Undead Mage from a Cell-Chapter 634 - 632: Before the Earth Demon Cave

After resting in place for three hours, the Soul Gathering Land, having received the news, also dispatched personnel to take over the Shattered Scale Mine.

The person who came to take over naturally accepted everything here without questioning why there were no longer any Broken Scale Stones outside the mine.

After completing the handover, Gu Xi quickly led his troops to leave.

As for the matters concerning the Shattered Scale Mine afterward, he simply didn’t concern himself anymore.

There were no more convenient tasks coming up, but Gu Xi’s journey was relatively smooth.

Very soon, he arrived outside the target location, the Earth Demon Cave, for this time’s mission.

Upon arriving here, Gu Xi understood why the Soul Gathering Land considered this an important task.

About fifty miles from the Earth Demon Cave, there were already large camps of demons.

These demons stood tall, over two meters in height, with a color similar to the withered yellow of great trees.

Their bodies were round and fat, yet their arms were all muscles, some even had sharpened bones pierced into their skin as decorations.

Underneath the bone spikes, their faces were grotesque and twisted, with one to three sharp horns on their foreheads, like those of goats, sharp and hard.

They wore clothes made of animal skin, rough and tough, wielding double-pronged forks or weapons like large knives, the bloodthirsty aura was terrifying.

In front of them were corpses already cut into pieces of various sizes.

It seemed just as the Soul Gathering Land described, these creatures fed on Yin Spirits.

As soon as Gu Xi appeared with his troops, before they even approached the camps, these demon beasts stood up with their weapons.

"Bones, there’s bones to eat."

"It’s meat!"

"Dare to come here, seeking death!"

What the demons did next left Gu Xi dumbfounded.

As the demons stood up, Gu Xi immediately began setting up his battlefield.

This time, Gu Xi naturally used the strategy he had when attacking the Shattered Scale Mine.

Three city gates were arranged in a row, with the Soul Summoning Tower positioned between the Steel City Gate and the Garrison Gate, and courage positioned in front of the Main City Gate.

Several heroes, along with their units, were positioned in front of various city gates; Gu Xi still stood with Eldest Princess Anna on the Soul Summoning Tower.

But Gu Xi never expected that even with all his arrangements, those demons had not yet charged over.

Upon closer inspection, Gu Xi discovered that when the demons rose, they dismantled their tents and hanged them, along with the iron pots still containing broth, like equipment on themselves.

This left Gu Xi speechless.

What on earth, were they fighting a war or moving house?

But the demons didn’t seem to think there was any issue with their actions; under their folding and handling, the tents were like leather armor patched with all sorts of colors, layered on their bodies.

The pots they used for cooking became helmets or Heart Protection Mirrors.

In this single move, their defense power directly increased by more than twice.

After equipping themselves, the demons began to charge towards Gu Xi’s position.

Seeing this, Gu Xi quickly considered how to respond.

This was clearly a kind of unit with extremely high defense and solid life force.

Such enemies were tough to deal with.

"Courage, try Mana Extraction; since they’re slow, no need for Slowdown Skill, just go with Blood Loss Curse."

Though not fully understanding Gu Xi’s plan, Courage was obedient.

Whether he could further research in Ritual Magic depended on Gu Xi’s arrangements.

At the same time, Gu Xi didn’t remain idle; with a wave of his hand, the Death Witch Summoning was activated, summoning ten necromancers below the Soul Summoning Tower.

"Eldest Princess Anna, have the Red Dragons retreat entirely back into Yalidu City."

The Eldest Princess glanced at the Red and Black Dragons in the sky, understanding Gu Xi’s intentions, and upon her command, the Red Dragons all retreated back through the Main City Gate.

The Black Dragons, however, continued to hover in the sky.

As the Red Dragons returned, Courage had completed the Mana Extraction ritual.

This time, the ritual was executed quite well, affecting the opposing camp directly within range, draining all enemy mana in that area.

However, this time the Mana Extraction effect wasn’t great.

Sparse mana flew towards the altar performing the ritual, and Gu Xi estimated that they hadn’t withdrawn more than 100 mana points this time.

It seemed these demons were entities without mana.

Clearly, there was no point in having high expectations for such large demons.

Gu Xi pondered this as he waved his hand again.

Another Death Witch Summoning was initiated, summoning ten more necromancers.

Upon noticing Gu Xi’s actions, Courage looked curiously in Gu Xi’s direction.

"Everyone, follow my lead, prepare to use, Death Ripple!"

Hearing Gu Xi, the necromancers raised their short magic staffs and chanted the spell with him.

Releasing the Death Ripple, Gu Xi could clearly feel that his Death Ripple, this time, couldn’t compare to Courage’s Ritual Magic.

The Death Ripple’s attack range only reached more than a hundred meters outside the Steel City Gate.

It couldn’t cover the entire battlefield like Courage did, hitting spells even thousands of meters away.

On this point, Gu Xi was helpless.

Gu Xi already had an idea of whether or not to study some Ritual Magic himself.

After all, his level in Ritual Magic was quite high.

Moreover, he had advantages over Courage.

Because his agents serving Ritual Magic didn’t need to be a mere set of Skeleton Mages; they could be necromancers.

These necromancers’ abilities were much more powerful than Skeleton Mages.

Crucially, this type of ritual can be termed "a single method achieving mastery over many methods."

Once Gu Xi mastered the Death Ripple, he could fluently master the Ritual Magic of other spells.

It was believed that in no time, during significant battles, Gu Xi could also use undead magic.

For now, though, Gu Xi simply kept this idea in his mind.

Currently, he was more concerned with how to release the Death Ripple.

Because on the first try, the Death Ripple’s range wasn’t vast, not harming the demons before they breached the city gates.

Hence, Gu Xi wasn’t entirely sure if the Death Ripple would affect these demons.

After some thought, he decisively ordered: "Necromancers, move forward, to the front of the Steel City Gate, stay with my rhythm, use the Death Ripple again."

Under Gu Xi’s command, the necromancers swiftly advanced.

Gu Xi seized the opportunity to prepare the Death Ripple anew.

This time the effect was much better, since the necromancers served as conduits, this wave of Death Ripple pushed out to about seven hundred meters beyond the Steel City Gate.