After reporting the special plant seeds from the Yellow Sand Kingdom's treasure trove to Daxia, Chen Xu left, picking up Xuan Chu on his way out.
The conquest team for Yellow Sand Chaos had nearly finished their mission, and Chen Xu's skeleton army had fulfilled its purpose.
With nothing else to do, Chen Xu returned to the Undead Kingdom to organize his gains from this trip.
Both the Sandworm Scourge and Black Anomaly dungeons had provided Chen Xu with a massive amount of summoning materials. Furthermore, through continuous combat, the levels of his summoning skills had increased rapidly.
【Raise Skeleton (Lv 61+4): Summon a skeleton. If a corpse is consumed for the summon, gain additional bonuses based on the quality of the corpse. Current enhancements: Cold Enhancement, Aura of Cold, Special Curse. (Total skeleton soldiers: 100 million)】
The level of Raise Skeleton had reached an exaggerated Level 61, and two new skills had been added: Shield Charge and Heavy Stomp.
The number of ice-crystallized limbs had also increased. Both hands and the left leg were now crystallized, significantly boosting his cold attribute damage. At this rate, with only the right leg, torso, and head remaining, he would be fully crystallized by Level 90.
He wondered if there would be any special changes then.
【Summon Skeleton Priest (Lv 21+4): Summon a skeleton priest. Skeleton priests can cast summoning skills and defensive bone skills mastered by the professional. Current enhancements: Extra Strong. (Total skeleton priests: 5,000)】
【Skeleton Priest reached Level 20, triggering 996 Talent. Effect obtained: Overtime Pay (A priest? Well, it is only reasonable for clergy to dedicate everything to their lord.). Choose one of the following three enhancements.】
【Extra Fast: All speeds of the skeleton priest are doubled.】
【Teleport: The skeleton priest can cast Teleport.】
【Fire Enhancement: The skeleton priest's attacks carry fire attribute damage.】
For the Level 20 enhancement of the skeleton priest, Chen Xu chose Extra Fast. In any case, the skeleton priests only needed to follow the rear of the army and continuously cast summoning skills.
【Summon Skeleton Archer (Lv 40+4): Summon a skeleton archer. The sharp arrows of the skeleton archer can easily pierce flesh. Current enhancements: Multi-Shot, Aura of Fanaticism. (Total skeleton archers: 50 million)】
【Skeleton Archer reached Level 30, triggering 996 Talent. Effect obtained: Overtime Pay (Buddy, the meaning of life lies in life itself; money is fine as long as there is enough.). Choose one of the following three enhancements.】
【Special Curse: The skeleton archer's attacks will place a curse on enemies, doubling the physical damage they take.】
【Extra Fast: All speeds of the skeleton archer are doubled.】
【Mana Burn: The skeleton archer's attacks reduce the enemy's internal energy.】
Without hesitation, Chen Xu directly chose Mana Burn.
Mana Burn would reduce mana when hitting mages, true qi when hitting cultivators, and internal energy when hitting martial artists. He wondered if hitting a god would reduce their divine power or perhaps their faith value.
For the Level 40 special enhancement, the archers did not receive a new skill option but were directly bound to a single skill: Horsemanship.
However, Chen Xu had not summoned any bone horses yet, and the bone dragons were a bunch of arrogant fellows. Without him personally suppressing them, they would never allow archers to mount them.
He would have to look for a dungeon space fragment with a stable affix later to add a stable region to the Undead Kingdom.
【Summon Skeleton Mage (Lv 40+4): Summon a skeleton mage. Skeleton mages master the powers of frost and shadow. Current enhancements: Cold Enhancement, Fire Enhancement. (Total skeleton mages: 50 million)】
【Summon Skeleton Mage reached Level 30, triggering 996 Talent. Effect obtained: Overtime Pay (Mage who researches the truth, if you do not rest soon, you might just go and meet the Truth in person.). Choose one of the following three enhancements.】
【Lightning Enhancement: The skeleton mage specializes in lightning spells, increasing lightning attribute damage. In addition to basic Charged Bolt and Lightning, they can also cast Chain Lightning and Thunderstorm.】
【Magic Resistance: All resistances of the skeleton mage are increased.】
【Extra Fast: All speeds of the skeleton mage are doubled.】
Choosing Lightning Enhancement meant the skeleton mages now possessed fire, cold, and lightning spells.
The Level 40 special enhancement unlocked a skill called 【Cold Mastery】.
【Cold Mastery: Cold spells will ignore a portion of the enemy's cold resistance to increase your cold spell damage.】
Soldiers, archers, and mages formed the foundation of Chen Xu's skeleton army. These three types only required one corpse to be converted into one unit.
Therefore, Chen Xu set the baseline for these three units at 100 million and two sets of 50 million.
