The dark moon rises high into the sky, casting a bright and flawless silver light.
The valley seemed to be covered with a silver carpet.
The carpet spreads deeper.
And when it reaches a certain shadow, it suddenly disappears.
Matthew flew over and stopped steadily about two or three meters above the shadow.
In the shadow.
A large amount of violent negative energy is rolling violently, and lightning and thunder can still be vaguely seen.
The soil near the shadow shows signs of slight corrosion.
From time to time, you can see some acid splashing out from it, corroding a large piece of the mountain or rock.
Except for bone pigeons.
The undead all hid far away.
Their spirituality is limited. They only know that the great immortal king is sleeping, and they dare not get close at all!
Matthew did not approach the shadow easily.
He felt the power of the domain from it, which was Xiaofei's self-protection during his transformation.
Even Matthew, if he gets close easily, may cause the realm itself to rebound.
Balanced sensing starts.
His gaze became deeper, with deeper perceptions.
Matthew finally saw Xiao Fei’s current situation clearly——
The huge ghost bone dragon is now lying on the ground sickly, the soul fire in its pupils is beating lightly, as if it may be extinguished at any time.
Black smoke was emitting from his belly, and through the black smoke, Matthew could see a large amount of flames, which seemed to be molten iron made from molten metal, as well as some hot juice.
Part of the juice splashed out from the gaps between his bones, creating the bumpy ground outside the shadow.
Matthew can sense it.
Philoleus seemed to have a huge furnace in his belly.
It was as if he had suddenly transformed from a ghost bone dragon into a small movable volcano!
Mumble, grunt, grunt!
Philoleus's abdomen made strange sounds.
Immediately afterwards.
A large amount of smelly gas came out from between the bones.
Matthew quickly retreated to the windward position.
But even so.
He also smelled a strong smell of sulfur.
There was a moment.
Matthew's head was even a little dizzy!
"It's so poisonous..."
"Gu Ge said he had a bad stomach, but his assessment was accurate."
Matthew thought to himself.
He called the little thing over:
"How did your master become like this?"
Bone Pigeon showed no stage fright and immediately shouted:
"A few days ago, a young and energetic black knight came nearby, which made the master very unhappy. He wanted to use the excuse of patrolling the territory to cause trouble for the black knight, but I don't know if the news was leaked. The master brought
When the team was traveling, they didn't bump into the black knight at all."
"However, there was an unexpected surprise during this inspection. We discovered a huge sulfur mine in a hidden cave not far from here. For the undead, sulfur is also a good nutritional supplement. The owner immediately
I ate half a seat like crazy."
"This was no problem at first, but when he was eating, he discovered that there was an associated chromium gold mine deeper in the sulfur mine!"
"I advised him not to worry, and to take it home and smelt it before eating it. But the owner seemed to be a little impatient, and he ate all the chromium gold ore in one go."
"He seemed to be okay after eating for a while, and he walked back to the valley by himself."
"But just when he was sleeping soundly, I suddenly discovered that all the black feathers on his body had fallen out, and the row of feathers that grew out turned out to be silver, as if they were made of silver..."
While listening to the bone pigeon's narration, Matthew compared the traces left on the data column.
I roughly figured out the reason for Xiao Fei’s promotion.
"He was already on the verge of promotion. High-purity sulfur ore is a super tonic for the immortal king. He entered the promotion state after swallowing it in one breath. The chrome gold ore was just an accident. What was added was his evolution.
Variables in direction..."
Matthew observed.
Xiao Fei probably voluntarily gave up his flying ability and certain mobility, and chose to enhance his defense capabilities through chrome-plated bone armor.
If he could really convert all of his exoskeleton and feathers into chromium.
Then he will become an indestructible mobile fortress!
"Does this mean you know that I thought he was fragile before?"
"Are you planning to develop into a super tank?"
Matthew was filled with joy.
He really doesn't need the front row so much now, but who doesn't love a majestic summon like the Alloy Bone Dragon?
besides.
Xiao Bo's breath will also increase the damage of fire and poison given by the sulfur ore after being promoted successfully.
The range of the breath will also be expanded to three times the original size.
This will greatly improve Xiaobo's attack efficiency and range!
"I gave Xiao Fei the three key elements of his legendary way."
"The degree of practice of these two elements, loyalty and diligence, has far exceeded the minimum standards, and has long met the standards for promotion."
"Currently only the keyword miracle is gray."
