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Ruins Realm - Endless Wasteland.

On the walls of the abandoned stone city.

After absorbing the power of the forbidden object and completely condensing the second source card, Cheng Zhuo immediately opened the system panel.

really!

There is now one more piece of information related to the origin:

【Original Card 2: Undead Summoning - S-Rank - Red】

[Original Skill: Corpse Summoning]

[Note: This is a forbidden card born from the fusion of a calamity from the Void Realm and relics. It was created in harmony with the host's primal power, gradually turning the host into a puppet of the Void Realm's ecosystem. However, this card has been purified by an incredibly powerful force.]

It's actually S-rank!?

Cheng Zhuo was greatly shocked, but after seeing the annotations, he also felt a little scared.

If it weren't for the system's "awesome power" purifying him beforehand, judging from this, he would have become a puppet of the Void Realm later on.

I don't know if it's because of the system cleanup,

Cheng Zhuo also noticed that the requirements for upgrading this Origin Card were quite unique.

It's not about absorbing source power through breathing techniques to improve the original card's realm, but about accumulating resonance value.

The fundamental techniques of the first three tiers are also clearly listed:

[Tier 1: Dead Man's Companion (0/5000)]

[Tier 2: Undead Armament (0/?)]

[Tier 3: Lich Pact (0/?)]

His current initial primal skill, Corpse Summoning, can only summon corpses near his main body, and only one type can be summoned at a time. The summoning level is linked to his mental strength.

The second source directly increased his mental strength by 40 points. According to the system annotation, he can now summon any corpse with a biological body strength below level 60!

The awesome thing is, there's no limit to the quantity!

Unfortunately, the initial skill only uses the power of the corpse, lacks the source power of the original body, and has a duration limit.

This skill clearly relies on nearby corpses; it can be very powerful when it's strong, especially when clearing maps in the Void Realm, as it will increase the number of its members as it fights.

However, it appears quite weak when facing strong opponents.

After all, it was just a corpse, without intelligence or source power.

"Once you reach Tier 1, you'll be able to summon different types of corpses; Tier 2 will allow you to arm the undead..."

Cheng Zhuo stroked his chin, pondering, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

Once you reach the third tier, this summoning ability will improve dramatically.

The Lich Pact allows him to permanently retain a fixed number of contracted undead, which possess their own intelligence and no longer fight solely based on instinct and commands like ordinary summoned corpse puppets.

In theory, as long as the undead are willing to submit, he can form a contract with any creature, no matter how powerful.

This undead summoning ability is heavily reliant on battlefield combat in the early game, but becomes more powerful in the late game…

He alone is like an army of thousands.

He is a natural disaster!

Skills beyond the fourth tier cannot be detected at present.

It's likely that there are some special requirements.

Cheng Zhuo temporarily suppressed his curiosity and shifted his gaze to the "Harmony Blessing Gift Pack" that was gleaming with golden light in the system space.

"Open," he murmured to himself.

"Congratulations, Master, you have received a blessing: All attributes +5"

"Congratulations, Master, you have obtained 3 Epic Blind Cores!"

That's a bit stingy...

I thought there would be another Mythic Meditation Card.

Despite the complaints, Cheng Zhuo was still quite satisfied with what he had gained this time.

He wasn't in a hurry to open the blind box. Right now, the area outside the city was full of stone-faced monsters, so it was a good time to test the power of his S-rank origin skill.

"call--"

Cheng Zhuo activated the thrusters, and with a "boom," they soared into the air.

Gliding mode activated.

The pale blue flames stood out starkly against the dark night sky.

The stone-faced monsters that had been wandering aimlessly in the wasteland suddenly surged toward Cheng Zhuo.

After a while.

The rustling sound grew more and more intense. Cheng Zhuo, suspended in mid-air, looked down at the increasing number of stone-faced monsters gathering below, a smirk playing on his lips, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

Dozens of miniature incendiary bombs were launched from the mech's side compartments, falling into the horde of monsters with a sharp whooshing sound.

The moment the pale green flames exploded, the air was filled with the pungent smell of scorched earth mixed with rotting flesh.

This incendiary bomb is not made of ordinary flame.

It contains scorching flames carrying source energy; once you are infected, it is like a bone-deep infection that lingers and is difficult to eradicate.

The stone-faced monsters writhed wildly, like ants that had been scalded.

