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Chapter 82: The Undead Bestow Names, the Netherworld Soul Armor's Effect Three Activated!

The Crown of the Dead hovered in mid-air, the Netherworld Star Marrow completely devoured.

The cracks on the surface of the Necromancer's Crown have been repaired considerably, making it look more complete.

Looking at the repaired Necromancer's Crown, Gu Qing immediately checked its attributes.

The Crown of the Dead (Fragmented)

[Rank: Rare Item]

[Domination Aura: All dominated undead units receive a 20% increase in all attributes.]

[Soul Absorption: Increases the natural recovery speed of mental energy by 100%.]

[The Undying Crown: The soul essence of all under its rule will be protected by the crown. After suffering fatal damage, the soul essence can automatically return to the undead realm, consuming undead power to reshape its body. This can only be triggered once per undead unit within seven days.]

[Undead Naming: Consumes undead power to bestow a name upon an undead unit. The undead receiving a name will transform into a growth-type hero unit, which can upgrade its rank in battle.]

[Note: Naming a spirit requires enough Spirit Marks, which can be obtained by defeating enemies. (0/1000)]

[Current repair progress: Phase 3.]

[Next stage repair material: One piece of Netherworld Star Marrow.]

Looking at the restored attributes of the Necromancer's Crown, a look of joy appeared on Gu Qing's face.

It adds another effect, and it's quite good.

It can transform undead into growth-type hero units, allowing them to continuously upgrade their rank.

The thought of having an SSS-rank undead is incredibly exciting.

However, it takes 1000 Undead Marks to bestow a name once. I don't know if you can only get one mark by killing a monster.

However, Gu Qing noticed that she was initially given one opportunity to bestow a name.

Gu Qing glanced at his own spirit.

The quality of the undead enslaved by the undead varies greatly, and none of them are of very high quality.

Gu Qing immediately targeted the level 30 Desert Undead Dragon, only to find that he couldn't name it.

I wonder if it's because the Desert Undead Dragon was hatched and didn't have a soul contract.

Gu Qing's level is too low right now, so he can't form a contract with the Desert Undead Dragon.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Qing's gaze fell on his undead guards.

These undead guards are currently the best option.

Clusters of soul flames appeared in Gu Qing's eyes.

These undead guards are all roughly equal in combat strength, but there are still some differences in the amount of battle they have fought and the amount of soul fire they possess.

Gu Qing's gaze quickly fell on one of the undead guards.

From the moment Gu Qing entered the Hundred-Layer Ghost Tower, it had been fighting alongside the Undead Guard.

The stone golem on the first floor, the desert undead dragon, the undead knight in the Ghost Tower, and the undead light knight from before.

It was there in every battle.

Gu Qing raised his hand and pointed at the undead guard.

"You've been following me for a long time."

The undead guard raised his head, the soul fire in his eye sockets flickering gently.

It couldn't speak, nor did it have its own consciousness; it simply gripped the broken bone knife tightly.

Gu Qing looked at it and said, "From now on, your name will be Gu Yi."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Crown of the Dead trembled violently.

A dense necromantic power surged from the top of the crown, transforming into a gray-black pillar of light that landed on the undead guard.

Gu Yi's body began to tremble.

Its bone armor was enveloped in gray light, and the cracked bone seams quickly closed up.

The fire of the soul within the skull intensified and expanded.

Finally, the Soulfire left a dark red rune on its head.

His entire body seemed to glow with a dark light, instantly becoming much more agile.

[Undead Guardian (Bone 1)]

[Rank: Gold]

[Level: 15]

[Hero Unit Traits Activated]

[You can accumulate experience through battles, continuously grow stronger, and improve your rank.]

The flame of his soul flickered in his eye socket as he looked at Gu Qing, then knelt on one knee to show his submission and loyalty.

"stand up."

Gu Qing looked at Gu Yi and nodded in satisfaction, looking forward to its future growth.

Looking at Bone One's level, Gu Qing realized that he had also leveled up.

Level 15.

Still possessing half physical constitution and half mental strength, Gu Qing's attributes have improved once again.

His mental strength surged again, and his sea of ​​consciousness seemed to have been expanded by a layer.

Every sound from the distant stone chamber became clearer.