"As long as we can ensure that a miracle happens, even if it is a smaller one, then Xiaobo's promotion to legend this time will definitely be guaranteed!"
Matthew's mind was spinning very fast:
"How do you think you can create a small miracle on your master?"
He asked Bone Pigeon casually.
Although these little things are not very reliable, they still have a lot of crooked ideas.
But this time.
Bone Pigeon did not answer him directly, but pointed in the direction of the valley.
Matthew looked up.
A lonely figure is looking at me in the distance with a humble attitude.
It's Symphran, the Banshee King.
Matthew glanced at the Bone Pigeon, who lowered his head feeling guilty.
"Let her come over."
Matthew said calmly.
The Banshee King flew over lightly:
"The resurrection of the Infernal Dragon from the dead is a miracle in itself."
"Mr. Philolius is now at a critical point in his promotion. As long as he can successfully be promoted to legend, he will be even more powerful than before!"
"According to my experience, things related to his previous life may have a stimulating effect. This stimulation can release the potential in his soul and reappear some parts of the Infernal Dragon in this body, and then
Meet the standards of miracles and complete the final promotion."
Sinfulan showed enough sincerity as soon as she came up and told everything she knew in one breath.
Matthew pondered:
"Then what kind of things related to his previous life do you think can have the greatest stimulating effect?"
Sinfulan said without hesitation:
"Blood of the Dragon!"
"Feloleus was the Demonic Dragon King of Purgatory during his lifetime. The dragon's blood itself contains memory and power. I think just one or two drops of the Demonic Dragon's blood is enough to ensure the success of promotion."
Matthew thought for a while:
"What about the blood of Baator?"
Xin Fulan was stunned for a moment:
"Of course it's more effective!"
"But the blood of Bator is the supreme bloodline of Purgatory, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have access to it."
Matthew didn't explain much, just asked another question:
"Then is my blood useful?"
Synphora came to him before.
I just suspect that Matthew and the Sun God are inextricably linked.
During this time, Matthew felt that his connection with the God of Death was closer.
But no matter what.
He also realized that he seemed to be extraordinary.
"Might be useful."
Sinfulan answered very cautiously:
"But you have not made a god now. Even if you give the blood of a god, it will lose its original effect due to the lack of spirituality in the blood."
Matthew nodded.
He was just asking.
Although Xiao Fei's current situation looks scary, in fact, the process of transformation and promotion is very stable.
Even without outside help.
He may just need more time to complete the promotion.
Matthew has always felt at ease with him.
Immediately he turned his attention to the Banshee King Sinfulan:
"You asked the Bone Pigeon to come to me, right?"
Without waiting for Sinfulan to answer.
Matthew looked directly at the bone pigeon:
"What benefits did you receive from her?"
Bone Pigeon lowered his head and said quietly:
"It's no good."
Matthew sneered:
"Would you do something that is not beneficial?"
Bone Pigeon coughed:
"Does it count if she calls me cutie?"
Matthew slapped him:
"If you don't tell the truth, I will make bone meal out of you!"
The bone pigeon was immediately frightened and howled:
"I just collected some soul crystals to send a message to this woman."
"And the master is indeed in trouble, so it is reasonable for you to come over and take care of him!"
Having said that.
His tone was unusually guilty.
Matthew continues the torture:
"How many soul crystals?"
The bone pigeon over there is still dawdling.
The Banshee King smiled happily and said:
"Not much, three kilograms."
Gan!
So rich?
Matthew was extremely surprised, but his face remained calm.
He looked at the bone pigeon seriously:
"Everyone who sees it has a share, take it out and share it."
Bone Pigeon lowered his head and walked towards the valley next to him, while asking in fear:
"You don't want half of it directly, do you?"
After saying that, he started digging a hole in the ground.
Matthew sneered:
"Half and half!"
Bone Pigeon breathed a sigh of relief.
He accelerated the digging of the pit, and when he saw the soul crystal at the bottom of the pit, Matthew said decisively:
"Half and half are for yourself!"
"Bring up the rest!"
The bone pigeon suddenly felt like mourning his heir.
But he still reluctantly handed over all the soul crystals to Matthew.
As promised, Matthew allocated 1/4 to the bone pigeon and kept another 1/4 in his pocket.
The remaining half of the soul crystal.
Then he threw them all into Xiao Fei's belly!
Watching this scene, Bone Pigeon was heartbroken:
"Confused! Master's master!"
"With Master's strong physical condition, there is no need to feed soul crystals at all. Little cuties like me are the ones who need feeding the most!"
