The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 538 Lord of Darkness
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Matthew was somewhat surprised by the appearance of the ancient yellow jade dragon in his field of vision.

in his impression.

Huang Yulong should be sleeping on Eternal Island now.

Once the dragons fall into a deep sleep, it is difficult to awaken them unless something major happens that affects their living environment.

Did something happen on Eternal Island?
Matthew shook his head silently.

Not too possible.

The sun elf Dudley, the rot bag lord Hasman and Matthew all maintain frequent communication and contact.

They spend more time on Eternal Island.

According to their recent statement.

Eternal Island should be peaceful and tranquil.

They also did not mention the awakening of the Yellow Jade Dragon Kret.

"Did I see it wrong?"

"Is this another yellow jade dragon?"

Matthew felt a little unsure.

After all, the way people look at dragons is similar to the way dragons look at people. He has no way of distinguishing a dragon's face in detail and can only make a rough identification based on its racial characteristics.

Matthew could only confirm that this was a dragon that had very similar appearance features to the Ancient Topaz Dragon...

"His body seems to be much smaller than Krayt's."

"Even if it was lying on a hill far away from the battlefield, the head of a real ancient yellow jade dragon shouldn't be this small..."

"He seems to have used an invisibility spell, huh? The spiritual clone actually has an anti-invisibility effect?"

Matthew realized this with some surprise.

He immediately asked Mrs. Wolf.

The latter responded affirmatively.

The spiritual clone can see the existence of all living things from a spiritual perspective.

Well known.

As long as a living being is active, there will be some overflow of spirituality on his body or in the active area.

With the help of the special carrier of the spiritual incarnation.

The anti-stealth effect is actually just a natural byproduct.

After all, ghosts can see each other easily.

“This ability is really useful.”

Matthew closed his eyes, quickly received and reviewed the information sent back by other spiritual clones, and then dismissed them all.

Before this.

Matthew usually uses monitoring spells, summons such as death crows, animal companions, and asking nature to scout the enemy.

But outside the main material world.

These measures have been weakened to a greater or lesser extent.

But the spiritual incarnation is different.

As long as your mental strength is strong enough, this ability can provide you with extremely powerful intelligence support.

It just so happens that mental strength is Matthew’s strong point.

The effect of such a powerful combination is indeed very significant.

"Come, follow me!"

Matthew took Mrs. Wolf and rushed towards the direction where Huang Yulong was found earlier.

He didn't want to verify Huang Yulong's identity.

But the portal that seemed to lead to the Dark Castle was indeed near the battlefield.

Matthew naturally had no other choice.

The two of them moved forward, and when they encountered dangerous areas, Matthew occasionally used the combination of "avoiding good and seeking danger + spiritual identity" to explore the way, but the wayfinding effect was worse than that of Mrs. Wolf.

According to the latter speculation.

This is because Matthew is lucky enough.

"If you're extremely lucky, there's actually no need to use your clone to explore the way. You can just step over it with your main body..."

Mrs. Wolf looked at Matthew with envy:

"I can use this combination of abilities because my teacher said that my luck is extremely bad."

Matthew could only smile in silence.

no matter what.

After some minor setbacks, the two finally reached the target area as they wished.

there.

They first crossed a bridge that was obviously man-made and arrived at a space with a relatively stable material layer.

This should be the entangled space where the air element plane is projected and purgatory.

Since the laws, elements, and forces of the two worlds are highly entangled here, correspondingly, the stability of the material layer itself is much higher than that of the astral realm.

At least they don’t have to worry about falling into the turbulence of the void while walking.

After crossing the bridge.

They soon discovered signs of extensive demonic activity.

Matthew soon realized.

The battle between the devil and the air element that he had discovered earlier was just a small battlefield.

The two sides were fighting in countless subdivided battlefields on the other side of the bridge, on the riverbanks at the foot of the mountain!

The demon army and the air elemental settlements fought each other in various forms.

Occasionally there are some ferocious eagle men.

The whole world was in turmoil.

In comparison.

The portal that seemed to lead to the dark castle seemed to be ignored.

Matthew only saw a few devils on guard nearby, and they didn't seem to be elite.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"It seems that the Phantom Baron and his party do not attach importance to the portal. Could it be that it is not pointing to the Deep Black Castle?"

