59: Powerful and fierce

“Ding~ Ghost has been promoted to Soul Eater Lord. You can check its attributes.”

Soul Eater Lord

Elite Template

Potential: Elite 3 Stars

Level: 6

Health: 180

Troop Trait: Formless Body, physical damage taken reduced by 50%.

Soul Devouring: Can forcefully devour the souls of enemies with less than 15% health, restoring 30 health, and increasing damage by 10. Damage bonus lasts for 10 minutes.

Skills: Shriek Imprisonment (E-rank) Emits a soul-piercing shriek at enemies within 5 meters, causing their souls to fall into fear and their bodies to stiffen for 5 seconds, dealing 25 damage. Cooldown: 2 minutes.

Claw Pierce (E-rank) Pierces enemies with claws, dealing 25 soul damage, ignoring armor. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Bond: If the number of Ghosts exceeds 20, physical damage taken is additionally reduced by 10%; if the number exceeds 30, physical damage taken is additionally reduced by 15% (activated); if the number exceeds 100, physical damage taken is additionally reduced by 20%.

Evaluation: Initial Undead troop.

The Elite Template Soul Eater Lord’s health increased to 180!

Moreover, its talent and bond remained unchanged… This meant he would have an incredibly tough and extremely ferocious melee troop at his disposal.

A new talent, Soul Devouring, was added, allowing it to directly devour enemies with less than 15% health.

After devouring the enemy’s soul, it can also restore 30 health and increase damage by 10!

No wonder it’s called Soul Eater Lord!

This talent is quite special.

At low levels, 15% health isn’t much, but once health reaches three or four hundred, 15% becomes significant.

This is a talent that becomes more ferocious the higher the level!

And the skills also underwent significant changes; the original strong control involved directly entering the opponent’s body.

Now, it has become a shriek control within 5 meters, and it can also deal 25 damage.

This means the Soul Eater Lord can simultaneously participate in attacks during the 5 seconds of control!

This can greatly boost the army’s output!

Furthermore, the Elite Template increased the Soul Eater Lord’s damage to 18-22, raising it by several tiers.

Previously, Iris alone could wreak havoc, but now there are 38 more existences of the same level!

It’s definitely a leap forward!

Lynn’s mood became extremely good.

With this upgrade, he now had the confidence to conquer the unassailable wild monster strongholds around the City of Sighs.

This is the beauty of expanding one’s territory!

So satisfying.

Lynn couldn’t help but curve his lips into a smile.

And after all this busyness and emotional ups and downs, he felt a bit tired.

He wasn't in a hurry to go hunting, so after letting the Soul Eater Lords disperse on their own, he returned to the Dark Hall to rest.

The intensity of the past few days was too high; his body was fine, but the fatigue in his soul was irresistible.

Upon returning to the Dark Hall, Lynn immediately thought of the Ghost Servants, whose numbers had dwindled by a few squads.

Three resource points plus the Necromantic Blacksmith Shop reduced the available Ghost Servants to 6 squads… which was a bit insufficient.

Once resources were abundant, he would first need to upgrade the Dark Hall.

Ghost Servants, as basic production units, are absolutely indispensable.

Moreover, after the heart of the territory reaches level 3, it will require the Dark Hall as a prerequisite upgrade condition.

This cannot be delayed.

Lost in thought, he walked to the Blood Altar for class change, and without a care, he flipped onto it and lay down.

He stretched comfortably.

To complete the Blood Necromancer class change, one needed to acquire one thousand corpses within the same day.

Now, with the Elite Template Soul Eater Lords and three squads of Bone Archers… it was entirely achievable!

And only after completing the class change would the journey of “eternal night era” truly begin… As he pondered, a wave of fatigue washed over him, and Lynn gradually fell asleep.

He didn't know how long it had been, but Lynn vaguely heard a system prompt and then quickly woke up.

Once his consciousness returned, he immediately felt extremely energetic.

That sense of fatigue had completely vanished.

He hadn't transformed into an undead, and although the power of a hero flowed within him, he still needed a short rest to alleviate fatigue after high-intensity combat.

After waking up, Lynn immediately opened the system prompts—

“Ding~ Necromantic Technology - Ferocious Attack (Intermediate) research successful. Current Skeleton Warrior damage +6.”

