Cataclysm King

Chapter 319 Necromancer
"People below the sixth level should not look at the stone tablet, otherwise you won't know why they are mentally aberrant!"

"There is actually the legendary [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablet] here. Do any of you understand it? What is written on it?"

"It seems to record that there was a fierce battle in this Augustus Mausoleum?"

"Well, I see it seems to have the name of "Mad King" Alduin on it."

"The subjugated emperor of the Talon Dynasty? Hey, isn't this the tomb of Alduin?"

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Prince Salo's group of people were studying the stone tablet and talking about it.

There is obviously more than one black stone tablet like this, and a few people in the Southern Continent have heard of it.

But the stone tablet uses real high-level devil language records.

Apparently they didn't understand either.

The sneak attack was close at hand, and the punch caught Salo off guard, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Now that they have guessed that this is the tomb of the Augustus royal family, everyone can imagine that there is danger.

He thought the source of danger would be the coffin.

The sound was not loud, but it echoed clearly throughout the entire underground palace.

Prince Salo came here for the royal mausoleum. He saw that no one could understand the stone tablet, so he did not waste any more time and ordered: "Go and prepare a few people to open the coffin."

However, what everyone did not expect was that when Kaili heard this, the corner of his mouth raised a cold arc, and a hoarse voice came out from his throat that seemed not to be human: "Anyone who is good at imperial tombs will die!"

Probably wanting to understand the content on the stone tablet before taking action, this group of people pondered for a long time.

But it’s not even time to divide the spoils. Isn’t it too early to quarrel?
Prince Salo couldn’t understand either.

Everyone was shocked.

He was also curious about what was written on the black stone tablet.

Looking at this scene, Ji Xun's eyebrows suddenly condensed with doubts.

He punched Prince Salo next to him.

However, Ji Xun glanced at Old Man Xu who was already huddled in the corner of the crowd and knew something was wrong.

Instead, Ji Xun thought about the common points of several stone tablets, and at the same time, a thought came to his mind: Could the existence of the stone tablets be related to divinity?
It seems that this stone tablet needs divine charging to maintain specific functions.

He shouted: "Kelly, do you know what you are doing?!"

The cold feeling has now reached the back of my neck.

In the blink of an eye, the three nobles were actually fighting among themselves?
The person who took action was Kaili, the second young master of the "Crimson Duke" family.

It was a feeling like a poisonous snake crawling up the ankle.

Several guards looked shocked and quickly guarded Salo.

Thousands of people in the trial group had goosebumps all over their bodies, as if they had seen a ghost.

And almost addicted to it.

Ji Xun watched from afar.

With that said, the guards protected the three young nobles and placed various restricted cards around them.

However, no one expected that before several slaves could get close to the coffin, a sudden "bang" sound exploded through the eardrums like a bombardment.

He couldn't decipher it before, and he didn't think he could understand it now.

It's getting clearer.

But looking at the mysterious golden coffin, the burning greed in everyone's eyes still outweighed everything else.

Since they suspect that this underground palace is the tomb of Augustus, no one dares to be careless.

For example: Display words?
But pondering the stone tablet is not a top priority right now.

Old Man Xu found a forgotten memory from the stone tablet, Caterina understood the magic solution from the stone tablet, and Jia Yu read the historical truth from the stone tablet.
Ji Xun himself also saw some fragmentary information about the "blood plague" in the stone tablet in Shangbang Prison.

He had no intention of sharing the treasure with anyone, but now was not the time to do so.

No perceptible abnormalities were found.

But judging from the information he knows so far, it seems that everyone sees the content on the stone tablet differently.

Although he guessed that several nobles were definitely not good people.

More importantly, this underground palace gave Ji Xun a very strange feeling.

A few more war slaves held crowbars and walked tremblingly towards the golden coffin.

Not only did Ji Xun not sense it, but neither did the high-level guards and mercenaries.

Ji Xun also watched with concentration.

I can’t tell where this strange sense of crisis comes from.

What's more, there are also college instructors in the team who are responsible for supervising the assessment.

After looking at it, he narrowed his eyes.

Everyone's first reaction was: Young Master Kaili is possessed by an evil spirit!
Prince Salou frowned, seeming a little confused.

The guard on the side had already shouted: "Be careful of evil spirits! Use holy light to disperse them quickly!"

After all, they are the elite guards of the royal family, so these people reacted immediately.

Looking at "Kaili" who has become a different person, this situation is nothing more than being affected by a mental illusion or being possessed by an evil spirit.

Immediately, several of Kaili's guards rushed forward, pressing their young master under them, preparing to exorcise the demon.
The Rune Highlands are full of undead monsters, and the mercenaries are well prepared.

