“By the way, Lu Ran, I heard from Xinxin that you can summon Banshees now?” Yu Qingcang asked.
But as soon as he finished speaking.
Yu Qingcang instinctively glanced over at Nanami.
After all, Nanami was an outsider.
Lu Ran seemed to see right through Yu Qingcang’s concern.
He waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry about her. She’s completely under my control now. She won’t leak anything.”
As soon as he said that.
Liu Xinxin added, “And even if she did, it wouldn’t matter. We don’t need to hide anything anymore. There are only ten days left until the National War. Even if things get exposed, it’s no big deal. Besides, there’s no way Lu Ran can die now.”
Things were different now. Back then, Lu Ran was still growing and needed protection.
Now, Lu Ran was practically invincible!
He didn’t even need Ye Hongyi and the other three to follow him around anymore.
Lu Ran could solo any dungeon worth farming. Sure, it might be a little slower than if he had the three of them with him, but the difference was negligible.
The three of them were only tagging along now for the fun of it.
The experience was way better when they got to hang out with Lu Ran!
“Good to hear. By the way, how’s that new affix working out?” Yu Qingcang asked immediately.
What he cared about most was the affix.
That was completely different from skills.
Lu Ran’s skills weren’t any different from those of other necromancers.
Any changes came from the affixes modifying them.
The main focus was still on the affixes.
“Sister Xinxin should have already told you what the affix does. The effect is exactly as described,” Lu Ran said.
Then, with a single thought.
Whoosh~
A large group of undead creatures appeared before him.
Among them were skeleton soldiers, ancient golems, and banshees—all kinds.
These weren’t summoned. Lu Ran had simply grabbed a handful from the space in his sleeve and tossed them out.
The purpose, of course, was to let Yu Qingcang see the stats of these summoned creatures firsthand.
Yu Qingcang got the hint and immediately checked them out.
Ye Hongyi, Liu Xinxin, and Lei Tai were already used to this, so they didn’t react at all.
But Nanami was absolutely dumbfounded.
What kind of move was this?
How did so many undead creatures just pop up in the blink of an eye?
Counting them, there were a good thirty-four creatures!
And skeleton soldiers alone made up seventeen or eighteen of them!
The rest were ancient golems and banshees.
For a normal necromancer, even using Legion’s Guardian to summon ten skeleton soldiers at once—that was already the limit.
And with a regular undead summon, at most, they could summon twelve skeleton soldiers at a time, and two of those would be ordinary skeleton soldiers, not the enhanced version from Legion’s Guardian.
But what was going on here?
How could there be so many?
And they had all appeared at the exact same time!
What’s more.
Nanami hadn’t even seen Lu Ran pull out his Sea-Calming Trident or any other weapon. There wasn’t even a gesture or an incantation for a summoning skill!
They just appeared out of nowhere!
There were still so many secrets about Lu Ran that she hadn’t discovered yet!
And every single one of them was absolutely mind-blowing!
Too bad Nanami didn’t know that the number of undead creatures Lu Ran could throw out at once was way more than this. This was just the tiniest tip of the tiniest iceberg of Lu Ran’s undead army!
“Nice, very nice. The stats are all ten times higher. This affix is amazing. When the time comes, the Abyssal Bone Dragons will also get a tenfold boost! Oh my god, I can’t even imagine how terrifying an Abyssal Bone Dragon with ten times the stats would be, and there wouldn’t be just one of them!” Yu Qingcang marveled under his breath.
For the other undead like skeleton soldiers, banshees, and ancient golems, a tenfold stat boost was already incredible.
But you have to understand.
The Abyssal Bone Dragon was a necromancer’s signature skill. Its base stats were already extremely powerful!
A tenfold stat boost on top of that? That was absolutely horrifying!
And Lu Ran could summon them endlessly!
Just imagining dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of Abyssal Bone Dragons filling the sky—that scene alone was enough to scare anyone to death!
Nanami sat nearby, listening in confusion.
What did they mean by a tenfold stat boost?
The term “stat boost” wasn’t new to her, but even buff skills from hidden support classes increased stats by a percentage.
Doubling stats was already nearly impossible.
So how could a tenfold stat boost even be achieved?
She instinctively looked at the undead creatures Lu Ran had thrown out.
And what she saw was unbelievable!
These skeleton soldiers had over a hundred thousand health points, and their defense, attack, and even speed were ridiculously over the top!
The ancient golems’ health was even more insane—over a million!
Their already incredible magic defense and physical defense were enough to make anyone’s head spin!
Even the banshees’ defense had gotten a massive boost. And since banshees were caster-type undead creatures, their spell power was already high to begin with. Now, with a tenfold increase, they could easily crush the spell power of any current caster class!
Just this small group of undead creatures was terrifyingly powerful!
“We don’t need to look at the ‘Resurrection’ effect anymore. The fact that you were able to take down the Yamata no Orochi already proves how effective it is. Good, very good, haha…” Yu Qingcang was extremely satisfied.
The group chatted happily and harmoniously.
Only Nanami sat off to the side, her expression dark, silent and withdrawn.
“Oh, by the way, I didn’t come all this way just to listen to you brag, kid. There are two things I need to tell you,” Yu Qingcang said as the conversation drifted. Suddenly remembering the important matters at hand.
He smacked his forehead.
“What things?” Lu Ran asked.
“First…” Yu Qingcang got straight to the point.
But before he could even say it.
Knock knock knock~
A knock came from outside the door.
Yu Qingcang had to put the matter aside for now.
Lu Ran got up and went to open the door.
Standing at the entrance was actually the academy’s dean, Jiang Zhenbei.
“Dean? What are you doing here?” Lu Ran asked, a bit surprised. “Is it because I haven’t been attending the morning meetings?”
Jiang Zhenbei was startled.
He quickly waved his hands. “No, no, no! Those morning meetings are completely useless for you now. Not attending is no problem at all.”
Are you kidding?
The four major guilds had already spoken. He was just a small academy dean. There was no way he’d dare to have any objections.
“So it’s something else? Why don’t you come inside and talk,” Lu Ran said politely, stepping aside.
“Ah, sure, sure, sure,” Jiang Zhenbei replied as he walked into the courtyard.
He looked around for a moment.
Then said enviously, “This courtyard is really something else. Money alone can’t buy a place like this.”
After that, he walked toward the living room.
Jiang Zhenbei continued, “Well, Classmate Lu, I’ve actually come by to see you the past couple of days, but you weren’t home. Today I thought I’d try again. I wanted to tell you that with the National War just around the corner, there’s a tradition here in Longxia before the war starts, and that is…”
Before he could finish.
Jiang Zhenbei had already rounded the corner and stepped into the living room.
The moment he stepped inside.
Jiang Zhenbei froze on the spot, as if struck by lightning.
On the living room sofa.
Yu Qingcang!
Ye Hongyi!
Liu Xinxin!
Lei Tai!
All four guild leaders were actually here!
Sure, there was also a woman he didn’t recognize, but that didn’t lessen the shock Jiang Zhenbei felt inside!
What was going on here?
The leaders of Longxia’s four major guilds were all at Lu Ran’s house?
This was way more serious than just the four guild leaders backing Lu Ran behind the scenes!
Lu Ran was listening, but then he noticed Jiang Zhenbei had suddenly stopped talking. He turned around in confusion and asked, “Dean, why’d you stop? What tradition?”
