Chapter 168: Spirit Touch Hall and Huang Yulong

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In the endless darkness, Matthew seemed to have turned into a flying insect.

The world is made up of black and white.

Pieces of mottled tones gradually solidified into entities. He instinctively moved forward and encountered one fork after another.

This seemed to be a maze.

Matthew tried to look up, but could only see a small section of the scenery.

He couldn't even control his body, and could only drift with the weak airflow.

After a while.

He stopped on a stone wall.

There was a huge locust tree in the maze not far away.

On the branches of the locust tree.

There were two guys wearing black cloaks, white masks, and their lower bodies were so empty that they were almost invisible.

Matthew couldn't see more details.

But he could hear their conversation clearly.

One of them said:

"The blood of the Thousand Changers is reviving, and the Troll Empire and Barbarian Tribe in the north are also rising again. Although the evil dragon is unlikely to become powerful, the nutrients poured out from the ruins on the cloud are enough to breed more evil. The upcoming situation may not be controlled by the Seven Saints Alliance."

The other person's voice was more childish:

"What about the giant beasts? Isn't it said that they are also coming soon?"

The older one said:

"I heard that the giant beasts are not that fast yet. They will change after the odd-numbered days, but the odd-numbered days still take time. The most important thing is The key is still up to Ronan. "

The other person asked:

"What is Ronan's current situation?"

The older one answered:

"Not sure, no one knew which force had attacked Ronan before, but the recent news from the Seven Saints Alliance seems to be that Isabel did it."

The young man was surprised:

"Why would Isabel attack her own student?"

The elder seemed to be used to it:

"I have said that I heard it, and hearsay may not be false. Even if it is true, it is not surprising. If a high-ranking person cannot break through, he will definitely go crazy.

Isabel is probably like the Sun God back then. She has been a divine mage for too long, and she has seen the power of the natural disaster mage, so she is naturally unwilling to be lonely.

But no one can tell how to move towards the natural disaster.

The dilemma of the Seven Saints Alliance is the same.

Their situation is actually the same as that of the poor people in Tianlun Palace. The difference is that the mages have not had time to grow to the top of the world, and they are about to go completely crazy one after another. "

The young man said: "It seems that in the next era of changes In front of us, our Spirit Touch Hall has a good chance. "

The elder said proudly:

"Of course, the Spirit Touch Hall is the most powerful force in the Ravenloft Demon Realm. With Viscount Fan here, we are bound to unify the Demon Realm within an Ain years."

"Viscount Fan summoned 10,000 Night Mantle Ghosts, 3,000 Vampires, and countless other creatures. He is the most powerful king of the Demon Realm!"

The young man also straightened his chest:

"It's really an honor to think that we are also working under Viscount Fan! Hey, you said..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

A curse came from afar:

"You two little ghosts, are you lazy again? Why don't you go and deliver today's evening mail?"

"If you delay Viscount Fan's business, I will beat you to death!"

The two little ghosts disappeared from the locust tree immediately.

Not long after.

Matthew saw a headless knight driving a carriage down from above the maze.

He stayed on the locust tree for a while, looking around vigilantly. After a while, he said respectfully in the direction of the carriage:

"Princess, please get off."

The curtain was lifted by a white hand.

Before Matthew could see the full appearance of the princess, the headless knight suddenly turned towards Matthew:

"Who?"

"A little bug?"

In an instant.

A strong force hit Matthew in the face.

He only felt a pain in his forehead.

A "huh" sound came from his ear - it was a very pleasant female voice.

And then.

His consciousness returned to his body.

...

"Hint: You have entered the eclipse realm and have inadvertently heard about the "Spirit Touch Hall".

As a reward for entering the realm, you will gain two of the following three abilities -

1. Eclipse Fire: Designate one of your fingers as the launcher of the eclipse fire. After that, you can release a ball of flame with eclipse energy from the tip of the finger without chanting.

This flame can cause a large amount of magic damage in an instant, and in the next ten minutes, it will cause 2 to 3 points of eclipse damage to the enemy per minute.

Note: There is no daily casting limit for eclipse fire, but if you cast it too many times, your finger may It will turn black and hard.

2. Intoxicating Whisper: You can whisper to a target through the eclipse field. If the target fails the save, it will enter the drunken state.

The drunken state will last for thirty minutes.

3. Spell cancellation: You can pay the same amount of mana to cancel a spell being cast by the target at the same time.

Note: The level of this spell cannot exceed one level of your own level.

