The Truth of Magic

276 The undead (1/3)

Zhao Xu didn’t even think much about it when he saw what was happening in front of him. He immediately cast the level 2 spell, undying shroud.

As a mottled white light bathed his body, Zhao Xu’s face instantly turned pale, but then it returned to its normal red color.

It was just that he had been coated with the “appearance” of an undead creature.

to the undead creatures, he was one of their kind.

this was because zhao xu saw a pale figure that was almost two meters tall right in front of him. it was floating in the air, and its appearance was very different from that of a spirit or a bound spirit.

“It’s ‘shadow’,” Lacus blurted out.

“i’ll kill all the undead creatures because of this death god’s half-plane sooner or later.” Zhao Xu said.

Although he didn’t know what kind of creature was in front of him, his intuition told him to cast a spell and disguise himself as an undead creature.

“The shadow is a mid-sized illusionary undead creature, like the ‘ghost’ that you encountered before. however, shadow was specifically referring to the undead creatures in front of them. ‘Ghosts’ were a type of template. After any creature died, if they had resentment in their hearts and their souls were contaminated by negative energy, they would become ghosts. the shadow is more like a skeleton, a zombie, or a ghoul, a certain undead.”

lacus continued to explain, ” the shadow itself has the supernatural ability to ‘produce clones’. once a human-like creature is killed by the shadow, it will become a similar’ shadow’. ”

zhao xu looked at the shadow in front of him and thought to himself that these creatures were similar to the fearsome bound spirit that he had encountered before. if he was killed by the other party, he would become the other party’s clone and become a new bound spirit.

However, these ” shadows ” and ” binding spirits ” were all the same kind of data panel. They would not inherit the power of their previous life, so they were not as unpredictable as the ” ghosts “.

The ability to create derivatives was one of the most difficult aspects of the undead creatures.

for example, when zhao xu cast blood oath with the family command spell, once the target died, they would become undead.

The effect was equivalent to the level 6 ” summon the dead ” spell, which could summon ghouls (level 11-), demonic ghosts (level 12-14), mummies (level 15-17), demonic corpses (level 18 +), and so on according to the caster’s level.

Zhao Xu’s spellcaster level corresponded to a ” demonic soul corpse ” that had a combat level of 8.

It also had the ability to create derivatives. If that scene continued to develop, the castle would become a paradise for the demonic corpses.

zhao xu looked at the ” shadow ” standing at the end of the corridor in front of him, and he started to assess the situation.

“Does this shadow cause strength or physical damage?” zhao xu asked.

With Lux’s help, he did not have to use his own knowledge to search.

” what about 1-6 (1d6) points of strength damage? the premise of becoming shadow amplification is to be damaged by the opponent until the strength attribute returns to zero. ” said lacus.

zhao xu looked at his character summon card that only had 8 points in strength and couldn’t help but shake his head. luckily, he had already disguised himself as an undead creature.

“How’s his intelligence?” zhao xu continued to ask.

“The Challenge Level 3 ‘shadow’ and the level 8 ‘advanced shadow’ both have around 6 intelligence. among them,’advanced shadow’ deals 1-8 points of strength damage. other than having better conditions, such as hp turning from 19 to 58 hp, advanced shadow also has certain battle tactics.”

She could tell that Zhao Xu was about to attack her, so she told him everything she knew.

zhao xu reevaluated the situation. without the support of any magical items, he couldn’t really do anything.

When he first came in, lacus was hiding in his bone armor, so she was able to avoid the effects of mage’s disjunction.

it was the same logic as how he had been able to block the archmage frank’s mage’s disjunction with a stone wall.

Zhao Xu had previously used the book of ten thousand spells to simulate the level 9 ” instant protection ” spell, which had six different triggering conditions. The level 6 ” gem leap ” spell, which had six different conditions, was directed at him.

therefore, the power of the spell was stored in his body.

of course, when he came in, the spell was immediately dispelled by the magician’s disjunction. zhao xu didn’t feel much heartache that he didn’t give it to her because he could easily make up for it in the future.

As for the ninth-circle spell, escape, which would teleport him home after crushing the gem, he could survive because the magic power was stored in the gem.

But this interdimensional space suppressed the effects of all spells that were Level 5 and above, so even if Zhao Xu brought it in, it wouldn’t be of any use. He had also entrusted it to Antonya.

zhao xu frowned deeply as he thought about this.

the “control of the plane” of the “artificial death” in this half-plane of death had been seized by him.