Matthew didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Of course he knew that the soul crystal's bonus to Xiao Fei was no longer great.
But Xiao Fei is now on the verge of being promoted to a legend, and Matthew must of course give him as much of a push as possible.
These soul crystals are just appetizers.
He hasn't had time to prepare for the more important things!
Finish all this.
Matthew then turned his attention back to the Banshee King:
"You asked Bone Pigeon to come to me. Is something going to happen?"
"The ladder to the heaven has appeared?"
Symphran, the Banshee King, had mentioned before when she presented Matthew with the sickle of the God of Agriculture——
Once the number of kings in the land of six rings reaches six.
It will be possible to lower the ladder leading to the Five Rings.
At that time, the immortal kings would be forced to climb the ladder to heaven, and then encounter very terrible things.
"yes."
Sinfulan replied calmly:
"Recently, a very active black knight has appeared in the Sixth Ring Land. He is holding a bare spear and is wearing armor like an iron barrel. The mount on his crotch is also a strange horse hidden under the steel armor."
"The black knight challenged more than a dozen small bosses one after another, and the results were remarkable."
"I fought with him for two rounds and found that his strength is quite amazing and he definitely has the potential to be promoted to king. The demigod lich also tried to intercept him, but in the end the black knight escaped."
"Once he becomes a promoted king, the ladder to heaven will come immediately, and he won't be able to leave even if he wants to."
Matthew looked at her thoughtfully:
"So you've made your decision?"
Sinfulan nodded:
"As long as your Excellency is willing to nod and agree, I will immediately give up my position as king and leave here with you."
Bone Pigeon interjected:
"Why should I call you Your Excellency? Just call me Master!"
The Banshee Queen seemed a little shy.
However, she hesitated for a moment and then shouted out with difficulty:
"Owner……"
Matthew waved his hand:
"Don't shout so urgently yet, I still have a few things to ask you."
"Where is that dark general you mentioned before?"
"Did he leave with you too?"
Sinfulan shook her head:
"He changed his mind."
"Actually, the reason is very simple. After I leave, the position of king will be vacant. Even if the black knight is promoted successfully, there will only be five kings in the land of six rings, so nothing will happen immediately."
"My departure is equivalent to making room for the existence of other kings. Of course he has a reason to change his mind."
"But this is normal. Compared to others, I am less courageous. And who knows if other kings will be born besides the Black Knight?"
Matthew nodded.
Then he chatted with Sinfulan about the current layout of the Sixth Ring Land.
The world of the undead is a completely independent existence from other planes.
There are unique operating rules here.
With a senior native like Xin Fulan leading the way, Matthew's understanding of the Sixth Ring Land immediately improved by several levels.
In addition, I had already accepted someone else’s jade sickle.
Matthew finally took the Banshee King, who was also the immortal king, under his command.
Synphora's level is level 20.
After signing the contract, she told Matthew that due to congenital deficiencies, she would never be promoted to legend in this life.
This was also the fundamental reason why she was in a hurry to leave the Sixth Ring Land.
To her, she reached the position of king by chance, which was the pinnacle of immortality.
Staying here will only lead to disaster.
Matthew didn't think much of Synphora's potential.
What he was interested in was Synphora's processing and management abilities.
After accepting Synphora this time.
Matthew directly had more than 300 banshees under his command.
These banshees will follow Synphora out of the negative energy plane.
The new home that Matthew arranged for them was the cemetery located on the sampan plane.
First, Matthew doesn’t trust Synphora enough;
Secondly, the base camp cemetery was indeed overcrowded;
Placing Synphora in the new cemetery will not only facilitate the assessment, but also give the former immortal king more room to display.
"It depends on how well she can manage the Sampan Cemetery!"
"I have more and more cemeteries under my command. I need to optimize the management structure later!"
Matthew thought so.
Currently, the number of cemeteries under his control has reached four.
In addition to the base camp of Rolling Stone Town.
There is also the Icefield Cemetery located in the ancient land, the Undersea Cemetery located in the Arun Inland Sea, and the newly established Sampan Cemetery.
Along with the dramatic expansion of the number of cemeteries and the undead.
Matthew indeed needs more talents with rich management experience like Sinfulan.
…
Get settled with Synphora and the banshees.
Matthew immediately returned to Rolling Stone Base Camp Cemetery.
He chatted with Ali for a while and learned about other recent events in the cemetery.
In general.
Ali did a pretty good job as a housekeeper.
