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Chapter 78 Legendary Rank Skill: Undead Servant, the embryonic form of the Undead Cataclysm!

The holy light shone brightly, and Herman was scorched by it, kneeling on one knee, his face contorted.

"Stop!"

Herman's soul fire flickered in his eyes as he looked at Cecilia and said sternly.

Cecilia remained silent, the white light in her hand growing ever brighter.

Stop?

Take advantage of your weakness to kill you!

The holy light surrounding Herman expanded once more, and half of his skeleton was burned through.

Herman snorted coldly, and the six-pointed star array beside him suddenly lit up, its dark red light engulfing the monster corpses on it.

The monster corpses within the formation quickly withered and shriveled.

Flesh and blood, soul—everything was extracted.

After the transformation of the grand formation, dense necromantic power surged out from the formation and quickly entered Herman's body.

The holy light on his chest was suppressed, and after all the monster corpses were refined by the great formation, the holy sword cross on Herman's chest finally dimmed a little.

Gu Qing's expression shifted slightly. He had originally thought that the six-pointed star array was something the lich was preparing to sacrifice to.

It now appears that this lich was trying to suppress the holy light within his body.

Herman's eyes blazed with intense spiritual fire as he glared at Cecilia and roared, "Stop! Otherwise, I don't mind if we all die together!"

As he spoke, Herman's aura surged instantly, and the six-pointed star array flickered continuously, emanating a violent aura.

Cecilia's gaze fell on Gu Qing, and she asked for his opinion.

Gu Qing's eyes flickered, then he raised his hand to stop Cecilia.

If this guy really has a backup plan like self-destruction, then he'll be in real trouble.

I wonder if the Netherworld Armor can withstand it.

Most importantly, Gu Qing estimated that the Netherworld Star Marrow was on this Herman. If the other party self-destructed, the Netherworld Star Marrow would be unobtainable.

Cecilia stopped, but the silver lines in the six-pointed star array lit up.

A beam of holy light rose directly from the six-pointed star array and shot out of the stone chamber.

Herman's expression changed, and he glared at Gu Qing and Cecilia, shouting angrily, "I was hiding here, and I'll be able to recover my strength soon! What a mess you've made! Now I've been exposed!"

Gu Qing's eyes flickered as she looked at Herman and said, "Exposed? Someone sent me here to use you to kill me. Do you think your position is mysterious?"

Herman paused for a moment, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.

Meanwhile, in the dense forest on the north side of the mountain stream.

As the holy light burst forth from the stone chamber, a silver-white array plate suddenly lit up in the dense forest on the north side of the mountain stream.

The silver-armored man waved his hand, and the silver-white array plate returned directly to his hand.

Looking at the array plate in his hand, a smile appeared on the silver-armored man's face.

"We can move out now!"

The silver-armored man drew upon the power of holy light, instantly activating all the silver nails distributed throughout the area.

All the monsters within the Silver Nail area seemed to be stimulated, their eyes flashing with bloodlust as they turned their gazes toward Shan Run.

The next moment, all the monsters rushed towards the mountain stream.

Inside the mountain cave, Gu Qing's expression changed drastically.

Through the undead perspective placed outside, he had already seen the first wave of monsters charging towards him.

These monsters were numerous and varied in level, far exceeding the number of monsters that had previously surrounded him.

Gu Qing instantly realized that these monsters weren't coming for him.

With his gaze falling on the lich Herman in front of him, Gu Qing understood the crux of the matter.

The opponent's target was never himself, but this lich.

He just happened to appear in the Black Mist Forest and was brought here along to use this lich to kill him and weaken the lich's power.

That's a brilliant move, killing three birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, the person hiding in the shadows clearly did not expect that they had Cecilia, the former Holy Maiden of the First Vatican.

Perhaps we can cooperate with the lich before us.

Herman's expression also changed drastically. He had also made arrangements outside, and had obviously seen the horde of monsters outside.

"Excellent! The Holy See of Light is truly cunning! They pulled off such a clever trick!"

Herman's face was grim, and his tone was filled with resentment.

Gu Qing raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by that?"

It's always best to know more about the situation.

Herman glanced at Gu Qing, then at Cecilia beside him, and said, "It was a bit strange that I escaped from where the Church of Light was holding me, since my escape was too easy."

"It now seems that the Holy See of Light intentionally released me, only to kill me here."

Gu Qing's eyes flickered: "You're already imprisoned. If the Holy See wants to kill you, why don't they just do it? Why go through all this trouble?"

Herman, enraged, retorted, "How would I know what those bastards are thinking?"