This part of the world was essentially under the control of the other party. Naturally, the “magic net” that had already been fused with the plane’s attributes was also affected.

this was also the reason why the sorcerer’s association did not dare to take advantage of this loophole. they had shrunk the size of some magic items that were lower than grade-5 and put them in capsules for him to put in his mouth.

if he jumped too high, he would only be targeted in this half-plane.

after zhao xu thought things through, he put aside any thoughts of attacking and started walking down the corridor.

although his ‘barrier of immortality’ could last for 10 minutes per level, it could last for 50 minutes. However, it might not be of much use here, so he had to hurry.

on one hand, it was to save people, in case wang ningwei and ashvich really died here.

on one hand, he wanted to see for himself the legendary “divine spark fragment of the grim reaper.”

after zhao xu had been infected by the divine power of the abyss, his intelligence had synchronized with the data in the game.

This also made him look forward to what abilities he would synchronize with when he came into contact with the real divine power of the death god.

As Zhao Xu got closer, the situation at the end of the road became clearer.

The end in front was not completely sealed off, but a three-way fork that could be walked from left to right.

“aren’t there too many undead creatures?” at this moment, lacus could not help but exclaim.

Even though the waves in Zhao Xu’s heart were responding to Lux’s words.

Within his field of vision, he could see that the corners on both sides of the three-way junction were filled with no less than 20 shadows.

they were floating in the air, and those who didn’t know what was going on would think that they were hanging white corpses, revealing a strange sense of fear.

a few of the shadows seemed to be more robust, and the negative energy fluctuations they emitted were stronger. they were probably high-level shadows. they were also the only ones who moved on their own initiative, using their red eyes to scan the scene.

With this number of shadows, if two of them attacked Zhao Xu at the same time, he would probably turn into a clone on the spot.

at this moment, zhao xu’s confidence in using his fireball to clear the field had completely disappeared. there were more than a hundred shadows in this area, and his fireball had a 50% chance of killing them.

However, these high-level shadows exceeded his current spell damage limit.

he had no choice but to act like a zombie, walking step by step, looking for a gap in the shadows to pass through.

for zhao xu, the game arthur had instantly become a single-player scary game.

When he squeezed past two shadows, they were all flying in the air. Zhao Xu’s height was only up to their legs, but the shadows themselves were very faint and moved slightly. They gave off a pale and eerie aura as their bodies kept moving past him.

There were a few times when the feet of these ” ghostly ” figures that looked like ” ghosts ” from earth brushed past Zhao Xu’s nose, and he almost sneezed.

“can they withstand this kind of pressure?” zhao xu couldn’t help but feel a little surprised, but he also felt a little sympathetic towards the other party.

zhao xu also realized that the end he had thought was just a huge solid pillar in the middle of a room. after going around it, there was still a straight corridor that was a few meters wide, but there was no light behind it. everything was dark.

at this moment, zhao xu cast the level 2 spell, dark vision, on himself, which could last for a full five hours.

But after seeing the details, he stopped.

He had thought that it was disgusting enough for him to search for the teleport portal key in the bone square in the pit.

in front of him was a ground full of ghouls that were gnawing on food. hundreds of them filled the road ahead.

it’s so disgusting. Master, I’m going to sleep for a while. Wake me up after you’re done. lacus said immediately.

At this time, the ghouls were emitting a foul smell, as if the corpses of the plague were rapidly decaying.

Zhao Xu had once used the level 9 spell winter of feybar to stop the rotting corpses in front of fallen star Lake, but he didn’t expect to have to face this situation again.

Even the ghouls that had escaped from the kitchen in the underground temple that had been sealed for countless years did not have a stronger stench than the hundreds of ghouls gathered together at this moment.

[ adventurer zhongxia, you have failed to resist the influence of ‘stench’ and have fallen into the ‘disgust’ state. Your attack, damage, resistance, skills, and attribute checks have -2 impairment. Duration: 8 minutes (1d6 +4). ]

Suddenly, a notification popped up and Zhao Xu immediately went on high alert. He was ready to attack as soon as he touched it.

He wasn’t shocked by the debuff, but the ghoul didn’t have such an ability!

Faced with this unknown situation, Zhao Xu tried to retreat, but he immediately felt an even colder chill coming from behind him. He had touched the shadow.

in this narrow space, he had no room to move.

” master, this is the ability of demonic ghosts. they are just small ghouls of the same kind. ” lacus could feel the negative status that zhao xu was in, so she immediately woke up and gave him a reminder.

when he heard that this was the power of a demonic ghost, zhao xu wasn’t as nervous anymore.

The unknown was a mage’s greatest fear.

Whether it was a Ghoul with a combat level of Level 1 or a demon with a combat level of Level 3, they were still a threat to the level 1 players in the outside world. But to Zhao Xu, who was already Level 5, they were just energy for him to level up.

The only thing that gave him a headache was that he had to endure the disgust and force his way through these ghouls.

when he saw the pus that kept coming out of the ghouls ‘bodies, zhao xu felt like he had eaten too much for breakfast.

If that was the case, then he would be too unorganized as a mage.

” master, there’s a way. if we eat a spider now, we’ll be able to cast the ‘spider spell’ and then climb over the wall without touching the ghouls. ” Lacus said with anticipation.