Chapter 96 | Overtime Necromancy: My Legion Never Sleeps

In the sky above the Undead Kingdom, Chen Xu was testing the various performances of the Bone Angel Statue.

High-speed flight, Death Blades, Soul Reaping, and even an Armor Burst state—completely unleashing the power of the angel of death to deliver a fatal blow. The cost was that the Bone Angel Statue would enter a sleep mode and require a long time to recover.

After destroying nearly half of the trees in the Bone Forest and leveling two small hills in the Everfrost Dragon Kingdom, Chen Xu deactivated the Bone Angel form.

"Hmm, it is passable. Not bad."

After having his fill of fun, Chen Xu returned to his dormitory, took a bottle of soda from the fridge, and took a large gulp.

"Refreshing."

He then picked up the remaining fragments and continued the fusion process.

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space and gaining a new region: Yin Stone.】

【Yin Stone: A hundred-year beast demon, a thousand-year tree demon, a ten-thousand-year stone demon. Originally just a piece of Profound Yin Stone, it has gained the potential to become a demon under the providence of the Land of the Undead. Current progress: 1% (invest Yin-attribute materials to speed up progress).】

"Wait, why did we suddenly switch to the cultivation channel?"

The Yin Stone was entirely black, about nine meters tall and six meters wide. It sat at the boundary of the Wailing Lake and the Everfrost Dragon Kingdom, greedily absorbing the necrotic aura from both regions.

Chen Xu tried to probe the stone with his mental strength but found no soul fluctuations. It seemed the energy absorption relied purely on instinct.

Now he had a guy he could look at but not use, and it was a money-sink. Yin-attribute materials were not as common as five-element materials.

"Sigh, I hope it can become a great demon. At the very least, it should reach the level of the Old Black Mountain Demon."

Chen Xu sighed and picked up the next fragment. It had the Vengeful Ghost affix and its appearance was very similar to the Yin Mountain fragment. He estimated they were fragments from the same world.

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space and gaining a new region: Red and White Courtyard.】

【Red and White Courtyard: A small courtyard where red affairs are held on one side and white affairs on the other. Red affairs bring great joy, while white affairs bring great sorrow. When great joy meets great sorrow, the resentful malice pierces the heavens. It can transform soul-type creatures into Vicious Ghosts.】

【(Note: Vicious Ghosts are not benevolent. Their pitiful brains have been destroyed by malicious energy, leaving only a pure desire for slaughter.)】

Alright, Chen Xu could be certain that these two fragments came from the same world, one with an Eastern cultural background.

Judging by the description, Vicious Ghosts should be quite fierce, but without actual combat, he did not know the specifics. Chen Xu commanded 20 ghosts to enter the courtyard. Whether they were worth their salt would be clear once they were transformed and taken out for a spin.

Five fragments remained: one Rune, two Soul, and two Mystery. He started with the one he had the least of.

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space and gaining a new region: Runic Stone Pillars.】

【Runic Stone Pillars: A forest of stone pillars carved with sealing power runes. It was once a storage site for a certain collector's treasures.】

The Runic Stone Pillars were an old friend, the predecessor of the Rune-energy Stone Mine.

"This is also fine, neither good nor bad."

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space.】

【Runic Stone Pillars fused with Soul, generating a new region: Gargoyle Bell Tower.】

【Gargoyle Bell Tower: A long-abandoned bell tower. The stone statues originally used for decoration have actually mutated and gained life. It periodically generates gargoyles.】

【(Rule 6 of the West Continent Mage Duel Tournament: It is forbidden to use gargoyles as pets in the competition. Those magic-immune things do not deserve to stand on a mage's stage.)】

Gargoyles were actually such good things. Extremely high magic and physical resistance, sharp claws, and the ability to fly. They were almost perfect combat creatures, though they lacked a variety of killing methods.

As he neared the end, another good item appeared. Chen Xu's heart, which had been calming down, became excited again.

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space and gaining a new region: Mass Grave.】

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space.】

【Mass Grave fused with Mystery, generating a new region: Hanging Tree.】

【Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment, expanding the space.】

【Hanging Tree fused with Mystery, generating a new region: Whispering Tree.】

【Whispering Tree: The sage of the Land of the Undead and the wise teacher of undead creatures. The Whispering Tree can extract knowledge from the corpses hanging from its branches and impart that knowledge to undead creatures.】

【(The First Whispering Tree: To establish a heart for the Land of the Undead, to establish a destiny for the undead, to continue the lost teachings for the Lord of the Undead, and to open the way for wisdom for ten thousand generations. PS: Original theft, will prosecute further theft.)】

"The Whispering Tree can impart knowledge? Great, Kunpeng is saved."

Deep in the ocean, Kunpeng, who was currently hunting a lone naga, suddenly blew a few bubbles.

Kunpeng looked at the slowly rising bubbles. Hmm, maybe it had eaten too much. So, it left those few nagas for the other Bone Kuns.

【The number of special regions in the Undead Kingdom has reached 10. The rank of the Lord of the Undead has advanced to mythic-tier.】

【The Lord of the Undead has reached the mythic-tier, gaining the skills: Mythic Body, Reincarnation of the Dead, and God-Slaying Poison.】

【The Lord of the Undead has reached the mythic-tier, gaining access to the Land of the Undead. You can enter the Land of the Undead at any time through the portal in the Undead Kingdom. (Be careful, the veterans in the Land of the Undead have long been prepared, just waiting for a fresh piece of meat like you to deliver yourself to their doorstep).】

Vast amounts of energy surged continuously from the Undead Kingdom, pouring into Chen Xu's body to reconstruct it.

His soul was also immersed in the authority of the Lord of the Undead, greedily absorbing the newly unlocked knowledge and power.

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

Chen Xu had completed his ascension. Both his physical body and his soul had finished their transformation.

If the Transcendent rank was the first step toward becoming an extraordinary human, then the mythic-tier was the first step toward becoming non-human.

Starting from this rank, the essence of life was sublimated. Lifespan was no longer a shackle that bound a creature.

From ancient times to the present, there has never been a mythic-tier being who died of natural causes.

With the ascension complete, Chen Xu opened his panel to check the three newly acquired skills.

【Mythic Body (Special): Even the weakest mythic creature possesses a powerful body. Your physical body gains a trace of immortality. Regenerating severed limbs is effortless; you can regenerate even if only your head remains. Furthermore, your corpse will remain immortal for billions of years even after death.】

【Reincarnation of the Dead (Exclusive): The Lord of the Undead is a master of playing with life and death. You can resurrect creatures of a lower rank than yourself, but the resurrected creatures can no longer gain increases in strength. (Life and death are but a word from me.)】

【God-Slaying Poison (Exclusive): This is the most evil poison in the world. Just a tiny amount can heavily wound a god. Furthermore, God-Slaying Poison spreads through mental links; even the followers of a god cannot escape death.】

【(Once, God-Slaying Poison spread through causality, but the Lord of the Undead who created this technique discovered that the poison often spread back to himself through those very same causal links, so he sealed away the causality version and left only the mental link version.)】

"Not bad. With God-Slaying Poison, I finally have a high-lethality skill."

Chen Xu returned to the Undead Kingdom and found that the Overlord's Castle had grown five times larger. A portal had also appeared directly in front of the fortress.