Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 335 Giant Summoning
“Although it only takes a short time to go from beginner to intermediate, you should be able to feel the leap.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses and looked at Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen nodded: "That's right, the necromantic aura feels more than ten times stronger..."

“But this is only the beginning,” Mu Xiang said. “According to the explanation of the main god, the aura of the dead is completely different from ordinary extraordinary energy, such as vampire energy… It is of the same origin as the death aura you can see, but to truly improve, it still relies on the death aura of dead things, not the death aura of living things.”

Everyone was confused, but Zhu Wen roughly understood what Mu Xiang meant. The death energy of the living and the dead does indeed originate from the same source, but there are some differences... However, according to the assessment of the main god, she has an affinity with both.

Zhu Wen hesitated for a moment: "But I can sense that using the Judge's Eye can mobilize the aura of the dead..."

This is what puzzled Zhu Wen. She still remembered Mu Xiang's initial explanation of the Eye of Impermanence.

Only those with an affinity for death can use it... Strengthening one's necromancer bloodline will turn one into an affinity for death; and Zhu Wen was originally one, perhaps as a result of the mutation in her eyes.

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "So there is a slight difference... What can be transformed into necromancy is the latter, not the former. The former mainly indicates the creature's connection with death, but only the death aura originating from the dead can serve as the foundation of your energy. So it's quite simple to improve. You need to simulate a cemetery or a mass grave in the basement of your room, the more dead things the better."

"Damn, isn't this the same principle as sunbathing?" Zheng Zha couldn't help but say.

Mu Xiang nodded: "That's right, the aura of the dead is quite special. To increase it, you not only need to summon frequently, but also have a suitable environment. The places with the most death aura are cemeteries and mass graves, but of course, it's fine to simulate an even more deathly place. In short, you need to be in such an environment to increase your own aura of the dead."

Although she was mentally prepared, Zhu Wenzhen still felt a little tremble when she heard the plan.

I should have asked her more questions before the reinforcement... No, asking wouldn't have changed her choice anyway. This fear can probably only be erased through habit.

“There’s another issue, which is the recovery of the necromantic aura…” Mu Xiang looked at Zhu Wen, “You can feel the necromantic aura between your eyebrows, right?”

Zhu Wen nodded somewhat uneasily.

Mu Xiang snapped his fingers: "Aside from strengthening your bloodline, there are only two ways to increase your necromantic aura... one is to cultivate in a place with dense death energy, and the other is to reclaim the necromantic aura you have already used. The good news is that your necromantic aura has a high recycling rate, and you can basically get it back after you use it; the bad news is that your necromantic aura cannot recover on its own."

Zhan Lan touched her forehead: "So, there's a limit to the number of undead creatures she can summon...?"

“That’s right,” Mu Xiang said.

Zheng Zha frowned and said, "No wonder you kept emphasizing to her that she should train more..." "Nonsense, you need to train more for any skill. The more you train, the better you will be than someone who doesn't train or trains less." Mu Xiang said bluntly, "It's just that the necromancer's indicators are particularly intuitive. You can understand it by looking at what they summoned and how many they summoned... The necromancer's summoning effect is a case of you get what you pay for."

Zhu Wen thought for a moment and then said, "I'm fine with it. I will try my best to stick to any training plan."

“Very good… You are different from the others, even more special than me. The main god cannot restore your necromantic aura. During cultivation, its greatest use for you is to repair your body that has been eroded by death energy.” Mu Xiang nodded to her. “Then let me tell you what you need to exchange for.”

"Besides the undead seal that you will exchange for later, you must exchange for these items yourself." Mu Xiang gestured for Zhu Wen to contact the main god. As he spoke, several exchange items from different categories appeared in Zhu Wen's consciousness: "Undead Summoning Space, and various summoning materials."

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "Although I require you to cultivate in an environment like a graveyard, I absolutely do not recommend using ordinary corpses directly... Intermediate necromancers have already awakened the Giant Summoning ability. Even if they consume the same amount of necromancy, one giant is stronger than several skeleton soldiers, unless you want to send a large number of skeleton soldiers to mow down grass..."

Zhu Wen nodded: "I understand. Giant summoning uses rocks and metals as raw materials, but it consumes a lot of necromantic energy... So you mean you want me to train among these materials?"

“That’s right. If we don’t consider the extraordinary materials, the Granite Giant is the strongest… its counterpart is the Iron Giant.” Mu Xiang shrugged. “But you shouldn’t be able to summon the Granite Giant right now, let alone other metal giants. So your task is to familiarize yourself with your abilities within ten days and increase your necromantic aura until it’s enough to summon the Granite Giant.”

Zhu Wen frowned slightly: "But even if my strength grows to that level, my necromantic aura won't be enough to summon other undead creatures."

“This is what I said before.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “In the next round, our opponents are the Samsara Squad, not ordinary monsters… In fact, the strongest granite giant we expected is just a consumable. You just need to store it in the Necromancer Summoning Space and use it without any scruples until it is broken and returns the necromantic aura to you.”

Zhu Wen's expression changed slightly. She remembered what Mu Xiang had told her... Indeed, she hoped to use the necromancer's abilities to their fullest potential, but Mu Xiang didn't care about her summoned creatures.

Even having her train in summoning was only to hope that her increased necromancy would allow her to play a greater role in sealing away the undead.

Mu Xiang glanced at Zhu Wen: "Don't take any chances... Summoning the strongest giant will take a huge toll on you, and it's impossible to summon it on the spot. That's why I recommended that you exchange for a necromancy summoning space to store the strongest necromancy creature in advance... When you complete a summoning, you can call me to check the results."

"Furthermore, the summoning of giants cannot be easily dispelled. To return the necromantic aura, it can only be destroyed... So I will help you break the experimental subject."

Zhu Wen nodded silently, then used up her remaining C-level side quests. The basic necromancer summoning space doesn't require any side quests, only 500 reward points, but it can only store one skeleton, and there's a power limit; to store a granite giant, she had to exchange for an intermediate necromancer summoning space, which required a C-level side quest and 2000 reward points.

(End of this chapter)