It can be used twice a day. "

...

"Spirit Touch Hall?"

"It sounds like an organization from Ravenloft. Is their leader a Viscount named Fan? Is there a title in the social system of Ravenloft, or is he a vampire?"

"In addition, the materializations of the Eclipse Realm and the Tomb Realm are located in the Demonic Realm of Ravenloft..."

Matthew silently wrote down what he just heard.

Then he looked at the data column.

Today's luck is simply overwhelming.

Not only did he enter the field in one fell swoop, but he also seemed to go deeper and gain two abilities.

Matthew pondered for a moment and chose one and three.

"Anecrotic Fire" is a very cost-effective offensive spell ability. Compared with the direct damage it can cause, Matthew values ​​​​more the continuous life deduction caused by necrotic damage.

Although not much, it can enrich his offensive strategy.

Needless to say, "Spell Offset" is a bit worse than counterattack and rebound, but it is also a very good back-up method. There is no reason not to win it.

As for "Intoxicating Whispers".

This ability is actually a bit interesting. Matthew learned from it that the field of necrosis seems to include elements such as "drunkness", "alcohol", and "drowsiness".

This field is relatively unpopular.

Correspondingly, when using abilities in unpopular fields, you can also gain more unexpected effects.

Additionally, exploring the Eclipse Realm gives Matthew a permanent status.

"Necrosis resistance: Your body's resistance to necrosis damage +10;

Drunk resistance +5;

Sleep resistance +5"

Matthew looked at the necrotic orb in his hand.

The negative energy glow on it has dimmed by about one-third.

After tasting the sweetness, he changed his mind and planned to play with it often in the future.

Matthew not only went for the domain ability, he was more concerned about his consciousness being able to enter the Ravenloft Demonic Realm more safely when exploring the domain.

This time it is attached to a small insect. If it is attached to a creature with stronger mobility next time, there may be more gains.

…

When Matthew came to his senses.

Margaret was standing in front of him eating melon seeds, with melon seed shells scattered on the ground:

"Does this mean you have understood a field?"

Matthew nodded.

"I'm really impressed by geniuses like you."

Margaret did not hide her envy at all:

“At first I thought I was a genius and wanted to rely on my own strength to understand the field and abilities, but later I realized that I was overthinking.

Some people can enter the realm casually, no different than visiting a brothel;

But I worked so hard but could only get halfway in, and I had to find someone else to help me push.

If not, I wouldn't choose to start with a debt of two million. "

Matthew coughed slightly:

"Just good luck today."

"Just today?"

Margaret cracked a few melon seeds hard, as if she was biting Matthew:

"Forget it, I'm not envious. If you don't have some talent, how could you be favored by Ms. Isabel?

Let’s jump right into the review.

First of all, I need to point out that at the stage when you are fighting with the Old Bone Dragon, any door is an unnecessary link.

What did you gain from any door?

No.

Instead you wasted a shoe and a sock.

This kind of provocation seems to me to be completely unnecessary.

You could just kill him. "

Matthew nodded humbly:

"That's right. But I have never used any door in actual combat, so I want to use it to practice my skills."

Margaret rolled her eyes:

"It's understandable if that's the case, but I can't fault it in other aspects.

But I can recommend some spells to you. If you can master and use these spells skillfully, you will be more able to deal with the skull dragon just now.

The first one is "Flying Technique". There is no doubt about the importance of flying. Low-level flying can be learned at the second level, but the effect is very poor.

The requirement for intermediate flying skills is level three, and the effect is equally average.

If your level will be improved soon, then I suggest you learn "Isabel Flying Technique" directly after level 4.

It's an experience you'll never forget once you try it.

The second one is a fourth-level spell called "Bone-Breaking Howl". As long as you master the necromancy-related fields, you should be able to learn it in advance.

This spell is specifically used to fight against skeleton-type undead creatures.

If a fifth-level mage casts the full-effect Bone-Crushing Howl, it can directly blow the bone dragon into pieces.

On the other hand, as a necromancer, if you rely on the combat effectiveness of your skeleton undead creatures, then you have to find a way to enhance their resistance in this regard——

Mainly the resistance to sound waves.

The third one is not a spell, but an ability called "Natural Casting".

I see you're mastering Aeolus' wild form, which is great.

But when you use Death Shock Wave, you must turn into a human form and get close to the opponent. There is actually a safety hazard here.

If you can use some of your spells while in Aeolian form, this problem will be solved.

