Chapter 682: Undead Monster
When Lin Li first got the blueprint of the Sky Castle in the Scar of Death, the Conquering Mageweath that was composed of the streets and the 36 towers on the blueprint attracted Lin Li’s attention. It was also precisely the Conquering Mageweath that allowed him to quickly speculate that the treasure map mentioned by the Malfa Family was the blueprint of the Sky Castle.
However, at that time, although Lin Li confirmed that he was holding onto the blueprint of the Sky Castle and could recognize the complicated Conquering Mageweath that everyone was confused about, he only had limited knowledge about the Sky Castle. At that time, he was just an Archmage who was on the edge of the Legendary-level. He was neither strong nor knowledgeable enough to judge the mystery of the towers from the blueprint.
However, Lin Li was now really in the Sky Castle, and he knew far beyond reading the blueprint. Besides, when he was on the sixth floor of the Central Tower, he also received countless signals in his mind that were being forced into his head. Hence, he finally gained some new insights into the 36 towers that had become one with the Conquering Mageweath.
Lin Li clearly felt that apart from being towers for mages and nodes for the Conquering Mageweath, each of the 36 towers had the characteristics of a Psychic Tower. Psychic Towers, in essence, were towers for Necromancers; the various mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays were leaning towards Necromagic, and were meant for helping Necromancers advance and improve their power.
However, it was difficult to see actual Psychic Towers because Necromancers were notorious in Anril. Once a Necromancer began to build a Psychic Tower, it’d almost certainly result in attracting a large number of powerful attacks. Well, at least the Brilliance Shrine would never allow any Necromancer to successfully build a Psychic Tower.
However, if it were just the Psychic Towers alone, Lin Li would at most be just a little surprised. What really shocked Lin Li was the arrangement of the 36 towers. If the factor of the Conquering Mageweath was excluded, they would form a huge Psychic Array.
Lin Li couldn’t distinguish whether he initially already had some memory about the Psychic Array or it was just information that was given to him in waves by the magical crystal. He only knew that after seeing the arrangement of the 36 towers, the information about the Psychic Array would naturally pop up in his head.
The mention of the Psychic Array would probably remind most people of the Mageweath Array, but Lin Li who did not know much about Necromagic clearly knew at this time that Psychic Arrays were not part of Alchemy and inscriptions. Instead, it was a cla.s.sic Necromagic Array that was the ultimate dream for every Necromancer.
Unfortunately, most of the current Necromancers in Anril were not as powerful as Sendros, and it definitely wouldn’t be easy for them to survive even if they could be as strong as the Darkness Shrine and rival the Brilliance Shrine. As for the Psychic Tower, owning one would be a far-fetched idea, let alone a Psychic Array composed of various Psychic Towers.
Everyone knew that level did not determine strength for Necromancers. It also depended on the strength of the Undead creatures that he had summoned. One of the biggest functions of the Psychic Array was to strengthen Undead creatures.
The Psychic Array could transform various elemental forces drawn from the s.p.a.ce into the Power of Death that was required by the Undead creatures, creating a s.p.a.ce similar to the Undead world. In this s.p.a.ce, the almost infinite Power of Death made the speed of Undead creatures’ advancement increase exponentially.
Besides, one of the most direct ways for Undead creatures to increase their strength was to absorb the soul fire of other Undead creatures. In addition to turning the elements in the region into the Power of Death, the Psychic Array could also collect the soul fire of the Undead creatures and store it for absorption by other Undead creatures. It was said that Legendary Undead creatures could be bred through Psychic Arrays; the effects were not inferior to the efficiency of the debris of the stars, Gloomy Dark.
Of course, while the summoned Undead creatures were powerful, that might not always be a good thing for the Necromancers. It was just like when mages used magic: the more powerful and advanced the magic, the longer the casting time. As for the Necromancer, the stronger the summoned Undead creature was, the longer it’d take to summon it. The longer the summoning time, the easier it would be to interrupt for the enemy, and the more dangerous it would be for the Necromancer himself. There might even be situations where the summoned Undead creatures escaped control.
Therefore, the duration of the summoning time was extremely important to Necromancers. This was a Psychic Array that brought about another extremely important benefit for the Necromancer: the Undead creatures strengthened by the Psychic Array would continue to strengthen their connection with the Necromancers. Not only would the summoning time be continuously shortened, it would also reduce the chances of the Undead creatures rebelling. With the help of the Psychic Array, it would not be impossible for the Necromancer to instantly summon Undead creatures.
Among the people Lin Li knew, the most powerful Necromancer was the High Priest Sendros. Even with Lin Li’s current judgment, the power that Sendros once exhibited could still only be described as unfathomable. Lin Li didn’t know if Sendros had a Psychic Tower or a Psychic Array. After all, he hadn’t seen Sendros summon any Undead creatures even till now.
However, Lin Li was sure that if a Necromancer had a Psychic Array, he would be able to experience a surge in power even if his Psychic Array was the most rudimentary and basic. Although he might not reach Sendros’ level, he would definitely become a ruthless figure no one wanted to trifle with in Anril.
The Psychic Array in the Sky Castle was not a basic one, and it was absolutely powerful enough to be extraordinary. The 36 towers were the maximum limit of the Psychic Array, and each tower was outrageously extravagant.
