The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 168 Spirit Touch Hall and Huang Yulong
……

In the endless darkness, Matthew seemed to have turned into a flying insect.

The world is made of black and white.

Pieces of mottled tones gradually solidified, and he moved forward instinctively, only to encounter one after another fork in the road.

It's like a maze here.

Matthew tried to look up, but could only see a short view.

He couldn't even control his own body, he could only follow the weak air current.

After a while.

He stopped on a stone wall.

There is a huge locust tree standing in the maze not far away.

On the branches of the locust tree.

Sitting there were two guys wearing black cloaks and white masks, their lower bodies were so empty that they were almost invisible.

Matthew couldn't see any more details.

But you can hear the conversation between them clearly.

One of them said:

"The blood of the thousand changers is recovering, and the troll empire and barbarian tribes in the north are also rising again. Although evil dragons are difficult to achieve, the nutrients that are overturned in the ruins on the cloud are enough to breed more evil. The upcoming situation , I am afraid that it cannot be controlled by the Seven Saints Alliance."

The other person's voice is more immature:

"What about the giant beasts? Isn't it said that they are also fast?"

The older one said:
"I heard that the giant beasts are not so fast. They will be changed after the odd-numbered days, but the odd-numbered days will still take time. The most important thing is to look at Ronan."

The other person asked:
"What's going on with Ronan now?"

Older answer:

"I don't know, no one knew which faction was responsible for Ronan before, but the recent news from the Seven Saints Alliance seems to be Isabel's doing."

The young man is amazed:

"Why did Isabel attack her own students?"

Older people seem to be surprised:
"I've said that it's just hearsay. It's not guaranteed that the hearsay is fake. Even if it's true, it's not unusual. If someone who has been in a high position in the world for a long time can't make a breakthrough, he must be crazy.

Isabel is probably the same as the sun god back then. She has been a divine mage for too long, and has seen the power of a natural disaster mage, so she is naturally unwilling to be lonely.

But no one can tell how to move towards natural disasters.

The dilemma of the Seven Saints Alliance also lies in this.

Their situation is actually the same as that group of poor people in Tianlun Palace. The difference is that the mages have not had time to grow to the top of the world, and they are going completely crazy one after another. "

The young man clicked his tongue and said:

"It seems that in the face of the changing situation of the next era, we have a great opportunity to touch the synagogue."

The elder said proudly:

"Of course, the Spirit Touch Hall is the most powerful force in the Ravenloft Demon Realm. With Viscount Fan here, we are bound to unify the Demon Realm within a few years of Ain."

"Fan Zijue summoned [-] night canopy ghosts, [-] vampires, and countless other creatures. He is the most powerful king of the demon realm!"

The young man also puffed up his chest:
"It's really an honor to think that we are also working under Fan Zijue! Hey, you say..."

He wasn't finished yet.

A shout came from afar:

"You two little ghosts are being lazy again? Why don't you hurry up and deliver today's evening mail?"

"If I delay Fan Zijue's business, I will beat you to death!"

The two little ghosts disappeared from the locust tree immediately.

Soon after.

Matthew saw a headless horseman descending from above the maze with a carriage.

He stayed on the locust tree for a while, and looked around vigilantly for a week. After a while, he turned towards the direction of the carriage and said respectfully:
"Princess, please get out of the car."

The car curtain was lifted by a white hand.

Before Matthew could see the whole picture of the princess clearly, the Headless Horseman suddenly turned towards Matthew:
"Who?"

"A bug?"

In an instant.

A powerful force hit Matthew's face.

He only felt a pain in his forehead.

There was a sound of "Hey" in my ear - it was a rather pleasant female voice.

Followed by.

His consciousness returned to his body.

……

"Hint: You have set foot in the field of necrosis, and you have heard information about the "Spiritual Touch Hall" by accident.

In return for stepping into the field, you will gain two of the following three abilities—

1. Necrotic Fire: Designate one of your fingers as the launch point of Necrotic Fire, and then you can release a ball of flame with Necrotic energy from the tip of the finger without singing.

The flame can cause a large amount of magic damage in an instant, and within 10 minutes thereafter, it will cause 2~3 points of necrotic damage to the enemy per minute.

Note: There is no daily casting limit for Necrotic Fire, but if you cast it too many times, your finger may turn black and stiff.

2. Intoxicating Whispers: You can whisper whispers to a target through the Necrotic Domain. If the target fails the save, it will enter a state of drunkenness.

Drunk state will last for three 10 minutes.