The whole cemetery is very orderly.
Even the prisoners who were busy making hot glue looked very motivated.
According to Ali’s report.
Matthew learned that the number of cremators on the third floor had now reached a full 186.
Considering the super fighting power of the Undertaker.
This is already a very scary number.
Nearly two hundred undead who can throw fireballs formed a column.
When faced head-on, it can exert firepower comparable to 4 to 5 fifth-level mages in a short period of time.
Unfortunately.
Just last week on Wednesday.
The fire in the Well of the Undertaker has gone out, which means that the well can no longer continue to produce elite undead like the Undertaker.
But after Matthew's inspection.
He discovered that the ceremonial grounds at the Well of the Undertaker had not completely disappeared.
It seems that the disappearance of the flame in the well caused the overall silence of the ceremony place.
While Matthew was observing.
It was discovered that there were jumping flames and some special substances similar to carbon deposits at the bottom of the well.
It seems that just enough fuel is needed to continue igniting.
After testing.
Ordinary fuel and fire cannot relight the Well of the Pyromancer.
Matthew was not discouraged.
"When Oluolin wakes up, let him operate it. Maybe he can activate the well a second time..."
He asked Ali to pay attention to the carbon deposits at the bottom of the well.
And continue to isolate the entrances and exits between the third floor and other floors.
After all, the nature of the cremator is too special. The living environment that makes them feel like a fish in water is a trap for other undead who may die suddenly at any time.
Except for the cremator and the negative energy power furnace.
The biggest change in the Cemetery Headquarters comes from the Skeleton Prince Liric and the Skeleton Axeman led by him.
According to Ali statistics.
These days, the number of skeleton swordsmen and axemen trained by Li Rick has exceeded 2,000!
This is a very impressive number——
To know.
The combat effectiveness of a skeleton swordsman is almost three times that of an ordinary skeleton!
Matthew noticed too.
The skeleton sword and axe's soul fire is more solid, and he walks like a tiger with a strong wind. In terms of energy and spirit, he is completely different from ordinary skeletons.
Matthew could feel that there was an element of revenge in their soul fire.
This seems to have been added artificially by Rick Li through some kind of ritual.
Matthew had no intention of interfering.
In fact.
This is what regular necromancers do——
Hatred is the cheapest motivational emotion for the undead.
This element can best stimulate the energy in the undead soul fire.
This is also the fundamental reason why the halo of hatred is included in the fifth-level must-learn spells of the Necromancer.
no matter what.
The Skeleton Prince Liric is indeed impeccable in training his soldiers.
Every skeleton swordsman and axe-hand was personally trained by him.
This means a lot of effort and time must be spent.
Ali told Matthew.
Since settling on the fifth floor.
Li Rick was training soldiers day and night.
He divided the soldiers into four groups, and each group trained for six hours. After one group was trained, the other group took over, while he himself did not rest at all!
for this kind of employee.
What could Matthew do but stand in awe?
Compared with Rick Li.
Even Xiao Fei has to accept the defeat!
However, the contribution of the Skeleton Prince does not stop there——
Matthew then obtained a very complex set of underground cave charts from Ali.
This set of charts includes all underground passages, caves, rivers and special terrain in the Gold Prospector Basin where the cemetery is located.
This set of maps was drawn by Rick Li when he led his army to cooperate with Eugene, the son of the forest, to defeat the devil.
Rick Li really didn't lie.
He indeed possesses superb military talents and drawing talent.
Matthew had seen a similar map in Rhaegar's office.
It is also part of the Gold Digger Basin underground system.
But compared with the one drawn by Rick Li, the one drawn by Rhaegar is too rough!
Except for the caves and terrain of Gold Digger Basin.
He also recorded every entrance to the Underdark in detail!
With this map.
It can be said that Matthew can travel underground unimpeded!
"And an extension?"
"Huh? According to the trend of this map, this tunnel in the Gold Digger Basin turns from here to a secret passage in the northern cave. The end of the secret passage is actually the Jade Cangting Courtyard?!"
"There is an underground cave here that extends to the north of Rapids City?"
"Is there such a tunnel?"
Matthew also opened his eyes.
Looking at those tunnels, his brain started working rapidly.
"These tunnels should be safer, right?"
Matthew asked casually.
Ali nodded:
"At least everything is calm in the underground caves of Gold Digger Basin."
"The underground races from the Underdark are very peaceful. Of course, the restless ones have died under Lord Orolin's fireball."