The natural casting ability allows you to cast spells while in wild form.

But this ability is very rare, even my teacher can't buy it.

You have to find a senior archdruid.

In fact, there are many similar ideas. You can expand your thinking after class. I only provide a few suggestions here. "

As soon as Matthew listened to the class, he felt something was wrong:

"Is the practical class over now?"

"The effects of the medicine haven't worn off on my body yet!"

Margaret nibbled the last melon seed, and then said leisurely:

"You watch me kill an undead creature, I watch you kill an undead creature, and then review it. The above is the entire content of this practical class."

"If you think it's hard to come to the negative energy plane and want to practice for a while, you can add more time."

Matthew tentatively asked:

"Coins or points?"

Margaret asked:

"Do you have any gold coins?"

Matthew was silent.

"One point, three monsters, a review, and an escort. The price is favorable. If you can add a few more minutes at a time, I can even give you a discount."

Margaret said with a smile:

"You haven't worn off the medicine yet, haven't you? As long as you get five points, I can even go to battle and give it to you myself!"

Matthew looked at her malicious smile and quickly refused.

He is definitely not Margaret's opponent now, but even if the two sides fight to the death, it will probably be a draw.

After all, he has Isabel's patron saint, and Margaret also has Suriel's patron saint ninety-nine percent of the time.

We are all students of the Divine Mage, so let’s just be teammates!

At the moment, Matthew expressed his willingness to increase the clock.

Knowledge points were not that precious to him. In comparison, Margaret's company and guidance were more important.

Matthew felt it when he was fighting the old bone dragon, as if a wonderful power was awakening in his body.

I don’t know if it’s the effect of the medicine or chance.

In short, today, he must not let Margaret go!

"Very good, I like motivated students like you!"

"Come on, work hard, try to catch up with me as soon as possible, and then support me!"

Margaret smiled lightly:

"It's just a pity that there don't seem to be particularly powerful monsters around here that you can train with. Those four guys are all immortal kings registered in the alliance. If they remain cowardly, it will be inconvenient for us to attack them."

"I have to go a little further and find you some comparable opponents."

Matthew shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, let's go see the old bone dragon's territory first, and then I have to help my pet be promoted to king."

"After that, we'll set off again."

Margaret looked at Matthew in surprise:

"Didn't you say you can't hold it any longer?"

Matthew said honestly:

"It's true that I can't hold it in any longer. I've always wanted to find someone to fight with, but when I think about the fact that there may be treasures in the old bone dragon's territory, this urge is not so strong."

"It's more important to collect the spoils. The fight can be postponed for a while!"

…

Under the leadership of Bone Pigeon, they soon arrived at Old Bone Dragon's territory, which was a leeward basin at the foot of King Mountain.

Unfortunately, everything here disappointed Matthew.

Looking around, there is nothing in the basin except for some of the lowest level undead creatures.

Even in the old bone dragon's residence, a hill filled with glass shards and ashes, Matthew didn't find anything valuable.

Except for a soft dragon scale.

This piece of dragon scale was thrown aside casually, covered with a thick layer of dust. If Matthew hadn't been sharp-eyed, he would have almost missed it.

This is obviously a piece of dragon scale that has gone through a long time, and may come from the corpse of the old bone dragon.

Although the dragon scale had deteriorated, Matthew still put it away and planned to study the related properties in detail in the future.

While Matthew and his team were cleaning the trophies of the old bone dragon.

Xiao Fei also rushed over.

He lowered his proud head and looked at Matthew expectantly.

Matthew followed suit and fulfilled his promise.

He took out the bottle containing the remnants of the Old Bone Dragon Soul Fire, opened it and let Xiao Boi drink it.

But Xiaofei is also very sensible.

When only half of it was left, he stopped.

Immediately afterwards.

A series of changes began on his body.

The color of the virtual dragon scales that was originally close to the bottom of the ribs became darker.

The green light spreads out like water waves and grows rapidly like moss.

Soon, the virtual dragon scales completely wrapped Xiao Bo's lower body.

At the same time, long feathers also grew on Xiao Fei's back. These feathers were yellow-white, a bit like duck down, but they felt much rougher than duck down.

Matthew stood on Xiao Fei's back, observing other changes on the bone dragon——

The bones became tighter, a thin blood film appeared on the chest, and feathers similar to duck down also grew on the outside of the blood film.

The head is also covered with more virtual dragon scales, and the originally empty eye sockets are covered with a white membrane.

