Undead Mage from a Cell-Chapter 338 - 336: The Grand Anomaly’s Corpse and the Undead Transformation Technique
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Looking at the seemingly ordinary Skeleton Soldier in front of him, Gu Xi’s eyes shone with excitement, a feeling no less intense than when he first summoned a skeleton.
The strange corpses were transformed by Gu Xi into an Undead Corps, but the bizarre Death Rule wasn’t activated, so no new anomalies will appear for now.
He fulfilled his promise to Luna.
Gu Xi raised his hand, and an owl landed upon it.
Gu Xi quickly scribbled a note for Luna, who had left Yalidu City and was nowhere to be found.
"The anomaly can be dealt with, bring the corpses back."
With the tacit understanding between Gu Xi and Luna, Gu Xi knew Luna would surely understand his meaning.
After sending out this message, Gu Xi glanced once more at the nearly filled bottle of [Water of Order], hesitated for a moment, and in the end called out Zuo Ya’s Dragon Fish and wrote a new note.
’Brother Zuo, I heard today you went hunting the players of Qiufeng City and Cold Leaf City. Could you find some of Qiufeng City’s [Water of Order] for me?
I’m willing to purchase it; as long as there is [Water of Order], the price is negotiable.’
After sending out this information, Gu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he turned to handle the corpses.
The strange corpses in front of him certainly couldn’t all be used for summoning.
It’s not because there are enough Undead under his command.
But using strange corpses for summoning is truly a waste.
No matter how you summon the peculiar ones, the chance of becoming a special Undead is relatively low. If they just turn into regular zombies, how are they different from the demons outside?
On the other hand, these strange bodies carry some peculiar aura, and the parts on their bodies, once dismantled, can serve as high-grade materials.
Many materials are needed along the path of Undead Research and Corpse Structure.
The most important are the Sewn Corpse and the Black Guard under a Death Knight. These mostly require active organs, bones, and muscles.
These cannot be summoned with the Soul Summoning Skill. They need to be designed and made by the Undead Mage themselves, using drawings and materials.
Gu Xi once studied the methods for creating Sewn Corpses and other Undead Constructs at Nether Bone Wind Academy.
However, these require experiments and materials, and some even need specialized research institutes. Gu Xi only knows what is required, but he hasn’t done it before.
Right now, Gu Xi doesn’t have time to do these things.
At this moment, all Gu Xi wants are materials tainted with the bizarre aura.
These are precisely what the strange corpses offer.
By dismantling a corpse, Gu Xi can obtain at least three to four parts, which is certainly more worthwhile than summoning.
With a clear target and direction, Gu Xi’s hands moved quickly.
He extracted the Death Rule, dismantled the corpses, packed up all the useful materials, and tossed the useless parts directly into Evil Wood Lake, serving as nutrients for it.
In less than half an hour, Gu Xi processed the majority of the corpses here.
Now, in front of Gu Xi, only two very clearly distinct large strange corpses remained.
These two large peculiar corpses appeared quite special, distinctly different from the previous bodies.
Gu Xi naturally wouldn’t waste such good corpses. Carefully, after extracting the bizarre Death Rule from the bodies, he began to study one of them.
This corpse looked like a man wearing a night gown, a cloak, a formal hat, holding a Civilization Staff, and wearing a white mask on his face.
There was also a note left by Luna on this corpse, detailing where Luna caught this anomaly, what abilities it had, and finally how it died in Luna’s hands.
This night-gowned anomaly was the Mirror Image Mage.
He usually used mirrors as a magic tool, mastering the ability to replicate items through mirrors or disappear from one mirror surface to appear in another.
Because of the ability to multiply things through mirroring, his combat style was quite flashy, but his true strength wasn’t particularly strong.
Luna blocked all the spots he could appear at, using enough Undead to draw firepower, and easily captured this anomaly.
Luna’s note also stated that after killing this anomaly, she mastered the ability to copy items through mirrors.
Although the replicated items were fake, they could still be used.
For example, if you copied a knife, though it may look fake, it could still kill. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
The copying method was quite simple: just reflect on the mirror, and a new item could be taken out, making it very convenient.
Most importantly, this counted as a special anomaly rule. The place where this Mirror Image Mage was killed is a comprehensive anomalous domain.
In that place, all items copied through mirrors can exist indefinitely without disappearing.
So Luna mentioned that a crucial node was being formed, with many items now piled there.
While Luna has taken over this spot, the node only halfway belongs to her because the corpse of the large anomaly hasn’t been dealt with.
Luna hopes Gu Xi can handle the Mirror Image Mage properly, so Luna can fully seize the node.
After putting down Luna’s note, Gu Xi observed the corpse of the Mirror Image Mage again.
Gu Xi noticed that the bizarre aura on this Mirror Image Mage exceeded all the strange corpses he had dealt with before.
This gave Gu Xi an idea.
He didn’t take the corpse apart, nor did he use the Soul Summoning Skill on it.
Gu Xi employed a higher level ability as an Undead Mage, the Undead Transformation Technique, on the corpse.
The manipulation of his Undead minions, for an Undead Mage, usually has several stages.
Not considering the special existence of Contracted Undead, Undead Mages begin with using the Soul Summoning Skill, followed by the Undead Transformation Technique, and then the Resurrection Skill.
These processes are gradual enhancements, with newly minted Undead Mages able to use the Soul Summoning Skill.
However, without reaching a certain level, it is impossible to even learn the Undead Transformation Technique.
As for the Resurrection Skill, it requires reaching Level 20 or higher as an Undead Mage, with quite stringent conditions.
This time, Gu Xi attempted the Undead Transformation Technique because his foundation was solid and he had just learned some Death Whisper today.
Otherwise, to master the Undead Transformation Technique, he would have to wait until after reaching Level 5 and advancing to a certain level in Undead Research, Corpse Bone Research, and Soul Research.
At this moment, Gu Xi used everything he has learned and mastered, drawing a Magic Array on the ground. He placed some items he had just dismantled from the other strange bodies into the Mirror Image Mage’s body and began his first experiment.
