Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1442: Getting Weird Materials

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Ouch!

It sure hurt a little bit when I touched his flames.

It seems I am certainly not immune to them, and because they’re Abyssal Death Flames, they can burn souls.

Maybe that’s why it hurt me as if I was a normal human getting burned with normal flames.

Though, the power and output is still not that strong, so I should be fine...

"M-Maria! Are you alright? Sorry, let’s just not do this..." Lucifer panicked a little. "These flames are dangerous, and must only be used against foes-"

Ding!

[You have touched a Dream Weapon that is available for Dream Weapon Evolution.]

[The owner of the Dream Weapon has also given your approval of evolving the weapon.]

[Do you wish to evolve [Lucifer]’s Dream Weapon: [Demonic Scythe of Abyssal Death Fire (Elemental Weapon Type)]?]

[Material Requirements]: [Fire Attribute Spirit Stone] x30 [Darkness Attribute Spirit Stone] x10 [Crystalized Phantasmal Essence] x200 [Otherworldly Monster Magic Crystals (Yggdrasil) (Rank A+)] x100 [Fire Attribute Nightmare Beast Bones, Flesh, or Scales] x20 [Any Undead Attribute Material] x200 [Soul Flame Crystalized Essence] x1] 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

[Cost]: [15.000.000 System Points]

[Yes] [No]

"Oh wait, I got it!" I said, as my hand was burning. "Looks like it requires a lot of materials! And it’s called "Demonic Scythe of Abyssal Death Fire"... Isn’t that the same name as the original skill that lets you summon the scythe?"

"Yeah, I think so," Lucifer nodded. "So it seems that’s what became a Dream Weapon, huh? But because it also comes from my Abyssal Death Flames, it feels like it’s all the same."

"Technically it is, once this scythe grows stronger, all of your Abyssal Death Flames will also be upgraded." I nodded. "After all, the Dream Weapon is a "Elemental Weapon Type" and requires no metal to upgrade, meaning it is only elemental in shape and form and- Ouch this burning sensation is sure painful!"

"C-Can’t you pull your hand away?!" Lucifer asked, growing a bit desperate.

"Nahahaha, I’m fineeee!" I giggled, although it hurt. "More than anything, there’s a material that I have no idea if I have... It’s called [Soul Flame Crystalized Essence], just what is this? System, can you help?"

Ding!

[Showcasing information about "Soul Flame Crystallized Essence"...]

[Loading complete.]

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[Soul Flame Crystallized Essence (??? Rank)]

The crystalized essence of a Soul Flame, the flame of a very soul crystalized into a beautiful physical crystal.

This item cannot be easily obtained, as even a strong soul cannot fully create one of them, multiple souls, thousands of them, are needed.

You are capable of creating this Material.

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"Oh, so it’s a material I can create... I guess it’s similar to how I can make Crystalized Phantasmal Essence! Hmmm..."

I quickly whisked my fingers, rapidly summoning a hundred phantoms and ghosts I had kept within my Shadow Realm, only a fraction of my giant army.

They were all the souls belonging to Nightmare Beasts we’ve hunted recently, except for the giant Kaiju.

"I suppose I could do it with Alchemy, right?" I wondered. "Okay, let’s try...!"

I spread my hands and then called for the souls.

"{Soul-Binding Alchemy}: {Soul Synthesis}!"

The power to bind souls into objects was now used to bind souls with each other and synthetize them until the point of crystallization.

FLAAASH!

The souls began gathering together, forming a phantasmal flame that became smaller and smaller...

"Not enough, huh? More!"

I quickly sent a few more souls, we had thankfully slain quite over a hundred Nightmaresaurs, so we had plenty of souls to spare.

Their souls served as amazing ingredients, as they were bigger and stronger than the usual souls I would take from monsters inside of Yggdrasil.

Perhaps the Nightmare Energy makes souls mutate... Or whatever could be the case, its not like it matters that much now.

FLUOSH!

The souls continued crystalizing, until finally, a tiny, peanut-sized golden crystal was born from the burning souls that constantly merged, compressed, and crystalized.

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have synthesized a [Soul Flame Crystallized Essence (??? Rank)] x1!]

[You earned +1.000.000 Alchemy Skill Proficiency.]

[Both of your Skills: [Alchemy: Lv10] and [Soul Binding Alchemy: Lv10] have reached Max Level and cannot Level Up anymore.]

[Using the Skill Fusion Forge, it is possible to combine these two Skills into a new, stronger Skill if you wish for.]

[The accumulated Skill Proficiency will enhance the power of the Fused Skills up to a certain level.]

Oh yeah, they’re both Level 10, huh? I could probably fuse them later I guess. I’m not in a hurry to combine them for now though, so let’s leave that for later.

"It’s done! Ahh!"

I noticed my hand had become charcoal black from all the burning... The pain came back the moment I concentrated on it.

"Ouch!"

"I told you not to touch the flame forever...!"

Lucifer facepalmed, but I quickly cut off my hand with my other hand.

SLASH!

"Ah!"

He panicked slightly, only to see the hand that was cut off turn alive and crawl around his arm, while I regrew a new one.

"W-What the...?!"

"Hahaha!"

I giggled a bit seeing him panic over such dumb things, it was just a walking, burned hand! Who could ever get scared for such a thing?

"Hmph, I didn’t think you would just cut your hand to regrow a new one... And this hand is alive? Is it some Phantom Clone?"

"I actually don’t know; I was planning for it to just disappear into phantasmal energies, but I now remember I’m quite solid after my last evolution... So let’s keep the hand pet for now."

"I-I don’t like that idea..."

"Come on, time for your Dream Weapon to evolve, Luci!"

"You still call me Luci?!"

"Hahaha! Remember when we first met, and you would always complain about that?"

"Hmmph..."

He blushed slightly, crossing his arms while trying to act like he didn’t find it funny.

I touched his scythe once more, this time, with a layer of protective aura, and quickly began to evolve his weapon, while the Crawling Hand rested over his head.

FLAAASH!

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