Chapter 7: The Palace of the Dead

Camp in the woods.

A roaring bonfire dispels the chill of the night.

Angel, Tauna, Avril Lavigne, and Flora, sat around the fire.

Four faces with very different temperaments but equally beautiful, slightly reddened by the campfire.

Four pairs of eyes stared at the tall young man sitting opposite.

Alan holds a black magic stone in each hand.

Spheroids, all the size of walnuts.

The one on the left hand is pure black, like obsidian.

The one on the right hand is slightly different, and inside the black crystal, two gray and white textures are faintly visible.

"Alan, do you see the difference?" Tao Na explained in due course.

"Pure black magic stone, needless to say, another black magic stone, in order to demonstrate to you and Angel, I absorbed the soul fire of two undead creatures in advance."

"Ghouls and ghost fires, one is a physical undead and the other is an imaginary undead."

"After destroying it, you can use the Black Magic Stone to absorb the soul fire and prevent them from coming back to life under the nourishment of negative energy."

"The overall strength of the ghost fire is slightly stronger than that of the ghoul, the soul fire is more vigorous, and after being absorbed by the black magic stone, the 'soul pattern' generated is thicker and longer."

"If you don't think there's much difference, it's because both of these undead are weak."

"Absorbing more powerful soul fires, such as vampires', is obvious in comparison."

"I heard that necromancers, or monsters with undead bloodlines, such as the half-vampire descendants known as the 'People of the Moon', when using the Black Magic Stone to assist in cultivation, they can absorb the soul pattern stored inside the Black Magic Stone, and there is a certain probability of fusing the bloodline of the necromantic creature corresponding to the soul pattern."

"Of course, this kind of evil crooked way is useless to us, after all, we are not necromancers, let alone the people of the moon."

"The reason why we have gone to great lengths to collect the soul fire is because we must use the black magic stone that seals the soul fire as a key to open the portal to the 'Eternal Garden', the secret realm of the natural trial."

"Once you're in the Eternal Garden, this key will be of great use."

Tauna continued.

"The Eternal Garden is home to living plants and elves."

"Among them, plants and goblins above the fifth order are usually not seen, and they must be sacrificed in a specific place with the soul fire sealed in the black magic stone, and a requiem ceremony can be held so that the deceased soul can rest in peace, so that they can get the opportunity to challenge."

"If you succeed in the challenge, you can get the corresponding bloodline essence."

"If you meet the conditions, you can advance."

"If you're willing to take the risk, you can also try fusion."

"The trial method of the natural warlock sounds similar to that of the follow-up level of the Monster!" Angel whispered to Allen.

"The entire trial space was designed by Origin City, and it's normal for the patterns to be similar."

Alan groaned, and then asked Tauna:

"Tell me about your advanced goals and how many soul fires you need to collect."

"Avril is a vein that digs the root of the cave, and intends to advance to the primordial demon vine, the condition is at least the fifth order, and the strength of physical fitness and mental power must also reach a certain threshold."

"Specific standards, you can spend money to check with the housekeeper."

"Flora is a cannibal flower bloodline, and she plans to advance to the 'Lady of Flowers' Elona, the level threshold is similar to Avril's, but the requirements for various attributes are higher."

"That's what I'm talking about...... Flora took over with a wry smile, "In order to meet the advanced standard, I have to buy a complete set of three attribute holy medicines, and the financial pressure is great......"

"Sister Tao Na, what bloodline are you going to advance?" Angel asked.

"I haven't made up my mind yet." Tauna looked hesitant, "Originally, I planned to advance to a high-level treeman, but the difficulty was similar to Flora's. ”

"But during my expedition to the Eternal Garden, I met a little tree spirit, and I learned from her that there is also an advanced profession called 'Tree Herdsman', which touched my heart."

"Shepherd Tree Envoy ......" Alan came to be interested, "I haven't heard of this kind of warlock advancement, how strong is it?" ”

"The upper limit is at least seven orders! Do you say strong or not? ”

Tauna's eyes lit up with excitement.

"The Tree Keeper is actually a combination of a high-level tree man + a symbiotic tree spirit."

"If I can advance to the Tree Pastor and open the atavistic form, my physical body will become a high-level tree man, and my soul will become a tree spirit!"

"The body of a tree man, good at hand-to-hand combat!"