Various exorcism equipment, purifying holy water, holy light spells, and anti-curse utensils were all taken out.

In an instant, the vast space was filled with holy light.

The black energy was dispersed.

The light brings peace of mind.

In the distance, Ji Xun looked at this sudden change, and a trace of doubt appeared in his pupils: "It's strange, could it be mind control?"

Normally, high-ranking nobles have no shortage of treasures.

That young master Kaili must also have equipment to prevent mysterious means.

If it really is possessed by evil spirits or mentally polluted, it should be easier for others to fall prey to it.

How come he got hit in the first place?
Moreover, not a single ghost was seen in the mausoleum from beginning to end. Where did the evil spirit come from?
Once this is ruled out, it seems that it can only be controlled by the mental system.

Could it be some kind of unnoticed spiritual monster?

Or some kind of high-level relic?
Ji Xun had a bad feeling.

Although Kaili is only at the fourth level, he is only a hair away from the fifth level. Coupled with the luxurious equipment on his body, he can be attacked silently. The level of this mental spell is probably extremely high.

Ji Xun estimated that below the seventh level, it would be difficult to be exempted.

From this point of view, I am afraid that few of the thousands of trial groups can be immune to this strange attack.

But the biggest source of fear is that no one knows how to get infected in Kailidi.

The mercenaries may not have anything good in their hands.

But the three great nobles have plenty of them.

For this trial in Rune Highlands, the nobles prepared a large number of monster equipment and spell cards to deal with the undead.

Hundreds of holy light cards exploded like firecrackers, as well as two seventh-level arcane spell cards [Holy Expulsion].

The card released ripples of white light that rippled throughout the underground palace.

In the underground palace, the dazzling holy light bloomed for a while.

The smell of money also brings a strong sense of security to people.

"Hahaha, let me just say, it is much safer to follow His Highness the Prince's team."

"That's right. With these high-end cards, even evil spirits that have existed for thousands of years will be burned to ashes."

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The holy light illuminated the excited faces of the mercenaries.

This hiring was so easy for them. They pushed it all the way without encountering any decent obstacles.

The confidence of being rich and powerful dispelled the fear in everyone's heart.

However, as Ji Xun watched, his expression became more solemn: "How did you get tricked?"

He still didn't see what the problem was.

But it is definitely not a small trouble for Old Man Xu to deal with it like this.

Moreover, with the large-scale dispersion of holy light just now, if there were any undead monsters in this underground palace, no matter how deeply they were hidden, they would have been exposed by now.

But after the holy light passed, no dead spirit appeared.

Moreover, the expression of Young Master Kaili who was being forced to exorcise demons by the guards was still ferocious.

No matter how advanced the dispelling spell is, it is completely useless!
Before Ji Xun could understand, the next moment, the crisis came quietly.

The white light flooded for a moment, and a strange smile gradually appeared on the faces of not only Young Master Kaili, but also every mercenary in the team.

They were talking to themselves, repeating the same words: "Anyone who breaks into the imperial mausoleum without permission will die!"

The mercenaries also discovered that there seemed to be some strange guys in the team.

"Lao Liu, what's going on with you? Why are you showing such a scary expression? Also, don't point your damn knife edge at me, you're so scared."

"No, don't come close! Look, he looks exactly like Master Kaili just now."

"Possessed by an evil spirit? But wasn't the holy light dissipated just now?"

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In an instant, the terror that had just disappeared spread immediately.

Everyone in the entire underground palace was horrified to find that more and more of their friends around them were talking to themselves.

The tiny sounds converged into one, like a spell summoning the god of death to come.

It sends chills down one's spine.

Ji Xun had already discovered the problem.

He wears a clown mask and can see people's "fear".

There was more or less a black line of fear on the heads of these thousands of people.

But in the blink of an eye, he saw that the black line of fear on someone's head disappeared out of thin air?

It is absolutely impossible for these people to completely block out fear.

There must be differences.

First dozens, then hundreds, and finally thousands
It seems that a certain time point has arrived and it is spreading in patches.

However, after a few breaths, Ji Xun looked at almost all the mercenaries around him. There was no fear on their bodies, and there was only that weird smile on their face.

Thinking of this, he felt bad: "No! Those guys have been controlled!"

Most of the six to seven thousand people in this underground palace are under control.

How?
This unknown method made Ji Xun's scalp feel numb.

The real danger of Wang Ling is coming!

It came so suddenly that it didn't give anyone a chance to buffer.

At this moment, he didn't care about being exposed or anything, and walked directly to Old Man Xu who was not far away.

Old Man Xu was staring at everyone around him with his small eyes.