Gu Qing thought for a moment, then looked at Hermann in front of him and said, "How about we cooperate?"

Hermann's expression returned to calm, a glint of cunning flashing in his eyes: "Cooperation? How so?"

Gu Qing said, "Give me the Netherworld Star Marrow, and I'll help you fend off the beast tide."

Herman said bluntly, "How can you expect me to trust you?"

Gu Qing pointed outside: "It seems you have no other choice now."

Herman pointed to Cecilia next to Gu Qing and said, "She can remove the enslavement seal from my body. Remove it for me, and I will give you the Netherworld Star Essence."

Gu Qing looked at Cecilia and asked, "Can you do it?"

Cecilia looked at Gu Qing, understood his meaning, and frowned, saying, "I have now fallen into the abyss. Although I can still use some of the methods of the Holy See of Light, it is impossible to remove this enslavement seal."

"However, I can still help you suppress it."

Hermann said impatiently, "Then let's get started."

After receiving Gu Qing's confirmation, Cecilia immediately took action, and black and white intertwined light surged from her hands, directly falling into Herman's body in front of her.

A moment later, the holy light on Herman's chest receded and disappeared, and the soul fire in his eye sockets intensified.

"Now can you give me the Netherworld Star Marrow?" Gu Qing reached out to Herman.

Herman grinned: "The Netherworld Star Essence is under this hexagram array. I can only give it to you after the current crisis is resolved."

Gu Qing's face darkened: "That shows you're not being sincere."

"Sincerity?" Herman scoffed. "Don't even mention our eldest brother, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. What if you take advantage of the chaos and run away after getting the Netherworld Star Marrow?"

Gu Qing remained silent; that was indeed what he thought.

Looking at Hermann in front of him, Gu Qing said, "How can we cooperate if we don't trust each other? Let's just break up."

Now that the opponent's main target is the lich in front of them, Gu Qing can naturally put pressure on him.

Hermann's eyes flickered with soul fire as he spoke, "I'm not lying to you, the Netherworld Star Marrow is really beneath this six-pointed star array."

"However, I can give you something else as payment first."

As he spoke, Herman tossed something to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing caught it and found it was a book.

[Lich Undead Research Notes]

[Rank: Rare Item]

[Effect: After use, you will gain a large amount of necromancy power insights, with a chance to advance your necromancy class rank and a chance to learn top-tier necromancy abilities.]

Gu Qingwei was taken aback for a moment, then a look of joy appeared in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, there was a pleasant surprise.

There are also such strange objects.

However, this also reveals Herman's fear.

He was genuinely terrified; otherwise, he wouldn't have given away such a strange object in order to keep Gu Qing.

Gu Qing used it without hesitation.

If we could directly upgrade a B-rank Netherworld Healer, that would be a huge win.

As he used it, the Lich Undead Research Notes in his hand instantly transformed into a dense necromantic power that enveloped Gu Qing's entire body.

Instantly, I felt that I had gained a lot more knowledge about the use of necromancy, and my understanding of necromancy became more profound.

[Ding! Congratulations on using the Lich Necromancer Research Notes and obtaining the SS-rank skill: Undead Enslavement.]

Hearing the voice coming from beside her, Gu Qingwei was stunned for a moment.

SS-rank skill?!

Although I didn't manage to advance to a higher class, acquiring an SS-rank skill was still a very pleasant surprise.

Skills acquired from rare items will not decrease in rank along with the player's class rank.

Gu Qing couldn't wait to check the effects of this SS-rank skill.

[Undead Servant]

[Rank: SS (Legendary)]

[Effect: After killing a target, there is a certain chance to turn the target into your undead servant. The higher your strength is against the target, the higher the success rate.]

[Note: The extent to which the target retains its strength after becoming a vengeful spirit servant depends on the mental attributes of the host and the slain enemy at the time of death: if the host's mental attribute exceeds that of the enemy, the vengeful spirit servant will retain all its strength from its previous life; conversely, the greater the difference, the less strength will be retained.]

[Note: This is a passive skill, and it is permanently fixed.]

[Note: Undead servants can be hidden or summoned at any time without consuming power.]

[Note: Undead servants do not count towards the Undead Command quota, and there is no upper limit to the number of Undead servants.]

Seeing the effect of this undead servant, Gu Qing was stunned on the spot.

This undead servant has only one effect: upon killing an enemy, there is a chance to convert the slain enemy into its own undead form.

But even this one effect is incredible!

This means that as long as Gu Qing keeps hunting monsters, he can obtain an endless supply of undead servants.

