Chapter 768 - 767: Law of Death! Call Me Necromancer
Chapter 768: Chapter 767: Law of Death! Call Me Necromancer
Chu Sheng turned and shouted to Gu Yuexi.
"Little Empress, come take a look. See if you can spot what’s different about this graveyard."
Gu Yuexi flickered and appeared beside Chu Sheng. She looked down, carefully observing the ground at her feet.
After a few seconds, she too noticed the subtle difference in the soil’s color.
"The soil is a bit darker, and the aura of death is thicker. What does that tell us?"
Gu Yuexi still didn’t understand the connection between the darker soil and the skeletons’ endless regeneration.
Chu Sheng was reminded of a game he used to play, Warcraft.
’Most of the Undead Race’s buildings had to be constructed on blighted land.’
’On the blight, the Undead Race’s units could even recover health faster.’
’And this graveyard here probably has a similar function to the blight of the Undead Race.’
’It’s a conduit for Death Energy, constantly gathering it to resurrect the Skeleton Monsters and maintain their numbers.’
Chu Sheng didn’t give Gu Yuexi such a detailed explanation, simply stating:
"This graveyard is probably a special kind of Death Spirit Gathering Place. It has a built-in function to resurrect the Skeleton Monsters."
"If their Soul Fires are extinguished, it can create new ones."
"If their skeletons are shattered, it can reform them."
"As long as this graveyard exists, we’ll never be able to finish off the Skeleton Monsters."
"However, because of the graveyard’s size, there’s a limit to how many Skeleton Monsters it can create at once."
Gu Yuexi immediately understood upon hearing Chu Sheng’s explanation.
"So, if we destroy this graveyard, the Skeleton Monsters will stop resurrecting."
Chu Sheng nodded. "That should be it."
Gu Yuexi wasted no time.
She activated the Law of Light again, causing it to envelop the graveyard below.
Dazzling white light poured down like a tidal wave, illuminating a large swath of the black mist.
The entire graveyard was enveloped in the sacred light.
The Law of Light continuously purified the Death Energy in the soil, emitting a sizzling sound.
However, when the light dissipated...
...the color of the graveyard hadn’t changed at all.
The dark brown soil was still thick with the aura of death, showing no sign of having been purified.
’The Law of Light didn’t work?’
Gu Yuexi was astonished.
The Law of Light had always been the nemesis of sinister, death-aspected abilities.
’How could it fail to purify a simple graveyard?’
Chu Sheng flew down, landed on the soil, and carefully sensed it for a moment.
"It’s not that the Law of Light is ineffective. Your own power is just too weak."
"Although your mastery of the Law of Light is exceptionally high, you’re limited by your overall strength and can’t unleash its full potential."
"If you were to advance to the Divinity Transformation Realm and your Divine Soul were a bit more substantial, you should be able to purify this graveyard completely."
Gu Yuexi froze for a moment, then frowned.
"Then what do we do?"
’If they can’t purify the graveyard, the Skeleton Monsters will just keep crawling out. They’ll be endless.’
’They can’t just waste all their time here.’
’If this drags on, they might alert the powerful experts deeper inside the passage, which would be even more trouble.’
’Alternatively, their only option is to report the Netherworld passage to Luoping City.’
"I might have a way," Chu Sheng said.
He flapped his wings, flew to the very center of the graveyard, and hovered at a height of one meter from the ground.
’When he advanced from the Ninth Grade to the King Realm, he had used the God-devouring Needle to absorb the Energy of a Celestial Tribulation.’
’This proved that the God-devouring Needle could absorb certain special energies from the world, not just the Essence Blood Divine Soul of living beings.’
’Since the graveyard itself is a concentration of Energy...’
’...then theoretically, the God-devouring Needle should be able to absorb it.’
Chu Sheng leaned down, extended his proboscis, aimed at the soil below, and plunged it deep inside.
[God-devouring Needle! Activate!]
As the God-devouring Needle’s Energy was released...
...a suction force emanated from his proboscis and began to frantically draw out the Energy in the soil.
