Chapter 19: Spiritual Barrier

The empty hall was empty, with only a throne at the end.

And there was only a skinny skeleton on the throne.

Anyway, Su Chen felt that it was much inferior to the Skeleton Knight.

The Skeleton Knight rode a ghost warhorse and respectfully stood beside the throne.

As if sensing Su Chen's breath, two balls of ghost fire flashed in the eyes of the motionless skeleton, which made Su Chen jump.

"Hehe, kid, are you having fun?"

The first sentence of the skeleton on the throne after waking up was to ask if he was having fun. For a moment, Su Chen didn't know how to answer.

Since he couldn't answer, he simply asked back.

"Uh, is this your territory?"

Well! Well, this question was obviously a bit redundant, and Su Chen regretted it after asking it.

The skeleton on the throne was obviously stunned, but there was no flesh on his face, and he couldn't make any expression, so Su Chen couldn't see the skeleton's inner thoughts.

"Boy, aren't you curious about why you came here?" The skeleton asked again.

Su Chen suddenly had an idea: "You got me down? Why?"

"Haha, little guy, you reacted quickly. It was indeed me who got you down. The reason is very simple. You are very special. At least in the eyes of the humans I have seen, you are more special than them. Especially your contracted spirit beast. Although it is very weak, it gives me a very inexplicable feeling. I believe in my intuition, so I pulled you down."

This skeleton seemed to be very talkative and said so many words in one breath.

"If that's the case, then what's the matter with so many skeleton soldiers in front?" Su Chen didn't understand. Since you are interested in me, why don't you just bring yourself to your side? As for so many endless skeleton soldiers! It made me scared.

"Oh, hahaha! What's wrong, you still have a temper, then when your little friend upgraded, why did you look so happy?"

The skeleton on the throne heard the complaint in Su Chen's heart and laughed.

"Uh! This..." Su Chen scratched his head embarrassedly.

Indeed, he was very happy when the little flame absorbed the soul fire to improve his strength, after all, he saved himself a lot of money.

Without the supply of these soul fires, he didn't know how much money it would cost to upgrade the little flame to the third level!

"Don't worry, you saw it, I don't mean to harm you. The skeleton warriors in front are both a small test for you and a small benefit for you."

"Of course, whether you can catch it or not is a personal ability. Obviously, you have that ability."

"Soul fire is a good thing, but not everyone has the blessing to enjoy it. Your little friend is beyond my expectation. He is not an undead creature, and his attributes are not matched. He can absorb soul fire without limit. It's really magical."

Although the throne skeleton talked about personal opportunities, his words revealed his appreciation for Su Chen and the little flame. This was something Su Chen didn't expect.

At this time, Su Chen felt that this Skeleton King (let's call him Skeleton King for now!) was very easy to talk to, so he took the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart.

"Um, senior! I have something to consult you about?" Su Chen said respectfully, and I respect him even though the person in front of him was just a skeleton.

"What can stump you?"

The Skeleton King's words were mostly meant to tease.

"I just want to know, in the last few levels, although the attacks from my spirit beasts could easily hit those skeleton soldiers, the first attack often did not seem to hit their bodies directly, but was blocked by an invisible and intangible protective layer, thus reducing the power of my attack. Including the black water snake I met outside, it also had a layer of invisible protective layer on its body, which made it immune to all my damage."

"So, what on earth is that thing?"

Su Chen was really curious.

If I don't figure this out, I will be very passive when facing the enemy in the future.

"Oh, you're talking about this! That's right, your strength is not there yet, no wonder you don't know. In fact, this matter is not as weird as you think. Even if I don't tell you, you will know it when the time comes."

"Your guess is right. My skeleton elites and the little snake outside do have a protective layer on their bodies. That protective layer is called aura barrier. Of course, you can also understand it as aura protection, aura shield, etc."

"Generally speaking, when the biological level reaches the fourth stage, the body will condense an aura barrier to protect the whole body. Of course, there are special cases. If it is an elite level, then the aura barrier will be born at the third level."

"Your little friend has good potential and can be regarded as an elite level. Now it has just broken through the third level not long ago, so it has not condensed the aura barrier. After a while, when the strength is improved, it will naturally have it."

The Skeleton King pointed to the small flame floating in the air and said.

"Contracted spirit beasts can also condense?" Su Chen was a little surprised.

He thought that this skill was only possessed by those monsters?

"Of course, not only your contracted spirit beast, but also you."

"Me too?" Su Chen was even more surprised.

"Of course, any creature with enough spiritual energy will naturally understand this little trick, but some are stronger and some are weaker. You can't understand it now because you are too weak now."

Skeleton King said affirmatively.

"Although the spiritual energy barrier can strengthen its own defense, the effect is not big or small." The words of the Skeleton King are somewhat intriguing.

"Why?" Su Chen didn't understand, this spiritual energy barrier is obviously very powerful!

Look at the Skeleton Mage, if I hadn't given it a fierce blow at the end, I don't know how long it would have lasted!

"It's very simple." Skeleton King looked at Su Chen and explained: "It is so effective because if you want to kill the enemy, you must break the aura barrier, otherwise your attack will either be ineffective or greatly weakened."

"But, no matter how powerful the aura barrier is, it is not as powerful as a defensive skill. If your attack can break even the opponent's strongest defensive skill, how can you not break the opponent's aura barrier? So this is why I said it is ineffective."

"Is that so!"

After listening to Skeleton King's explanation, Su Chen understood a little.

So this skill is useless! It's a pity to throw it away if it's tasteless?

But no matter what, this useless skill is still very useful. At least at this stage, it has indeed caused me a lot of trouble.