Matthew conferred with Mrs. Wolf in a low voice.

The latter shook his head:

"I have an impression of this door. This should be it!"

"The reason why we don't take it seriously is probably because the air elements are unlikely to attack Purgatory. Once elemental life enters Purgatory, it will be treated with special attention by the Blood River Will, and the speed of corruption will be alarmingly fast."

"Similar things have happened many times in history, so the devils are not worried about it."

Matthew thought about it and felt that this situation made sense.

Elemental creatures are indeed more easily corrupted and controlled because their constituent elements are too simple.

And the Will of Purgatory is famously powerful in this regard.

Most elemental creatures do not dare to enter Purgatory on their own initiative.

It's understandable that the Phantom Baron was not very prepared for this.

present.

He planned to sneak over, find a way to get rid of the demons guarding the gate, and then enter the castle.

But he hadn't taken a few steps out yet.

A familiar voice sounded in his ears:
"what?"

"Matthew?"

"Are you also interested in Beckmann's treasure?"

Matthew looked back.

On the hillside not far away, the miniature Huang Yulong was looking in his direction.

That voice was undoubtedly Krayt's.

"Is it really you, Mr. Crater?"

Matthew said somewhat embarrassedly:
"Your figure is a little different from before... and your aura is also different. I thought I encountered another Yellow Jade Dragon."

Kret laughed:
"What you see now is definitely not my real body. My real body is still sleeping soundly on the Eternal Island."

"How should I put it? This is a modified version of Blue Veil Dream—

Dudley has just discovered a new species of fungus, which I call Pseudocercosporum.

The wonder of this fungus is that it can help a living being's soul travel extremely long distances, even if he is asleep. After that guy greeted me, he conducted an experiment on me. As you can see, with the help of the fungus, I left the Eternal Island and came to you.

This is equivalent to an effortless projection ability or the ability to clone oneself.

But now I am much weaker, so no matter where I go, I will use magic to hide myself to avoid trouble."

Matthew nodded slightly.

It turned out to be the latest research result of the Spore Society. Dudley probably experimented on Krayt before he even had a chance to say hello to him.

The effect of this blue fungus seems to be quite good.

I don’t know if I can produce a similar effect on other people.

Matthew bypassed the battlefield and came to Kret.

The two chatted for a while.

Kret took the initiative to say:
"I originally wanted to use this ability to fly freely in the astral world, and see if I could find a suitable place to rest in peace."

"You know, I'm already an ancient dragon. I'm not young anymore. It's time to prepare for my death..."

"By the way, do you remember the agreement between you and me?"

After hearing this, Matthew couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

This guy actually has a long life ahead of him.

It's more like preparing for one's own death.

It's more like practicing one's own field.

Matthew hadn't forgotten.

Krayt's name is the Dragon of Decay and Creation.

Corruption or rebirth.

These are all Huang Yulong’s powers and responsibilities.

When you laugh at something else:

"of course I remember."

"As long as I am still alive by then, I will certainly be willing to preside over the ritual of transforming the dracolich."

Kret said happily:
"That's great, Matthew."

"I believe you will live till I die."

"After all, you look so young, and you are a necromancer, you have a lot of dirty tricks..."

Something sounded wrong to Matthew.

However, Huang Yulong quickly changed the subject.

He lowered his head and sniffed Matthew with his mini dragon head, and his tone became more excited:
"Is there a breath of new life?"

"Do you have children?"

Matthew nodded:

"Yes, it's a boy."

Kret looked at Matthew with approval:

"That's how it should be. There is destruction before there is rebirth, and there is reproduction before there is chaos. I often advise people to have more children, but most people sneer at me. Only you, Matthew, are the only one who listens to my advice. I'm happy for you, really."

"So, this petite werewolf lady next to you is the mother of the child?"

"Hmm? Why is the girl you brought with you a little different from last time?"

Mrs. Wolf looked at him in confusion.

Kret paused for two seconds, and suddenly there was a hint of apology in his tone:
"Um, Matthew, am I a little too talkative?"

Matthew rubbed his temple and explained quickly:

"She is not the mother of the child."