3. Spell Cancellation: You can spend the same amount of mana to simultaneously cancel a spell that the target is casting.

Note: The spell level cannot exceed one level of your own.

Can be used twice a day. "

……

"Spirit Touch Hall?"

"It sounds like an organization from Ravenloft. Is their leader a Viscount named Fan? Is there a title in Ravenloft's social system, or is he a vampire?"

"In addition, the materialization of the Necrotic Realm and the Tomb Realm is located in Ravenloft..."

Matthew silently wrote down what he had just heard.

Then he looked at the data bar.

Today's luck is simply overwhelming.

Not only has he entered the field in one fell swoop, but it seems to have gone deeper, and he can obtain two abilities.

Matthew pondered for a while, and chose one and three.

"Fire of Necrosis" is a cost-effective offensive spell ability. Compared with the direct damage it can cause, Matthew pays more attention to the continuous life deduction brought about by necrotic damage.

Although not much, it can also enrich his offensive strategy.

Needless to say, there is no need to say more about "Spell Offset". Although it is a little worse than counter and rebound, it is also a very good second-hand method, and there is no reason not to win it.

As for "Intoxicating Whispers".

This ability is actually a bit interesting. Matthew learned from it that the field of necrosis seems to include elements such as "drunkness", "alcohol", and "sleep".

This field is relatively cold.

Correspondingly, when using abilities in unpopular fields, more unexpected effects can be obtained.

Additionally, exploring the Necrotic Realm gave Matthew a permanent status.

"Necrosis resistance: Your body's resistance to necrosis damage is +10;

Drunkenness resistance +5;

Sleep resistance +5"

Matthew looked at the Necrotic Orb in his hand.

The negative energy radiance on it has dimmed by about one-third.

After tasting the sweetness, he changed his mind and planned to play with it often in the future.

Matthew is not only going for the domain ability, he is more concerned that his consciousness can enter the Ravenloft Demon Realm relatively safely when exploring the domain.

This time it was attached to a small bug. If it is attached to a creature with stronger mobility next time, there may be more gains.

……

When Matthew came back to his senses.

Margaret was standing in front of him eating melon seeds, and the melon seed husks were scattered all over the ground:
"Does this comprehend a field?"

Matthew nodded.

"I really admire geniuses like you."

Margaret made no secret of her envy:

"At first I also thought that I was a genius, and I wanted to rely on my own strength to comprehend the field and ability, but later I realized that I was thinking too much.

Some people can enter the field casually, no different from visiting a brothel;
But I worked so hard but could only get halfway in, and I had to find someone to help push it.

If not, I would not choose to start with a debt of 200 million. "

Matthew coughed lightly:
"Just luck today."

"Just today?"

Margaret knocked a few melon seeds hard, as if it was Matthew who was biting in her mouth:
"Forget it, don't be envious, if you don't have some talent, how can you be attracted by Ms. Isabel?

Let's go straight to the review session.

First of all, I need to point out that in the stage where you and the old bone dragon are pulling, any door is an unnecessary link.

What did you gain from any door?

No.

Instead you wasted a shoe and a sock.

This kind of provocation seems to me to be superfluous.

You could just kill him straight away. "

Matthew nodded humbly:
"That's right. But I have never used any door in actual combat, so I want to borrow him to practice."

Margaret rolled her eyes:
"If that's the case, it's understandable, and I can't find much fault in other aspects.

But I can recommend some spells to you. If you can master and use these spells proficiently, you will be more able to deal with the bone dragon just now.

The first one is "flying".The importance of flying skills is unquestionable, low-level flying skills can be learned at the second level, but the effect is very poor.

The requirement for the intermediate flying technique is level three, and the effect is also mediocre.

If your level will increase soon, then I suggest that you go directly to learn "Isabel Flying Technique" after the fourth level.

That kind of experience, after you try it, you will never forget it.

The second is a fourth-level spell called "Howl of Broken Bones". As long as you master the field related to undead, you should be able to learn it in advance.

This spell is specially used against undead creatures of the skeleton type.

If it was a full-effect Boneshattering Howl cast by a fifth-level mage, it could directly blast the bone dragon into pieces.

Conversely, as a necromancer, if you rely on the combat power of your skeleton-type undead creatures, then you have to find a way to enhance their resistance in this area——

Mainly the resistance to sound waves.

The third is not a spell, but an ability called "Natural Casting".

I see you have the wild form of the Aeolian pterosaur, that's good.