He seemed to know that these guys had been controlled and had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

Just about to hide far away.

I saw someone approaching.

Ji Xun regained his original appearance in an instant and greeted directly: "Old senior, I am Ji Xun."

Old man Xu was stunned when he heard this: "Ah? Ji what?"

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Ji Xun's eyes twitched when he heard this. The old man forgot about himself.

But before he had time to reminisce about old times, he saw old man Xu glance at the group of people in the distance, his expression suddenly flustered.

The old man didn't pay attention to Ji Xun. He suddenly seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. He straightened up and fell to the ground.

Playing dead?

The heartbeat and breathing were suppressed, but not completely eliminated.

Ji Xun looked at Old Man Xu's behavior and didn't know why, but he followed it without hesitation.

Suspended death is a very introductory thing for qigong masters.

However, as soon as he lay down, Old Man Xu opened one eye and complained: "You kid, stay away from me. You have so much energy and blood, it's hard to hide from 'that thing'!"

Can't hide it?
Ji Xun obviously felt that his anger had been perfectly controlled, but the old man could still see it at a glance.

But he didn't think he would harm the old man.

Ji Xun had no intention of moving and asked shamelessly: "Senior, what should I do?"

Old man Xu had a look of disgust on his face, as if he thought this guy was just trying to trick him, but he seemed to remember who Ji Xun was, and said anxiously: "Cover the corpse next to you, and hide for a while."

Ji Xun complied.

Before he could ask any more questions, Old Man Xu suddenly lost his "angry".

Ji Xun did not dare to be careless and restrained his aura.

The next moment, a fierce battle broke out in the underground palace.

And suddenly, Ji Xun saw the mud pills stuffed in the old man's ears, and he already guessed how those people had been tricked.

"Be careful! They are also possessed by evil spirits!"

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The huge underground palace instantly fell into chaos.

Thousands of "possessed" mercenaries all slashed at their companions with the tips of their knives.

More than 80% of the mercenaries were controlled, including many fifth- and sixth-level card masters.

This overwhelming number makes the battle almost no suspense.

The crowd gathered again, and in the blink of an eye, the trial group was littered with casualties.

Screams and strange laughter came and went.

Not only the mercenaries, but also many of the guards brought by the three nobles were recruited.

And they were horrified to find that the dispelling spells against undead and spiritual pollution were completely useless!
They couldn't think of any way to escape that mysterious control.

Prince Salo and Princess Betty were anxiously surrounded by dozens of people and were quickly cornered.

The situation reversed so suddenly that there was no time for anyone to react.

Fear spread rapidly.

In the distance, Ji Xun and Old Man Xu, who were pretending to be dead, avoided the first wave of attacks from those around them.

Although Ji Xun sealed almost all the life characteristics of his body, his shadow was still hiding in the darkness, observing carefully.

At this moment, he also understood what was going on with the ancient corpses all over the ground that he had discovered when he came in.

It seems to be some kind of "monster" that can enter through the ear opening.

It didn't even show up, and these thousands of people were afraid that they would have to answer here.

I can't figure out why until I die.

Prince Salo and his group have concentrated 80% of the high-end combat power in the trial group. Even though they face dozens of times more enemies, they still cannot be wiped out in a short time.

But there is absolutely no benefit.

However, at this time, Prince Salo didn't know who he was giving the order to, and he shouted loudly: "Don't retreat!"

I've been here for a long time, and seeing the coffin right in front of me, it's absolutely impossible to give up like this.

When Ji Xun heard this, he also knew that these guys had other tricks.

I had seen the ability of space teleportation in the Plague Swamp before, so I thought these people probably had something similar to save their lives.

This underground palace cannot trap them.

At this time, Ji Xun controlled the shadow to look at the "old master".

In this situation, this guy finally couldn't hide anymore.

A dark gold card in his backhand collapsed in his hand, and the demonic figure appeared behind him, with black dragon scales covering his whole body. He stamped his feet and immediately said: "Zhan Zhen Zhan!"

Ji Xun looked at it and said without any surprise in his heart: "Domain. Seventh-level powerhouse! Has this guy finally made a move?"

As expected, Lao Fu is an official hidden among the adventurers.

And the strength is very strong.

As soon as the domain was revealed, the hundreds of mercenaries around him all fell into a state of freeze.

He took out a black spell card again, his eyes flashed: "Explode!"

The spell is instantaneous.

Suddenly I saw a "crackling" explosion in the crowd.

All kinds of stumps and pieces of flesh were flying around.

"Corpse Explosion Technique? It turns out he is not an archaeologist, but a necromancer of the [9 of Clubs-Ghost Whisperer] sequence."

