After the Elite Specter was killed, the remaining Normal Specter naturally could not cause much trouble and was easily killed.
After the two Specters died, there were no corpses. Instead, they turned into black fog and dissipated. Only the silver treasure chest was left.
Bai Xiaowen's finger touched the treasure chest, and a notification indicated that the battle's rating was D.
The treasure space in the Dead Soul Lake was slightly more difficult than the space in the rift valley of Broken Spine Mountain. Most of the monsters, including the Boss, were only at Level 5 or 6. Only a small number of monsters could reach Level 7 by chance.
With Bai Xiaowen's current strength as a Level 5 Hero, the Specters he killed were only Level 6 Elites. It was normal for him to receive a Level D rating.
A Level D rating had a 1/3 chance of not receiving anything. Bai Xiaowen did not have much hope for the spoils of war. He casually opened the treasure chest and chose a silver card. However, a notification from the Spiritual World's Precepts that followed caused his slightly narrowed eyes to open abruptly. He was pleasantly surprised.
"You have obtained a special item: Impure Soul Essence."
Bai Xiaowen hurriedly checked the item. What he saw was a light gray energy body. Although there was a slight difference in color, its form and name were exactly the same as the Impure Soul Essence obtained from killing the vengeful spirit in the Jiajing Dimension!
In addition, the [Blood Essence Stone of Absolon (Slightly Damaged)] also gave off a slightly hot feeling. Obviously, this Soul Essence could also be fed to Absolon's Blood Essence Stone to replenish its integrity!
Absolon's Blood Essence Stone, as a Lord's product, was definitely extraordinary. However, due to Bai Xiaowen's punishment for killing Absolon, the Blood Essence Stone had always been in a damaged state. It was only after killing the vengeful spirit, the White Ghost, and the King of Black Zombie in the Jiajing Dimension that it was repaired.
Bai Xiaowen was looking forward to seeing the power of the Blood Essence Stone in its complete state. He hurriedly checked the details of the newly obtained Impure Soul Essence.
[Impure Soul Essence: This Soul Essence is entrenched with deep resentment. Only the blood of a Tao Wu can cleanse it.]
"Tao Wu?"
Bai Xiaowen repeated the name. In the information provided by the previous awakened seniors of Jinghai University, there was no mention of such a creature.
Bai Xiaowen analyzed the name and said to himself, "Let's split the name into two parts. Yan means to have nightmares and be confused. In the ancient times of Hua Xia, Yan refers to an alligator, which is also a crocodile …" Bai Xiaowen analyzed the name and said to himself, "Yan Yan, these two words are very strange together. Could it be a crocodile that is good at mental attacks?"
In any case, the fact that the unclean essence needed to be cleansed with the blood of Bi 'an meant that these spirits might have been killed by Bi' an when they were alive. Bai Xiaowen already had experience doing this kind of cleansing mission.
"However, in order to repair Absauron's Blood Essence Stone, the more of these essences the better."
Bai Xiaowen looked at the huge lotus leaves in the swamp in front of him and revealed a vulgar smile. Then, he gestured to Kitts with his lips. "Kitts, go greet these dormant spirits … Remember to draw them all the way to my side, from far to near."
The vampire Kitts laughed heartily and walked along the huge lotus leaves step by step. After walking through hundreds of lotus leaves, he arrived at the opposite side of the swamp and began to jump.
"My friends in the trees, my friends in the water, put down what you're doing and have fun with me!"
Kitts imitated a joke on the Internet. He twisted his waist and swayed his hips, and jumped rhythmically two or three times. Then, he turned back to Bai Xiaowen's direction and jumped onto the second lotus leaf. After two more jumps, he jumped onto the third lotus leaf …
What was more exciting than dancing at a grave?
Dancing at a grave.
A large group of spirits quickly gathered behind Kitts. After a short search, they quickly found Kitts, the culprit who had awakened them from their dormancy. They screamed and rushed over.
By the time Kitts reached the middle of his jump, the first group of spirits had already caught up to his butt. Kitts had no choice but to use his ability to transform into a bat, temporarily causing the spirits to lose their target. He then flew to the next lotus leaf and continued to jump. When the spirits caught up again, he used his ability to transform into a bat …
By the time Kitts returned to Bai Xiaowen, there were several hundred spirits behind him, forming a densely packed spirit army that charged over. A third of them were elite spirits.
Bai Xiaowen had long since been ready. When the spirit army charged over, he took a deep breath and fiercely slapped out the flames in his palm.
Roar of the Orochi!