"The soul of the tree spirit, good at spellcasting!"

"The two are separated by a certain distance, but they still maintain spiritual communication, and each other is used as a spell anchor, and they can teleport to each other instantly."

"Unless you destroy both the Tree Warrior's Tree Man Body and the Tree Spirit Spirit, there is a way for both to come back to life!"

"Wow! It's amazing! Angel couldn't help but admire.

"Strong is strong, and the threshold for advancement is ridiculously high!"

Tauna grimaced.

"Advanced Tree Cultivator, at least the late fifth order, I am only in the early fifth order...... Advanced missions are also demanding. ”

"In addition to sacrificing a Black Magic Stone saturated with soul fire, you also have to sacrifice a Construct Spirit of a Rank 6 Evil Construct!"

"Most of the constructs have no mind, they are just man-made tools, so how can we talk about good and evil tendencies?"

"This advanced condition is too difficult to be a person! I want to give up! ”

"Sister Tao Na, such a good opportunity, you can't give it up easily." Angel helped her with an idea, "Mr. Miri, the castle butler, is a construct with a mind and a mind, maybe he can help you with ideas." ”

It's okay not to mention the housekeeper, but when it comes to this profiteer, Tao Na is even more popular.

"I spent a lot of magic stones with the housekeeper, and the information I bought, the preface doesn't match the afterword, it's like a puzzle, let's not say whether it's useful or not, it's hard to even understand!"

"Alas! Don't talk about my troubles, Senior Sister Anqi, in fact, you don't have to envy me, because your future is brighter than mine. ”

"The Tree Spirit girl I met in the Eternal Garden also provided clues to the advanced Yaling, if you advance to the Yaling, the growth potential will exceed that of the Shepherd!"

"Sister Tao Na, advanced Yaling, what are the specific conditions?"

Angel inquired eagerly.

"Advanced Yaling, cultivate to at least the late fifth order."

"In terms of attributes, it is very demanding on agility and spirit, and there are no special requirements for physique."

Angel listened, and suffered from gains and losses.

Because of her weak physique, she was unable to advance to the Beamon Behemoth.

Agility and spirit are her strengths, and she is still very confident.

The problem is that now her cultivation realm is only in the late stage of the fourth order.

Even if he could be promoted to the early stage of the fifth order tomorrow, it would be almost impossible to advance to the late stage in less than two months of the trial period.

Alan saw her concerns, and let out a heart wave, reassuring the little sister not to worry, and he would help her find a way.

Looking up at the blue-haired girl, Alan shook the two black magic stones in his hand.

"Tao Na, do you have any surplus black magic stones, sell me some, and I will exchange them with you with wooden magic stones."

"What else do you say about buying and selling between friends?"

Tao Na boldly opened the storage bag and took out three blank black magic stones for Angel.

"Anqi's advanced quest has a high threshold, and it requires at least three black magic stones saturated with soul patterns."

"As for you, Alan, you won't be a natural warlock anyway, just take a black magic stone and absorb a few soul fires casually, and use it as a stepping stone to enter the secret realm...... Stop, stop! What are you doing?! ”

Under the stunned gazes of Tauna, Avril Lavigne, and Flora, Alan shoved the two Black Magic Stones into his mouth.

His cheeks bulged out like a hamster.

Click, click!

Click, click!

Chew on the two magic stones in your mouth.

Grunt and swallowed.

Hiss......

The three girls gasped in unison.

…… What do you eat, what's wrong with this?!

Angel has long been familiar with Allen's abnormal eating habits.

"Senior brother, is the Black Magic Stone delicious?"

"The blank one, it doesn't taste good."

"The one that sucks the ghost tastes good, a bit like a creamy chocolate chip cookie."

Alan smacked his lips and tasted it, still unsatisfied.

At the same time, a friendly system prompt came to my head.

Didi –

"Eat a Strange Ingredient: Undead Essence (Ghoul)!"

"Potential +1!"

"+1 Agility!"

"Eat a special ingredient: Undead Essence (Ghost Fire)!"

"Potential +1!"

"Spirit +1!"

"Do you draw negative energy resistance?"

"Negative Energy Resistance has been increased to Tier 3!"