Although Ji Xun has never seen this spell with his own eyes, he has also seen its introduction in classics.

This is the signature spell of a high-level necromancer.

The principle of this spell is to detonate the biological energy in the body of a newly deceased creature to create a biological bomb.

The power is roughly equivalent to the potential of a card master to self-destruct several times his body instantly, which is quite impressive.

Generally speaking, one corpse can kill and injure several card masters of the same level.

Lao Fu's corpse explosion technique detonated dozens of corpses nearby, and in an instant, the crowd within a hundred meters radius was cleared.

"Amazing"

Ji Xun looked at it and said to himself that he had learned a lot.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

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Lao Fu detonated dozens of spell cards in succession, clearing a large area in a blink of an eye.

There were stumps of limbs and broken arms all over the ground, and scarlet intestines and intestines flowing all over the ground.

However, after this bloody explosion, everyone finally discovered the clues.

In the cranial cavities of those whose brains were blown open, soft-bodied tentacle monsters that looked like spiders were parasitizing on the brains.

"Mythical creature——[Ominous Brain-Eating Worm]!"

"Damn it, it turns out to be this ghost bug! The larvae of this thing are smaller than air particles. They enter the brain from the ear canal, then grow parasitically, and finally control the person!"

"Hasn't this poisonous insect been extinct for countless years? How could it appear here?"

"Don't waste time! They were parasitized and the larvae have matured and died long ago!"

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Someone recognized the origin of the little tentacle monster and turned pale with fear.

Only at this moment did everyone understand why the previous dispelling spell was useless.

Because this is not possessed by evil spirits at all, nor is it a mysterious spell.

But physical parasitism.

From the moment they entered the mausoleum, the entire trial group was already under threat from this insect.

Ji Xun looked at the insects that clung to the corpse's brain with their tentacles to absorb nutrients, and secretly felt lucky.

If it hadn't been for the ear openings to be sealed before, I don't know how he died now.

There are so many strange things in this extraordinary world.

At this point, everyone knows that the parasitized guy has no room for recovery.

Everyone no longer had any scruples about taking action.

Normally, even a group of 5,000 to 6,000 parasites cannot kill Prince Salo's 100 people.

It’s enough to make both sides suffer.

However, there is a seventh-level necromancer here.

[Corpse Explosion Technique] is just the beginning.

While the old man used corpse explosion to clear the place, the demonic figure appeared behind him, and a huge six-pointed star formation formed under his feet.

The rolling spell power poured into the formation, and a strong necromantic aura instantly swept through the entire cave and poured into the corpses on the ground.

Looking again, all the "people" who died in the previous explosion stood up one after another.

[Summon the Undead] is the specialty ability of ghost whisperer path professionals.

For them, corpses are weapons, and the more the better.

Old Fu controlled the undead army and killed the parasites in a blink of an eye.

As the two sides fought, a large number of corpses appeared again, and then the necromancy spell was poured into them, and they got up again.

Repeated cycle
In the blink of an eye, the situation changed from one-sided to evenly matched.

Then, the undead army became larger and larger.

The more you kill, the more you kill.

While everyone was stunned, this guy took control of the field in a short time.

Lao Fu alone controlled an army of undead and completely controlled the situation!
The crisis that seemed to threaten the group's destruction just now was reversed by one person in the blink of an eye.

"I see, it's a good plan."

When Ji Xun saw this, he understood.

Prince Salo and his group recruited so many mercenaries not just to help with exploration.

Looking at it now, the more important purpose is probably to provide some mobile corpses for this old man.

A seventh-level necromancer, coupled with thousands of living undead that can explode at any time, can handle almost all known crises in the Rune Highlands.

The crisis was over, and Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

But something suddenly occurred to him.

insect?

Why does it feel like the Bai family's method?
Not the current Bai family of Donghuang, but the Bai family of the Tarun period.

Lao Fu took action to control the situation, leaving others shocked.

Prince Salo also said respectfully: "Teacher."

Only then did everyone understand this person’s identity.

There are still a large number of parasites in the underground palace, but they no longer pose a threat.

There was no need to worry about dealing with the undead.

He walked unhurriedly not far from Prince Salo.

Without any warning, before anyone could react, a bone spear suddenly appeared in Lao Fu's hand and pierced out like lightning, directly piercing a guy's heart.

This sudden and cruel attack scared others into thinking that this person was also parasitized.

However, before everyone's surprised expressions could fully unfold, they suddenly looked at the corpse with a hole in it, and a humanoid object struggled to break out of its skin.

Ji Xun watched this scene from afar, gloating in his heart: "Have the guys from the Bai family really been found out?"

(End of this chapter)