The next second, the system’s notification tone sounded.
[Ding! Detected Law of Death. Commencing automatic comprehension...]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on comprehending a brand-new Power of Law—Death Realm.]
[Ding! Law of Death Comprehension +100,000.]
[Ding! Law of Death Comprehension +100,000.]
[...]
The system notifications rang out one after another, like a string of firecrackers.
In less than a minute...
...the Law of Death advanced from a Realm to an Origin.
Then from an Origin, it advanced to a complete Law.
The increase in Comprehension only stopped when it finally advanced to the Death Emperor Domain.
Meanwhile, beneath Chu Sheng, the color of the graveyard began to lighten at a visible rate.
It faded from dark brown, slowly returning to the same black stone color as its surroundings.
The small, protruding mounds of earth...
...also began to slowly collapse and flatten, disappearing into the ground.
They blended in completely with the surrounding terrain.
Aside from the Skeleton Monsters that had already crawled out and were still shambling about...
...no new Skeleton Monsters emerged from the graveyard.
The source had been cut off.
Chu Sheng retracted his proboscis and nodded in satisfaction.
He commanded his four Outer Body Avatars to charge out, and they quickly finished off the remaining Skeleton Monsters.
"It seems this graveyard really was the key to the Skeleton Monsters’ constant regeneration."
Chu Sheng said with a laugh, feeling quite pleased.
’I just came to scout the path, but I ended up getting a new Law out of it.’
’What a massive win!!!’
Gu Yuexi stood to the side, silent.
Her face remained serene, but her mind was in turmoil.
Back on Blue Star...
...Gu Yuexi had witnessed Chu Sheng’s absurd ability to absorb anything and everything.
She thought she had grown used to it long ago.
’No matter what other bizarre things Chu Sheng absorbed, she wouldn’t be fazed.’
A moment ago, Chu Sheng had absorbed the Energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Gu Yuexi had been a little shocked, but only slightly.
After all, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye was at least a type of Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, containing pure Energy.
’Chu Sheng absorbing a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure was, at a stretch, understandable.’
’But what Chu Sheng just absorbed... that was a graveyard!’
’A place of death where corpses were buried and skeletons were born!’
Gu Yuexi truly couldn’t fathom how he had done it.
But she didn’t ask any questions.
She had long grown accustomed to the mountain of secrets surrounding Chu Sheng.
Chu Sheng was oblivious to the shock in Gu Yuexi’s heart.
He was excitedly examining the description of the Death Emperor Domain he had just acquired.
[Death Emperor Domain: Consume Divine Soul to create an Undead Tomb, from which Undead Creatures can be summoned for battle. The size of the Undead Tomb, as well as the level and quantity of summoned Undead Creatures, is dependent on the Host’s own Realm and Law Comprehension.]
’It’s basically the Summoning Skill of an Undead Mage.’
’In the future, when I run into large numbers of enemies...’
’...I won’t have to fight myself. I can just create a graveyard and summon an undead army.’
’I’ll be able to wage a large-scale battle, overwhelming them with sheer numbers.’
’The only drawback is that I have to create a graveyard first before I can summon any Undead Creatures.’
After familiarizing himself with the functions of the Death Emperor Domain, Chu Sheng raised his head and pointed a foreleg toward the northeast.
The black mist was denser in that direction, and the aura of death was much heavier.
"Go that way. You might find the opportunity you need to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm."
Gu Yuexi froze for a moment before she understood.
Before entering the Land of Burial, she had been at the Late Stage of the Profound Understanding Realm.
Through constant battle in the Land of Burial...
...her Cultivation had already reached the Peak of the Profound Understanding Realm.
She had accumulated everything necessary to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm.
The only thing she lacked now was a battle of sufficient intensity.
’Since Chu Sheng said so...’
’...there must be an enemy over there perfect for her to practice on, one of just the right strength.’
"Alright."
Gu Yuexi didn’t ask any more questions, simply giving a crisp nod.
Then, she sped off toward the depths of the black mist to the northeast.