Gu Qing's gaze fell on the surrounding monster corpses.

The battle between the Undead Dragon and the Golden Lion Beast King startled many of the monsters near the mountain stream.

However, there were still many corpses left in this area: Blackthorn Hounds, Bone-Rotting Spiders, Rock-Armored Beasts, and low-level monsters trampled to death by the beast tide, piled up among the mud and rubble.

Only a small fraction of these monster corpses triggered the Undead Slavery.

Gu Qing directly activated the power of the undead.

"Stand up."

Grayish-white flames ignited from the eye sockets of the corpse.

One blackthorn hound got up first, followed by a second and a third.

The rotting flesh quickly shed itself under the power of the undead, leaving only a gray skeleton.

The carcass of the rock-armored beast was enormous, and as soon as its bones were erected, it emitted a dull thud.

[Successfully enslaved the undead]

[Successfully enslaved the undead]

[Successfully enslaved the undead]

The notification tones sounded frequently.

A dozen or so undead rose from the mud and water, swayed a few times, and then quietly stood behind the undead guard.

Gu Qing opened the task panel.

The hunting quests and monster material collection quests that I accepted earlier are mostly completed.

Blackthorn Hound Hunting Quest: Completed

[Bone-Rotting Spider Hunting Quest: Completed]

[Rock Armor Beast Magic Core Collection Quest: Completed]

[Abandoned Mine Area Exploration Mission: Completed]

The bodies around the area had not yet been collected.

As the power of the undead was injected, one monster after another rose from the ground.

Some of them were missing their heads, some were only half a body, and some were smashed by the necromantic dragon's bone wings, so that they couldn't even put their complete skeletons back together.

Corpses that could not be enslaved by the undead were directly taken into the undead space by Gu Qing and kept as materials for the Lord of the Underworld's corpse explosion.

Those who could stand up were incorporated into the ranks.

The original hundred or so undead guards quickly expanded to two hundred.

Among them were more than a dozen bone wolves, five bone-rotting spiders, and two rock-armored undead beasts, each over five meters tall.

Gu Qing tried to let Gu Yi command the newly enslaved undead.

Bone raised the bone knife and simply slashed across the front.

The dozen or so bone wolves immediately dispersed to guard both sides of the cave, while the bone-rotting spiders climbed up the rock walls to keep watch.

Its command is not complicated, but it is more flexible than Gu Qing's direct control.

The value of hero units is beginning to become apparent.

Gu Qing extracted the remaining necromantic power left by the Netherworld Star Marrow, and the Necromancer's Crown emitted a dark light once more.

The name-bestowing rune between Gu Yi's eyebrows glowed slightly, absorbing a wisp of power.

It's still a long way from being upgraded to a higher rank.

Gu Qing wasn't in a hurry.

As long as he keeps fighting, Bones will grow stronger sooner or later.

He put away the Crown of the Dead and led the army of the undead away from the cave.

The rain outside has stopped.

The mountain stream was filled with muddy water, and broken trees lay scattered on the ground.

The Golden Lion Beast King was still lying beside the rock wall, the three holy nails on his neck had lost their luster.

The beast king had not been killed and was still panting.

Upon seeing Gu Qing, the beast king immediately turned and ran, quickly disappearing into the black mist.

Gu Qing did not give chase, as the series of Netherworld Lord corpse explosions had almost exhausted his mental energy.

Gu Qing found a cave at random and began to rest.

The next morning, Gu Qing did not choose to return to Jinling Academy, but instead began hunting to level up.

Gu Qing had previously planned to level up to level 20 in the Black Mist Forest.

Now that he's enslaved by the undead, Gu Qing is even less likely to go back.

Before the freshman competition, Gu Qing planned to raise his level to 20 and then enslave 1000 undead, forming the prototype of an undead army.

The next day, Gu Qing mainly scouted the area to see if there were any other dangers.

On the third day, Gu Qing entered hunting mode.

As the enslavement of the undead continues to unfold, the number of undead around Gu Qing is also increasing.

The luster on Gu Yi's body grew brighter and brighter, constantly increasing during the battle.

Gu Qing was also able to see Gu Yi's growth.

[Bone 1]

[Hero Units]

Combat Progress: 18%

As time went by, Gu Qing's level continued to rise.

