In this monochromatic world, Han Shuo was truly stunned when he first saw this vibrant colour.
In the middle of the pitch-black spring, the lush network of withered branches of this sinister-looking plant supported a hazy cloud of blue gas. Inside the cloud, a sapphire-shaped, glistening drop gave off an even more magnificent glow.
Han Shuo was sure that the blue gas that had spread out from the valley earlier must have originated from the plant in the middle of the spring. From Han Shuo's perspective, he could clearly see that the blue gas had originated from the spinning drop in the middle of the blue cloud.
The pitch black spring was filled with desolation and deadly silence. Organisms that grew from such a strange spring would definitely be fierce undead creatures or plants, and there would definitely not be any friendly existences.
Han Shuo examined the black spring carefully and noticed that there were many algae-like black plants floating in the spring. These plants had merged with the spring, the tentacle-like streamers spreading out in the constant swaying of the spring water, as if they wanted to catch something and pull it into the depths of the spring.
Once he had finished observing the layout of the centre of the valley, Han Shuo's gaze began to look around the spring indiscriminately. It was only then that he noticed several undead creatures fighting near the black spring.
A mummy lord, a floating apparition, and a five to six metre tall knight riding a large flaming horse and wielding a broadsword. These three high-ranking undead creatures surrounded the spring in the middle as they engaged each other in a fierce battle.
Han Shuo had only glanced over, his attention focused on the giant knight riding the large flaming horse. The giant knight was holding a huge broadsword that was full of rusty spots. The broadsword was over two metres long, and it was filled with a rotting aura. The huge knight looked like an evil knight. However, his arms, knees and shoulders were covered in barbs. His physique was also much larger than that of an evil knight.
Han Shuo had a certain impression of this huge knight. A long time ago, when the little skeleton was still quite weak, Han Shuo had once received the little skeleton's distress call. At that time, Han Shuo had immediately summoned the little skeleton to the Profound Continent out of concern. However, through the power of their contract, Han Shuo could still faintly see the terrifying undead creature that was chasing the little skeleton. That formidable undead creature was that giant knight.
For this strange knight to be able to force the little skeleton to flee the underworld, its strength was naturally extremely brave. Han Shuo had never imagined that he would meet this formidable undead creature in the netherworld. The mummy lord and the floating apparition had joined hands to face this huge knight. Han Shuo's familiarity with the Mummy Lord was unparalleled. However, the floating apparition was rather unfamiliar to him.
What astounded Han Shuo was that this Mummy Lord was carrying a grey-white sarcophagus that was large enough to contain his entire body. This Mummy Lord was clearly wielding this sarcophagus as a weapon, skilfully manipulating the sarcophagus to face the enemy. The sarcophagus blocked most of the two-metre broadsword of the fearsome knight.
As for the floating apparition, Han Shuo had no idea what kind of undead creature it was. However, Han Shuo could sense the aura of the most common undead creature in the netherworld, the wraith, from its body. However, the aura of the apparition was exponentially stronger than that of a wraith.
The floating apparition constantly hid behind the mummy lord, behaving like a magician in the Profound Continent and using Profound Magic to attack the giant knight. Waves of grey magic shot out from the apparition's direction, attacking the giant knight's body.
Under Han Shuo's attentive gaze, the knight's two metre long rusty broadsword suddenly thrust. The carrion belt in the mummy lord's hands moved, and the sarcophagus floating above his head swung towards the broadsword. At that moment, there was a terrible boom as the knight's broadsword struck the sarcophagus, sending it flying into the air.
The knight took the opportunity to push the flaming horse towards the mummy lord. The flaming horse suddenly breathed out a jet of flame, which rolled towards the mummy lord. The mummy lord was obviously a little desperate, as the sarcophagus flying above his head couldn't be moved so quickly.
At that moment, the floating apparition behind him suddenly emitted a bizarre soul wave. Countless wraiths suddenly swam out of the apparition's body, forming a neat formation and blocking the flame breath. It was simply using many wraiths to drown out the flames from the flaming horse.
The apparition had blocked the flaming horse's flame breath, and the sarcophagus that flew into the sky had also been caught by the mummy lord, just in time to block the evil knight's next attack. The three undead continued to fight, locked in a stalemate.
The low level undead creatures around Han Shuo were still fighting fiercely. These undead creatures could clearly sense the formidable aura emanating from Han Shuo's body, so they all ignored Han Shuo's existence. This allowed Han Shuo to peacefully watch the battle and take in the entire scene of the battle between the three unusual undead creatures.
Han Shuo stared at the floating apparition for a long time before he suddenly understood. To be able to control so many wraiths and to have the wraiths aura on its body, This apparition was certainly a high-level undead creature that had evolved from wraith. That particularly queer huge knight was most likely an evolution from an evil knight.
In the netherworld, where ranks were rigid, most higher-ranked creatures possessed extremely great combat power. However, this was not absolute. Lower-ranked undead creatures could also evolve and become high-ranked undead creatures. For example, most of the skeleton kings, who could be as strong as a bone dragon, were created by chance. However, there were also Skeleton Kings that could have been the lowest skeleton that had undergone countless evolutions.
Although the probability was extremely low, it did exist. Spirits in the underworld could swallow each other. If a low-level undead was able to swallow the spirit of a formidable bone dragon, they would be able to improve a few levels. However, the probability of this happening was extremely low. Normally, weaker undead creatures would only instinctively flee when confronted with someone of a higher rank. They would never dare to attack unless they had a master, and only at their master's command would they disregard their lives and attack.
