Lord of the Magical Beasts
Chapter 388: Skull Mark

Chapter 388: Skull Mark

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After exploring for a while, Yang Ling found the technique of casting ‘Roar of the Dead Souls’.

Using Wizard Power a base and Mental Energy as the guide, he could limit the direction or even the area of the skull’s attacks. But, the more controlled the attack was, the more Wizard Power and Mental Energy he would expand.

Furthermore, he had accidentally discovered another type of attack by the Crystal Skull – Soul Assimilating Light Ray, two dark pillars of light fed from the skull’s eyes like laser lights.

As long as they had gotten shot by the dark red pillar of light, the souls of ordinary Zombies and Mummies would immediately get destroyed, and they would fall over with a ‘bang’! Not to mention the small fry who were in the front lines, even the Spirit Snake King and the Mummy Commander who were hiding behind the Undead Army were extremely concerned.

As long as their souls were not destroyed, the Undead would be able to crawl forward even if they had gotten their legs cut off, attacking the human allied forces without fear of death. So even if the various factions were powerful and strong, they were unable to fend off the waves of Undead, and were forced to retreat step by step. But, the great Soul Wizard like Yang Ling was different. Every attack would directly harm the Undead’s Souls. If they were not careful, their souls would get destroyed under his attack.

The Soul Assimilating Light Ray’s power was astonishing, but unfortunately, compared to the Roar of the Dead Souls, it needed more Wizard Power and Mental Energy to cast. Even if he had leveled up to a high level Divine Wizard, Yang Ling would be unable to continuously cast it. But, if he were use the Roar of the Dead Souls and Soul Assimilating Light Ray alternately, the blow to the Undead would be even more stunning and shocking.

Different from the ordinary Undead, the Zombies, Spirit Snakes and Mummies in the Underground Tomb all had their own souls. Even though they were unable to resist the commands of the Commander, but they all had a certain level of consciousness. Especially the vairous leaders. Once they saw Yang Ling’s skull aim in their direction, they immediately panicked, instinctively moving backwards.

The Roar of the Dead Souls was for mass area attacks, along with the point attack of the Soul Assimilating Light Ray, made Yang Ling truly a nemesis of the Undead!

“Brothers, hold on, hold on!”

“Kill, kill these fellows!”

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After getting Yang Ling’s help, the various powerful factions got a great boost in morale, and ferociously attacked the charging Undead, and even launching a counter attack at some parts.

Yang Ling, who was sitting high up on the Wizard Platform, could see the whole battlefield at one glance. Wherever there was the most Undead, he would use the Roar of the Dead Souls and Soul Assimilating Light Ray alternately in waves, ruthlessly pushing back the Undead’s forward charge. After absorbing great amounts of souls and Death Energy, the color of the skull became redder and redder, and it became more and more powerful. According to the Stele, it was getting closer and closer to becoming an intermediate level Wizard Weapon.

“Hehe, you still want to capture me and bring me back to the Holy City for an interrogation. I’ll see how you fellows die!”

After mastering how to use the Crystal Skull’s Soul Attacks, Yang Ling smiled coldly while looking at the powerful and numerous people of the Church. He showed mercy and spared the Undead charging towards the Church, and focused his attacks on the Undead charging towards the rest of the factions.

But, to prevent from drawing attention to himself, he had no choice but to attack the Undead charging towards the Church once on a while. In that, Yang Ling’s bark was worse than his bite, and he did not kill or seriously wound many Undead. At most, he only killed a few small fry to keep up appearances. But it was different for the rest of the Undead charging at the other factions. For them, he would put in his best effort every time he attacked, focusing his attacks on the various leader of the Undead Army.

After being attacked multiple times, the Undead Army felt the changes on the battlefield, and focused their attacks on the Church, attempting to make a breakthrough from that side. The Spirit Snake King and the Mummy Commander worked together to mobilize their troops, getting their most elite to ferociously attack the Church on the furthest right side.

Under the focused attack of the Undead Army, the Church very quickly felt unprecedented pressure!

The Undead surged like a wave, ferociously attacking their formation. The Church Knights suffered greatly from the heavily armored and venomous Zombies. If they were not careful and got infected with the Zombie Poison, they could only wait for death.

Even if they did not die at the hands of the Zombies, they would be killed by their own Pastors, who were with the army, in the name of purification, to prevent them from turning into the evil Zombies. Even though the Church Templars holding the lines were extremely powerful and strong, but they were unable to rescue each and every one of the Knights who were poisoned by the Zombie Poison.

The Mummies wrapped in layer after layer of bandages moved slowly, but were extremely strong. The corpse bandages on their bodies were incomparably smelly. After smelling it, one would get giddy and light-headed. It was more terrifying than the Zombie’s Zombie Poison. If they were to get a hold of one at close range, it would be an absolute nightmare.

On the other hand, different from the Zombies and Mummies, the Spirit Snakes moved fast, often hiding behind the Zombies or Mummies, and waited for them to get close before striking, catching the Church Knights off guard.

“Elder Brown, the soldiers are about to collapse. Can you...”Looking at the swarming, wave-like Undead Army which was too many to kill, the Church Knights again turned to Elder Brown for help.

