The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse-Chapter 514 - 425, Ghost (Seeking monthly pass...)

Chapter 514: Chapter 425, Ghost (Seeking monthly pass…)

“Skeletons can awaken superpowers? The king’s skeletons have superpowers now.”

“Second-level mutated zombies can be killed in seconds now; the king has become even more powerful.”

“Yeah, way too powerful.”

Intense discussions could be heard within different compartments of the carriages.

If skeletons could use superpowers,

then the human consensus that superpowers depend on one’s genes would be overturned.

After all, skeletons don’t have cells or genes to speak of.

Marrow, maybe.

In the driver’s cabin, Qi Hancai and the drivers were also watching the scene in horror.

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Unlike the others who were watching through surveillance,

they saw the battle outside through glass and iron bars.

The skeleton that followed the king every day, not particularly large in stature, was unexpectedly formidable.

A second-level mutated zombie was dispatched with a single stroke.

Qi Hancai remembered that previously killing a second-level mutated zombie required some preparation.

But now, it was easier than killing a chicken.

“Sister Qi, that skeleton is too fierce.”

“What kind of power is that, to just suddenly move over there.”

The two drivers whispered to each other.

Still looking outside, Qi Hancai said in a low voice, “This matter is not to be spread. What you’ve seen, bury it in your heart. I’ll say the same to the others.”

“Oh, understood,” the two responded.

Qi Hancai withdrew her gaze.

She then glanced at the skeleton guards arranged for her.

Wondering if her own had any special abilities.

Looking at the bones and height, it probably wasn’t too different.

She then looked down at her figure through the collar of her down jacket.

She figured she wasn’t worse off than Li Yahong.

…

The battle at the main battlefield continued.

Large numbers of zombies fell to the ground, gradually forming a mountain of corpses.

“Advance,” Wu Heng ordered directly.

Amidst the sound of bone and armor friction,

the defending skeletons straightened their bodies.

Wielding long spears, they began to slowly move forwards.

Like a spiky iron wall, they pushed the zombies backward.

The zombies kept falling like wheat being harvested.

Under the glaring lights, a red glow lingered amidst the bloodshed.

The skeleton army, trampling over bodies strewn on the ground, continued their advance until they stopped just outside the station.

By then, the horde of zombies had been eliminated.

Wu Heng instructed the skeletons to pick out the bodies of the second-level mutated zombies and evolved zombies.

[Bone Manipulation Skill] was released, and several skeletons rose from the corpses.

They continued to rifle through the minced flesh, unearthing a second-level Corpse Core, and three first-level Corpse Cores.

After gathering them,

he continued to release [Bone Transplantation] to the skeleton army; the damaged skeletons walked over to the nearby corpses on the ground.

They took off the corresponding body parts and affixed them to themselves.

Once the original skeletons were restored,

he proceeded to release [Corpse Battlefield], as skeleton after skeleton rose from the ground.

“Clear the tracks,” Wu Heng commanded.

Rattle rattle~!

A piercing sound of bones scraping filled the air.

The waiting skeletons sprang to action, clearing away the shredded flesh, clothing, luggage, backpacks, and other debris blocking the path.

Once the bulkier items had been removed, the train started up again,

rolling over the scattered remains and slowly entering the station.

…

Outside the station,

“Pass me a flashlight,” Wu Heng instructed over the walkie-talkie.

Qi Hancai stepped off the train, and a bright flashlight was handed over to him. She said, “There are still ghosts inside.”

“Mm, I remember. You go back first. After dealing with the ghosts, I’ll notify you,” Wu Heng took the flashlight, toggling it on and off to test it.

After changing the Space Ring several times, he realized his own flashlight was in the drawer of his bedroom on Gold and Silver Island.

So, he did not carry it on his person.

“Okay, I’ll have the train ready. If it’s too tough to handle, just run out and we’ll leave this place first,” Qi Hancai stated directly.

“Alright!”

Qi Hancai returned to the train, and Wu Heng followed her

“It should be inside. You return first, I’ll notify you to come down after it’s settled,” said Wu Heng directly.

Qi Hancai hesitated, then spoke, “I’ll have the train ready, just in case it’s not that smooth. If so, come back quickly and we’ll leave directly by train.”

“Alright!” Wu Heng agreed, and Qi Hancai made her way back to the train.

He walked into the waiting hall, flashlight in hand.

Xiao Xiao also flew over, her tone anxious, “Aunt Glenda caught a ghost, over there, hurry.”

So there really was a ghost.

“Where?”

“On the second floor, there are stairs over there,” Xiao Xiao pointed to one side.

Wu Heng quickly went upstairs with the flashlight illuminating his way,

and soon saw Glenda in one of the shops, together with another half-transparent, wild-haired, ferocious-faced ghost.

Snarling with fangs bared, ceaselessly shrieking.

But its body seemed to be wrapped in an invisible force, unable to leave its spot regardless of how it threw itself against the barrier.

This was one of Glenda’s abilities, called Soul Binding.

It could impose a restraint effect on a soul target, limiting its mobility.

In Lundham City, it was with this skill that Glenda trapped Xiao Xiao, who was scouting out the situation, in the basement.

It was only when Wu Heng arrived that she was released.

After assessing the situation on the scene,

he cast [Dancing Light Skill] casually, illuminating the space under the ceiling light where they were.

Then he quickly walked over, and Glenda flew towards him, “An inferior ghost unable to communicate. It has only retained the instinct to attack the living.”

“Mm, where did you find it?” Wu Heng asked.

“Right here, I’ve got her under control,” Glenda looked again at the frenzied ghost, “What do you want to do with it?”

“Just absorb it,” said Wu Heng.

Glenda nodded, “Okay.”

Xiao Xiao, hiding behind Wu Heng’s shoulder, curiously asked, “What kind of absorption?”

“The advancement of a ghost, one aspect of which is the absorption of one another,” explained Wu Heng.

This point was recorded in both the Book of Necromancy and the Mage’s Manuscript.

The devouring and absorption between ghosts can lead to gaining the other’s energy or inheriting abilities.

“But I don’t know how,” said Xiao Xiao.

“Let your Aunt Glenda teach you, just follow and learn,” he said.

“Oh, okay!”

Wu Heng glanced at the ghost and asked, “Xiao Xiao, check its level.”

Xiao Xiao stared and said, “It’s close to level 5.”

“Then just absorb it. Glenda, take care of Xiao Xiao,” Wu Heng instructed.

“Okay!” Glenda nodded in agreement.

Releasing the binding force, the ghost broke free instantly.

It disregarded Glenda and lunged straight for Wu Heng.

Glenda blocked its path, flying head-on into it.

The two ghosts collided, mixing together like merging whirlpools, entangling each other.

Then a voice echoed, “Xiao Xiao, come over here quickly.”

Xiao Xiao glanced at Wu Heng, “Uncle, remember to save me if it gets dangerous.”

Having said that, she too charged forward.

Next, three balls of energy tangled together, it was evident that two of them were constantly eroding the third.

About ten minutes or so passed,

and the ghost separated from the vortex.

[The ghost has advanced to level 7, constitution +2, perception +1, charm +1.]

[The ghost has advanced to level 11, constitution +1, intelligence +1.]

As expected, it leveled up.