Current attributes: Physique 61, Dexterity 58, Spirit 62

Current Resistance: Virus Tier 8 / Shock Tier 7 / Sonic Wave Tier 7 / Cold Tier 5 / Negative Energy Tier 3

Potential Reserve: 18 points

……

Closing the system page, Alan smiled charmingly at Tauna and the others, as well as the white and neat teeth like a beast.

"The three of you, as well as the black magic stones that have not sealed the other undead, I want them, the price is negotiable."

"Wait, wait, wait!!"

Avril's voice was sharp and trembling slightly.

"How can you eat Black Magic Stones? Can you eat that thing? ”

"I think so, why don't you try it too?" Alan asked indifferently.

"Even if you can eat it...... Don't forget that there are still souls of the dead stored inside, rounding up, you are also a cannibal, right? ”

Avril couldn't help but complain.

Devouring souls, this is typical demonic behavior!

"The Black Magic Stone can only absorb the souls of evil undead creatures, I am obviously doing harm to the people, why not?"

Alan's rebuttal made Avril speechless.

"I'm afraid you don't know, Allen's first awakening was the ogre bloodline, and I think it's funny what you say about eating people."

Tao Na's cool words, I don't know if she is laughing at Avril Lavigne for making a fuss, or teasing Allen's nature is difficult to change.

"I'm going to make it clear!" Alan Zhengse said, "Whether in reality or in the meditation world, I have never eaten people. ”

"Even if that's the case, there's no need to eat magic stones......

Avril weakly protested.

"Just tonight, you alone ate all the three days' reserve food of our three sisters, and you haven't filled your stomach yet, so you have to eat expensive black magic stones?"

"It's a waste to swallow two more in one bite......"

"Avril, Senior Brother Allen is tall and strong, how can the amount of food be comparable to that of our little girls?"

Flora smiled and took the conversation.

"Young man, you can only do it if you can eat, and it's not a bad thing to eat a lot."

"As for the Black Magic Stone, Senior Brother Allen can't afford it, so you don't need to feel sorry for him."

Avril was speechless, and gave Flora a resentful look.

Alan said that she would forget it, after all, people don't eat for nothing, they really give money, and they will count on people to help hunt vampires in the future.

Flora, this guy, cries all day long, and eats and drinks for nothing here with her.

As soon as I saw the male god at this time, I immediately felt at the generosity of others, and pretended to be a bold and rich woman, which is really not ashamed!

Snorted aggrievedly, Avril got back to business.

"Senior Brother Allen, in addition to ghouls and ghost fires, there was originally a sixth-order Crimson Mist Demon around here."

"It's a pity that you're a step late, the Crimson Mist Demon has been eaten by the little girl who worships the beast!"

"In addition to this, there are only the palaces of the dead, where you can also find different necromantic creatures, such as vampire elves, and their creator, a powerful vampire count."

"Count Vampire, strength is at least the sixth order."

"The derivative body created by the earl, the vampire elves, the total number is not less than a hundred, and the average combat power is not lower than the fourth order."

"Yay!"

Alan licked his lips, like a hungry glutton, waiting for the feast to begin.

"Let's go to the Palace of the Dead and see what's delicious!"

……

Palace of the Dead.

The door to the attic is engraved with magical runes.

Only vampires can pass through this gate.

Ascend to the attic to meet Diarra, the castle's owner, who is sleeping in a golden coffin.

The elven prince, obsessed with immortality, eventually turned himself into a vampire.

Former relatives, friends and servants also accompanied him to sleep in this ancient castle as a bloodsucking body.

A spiral staircase, the sound of light footsteps.

The dusty steps left two lines of small and delicate footprints.

Nora took her pet ragdoll and walked up the stairs.

From the first floor to the fifth floor, you will pass by numerous coffins.

In each coffin, a vampire elf slumbered.

If the living come near, they will be awakened.

However, Nora did not exude the slightest breath of life.

Instead, it radiates a rich negative energy.

It's like a vampire.

Walking in the Palace of the Dead is like wandering around your own home.

Didn't alarm the sleeping undead guards in the coffin.

Nora stopped at the door to the attic.

Tilt your head and open your sleepy eyes slightly.

Pitch-black fringed hair hangs down on the shoulders.

"Mom, can the seal on the door be opened?"

With a rag doll in his arms, he asked softly.

Nora nodded slightly, casting 6 Rings of "Advanced Dispel" at the door.

The seal on the door, temporarily suppressed.

