Chapter 454 - Chapter 454: Chapter 430 Church Inquisition (1/2)

Chapter 454: Chapter 430 Church Inquisition

The Path of Shadow’s 6th Rank, “Mad Lich,” appears in the Spirit Realm as a humanoid life form that emits black mist all over its body, resembling a skeleton.

The five powerful spells it brings are “Mad Curse,” “Calling of the Dead,” “Cloud of Death,” “Soul Extraction,” and “Huge Collapse”!

Darren profoundly felt the new power he had acquired and was certain he was much stronger than before.

“Five distinctly powerful spells, huh…”

Now, with a single wave of his hand, he could unleash the “Mad Curse” on numerous targets within his line of sight. Those with insufficient willpower would fall into madness under the curse, possibly losing the ability to distinguish friend from foe or even forgetting who they were!

“This is a spell that tests ‘willpower’ regardless of the opponent’s strength. Even those more powerful than me could be affected if their willpower is lacking.”

“In other words, even ordinary people with strong wills might be exempt from its effects!”

The second necromancer spell was called “Calling of the Dead.” Currently, Darren could spend a dozen seconds chanting a spell, directly screaming at corpses in his line of sight, and then awaken them as his servants to command at will.

“Calling of the Dead” is a very powerful spell, but it also has significant limitations.

This is because the revived dead lack intelligence, their strength would be much less than in life, and the more powerful the revived dead summoned by an Extraordinary Exponent, the more Spiritual Power it consumed.

The third spell was “Cloud of Death,” which consumed a great deal of Spiritual Power. Even Darren could barely cast it twice at his current level.

However, it created a massive cloud of dark mist that did not discriminate between friend and foe, including Darren himself, who could not be immune to its threats.

The moving dark cloud would absorb all life force it touched. With each bit of life force it absorbed, it would shrink slightly and its movement speed would increase, until it completely exhausted itself.

The greatest advantage of “Cloud of Death” was its vast effective range, covering an area of several hundred meters. Its drawback was that it moved slowly initially, making it easy for fast-moving enemies to avoid.

Even Monarch Level Extraordinary Exponents could easily dodge it. Darren felt it would be best used in conjunction with some control effects for a magical effect.

The fourth spell, “Soul Extraction,” was a very eerie Ritual Spell.

It required a ritual setup for over ten minutes, then the placement of a newly dead body in it. Doing so, Darren could completely extract the soul of the deceased, restoring his own life force, spiritual power, and Spiritual Power.

If the body placed was from a Monarch Level powerful Extraordinary Exponent, he could almost completely restore his losses all at once. The biggest drawback of “Soul Extraction” was the long setup time for the ritual, which could not be done immediately in combat.

The final spell he obtained was called “Huge Collapse!”

It was the ultimate Lethal Spell of the “Mad Lich” sequence tier. The spellcaster needed to chant briefly and then point at the target location, immediately consuming all his Spiritual Power to fire a pitch-black energy beam. Any life hit by this energy beam would die instantly!

The terrifying aspect of “Huge Collapse” was its extremely powerful Lethality; it was so destructive that if unleashed at full capacity, the damage could be excessive!

Moreover, the pitch-black beam was incredibly fast, making it difficult for most people to dodge.

However, the “Huge Collapse,” this Deadly Spell, also had two serious drawbacks. The first was obvious: the spellcaster would exhaust all his Spiritual Power. Although not to the point of being utterly defenseless, his combat power would significantly decrease.

The second flaw was that “Huge Collapse” worked only on life force, and any barrier, shield, or even a mirror could block or even reflect it!

“The effects of the five necromancer spells each have their strengths and weaknesses, hmm…”

Darren fell into deep contemplation, fully aware that facing different types of enemies and various combat situations, he needed to choose different necromancer spells.

“How intriguing! Combat that tests the intellect…”

And he knew very clearly one thing: those five spells were not the “Mad Lich’s” key power.

The most crucial key of the 6th Rank was an Extraordinary power called “Soul Box!”

“Soul Box” was the most special Extraordinary power Darren obtained after advancing to the 6th Rank.