Level 16, Level 17!

The further you progress, the slower the level increase becomes.

half a month later.

A level 20 rock-armored beast crashed to the ground, its massive body crushing two black trees, sending rubble and mud flying in all directions.

Gu Qing stood a hundred meters away, without even taking out the black bone scythe.

More than fifty bone wolves pounced forward, biting the rock armor beast's limbs tightly.

The bone spider climbed up the tree canopy, its bony legs gripping the branches, and its grayish-white spider silk sealed off any escape routes.

Bone arrived with his bone knife, stepped onto the rock-armored beast's head, and plunged the knife into its ruptured eye socket.

The rock-armored beast twitched a few times, then fell silent.

[Successfully defeated the level 20 Gold-grade monster, the Rock Armor Beast]

[Level upgraded to level 18]

A warm current washed over my whole body.

It's still half physical and half mental.

Gu Qing's internal energy and blood surged again, and his sea of ​​consciousness expanded outwards.

After doing all this, Gu Qing raised his hand and pressed it against the corpse of the rock-armored beast.

"Stand up."

The power of the gray-white undead burrowed into the corpse.

The rock-armored beast's broken bones cracked a few times, its abdomen bulged slightly, and it just managed to prop up half of its body before crashing heavily back to the ground.

The grayish-white flame in his eye socket flickered twice before going out completely.

[Undead Enslavement Failed]

Gu Qing stared at the corpse for two breaths, then waved his hand and put it into the undead space.

"Failed again."

In the past two weeks, he has killed at least two thousand demons.

Only about three hundred were able to stand up again after the undead enslavement was truly triggered.

Although this skill is of SS rank, its trigger probability is not very high.

The more severely the body is damaged, the greater the chance of the enslavement failing.

Many monsters were overwhelmed by the undead army and fell without even a complete skeleton remaining.

In this case, the Undead Enslavement will basically fail to trigger.

However, Gu Qing did not waste the monster corpses that did not trigger the undead enslavement; he put them all into his spatial ring as materials for the Underworld Lord's Corpse Explosion.

However, to Gu Qing's surprise, Gu Yi's growth progress had reached 88%.

Moreover, Bone demonstrated exceptional leadership skills during the battle.

Now, Bone One can independently command a team of nearly a hundred undead, and can use various tactics such as feint attacks and full-scale assaults.

"continue."

Bone turned around and pointed the bone knife to the east.

Dozens of bone wolves were the first to burrow into the black mist, while bone-rotting spiders moved along the tree trunks. Two rock-armored undead beasts trod across the rubble, their heavy footsteps echoing as they moved forward.

The remaining undead quickly followed.

For the next ten days or so, Gu Qing did not leave the Black Mist Forest.

Hunt during the day and recover your mental strength at night.

The Crown of the Dead hangs in the Netherworld.

The aura of dominion covers the entire team, increasing the strength, speed, and defense of all undead.

Soul absorption continuously replenishes Gu Qing's depleted mental energy.

Even while maintaining the Netherworld Armor continuously, he didn't need to stop and rest frequently.

Eight days before the freshman competition, Gu Qing was promoted to the nineteenth grade.

The number of undead has exceeded four hundred.

On the evening of the third day before the freshman competition, Gu Yi led two hundred undead to surround a pack of Blackthorn Hounds.

The blackthorn hounds used the trees to constantly change positions, trying to break out of the encirclement from the side.

The dozen or so bone wolves immediately split up and chased after them from both sides, forcing them back onto the battlefield.

Ahead, the rock-armored undead are closing in side by side.

The blackthorn hound crashed into the rock armor, leaving only a few shallow scratches on its claws.

The undead guards behind seized the opportunity to follow up, their bone knives piercing the ribs one after another.

The battle ended in less than three minutes.

More than forty bodies lay in the woods.

Gu Qing walked to the center of the battlefield, and the power of the undead spread out from beneath his feet.

A blackthorn hound carcass raised its head, gray flames burning in its eye sockets.

The second body followed closely behind, dragging its broken hind leg as it got up.

The third, the fourth —

After the ninth corpse stood up, the rest of the corpses remained motionless.

Of the forty-odd demons, only nine were successfully enslaved.

