【Skeleton Soldier that has obtained Spiritual Liberation: A skeleton soldier that has cleared its soul barriers and attained Spiritual Liberation.】
【Spiritual Liberation allows it to regain past-life memories from the source of its soul. It also grants the two most important abilities: creativity and comprehension.】
【In the eyes of a Great Sage, Spiritual Liberation is the key metric that distinguishes the undead.】
【Undead that have not obtained Spiritual Liberation are equivalent to worker bees in a hive or worker ants in a colony; they can execute tasks assigned by superiors perfectly but lack autonomous creativity.】
【According to data statistics in the database, an undead from the Land of the Undead must obtain Spiritual Liberation to break through to the mythic-tier and become a Necrotic Lord.】
【This skeleton soldier is also suspected of possessing physical enhancement and military formation skills. It is highly probable that it is a skeleton hero, a special summon of the Necromancer already marked as a [potential world-destroying calamity].】
Looking at the analysis on the monocle, Chen Xu whispered to himself.
“So, this is what Spiritual Liberation is.”
In his arms, Chen Xing heard Chen Xu’s words but didn't understand what they meant.
He wanted to ask, but seeing Chen Xu’s dazed expression, he sensibly stayed quiet and didn't disturb him.
It turned out that special skeleton units like skeleton heroes were the result of Spiritual Liberation.
This meant that the advancement path for skeleton soldiers was to become skeleton heroes.
Good grief—Chen Xu had billions of skeleton soldiers under his command. If such a massive number of skeleton soldiers were all converted into skeleton heroes, he would truly take off.
It was like how a single Lu Bu could hold Hulao Pass and intimidate all the heroes of the world. With a thousand Lu Bus, wouldn't the world be unified instantly?
But soon, Chen Xu calmed down. He didn't seem to have any additional ways to obtain special units like skeleton heroes.
Skeleton heroes like Bone Guard One were extra rewards obtained through leveling up Raise Skeleton.
One skeleton hero slot was unlocked every 10 levels. Since Raise Skeleton was capped at level 100, Chen Xu currently had ten skeleton heroes in the Bone Guard series.
As for the process of converting ordinary skeleton soldiers into skeleton heroes, Chen Xu had always done it by directly accessing the skill panel. He only had a faint memory of the actual sensation.
So, he closed his eyes and began to rack his brain, trying to recall the feeling of the first time he converted a skeleton hero—Bone Guard One—back in the initial dungeon, the Decagon Hegemony.
The process seemed to involve first recalling the skeleton soldiers into the Necrotic Space, which was now the Undead Dao Court.
Then, a surge of power would be guided out from the Undead Dao Court to land on the skeleton soldier. Subsequently, intelligence would awaken, and a hero would be born.
Chen Xu snapped his eyes open, and his massive Unique-tier soul released a terrifying soul shock.
In an instant, the souls of the demons in this world were shattered. Even their bodies exploded into mists of blood under the force of that horrific impact.
Then, Chen Xu’s mental strength spread to all the skeleton soldiers, bringing them back into the Undead Dao Court.
In the distance, Bone Guard One was somewhat confused, a hint of doubt flashing across his face.
Usually, Chen Xu didn't like to act personally; if something could be handled by a skeleton hero or a black knight, he would let them do it.
Why was he so out of character today, directly crushing these demonic ants himself?
Bone Guard One looked at Chen Xu and saw Chen Xing in his arms, coming up with his own explanation.
Could it be that my Lord is educating the Prince? But the Prince is a natural expert in the path of the undead. If he’s being taught, it should be a demonstration of the military formation power of the undead army. Why use mental strength directly?
Bone Guard One couldn't figure it out, and Chen Xu didn't give him time to think.
After reclaiming the skeleton army from this world, Chen Xu teleported to several other battlefields, repeating the process: soul shock, reclaim skeletons; soul shock, reclaim skeletons.
His strange and seemingly crazed actions caught the attention of Phili, the Demon King of Lies.
As the executor of the Mother of Hell's plan, Phili was currently keeping a close watch on the two battlefields: the Martial Arts Alliance versus Hell, and the Undead versus Hell.
“What is this Lord of the Undead trying to do? He acted personally and wiped out over a dozen battlefields all at once.”
Phili coiled his snake tail, swaying it back and forth within the boiling lava of Hell.
“He only clears the ordinary demons and doesn't touch the Archdukes. Strange, so strange. Has he fallen into a state of madness?
“No, that’s not right. This Lord of the Undead has only recently ascended; it’s impossible for him to fall into madness so quickly.