“Ding~ Necromantic Technology - Soul Attack (Intermediate) research successful. Ghost has been converted into Soul Eater Lord, technology automatically converted. Soul Eater Lord damage +6.”

He woke up to find that two technologies had already been successfully researched.

Lynn’s mood instantly brightened.

This way, the Skeleton Warrior’s damage increased to 10-12, and the Soul Eater Lord’s increased to 20-24.

Both saw significant increases.

Comfortable.

He glanced at the research requirements for the next stage; the resources needed for advanced technology research had surged significantly.

Ferocious Attack (Advanced) Attack +10, Research Time: 3 days, Resources Required: 10,000 units of gold, 1,000 Soul Crystals, Intermediate Necromantic Technology Research Institute.

Not only did the resources increase, but an Intermediate Necromantic Technology Research Institute was also required.

Even with resources, he couldn't upgrade now.

Lynn shrugged, his gaze not lingering there, and looked at the newly appeared technologies below—

Bone Archer — Enhanced Arrow (Basic) Attack +3, 3 hours, 1,000 units of gold, 50 Soul Crystals.

Quiver Expansion (Basic) Arrow Capacity +5, 3 hours, 1,000 units of gold, 50 Soul Crystals.

His heart filled with joy.

Any army with troop buildings in the territory could upgrade their technology in the Necromantic Technology Research Institute.

Troops like Corrupted Naga and Clawed Giant Rat, which were recruited, could not.

He didn’t hesitate and immediately activated and upgraded both technologies.

His resources instantly plummeted again.

In 3 hours, the Bone Archers would be strengthened.

Unlike Skeleton Warriors and Soul Eater Lords, Bone Archers had no technology to increase their health… This was an additional limitation; the weakness of ranged troops having low health was difficult to eliminate.

However, this wasn't a big deal; if everyone had the same weakness, it was as if there were no weaknesses.

Collecting his thoughts, Lynn once again opened the resource panel; after this frantic construction, his resources were again running low.

Ordinary Resources:

Gold: 870 units

Bones: 310 units (780 units of bones to be collected)

Soul Crystals: 18

Cursed Iron Ore: 20 units

Territory Slots:

Total: 500 slots

Used: 180 slots

Available: 320 slots

Experience:

Level 5 (238/5000)

Nearly ten thousand gold, now only a few hundred units remained, and Soul Crystals were down to just over a dozen.

Bones, however, had increased.

Still poor… Lynn sighed.

He woke up from that sleep, and it was now the morning of the 4th.

On this new day, the Bone Collection Field provided 100 units of bones, and the Bone Scale continued to provide 1 unit of sulfur.

However, this meager amount of resources was still too little compared to the consumption.

Also, the resources from the three resource points hadn't been collected yet… Lynn shook his head; not having heroes under his command meant he had to do everything himself, which was a drawback.

He first went to the Bone Collection Field to collect the decomposed bones, then gathered his army, preparing to go hunting again.

This time, his lineup was formidable.

Elite 3-star, Level 6 troops — 6 squads of Skeleton Warriors, 3 squads of Bone Archers, 1 squad of Corrupted Naga.

Elite Template troop - Iris, Rare 1-star, Level 7.

Soul Eater Lord, Elite 3-star, Level 6, 3.8 squads.

The total military strength was already approaching 14 squads!

The team of over a hundred people lined up neatly, making Lynn feel extremely pleased.

Without hesitation, he waved his hand and set off towards the north of the territory.

There were two strongholds here that he wanted to capture — Withered Orchard, a special resource point that would produce withered fruit after being occupied.

The effect of the withered fruit was also very simple: after exploding, it could deal 50 damage to enemies, which was very effective for fighting bosses.

It must be occupied.

Secondly, there was the large area where demons resided — Ashen Scorched Earth.

The Fallen Ones there were difficult to kill before, so he hadn't bothered to clear them out, but this time he would clean them all up.

Ashen Scorched Earth did not drop ordinary resources like gold; it only produced a rare resource — sulfur.

It would be easier to get his hands on it sooner.

At the same time, Lynn also planned to hunt 1000 corpses today to complete his class change… His several goals were clear and firm.