This was an extremely cunning bone dragon, Zasika. Its body was about fifteen meters long, its pure white bones were thick and sturdy, as though they were cast from the toughest iron and stone. Its entire body overflowed with strands of concentrated death qi.
When it roared loudly, all of Tanai's high-level undead creatures scattered and fled in all directions. Those low-level undead creatures stood there motionlessly, trembling under the pressure of the bone dragon's enormous aura.
The bone dragons of the netherworld were different from the ordinary dragons of the Profound Continent. They were special existences of the dragon race that were born in the netherworld. From the moment they appeared, they possessed extremely powerful strength. Because their entire body was cast from pure white bones, they were immune to the vast majority of physical and magical attacks.
The peculiar environment of the netherworld created such a peculiar creature. At the same time, they were also adroit manipulators of the death qi in the netherworld. They even possessed some of the mystical attack power of the dragon's breath. Compared to the ordinary dragons of the Profound Continent, their strength was much higher.
The gigantic knight and the mummy lord's specter that originally planned to besiege the Little Skull had already started to scatter and flee in all directions when the bone dragon's roar sounded. They no longer cared about besieging the Little Skull. Taking advantage of the fact that bone dragon Zasika wasn't paying attention, he retrieved the Little Skull's serene luster gem and directly flew towards Han Shuo. When he was about to reach Han Shuo's side, Han Shuo abandoned the skeleton body condensed from the death qi. His consciousness floated to the side of the Little Skull.
When Han Shuo's consciousness fell beside the Little Skull, the Little Skull stuffed the serene luster gem into Han Shuo's consciousness in the form of a vengeful spirit without a second thought. Then, he urged the bone devil to similarly flee into the distance.
As soon as the bone dragon flew out from the pitch-black spring, it first emitted the imposing aura of a high ranked undead creature. When the numerous undead creatures all fled, it fixed its gaze on the little skeleton that was quickly getting further away and roared, "You can't escape, treacherous and despicable skeleton!"
The bone dragon let out a long roar in the boundless sky and chased after the Little Skull. The bone devil beneath the Little Skull was also transformed by the Little Skull using the bones of a super rank magical beast from the forbidden land of the Profound Continent. In such a netherworld, the transformed bone devil's flying speed was actually extremely fast. The bone dragon Zasika that was rushing over like lightning was unable to catch up in a short period of time.
At this moment, the serene luster gem that the Little Skull had casually stuffed into Han Shuo's consciousness suddenly blended with the mental strength within Han Shuo's consciousness. In a split second, a mysterious mental strength energy surged into Han Shuo's consciousness, gradually converging and fusing with the mental strength within.
Han Shuo quivered and shuddered. He suddenly reacted. This method of increasing mental strength was exactly the same as the feeling when Han Shuo received mental strength from the Cemetery of Death. In a split second, Han Shuo was almost certain that the mental strength that poured into Han Shuo's mental strength in the Cemetery of Death was also a serene luster gem.
However, this wasn't the time to ponder why the Cemetery of Death would have a serene luster gem. Having experienced it last time, Han Shuo immediately absorbed the mental strength that flowed into his consciousness from the serene luster gem to his heart's content, desperately seizing the opportunity to digest the mystical power of the serene luster gem.
Suddenly, an incomparably enormous mental strength surged into Han Shuo's consciousness at an extremely fast speed. A piercing pain instantly spread, and soon after, Han Shuo felt dizzy and his vision blurred, not knowing what to do.
"Aooo … …"
A loud and clear cry of pain sounded. On the Profound Continent, Han Shuo's main body held the skeletal staff in his hand and howled incessantly. His originally muddle-headed eyes gradually regained clarity.
An enormous mental strength was still flowing in his brain. Han Shuo suddenly felt that his left hand was holding a hard object. When he lowered his head to look, it was actually that mysterious skeletal staff. Han Shuo was startled, but soon after, he became wild with joy. He understood that he had inexplicably returned to the Profound Continent from the netherworld.
Amidst his excitement, Han Shuo didn't think too much about it. He hastily discarded all distracting thoughts and merged the pure mental strength that had flowed into his consciousness with his original one. His heart was filled with an enormous sense of joy.
After an unknown amount of time, Han Shuo gradually sensed that the mental strength he had obtained from the netherworld's serene luster gem had been completely absorbed. Then, an intense call from Little Skull from the netherworld was transmitted over. Han Shuo suddenly recalled his experience when he had just escaped into the other dimension. He recalled that Little Skull was still being chased by that bone dragon Zasika.
Little Skull's call from the other dimension was obviously a distress signal. Without any hesitation, Han Shuo chanted the lowest grade necromancy summoning spell. Little Skull, who was riding the bone dragon, suddenly descended into this underground secret chamber.
Little Skull was safe and sound. However, the bone demon he was riding had more than ten bones broken. It seemed that it was destroyed by that bone dragon. As soon as he descended from the other dimension, Little Skull patted his chest like a human and sent a message to Han Shuo, "That cunning bone dragon is really very scary. However, I will definitely make him pay the price in the future."
Han Shuo looked at the Little Skull in front of him. His heart was filled with endless emotions. This Little Skull, who had the ambition to slaughter the bone dragon, was this the guy who helped him throw the trash in the middle of the night?
"Father, how did you enter my world?" Little Skull's Purple Demon Eye glistened as he stared at Han Shuo and asked.
Han Shuo gradually got used to the way Little Skull addressed him. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either. However, I understand that it has something to do with this skeletal staff. For the time being, I still haven't figured out what's going on. However, I think I will figure out the situation very soon."
Han Shuo explained to Little Skull. Then, he frowned and asked Little Skull, "Do you know what the serene luster crystal that I absorbed is?"
"This kind of serene luster crystal is also a very rare thing in our world. It can temper our soul and make our soul more pure. It is very beneficial for our evolution." Little Skull explained, paused for a moment, and then continued, "Father, in our world, there are also some special things and special life forms. For example, that specter was evolved from a vengeful spirit. That tall knight was a soul from another plane that fell into our world and absorbed the aura of death, using the body of the evil knight to evolve …"
Little Skull seemed to be planning to explain the world he was familiar with to Han Shuo. He patiently explained the situation of the undead world to Han Shuo, as if to clear away Han Shuo's misunderstanding of the undead paradise.
From Little Skull's description, Han Shuo gradually understood that his understanding of the undead world was still a bit one-sided. It turned out that the undead creatures that existed in the undead world were not just those that he knew from necromancy books. Those undead creatures that he knew from necromancy books were originally known by the ancient necromancers, and they were also undead creatures that had found the correct summoning incantations.
In addition, there were some evolved or mutated undead creatures, or strange undead creatures that were naturally born from the aura of death in special situations and special places. These were undead creatures that the necromancers had never known or successfully summoned. These special existences were equally powerful, and some were even more powerful than the bone dragons.
However, as the necromancers of the past had never encountered them, nor did they have the means to summon them, they did not exist in the necromancy books. However, Little Skull, who had lived in the undead paradise for so long, naturally understood some of the peculiarities that the necromancers of the past did not know about.
According to Little Skull's narration, Han Shuo also knew that the undead world was also divided into regions and territories. Some of the most ancient and most powerful existences all occupied vast territories, and fought endlessly with each other. There were also extremely powerful undead creatures that even possessed the terrifying strength to tear apart the bindings of the planes, and use their own strength to cross over to the outside world.
Just as Han Shuo was slowly digesting Little Skull's words, Little Skull suddenly transmitted a message, "Father, I should go back!"
After a long period of time, as Han Shuo still had a mental connection with the earth and fire elite zombies, he could completely send Little Skull to the side of the earth and fire elite zombies. Then, Little Skull and bone dragon Zasika would be separated by tens of thousands of miles, and that bone dragon would naturally be unable to threaten Little Skull again.
Han Shuo gave Little Skull such a reminder, nodded with a smile, and sent Little Skull to the netherworld. After Little Skull left, Han Shuo was still pondering over Little Skull's description of Han Shuo. Some of what Little Skull had said just now was beyond Han Shuo's understanding, causing Han Shuo to be unable to adapt for a moment.
