Chapter 19: Chapter 19: The Arrival of the Thorny Skin Demon
Fang Jie watched from within the cabin, and for the next two days, he did not stir, simply waiting here.
Although this mission was rather troublesome, it was dangerous for others, but Fang Jie himself found it relatively easy. Since that was the case, he decided to attempt the most difficult challenge, as it undoubtedly would yield the greatest reward.
Finally, three days passed. On this day, the demonic power above the Lord Mansion had reached its limit.
"Didn't those civilians go out to seek help, or is it that reinforcements will not be able to arrive in a short time?"
Fang Jie had originally been worried that reinforcements from other places would come and interfere with his mission. Now it seemed there was no issue, perhaps, people from other places didn't want to come either.
When the demonic power reached its peak, a formidable force suddenly coalesced and surged downwards.
Under this power, the dilapidated house of the Lord Mansion finally collapsed, completing its mission.
"Hahaha, great Demon God, your envoy has come to this world and will bring rebirth to it," the highly mutated Kasi, standing on a step, laughed loudly.
Below, a Blood Pool emitted a strong stench of blood, with a large pile of corpses stacked beside it.
At this moment, several figures appeared beside the Blood Pool. One large and twelve small ones looked rather similar.
Thorny Skin Demon Level 2: Level (Apprentice)
Thorny Skin Demon Level 3: Level (Black Iron)
The large green-and-red demonic creature roared furiously at its surroundings. The remaining town soldiers hid in corners, fearing they would be targeted by the demons.
They had grown up hearing just how brutal demons were.
"The demons have appeared, kill them," commanded Fang Jie, and three hundred Skull Soldiers charged into the ruins.
Seeing this, the Thorny Skin Demon leader roared and leaped high. With its own strength, it jumped more than five meters, landing amidst the Skull Soldiers and with a swipe of its claw, a red light spread out.
Just like that, over thirty Skull Soldiers were easily torn apart.
"No wonder it's called a disaster level, the biggest disaster is this demon. If someone else were to come, even with a hundred elite soldiers, they would be walking into certain death."
Fang Jie realized that the Thorny Skin Demon seemed especially good at clearing the field. A couple of casual swipes from its special ability, and dozens of Skull Soldiers were gone. Fang Jie quickly started to summon more, feeling as though his summoning could scarcely keep up.
"Spread out, don't bunch up," commanded Fang Jie hurriedly to the Skull Soldiers.
Meanwhile, some Skull Soldiers ran towards the rear, attacking the twelve apprentice-level Thorny Skin Demons. These demons, not having reached the Black Iron level, could not release energy from their bodies and could only shatter one Skull Soldier at a time.
After consuming hundreds of Skull Soldiers, these Thorny Skin Demons were also nearly defeated; the Skull Soldiers then charged and killed them.
As for the largest one, it was difficult to fight. Later, Fang Jie sent all the Skull Soldiers available to him.
After more than two hundred Skull Soldiers were killed, the large creature's strength was finally depleted. But relying on physical strength alone, the Thorny Skin Demon brutally killed another hundred or more Skull Soldiers before its strength ran out completely.
The replenished Skull Soldiers, after a hard fight, finally managed to slay the large demon on the spot.
"No, you sinners, how dare you kill the envoy of the Demon God, you will be punished," Kasi exclaimed in disbelief, filled with horror.
But at that moment, Kasi himself could do nothing and even forgot to fight.
It wasn't until the Skull Soldiers stabbed him with their longswords that he remembered to struggle. But by then, his resistance was futile.
"What a disaster, the Magic Power left in the Magic Gem is less than a quarter," Fang Jie glanced at the Magic Gem. Summoning repeatedly, even Fang Jie himself felt weary.
At the end, Fang Jie began to panic. Because if the Magic Power in the Magic Gem were exhausted and he couldn't resolve the Thorny Skin Demon, then he would be the one in trouble.
He didn't know if dying here would mean true death, but failing the test was certain.
But now it was all good, mission accomplished. Demons and the fallen Lord were all slain by him. The Skull Soldiers remaining in front of him were in a pitiable state, not to mention being wounded, there weren't even a hundred left on the field.
Continuing like this, even if his own Magic Power were sufficient, defeating those people would be impossible.
"Good thing I hid well, otherwise letting that Thorny Skin Demon charge over to behead me, these Skull Soldiers really couldn't have blocked it."
Disaster level is disaster level, should Fang Jie do this again, he wasn't sure he could get through it a hundred percent.
"The test is over, settlement will now begin." The entire world seemed to freeze at once, only he could move. That mysterious voice rose directly in his mind.
"Talent upgraded, Talent mutated, Talent Magic Recovery mutated into Super-speed Recovery."
Super-speed Recovery Level 1: The self's Magic Power regenerates at an extremely fast rate, recovering 1 point of Magic Power per second.
"This mutation is powerful; one point per second, dozens of times faster than meditation." This was the automatic recovery speed when not in a state of meditation, with his current Magic Power, it was nearly perpetual motion.
"Basic Meditation Skill mutated into Black Lotus Meditation Technique, increasing Magic Recovery speed and cultivation speed. Using Black Lotus Meditation Technique can shield the effects of Death Energy on oneself, and the cultivator will not turn towards the Undead."
Fang Jie smiled, the thing that practitioners of Undead professions feared the most was this. Had he known this in the beginning, he might have given up choosing the Undead profession, but it was already too late when he learned of it.
Having achieved such a high level of completion, his role was finally realized.
A truly powerful Undead Mage isn't the one who turns themselves into an Undead monster.
"Rewards acquired: Negative Energy Arrow, Death Aura Impact, White Bone Spike."
The final rewards were three new Skills. With these three Skills, his repertoire of Spells was diversified. Although he might not need to use them, this was a power that belonged to him alone, something no one could take away.
"I must count as one of the top among all Earth people now."
Fang Jie believed that certainly, others had received the chance to change professions, but anyone surpassing him was unlikely. As lucky as he had been, there were surely not many luckier than him.
While musing, Fang Jie swiftly learned all three skills.