novelraw Chapter 690 - 459: Lord War, Massive Pioneering Profits!
Chapter 690 - 459: Lord War, Massive Pioneering Profits!
This was similar to his main body, which had been unable to break through to the Black Iron Middle Rank while in the Forest of Nature, its growth stifled by environmental constraints that kept the energy concentration at the Black Iron Lower Rank. The low-energy environment of the Corpse Hills had greatly restricted the growth and evolution of Fang Zhou’s clone.
However, in this new Undead Realm, Fang Zhou could clearly feel that the problem of low energy concentration had been solved. Based on his own experience, he knew he wouldn’t have to worry about this again, at least not until he was ready to advance to the Silver Tier.
This is the new world I’ve been longing for.
Fang Zhou clenched his fists, his heart filled with incredible anticipation as he looked out at this new world waiting for him to explore and conquer.
Through the weak authority over corpses that he had mastered, Fang Zhou naturally established a close connection with the Blood Moon in the sky. This feeling was similar to when his main body received Blue Star’s blessing and awakened the World Rune. Through this imperfect will of the Blood Moon, Fang Zhou gained a deeper understanding of the new Undead Realm’s rules, giving him more confidence in his coming actions.
He sent his Undead Royal Guards ahead to find a hiding spot, then had Tidamia lead the way toward the smallest Undead Territory they had found.
The territory was indeed vast. Fang Zhou saw with his own eyes countless clusters of Skeletons and Zombies of various sizes scattered about. He tried to estimate their numbers, but the low-tier Undead were spread out without any pattern and wandered constantly, making an accurate count impossible. Still, judging by the scene, there were probably no fewer than fifty thousand.
A truly terrifying number!
How could he possibly find and behead the Undead Lord amid such a dense swarm of Undead?
Charging rashly into such a dense mass of Undead to taunt the Lord was undoubtedly an extremely high-risk move. Moreover, with the authority over corpses, his arrival in this new Undead Realm had automatically granted him the Blood Moon Blessing, essentially giving him the status of an Undead Lord. This also meant he couldn’t recruit unclaimed Skeletons and Zombies to expand his forces, because he already possessed his own portable Corpse Tomb. If he were to recruit even the weakest little Skeleton, it would be considered an invasion of another’s territory with his own troops, immediately triggering a lord-versus-lord war.
Unhurried, Fang Zhou rode his Yellow Springs Nightmare, scouting the perimeter of the territory.
Today was a full moon. Although this new Undead Realm was a desolate place, its Blood Moon was different from the one in the Corpse Hills he had come from. Here, the Blood Moon also waxed and waned through its phases. When the Blood Moon was full, the energy it provided would increase exponentially. Even at Fang Zhou’s Bronze Lower Rank, he still felt a pleasant sensation while basking in the moonlight. The feeling of his Soul Fire incessantly absorbing the light and growing stronger had a miraculous calming effect on his restless mind.
And at that moment, Fang Zhou suddenly saw the very scene he had been hoping for. Through the reconnaissance of the Skeleton Bat he had sent high into the sky, he finally spotted his target. The Zombie Lord, which he had been unable to find despite searching everywhere, swaggered out of a cave accompanied by dozens of Undead Royal Guards.
This Undead Lord was a Bronze Middle Rank Plague Zombie. Of course, compared to ordinary Bronze Zombies, its body was larger, its skin was tougher, and even the fangs growing from the corners of its mouth were sharper.
A heaven-sent opportunity!
Fang Zhou almost charged forward immediately to hit the lord with a Deadly Strike, but the distance was too great. He had no choice but to spur his Yellow Springs Nightmare into a rapid advance while remotely commanding his concealed Undead Royal Guards to move in and intercept.
Tailing the Undead Lord from a distance, Fang Zhou became curious and wanted to see where it was going in such a hurry. These Undead Lords, having advanced to the Bronze Tier with the Blood Moon’s approval, all possessed a degree of intelligence. Even if they weren’t as smart as ordinary humans, they were not much less intelligent than Tidamia. Therefore, its direct movements certainly indicated a clear purpose.
Fang Zhou followed, the sound of his mount’s hooves continually crunching on the bone fragments underfoot. Soon, he trailed the target to a mountain. To call it a mountain was an overstatement; it was merely a massive heap of bones forming a hill. However, in the vast, flat plains of the new Undead Realm, such a hill of bones was undoubtedly conspicuous.
Fang Zhou stared intently and saw the Zombie Lord climb to the very top of the hill of bones, where it stood silently. Watching from afar, Fang Zhou felt a sense of realization dawning on him.
Although he had just arrived in this new Undead Realm, the information conveyed to him by the Blood Moon had already given him a deeper understanding of the place. Unlike the illusory and largely useless Blood Moon of the Corpse Hills he’d left behind, the Blood Moon Projection within this fragment of the Undead Realm was far more powerful. Its radiance was even an effective resource for Undead Creatures to repair their damaged Soul Fire.