The more monsters he created, the stronger Dalun Li became.
Dalun Li's level was equal to the number of floors he possessed.
Of course, if anyone were to equate his level with his actual power, they would only end up as fertilizer for the grass on their own grave the following year.
Currently, the invaders had advanced to the fifth floor.
Dalun Li also had to begin creating monsters for the sixth floor.
Regarding the sixth floor's monsters, he already had a design prototype in mind.
It involved the large number of skeletons being continuously unearthed from the desert.
He intended to create a special type of monster while simultaneously diversifying his own power.
That was the undead-type skeletal monster.
Moving a lizard skeleton in front of him, he then took a set of adventurer's armor as material.
Stacking the two together, Dalun Li's entire body lit up with a silver glow.
A cluster of blue flames condensed from the air and fell toward the skeleton.
The moment they made contact, the pitch-black eye sockets of the lizard skeleton lit up with a cold, ghostly blue light.
Meanwhile, the armor merged into the surface of the skeleton, forming a protective layer in the shape of scales.
[Name] Dalun Li's skeletal lizard
[Level] lv6
[Skills] Stealth lv2, Sharp Teeth lv2, Haste lv2, Soul Fire lv2, Hard Bone lv2, Physical Resistance lv2, Mild Poison lv1, Sand Swim lv1, Burrow lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment, Dalun Li. It hides within the yellow sands, relying on extreme speed to ambush prey above. It is poisonous, and its skeletal body possesses strong physical resistance.
The lizard landed on the ground and crawled affectionately toward Dalun Li, rolling around beneath the stone pedestal. It rubbed against the pedestal but did not dare to get any closer, only daring to nuzzle the very bottom.
Its intelligence level was significantly higher than those "geniuses" from the first five floors.
"Not bad. It's a success. I've even conquered undead-type monsters!"
Dalun Li looked at the lizard before him, quite satisfied.
"Little Lizard, I'm leaving the sixth floor to you. You should know, in the entire Well of Eternal Imprisonment, I have the highest hopes for you!"
The skeletal lizard rolled happily in the sand, its tail slapping the sandy surface in excitement, nearly throwing sand onto Dalun Li's face.
He retracted his previous thought.
After transferring this husky-lizard to the sixth floor, Dalun Li created a batch of them in succession.
Since they were mass-produced, he only put effort into the first one; the rest were made in bulk.
Of course, having only one type of monster would be a bit monotonous.
Dalun Li took out a larger set of bones, a set of armor, and picked some branches from the magic tree on the fourth floor.
First, it needed to have a certain level of intelligence, even if its defense had to be lowered.
But it would possess undead abilities and nurturing capabilities.
In this way, the undead skeletons would have a "reproduction" capability.
The lizard type was a bit abrupt; he would change the bone structure and make it humanoid.
The energy consumption was a bit high. Was it perhaps a bit overpowered? He would reduce the quantity and make them rare elite monsters.
The skeletons and branches on the ground continuously formed according to Dalun Li's will, eventually turning into a skeletal lizardman with a lizard's head.
It wore tattered armor, vigorous Soul Fire burned in its eye sockets, and its right hand held a withered wooden staff.
[Name] Dalun Li's lesser skeletal shaman
[Level] lv6
[Skills] Undead Generation lv3, Bone Resuscitation lv3, Lizard Leader lv2, Lizard Manipulation lv2, Bone Strengthening lv2, Power of Evolution lv1, Dark Siphon lv1
[Description] A monster servant created by the unknown existence Dalun Li. It can resuscitate skeletons, create skeletal undead, manipulate a certain number of skeletal lizards, and strengthen their abilities, allowing them to undergo specific evolutions.
Yes, a great success!
Dalun Li looked at the skeletal shaman before him, immensely satisfied.
This monster could resuscitate skeletons into undead skeletal lizards.
At the same time, it could also strengthen the skeletal lizards and even evolve them into lizardman skeletons.
Although the probability was low, the skeletal shaman had a chance to nurture a lizardman skeleton into a new skeletal shaman.
However, such individuals could currently only be created by him, and their numbers were destined to be scarce.
They were equivalent to elite monsters.
The skeletal shaman seemed to sense Dalun Li's gaze; it prostrated itself on the ground, trembling with excitement.
The great creator, the noble Master, was scrutinizing its humble self.
What a supreme honor!
The skeletal shaman already possessed a considerable degree of intelligence.
It could understand speech and had the capacity for thought.
"Ma... ga... Ma... My... Lord..."
It struggled to make a sound.
It wanted to use language to express its loyalty, striving to respond to its Lord's gaze.
"It already has the intelligence to express itself?"
Dalun Li spoke in surprise.
"I have... soiled... Master's... ears."
The skeletal shaman voiced its words in terror.
All of Dalun Li's creations possessed an almost pathological loyalty and adoration for him.
It seemed that even with intelligence, this aspect would not change.
Dalun Li was about to continue speaking when he noticed the skeletal shaman prostrated on the ground, motionless.
It was dead. What happened?
For the first time, Dalun Li felt unable to understand his own monster.
This unexpected turn of events forced him to consume another portion of energy to resurrect the skeletal shaman.
"Forgive me, Master."
"To have... Master... pay such attention... to me, I can only find peace... by offering up my filthy life."
The skeletal shaman spoke with difficulty, never daring to raise its head.
Looking directly at the Master was an offense and a profanation; even death could not atone for it.
At this point, Dalun Li couldn't even bring himself to speak.
He had a feeling that if he spoke or made a sound, this skeletal shaman might start offering up its life again to repay the offense of having the Master listen to its voice.
Despite being his own creation, he completely failed to understand its train of thought.
Dalun Li simply transferred the thing to the sixth floor to prevent it from dying in front of him again because it had stayed too long and had no other way to show its gratitude.
"The higher the intelligence, the more warped their way of expressing loyalty becomes."
"I'll have to be careful about this in the future."
It seemed he couldn't casually meet with intelligent monsters.
Because merely meeting them was a supreme reward in the eyes of an intelligent monster.
And in their logic, since he had given a reward, they had to reciprocate.
The only thing that could repay a supreme reward was offering up one's life.
Perhaps when their intelligence grew even higher, they would understand how to create value for him as a form of repayment.
Dalun Li looked at Tongmu, who had been accompanying him.
Fortunately, this fellow's intelligence wasn't that high.
Dalun Li then continued to create skeletal shamans, throwing them to the sixth floor as soon as they were finished to avoid them dying in front of him.
Next, Dalun Li created a batch of undead lizardmen.
The undead lizardmen mastered Swordsmanship and could specialize in two directions.
One direction was defense-specialized, carrying shields.
The other was attack speed-specialized, wielding swords.
The two complemented each other.
And the skeletal shamans could specialize skeletal lizards into these two types of lizardmen to form teams.
The skeletal shamans themselves had no combat ability; they only served as the generators for the skeletal lizards and undead lizardmen.
Thus, the ecology of the sixth floor stabilized.
This ecological set could be derived for the seventh and eighth desert floors.
Dalun Li had a premonition that the floors up to the tenth would likely all be desert floors.
In the dark desert of the seventh floor, he created undead snakes.
He endowed them with toxic properties, Stealth, and extreme speed.
After all, the traditional culture of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment could not be lost; including mimics, Dalun Li also prepared a few scattered ones and placed them in some caves beneath the desert.
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