Although the towers could not be compared to the Immortal King’s Central Tower, the materials used for construction and the elaborate top-level mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays were the brainchild of the High Elves. Any of them alone would definitely be a holy grail of a mage in Anril since it was a tower for mages.
The Psychic Arrays formed by the 36 towers were unimaginably powerful. The effect on Undead creatures was probably not inferior to that of the Magic Tides on mages.
The Undead creatures here had been growing under the Psychic Array for 1300 years, or perhaps even longer. The mere thought of how powerful they were was enough to drive others crazy. Couldn’t the crazy High Elves do something normal!?!
Lin Li had thought that he would finally be able to conclude the expedition after exploring the Central Tower. However, Lin Li had never thought that there would be changes after he left, resulting in such a dangerous situation.
Through the extension of mental strength, Lin Li could clearly see that the 36 towers had been completely shrouded in thick black mist within just moments. The ma.s.sive Death aura that was exuded through the violent transmission of mental strength from the black mist made Lin Li’s face turn pale.
Noticing the changes on Lin Li’s face, Cheyenne and Elder Randy could not longer bear it. While staying alert, they each used their own means to detect changes around them. However, the Sky Castle had already returned to its normal, silent state. Although the sky was still radiating, the environment around it was extremely dim, thus hampering them from detecting everything properly.
Cheyenne activated Warlock’s Eyes and scanned his surroundings to see that everything around him was dim. Hence, they had no choice but to put out all of their mental strength and detect something in their surroundings. Although they were both level-21 Legendary-mages, Cheyenne was inferior to Lin Li in terms of mental strength. Hence, exploring the Sky Castle was almost too much for him.
However, Cheyenne did not leave empty-handed, either. At least after the mental strength was dispersed, he realized that the corporeal Vengeful Spirits that had caused him a great deal of agony actually vanished into thin air. That alone was enough to show that there was indeed something wrong with the Sky Castle at this moment. Although Cheyenne was unclear what it was, he believed that it was a sign of a dramatic change.
Princess Elune suddenly opened her eyes in fright, and exclaimed, “It’s the towers, the towers scattered around the Sky Castle. I seem to be able to see some terrible things!”
Although Princess Elune did not have the magical crystal that controlled the Sky Castle like Lin Li, she managed to see the abnormal state of the towers through her Legendary weapon, Song of Heart.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Elder Randy did not doubt Princess Elune’s words, even though her strength had just reached the Legendary level and she was the weakest amongst them. Her Legendary technique was created for archers by Wind Whisperer Hull. That was also the reason that the Archers could find enemies that were beyond their field of vision to shoot their enemies to death with their arrows. It also allowed Wind Whisperer Hull to kill the King of Ledin Kingdom with just one arrow despite being extremely far away.
Of course, Princess Elune couldn’t be that clever, but the power of the Song of Heart was enough to allow her to see some things beyond the field of her vision. However, Princess Elune was obviously still limited by her strength, and could not see everything too clearly.
Lin Li held onto the magical crystal that controlled the Sky Castle. Although he could not really control the Sky Castle, he could still see everything that was going on and changing in the Sky Castle. When Princess Elune was still telling Elder Randy about the changes of the towers, Lin Li had already seen that a dark shadow was condensing rapidly in the sky, seemingly gestating a daunting Undead creature.
The 36 towers were shrouded in thick black mist that looked just like a black python that was converging towards the rolling black shadow in the sky. If it were a bright environment, the grand scene would definitely attract everyone’s attention. However, even Lin Li could only see the changes using the magical crystal.
Lin Li knew deep down that the strong Undead creature that was gestating in the sky might have existed in this Sky Castle since a long time ago. He reckoned that the Undead creature might have somehow fallen into deep sleep and failed to detect their presence when they’d arrived.
Lin Li looked at the magical crystal in his hand and reckoned that the Undead creature must have awakened because he had broken through the Orderly Maze and taken away the magical crystal of the Sky Castle. However, Lin Li could not think of any explanation of the origin of this Undead creature. If it had been left behind by the Immortal King, it should have been awakened when they all had arrived. There was no reason for it to wait until Lin Li obtained the magical crystal to stop him and the rest from leaving.
Since it was unlikely to be the Immortal King, it could only be the others. However, the Sky Castle was just like another haven for the High Elves, apart from the Tree of Eternity. The ordinary High Elves were not qualified to be there, let alone create a powerful Undead creature and change the 36 towers into Psychic Towers to form a strong Psychic Array.
It was said that the queen of High Elves had once set foot in this Sky Castle at the end of the Dark Age, and inherited a powerful weapon of the Immortal King. At that time, the Sky Castles of the High Elves were destroyed one after another, and they stopped dominating the lands.
The queen of High Elves put her last hope on the last battle with Geresco, hoping to use the Immortal King’s weapon to save the High Elves who were on the verge of extinction. However, it was clear that she had failed. Not only had Geresco emerged victorious, he even ruined the Tree of Eternity, leaving the High Elves with no means to make a comeback.
With the strength of the queen of High Elves, she could completely do it, but her pride did not allow her to get herself a.s.sociated with the Undead creatures.
Apart from the queen of High Elves, Lin Li felt that the most suspicious culprit was the great Lord Osric. The note in the laboratory of the Immortal King showed that Osric had clearly gone up to the Sky Castle and taken away almost all of the valuable things.