shen a humanoid boss when entering Bear Mode, which he had deeply experienced in previous battles.

Therefore, Zong Shen cherished the equipment [Tiroka's Bear Armor (Purple)] very much, but even if Zong Shen cherished it, it was difficult to avoid wear and tear.

Because battle armor is the most worn-out type of armor, as it needs to protect most of the body's position, it also bears the most damage.

Transforming heartache into strength, Zong Shen charged forward again with two sabers.

The Skeleton War King stood still, opening its large skeletal mouth to spit a black light sphere,

which landed on Zong Shen, causing a skeleton bound by black chains to appear above his head, slowing his movements significantly.

He felt as if an invisible shackle bound him all over, preventing him from moving freely.

His legs and all joints felt as if filled with lead, suddenly reducing movement speed considerably.

This was the Aging Curse of the Skeleton War King. As it said, the Undead Race of monsters was quite adept at curse-type skills.

Now, Zong Shen's action power was 50% lower than before, and his advancing steps looked like they were lagging.

After casting the Aging Curse, the Skeleton War King turned to flee!

Facing Zong Shen, it had no intention of fighting to death at all, almost turning and walking away without any hesitation, while also commanding a part of the Burrow Monsters to surge over in an attempt to block Zong Shen's assault.

At this moment, a green vine suddenly stretched from the ground, entangling its lower body; Zong Shen had used the Entanglement skill.

Although the Aging Curse reduced his movement speed and action power by 50%, Zong Shen did not completely lose his mobility. He strove forward in big strides, reaching in front of the Skeleton War King.

He unleashed the Chaotic Slash skill attached to the [Cruel Butcher's Knife (Blue)]!

Within three seconds, his right hand slashed three times consecutively.

The effect of the Aging Curse skill was very vexing. Zong Shen felt resistance in his joints when swinging the saber, but fortunately, the skill's effect offset some resistance.

The butcher knife in his hand carved three marks on the Skeleton War King.

[-87]

[-86]

[-87]

At this point, the Skeleton War King, after enduring the burning of the Flame Storm and Flame Claw, and Zong Shen's strikes, was left with only 277 life points.

After enduring five strikes on its upper body's skeletal armor, it was nearly shattered. Each strike could cleave through the bone armor, severing or splitting the bones beneath.

After the Chaotic Slash skill concluded, the entanglement restraint also disappeared. The Skeleton War King took off, running, as the shattered bone armor on it rattled with "ka-ka" collision sounds.

At this moment, Zong Shen activated the Demon Deterrence, a black virtual heart appeared and began to "thump-thump" rhythmically. Each beat emitted an invisible deterrence, affecting the Burrow Monsters within a dozen meters.

This scared away all the Burrow Monsters that it had commanded to surge in earlier.

Simultaneously, slowing down the Skeleton War King's pace, it stopped its escape steps.

It tilted its head slightly as if pondering something. Because its whole body was skeletal, there was no change in expression. It pondered for a while, Zong Shen maintaining the Demon Deterrence, approached within two meters of it.

Suddenly, its eyes, representing the Soul Fire, flickered with two red lights.

"Ka-ka-ka..."

The skeletal mouth opened, producing a bone joint friction sound, but couldn't utter human speech.

Zong Shen couldn't be bothered to care what this guy was saying. His left hand with the [Slaying Broad-Blade Saber (Blue)] chopped towards the Skeleton War King's shoulder, while the right hand's [Cruel Butcher's Knife (Blue)] slashed at its neck.

Due to the angle, the Butcher Knife was the first to hit the Skeleton War King.

"Gag-bang!"

After a crisp sound, a section of its cervical vertebra directly shattered, with the entire head almost falling off, only a few connecting places remained, causing it to tilt to one side.

[-107]

This strike caused full damage.

Then, the Broad-Blade Saber struck again on its shoulder.

[-81]

[Slaying]

[-89]

This strike directly luckily triggered the Slaying effect, with a hint of golden notice mixed in the damage numbers.

It directly took away the remaining 89 life points of the Skeleton War King; the red Soul Fire in its eyes flickered once and completely extinguished.

Its body began to crumble, with chunks of bone and joints falling, collapsing into a pile of bones with a rattle, finally dissolving into the ground.

On the spot, it left only a [Basic Challenge Fragment], which Zong Shen picked up—now he had eight fragments in total, with extraction value once again reaching 1500 points and a surplus of more than 700 extraction value points.

Zong Shen's strength attribute turned to 79 points, and his life value changed to 1213 points.

After dealing with the Skeleton War King, the Burrow Monster Swarm suddenly became agitated, but this agitation quickly calmed down, as there were only two Burrow Heroes in this monster swarm.

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