“Then what exactly is his goal?”
The more he thought, the more agitated Phili became. His long snake tail churned the lava, causing splashes that sent nearby servant demons scurrying away.
The inability to understand the reason behind Chen Xu’s unusual behavior made this Hell Demon King and demonic commander extremely irritable.
But Chen Xu had no idea that his unintentional actions would cause such severe distress to a Hell Demon King.
By now, he had returned to the Undead Dao Court. All the skeleton soldiers, skeleton archers, and skeleton mages had also been recalled to the court by him.
Chen Xu stood atop the Overlord's Castle, looking down at the masses of grayish-white skeletons glowing with faint blue light. A profound mark emerged in his eyes.
This was the core mark of the Undead Dao Court—a pale, slender hand passing through a skull’s mouth, with five fingers emerging from the eye sockets and nostrils, symbolizing the Necromancer's absolute dominion over the undead.
In the next moment, the Inverted Sea in the sky was split down the middle by a mighty force, spreading to both sides.
A large number of Bone Kuns in the water were startled by the terrifying commotion, leaping out of the water and falling toward the Lake of Holy Souls below.
In the center, a massive projection of Chen Xu’s face appeared, his eyes flashing with a mysterious radiance.
Then, a grand and solemn voice rang out. Chen Xu used the Undead Dao Court to project his voice, which echoed from all directions.
“I, Chen Xu, creator of the Undead Dao Court and eternal sovereign of all necrotic beings, grant you glory this day.”
As his voice fell, streaks of light shot from Chen Xu’s eyes, landing on the hundreds of millions of skeletons below.
As soon as each streak of light touched a skeleton, the soul fire within its skull flared up and intensified. The soul barriers were broken, and their forms changed simultaneously.
Their original uniform equipment—standard blades and shields, bone bows, and bone staves—transformed into various types of new gear.
Simultaneously, marks appeared one after another upon the core of the Undead Dao Court. Each mark represented the addition of a new skeleton hero.
The very first mark was Bone Guard One.
From this moment on, these skeletons, like the skeleton heroes of the Bone Guard series, gained the ability to be resurrected within the Undead Dao Court. This would be a truly immortal army.
The radiance continued to fall. One by one, the skeleton heroes straightened their postures and stood tall upon the earth, lifting their heads to gaze up at Chen Xu.
After a while, the Spiritual Liberation was finally complete. The once uniform skeleton legion had now become a collection of diverse individuals. Chen Xu didn't know if this was a good or bad thing.
It should be good. A hundred million mythic-tier units could never defeat a hundred million eternal-tier units. As long as they could continue to advance, it was for the best.
After finishing this, Chen Xu withdrew from his resonance with the Undead Dao Court. He looked down at the skeleton heroes and shouted to Bone Guard One below the city walls.
“Bone Guard One!”
“My Lord.”
Bone Guard One knelt on one knee.
“Run the military formation again and see if you can still gather them.”
“Yes!”
Bone Guard One stood up and looked at the vast crowd of newly born skeleton heroes behind him. He drew the greatsword from his back and let out a thunderous roar.
“Skeleton Legion, form the Huangquan army formation!”
Surges of energy converged from the skeleton heroes onto Bone Guard One, and an exotic spider lily bloomed once again.
Chen Xing sat on the city wall, raising his small hands and speaking loudly.
“Father, why did Uncle Bone Guard One’s big flower change color!”
Chen Xu didn't answer. He was also a bit concerned. After the skeleton soldiers became skeleton heroes, it seemed the previous talent enhancements had lapsed.
Cold Enhancement, Aura of Cold, and the passive curses had all disappeared.
Without the addition of the Ultimate Cold Power, the spider lily formed this time had returned to its most primitive appearance.
However, it wasn't all bad news. The formation went very smoothly. Although they lacked the cold power, the strength of each individual skeleton had increased after becoming a skeleton hero, making the formed spider lily even larger and more terrifying.
“Trading talent enhancements for skeleton heroes... is that a loss or a gain?”
Suddenly, clumps of mysterious energy flew out from the skeleton heroes toward Chen Xu.
These were exactly the energies from the talent enhancements, which were now being forced out and returned to Chen Xu.
The energy from each individual skeleton wasn't much, but when gathered together, it was a very significant amount of power.
After absorbing it, Chen Xu felt a long-lost sense of fullness and satisfaction within his soul.
However, this feeling didn't last long before the 007 talent within his soul became displeased.
【Detected a unilateral cessation of labor by employees. Talent 007 triggered. Gained effect: Dual Contract.】
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