This old woman dressed in coarse clothes had a pair of turbid eyes, and she looked old and clumsy. She looked like an old woman who could not get up after a fall, and was about to enter the grave. However, no one dared to underestimate her. Let alone professional NPCs, even players would feel a chill down their spines when they heard the name of a Necromancer.
The woman looked around and sneered twice. Her voice was so unpleasant to hear that it was overbearing. Just as she was about to speak, Liang Lidong threw a scroll at her. Then, a crackling electric net covered her. She stretched out her fingers, and two streams of black gas collided with the electric net. Then, both of them disappeared at the same time. Lightning magic was classified as a type of light magic, and had a strong suppressive effect on the dark element.
However, the old woman had blocked the electric net with only two streaks of black smoke. It was obvious that she was stronger than Liang Lidong had imagined. He immediately checked the system interface, and the old woman's information appeared in Liang Lidong's vision.
Name:??? (Level 8)
Class:???
Gender: Female
Age:???
How could a Level 8 necromancer be so strong? Liang Lidong roared, "Disperse and prepare for battle!"
Then, he snapped his fingers and activated Fog Riding. A thick fog covered an area of three hundred meters. He quickly set Katerina, Gavin, Tina, and the eight Guelph Guardians as teammates. It was their first time experiencing the wonders of Fog Riding, so they were all stunned. The old woman reacted quickly. The moment the thick fog appeared, she summoned dozens of skeletons to protect her.
The skeletons resurrected by a necromancer would lose the ability to move again if they lost the support of magic power. However, necromancers above Level Five had the class talent, Undead Space, which allowed them to store a certain number of skeletons and summon them at any time. In case of emergencies.
There were about forty of these yellow-white skeletons. In the eye sockets of their skulls, there was a thumb-sized phosphorescence. It was a ghastly green and extremely horrifying sight. To many NPC professionals, skeletons implied death and inauspiciousness. The more skeletons they encountered, the more they felt it was a taboo. The players weren't so particular. The reason why they didn't like Necromancers was that they were too cruel and had no bottom line.
Katerina clicked her tongue as she looked at the forty or so skeletons. She was an assassin and wasn't good at frontal attacks. She was helpless against the Necromancer who was surrounded by 40 skeletons.
Gavin waved his hand. The 8 clan guardians behind him spread out expressionlessly and slowly approached the Necromancer. However, skeletons didn't have vision. They had the 'Undead Sight', so what they sensed was life force and not light. The thick fog couldn't block their senses, so when the 8 clan guardians approached. The skeletons immediately reacted and turned towards the nearest enemy in unison.
Liang Lidong naturally knew that skeletons had the 'Dead Vision'. But he still used Fog Riding, mainly so that his allies could move faster in the deep fog. The faster one's speed was, the greater the advantage one had in battle. This was a truth that everyone acknowledged.
Moreover, the skeletons had the vision of the dead, but that didn't mean that the necromancers also had this ability.
"Don't be in a hurry."
Liang Lidong yelled and threw three scrolls at the skeletons at the same time.
"Light Trial. Sunlight and Light Wind, three types of light magic exploded above the skeletons at the same time. The three types of magic mixed together and produced an extremely dazzling light. The skeletons that were illuminated by the strong light began to emit black smoke. Cracks began to appear on their skeletons and were slowly expanding. Their lower jaws kept opening and closing, making cracking sounds as if they were in great pain.
Of course, this was just an illusion. Skeletons were magical creatures without intelligence. They wouldn't feel anything. This was just a normal magical phenomenon when the dark element was "Light Transformed" by the light element.
Katerina saw that the dozens of skeletons were on the verge of collapse and immediately took a few steps forward, ready to make a move. Without the protection of the undead, the Necromancer's combat ability would be reduced by at least half. Also, as long as there were no skeletons, it wouldn't be difficult for an assassin to assassinate a Necromancer.
Just as the dozens of skeletons were about to be turned into pieces by the power of light, the old woman who had been silent all this time finally moved. She chanted a spell that Liang Lidong couldn't understand and then pressed her hands down … A tsunami-like mental wave spread out with the old woman as the center. Then, the condensed dark element pressed down from the sky, and the deep white fog was instantly dyed dark.