"Master, what do you want to do with these tunnels?"
Matthew replied:
"Open up business routes."
"Look here, if this tunnel can lead a little further to the north, we can transport the goods directly underground to the Windward Valley of Jade Cangting. There is an entrance to the outer plane there, and it is now my territory.
.”
Matthew's eyes flickered.
In Irondor, there are no means of transporting large amounts of supplies over long distances, but most of them are very costly.
Currently, the one with the lowest cost and higher efficiency is the Magic Hot Air Balloon of the Seven Saints Alliance.
However, the safety factor of hot air balloons is low. Once they are dropped or encounter extreme weather, they will not survive.
Originally, underground spaces were actually not safe.
However, Oluolin was so brave that he just swept out a bright blue sky from the underground!
When Matthew is transporting summons or corpses, he can occasionally use a long-distance teleportation array.
But if everything uses teleportation array.
The cost is too high!
The simplest example.
The skeleton sword and ax wielders currently trained by Li Rick are seriously lacking in equipment!
The current forging system in Rolling Stone Town cannot even supply the armaments for Rhaegar's newly expanded Lord's Guard.
Not to mention equipping Matthew's undead.
Matthew happened to have acquired tens of thousands of pieces of equipment in the sampan plane, many of which were complete sets of standard weapons and armor.
If we could transport these things back to the cemetery and arrange them for the undead.
The combat power of the skeleton sword and axe-hand can also be improved.
But how to transport this batch of equipment is also a very real problem.
It is too expensive to use the teleportation array directly;
Stuffing them all into the demiplane and bringing them back would be a severe squeeze on Matthew's mental and mana;
The best way is to let the undead go over, put on the equipment yourself and then walk back!
But having so many skeletons strutting around on the ground can easily cause trouble.
It would be much better if it was authentic.
Especially as long as he can get through it at once, Matthew can order some elite undead to lead the team, and then form an undead caravan that travels between Windward Valley and Rolling Stone Town through the tunnel!
There's not much the skeletons can carry.
But their physical strength is almost unlimited!
Is there any caravan that can be cheaper than the skeleton transport team?
Matthew described his thoughts to Ali.
Ali expressed his approval repeatedly.
Then he added:
"This matter can also be left to Li Rick. He trains soldiers who have to trek long distances from time to time. At most, they can add some weight."
"But there are still some details that need to be dealt with in implementation."
"The most critical point is that many tunnels are not easy to walk. You can even crawl through some places. You also know the physical condition of skeletons - our cemetery has sufficient negative energy spring water, and the physical condition of skeletons is generally higher than that of wild ones.
Some, but even so, it is difficult for them to pass through some difficult terrain."
"It's okay to waste a little time. If it delays your business, that's not good."
As soon as Matthew heard this, he knew that Ali must have a countermeasure.
as expected.
Ali continued:
"I suggest that you send someone to Duratin to buy two burrowing worms. These burrowing worms can open up tunnels and make them easier to pass through."
"By the way, Duratin is a gray dwarf city located in the Dark Territory. Its location is approximately directly below the Jade Cangting. Well, it is right here on the map——
When Li Rick and Scarlet Flame Nightmare went underground to explore the path, they had some contact with the gray dwarves there.
The gray dwarves of Duradin seem to admire your reputation and are very polite to Liric.
So I figured it wouldn't be a problem to buy two worms."
Matthew weighed it up.
Ali's proposal was finally adopted.
But he didn't let the Skeleton Prince Lyric go to Duradin, the gray dwarf city.
Instead, this responsibility was assigned to "The Male Demon Justin"——
The latter, as a rare male succubus extracted by Matthew from the zombies in the troll underground palace, has been serving as the treasurer of the cemetery recently.
Matthew looked at it.
Justin has been doing well lately.
He handed over the procurement task to the other party, and then ordered Death Knight 47 to be Justin's deputy.
The two hurriedly headed to Duradin, the gray dwarf city.
Matthew then took care of the chores that had accumulated over time.
Wait until these trivial things are taken care of.
It's already getting dark.
Matthew hesitated for a moment and returned to Rolling Stone Town.
He entered the lord's mansion and found Sif.
"Can you give me a drop of your blood?"
Matthew was just about to explain the purpose of his request for blood.
But the next second.
Sif took out a small knife from somewhere and wiped it on her neck.
Suddenly.
Drops of bright red blood emerged from under her fair skin.
"Is it enough?"
Sif licked her lips and looked at Matthew with bright eyes: