Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1819 The Undying Lord (Part Two)

Starting with this "Undead Conversion," the subsequent projects of the "Undead Lord" officially evolved from ordinary skeleton units into undead units.

And that's exactly what Zhou Xu wanted!
As Zhou Xu continued to unlock the branch projects that followed, he soon made new discoveries.

System prompt: Confirm unlocking the feature 'Necromantic Energy Conversion (Mage)'?
No need to ask! Confirm immediately!
Upon successfully unlocking this project, Zhou Xu directly obtained something resembling a cultivation technique.

The content teaches undead mages how to convert energy of other attributes into necromantic energy, and then absorb it.

Simply put, it can be understood as the cultivation method of undead mages!

At this moment, Zhou Xu's face revealed an undisguised joy.

My gaze shifted to another project that was almost parallel to this one.

Sure enough, there was a martial arts version of this 'Necromantic Energy Conversion Technique', which made Zhou Xu feel even better.

With these two cultivation methods, the long-standing problem of food supplies for the undead army of their Great Zhou could be solved directly, making the undead army more mobile and preventing them from having to wait in specific undead habitats.

After unlocking and acquiring these two cultivation methods at lightning speed, Zhou Xu also unlocked and upgraded various enhancement projects that followed, adhering to the principle of 'being rich and willful'.

During this time, once all the enhancement items here were unlocked and the prerequisites were met, a new upgrade path appeared in a separate section.

Withering Aura (Passive) (Level 1): The death aura emanating from each undead unit further erodes the surrounding life force, slightly expanding the area of ​​influence and slightly increasing the intensity of the erosion.

As mentioned before, if a living person stays in the habitat of the undead for a long time, their body will become weaker and weaker. This 'Wither Aura' is undoubtedly an enhanced version of that effect.

In other words, when using undead units in a war of attrition, having this 'Wither Aura' can further deplete the enemy's strength.

[The attrition tactics surrounding the undead race are actually a decent way to improve.]

However, when Li Ce and his group fought against the Undead, they used ranged attacks for 90% or even more of the time, so the effect of the 'Withering Aura' was not really seen in the previous battles.

This also reflects a problem.

[With the increasing attack range of human forces on the technology side, this 'Wither Aura' is meaningless unless you're engaged in close combat.]

[Unless I specialize in training undead units and employing attrition tactics, then within those tactics, I can continuously wear down the opponent and launch a surprise attack, thus allowing the 'Wither Aura' to take effect.]

[But our Great Zhou is currently developing well in terms of technology, and the dwarves are even creating advanced technologies. Specializing in undead troops would be too uneconomical for me.]

Clearly, he acquired this ability at a rather unsuitable time.

If I could obtain the 'Undying Lord' class and unlock this ability in the era of cold weapons, that would be amazing.

As for now, the undead army exists at most as a supplementary means for him.

After upgrading the project to level three and successfully unlocking the next project, Zhou Xu stopped. Now he only cares about what projects are coming up.

For projects like this that are becoming less and less useful at this stage, setting up a preliminary level is sufficient.

He does indeed have abundant magical power now, but he has no intention of wasting it.

With this in mind, the next project was quickly unlocked. Soul Binding (Active) (Mantra) (Level 1): After casting, it can bind the souls of the dead within the effect range, slightly increasing the spell's coverage area and slightly decreasing the spell cost.

[A spell to bind the soul of the dead?]

As this spell item is unlocked, another icon on the other side becomes unlockable.

Zhou Xu felt that the two projects were likely related, so he turned around and unlocked them.

As it turns out, that's indeed the case!
Wraith Bone Staff (Equipment): A staff for use by necromancers, made of special materials. The staff itself can store the souls of the dead and transform them into 'wraiths' for later use.

With the unlocking of this equipment project, a stack of design blueprints immediately appeared in Zhou Xu's hands.

Based on the current situation, the effect of this 'Wraith Bone Staff' basically matches Zhou Xu's prediction. This equipment and spell are indeed meant to be used together.

While pondering this in his mind, Zhou Xu's hands didn't stop moving. In the blink of an eye, he had already upgraded 'Soul Restraint' to level three, and subsequent projects followed.

He was surprisingly familiar with the spell that was unlocked this time.

Soul Impact (Active) (Mantra) (Level 1): Releases vengeful spirits to impact the target. At best, it disturbs the target's mind; at worst, it severely damages the opponent's spirit. The specific power depends on the number and quality of the souls mobilized. The spell cost is slightly reduced.

Clearly, the spells 'Soul Binding' and 'Soul Impact', along with the equipment 'Wraith Bone Staff', are meant to be used in combination!
Wait a minute, if I upgrade again, what if the next one is...?

That's really true!

Soul Blast (Active) (Mantra) (Level 1): Directly detonates the released vengeful spirits and ghosts to attack. The specific power depends on the number and quality of the souls mobilized. The spell cost is slightly reduced.

But on second thought, it doesn't seem to make any mistakes.

The fact that the Undying King could have these two spells on the Soul-Binding Rope that he specially crafted means that one must have possessed these two spells first.

It's even possible that the Soul-Binding Rope is one of the equipment items for this class, just like the 'Wraith Bone Staff' that was unlocked before.

As subsequent projects were unlocked, Zhou Xu's guess was quickly confirmed.

That's why he likes this high-level rank, a proper one-stop service!

As the unlocked items were upgraded, Zhou Xu could clearly feel that the consumption of mana was getting higher and higher.

Gradually, even he, a Nascent Soul stage mage, felt that he was about to lose control.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. How many years did it take him to unlock the 'Dragon Lord' class to this level?

Now, he caught up with the progress of the 'Undying Lord' class in less than an hour.

Different strengths lead to different efficiency in handling affairs.

[Let's leave this job class as it is for now. I'll look into it more when I have some free time.]

(End of this chapter)