But when you use Death Shockwave, you must turn into a human form to get close to your opponent. There is actually a little safety hazard here.

If you can use some spells in the form of the Aeolus, then this problem will be solved.

Natural Spellcasting This ability allows you to cast spells while in wild form.

But this ability is very rare, even my teacher can't buy it.

You'll have to go to a veteran archdruid.

In fact, there are many similar ideas. You can expand your thinking after class. I only provide a few suggestions here. "

As soon as Matthew listened to the class, he felt something was wrong:

"Is this the end of the practical class?"

"The effect of the medicine on my body hasn't worn off yet!"

Margaret ate the last melon seed, and said leisurely:

"You see me kill an undead creature, I see you kill an undead creature, and then replay. The above is the whole content of this practical lesson."

"If you feel that you have finally come to the negative energy plane and want to fight for a while longer, you can increase the clock."

Matthew tentatively asked:
"Gold coins or points?"

Margaret replied:
"Do you have gold coins?"

Matthew was silent.

"One point, three monsters, including replay and escort, the price is favorable, if you can add a few more hours at a stretch, I can give you a discount."

Margaret said with a smile:
"Didn't the effect of the medicine wear off? As long as I can get five points, I can even go into battle and disperse it for you!"

Matthew looked at her malicious smile and quickly refused.

Now he is definitely not Margaret's opponent, but even if the two sides fight to the death, it is probably a tie.

After all, he has Isabel's patron saint on him, and [-]% of Margaret also has Suriel's patron saint on him.

Everyone is a student of the divine mage, let's just be teammates honestly!
At the moment, Matthew expressed his willingness to add the clock.

Knowledge points are not that precious to him, compared to Margaret's company and guidance are more important things.

Matthew felt it when he was fighting the old bone dragon, as if a wonderful power was awakening in his body.

I don't know if it is due to the effect of the medicine or due to chance.

In short, today, he must not let Margaret go!

"Very well, I like a motivated student like you!"

"Come on, work hard, try to catch up with me as soon as possible, and then support me!"

Margaret smiled lightly:
"It's just a pity that there don't seem to be any particularly powerful monsters around here for you to practice with. Those four guys are undead kings registered in the alliance. If they keep cowarding, it's not convenient for us to attack them."

"You have to go farther and find some comparable opponents for you."

Matthew shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, let's go to see the territory of the old bone dragon first, and then I have to help my pet be promoted to the king."

"After that, we'll start again."

Margaret looked at Matthew in surprise:

"Didn't you say you can't hold it anymore?"

Matthew honestly said:

"It's true that I can't hold it anymore. I've always wanted to find someone to fight, but when I think that there may be babies in the territory of the old bone dragon, this impulse is not so strong."

"Cleaning up the loot is more important, and the fighting can be done later!"

……

Led by the bone pigeon, they soon came to the territory of the old bone dragon, which was a leeward basin at the foot of King King Mountain.

Unfortunately, everything here disappointed Matthew.

Looking around, there is nothing in the basin except for some lowest-level undead creatures.

Even in the shelter of the old bone dragon, on a hill full of glass shards and ashes, Matthew didn't find anything of value.

Except for a soft dragon scale.

This piece of dragon scale was casually thrown aside, and it was covered with a thick layer of dust. If it weren't for Matthew's sharp eyes, he would have almost missed it.

This is obviously a piece of dragon scale that has gone through a long time, probably from the corpse of the old bone dragon.

Although the dragon scale had deteriorated, Matthew still put it away and planned to study the related performance in detail in the future.

And when Matthew and his team were cleaning up the spoils of the old bone dragon.

Xiao Bo also rushed over.

He lowered his proud head and looked at Matthew expectantly.

Matthew took advantage of the opportunity to fulfill his promise.

He took out the bottle containing the remnants of the old bone dragon's soul fire, opened it up and let Xiaobo inhale it.

But Xiao Bo is also very sensible.

When only half of it was left, he stopped the movement.

Followed by.

A series of mutations began on his body.

The color of the virtual dragon scales that were close to the ribs became darker.

The dark green light spread out like water waves, growing rapidly like moss.

Soon, the virtual dragon scales completely wrapped Xiao Bo's lower body.

At the same time, long feathers grew on Xiao Bo's back, these feathers were yellowish white, a bit like duck down but much rougher to the touch.

Matthew stood on Xiaobo's back, observing other changes in the bone dragon——

The bones became more compact, a thin layer of blood film appeared on the chest, and feathers similar to duck down also grew outside the blood film.

