Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1847 Vengeful Spirits and Wraiths
The necromancy school rarely uses spells that directly attack. Apart from converting the undead into forming an army to fight, most of their attack methods are related to vengeful spirits and ghosts.

At the same time, if we look at it from another angle, aren't these vengeful spirits and evil ghosts also a kind of army?
The only difference is that you usually keep this unit in your equipment and carry it with you. Thinking about it that way, it feels even better.

Of course, as things stand, their combat strength is still no match for a proper undead army.

The 'Wraith Bone Staff' that Zhou Xu had made previously had an effect that could transform the souls of the dead he collected into 'Wraiths'.

The Soul-Binding Rope goes even further, as it can transform 'vengeful spirits' into even more powerful 'fierce ghosts'.

There are two ways to transform these vengeful spirits and malevolent ghosts. One is to transform them naturally through the effects of equipment.

Basically, once you put them into the Soul Binding Rope, you don't need to worry about them anymore. The equipment itself will use necromantic energy to nurture these souls and transform them.

However, because the Soul-Binding Rope lost most of its power after that battle and it took several years to slowly recover naturally, its conversion efficiency is not high.

Under this premise, another method is undoubtedly to manually inject undead energy to accelerate the conversion.

During this process, the quality of the deceased souls will also affect the conversion efficiency and the power of the converted souls.

Simply put, an ordinary ghost is definitely no match for the ghost of a martial artist at the Hundred Refinements Realm.

However, on the other hand, if there is a martial artist's soul at the Hundred Refinements Realm, wouldn't it be better to transform it into an undead? Unless the other party has no body and can only be refined into a vengeful spirit, that's another matter.

At this very moment, vengeful spirits were drifting aimlessly through the palace before them.

Clearly, the vengeful spirits lacked a clear sense of self; they drifted about, constantly emitting mournful howls.

The sound sent chills down the spines of the guards standing outside the door.

This is not just a simple noise attack that affects the sense of hearing; it also contains elements of psychological attack.

Mages who are not strong enough will probably not be able to complete their spellcasting smoothly under the interference of these wailing attacks from the vengeful spirits. Even extraordinary mages cannot remain completely unaffected.

Based on this, the vengeful spirits themselves are also a collection of the energy of the dead.

While they are immune to attacks from ordinary physical entities, as long as they pass through the body of an enemy soldier or surround the enemy soldier, their death aura will continuously corrode the enemy soldier, resulting in a dual attack effect.

They are essentially undead units, so the 'Wither Aura' will also work on them.

Although their effects are not particularly powerful, considering that they can be accumulated in large quantities and are used as a large-scale support force, they still have considerable tactical value.

In some extreme situations, it can also use 'Soul Impact' or 'Soul Blast' to increase its lethality.

The only problem is that it doesn't quite fit the national conditions of their Great Zhou Dynasty...

After personally confirming the actual effects of the vengeful spirits and gaining a clear understanding of them, Zhou Xu released the only two fierce ghosts in his Soul-Binding Rope.

The auras of vengeful ghosts and vengeful spirits are clearly different.

The previous vengeful spirits simply wandered aimlessly around the space after they came out. Before Zhou Xu gave the order, they all seemed somewhat aimless. But the fierce ghost rushed out of it almost like a sprint!
Surrounded by billowing black energy, the two vengeful ghosts resembled two ravenous wild beasts, ready to devour anyone at any moment, exuding aggression!
However, they obviously couldn't attack Zhou Xu, who was the master. So, through the palace gate, they sensed the presence of the guards outside and the two fierce ghosts pounced on them!

Upon seeing this, Zhou Xu's gaze sharpened.

"Come back." The two simple and calm words were like an ironclad order. The two fierce ghosts, who had almost launched their attack, suddenly froze and obediently returned.

If the vengeful spirits of the past only gave people a feeling of sorrow, then these fierce ghosts are ferocious!

In terms of appearance, they were no longer recognizable as human, with blue faces and fangs. Even when Zhou Xu ordered them to stand as punishment, they kept emitting violent growls and hisses.

Like vengeful spirits, they lack clear consciousness and are more like ferocious beasts going berserk.

In terms of abilities, it is basically an upgraded and enhanced version of a vengeful spirit.

The shrieking attacks generated by the shrieks have become stronger, significantly increasing their impact on mages at the Transcendent Realm, and also enhancing the corrosiveness inherent in their bodies.

In addition to this, vengeful spirits also possess an additional ability: their malevolent aura can make those who are disturbed become irritable and gradually lose their reason.

It can only be said that the upgraded version still has its advantages.

After studying it carefully again, Zhou Xu put the two vengeful ghosts back into the Soul-Binding Rope.

Then he wrote down his research findings and sent them to Balem and Gargamel so that they could improve their cultivation efficiency.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhou Xu studied this subject.

His research into mantras and the results he achieved were also a way to elevate the skills of all the mages within the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Rakshasa District, which was originally the border of the Kingdom of Smith, the local authorities, after receiving instructions from above, began to relocate the city's residents a week in advance.

"Attention, attention! This city is about to be demolished. All construction workers who have been assigned in advance must move out of the city before noon, follow instructions, and assist in setting up temporary camps. All other unrelated personnel must assemble at the train station outside the city and take the train in turn to be transferred to other cities!"

The city is going to be demolished and rebuilt, and this project will inevitably require a lot of people to do manual labor. The small number of people in the construction engineering department will definitely not be enough.

At the same time, the construction engineering department is no longer the same as it used to be.

Previously, the construction engineering department would handle everything themselves, from designing and selecting the site for the building to laying the foundation, moving bricks, and laying cement.

However, as the workload increased, this approach became less feasible.

So they began to focus on mastering various architectural knowledge, directing construction, and operating various engineering machinery.

As for the people responsible for physical labor, we can just hire them on the spot.

You can think of it this way: now, apart from technical personnel with specialized skills, everyone in the construction engineering department is a foreman.

With the full cooperation of the local authorities, the relocation of the personnel was completed quickly and completely.

During this time, accompanied by a long whistle, the latest steam train slowly pulled up.

Instead of going into the train station, they stopped ahead of time on the railway outside the Rakshasa District.

The garrison troops, who had received prior notice, were already waiting here.

As the sealed cargo boxes on the train opened from the side, one after another, steel monsters with camouflage-painted outer armor were exposed to this world!
(End of this chapter)