"I can't see. Mr. Beta, do you have any ideas?" Katerina did a backflip and disappeared into the shadows.
Gavin held his daughter's hand and retreated bit by bit. The eight family guardians were very loyal and stayed where they were without moving.
This was the Curtain of Darkness, an area-of-effect vision blocking spell. It was a bit similar to the Fog of War, but compared to the Fog of War, the Curtain of Darkness was much smaller, with a radius of about 200 meters or so. The radius of the Fog of War was calculated in terms of kilometers.
However, the most powerful thing about the Curtain of Darkness was that it would create an area where the dark element was very active. Any dark creature in this area would have a significant increase in their combat ability. Skeletons were a type of dark creature, and so were Necromancers.
With the support of the Curtain of Darkness, the already tottering skeletons not only didn't break into pieces, the cracks on their bodies disappeared, and the phosphorescence in their eyes became brighter and burned more vigorously.
Skeleton soldiers were also divided into strong and weak ones, which could be distinguished from the color of their skeletons and the phosphorescence in their eye sockets.
The Curtain of Darkness was a standard spell for Necromancers. Liang Lidong had dealt with Necromancers several times in the game, and was already prepared for this move. He grabbed two scrolls from his spatial bag and threw them above his head.
The two scrolls shone brightly in the air, like two small suns. They pierced through the Curtain of Darkness in an instant, and even dispersed all the black fog.
Sunlight Illuminates! Similar to the Curtain of Darkness, it was an area-of-effect magic, and was the nemesis of the Curtain of Darkness. Because he was worried that the enemy's strength was too strong, and the Curtain of Darkness couldn't be easily broken, he used the same two magic scrolls at once.
The duration of the Sunlight Illuminates was quite long. Within its area of effect, all the patients' wounds would heal much faster, and it would also disperse a lot of dark negative effects. For ordinary creatures, the Sunlight Illuminates was a very good skill, but for dark creatures, it was a rather disgusting debuff.
Under the effect of the Sunlight Illuminates. Those skeletons couldn't move, and their bodies slowly emitted black gas. Although the effect wasn't as good as the previous three spells, the effect was still quite obvious.
"Good chance, let's do it."
Liang Lidong shouted, and took the lead to rush forward, followed by the eight clan guardians. They all held iron spears and scattered as they rushed towards the group of skeletons. They were fearless.
Katerina, who had escaped into the shadows, stayed where she was … She was waiting for the right opportunity.
At this moment, the old woman, whose body was overflowing with black gas under the Sunlight Illuminates spell, made a hissing sound from her toothless mouth. Liang Lidong knew very well that this was the sound of chanting a spell. He immediately took the initiative. As he ran forward, he threw out a scroll.
The scroll turned into a ball of light. It flew at an extremely fast speed above the necromancer, and immediately exploded, turning into specks of light foam that drifted away … The old woman who was chanting a spell seemed to have been hit in the chest by a hammer. She took two steps back, and then spat out a mouthful of black blood. This mouthful of blood fell to the grass. With a hissing sound, a large area of the surrounding green grass immediately withered.
Magic Shock!
The old woman, who was tricked by Liang Lidong, shifted her resentful gaze to him, then pointed at him and shouted, "Cursed Evil Spirit."
A translucent female ghost charged at Liang Lidong with an ear-piercing shriek. This was a mind spell, the only magic skill apart from the law of causality that could lock onto a target. As long as the target was within the spellcaster's sight, this skill wouldn't miss, because it was a mind ability, not a force field spell.
The moment Liang Lidong saw the female ghost, he immediately retreated at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, he took out a scroll from his Backpack and patted it on himself.
The scroll turned into a white light that enveloped his body. The translucent, hideous-looking long-haired female ghost crashed into him at an unbelievable speed. She crashed through the defensive spell that Liang Lidong set up, and half of her body disappeared. Then, the remaining half of her body sank into Liang Lidong's body.
Then, he felt as if his head had been hit by a hammer. He was in so much pain that he saw stars, and he almost knelt on one knee.
The old woman was even worse off. She held her head, and blood flowed out of her nose like a waterfall.
"How can you be so strong-willed?!" the old woman shrieked in an unpleasant voice.
