Chapter 53: Awakening the ghoul High Priest, Mental Attack?

"Roar!!!"

Terrified howls echoed throughout the ghoul tribe .

Only then did the other ghouls realize what was happening. Their hearts were immediately filled with fear. They scrambled to escape in a panic.

With so much experience and attributes at stake, Jeremy certainly wouldn't let them get away.

Blue light flickered in his eyes, and a chill spread around him, causing the temperature to plummet suddenly.

"Ice Arrow Barrage!"

Silvery snowflakes drifted down as ice arrows formed in the air.

In an instant, the sky was densely packed with ice arrows.

The countless arrow tips gleamed dangerously in the sunlight.

With a thought, Jeremy directed all the ice arrows toward the fleeing ghouls.

The ghouls were instantly terrified, wishing they had more legs to run faster.

Jeremy snapped his fingers softly.

The next moment, the ice arrows rained down from the sky!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Despite their frantic dodging and even hiding behind cover, the ice arrows seemed to have eyes, avoiding obstacles and finding their targets.

The ice arrows pierced precisely through each ghoul's body, filling the ghoul tribe with countless agonizing wails.

[You have killed a Level 21 ghoul (Normal), gaining 3,017 experience points!]

[You have killed a Level 25 ghoul Archer (Normal), gaining 4,631 experience points!]

[You have killed a Level 27 ghoul Elder (Elite), gaining 26,919 experience points!]

...

In just a moment, Jeremy had killed over a hundred ghouls!

The entire ghoul tribe was littered with corpses, the ground stained red with blood, and the stench of death filled the air, making it nauseating.

Jeremy felt nothing about it.

Having endured the trials of the battlefield, he was long accustomed to blood and corpses.

Moreover, Jeremy sensed that there were still many ghouls hiding in the shadows within the tribe.

But time was limited, and Jeremy had no time to hunt them down individually.

He picked up the ghoul chieftain's head and strode toward the altar at the center of the tribe.

It was a stone-built altar, circular in shape with three levels. At the center of the top level was a cylindrical sacrificial platform covered with obscure and intricate patterns.

Jeremy glanced at it and found the patterns looked like childish doodles, abstract yet exuding a mysterious aura, reminiscent of the Stone Age.

He stepped forward and placed the still-bleeding ghoul chieftain's head on the sacrificial platform.

Ten seconds passed, and everything remained calm...

Thirty seconds passed, and still, nothing happened...

"Did I remember it wrong?" Jeremy wondered, just about to step forward and adjust the head.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a fierce wind erupted around him, and thick black smoke rose from the sacrificial platform, surging straight into the sky!

The sky filled with turbulent clouds, and the sun was obscured by dark clouds.

The world plunged into darkness.

An immensely powerful aura descended upon the altar!

In no time, the dense black fog formed into a small figure in mid-air.

[Ghoul High Priest (Hidden BOSS)]

[Level]: lv35

[Attack]: 34,938-35,779

[Defense]: 3,410

[Skills]: Necromantic Curse, Wraith Spear, Summon Undead...

[Note]: Strong mental attacks, fast speed, average strength and defense. Light-type skills can deal extra damage to it.

The Ghoul High Priest was small and hunched, clad in a wizard's black robe. Its face was gaunt and ghastly, somewhat resembling an ghoul.

Holding a bone staff, it floated in the air, surrounded by tendrils of black aura, with faint wails of tormented souls. It exuded an overwhelmingly malevolent presence.

Glaring at the ghoul chieftain's head on the altar, the Ghoul High Priest's face twisted with anger.

"%¥#¥#@..."

It looked up at Jeremy, its eyes filled with malice, muttering words that Jeremy couldn't understand.

Listening for a while and realizing he couldn't make sense of it, Jeremy lost interest in what it was saying.

"Light-type skills can deal extra damage..." he muttered, his eyes flickering as he considered the hint from The Eye of Omniscience.

He did have a light-type skill, though he wasn't sure if a physical attack would work...

"Screech!!!"

Seeing Jeremy ignore it, the Ghoul High Priest's wrinkled face twisted with rage. It let out a sharp, piercing roar.

It pointed its staff at Jeremy, and the black mist around it surged, releasing a powerful burst of mental energy.

A black spear, enveloped in dark aura, materialized in front of it.

"Wraith Spear!"

The spear's tip was aimed at Jeremy, radiating intense malice.

"Mental attack?" Jeremy couldn't help but laugh as he sensed the Ghoul High Priest's mental energy.

His mental strength had undergone a transformation in the spiritual world.

This level of mental attack wouldn't even tickle him.

Seeing Jeremy still able to laugh, the Ghoul High Priest's eyes burned with fury.

This arrogant human would soon pay for his insolence!

With a vicious gaze, the ghoul High Priest swung its staff down fiercely.

"Whoosh!"

The Wraith Spear shot out like lightning, aiming straight for Jeremy's head.

However, Jeremy didn't even flinch, letting the black spear strike his forehead.

Seeing Jeremy hit by the Wraith Spear, the Ghoul High Priest let out a horrifying laugh.

It envisioned the scene of Jeremy bleeding from his eyes, nose, and mouth, writhing in agony.

But in the next moment, the Ghoul High Priest's expression froze.

"Boom!"

The moment the Wraith Spear touched Jeremy's forehead, an unparalleled surge of terrifying mental energy erupted from him!

The sheer force of this mental power was so overwhelming that even the Ghoul High Priest felt a moment of suffocation!

How is this possible!!

Staring at Jeremy, now enveloped in a massive, towering mental force, the Ghoul High Priest's eyes were filled with utter disbelief.