From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead - Chapter 184

c181 False Philosopher’s Stone

At this time, everyone in the City of Order looked up at the black vortex that appeared in the sky.

“The ruins are about to be opened.”

In the central square of the city, the burly Rex looked up at the strange phenomena in the sky caused by the distortion of the void, and slowly clenched his fists.

“I have only one goal, and that is the final inheritance of the undead system… Philip, follow me after you enter.”

Beside him, the young necromancer clenched his staff and nodded seriously.

…

Waiting for the teleportation with them, there are many adventurers coming from various floors. Each teleportation talisman can allow 5-6 people to enter the ruins, and more than 200 talismans can teleport thousands of people.

The adventurers walked out of the house and gradually gathered in the square in the center of the city.

“We must find the murderer who killed Asa, wearing black armor and using a red spear…”

In the crowd, Rand, a warrior holding a big sword, stood with his team members.

Their team members were killed by Roya on the 26th floor before, and now they guessed that Roya would also enter the ruins, preparing to find him there and take revenge.

…

“Cavan, how do you feel?”

Barbara asked the young mage beside her, “Is this your second time entering the ruins?”

Master Qianzhi sighed and smiled, but said nothing.

He originally planned to send Philip to the City of Order and leave, but unexpectedly, he was persuaded by Barbara to stay and temporarily became a member of her team.

…

“Sir, it’s about to begin…”

Outside the City of Order, the villain mage Dim held a charm in his hand, his face full of excitement.

Beside him were several members of the dark faction wearing black robes. Each of them had a dark and strange aura.

A man in black robes whispered coldly: “Ms. Danterian’s eyeball has been damaged, which will greatly affect our plan.

“If you find the undead wearing black armor in the ruins, kill it and sacrifice it to the abyss…”

…

Half an hour after the black vortex appeared in the sky, the teleportation spell began to vibrate violently, and silver arc-shaped energy appeared on it.

It’s time to start.

Roja held the metal plate in one hand and put the other hand on Hal’s shoulder.

“Buzz——”

A few seconds later, silver arcs of lightning flashed from the two of them, and they disappeared from the same place.

The teleportation lasted less than a second;

With a flash of flowers in front of their eyes, Roya and Hal appeared in a green mountain forest.

As far as the eye can see, there are rolling mountains and lush vegetation. There is a faint shadow of the sun hanging in the sky, and there is no trace of man-made buildings at all.

“Where are the ruins?”

Hal looked around doubtfully. He thought he would appear inside a closed building.

Roja said: “This is the outer area of ​​the contradiction spiral, just like a real small world, where everyone is randomly teleported.”

Of course, he knew the basic internal conditions of the ruins in advance.

Hal scratched his head and asked, “Teacher, where should we go?”

Only then did he see that there seemed to be other adventurers not far away, and there were quite a few of them.

“Keep walking toward the sun, maybe for days, maybe months.”

Roja pointed to the sky, “Sooner or later you will be able to enter a spiral tower building. That is the core area of ​​the contradictory spiral.”

Um?

Hal was keenly aware of what Roja said, “Teacher, won’t you come with me?”

“If you keep following me, the trial will be meaningless.”

Roja said: “The area outside the ruins will give birth to different monsters according to the strength of the adventurer. You can just think of this as a maze floor.”

Then he took out three purple teleportation gems and handed them to Hal.

“You cannot teleport in the core area, but there are no restrictions in the outer area. If you encounter an enemy that is far stronger than you, don’t hesitate to use it to escape.”

“Well, I understand.” Hal took the gem and nodded.

After that, Roja turned around and left here,

After he walked fifty meters, his figure disappeared in a blur.

This place looks like an ordinary mountain forest, but it is actually full of teleportation spells. The effect is comparable to “ghost hitting the wall”. It is a maze composed of space spells.

With himself alone, Hal drew his sword and looked around cautiously…

…

Roja passed through an invisible barrier and arrived at another mountain forest area in the blink of an eye.

He took off his hat and coat, and the next moment his whole body was covered in a layer of pitch-black armor, exuding a strong cold aura.

In this ruins full of dangers, he doesn’t intend to limit himself just to pretend to be an adventurer.

Unless you only use the lightning strike attribute of the spear, as long as you attack with all your strength, you will definitely expose the power of the undead, so it is better to let go of your hands and feet from the beginning.

“Roar–!”

At this time, the ground in front of him squirmed, and the soil and sand rose rapidly, condensing into a five-meter-tall rock and soil giant, making a deep roar.

The giant’s body is thick and khaki in color. It exudes heavy earth elemental magic power and is probably at the level of a fifth-level mage.

This is the guardian monster in the ruins. It is not a labyrinth monster like the Rubik’s Cube in the building, but an elemental puppet formed by some kind of magic.

“Buzz.” The rock giant swung his fist and turned into an afterimage and hammered at Roja.

“Bang!” Roja stretched out one hand and easily caught the millstone-sized rock fist, and the hard arm armor caused cracks in it and shattered into pieces.

Then the magic power surged around him, condensing into a series of blue spiral ice spears, and shooting towards the upper body of the rock giant!

“Bang!” The spear penetrated the giant’s chest and head, leaving translucent holes.

“Crash…” As if his vitals were penetrated, the rock giant stiffened for a moment, and in the next second his whole body disintegrated and collapsed, turning into a pile of earth and rocks on the ground again.

A few seconds later, a bright red crystal the size of a melon seed floated out from the pile of earth and rocks, suspended in the air and shining brightly.

This is one of the rewards in the Paradox Spiral, the “Pseudo Philosopher’s Stone.”

The true Philosopher’s Stone is considered an omnipotent elixir that can “raise dead people and bones” and is the pinnacle of alchemy.

Although it is called the Philosopher’s Stone, not all sages are proficient in alchemy and can create this kind of treasure, which is very precious.

And the effect of this “fake product” is equally astonishing.

It is said that after an adventurer swallows this crystal, it will directly increase his magic power and vitality, which is equivalent to the top magic potion.

Will it be effective if I take it?

Roja held the spar, opened the helmet, and stuffed it into his mouth.

“call–!”

The crystal fell into the soul fire, causing a burst of explosion, and ten centimeters of blue flames spurted out of the eyes.

[Free Points +1]

There was no other text, and a prompt for points increase appeared directly on the panel.

Adding free points to the agility attribute, the base values ​​of the panel are now as follows:

【War Lord lv27】

【Power: 151】

[Physique: 150]

[Agility: 150]

[Experience value: 4145/9540]

While waiting for Hal, he hunted monsters in the maze and accumulated a lot of experience points.

But this time, unlike before, Roja felt that the energy that strengthened him did not come from the void, but from the crystal fragments he had just swallowed.

Just like equipment can be upgraded and strengthened by forging, it can also strengthen itself through things other than the panel:

For example, when he forcibly swallowed several ghosts, there was also feedback from Phillip’s increased magic power.

If you keep devouring this kind of thing, you can increase your strength without upgrading tasks or experience points…

An idea came to Roja’s mind.

Then…he began to summon a large number of monsters.