Chapter 141 -Soul Summoning (3/3)
Once everyone returned to the cave, they were mostly exhausted. Orrin lighted up the extinguished campfire, and Larry bandaged his wounded arm. Soon after, everyone slept soundly in their sleeping bags… except for Lin Li. Ever since he returned, he had been thinking about the crystal. He only fell asleep while in a daze in the dead of the night. He even had a dream that he was surrounded by undead creatures—this dream had actually woken up him in terror…
Anyhow, it was not a pleasant night.
Lin Li was still low in spirits and with heavy eyebags when he woke up in the morning, yawning away. When Larry looked at him, it took him a while to remember that this dejected-looking fella was the monster that blasted more than ten Skeletal Warriors with an Infernal Flare.
The dusk at the Shadowglen was still lifeless; it did not have the vigor that a dusk should have.
“Good morning…” Lin Li again yawned twice before leaving his sleeping bag reluctantly. He greeted his companions while walking towards the entrance of the cave with a sleepy face.
After a night of maintaining the mageweaths’ functionality, his mana had almost been fully consumed; he had to replenish it. This was because he lacked compatible magical crystals. He could only use mana to maintain the mageweaths while replenishing it every now and then. He only wished that he could use magical crystals instead.
Once Li Lin Li left the cave, the radiance from the two mageweaths was extremely dim. It was like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment.
“Death Knights…” Larry’s voice was as if he was sleep-talking. He was already in a state of total fear.
The legendary level-15 undead creatures appeared on the battlefield with an earth-shaking manner. They rode skeletal warhorses, their black capes waving in the wind, and their full-bodied black armor radiating a dim light.
The Death Knights’ numbers were not many—there were only about a hundred riders. However, their appearance was like an arrow shot at the heart of the Skeletal Warriors. The black scent of death started to scatter, and the neighs of the Skeletal Warhorses rang throughout. A black lance spattered white bone within the skeletal warriors.
The two similarly powerful undead armies immediately had an even battle.
On one end, there was an overwhelming advantage in terms of levels. Death Knights, Hell Ghouls, and low-level Vampires. With such a strong composition, fighting Skeletal Warriors that were not higher than level-5 should be a one-sided massacre.
On the other hand, there was an advantage in terms of endless numbers. This advantage was too terrifying. There were hundreds and thousands of skeletal warriors that had been shredded, but it did not bother them. There were more Skeletal Warriors that immediately took up new positions. Furthermore. there was a large number of Skeletal Warriors climbing out from the ground at every second. Tens of thousands of Skeletal Warriors were battling, yet their numbers did not decrease. Instead, it seemed like their numbers increased.
This battle was like Mars crashing into Earth. In that moment, there was a blazing flare searing, countless magic runes arising, and metal screeching. The scent of death was so thick that every individual could not breathe.
Lin Li’s group hid at the edge of the valley, with their bodies hugging tightly the icy cliffs. At this point, their hearts were at their throats. This battle was beyond their imagination. Nobody could have thought that they would witness such a terrifying battle when they were only at day two of their trial.
Yet, at this time….
Lin Li suddenly saw that black fog had appeared from the mutilated corpses when those undead creatures had fallen. This black fog was similar to that from the night before, and floated towards him, seeping into the crystal that was in his pocket.