It creaked and slowly opened.

The smell of rotten flesh and blood, accompanied by a yin wind, flowed out of the crack in the door, blowing the little girl's long hair and skirt.

Nora holds the doll and walks through the unsealed Blood Gate.

The weak figure of the girl in the red dress was slowly swallowed up by the darkness.

It's not long ago.

Sleeping vampire elves in the castle while feeling the fluctuations of life from the outside world.

They pushed open the lid of the coffin and climbed out.

These pale elves, dressed in ornate chain mail, armed with rapiers or longbows.

Follow the ancient oath and guard the castle to prevent any living people from breaking in and disturbing the sleeping master.

Unbeknownst to them, however, a being who was neither alive nor undead had crept into the castle attic.

……

β€œAnar!”

Tauna recites a mantra and blesses herself with the "Dawn Technique".

The whole person shines brightly and illuminates the square in front of the castle!

"Angel! Allan! Don't look at the vampire elves! ”

"Their gaze has a seductive magic!"

"Avril! Flora! Hurry up and turn on the atavistic form! ”

While reminding her companions, Tao Na herself also launched the Fifth Order Atavism.

From a fair girl, to a tall and straight tree man!

With a slap down, the castle gate was smashed to pieces.

The two vampire elven warriors who had just run to the door were buried alive by rubble on the spot.

Rumble!

The giant foot with knotted roots stomped down fiercely.

In the rubble ruins, two vampire elves were suddenly trampled into meat patties.

Atavistic Tauna, slowly raised the giant foot.

The girl's face looming on the trunk of the tree has a solemn expression.

Sure enough, the vampire elves that she trampled on alive have not yet fallen.

Turned into a blood mist and burrowed out of the ruins, turning into a large black bat.

Flapping his wings in the air, his blood-colored pupils were full of resentment.

"Get me down!"

Anqi, who incarnated as a cat-eared bee girl, stood on the thick branch of the atavistic Tao Na, and raised her hand to throw out two silk threads of fighting spirit.

Entangle the vampire bat and forcibly pull it over.

Vampire bats struggle desperately, squeaking and screaming.

Tauna took two big steps forward, bringing the two monsters into the radiating daylight barrier of her own.

The vampire bats were exposed to the bright light and immediately smoked all over their bodies.

Screaming and falling down.

Angel added two "slashing waves" to interrupt their struggle.

The corpse of a vampire bat turned into dust in the light.

Wisps of soul fire escaped from the dust.

Angel holds a black magic stone in each hand, absorbing the soul fire of a vampire elf.

Inside the magic stone, a thick and twisted soul pattern appeared.

One is worth thirty ghouls!

"Absorbing high-level undead creatures is really more efficient!"

Angel raised her eyebrows.

On the other side of the square.

Flora transforms into a giant man-eating flower.

The rhizome is as thick as a tree trunk and crawls flexibly close to the ground.

The vines stretched out, like green pythons.

The most striking thing is the showy flower buds.

When fully opened, it's the size of a beach umbrella.

The pink petals, dotted with black spots, are thick and moist, giving off a mesmerizing nectar fragrance.

In the center of the petals, a circle of gear-like sharp teeth is cutting through the corpse of a vampire elf, sucking the slurry that has been squeezed out.

Whether living or undead, it can satisfy the appetite of cannibal flowers.

So, Flora can quite understand Alan's good appetite.

Rumble!!

The square floor paved with large square bricks suddenly exploded!

Like a giant python, the roots burst out of the ground, opened its large mouth full of thorns and barbs, and bit two vampire elves at the same time, devouring it like crazy!

The cave-digging roots incarnated by the atavistic Avril also have a good appetite.

The efficiency of hunting vampire elves is even higher than that of Tauna and Flora.

Swarms of vampire bats, flying out of the castle towers.

In the blink of an eye, we were over the square.

This support army came prepared.

Unleash a variety of spells in the air.

Tao Na's "Daylight Technique" was the first to be dispelled.

The square was plunged into darkness.

Without the suppression of light, the blood clan is almost immortal!

The vampire bats that were shot down by them before are collectively resurrected!

"Oops! We're going to have to get out of ......."

Flora transforms back into her human form and casts any door in a matter of seconds.

I plan to take my companions and escape from the encirclement of the vampire elves.