Gu Qing collected the remaining corpses and glanced at the panel.

Current number of undead enslaved: 598

He looked up and gazed ahead.

Deep within the black fog, trees lay fallen in swathes.

The sound of running came from the forest; a group of bone-rotting spiders were moving along the low-lying area.

Melissand stood beside Gu Qing, her purple sound waves spreading forward.

"Master, one hundred and seventy-three."

"The highest level is 21, and there are no lord monsters."

Gu Qing's face lit up with joy. He used to avoid these monster hordes, but now with so many undead, encountering them was a good opportunity to expand his undead army.

Gu Qing waved his hand, and the army of the undead immediately dispersed.

The bone wolves circled around from the left and right, while the bone-rotting spiders climbed to a high place and sealed off their rear with spider silk.

Rock Armored Beasts and Undead Guardians remained on the front, with bone shields being erected one after another.

Gu Yi stood at the very front of the group, sword in hand.

The Bone-Rotting Spider burst out of the black mist, with the front-row spiders spitting out large amounts of corrosive slime.

Bone pressed down with the bone knife in his hand.

The undead army in front immediately contracted, and the rock-armored undead stepped forward, using their thick bone armor to block the slime.

The rear row of bone-rotting spiders simultaneously spit out silk, entangling the dozen or so demonic spiders charging at the forefront.

The bone wolves on both sides pounced.

Instead of attacking the bone-rotting spider's hard head, they bit into its joints and tore off its bony legs.

The momentum of the Bone-Rotting Spider was trapped in the low-lying area.

The spiders behind were still moving forward, but the area in front was completely blocked, and the entire group of monsters was crammed together.

Gu Qing raised her hand.

The fireball runes that had been attached to the rock armor beast's bones lit up simultaneously.

boom!

The wave of fire spread forward, hugging the undead lines.

The already crowded formation of the Bone-Rotting Spiders was completely scattered by the impact of the flames.

Bone stepped over the back of the rock-armored undead and leaped into the horde of monsters, unleashing a series of bone slashes with his bone blade.

The undead army advanced from three sides.

The black mist was tinged red by the firelight, and shattered bones flew everywhere.

The bone-rotting spiders tried to climb the trees, but the undead guarding the high places had already tightened their webs and dragged them back to the ground one by one.

Gu Qing stood at the back and only applied the runes twice.

More than a hundred bone-rotting spiders were then swallowed up by the undead army.

When the battle ended, the ground was covered with broken bones.

Tips kept flashing by.

The last Bone-Rotting Spider fell, and a soft sound came from within Gu Qing's body.

A surge of vital energy flowed through his limbs, and the spiritual power within his consciousness broke through its original limits at that moment.

[Level upgraded to level 20]

[Gain 12 free attribute points]

Gu Qing opened her eyes, allocating six points to her physical constitution and the remaining six points to her mental state.

He had been waiting for this day for almost a month.

There are only two days left until the freshman competition.

Gu Qing walked into the pile of corpses and raised his hand to release the power of the dead.

Grayish-white flames lit up one after another.

One by one, the bone-rotting spiders rose again, dragging their broken bone legs as they crawled out of the pile of corpses, and quietly lined up behind Bone One.

[Successfully enslaved the undead]

[Successfully enslaved the undead]

After more than twenty notifications, the gray-white flames finally stopped appearing.

Current number of undead enslaved: 623

More than 600 spirits stood in the woods.

In the front row were towering rock-armored undead beasts, in the middle were undead guards and bone wolves, and bone-rotting spiders hung on the tree trunks around them.

The number of undead enslaved did not reach a thousand, but it was already quite considerable.

Now, Gu Qing no longer needs to personally hunt the ordinary monsters around him.

Wherever Bone points his sword, the undead army will crush him head-on.

Gu Qing prepared to gather the team and return to Jinling Academy.

After all, the freshman competition is about to begin, and his level has increased to level 20.

At that moment, the Netherworld Armor appeared on its own.

The soul power accumulated over the past two weeks continuously flowed into the soul armor, filling the last gap and causing a ring of light blue patterns to appear on the black armor plate.

A system prompt then appeared.

The Netherworld Armor has absorbed ten thousand units of soul power.

[Effect 3 is now available!]

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