A huge wave of flames surged out and covered the space of more than ten meters in front of him, shrouding all the densely packed Specter troops within it.
Three seconds of continuous burning, plus the fact that the spirits were vulnerable to magic damage by an additional 50% … the damage of this Orochi was astonishing. A large number of densely packed "-65", "-71", "-69", and other damage numbers appeared above the spirits' heads.
Every spirit had to endure three seconds of burning, and there were as many as three damage numbers appearing above their heads.
After three seconds of burning, the several hundred spirits were completely annihilated. Even the elite spirits had less than 20 points of vitality. Of course, they couldn't bear the additional 50% damage of Orochi.
Only a few dozen silver treasure chests were left on the ground. The ground was covered in silver light, and the scene could be described as spectacular.
Bai Xiaowen's face suddenly became pale. He had used up a lot of his stamina. He took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged, ordering Kitts and the skeleton swordsman to pick up the treasure chests.
Bai Xiaowen's Kusanagi sword was in a state of devouring and fusion. Therefore, the sword's Orochi skill, which required 10,000 psionic points to charge, couldn't be used for the time being. Bai Xiaowen's Orochi skill just now was performed by controlling the flame bloodline and consuming his own stamina.
In this environment of lingering Yin energy, Bai Xiaowen's stamina couldn't recover effectively, and he immediately felt a heavy sense of fatigue.
Kitts was different. He had used his bat transformation ability many times, and his stamina was almost at rock bottom. But in this ghost fog area, he only needed to take two deep breaths, and his breath returned to normal. This was the advantage of being an undead in a ghost fog area. Their stamina recovery speed didn't decrease, but increased.
Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had an incomplete undead camouflage, which slightly suppressed the lingering effects of the lingering Yin energy. He took a few breaths, and while he was out of combat mode, he drank a small barrel of ale, and his stamina slowly recovered.
The lingering Yin energy of the ghost fog area suppressed the natural recovery ability of the awakened ones. For example, the recovery of stamina from ale, the recovery of spirit from rice wine, and the recovery of HP from food such as steamed buns weren't affected by the lingering Yin energy.
Bai Xiaowen's stamina recovered by a small half, and he habitually checked his harvest.
Killing several hundred ghosts at once, including nearly a hundred elite ghosts, Bai Xiaowen's harvest of psionic points was quite generous, nearly 70,000! The black soul stone was also eating heartily. Its growth rate soared, and its soul essence soared to 851 points.
"So cool, so cool." Bai Xiaowen sighed. This swamp area where the ghosts were lurking was originally a very dangerous area. If it were other awakened ones, especially physical attack type ones, it would be very difficult for them to kill elite ghosts so easily.
Once caught in a dogfight, the elite ghosts only needed to use the ghost shriek skill to make the awakened ones flee in all directions in the dangerous swamp area, luring out more ghosts. Then, one after another, the ghost shrieks would rise and fall. It could be said to be a narrow escape. In the end, the awakened ones would be forced to leave the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake.
However, Bai Xiaowen had Kitts, the little monster luring expert with strong survivability, to lure a large number of ghosts to him. He also had Orochi's powerful area-of-effect skill, which perfectly dealt magic damage to restrain the ghosts. That was how he got the advantage.
Unfortunately, all the ghosts in the vicinity had been lured over by Kitts. The swamp area had become a safe area, and there was no such good thing.
Bai Xiaowen opened the silver treasure chests one by one. Except for a few empty treasure chests, the other treasure chests gave him an "Impure Soul Essence." Bai Xiaowen now had twenty-three Impure Soul Essences in his possession.
After a short rest, Bai Xiaowen continued to advance in the direction of Ill Wind Mound. Although he had used up a lot of his stamina, with the nourishment of the ale, he could still maintain his movements. Moreover, as long as there wasn't a large group of ghosts, Bai Xiaowen didn't need to use up too much stamina. He could just command the undead creatures in the black soul stone to surround and attack.
As for the undead creatures like Kitts and the Skeletal Fiend Arcane Master, although they also consumed stamina and mental strength, they recovered very quickly. Especially the Skeletal Fiend Arcane Master. After breaking free from the restriction of mental strength, he was simply a cannon. The Lightning Strike Daoist Technique had a demon-destroying effect on the majority of the monsters in the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake.
After killing a few Drowned Zombies, Bai Xiaowen collected some Drowned Bones and Netherworld Grass. He tried to fuse these two materials into the incomplete Undead Camouflage. In the end, he obtained a complete Undead Camouflage (Low).