From the Sandworm Scourge and Black Anomaly, he had acquired roughly 630 million corpse units.
Nearly 200 million of them were used to convert into the three basic unit types.
The remaining 400 million were distributed to the high-tier summons—ghosts, abominations, and necrotic knights—at a ratio of 1:2:3.
【Summon Ghost (Lv 8+4): Summon a ghost. (A special promotion from the Land of the Undead: Ghost concert, free admission!) (Total ghosts: 1,000)】
【Abomination Stitching Technique (Lv 8+4): A stunning technique from the Land of the Undead. By stitching pieces of flesh together, a powerful and bizarrely terrifying creature is created. (Total abominations: 500)】
【Summon Necrotic Knight (Lv 6+4): Summon a necrotic knight. Noble, powerful, and skilled in battle, these cavalrymen will tear through any defensive line for you. (Skeleton soldier + bone horse = Necrotic Knight? No, no, no, undead evolution is not a simple math problem.) (Total necrotic knights: 400)】
The summoning of the three high-tier units was proceeding continuously. Ghosts and abominations had corresponding special regional bonuses, so their summoning speed was much faster than that of the necrotic knights, who relied solely on the skeleton priests' casting.
Summoning one ghost required roughly 100 units of ordinary corpse material. After all, ghosts were pure spiritual beings, and the mental strength of ordinary creatures was not particularly strong to begin with. Death itself caused the soul to dissipate, leaving even less residual mental strength.
It was a pity Chen Xu did not have the corpses of spellcasting creatures to experiment with. Perhaps a formal mage could be converted into a single ghost.
The consumption for an abomination was even more exaggerated. Nearly 200 units of ordinary corpse material were needed to convert into one powerful abomination. However, looking at those six-meter-tall massive monsters, Chen Xu accepted the cost.
The consumption for necrotic knights was slightly lower, requiring only 80 units of ordinary corpse material. There was no way around it; that sturdy bone horse also required corpses to be converted.
Looking at his burgeoning undead army, Chen Xu began discussing new mixed combat strategies with Bone Guard One, Xuan Chu, and Xuan Zhong.
In the past, skeleton soldiers always charged in front while archers and mages provided output from the rear.
Now that he had high-tier units, he needed to develop new supporting tactics.
...
Three days later, Mohai City.
Flying down from the transport plane, Chen Xu looked at the familiar surroundings and the equally familiar wind and sand. He silently pulled out the mask he had not used in a long time.
Ahead, Ye Bufan and Xiang Longwu were already prepared.
"Senior Ye, Senior Xiang."
Chen Xu took the initiative to go over and greet them.
"Little Friend Chen, it will all be up to you in a moment. As long as you lead that Black Dragon into the city, the rest can be left to Brother Xiang and me."
Ye Bufan was as kind as ever, with a smile on his face. Chen Xu found it hard to imagine that such an easygoing person was actually a decisive and ruthless sword cultivator.
"Senior Ye, rest assured. Leave it to me."
Chen Xu cupped his fists toward the two seniors and then walked toward the city gate. As he walked, he summoned his undead units and positioned them in prominent places throughout the city.
Currently, only Chen Xu, Ye Bufan, Xiang Longwu, and a team from the academy remained in the city. The ordinary citizens had already been evacuated, allowing Chen Xu to act freely.
Thus, Chen Xu transformed Mohai City into a town of undead creatures to deceive the Black Dragon.
A steady stream of skeleton soldiers ran to various parts of the city, and the city walls were covered with archers and mages.
At the city gate, Bone Guard One led a squad of necrotic knights. In the city center stood several abominations, while many ghosts floated in the air above.
"This kid actually has so many undead creatures. He just changed classes this year, right? His future is limitless."
Xiang Longwu expressed his admiration as he watched Chen Xu's undead army.
"Haha, it is rare to see you, Xiang Longwu, envious of someone," Ye Bufan laughed twice.
He then sent a voice transmission to Chen Xu: "Little Friend Chen, remember to put away your summoned creatures once the fight starts. The battle with the Black Dragon will require our full effort, and we won't be able to spare any attention to look after your summons."
In the distance, Chen Xu raised his hand and gave an OK sign upon receiving the transmission.
After setting up the city, Chen Xu had Xuan Chu lead over a million skeleton soldiers into Mohai.
At the same time, he summoned Sindragosa and the others. Over the past three days, the Everfrost Dragon Territory had converted nine more bone dragons, making a total of eighteen.
"Sindragosa, remember, you are only responsible for harassment and luring. Do not go head-to-head with that Black Dragon. It doesn't matter if we lose some skeleton soldiers, but you must not suffer any losses."
"Uuu~~"
Sindragosa let out a low growl, indicating it understood Chen Xu's meaning.