Kret suddenly felt relieved:
"It seems that you are indeed a loyal person. So is it still the same Ms. Margaret from last time?"

Matthew coughed:
"It's someone else."

Krete was silent for two seconds after hearing this, and then he made a critical comment:
"That's not right, Matthew."

"You should treat all your female companions equally and not show favoritism."

"You should give each of them a child..."

Matthew quickly interrupted Kret:

"Thank you."

"Anyway, thank you for your blessing, Mr. Crater."

Kret was a little confused.

But he soon followed up with this:
"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten that our Yellow Jade Dragon is the best at blessing among all the metal dragons."

"When your child is born, you should notify me so that I can be there as a witness and give you the blessing of our dragon clan."

"How about this, you keep this scale, and then find a time when you are ready to light it. I will come to where the scale is and offer the blessing of the metal dragon to your child."

"Believe me, this is something that even the gods in heaven would love to have."

Matthew didn't refuse.

After a few sincere words of thanks, he put the scales away.

Huang Yulong might be a little fanciful in some aspects, but his strength as an ancient dragon was obvious.

His blessing will certainly not be too bad.

However, Matthew felt that continuing to talk about children would only make himself and Mrs. Wolf next to him more embarrassed.

So he forcibly changed the subject:

"By the way, what about the treasure of Beckman you just mentioned?"

Kret's eyes rolled:
"Oh, that's another thing."

"First of all, you know me well. I am not interested in treasures or anything like that. I came here purely out of curiosity and to see the excitement."

"Secondly, I came here because I heard rumors about the Dark Lord Beckman."

"Beckmann, the old monster who has ruled the shadow plane for several epochs behind the scenes, seems to have been inspired by a certain dusk creature and tried to survive the odd-numbered celestial changes and the subsequent series of cosmic catastrophes by "burying himself."

"For this reason, he took the initiative to leave the shadow plane, and then used the scraps of the plane produced by the odd-numbered celestial changes to personally create this torn plane."

“Rather than saying this is a torn plane, it’s more like a resting place that the Lord of Darkness, Beckman, created for himself. It’s also a huge wandering plane.”

"In Beckman's plan, he will leave Eindor with this plane and wander towards the depths of the distant universe. He will avoid future disasters and time in his long sleep, and finally welcome the revival of the next era in the dawn..."

Matthew listened in a trance:

"You mean, the Ripped Plane is the tomb or spaceship that Beckman built for himself?"

Huang Yulong nodded:
"almost."

Matthew asked again:

"But I heard that Beckman left the Shadow Plane because he was deceived and betrayed by Galen..."

Huang Yulong said disdainfully:
"Gailan is not qualified to influence Beckman's decision-making."

"The real influencer is someone else. I believe you can guess it—He is the leader of the dusk creatures under the Bridge of All Living Things, the Captain."

"It is said that the captain himself has successfully survived countless disasters in this way. Beckman wants to use this method to avoid the active period of the giant beast, survive the darkest period of no one, and finally wait for the dawn of the new universe..."

Matthew thought for a while:
"Then why is the Captain himself still under the Bridge of All Beings?"

Huang Yulong said uncertainly:

"Who knows?"

"His statement may be to deceive the Lord of Darkness."

"But there is also a possibility that, for the captain, hiding under the Bridge of All Living Things is also a way to bury himself and avoid disaster?"

Matthew was silent.

Huang Yulong's speculation is not without reason.

Now that the matter involves the captain, it is no longer something he can speculate about.

It’s not that he is not qualified to guess.

It’s because there is too little relevant information, and any more thinking about it is just a waste of energy.

"Since the Lord of Darkness created this plane himself, how did the Phantom Baron and the Air Element get involved?"

Matthew asked.

Huang Yulong blinked:
"Since it is a tomb, there must be burial objects."

"The Lord of Darkness has survived for many epochs, so his collection is naturally quite tempting."

"Of course I'm not interested."

"But others who heard about it thought differently."

"The Phantom Baron and the Air Elemental King are the kind of guys with impure motives. Just as the Dark Lord announced that he had fallen into a deep sleep, they came directly to attack him..."

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(End of this chapter)