Lu Ran moved through the surroundings like an emperor.
Every walking corpse in sight was instantly brought under his control by the Bone Throne trait!
Then.
Lu Ran manipulated the walking corpses, focusing their attacks first on the Awakened from Eagle Country, suppressing and eliminating them one by one!
At the same time.
Eagle Country.
The Capitol.
In a vast meeting room, Neil was in communication with Congress about recent events involving Nanami and the Necromancer’s assault on the Endless Tower.
“To think even Nanami was suppressed. The strength of that Necromancer far exceeds our expectations,” Neil said, his face full of concern.
His worry wasn’t just about the Necromancer’s overwhelming power.
It was also because, as the leader of Eagle Country’s top guild, Storm, he would inevitably have to face that Necromancer someday!
Nanami was suppressed, and so many Eagle Country Awakened died in the earlier Deathmatch Arena. He truly stood no chance!
“It really is beyond belief. Neil, what’s the news from the team you sent?” a leader asked with concern.
“They have entered Dragon Xia territory. All members are currently intact. However, because Yu Cangqing blocked cross-border teleportation, cross-border communication was also cut off. So, we can’t receive messages; we can only wait for the outcome,” Neil replied.
He then added,
“The ones I sent are all high-combat power Awakened, some of whom are core members of my Storm guild. There won’t be any issues. Once they uncover that Necromancer’s identity, he’s as good as dead!”
He spoke with great confidence.
The leader also breathed a sigh of relief.
But just at that moment.
Someone rushed in hurriedly, their face pale.
“Who let you in? Get out!” the leader roared angrily.
Someone barging into the meeting room made the leader lose face.
Neil, however, sensed something was wrong.
“What happened? Speak!” he demanded.
The person then said, trembling, “It’s bad… our people sent to Dragon Xia… they’re starting to go offline.”
Go offline?
Neil was taken aback but quickly realized that going offline most likely meant death!
“Were they discovered?” Neil said, his expression turning grim.
He hurriedly opened his communicator.
Sure enough!
The names of the people he sent were turning grey one by one.
This wasn’t a mass cloaking of communicators; they were turning grey individually, and rapidly!
“It seems they were discovered by Dragon Xia. Damn it! There shouldn’t be any Guardian Army in the Southern Border!” Neil couldn’t understand.
At the same time, his worry intensified.
These people couldn’t kill the Necromancer and were discovered by Dragon Xia. They were probably going to be wiped out.
The plan to assassinate the Necromancer… had failed!
Meanwhile.
Within the Forest of Ten Thousand Corpses, Lu Ran didn’t need to attack. He strolled leisurely, occasionally tossing out an Ancient Golem out of boredom.
Suddenly, a flickering shadow rushed towards Lu Ran at incredible speed!
Squelch~
A blade directly pierced Lu Ran’s shoulder.
Lu Ran winced in pain, frowned, and only then noticed that the one who ambushed him was the blonde-haired leader.
The blonde looked ferocious, gnashing his teeth as he said, “Able to control walking corpses, summon endlessly… the three guild leaders’ skills defy common sense because of your Corrosion skill, right? You’re that Necromancer!”
Lu Ran looked at the blonde with surprise.
He nodded and said, “You’re not completely brainless. Worthy of being the leader.”
Getting confirmation.
Seeing that the three guild leaders were not near Lu Ran at the moment.
The blonde snarled viciously, “Your abilities are indeed freakish. But unfortunately, you’re too foolish, daring to come out alone. I will kill you!”
Lu Ran rolled his eyes.
He responded, “Are you so sure you can kill me?”
The blonde instinctively wanted to retort.
But then he suddenly realized that his earlier ambush, a burst of attacks, not only failed to instantly kill this Necromancer.
But the other party’s HP hadn’t budged at all!
No damage?
The blonde was dumbfounded.
Instinctively, he unleashed another flurry of burst attacks on Lu Ran.
The blows made Lu Ran yelp in pain.
Although he didn’t lose HP—the damage was all taken by the Ancient Golem—damn, it really hurt!
The blonde was utterly bewildered.
Still no damage!
This Necromancer was invincible!
At this thought, the blonde’s hair stood on end!
No wonder this Necromancer could slaughter Eagle Country’s forces in the Deathmatch Arena, suppress Nanami… he’s fucking invincible!
How are you supposed to fight this!
He turned to flee, immediately abandoning any thought of killing the Necromancer.
But as he turned, countless walking corpses had already gathered around.
Lu Ran slowly stepped back, a faint smile on his lips.
In his panic, the blonde couldn’t escape, couldn’t deal damage—he was utterly stupefied.
Next, he was completely engulfed by the walking corpses!
The remaining Eagle Country Awakened were also killed one by one by the walking corpses Lu Ran controlled. In the end, they were completely annihilated!
And the walking corpses Lu Ran controlled had also cleared out a large area around them.
Lu Ran looked excitedly at the entire Forest of Ten Thousand Corpses, licking his lips. This was a great place!
“Brother Tai, you guys collect the loot from those Eagle Country Awakened. I’ll go farm monsters!” Lu Ran shouted.
But Liu Xinxin raised her hand. “Wait!”
Then.
She turned to Wei Yingying and said, “The Forest of Ten Thousand Corpses is safe now. Lu Ran wants to farm monsters here. Your people can leave.”
Although those Gu Masters had seen a lot, and Lu Ran didn’t need to hide anymore.
Having these Gu Masters stay here was still inconvenient.
Moreover, they weren’t in a party with Lu Ran, so his large-area damage skills would affect them too!
They were kind of in the way.
“Alright,” Wei Yingying nodded haltingly and immediately ordered the Gu Masters with her to return.
The Gu Masters felt as if granted amnesty!
They had been despairing, but now with a chance to survive, they naturally couldn’t wait to leave!
However, the path out was blocked by walking corpses. They looked to Wei Yingying for help.
Wei Yingying then looked at Lu Ran.
Lu Ran understood and nodded. With a thought.
Large numbers of walking corpses on the exit path obediently made way, leaving the Gu Masters staring in disbelief.
Without hesitation, they immediately sprinted out as fast as they could!
Wei Yingying, however, did not leave.
She stayed, glancing at Ye Hongyi, Liu Xinxin, and Lei Tai, who was excitedly running off to collect loot.
She asked, “Your skills are all abnormal. Why?”
Ye Hongyi said, “You’re in the party too, enjoying the buffs from Lu Ran. Check and see for yourself?”
Wei Yingying was startled.
She had seen the status prompt for the Necromancer’s Corrosion buff earlier but hadn’t looked closely.
Reminded by Ye Hongyi, she immediately opened her status bar to check the buff details.
【Effect: Evil Corrosion】
【Prompt: You are being corroded by evil. Critical Hit Rate +100%, Skill Area of Effect increased by 10 times, Skill Casting Range increased by 10 times, All Skill Cooldowns reduced by 90%!】
Seeing this, Wei Yingying’s eyes widened.
This buff was utterly insane!
She wasn’t unfamiliar with a Necromancer’s Corrosion buff. While it offered many boosts, the intensity was usually lacking—nice to have but not game-changing, suitable for large team dungeons to provide overall enhancement to all members.
But with Lu Ran…
This buff was downright transformative!
“Full critical hit, skill area increased tenfold, casting range increased tenfold, all cooldowns reduced by 90%! This… is this even human?”