Liang Lidong smiled bitterly and didn't reply. At this moment, the eight clan guardians finally reached the skeletons. They attacked at the same time with great teamwork. With only one attack, more than ten skeletons were wiped out. At this moment, the defense on the left side of the old woman was rather weak.
For a class like Necromancers, melee professions were the least afraid of them. The old lady shrieked when she saw the eight Hibiscus clan guardians who were about to reach her. Two black balls appeared in front of her and began to spin like gyroscopes. They spun faster and faster, and at the same time, shot out dense black spikes.
This was the famous "Black Stinger" spell of Dark Magic. In terms of power, it wasn't very strong, but Dark Magic had corrosive and regenerative properties. If someone was hit by this spell and the black needles pierced their body, but they weren't willing to pay a high price for the priests of the Temple of Light to dispel the negative effects, they would definitely die in less than ten days.
If a person's internal organs were corroded by the Dark Element, they would slowly die. If the Dark Element wasn't dispelled in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
More than half of these densely packed black needles were 'melted' by the 'Sunlight Illumination' the moment they came out. The remaining portion still pierced into the body of the eight-year clan guardian. They all stopped and scratched their bodies. They cried out in pain and rolled around on the ground.
The old woman had suffered a much heavier mental backlash than Liang Lidong. Since she could use magic, Liang Lidong could naturally move as well. Like a true warrior, he brandished the Faux Emperor Fallen Sword and charged at the old woman with extreme speed. The skeletons were unable to move under the effect of Sunlight Illumination. Liang Lidong directly crashed into them, and the skeletons that were hit by him immediately fell apart. The yellow-white bones flew everywhere.
After breaking through the skeletons' defense, Liang Lidong was less than five meters away from the old woman. He was about to stab with his sword.
At that moment, the old woman suddenly grinned. Her right hand slid down. "Bone Wall!"
A long, black pit suddenly appeared under her feet. It was so dark that it looked like one would fall into hell. Faint screams could be heard from inside. As the old woman spoke, countless skeletal arms reached out from the tunnel. They waved left and right in a frenzy, opening and closing their bony claws, trying to pull everything around them into the black tunnel below.
This spell was Bone Wall, also known as the Hand of the Abyss. Once one was caught, it would be very difficult to break free. They could only be slaughtered by the necromancer.
Liang Lidong was so fast that he couldn't stop his body and crashed into the countless skeletal arms. But at that moment, he smiled. He tapped the ground with the tip of his foot and floated backward with a strange sense of weightlessness that didn't belong to magic.
With Nimble Movement, the acceleration of speed from Mist Manipulation, and the temporary bonus of Unstoppable Wrath, Liang Lidong could now make a lot of unimaginably weird moves. This seemingly weightless "space drift" was not a difficult thing for him.
Seeing that Liang Lidong didn't crash into her, the old woman's cloudy eyes were full of disappointment. She raised her hand and was about to continue chanting, when Liang Lidong suddenly made a shooting gesture at her.
She was wondering if he was going to cast a spell. Before she could get an answer, her whole body froze. A small part of the tip of a sword appeared from her chest and then retracted. She tried hard to turn her head around, wanting to see who was behind her. However, a white light flashed past her neck. Her head flew into the air and fell to the ground two or three seconds later.
Katerina appeared behind the old woman and killed the necromancer with a stab and a slash.
After losing her head, a substance that looked like black gas or black blood spurted out of the old woman's neck. Then, she quickly lost all moisture and became a dry corpse.
Seeing this scene, Gavin finally heaved a sigh of relief. He slowly walked forward with his daughter to check on the Clan Guardians' physical condition. 'Sunlight Illumination' was still working. The dark elemental bee stings in the Clan Guardians' bodies were slowly disappearing. Their conditions were improving.
Katerina touched her chest and couldn't stop panting. Assassinating a necromancer was indeed a bit exciting for her.
Liang Like, on the other hand, squatted in front of the old woman's body. He felt that something was wrong. A level-eight necromancer shouldn't be this good. The skeletons that she summoned were too few and too weak!
"Mr. Beta is so awesome!" Tina walked behind Liang Lidong and said in admiration.
When she had walked less than two meters behind Liang Lidong, he suddenly turned around and thrust his sword of the fallen emperor at Tina's neck, full of killing intent which caused people around to be shocked.