After settling the fisherman, Yang Tao continued his journey to find the dungeon. Maybe saving the fisherman had brought him good luck because he quickly discovered a dungeon by the sea.
Excited, he flew down. "Ever since I met the fisherman, I don't know why, but my mood has improved, and my luck is better too!"
From a distance, he spotted the red-eyed clothier NPC wandering back and forth near the dungeon entrance.
He had heard that if you entered the dungeon before defeating the Skeleton King, a weak version of the boss would appear—one with barely any health and no hands.
Defeating it would even grant special rewards!
However, Yang Tao glanced at the sky. It was already getting dark. "Looks like I missed my chance to bully the easy version of the Skeleton King!"
He walked to the dungeon entrance and spoke with the cursed old man, immediately triggering the boss fight.
The old man disappeared on the spot, replaced by a giant skull emerging in his place.
The Skeleton King charged at Yang Tao, but he dodged nimbly. Just when he thought he was safe, a giant hand suddenly smacked him right in the face!
"Do you know how much emotional damage a slap like that causes to a handsome guy like me?" Yang Tao shouted angrily.
Hearing that, the Skeleton King didn't hold back and swung another slap at him. The attack was fast, and the range was wide.
Smack! Another hit landed squarely on Yang Tao's face!
The boss's attacks were no longer something his quantum armor could completely negate. Each hit took over ten points of health.
After just two hits, he had lost nearly thirty health points. With a total of only 200 HP, Yang Tao panicked and quickly ate a golden apple. His health started recovering rapidly.
"I almost got wrecked by you today!"
Yang Tao kept chipping away at the boss's health. Before long, both of its arms were gone.
Without its arms, the Skeleton King switched tactics. It started spitting out skulls—small, flying skulls that zoomed toward him.
But standing on solid ground, Yang Tao didn't panic. He simply jumped, letting the skulls hit the ground and vanish instantly.
The Skeleton King then began spinning rapidly and rushed toward him. Its speed increased even more, and even with two agility potions active, Yang Tao was quickly caught up to.
Seeing that he was about to get hit, Yang Tao pulled out an Ender Pearl and threw it with all his might.
He vanished instantly and reappeared at the pearl's landing spot!
Watching the Skeleton King turn around in the distance, he taunted, "Come on, chase me! If you catch me, I'll let you heh heh heh!"
But the boss had no more tricks up its sleeve. Before long, the Skeleton King fell to Yang Tao's attacks.
Yang Tao ran over and picked up the loot bag. Inside, he found a skeleton grappling hook and a spellbook for summoning skulls!
With 29 attack damage and a homing effect, the spellbook immediately caught his eye.
"Too bad I don't have any mana. Otherwise, I could test it out. Time to gather some fallen stars and max out my mana!"
Seeing shooting stars fall from the sky in the distance, Yang Tao hurried off to collect them.
The sky gradually brightened. At this moment, Yang Tao's magic power had reached the maximum of 200 points, and there were also a lot of fallen stars.
For someone who could fly, collecting fallen stars was incredibly easy—he just had to fly directly to wherever there was a glow.
"Star Cannon is pretty good too! I'll make one when I get the materials!"
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