Lord of the Magical Beasts

Chapter 396: Phantom Cloak

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Differing from the Zombie Valley, the entrance to the Dead Soul Knight Valley wasn’t huge. However, it’s completely another world inside and should be called a dark and gloomy basin instead of a valley.

They met more and more Dead Soul Knights that were increasingly powerful after entering the valley. Some of them came charging over with their heavy longspike, while some of the others whizzed over waving their sabre. There were also some of them came charging over like rangers while shooting their sharp bone arrows...

The valley was filled with a strange energy wave. No matter how they’ve tried to hide their presence, they would still be found swiftly by the Dead Soul Knights that moved in quickly. After attempting a few times to hide themselves quietly but to no avail, Yang Ling decided that he might as well lead the Magical Beasts Army and charge their way in. They killed everyone they’ve met on their way and charged straight towards the Forz Castle where the Dead Soul Knight Commander Winnink was located at.

They first attacked with the Crystal Skull’s Roar of Deal Souls and Soul Assimilating Light Ray, and sent out the army consisting of Chimeras, Horned Bee Beasts, Evil Eye, Spiders and other low level magical beasts to kill their way out like a meat-mincing machine as the Dead Knight Souls were feeling dizzy. The Dead Soul Knights that charged over were like moths to fire, and never returned alive.

made use of the moment that the Dead Knight Souls were feeling dizzy to send the army which consists of Chimeras, Horned Bee Beasts, Evil Eye, Spiders and other low level magical beasts

“Humph, Soul Harvesting!” The Scorpion King Ymort commanded for the Scorpion Army to attack the Dead Soul Knights that were charging over frenziedly, and to feed on their Soul Energy to their content.

Different from the zombies, Spirit Snakes, mummies and the other dead souls, the Dead Soul Knights don’t have corpse poison in their body. However, they would often conceive a powerful amount of battle energy, and their attacks were sharp and strong. If this was the past, Ymort would have never dared to barge into this Dead Soul Knights Valley that’s filled with unknown dangers this easily, to prevent being drown among the tidal-like Dead Soul Knights. However, the situation is different now that there’s Yang Ling’s keeping control. He fearlessly grabbed the chance to attack the heavily injured Dead Soul Knights and feed in their powerful souls.

After constructing a Scorpion Base in the space of the Wizard Pagoda, he doesn’t have to worry about the source of his army anymore. As long as his soul was strong enough, he would be able to control more scorpions and form a Scorpion Army of a gigantic scale. The Dead Soul Knights had powerful strength and their Soul Energy exceeded that of a normal dead soul. He wouldn’t pass up on this rare and great opportunity to increase the strength of his Soul Energy quickly.

The magnificent and huge Forz Castle was located deep within the valley. Probably due to the lack of maintenance over the years, many parts of it were already tattered beyond recognition. It gave off a sense of grave sorrow and desolation when viewed from afar.

According the legend, this was a former military camp where the Thebes Empire’s most elite army – with many experienced knights – was stationed. After becoming the Pharaoh’s burial objects, the former knights that marched the battlefields turned into the Dead Soul Knights that roamed around freely in the Underground Tomb. The previously well-known general Winnink has also became a widely feared Great Commander of the Dead Knight Souls.

During his early days in the Underground Tomb, Ymort wandered around with the backing of the tidal-like Scorpion Army and feed on a countless amount of undead souls. Other than the Zombie Valley that was commanded by the Zombie King, the only other place that he wouldn’t dared to come close was the run-down Forz Castle.

There was a unspoken rule in the Underground Tomb. After a high-level dead soul assumed itself to have a certain level of strength, it could challenge the guard at the deep end of the Underground Tomb, where it would be able to continue its practise. Over the hundred and thousands of years, there were countless dead souls who have challenged the guards. However, they would either never return and lose contact after entering the Underground Tomb, or die in the clutches of the powerful guard which completely disintegrated their souls. Winnink – the commander of the Dead Soul Knights – was the only dead soul in history that came out alive after entering the deep ends of the Underground Tomb. It would be easy to imagine how powerful his strength would be!

“Sir, legend has it that Winnink – the commander of the Dead Soul Knights – was the king of darkness. He could slither up on his enemies quietly and launch a sudden and deadly attack on them. Do you think we should...” Ymort stopped dead in his tracks with a heavy expression as he looked at the city gate that was tattered beyond recognition.

Although they had never personally witness how formidable was Winnink, the commander of the Dead Soul Knights, there were too many legends pertaining to him. Legend has it that he would have to swallow the soul of a Zombie King or commander of the mummies every thousand years. It has also been passed down that the high-level dead souls at the perimeter of the Underground Tomb had once collaborated to attack the Forz Castle. However, they had all perished in Winnink’s clutches and the whole army was wiped out...

Even though Yang Ling had an unfathomable amount of strength, Ymort still couldn’t help but to worry as he thought of the many legends regarding Winnink.

Looking at how solemn Ymort was, Yang Ling didn’t dared to have any oversight even though his expression doesn’t show. He commanded the Magical Beasts Army to create a formation outside the city gate. After which, he sat down crossed-legged among the protection of his people, and set up a Imprisonment Restriction that has been layered with Illusory Formation and Killing Formation.

“It has been so many years and there’s finally strangers entering the Underground Tomb. Hahaha, I didn’t expect that I would eventually be able to wait for this day!”