If before, Xiao Bo's soul fire could be seen through his eyes at a glance.

So now, from the same angle, only a faint green light spot can be seen.

And on the data column.

Xiaobo’s changes are more intuitive——

…

"Hint: Your summon Philoleus won the battle of kings!

He has devoured enough soul fire remnants and is completing the advancement of the King Template...

Philoleus' level has been raised to LV18.

Philoleus' strength +1.

Philoleus gained two new abilities: "Lord of the Six Rings" and "Shadow Realm".

Lord of the Six Rings: Philoleus officially became the king of the Six Rings of the Negative Energy Plane and was eligible to obtain a territory on the King's Mountain.

He received a "Sixth Ring Emblem". When the energy on the emblem reaches full capacity, he will have the opportunity to travel to the Land of the Fiveth Ring.

Shadow Realm: Philolius entered the "Shadow Realm" (the interface between shadow and negative energy) for the first time, and gained abilities such as "Shadow Stealth", "Shadow Summoning", and "Advanced Phantom"!

…

Philoleus is very grateful for your contribution in the War of Kings.

His loyalty to you increases to 105, and he shares the ability "Higher Phantom" with you!

Advanced Phantom (weakened version): You can summon a phantom exactly like yourself for 30 minutes.

During this period, you can mentally control his actions.

The phantom cannot cause substantial damage and must remain within 100 meters of you.

If you are attacked while the phantom is in effect, no matter how far away the phantom is, he will instantly appear next to you to resist the attack for you.

Within three seconds after this, part of your body will turn into a shadow and you will gain 30% damage reduction."

…

Well enough.

Matthew looked at Xiao Fei's genuine high-level phantom and found that his phantom could withstand three damage, and the damage reduction after becoming a shadow was 60%.

After becoming a king, Xiao Fei became even more majestic.

His appearance also took a big step from a bone dragon to a ghost dragon.

This totally goes against common sense.

You know, ghost dragons can usually only be transformed from real dragons. How can a bone dragon advance into a ghost dragon?

But the weird things about Xiao Fei don't stop there.

Matthew noticed that the down on his back resembled the feathers that ancient dinosaur species had at the beginning of their evolution.

Especially the feathers of his Aeolian pterosaur are very similar.

If there is indeed some connection between the two.

So Xiao Fei's improvement in strength and appearance changes are more like an evolution than an upgrade.

Margaret obviously saw this too.

Her eyes were fixed on Philoleus, she subconsciously bit her lip twice, and then asked Matthew:

"Do you want to sell this skull dragon?"

Matthew asked skillfully:

"Do you have money?"

Margaret looked at him with tears in her eyes:

"Don't be like this, this skull dragon is quite unique."

Matthew was unmoved and reminded:

"We're ready to go, and my pets can handle the rest of the business here."

Margaret stamped her feet angrily:

"Don't look down on people!"

"When I pay off the money I owe to my teacher and my best friend, I will buy your little chic and big chic!"

"Don't laugh, when I have money, I will buy it for you too!"

Matthew looked strange and tried hard not to laugh out loud.

Bone Pigeon looked at Margaret affectionately:

"Ms. Margaret, I'm just waiting for you to redeem me!"

Xiao Fei immediately looked at him doubtfully after hearing this.

The bone pigeon is not afraid:

"What's wrong, Xiaofei? Why are your eyes full of doubts?"

"Didn't you hear that my master and Ms. Margaret are going to fight against other monsters? If you have any good things, please present them as soon as possible. Don't delay their schedule!"

Xiao Fei immediately shook his head like a rattle, indicating that he had nothing good.

Bone Pigeon hated the fact that iron cannot become steel and complained:

"Isn't there a holy spring of immortality in my own territory?

Hurry up and dig them all out and send them over!

You are now a king. With these two people protecting you from now on, are you still afraid that you will be short of the Holy Fountain of Immortality?

Other undead people don’t have the means to send it away like you! "

"Don't stare at me!"

"I'm telling you, as your military advisor, I plan to resign and will only hang out with my master's master from now on."

"Also, don't call me Bone Pigeon from now on, just call me Little Chic!"

With that said, he walked past Philoleus proudly.

Come to Matthew and Margaret.

Bone Pigeon nodded and bowed:

"Two adults, I know what monsters' lairs are nearby, and I can show you the way!"

Margaret rolled her eyes:

"Isn't it said that there is a holy spring of immortality?"

