Without the ice crystals to protect, the four skeleton soldiers were clearly far less restrained on their return journey. Whenever they encountered an attack they could not completely avoid, they directly used the bone weapons in their hands to block it. As long as they were not completely knocked down, they would not stop advancing.
The first skeleton soldier rushed out of the ice path, followed closely by the second, and before much time had passed, the third also emerged from its own path.
The final skeleton soldier's right arm bone was already cracked, and only half of the bone blade in its hand remained. Even so, it still used the broken blade to deflect the final humanoid puppet's attack before taking several steps forward and successfully charging out of the fourth ice path.
All the ice puppets stopped moving simultaneously.
Zich opened his eyes. His forehead was already covered in fine beads of sweat, which looked strange in this cold region.