Looking at the Church Knights’ Commander covered in blood, Elder Brown realized that the situation had already gone beyond his expectations and control. He had no choice but to send the Church Templars out to battle earlier than planned. After thinking silently for a while, he commanded in a grave tone, “Odombra, lead your team to the charge. Be careful. Don’t let the Zombies and Mummies get close to you!”

“Yes!”

“The Templar named Odombra stepped up while answering. He led five Templars and charged straight at the Undead Army nearby. Among them, were three who held Curved Moon Blades in both hands, cold light glinting off them. They were similar to the ones left behind by Adwes, the black-robed man. They should be the so-called Dark Templars.

The other two Templars held a Staff with a lightning halo around it. According to Adwes’ memory, they should be the powerful Light Templars, their grasp of Magic far beyond the ordinary Spellcaster.

“Thunderbolt Lightning, kill!”

After chanting for a while, the two Light Templars carrying Staffs released ray after ray of astonishing snake-shaped lightning, forming a tight electrical web. The Undead within its area of coverage were jolted hard by electricity, and were even burnt black by it.

Following that, the three Dark Templars carrying twin blades vanished on the spot, passing by the Undead like a chilly wind, leaving behind horrifying skulls on the ground in their wake!

With the pairing of the snake-shaped lighting and Curved Moon Blade, the Light Templars who came and went like the wind, and the Dark Templars who walked in darkness... The small team of Templars led by Odombra displayed astonishing battle strength.

Under their attack, it was as if the swarming Undead had fell headlong into a meat mincer, one by one falling onto the ground in an instant!

“Hehe, so what if you are invisible Dark Templars. I’ll see how you can defend against my Soul Attacks!” Seeing the Dark Templars of the Church charge into the Undead Army after turning invisible, Yang Ling reacted not in shock but in joy, using the Roar of the Dead Souls and Soul Assimilating Light Ray alternatingly, attacking the area where the few Dark Templars were.

If the few Templars were standing within the Church’s formation and not moving, it would not be convenient for him to attack them then. But now that they had run into the frontlines of the battle, and had turned invisible, it was the perfect opportunity for him to attack them.

Ah...

After being hit by a Soul Assimilating Light Ray, and then followed by a Roar of the Dead Souls, a Dark Templar screamed and appeared again. Even if he did not get his soul destroyed like the Undead, but caught unawares, his soul also suffered great injury, instantly leaving him giddy and light headed.

On the battlefield, any carelessness could be fatal!

Church Templars were very powerful, even more so than the Sage Level Warrior Casia. But as he was light headed and giddy, he could not react in time, and got fatally attacked by the Undead Army. In an instant, he was swallowed by the ferocious Undead Army.

The Zombie’s Zombie Poison, the venomous fangs of the Spirit Snakes, the bandages, which had not decomposed in a thousand years, of the Mummies... After being poisoned again and again by various deadly poisons, he would not be able to make it no matter how fit and strong he was!

One, two...

Yang Ling’s open attacks might have killed countless numbers of the Undead Army, but the Church had also paid a heavy price. Elder Brown was so furious that two of his Templars got killed one after the other, that he almost vomited blood!

The Church might have suffered heavy losses, but with Yang Ling’s help, the other factions fought more and more bravely. Not only did they stop the Undead Arm’s advance, they even joined forces to launch a powerful counterattack. Especially at the moment when Elder Faern used the Fire Element Restriction Incantation Spell to burn the Spirit Snake King to ashes, and Stuart specially led the Calvary to ride out to attack and kill the Mummy Commander, the soldiers’ morale got even higher!

The Spirit Snake King and the Mummy Commander were dead, so there were no more Undead coming out. Like the Zombies, every time one was killed, there was one less Undead. Faced with the human allied forces’ counter attack, they had already lost the battle!

After Yang Ling gave the command and the Dark Dragon King led the Magical Beasts Army to join in the battle, it was like adding misfortune to the already unfortunate Undead Army. After more than an hour, they all fell one by one, their souls being absorbed, one by one, by the Crystal Skull.

The souls of Zombies, Spirit Snakes and Mummies were not strong individually, by when the numbers reached as high as tens of thousands, or even about a hundred thousand, the accumulated Soul Energy was astonishing. Even if he only absorbed a small portion of the Soul Energy, Yang Ling alrady felt that his Mental Energy had increased greatly.

When he stepped into the Underground Tomb, he could only sense what was going on within a hundred paces. Now, he could sense within an area of a thousand paces!

Yang Ling’s power might have grown greatly, but the change in the Crystal Skull was even more obvious. It had turned from its original black color to a blood-red color, officially leveling up to an intermediate level Wizard Weapon.

Originally, the Roar of the Dead Souls could only effectively attack the Undead near to the front. Now, it could almost cover the whole of the wide plaza. The Soul Assimilating Light Ray had also changed from dark red to blood-red, adding to the creepy but powerful Soul Attacks. Not to mention the ordinary Troops and adventurers, even Experts like Faern and Stuart were extremely concerned.

Apart from the great increase in power, the Crystal Skull which had leveled to an intermediate level Wizard Weapon had gained a new ability. Yang Ling need only think about it, and he would be able to assimilate the Crystal Skull into his body, like the Ice-sealing Throne. The Crystal Skull would form itself into a skull mark on his left arm, to be summoned at anytime when needed. Not only was it convenient to carry around, it could also effectively protect Yang Ling against an enemy’s Soul Attacks!