Of course, the number of undead servants killed in battle will decrease.

However, Gu Qing possesses the Immortal King's Seal, and the soul essence of all the undead units under his command will be protected by the crown.

After suffering fatal damage, the soul's essence can automatically return to the necromantic realm, consuming necromantic power to reshape the body.

However, the same undead unit can only trigger this once every seven days. If it dies again within seven days, it will be gone forever.

This is enough for Gu Qing to assemble an army of the undead.

Most importantly, the last point is that undead servants do not count towards the undead command quota, and there is no limit to the number they can have!

Given enough time, Gu Qing could also create the Undead Cataclysm.

At this moment, the horde of monsters outside had arrived, with hundreds of monsters appearing outside the cave.

"You took my things, now it's time to do your part, isn't it?" Herman looked at Gu Qing and said in a gloomy tone.

Gu Qing's eyes flickered for a moment, then he said, "Don't rush, let's sign a contract first."

Herman's eyes flickered with soul fire as he gripped his bone staff tightly: "You want me to become your servant?"

"You're overthinking it. It's just a short-term soul contract. I don't believe you."

Liches are the most cunning of all. Although the other party gave him that wonder, who knows if the other party will turn against him afterward?

Herman stared at him for a few moments, then let out a low, hoarse laugh.

"A human at level ten or so dares to sign a soul contract with a lich."

"You don't have to sign."

Gu Qing turned to look at the bone wall, the black bone scythe resting on his shoulder.

"I'm leaving now. You stay here and play with the beasts."

Herman's grip on the bone staff tightened slowly.

The corpses within the hexagram array have been exhausted, and the undead power within the array patterns is almost gone.

The number of forked objects outside was increasing, and it couldn't hold out for long on its own.

Moreover, Cecilia had just suppressed the enslavement seal within its body.

Gu Qing certainly had the right to turn around and leave.

"A partnership agreement can be signed."

Herman raised his bone staff, and a ball of pale green soul fire floated from the tip of the staff.

"But one condition must be added: before the crisis is resolved, neither you nor your partners may attack me in any way, nor may you destroy the hexagram array."

"Can."

Gu Qing raised his hand, letting the soul fire fall into Yi's palm.

Pale blue soul power surged from his body, merging with the pale green soul fire, forming several lines of inscriptions between the two.

Gu Qing read it word by word, and only after confirming that there were no other hidden elements did he place the spiritual imprint at the end of the piece.

Hermann also left his mark.

The two soul flames contracted simultaneously, transforming into two identical gray marks that disappeared into the space between their brows.

A short-term soul contract is established.

Hermann let out a cold snort from his chest.

"Are you satisfied with the current performance?"

"good."

Gu Qing withdrew her hand.

"At least I don't have to worry about you stabbing me in the back."

"Same to you."

Herman spun his bone staff, and the bone wall sealing the entrance to the cave quickly cracked open, allowing the roars of beasts outside to immediately flood into the stone chamber, and the sound of rapid footsteps rushing down the stone steps.

The first gray-backed fork wolf had barely poked its head out when a bone knife cleaved its skull open.

Two undead guards at the entrance stepped forward simultaneously, blocking the narrow passage with their bone shields. The forked objects behind them couldn't stop in time and crashed into each other.

Gu Qing waved his hand and opened the Netherworld Space.

One after another, figures in pristine white emerged from the crowd and quickly formed several rows in front of the stone steps.

"Shield Guard in front, Bone Blade from both sides to fill in."

"Fifty men block the entrance, the rest guard the stone chamber."

The undead guards simultaneously lowered their bodies, their bone shields interlocking to form a towering, pale white wall.

The gray-backed forked wolf pounced, stepping on its companion's body, its sharp claws striking the bone shield with a piercing sound.

The black-horned boars in the rear charged headfirst, slamming into the shield array along with the dire wolves in front.

boom!

The undead guards in the front row slid back half a step.

Gu Qing raised her hand.

The Crown of the Dead emerged from the spatial ring, and on the top of his head, the patterns on the broken crown lit up one by one, and a halo of dominion quickly covered the entire area.

A layer of dark light rose from the surface of the undead guard's bones.

The shield array that had just been breached closed again, and more than a dozen bone knives pierced through the gaps, pinning the monster at the front to the stone steps.

Cecilia stood behind the line and clasped her hands together in front of her.

Black and white light emanated from behind her, and feathers of light unfolded one by one.

The light swept across the undead guards, and the previously dim soul fire rose up. The cracks on the bone shield stopped widening, and the bone blade was also covered with a layer of black and white firelight.