Their withered mouths opened and closed, but could only make a faint hissing sound, and their cloudy eyes even showed a kind of fear.

Clearly, they are very afraid of fire.

In just half a minute, swarms of stone-faced monsters fell into the sea of ​​fire.

Cheng Zhuo landed slowly.

He took a deep breath, sensing the Origin Card within his body that was faintly glowing red, and a spell that seemed to be innate to him suddenly appeared in his mind.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

A series of obscure, low syllables escaped from his mouth—

"In my name, by the bond of bones... the summons of corpses begins!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he gripped his spear tightly and slammed it into the ground three times!

A burst of red light emanated from the soles of his feet, rapidly spreading into the surrounding stone-faced monster corpses.

Immediately, the red mist surged and quickly spread.

The groups of stone-faced monsters, which had been burned and shriveled, suddenly began to sway and wriggle back up.

The Recruited Stone-Faced Monster's Corpse

[Level: 0 - Initial Form]

[Biomaterial Strength: Level 6.6]

[Corpse Technique: Source Devouring]

[Description: Originally a mutated corpse beetle, commonly found near ancient cemeteries, the corpse temporarily regained its mobility after being summoned by the power of the undead for 1 hour.]

Cheng Zhuo nodded in satisfaction. An hour was already quite good.

He waved his hand dramatically!

Countless stone-faced monster corpses quickly clashed with the normal stone-faced monsters in a chaotic battle.

The two absorbed each other, and soon more withered corpses appeared.

"What a pity, no source core."

Cheng Zhuo sighed, but couldn't hide the joy in his eyes—

The source energy stored in his source card finally started to move!

The sluggishness of the Demonic Dragon's Nether Breath was still there, and the source power, like a surging river squeezing through a narrow sluice gate, became extremely slow as it entered the card.

But after all, it is a mythical-level breathing technique, and the speed at which the source power flows in is extremely exaggerated, so the improvement is still very obvious. At least entering the next level is very easy.

In particular, there is a progress bar on the system panel.

The clearly visible growth boosted Cheng Zhuo's confidence.

He roared, grabbed his spear, and, along with his jar, charged into the stone-faced monster.

On the city wall of Shicheng.

Xia Chan and her group had just arrived.

Also arriving were Da Meng and some other curious individuals.

As soon as they peeked out, everyone was stunned speechless by the sight outside the city—

Pale green flames spread everywhere, making the entire wasteland look like it had been doused with poison. Cheng Zhuo's mech charged wildly through the monster horde, its spear striking down stone-faced monster corpses with every rise and fall. The corpses would immediately rise again, strangely entangled with the original stone-faced monsters.

The can was quick too, almost slapping them one by one, as easily as crushing ants.

"Brother Cheng is so handsome!" The bespectacled boy clenched his fist, his eyes shining brightly.

"I wonder which guild Brother Cheng joined; they actually have mechs! I want to join someday!"

Da Meng stared at Cheng Zhuo's movements, his Adam's apple bobbing, his tone full of self-mockery:

"So... this really is the Newcomer's Ruins?"

He is thirty years old this year, which makes him a "senior awakener".

Having just awakened his E-rank beast transformation ability two days ago, he completed his contract and returned home today, only to be swept into the Hyperdimensional Gate.

When facing the stone-faced monsters in the morning, he barely managed to protect himself with all his might and even got his arm scratched. At the time, he thought something had happened in the Void Realm, but now, watching Cheng Zhuo kill monsters like mowing grass, he suddenly wondered if it wasn't that the Void Realm was too dangerous, but that he was just too weak.

Outside the city walls.

The slaughter continued, and the once boundless stone-faced monsters were visibly decreasing.

The army of corpses was already overwhelming.

"Sizzle sizzle—"

Just as Cheng Zhuo was getting into the killing spree...

A sudden static noise came through his headphones, "Buzz... Calling..."

He gripped the spear tightly and stopped moving.

The mech's thrusters slowly slowed down, and he listened intently, but all he heard in his headphones was death silence.

Cheng Zhuo suddenly realized…

It seemed like he hadn't heard anything from Huangfu Bai's side for a long time!

"Opening the Revelation of the Ruins."

Cheng Zhuo spoke in a low voice.

As a layer of misty text emerged, he was horrified to discover—

Three of the five teammates' auras have already been destroyed!