From Little Skull's description, Han Shuo had a new understanding of the netherworld. He also clearly knew that the world was not quite the same as what he had originally imagined. It seemed that not every creature in the netherworld could be summoned by necromancers. There were many powerful undead existences that transcended the bindings of the planes, and definitely could not be trapped by the power of a necromancer's contract.
Shaking his head, Han Shuo no longer thought about matters related to the other world. Han Shuo chanted an incantation, and with a mental strength, rows of bone spears took shape in front of Han Shuo, quietly hovering in the air without moving. Han Shuo only counted the number of bone spears, and was pleasantly surprised to discover that the number of bone spears had increased by a third compared to usual. This meant that Han Shuo's mental strength had indeed received a substantial increase.
Although his mental strength was also at the grand magus realm, the higher one's mental strength was, the more powerful the magic released would be. Han Shuo was now able to release the Bone Spear Technique. To be able to produce so many bone spears, it was enough to show that Han Shuo's mental strength had indeed received a substantial increase in the other world.
"The serene luster crystal is truly a good item. Only, why would a serene luster crystal appear under the Cemetery of Death? And why is the skeletal staff able to allow souls to escape into the other world? Could it be that the Cemetery of Death and the netherworld's creatures have some sort of connection? "Han Shuo furrowed his brows, and began to ponder inwardly.
Han Shuo couldn't understand this question for a while, but he knew that the Cemetery of Death definitely contained many secrets. He was prepared to properly explore the Cemetery of Death after a period of time, and see if there was anything he hadn't discovered yet.
After his consciousness had escaped into the netherworld, Han Shuo had lost the concept of time. Now that he had returned to the Profound Continent, Han Shuo didn't know how much time had passed. He hastily returned from the secret room to the Count's mansion, and called steward Kallas over.
When steward Kallas came over, he hastily said, "My Lord Count, where have you been these past few days? That Miss Phoebe has come over three times to see you. Also, His Majesty the King wants you to enter the palace to see him. In addition, there's also some bad news about you that's been circulating outside. I'm worried to death."
"What bad news?" Han Shuo first grasped the main point, and asked Kallas about the news that was unfavorable to him.
"This, this …" Steward Kallas hemmed and hawed. After Han Shuo glared at him, he replied somewhat fearfully, "There's a rumor that you're a member of the Calamity Church. Ordinary people don't know much about this Calamity Church, but some nobles and people with status all know that the Calamity Church is an evil church."
When these words were spoken, Han Shuo was horrified. In the eyes of some great nobles, the Calamity Church was synonymous with evil demons. On the continent, there shouldn't be many people who knew of the Calamity Church's existence that had a good impression of them.
Han Shuo had never dared to have too much contact with people from the Calamity Church because he was afraid of leaving people with this kind of impression. He didn't expect that this kind of situation would occur even after he kept his distance from them.
Without thinking too much, Han Shuo also knew who had spread the rumor. Apart from the Church of Light and some of Lawrence's political enemies, Han Shuo didn't have many enemies in the Lancelot Empire. These days, Han Shuo was at the peak of his power in the Empire, and it was precisely this rumor that could destroy Han Shuo.
This matter was a bit thorny. Han Shuo hesitated for a moment, and then said to steward Kallas, "I understand. You can leave first. Invite Prince Lawrence and Miss Phoebe for me. Tell them that I want to have a talk with them tonight."
After instructing Kallas, Han Shuo immediately left the mansion. After hesitating for a moment, he went straight to the Dark Mantle headquarters to find Candide.
When Candide saw Han Shuo, he opened his mouth and said, "Why have you only appeared now! Come, follow me to the imperial palace first. I already know about your matter. I've already communicated with His Majesty earlier. This matter can be big or small, we must treat it with caution. "
On the way to the imperial palace, Candide pointed out that this rumor was spread by the Church of Light, First Prince Charles, and the Duke together. As one of the three heavyweights of the Dark Mantle, it was naturally very easy for Candide to investigate this matter.
Han Shuo and Candide discussed for a moment, then directly entered the imperial palace through the Dark Mantle's transportation matrix, heading straight for His Majesty Uhtred's palace.
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