The head is also covered with more virtual dragon scales, and the originally empty eye sockets are covered by a white film.

If it is said that before, Xiao Bo's soul fire could be seen through the eye sockets at a glance.

So now, from the same angle, only a faint green light spot can be seen.

And on the data bar.

The change of Xiaobo is more intuitive——

……

"Reminder: Your summoned Philoreus has won the battle of kings!

He has devoured enough soul fire remnants, and is completing the advancement of the king's template...

Philoreus' level has been raised to LV18.

Philoreus' strength +1.

Philoreus gained two new abilities: "Lord of the Six Rings" and "Shadow Realm".

Lord of the Six Rings: Philoreus has officially become the king of the Six Rings on the Negative Energy Plane, and is eligible to obtain a territory on King Mountain.

He has obtained a "six-ring emblem", and when the energy on the emblem is full, he will have the opportunity to go to the land of the five rings.

Shadow Realm: Philoreus first entered the "Shadow Realm" (the boundary between shadow and negative energy), and gained the abilities of "Shadow Stealth", "Shadow Summoning", "Higher Phantom" and so on!

……

Philoreus is grateful for your service in the War of Kings.

His loyalty to you has increased to 105, and he has shared the ability "High Mirage" with you!
Advanced Phantom (weakened version): You can summon a phantom exactly like yourself, which lasts for 30 minutes.

During this time, you can mentally control his actions.

The phantom cannot cause substantial damage and must remain within 100 meters of you.

If you are attacked while the phantom is in effect, no matter how far the phantom is, he will instantly appear beside you to resist the attack for you.

In the next three seconds, part of your body will be ghosted and get 30% damage reduction"

……

still alright.

Matthew took a look at Xiaobo's original high-level phantom, and found that his phantom can resist three damages, and the damage reduction after phantom is 60%.

After becoming a king, Xiao Bo is even more majestic.

His appearance has also taken a big step from the bone dragon to the ghost dragon.

This is totally against common sense.

You know, ghost dragons can only be transformed from real dragons, how can a bone dragon advance into a ghost dragon?

But the unbelievable things about Xiao Bo didn't stop there.

Matthew noticed that the down on his back resembled the feathers that ancient dinosaur species had in the early stages of evolution.

In particular, it is very similar to his Fengshen pterosaur feathers.

If there is indeed some connection between the two.

So Xiaobo's improvement in strength and appearance change is more like an evolution than an upgrade.

Margaret evidently saw this too.

She stared fixedly at Philoreus, subconsciously bit her lips twice, and then asked Matthew:
"Do you want to sell this skull dragon?"

Matthew skillfully asked:

"Do you have money?"

Marguerite looked at him tearfully:
"Come on, this skull dragon is quite unique."

Matthew was unmoved, and reminded:

"We can get ready to go, and the rest of the things here can be handled by my pet."

Margaret stomped her feet angrily:
"Don't look down on people!"

"When I pay off the money owed to my teacher and best friend, I'll buy your little chic and big chic!"

"Don't laugh, when I have money, I will buy it with you!"

Matthew looked weird and tried hard not to laugh out loud.

Bone Pigeon looked at Margaret affectionately:

"Ms. Margaret, I'm just waiting for you to redeem me!"

Hearing this, Xiao Bo immediately looked at him suspiciously.

The bone pigeon is not afraid at all:

"What's the matter, Xiaobo? Why are your eyes full of doubts?"

"Didn't you hear that the master's master and Ms. Margaret are going to hunt down other monsters? Hurry up and present something good, so as not to delay their trip!"

Xiao Bo immediately shook his head like a rattle, expressing that he didn't have any good things.

The bone pigeon hated iron for being weak and scolded:
"Don't you have a holy spring of immortality in your own territory?

Quickly dig out all of them and send them there!

You are a king now, and with these two escorts in the future, are you afraid that you will lack the Holy Spring of Immortality?

If other undead want to send them away, they don't have your way! "

"Don't stare at me!"

"Let me tell you, your military adviser, I plan to resign, and I will only hang out with my master's master from now on."

"Also, don't call me Bone Pigeon from now on, just call me Little Chic!"

As he spoke, he walked past Philorees proudly.

Come to Matthew and Margaret.

Bone Pigeon bowed his head and said:
"My lords, I know the lairs of monsters nearby, and I can show you the way!"

Margaret rolled her eyes:
"Didn't it say that there is a holy spring of immortality?"

