There's a skull dungeon attached to my basement

With a crisp sound, the Thrust skill, which Xiao Yang had considered weak, unexpectedly proved incredibly effective.

Xiao Yang's Righteous Cudgel stabbed fiercely into the back of the skull knight's head, striking the helmet covered in mottled rust. The Thrust skill brought two points of defense penetration damage, plus the Elite Killer and Undead Killer (Skeleton) bonuses, resulting in a nine-point damage number popping up.

This damage wasn't particularly high, but the level difference between the two sides was too great. Xiao Yang had consistently been fighting monsters above his level, facing level 20 enemies while only being level 8.

His movements didn't pause in the slightest. Crushing Agility granted him even higher attack speed. One strike, two strikes, three strikes, the Righteous Cudgel in his hand was held in a reverse grip like a dagger, stabbing outwards. Xiao Yang's attack movements at this moment were very similar to a mantis, constantly jabbing.

Divine Game isn't entirely like a game. The skills within it don't have a complete cooldown in the traditional sense. As long as you're willing to pay the price and bear the consequences, every skill can be used as a basic attack.

The continuous jabbing caused a grating creaking sound from the skull knight's neck. Xiao Yang's actions alerted other monsters in the dimly lit corridor: Bloodthirsty Bats. These things were like cockroaches on the ceiling, lurking in the darkness, their figures present everywhere.

With sharp screeches, black bats fluttered their wings, rushing from the darkness directly towards Xiao Yang's face. Xiao Yang didn't bother with the incoming Bloodthirsty Bats, but the timing of this damned bat's attack was just too good.

His vision obscured, the skull knight also reacted at this moment. The body encased in heavy armor turned around, delivering a powerful sweeping attack. The flail slammed into Xiao Yang's chest, the heavy force sending Xiao Yang staggering backwards several steps until his body slammed against the cold, damp wall.

The skull knight turned his body around, the faint blue soul flames flickering. The Bloodthirsty Bat that attacked Xiao Yang disrupted his rhythm. The skull knight didn't press the attack but instead began summoning servants.

The sweeping attack just now caused far more damage to Xiao Yang than the skull knight's displayed damage stats.

The situation Xiao Yang least wanted to face had occurred. The stronger the enemy encountered, the more the displayed stats could only be used as a reference. Powerful enemies wouldn't stand there stupidly comparing numbers with you. They also had various skills, trait buffs, and equipment.

After summoning his followers, the skull knight strode forward with a muffled gait, leading the four skull warriors beside him. The four skull followers summoned by this skull knight weren't a single type: one skull archer, two skull swordsmen, and one skull spearman.

The two skull swordsmen directly took the lead, rushing towards Xiao Yang. Indeed, these guys wearing tattered leather armor and carrying only a longsword were indeed the fastest runners among the skull warriors.

Exhaling a breath, Xiao Yang flung the corpse of the Bloodthirsty Bat to the side. Xiao Yang didn't intend to pay attention to these mobs at all. Extremely high stats in all aspects gave him considerable confidence. The skull swordsmen's slashes couldn't even break his defense, with zeros popping up one after another. With this situation, plus Xiao Yang's full two hundred health points, he seemed more like a true boss than the skull knight.

The series of attacks just now had caused the skull knight to lose a quarter of his health. Xiao Yang swung the cudgel in his hand very quickly. Of course, he wasn't truly an iron wall. The skull warrior wielding the spear stabbed Xiao Yang hard, instantly knocking off five points of his health.

Xiao Yang glared fiercely at the spear-wielding skeleton. Clearly, this type of skull warrior possessed armor-piercing abilities and should be prioritized in the future. Xiao Yang once again rushed in front of the skull knight. The skull knight's martial skills were obviously much better than Xiao Yang's.

After all, it was a monster with knightly instincts. When Xiao Yang deliberately engaged him in close combat, he would even elbow Xiao Yang. Don't underestimate it, it was even a skill. Xiao Yang was forcibly knocked into a staggered state. At this time, the skull warriors immediately wanted to swarm up and pin Xiao Yang down.

If Xiao Yang hadn't pulled a skull swordsman down with him, creating a gap in the swarming formation, then Xiao Yang might have really been subdued by these skull warriors.

This was the first time Xiao Yang had encountered such a situation. As expected, enemies with intelligence were the most difficult to deal with.

It had to be said that this was the most difficult battle Xiao Yang had fought in the skeleton dungeon, even more difficult than the dungeon guardian battle. This made him focus all his energy and treat it like a formidable enemy.

But in reality, there was no need to be so careful and cautious. As long as he wasn't really completely surrounded by the group of skeleton warriors and treated like a world boss to farm, then Xiao Yang would really have a hard time encountering any danger. Don't think that the skull knight, with his little brothers, was using all kinds of martial arts and fiercely attacking Xiao Yang's body, but in reality, Xiao Yang's current health had only dropped by a quarter.

No, not even a quarter. He even recovered a bit just now.

The faint blue soul flames flickered. The skull knight once again unleashed a sweeping attack, knocking back the guy in light leather armor in front of him. The skull warriors beside him rushed forward in a swarm, but they couldn't stop this guy's advance at all. He squeezed over once again, waving the short, thick black cudgel in his hand while howling.

At this moment, inexplicably, a hint of hesitation appeared in this skull knight. This hint of hesitation had just appeared when a surprised voice rang out.

"Eh?!"