"Xuan Chu, set out."
"As you command, my Lord!"
Over a million skeleton soldiers began advancing toward Mohai, with the bone dragons following closely behind.
The closer they got to the center of Mohai, the stronger the wind and sand became. The black grit here was like refined iron, capable of leaving scratches on the bodies of the skeleton soldiers.
The skeleton army continued toward the center while the bone dragons in the sky began exhaling Frost Breath in all directions.
This was Chen Xu's idea. Since Mohai was the Black Dragon's territory, sending bone dragons inside to spit everywhere should provoke its anger.
Once it was angry, it would be easy to lure out.
Sure enough, not long after the bone dragons began their Frost Breath, a trace of powerful aura emerged from the center of Mohai.
In the heart of the black storm, a Black Dragon about a hundred meters long, with a deep black body and three claws on its belly, opened its eyes.
"A cold, decaying aura... Who dares intrude upon my territory!"
The Black Dragon soared into the sky, flying toward the position of the skeleton army.
"Skeletons? Deformed giant birds imbued with the power of cold?"
Looking at the skeleton soldiers below and the bone dragons in the sky, the Black Dragon found the intruders who had disturbed its rest.
"Strange creatures. Has this world been invaded by some strange minor realms again?"
Although the Black Dragon was not familiar with undead creatures like skeleton soldiers and bone dragons, it could clearly sense their strength.
Seeing such weak ants daring to intrude upon its territory only made it more infuriated.
With a gentle breath, a gale mixed with black sand swept toward the skeleton soldiers.
Instantly, the gale tore through them, grinding a large number of skeleton soldiers into bone meal.
Xuan Chu noticed the anomaly and immediately ordered the skeleton soldiers to retreat, while signaling Sindragosa: "Retreat!"
Receiving the signal, Sindragosa led the bone dragons and flew rapidly toward Mohai City.
Seeing the bone dragons fly away, the Black Dragon was in no hurry. Instead, it continued to clear the skeleton soldiers on the ground. In its eyes, the flight speed of these deformed giant birds was far too slow.
In just a few breaths, the skeleton army was turned into a field of bone meal. Seeing things were going south, Xuan Chu returned directly to the Undead Kingdom.
The Black Dragon noticed that one ant had escaped, but it planned to go play with those giant birds first.
With a flick of its dragon tail, it rode the clouds and mist, giving chase at high speed.
Fortunately, the bone dragons' flight speed was decent. They had already reached the skies above Mohai City and began circling the city.
Seeing the Black Dragon catch up, they began releasing Frost Breath from a distance to provoke it.
"Has this city been occupied by these creatures?" The Black Dragon looked at Mohai City below, which was covered in undead creatures and looked vastly different from its memory.
"That sword cultivator and the brute are actually ignoring them. It seems the trouble this world is facing is truly not small. The awakening of the World Will and the connection to minor realms... heh, it is not that easy."
The Black Dragon guessed that the humans of this world must have encountered even greater trouble, to the point that both Ye Bufan and Xiang Longwu were spread too thin to defend this city.
"Perfect. I will take this opportunity to seize this city and expand Mohai. When the time comes, with the help of Mohai, I will give that sword cultivator and brute a grand surprise if I run into them again."
Thinking of this, the Black Dragon cast a Daoist law, drawing a massive amount of black sand from Mohai behind it to surround itself.
Then, ignoring the bone dragons' breath, it blew out a gale carrying black sand toward the city. As the wind swept through, another large swath of skeleton soldiers was turned into bone meal.
The Black Dragon blew another gale to scatter the bone meal before descending into the city with the black sand.
The Black Dragon reached out a claw and grabbed a skeleton soldier, inspecting it up close.
"What kind of creatures are these? They seem neither alive nor dead, yet they are not like the zombies refined by evil cultivators. Their death energy is as thick as the Underworld itself."
"Hahaha! This place is indeed the Underworld. Ao Mo, your lifespan has reached its end. The King of Hell has ordered the two of us to come and collect you!"
Xiang Longwu's voice rang out from a distance.
"Xiang Longwu, it's you!"
The Black Dragon let out a roar, but the only response it received was Xiang Longwu's fist. A punch was thrown, and the force arrived through the air, smashing the Black Dragon into a nearby building.
The Black Dragon regained its senses and manipulated the black sand to protect itself, preparing to counterattack.
A streak of sword light came from the west, slicing through the protective black sand and leaving a sword scar about half a foot long on the Black Dragon's tail.
"And me!"
Feeling this familiar sword intent and the voice it hated to its very core, Ao Mo let out another dragon roar. The sound was so powerful that it sent the surrounding buildings flying.
"Ye! Bu! Fan!"
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