At this moment, a thick cone-shaped beam of light rose into the sky!

Swish!

The bright moonlight instantly illuminates the night sky.

The vampire bats hovering in the air collectively reverted back to their elven form the moment they were irradiated by the light cone.

Like hailstones, it fell down with a clatter.

Fell to the ground and lost his breath.

The powerful regeneration ability of the blood clan can't change their fate of being killed collectively in seconds.

Tauna, Avril Lavigne, and Flora, when they saw this, were shocked and stunned.

"What kind of spell is this...... It's too perverted, isn't it?! ”

"Moonlight Cannon."

Angel explained softly.

"On the basis of the five-ring magic 'Moonlight Veil', my senior brother created his own sixth-order martial arts, which have special effects on transforming creatures."

"Vampires, who can turn into rats, bats, wolves, fog, etc., are light-phobic by nature, and happen to be restrained by the moonlight cannon!"

"It's been a few days since Eren was promoted to the early stage of the sixth order, right?" Tao Na raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Mastering the sixth-order martial art so quickly is it still self-created...... This talent is truly demonic! ”

"It's worthy of being my male god!"

Flora looked at Allen with a nymphomaniac look on her face.

Avril scratched her head, and had to admit that Alan, this kid, eats soft rice and hard, not just because of his tall and handsome appearance.

The idol faction also has excellent strength, no wonder it attracts countless fan girls, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money for him.

Angel pursed her lips, amused at the fact that they hadn't seen the world before.

In fact, Senior Brother Allen had already mastered more than one sixth-order martial art before he was promoted to a sixth-order warlock.

"Moonlight Cannon" is not his strongest trick.

Angel didn't say this, firstly, because she didn't want to expose Senior Brother Allen's true strength, and secondly, because she was afraid of scaring the three senior sisters.

"Alright, the vampire elves are cleaned up."

Alan took out the black magic stone and shook it at Angel and the others.

"While the soul fire has not dissipated, hurry up and receive the goods!"

Not long after, the soul fire floating in the sky above the square was divided up by everyone.

Avril, Flora, and Tauna's Black Magic Stones are all saturated, and the three pretty faces are blooming.

"I'll just say it! Ask this kid Alan to help, it's absolutely reliable! ”

Tao Na put away her black magic stone, turned her head and asked Angel:

"Senior sister, how much are you missing?"

"There are already two Black Magic Stones, and one is still missing."

"That's easy!" Tauna turned her head and asked Allen, "All the soul fire you absorbed was transferred to Angel, see if you can make up enough for three saturated black ...... You, you, why did you eat again?! ”

"Crunch... Crunch crunch...... Well? What do you say? ”

Alan chewed on the Black Magic Stone and asked indistinctly.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Never mind! When I didn't say! ”

Tauna slapped her forehead and turned back.

Alan swallowed the crumbs of the magic stone, and it felt like eating a cheese cookie.

Didi –

"Eat a special ingredient: Undead Essence (Vampire Derivation)!"

"Potential +3!"

"Spirit +1!"

"Do you drain negative energy resistance?"

"Negative Energy Resistance Raised to Tier 5!"

Current attributes: Physique 61, Agility 58, Spirit 63

Current Resistance: Virus Tier 8 / Shock Tier 7 / Sonic Wave Tier 7 / Cold Tier 5 / Negative Energy Tier 5

Potential Reserve: 21 points

……

Closing the system page, Alan wiped his mouth and walked straight to the castle gate.

The door was already open, and in the black porch, a creepy yin wind blew.

Vampire Derivation, compared to real vampires, in addition to the difference in strength, there is an important difference.

A person bitten by a vampire will be transformed into a vampire and must obey the orders of the vampire owner.

Vampire Derivation, on the other hand, does not have this ability.

Unless the owner rewards his blood and gives it to the Vampire Derived, transforming it into a real vampire.

This is known as the "blood giving ceremony".

The vampire elves that were destroyed just now were all derivatives of the castle owner.

Alan looked at the castle gates with anticipation in his eyes.

Vampire Derivation, which can provide 3 potentials and 1 spiritual attribute.

Eating the more powerful vampire counts will definitely bring more benefits to yourself.

Alan licked his lips.

With the mentality of eating a feast, we walked towards the castle gate.

……

Ask for a recommended ticket for a commuter pass

(End of chapter)