Matthew took advantage of the opportunity to pick up the bone pigeon, with an itchy hand:

"Stop talking nonsense, lead the way, I can't hold back anymore!"

The three gradually went away.

Soon, Xiao Bo's deep gratitude came from the necromantic contract.

……

Three days later.

The edge of the land of six rings.

In a dark cave.

Accompanied by a mournful howl, Matthew's figure appeared at the entrance of the cave not long after.

Margaret followed behind him, while cracking the melon seeds, she repeated:

"You can be faster and more resolute when using the spell ineffective enchantment!"

"The previous few times it was obviously used very well, why is it so slow when facing the nesting banshee this time, could it be that the banshee looks more to your liking, and you can't bear it?"

"Should I say it or not, the banshee's lair is still quite fishy..."

Matthew ignored the invalid information in her words.

Instead, he carefully analyzed the battle just now:

"When I leaned close to her, I did eat the positive charm of the banshee. I was successfully immune to the charm, but for some reason, my thinking still lagged behind at that moment."

"It's definitely not because of the banshee's looks or figure."

"I seem to be generating something in my mind. This kind of thing should be related to the battles of the past few days."

Margaret rolled her eyes and showed a clear expression:
"Don't think too much, continue to find monsters to fight alone, and you will find the answer soon."

"Little chic, who's behind the nesting banshee?"

"Dear Ms. Margaret, the Great Master has successively killed the skeleton giant in the valley, the rotten earth spirit in the dead forest, the great corpse in the rotten lake, and the nesting banshee in the crypt in the past few days.

He killed all the enemies with any weight in the Six Rings.

If we want to continue looking for our opponents, the shortest way is to pass through a long and narrow corridor, the end of which is the coastline of the Sixth Ring Road.

There is a place called "Between Planes". "

Bone Pigeon replied respectfully.

Between planes?

Matthew and Margaret looked at each other, and both of them showed joyful expressions.

The so-called between planes refers to the place where two planes meet, and a unique space is often formed here.

The planes are not stable, but compared to other places, there are often greater opportunities.

The Negative Energy Plane is located in the inner layer, and there is a high probability that it borders the Elemental Plane.

If you're lucky, this trip to Matthew will not only be a great success in actual combat training, but also have the opportunity to harvest treasures from the elemental plane.

The two immediately let the bone pigeon lead the way.

But it wasn't long before I walked out of the cave.

A gust of wind suddenly blew up in the sky.

The wind was obviously abnormal.

It hurts to scratch on a living person, and the bone pigeon was almost blown away!
Fortunately, Margaret had quick eyes and quick hands, and stuffed him directly into her clothes.

This made Bone Pigeon a little dizzy.

"The wind is very wrong, it's not like a normal positive wind or a new wind, let's step back a little."

Margaret suggested.

The two hid back in the cave.

The tranquility here is in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle outside.

"The wind won't stop for a while."

Margaret took out a tent from the storage props, quickly set it up with spells, and then got in by herself, leaving only a pair of shoes on the outside of the tent.

"The longer our body stays in the negative energy plane, the more severe the erosion will be. This tent can effectively purify the effect of erosion. Do you want to use it with me?"

Margaret poked her head out from inside and looked at Matthew expectantly.

Matthew just moved his butt and wanted to go in, but the next second, he stopped at the door of the tent.

He asked warily:
"Is there a fee?"

Margaret giggled and said:

"100 gold for one favor."

"You don't even want to give me a hundred gold, do you? This tent is narrow and warm, very comfortable!"

"If you don't come in, your body will be eroded by negative energy, and you may need to spend more on treatment in the future!"

Matthew sighed:
"100 gold is a huge sum of money for me now, thank you for the invitation, but it's unnecessary."

Margaret changed her face and said:
"Stingy! Let's see how you solve the problem of negative energy erosion."

Matthew shrugged, and he took a half step back, using Necromorph to transform into a bouncing dwarf skeleton.

Margaret was so angry that her teeth itch, she threw the bone pigeon out, and then slammed the tent tightly.

Only bone pigeons and dwarf skeletons were left staring in the cave.

About 3 minutes passed.

Matthew suddenly heard a change in the wind outside.

He came to the cave to observe the situation.

suddenly.

A trembling whistling sound came from the sky.

Followed by.

A dark cloud covering the sky passed over the cave.

Matthew saw a huge monster!
……

"Warning: You have encountered a Topaz Dragon (Grand Dragon/LV22)!
You have entered the domain of the topaz dragon's decay! "

……

(End of this chapter)