21st Century Necromancer

As a Necromancer, Yu Chen was theoretically not proficient in close combat.

Of course, for a Necromancer who could summon an army with a mere wave of his hand, whether or not he was adept at close combat was actually quite irrelevant.

However, what Yu Chen lacked was the most important thing for a Necromancer: accumulation.

Powerful Undead Servants are a direct reflection of a Necromancer's strength and knowledge, but Yu Chen lacked the time and resources to create and research powerful Undead Servants.

The Combat Golem he had just summoned represented most of the combat force he had been able to produce through the Necromantic Space over the past year. As for the two Reaper Maidens, they had been summoned through the sacrifice of the torn-apart Combat Golem and were not his permanent Undead Servants; they would disappear once their summoning time was up.

If Yu Chen had been given more time, he might have been able to produce one or two more powerful Undead Servants like Bone Dragons, but unfortunately, because he disliked the style of skeletons and Ghosts, his Undead Servants were more in the style of golems, with resources being used to make four-legged robots for the construction of the Necromantic Space, forcing him now to personally face Maeda Toshiie's assault.

However, despite Maeda Toshiie losing his mount and still managing to fight with ease under the onslaught of the two Reaper Maidens, Yu Chen could hardly wait to turn him into his own Death Knight.

Such material, which was just one step away from becoming Legendary, was precious for any Necromancer! But before that, he had to subdue him and eliminate unnecessary interference!

Yu Chen's gaze focused on the damaged chest of Maeda Toshiie, where an inexplicable glow became increasingly conspicuous; it seemed to sense the danger as well.

Inexplicably, Yu Chen felt that it was this ball of light within Maeda Toshiie's chest that caused all the anomalies, and its level of danger was definitely much greater than that of Maeda Toshiie, who was a Half-Step Legendary figure. It's just that the monster was still in the growth phase and not yet mature.

If this monster matured... Yu Chen even felt that he could not eliminate it, even if he allowed Hiromi Jounouchi to summon Xiao Lan without hesitation using the power of a Legendary Dragon.

Therefore, he had to kill this monster right here and not let it escape!

Though Yu Chen's mind was filled with thoughts, it was merely a momentary affair. As soon as he made up his mind, the first thing that hit Maeda Toshiie was a compound curse combined with several kinds of Curses. Even though Maeda Toshiie tried his best to dodge, he was still tainted with the curse.

Slowness! His originally agile movements clearly became a bit more rigid, and his dodging slowed down significantly, forcing him to endure attacks that he could have avoided, resulting in several wounds that should not have been there.

Weakness! His Vermilion Spear, which could easily repel the Reaper Maidens, became significantly weaker and could only push them back rather than repel them.

Decay! The color of his Golden Armor, which was originally just mottled and not rotten, darkened as if it had been subjected to hundreds of years of wind, sun, and rain in just an instant.

Even the Vermilion Spear in Maeda Toshiie's hand, which he used to block the Reaper Maiden's scythe, showed additional signs of decay.

"Hiromi, summon Xiao Lan! Have it reduce its size!" Yu Chen shouted to Hiromi Jounouchi, and at the same time, he swung his Great Scythe again. A spike made of bone burst from the ground, extending rapidly towards Maeda Toshiie in an instant.

Maeda Toshiie did not underestimate the spreading bone spurs in the slightest, touching the tip with his Vermilion Spear with such precision that he was able to support his whole body with it, instantly evading the bone spur attack and leaping to one side, resuming his offensive.

Hiromi Jounouchi, utilizing the power to control lightning brought by her Blue Dragon Bloodline, summoned a lightning storm to envelop Maeda Toshiie and halt his momentum. It was only after this, following Yu Chen's instructions, that she opened the Necromantic Space and summoned Xiao Lan.

Indeed, it wasn't that Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi did not want to summon Xiao Lan earlier, but until they knocked Maeda Toshiie off his horse and used Curses to slow his speed, the Warring States general's onslaught was relentless like a never-ending river, leaving them no opportunity to open the Necromantic Space and summon Xiao Lan.

If it were not for the fact that this Warring States general's strength had declined after death, against his peak state alive, during the fierce battle just now, of the two novices facing life-and-death combat for the first time, at least one of them, Yu Chen or Hiromi Jounouchi, would have been injured.

However, when that blue-gray silhouette flew out of the portal opened by Hiromi Jounouchi, the scales of victory in the battle had already tipped heavily in favor of Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi.

Xiao Lan did not appear in its full giant dragon form as its dozens of meters in length, akin to a plane's enormous body size, wasn't suitable for battle in such conditions. Therefore, by Chen's and Jounouchi's command, it specifically reduced its body to a size appropriate for combat.

Of course, even so, Xiao Lan's size was several meters long, and with its colossal Dragon Wings spread, thunder and violent winds accompanied it naturally. The Blue Dragon dancing in the storm justified its famed name, Child of the Storm.
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The Blue Dragon's dance was not for showoff, but rather for amassing power.

As the Blue Dragon entwined with the storm's force spiraled upward, the moment it reached the apex was also when lightning and storm were at their fullest!

Spreading its wings, it dove down like a bomber, carrying with it an unavoidable grand momentum, leaving Maeda Toshiie targeted with no option but to stand his ground with spear in hand, assuming a posture of desperate defense.

Lightning and thunder furiously bombarded down following the Blue Dragon's breath, completely enveloping Maeda Toshiie in an instant!

Yet the Blue Dragon did not pause but began to spiral upwards again, preparing for another accumulation of power!

Clearly, for the battle-experienced Blue Dragon, it did not place hope in concluding the battle with one dive and breath attack. It didn't even check the result of the first attack before readily preparing for the second!

This time, while the Blue Dragon danced, it continuously chanted the ancient poems praising the storm in Dragonic Language. This was the unique Dragonic Magic of the Giant Dragon Clan, a power only a true giant dragon could grasp and master. Even those of Dragon-descent could only wield a fraction of this power.

Obviously, the Blue Dragon planned to launch a deadly assault in its next attack.

The Blue Dragon did not confirm the results of its assault, but Yu Chen dared not relax at all. When the lightning cloaking Maeda Toshiie dispersed, revealing his body charred by the electricity and his shattered Armor, without hesitation, Yu Chen fired a Fang from between his fingers!

"Ding!"