But even if they did attack, if they faced a higher-ranked undead creature, they would never have a chance and would definitely be massacred, let alone be able to swallow the spiritual strength of a higher-ranked undead creature. Most of the low-level undead creatures that were able to evolve had accidentally encountered high-level undead creatures that were almost killed by even stronger undead creatures. As long as the stronger undead creature had not arrived, they could conveniently swallow the spirit of the higher-ranked undead creature.
For example, the fearsome Bone Dragon could kill or seriously injure a group of Hate Warriors with a single breath. The spirits of these lower undead creatures were of no interest to the bone dragon. If a skeleton or zombie warrior happened to be nearby after the bone dragon left, it could easily devour the spirit of a higher-ranked hate warrior.
If such a low-probability event happened repeatedly to a low-ranked undead creature, the low-ranked undead creature that had swallowed the spirits of many high-ranked undead creatures would gradually evolve into a high-ranked undead creature that had surpassed its birth limit. This apparition was perhaps an example of such an existence that was extremely lucky.
Han Shuo watched the alliance of the apparition and the mummy lord withstand the knight's attack, and then looked at the sapphire-like drop of bizarre energy supported by a network of sinister-looking plants in the middle of the spring. His thoughts were filled with indecision, not knowing if he should take advantage of the situation to get the teardrop.
The three formidable undead creatures also seemed to be fighting over the teardrop of liquid in the middle of the spring. The strength of the giant knight was unbelievable, and Han Shuo's condensed body of the Skeleton King would probably not be able to withstand a blow from the knight's broadsword. Furthermore, this apparition and the Mummy Lord were also enemies. Han Shuo wasn't sure if he could deal with them without his true body.
However, Han Shuo knew that the sapphire-like liquid in the middle of the spring was capable of enhancing his mental strength. Such miraculous items were unheard of on the Profound Continent. To have reached this place after so much trouble, the greed in his heart simply couldn't be contained. As Han Shuo hesitated and hesitated, he could feel the little skeleton approaching his location.
Suddenly, the knight who had been in the midst of chasing the mummy lord and the apparition appeared extremely irritated. After frantically attacking them in vain, the knight suddenly gave up and urged the flaming horse towards the plant in the middle of the spring. The mummy lord and the apparition paused for a moment before hastily attacking the knight. The mummy lord's sarcophagus descended towards the knight with a loud rumble, while the apparition produced numerous wraiths that rushed towards the giant knight.
The giant knight swung his rusty broadsword. An earth-shattering decaying aura erupted, abruptly annihilating the numerous wraiths as the sarcophagus was smashed into the air with his fist. After that, an imposing consciousness spread out from the giant knight, "You two cowardly and despicable existences, the fellow from the Thousand Meter Dead Mountain Palace is coming over. If you cooperate with me to get rid of him, the Brilliant Stone in the Dead Water will be yours. All I want is that guy's spiritual energy. What do you think?"
When the mummy lord and the apparition saw the evil knight give up and make such a request, they were obviously a little unsettled. The two of them discussed for a while before the apparition transmitted a faint message, "All right, the three of us will make a vow to keep this promise."
Han Shuo watched the interaction between the three formidable undead creatures from a distance. From their conversations, Han Shuo understood that the great knight sensed the little skeleton's existence, and their tone indicated their fear of the little skeleton. Han Shuo couldn't have imagined that in this netherworld, the little skeleton of the Thousand Meter Dead Mountain Palace was actually such a huge power.
The giant knight, the mummy lord, and the apparition wanted to ally with each other due to their fear of the little skeleton's existence. Since these three guys dared to stay behind and face the little skeleton, it showed that they should have some confidence. Han Shuo, who had been watching from a distance for a while, thought for a moment before stepping out of the crowd of lowly undead creatures.
"Count me in as well." Han Shuo sent a message through his consciousness, expressing his opinion to the three undead creatures.
At the beginning, Han Shuo had just been standing in the crowd of low-level undead creatures around the valley. Since he had deliberately hidden himself while watching, the three undead creatures who were constantly fighting did not notice Han Shuo.
When Han Shuo slowly walked out from the distance, he immediately caused the three undead creatures to panic.
At first, the three undead creatures clearly lost their heads in fear, intimidated by Han Shuo's appearance as the Skeleton King. However, these three formidable undead creatures were different from the low-ranked undead creatures that had given way to Han Shuo. They could sense from the aura on Han Shuo's body that it wasn't identical to the aura of a skeleton king, and the aura on Han Shuo's body wasn't as terrifying as that of a skeleton king.
After being startled, the giant knight reacted and sent a message to Han Shuo, "Cowardly voyeur, what can you contribute and what do you want?"
"I want a third of the Serene Glow Gem. I can help you deal with this guy." Han Shuo answered through his consciousness.
"That would depend on your ability!" The knight sent an irascible message, driving the flaming horse towards Han Shuo. The earth-shattering rotting aura spread out from his body and converged on the broadsword as it stabbed at Han Shuo.
Stunned, Han Shuo desperately chanted spells, on the one hand sending a spray of bone spears to attack the giant knight, on the other hand using his consciousness to condense the rich death qi and form a gigantic saber to smash towards the charging knight. When the spray of bone spears landed on the giant knight's body, it only produced clanking sounds, unable to harm the formidable knight. It was only when the sword condensed from the rich Death Qi and struck the knight's broadsword that it hindered his attack.
Just as the knight dodged the spray of bone spears and was almost in front of Han Shuo, he suddenly reined in his horse, turned his head to look at the apparition and the mummy lord, and transmitted, "He has the qualifications to share a third of the luster gem, do you two have an opinion? The fellow from the Thousand Meter Death Mountain Palace is extremely frightening, there is more hope with an additional helper."
The other two undead hesitated for a moment. However, considering the terrifying deterrent of the little skeleton and their interest in the bright gem, they finally agreed to the giant knight's proposal, considering Han Shuo as an ally.
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