Matthew picked up the bone pigeon and looked like his hands were itching unbearably:

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way. I can't hold it in anymore!"

The three of them gradually moved away.

Soon, Xiao Bo's deep sense of gratitude came from the undead contract.

…

Three days later.

The edge of the Sixth Ring Land.

In a dark cave.

Accompanied by a shrill wail, Matthew's figure appeared at the entrance of the cave not long after.

Margaret followed him, cracking melon seeds and repeating:

"You can be faster and more decisive when using the spell invalidation barrier!"

"I have used it very well in the past few times, but why is it so slow this time when facing the nesting banshee? Could it be that the banshee looks more to your liking, and you can't bear it?"

"Should I say it or not, the banshee's lair is still rather fishy..."

Matthew ignored the invalid message in her words.

Instead, he carefully analyzed the battle just now:

"When I got close to her, I did absorb the charm from the front of the banshee. I was successfully immune to the charm, but I don't know why, but at that moment my thinking was still stagnant."

"It's definitely not because of the banshee's appearance or figure."

"It seems like something is being generated in my mind. This thing should be related to the battles in the past few days."

Margaret's eyes turned, revealing a look of understanding:

"Don't think too much, keep looking for monsters to fight, and you will find the answer soon."

"Xiao Biezhi, who is behind the nesting banshee?"

"Dear Ms. Margaret, in the past few days, the master has successively killed the skeleton giant in the valley, the rotten earth spirit in the dead forest, the big corpse witch in the rotten water lake, and the nesting banshee in the crypt.

All the enemies with some weight in the Six Rings were killed by him.

If we want to continue looking for opponents, the nearest way requires passing through a long and narrow corridor, and the end of the corridor is the coastline of the Six Rings.

That is the place called "between planes". "

The bone pigeon replied respectfully.

Between the planes?

Matthew and Margaret looked at each other, and both showed a look of joy.

The so-called between the planes refers to the place where two planes intersect, where a unique space is often formed.

The planes are not stable, but compared to other places, they often contain greater opportunities.

The negative energy plane is located in the inner layer, and the elemental plane is most likely to intersect with it.

If he is lucky, Matthew will not only be able to successfully complete the actual combat training this time, but also have the opportunity to harvest treasures from the elemental plane.

The two immediately let the bone pigeon lead the way.

But not long after they walked out of the cave.

Suddenly, gusts of wind blew in the sky.

This wind is obviously a bit abnormal.

It hurts when it blows on a living person, and the bone pigeon was almost blown away!

Fortunately, Margaret was quick-witted and stuffed him into her clothes.

This made the bone pigeon a little dizzy.

"This wind is very wrong. It doesn't look like a normal positive wind or north wind. Let's step back a little. "

Margaret prompted.

The two hid back in the cave.

The tranquility here formed a sharp contrast with the hustle and bustle outside.

"This wind won't stop for a while."

Margaret took out a tent from the storage props, set it up quickly with magic, and then got in, leaving only a pair of shoes outside the tent.

"The longer our bodies stay in the negative energy plane, the more serious the erosion will be. This tent can effectively purify the erosion effect. Do you want to use it with me?"

Margaret poked a little head out from inside and looked at Matthew expectantly.

Matthew just moved his butt and wanted to go in, but the next second, he stopped at the door of the tent.

He asked alertly:

"Do you charge?"

Margaret laughed:

"100 gold for one time."

"You won't be unwilling to give me even 100 gold? This tent is narrow and warm, very comfortable!"

"If you don't come in, your body will be eroded by negative energy, and you may need to spend more treatment costs in the future! ”

Matthew sighed:

“100 gold is a huge sum of money for me now. Thank you for the invitation, but it’s not necessary.”

Margaret changed her expression and said:

“Stingy! Let’s see how you solve the problem of negative energy erosion. "

Matthew shrugged, took a half step back, and used the necromancy to transform into a jumping dwarf skeleton.

Margaret was so angry that she threw the bone pigeon out and then closed the tent.

Only the bone pigeon and the dwarf skeleton were left in the cave staring at each other.

About three minutes later.

Matthew suddenly heard the wind outside change.

He came to the entrance of the cave to observe the situation.

Suddenly.

A heart-shaking whistle came from the sky.

Then.

A dark cloud covering the sky passed over the cave.

Matthew saw a huge monster!

...

"Warning: You have encountered a yellow jade dragon (ancient dragon/LV22)!

You have entered the decay domain of the yellow jade dragon!"

...