Chapter 385: Evolution of undead creatures (1/2)

GDK 385 – Evolution of undead creatures

In this monochromatic world, Han Shuo was truly stunned when he first glanced at that vibrant color.

In the middle of the pitch-black spring, that sinister-looking plant’s lush network of withered branches propped up a hazy cloud of blue gas. Within the cloud, a drop of sapphire-shaped resplendent teardrop gave off an even more magnificent radiance.

Han Shuo was sure that the blue gas that had previously spread out from within the valley should have originated from the plant in the middle of the spring. From Han Shuo’s perspective, he could clearly see that the blue gas had originated from the revolving teardrop in the middle of the blue cloud.

The pitch-black spring was brimming with desolation and deathly stillness. Organisms being nurtured from this sort of weird spring would definitely be fierce undead creatures or plants and there certainly would not be any amicable existences.

Han Shuo carefully examined the black spring, realising that there were many seaweed-like black plants floating within the spring. These plants had blended into the spring, the tentacle like streamers spreading in the constant sway of the spring water, appearing like they want to capture something and pull it into the depths of the spring.

Once he had finished observing the layout of the center of the valley, Han Shuo’s line of sight started looking indiscriminately around the spring. Only now did he notice several undead creatures battling in the vicinity of the black spring.

A mummy lord, a floating apparition and a five to six meter tall knight that rode a large flaming horse and brandishing a broadsword. These three high ranked undead creatures surrounded the spring in the middle as they engaged one another in intense combat.

Han Shuo had only swept his eyes over, his attention concentrated on that huge knight that rode the large flaming horse. The huge knight held a gigantic broadsword which was full of rusted spots. The broadsword was over two meters in length and was brimming with a rotting aura. The huge knight’s appearance resembled that of an evil knight. However, there were barbs that grew from around its arms, knees and shoulders. Its build was also much taller than an evil knight’s.

Han Shuo had some impression of this huge knight. A long time ago when the little skeleton was still quite weak, Han Shuo had once received the little skeleton’s distress message. At that time, Han Shuo immediately summoned the little skeleton to the Profound Continent out of worry. However, through the strength of their contract, Han Shuo still faintly saw the formidable undead creature that was chasing the little skeleton. That formidable undead creature was precisely this huge knight.

For this peculiar knight to be able to force the little skeleton to flee the netherworld, its strength was naturally extremely valiant. Han Shuo would never have imagined that he would meet this formidable undead creature in the netherworld. The mummy lord and the floating apparition had joined hands in facing this huge knight. Han Shuo was incomparably familiar with a mummy lord. However, the floating apparition was rather unfamiliar to him.

What made Han Shuo extremely astonished was that this mummy lord carried a greyish white sarcophagus which was large enough to fit his entire body. This mummy lord clearly wielded that sarcophagus as a weapon, proficiently manipulating the sarcophagus to face the enemy. The majority of the strikes from the terrifying knight’s two meter long broadsword were blocked by the sarcophagus.

As for that floating apparition, Han Shuo did not know at all what undead creature it was. However, Han Shuo could sense from its body the aura of the most common undead creature in the netherworld, the wraith. Merely, the aura on the apparition was exponentially stronger than that of a wraith.

The floating apparition constantly hid behind the mummy lord, behaving like a magician in the Profound Continent, utilising profound magic to attack that huge knight. Ripples of grey magic shot out in waves from the apparition’s direction, attacking the huge knight’s body.

Under Han Shuo’s attentive gaze, the knight’s two meter long rusted broadsword suddenly thrusted. The carrion belt in the mummy lord’s hands moved, the sarcophagus floating above his head striking towards that broadsword. At this moment, there was a terrifying boom when the knight’s broadsword struck the sarcophagus and the sarcophagus suddenly flew up into the air.

The knight took the opportunity to urge the flaming horse toward the mummy lord. The flaming horse suddenly breathed out a spout of flames that rolled toward the mummy lord. The mummy lord was obviously a little frantic as the sarcophagus flying above his head couldn’t be moved so quickly.

At this moment, the floating apparition behind him suddenly transmitted a bizarre soul undulation. Countless wraiths suddenly swam out from within the apparition’s body, forming a tidy formation and blocking the flame breath. It simply utilised many wraiths to drown out the flames from the flaming horse.

The apparition had obstructed the flaming horse’s flame breath and the sarcophagus that flew into the sky had also been caught by the mummy lord, just in time to block the evil knight’s next attack. The three undead creatures continued fighting once again, being tangled in a stalemate.

The low ranked undead creatures were still fighting ferociously in Han Shuo’s surroundings. These undead creatures clearly felt the formidable aura from Han Shuo’s body, but all of them ignored Han Shuo’s existence. This allowed Han Shuo to peacefully watch the battle, taking in the whole scene of the battle between the three unusual undead creatures

Han Shuo stared at that floating apparition for a long time before he suddenly understood. To be able to control that many wraiths and also carry the aura of wraiths on its body, the apparition was surely a high ranked undead creature that had evolved from wraiths. That particularly queer huge knight was most likely an evolution from an evil knight.

In the netherworld where ranks were rigid, most higher ranked creatures possessed extremely large fighting strengths. However, this was not absolute. Lower ranked undead creatures had the possibility of undergoing evolution and become high ranked undead creatures as well. For example, the majority of skeleton kings that could be as strong as a bone dragon had fortuitous occurrences and were naturally produced. However, there were also skeleton kings which could have been the lowliest skeleton that underwent countless evolutions.