Yang Ling was swift in his actions. However, a large group of heavily armored Dead Soul Knights charged out from the castle as he was about to activate the Restriction with the support of the Great Wizard Seal. The leader was laughing hysterically, dressed in a black armor and carrying a sharp sabre. That’s the commander of the Dead Soul Knights – Winnink – who had a distinguished reputation in the Underground Tomb.

“God said that the existence of the Underground Tomb is a sin and a blaspheme to life.” Looking across at the Dead Soul Knight Winnink, Yang Ling said righteously, “According to the divine prophecy, our Church Army would befall onto this sinful land, and the dead souls that belong to us would revive in heaven while those who knew no remorse would be purified under the holy light!”

Yang Ling could feel a roaring wave of death energy from Winnink, the commander of the Dead Soul Knights. If he had guessed correctly, this guy would have at least the strength of a Domain Expert. Without a clear knowledge of the situation, he prepared to borrow the name of the Church to test the strength of the opposing party.

If Winnink doesn’t have enough strength, he would be considered dead. If his strength were to be powerful enough, Yang Ling wouldn’t mind luring him to the Church’s lineup for Elder Brown and his Templars to fight it out with him.

According to Odombra’s soul ripples, Yang Ling knew that the position of the Church Army was not far away from where he was. With his strength and ability to teleport, it wouldn’t be too difficult to lure Winnink to the Church’s lineup. Although the Zombie King has suffered many casualties from the attack, most of them that were dead were the ordinary Guardian Knights and the Spellcasters, and they still had their elite strength. It was evidently a good idea to let them fight to their deaths with the commander of the Dead Soul Knight, Winnink.

Of course, it wouldn’t be necessary to spend that much effort if Winnink doesn’t have enough strength!

“Church? Since when did a Church appeared on the continent?” Winnink was puzzled as he mumbled to himself. He smiled coldly after pondering hard for a moment, “I don’t care what Church you are. As long as you have stepped into the Underground Tomb, you will have to die. Even if your deities were to descend, you would still have to die here!”

After sensing the surging blood essence and powerful soul energy in the body of Yang Ling and his gang, Winnink licked his cracked lips and commanded the elites behind him to charged forward ruthlessly as he chanted a curse. His body began fading away and disappeared in a blink of an eye like a ghost.

“Humph, I’ll see how terrible your death will be for barging into the Great Soul Wizard’s restriction!”

Yang Ling smiled coldly as he felt a wave of soul energy closed in, charging directly towards him. If Winnink the commander of the Dead Soul Knights were to remained still or refused to show himself by defending the castle, it would be difficult for Yang Ling to kill him off successfully at that very moment. However, if he were to initiate the attack and charge into the restriction that Yang Ling had set up, it would definitely spell death for him!

The restriction was filled with the Great Soul Wizard’s most powerful attack. It was also the Great Soul Wizard’s most powerful defense. With the support of the Great Wizard Alter, Yang Ling could create layers of Illusory Formation, Killing Formation and Multiple Restrictions in the imprisonment space. This would cause a sage-level warrior difficulty to even move a step. It would also isolate the magical powers between the restriction’s inner and outer space, and between the heaven and earth, to make it impossible even for a high-level spellcaster to produce a fireball. To a certain level, the restriction was like a Great Soul Wizard’s domain. Barging into the restriction without authorisation would be like a moth to fire.

If the Zombie King has not forcefully absorbed a trace of power from the origin source in the Dimension of the Dead Souls and launched a sudden attack with the Horned Soul Snake during that time in the Underground City, he would have been long dead within Yang Ling’s restriction. Now that Yang Ling has advanced to a high-level Divine Wizard and realised the Great Wizard Seal, his strength has improved by a great margin and the power of his restriction could no longer be compared to how it was before. Winnink would definitely perish if he were to barge in recklessly!

After bringing out the Great Wizard Alter and teleporting onto it to sit cross-legged, Yang Ling activated the restriction with the support of the Great Wizard Seal. Shortly after, he changed the Wizard Mantra and deployed the ancient Wizard Spell that could breakthrough all illusions and invisibles – All Seeing Wizard Spell.

In the ancient times, the people were commonly faced with huge flood or sky full of hails. To prevent disasters, the Soul Wizard would have to forecast the weather though observation of the stars in order to command the tribe and get them fully prepared in advance. However, the weather can be unpredictable and there were times where the dark clouds would cover the entire sky. To have an accurate observation of the stars, the Soul Wizards came up with a “All Seeing” Wizard Spell. It uses the soul as a support to the Wizard Power and sense the changes in the stars with Soul Visonary.

Under the effect of the All-Seeing Wizard Spell, nothing is invisible to the Great Soul Wizard!

The Dead Soul Knights under Winnink had powerful strength and sharp attacks. However, they were met with a group of army made of bloodthirsty magical beasts and came into a metal block unintentionally! Worst of all, they had barged head in into the restriction set up by a Soul Wizard!

With the power of the restriction, the Dark Dragon King led the Magical Beasts Army forward to kill off the Dead Soul Knights in a frenzy. The earth stings from the spiders, the ladders from the Evil Eyes, the position stings from the Horned Bee Beasts, and the continuous explosion from the Self-destructing Bats struck down rows and rows of powerful Dead Soul Knights.

Illusionist?

They were suddenly at a primitive forest where they couldn’t see the magnificent Forz Castle and the skies filled with the city dusts. Winnink felt a wave of shock through his body as he suddenly realised that he had met with a powerful Illusionist. After hesitating for a moment, he grit his teeth and began mumbling softly as he burnt his soul as a price to deploy a secret spell, the Phantom Cloak.