A rotting bone spider climbed to the top of the cave, trying to get over the shield array from above.

Cecilia flicked her wrist.

The long whip wrapped around the Corpse Spider's abdomen, dragging it into the midst of the undead guards.

The undead guards acted instantly, killing all the forked creatures that had approached the beggar.

Herman watched Gu Qing make his move, and the soul fire in his eye sockets flickered a few times.

This guy is even stronger than he imagined.

So many undead guards, and an area-of-effect amplification.

Fortunately, I held back from trying to do something underhanded at first.

Gu Qing looked at Herman, who was standing still: "You're just going to stand there like that?"

Herman snorted and raised the bone staff in his hand.

The grayish-white power of the dead instantly spread out, and the scattered fragments of bones and debris in the corners began to dance and quickly piece together.

In just two breaths, a dozen or so decaying skeletons stood up.

Platinum rank, level 24, very high combat power.

Ten rotten skeletons charged directly toward the forked object in front.

Just as a black-horned boar broke through the bone shield, a decaying skeleton extended three bone claws and grabbed its neck.

Another decaying skeleton pounced on its back, sharp ribs piercing through its eye sockets.

The black-horned boar struggled, but its abdomen was torn open.

More grayish-white death energy seeped into its body through the wound, and its flesh and blood quickly withered. Before it could even let out a wail, it collapsed on the stone steps.

Gu Qing glanced at Herman.

This lich is trapped by the Seal of Enslavement and the Hexagram Array; he certainly has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

"Your spirit is too rigid."

With a flick of Hermann's bone staff, several decaying skeletons leaped out, stepping on a shield array.

"They just form ranks, wasting resources."

Gu Qing raised his hand and conjured a bone spear, aiming it at the rear of the beast horde: "As long as it can block them."

The bone spear pierced through the air, passing through the two forked objects, and landed at the corner of the passage.

The fireball talisman buried under the rubble lit up.

boom!

The flames swept across the ground, the forked objects in the passage were in disarray, and several corpses hidden among them were exposed at the same time.

Gu Qing clenched his five fingers.

"The Lord of the Underworld explodes."

The first corpse exploded, and blood, flesh, and bone fragments swept all around.

Then came the second and the third bodies.

The explosions spread outwards along the passage, and the herd of beasts that had just squeezed into the cave were successively overturned.

The impact slammed into the rock wall, sending large chunks of rock crashing down and blocking the forked object behind it.

The soul fire in Hermann's eyes contracted inward.

"The Corpse Explosion only consumed so little mental energy?"

"What kind of pervert are you?"

Gu Qing did not respond, and swung the black bone scythe forward.

"Proceed."

The undead guards lowered their bone shields and stepped over the corpses scattered on the ground, pressing forward.

Cecilia's buffs consistently covered the front lines, with Herman's summoned decaying skeletons mixed in, specifically targeting those who were still alive.

The two sides joined forces for the first time, but there was not much chaos.

Gu Qing was responsible for blocking the front, while Herman finished off any stray forks that slipped through the net.

One becomes stronger the more corpses it has, and another can reassemble corpses into skeletons, increasing in number the more they are fought.

Perfect teamwork!

Another wave of forked objects rushed into the cave.

Melissand closed her eyes, and purple sound waves passed through the rock wall.

"Hao Ren, there are seven bone-rotting spiders on the right side of the cave ceiling."

Gu Qing raised her hand and pointed to the upper right.

Herman.

"You don't need to remind me."

Hermann's staff is raised.

The forked bone spikes on the ground rose up and pierced the cave ceiling. Before the seven-headed bone spiders could even land, their abdomens were pierced by the bone spikes.

The body fell into the herd of animals.

Gu Qing raised his hand and detonated it.

Flames burst forth from the cave entrance once more.

The roars of the beasts quickly subsided.

The stone steps were covered with mangled corpses, and decaying bones were constantly being stabbed in the flesh and blood.

The last dozen or so spearheaded creatures, having lost their rear guard, turned to flee, but were caught up and killed by the undead guards.

Gu Qing scanned the mountain stream through the shared view outside.

The outer herd of beasts has been cleared out, leaving only scattered forked creatures wriggling in the mud.

Just as he was about to look away, a low growl suddenly came from below the stone platform to the north.

The surrounding water rippled with dense waves.

The undead guards beneath the decaying leaves of the Hidden Artwork raised their heads as a tall, dark figure broke through the rain and walked step by step along the entrance to the mountain stream.

Melissand opened her eyes.

"Master, the Beast King is here."

"It's a level 25, gold-grade beast king!"