The complete Undead Camouflage was still in the shape of a straw raincoat. However, it was different from before, with holes on the left and right. It could now completely cover the back of Bai Xiaowen's neck and back. The fog of the Ghostly Fog Area drifted outside the raincoat. The bone-chilling feeling that seemed to be constantly absorbing heat finally dissipated.
Bai Xiaowen gasped for air. He felt as if he had been removed from his shackles.
"This Undead Camouflage is only Low? Then there should be Intermediate, High, or even higher Undead Camouflage, right? I wonder what kind of effect it will have. "
Bai Xiaowen felt that the information provided by the school only covered some basic things, such as the creation of Undead Camouflage, the basic topography of the Dead Soul Lake, and so on. As for some of the more advanced and in-depth information, it was missing.
For example, Bi 'an and the effects of Undead Camouflage above Intermediate were all things that weren't mentioned in the information.
After walking for a few kilometers, Bai Xiaowen finally arrived at the Netherworld Fissure. It had the most potential benefits, but also the most dangerous location — Ill Wind Mound.
According to the information, Ill Wind Mound was actually a mass grave. Countless undead were buried there. Every once in a while, Ghost Soldiers would pass through Ill Wind Mound. All kinds of undead monsters would appear and patrol their territory.
However, Ill Wind Mound had several specialties that were hard to give up, such as Nether Grass, Ill Wind Flower, and so on. They were all advanced pharmaceutical materials. In addition, the undead Ghost Soldiers in Ill Wind Mound would also drop Undead Soul Essences, which were also very popular in the market of Advanced Awakened.
Undead Soul Essences could only be obtained by killing monsters, but Nether Grass and Ill Wind Flower could be picked if one was lucky.
Bai Xiaowen had just arrived at the Ill Wind Mound when he heard the sound of a fierce battle. He took a few quick steps and bypassed a pile of bones. Then, he saw several awakened ones fighting against more than a dozen 'ghost soldiers'.
Ghost Soldiers were the general name of the undead monsters in Ill Wind Mound. There were drowned zombies, ghosts, water ghosts, and a creature that had never been seen before — Zombie Dog.
The Zombie Dog was about the same size as other mutated dogs. However, its appearance was very horrifying. It looked like a dog that had been skinned alive. Its gums were all exposed and its body emitted a rancid smell.
To be safe, Bai Xiaowen used Insight on one of the Zombie Dogs.
[Zombie Dog (Level 5)]
[Race: Undead/Zombie Shifter]
[Attributes: Strength 21, Agility 18, Constitution 17, Spirit 5]
[Skill 1: Rotten Blood: The Zombie Dog's attack has a chance to cause bleeding and has a decaying toxin attached to it, causing continuous poison damage.]
[Skill 2: Bite: Omitted]
The second skill, Bite, was similar to the Wrath Claw's Bite skill. Both skills would cause bleeding.
This was an ordinary Zombie Dog. Both skills were offensive, so the threat level was relatively low.
Bai Xiaowen then looked at another Elite Zombie Dog. Apart from the overall increase in attributes, the Bite skill had also become "Savage Bite", which had an additional effect of crippling the target.
The Elite Zombie Dog's third skill was more interesting. It was called [Swelling Self Explosion]. It would activate upon death and required 1.5 seconds of preparation time. Then, it would cause 150 points of magic damage to all targets (regardless of friend or foe) within a 10-metre radius.
150 points of magic damage did not seem high. However, for those fragile Awakened ones whose Constitution did not exceed 20, it was still very terrifying. One explosion would take away half of their HP (after factoring in the damage reduction). It must be noted that this was a chaotic battle. The attacks of other monsters would also reduce their HP.
As for using the Elite Zombie Dog to blow up other monsters? This method was undoubtedly beneficial in battle. However, the HP of the monsters blown up by the Elite Zombie Dog would not be included in the Awakened ones' kill contribution. It would cause the loot to shrink. Experienced Awakened ones were not willing to do this.
A few of the Awakened ones were clearly more experienced in dealing with the Elite Zombie Dog. After the Elite Zombie Dog's HP fell to critical levels, an agility type Awakened one lured the Elite Zombie Dog away. The Elite Zombie Dog's intelligence wasn't high, so it died far away from the crowd. The explosion did not cause any effect. It was equivalent to dodging a skill.
Bai Xiaowen did not recognize these people. Besides, they were more than enough to deal with the monsters. He did not have any thoughts of making a move. Instead, he strolled around Chill Wind Mound and began to search for Nether Grass and Chill Wind Flowers.
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