148: Chapter 148 Core of the Demon Light Lord

Floating City, Combat Readiness Platform.

Xu Qin threw all 630 Iron-Horned Battle Rhino skeletons into the Resurrection Platform.

Hum!

A purple light burst forth.

The skeletons recombined, pieced together, and grew on the platform.

A dozen seconds later.

Six hundred and thirty skeletal Iron-Horned Battle Rhinos stood neatly in front of the Resurrection Platform.

Their bony horns shimmered with a dark purple luster, and faint blue soul fire danced in their eye sockets.

Xu Qin opened the command panel.

[Skeletal Iron-Horned Battle Rhino]

[Attack Power: 72 (Physical - Charge/Pierce)]

[Defense: 44]

[HP: 540/540]

[Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Loyal)]

[Morale: None]

[Traits:]

[Horn Charge (Enhanced): First hit damage +200%, knocks target back 3 meters upon impact, stuns for 1.5 seconds. Cooldown 6 seconds.]

[Iron Bones Thick Armor (Passive): Physical damage reduction 20%.]

"Not bad."

Xu Qin opened the Hall of Valor panel again.

The ninth hero promotion slot unlocked by the level 9 Hall of Valor had been left empty.

He selected one Skeletal Iron-Horned Battle Rhino and clicked [Promote].

Boom!

The promotion platform erupted with brilliant blue light.

The skeleton distorted violently within the beam of light.

The rhino's skeleton expanded rapidly, its size soaring from two meters to four meters.

[Congratulations! Undead Hero promotion successful!]

[Iron-Horned Battle Rhino · Hero]

[Level: 1]

[Attack Power: 320 (Physical - Charge/Pierce)]

[Defense: 180]

[HP: 4800/4800]

[Command Limit: 800]

[Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternally Loyal)]

[Skills:]

[Iron Wall Charge (Active): Lead subordinate rhinos in a full-speed Charge, first hit damage +250%, knocks back and stuns all enemy units in the impact path for 2 seconds. Cooldown 30 seconds.]

[Rhino Emperor Body (Passive): Own physical damage reduction 35%, magic damage reduction 15%.]

[Stomp Echo (Passive): After the Charge ends, deals an additional 120% attack power area damage within a 5-meter radius of the landing point.]

Looking at the four-meter-tall skeletal giant rhino, Xu Qin touched his chin and said, "From now on, you shall be called Battle Rhino."

Battle Rhino lowered its head, touched its horn to the ground, and saluted Xu Qin.

"Very good, return to the ranks."

The ninth hero, in position.

Xu Qin turned to look at the tenth hero slot on the Hall of Valor panel.

It was empty.

He opened his inventory and found the 21 Void Rift Demon Lord skeletons.

"Let us welcome the next hero."

Xu Qin dragged one Void Rift Demon Lord skeleton to the Resurrection Platform.

He threw it in.

Hum...

The Resurrection Platform shook for a moment.

[Conversion failed!]

[Reason: The target skeleton contains residual high-concentration Demon aura, which is incompatible with Undead energy. This material cannot be used for conventional Undead conversion and can only be used as a high-level synthesis material.]

"Hmm? This doesn't work either?"

Xu Qin stared at the prompt, his face darkening.

Even the earliest Rift Guard could be converted.

"Sigh, what a waste of anticipation."

Xu Qin put the skeleton back into his inventory and shook his head.

The twenty-one Legendary-grade Lord skeletons, like the Demon Hunter from before, could not be converted.

"Looks like it can only be used as synthesis material..."

Xu Qin arrived at the Forging Area.

The myriad race spirit furnace.

He walked quickly to the spirit furnace and opened his inventory.

He had used 10 when refining the Fallen Angel Spirit, and 187 remained.

Xu Qin took out 1 Void Rift Demon Lord skeleton and 1 Holy Light Crystal, and threw them into the spirit furnace.

[Void Rift Demon Lord skeleton Hetero-smelting ratio hint: Requires Holy Light Crystal x20]

[Do you wish to insert materials?]

"Hmm? Twenty to one?"

Xu Qin immediately took out 20 Holy Light Crystals and threw them into the spirit furnace together.

Hum!

Inside the spirit furnace, dark purple and golden energies intertwined and collided.

The reaction was more violent than any previous one.

Boom!

A dark purple beam of light shot out from the furnace opening.

Ding!

[Hetero-smelting successful!]

[Obtained: Magic Light Lord Core x1]

Xu Qin reached out and caught the core.

The core was the size of a fist and felt heavy.

Dark purple and golden patterns flowed across its surface.

[Magic Light Lord Core]

[Quality: Legendary (Orange)]

[Type: Lord Exclusive · Self-Enhancement Material]

[Effect: After use, the Lord gains the skill 'Void Rift Magic Energy Impact'.]

[Void Rift Magic Energy Impact (Active): Releases concentrated magic energy, dealing 500% attack power Shadow damage to a 50-meter radius fan-shaped area in front. Cooldown 60 seconds.]

[Additional Effect: Shadow Attack Power +800, Defense +200, HP +15000.]

[Note: Each Lord can only use this once.]

Xu Qin's mouth hung open after reading the attributes.

"...Holy crap."

This thing is for the Lord to use?

Xu Qin became excited.

"Must use!"

Hum!

The core turned into a stream of dark purple light and drilled into Xu Qin's chest.

A massive amount of energy exploded within his body, coursing through his limbs and bones.

Five seconds later, the energy subsided.

Ding!

[Enhancement successful!]

[Xu Qin · Current Attributes:]

[Level: 53]

[Attack Power: 4260 (Physical - Hack/Slash)]

[Shadow Attack: 2000]

[Defense: 1880]

[HP: 57600/57600]

[New Skill: Void Rift Magic Energy Impact (Active)]

Xu Qin clenched his fists, feeling the abundant power within him.

"The new world is good; one must go to the new world."

He opened his inventory and looked at the remaining Void Rift Demon Lord skeletons.

There were still 20.

"I wonder if it can be used continuously if refined into other things," Xu Qin said, stroking his chin.

He closed the panel, went to the Watchtower, and looked at the rift standing in the center of the stone platform.

Dark purple energy flowed within the rift.

Xu Qin turned to look at Tian Ming.

"Prepare to cross."

"Yes, Master."

Xu Qin opened the Floating City control interface.

Hum!

The Floating City slowly rose into the air, adjusted its angle, and aimed the city front toward the rift.

To be honest, Xu Qin didn't know what the situation was on the other side.

But one thing was clear: that place could produce high-level materials, and these were his only way to become stronger.

Since it was a place where he could become stronger, he should go.

"Let's go."

Boom!!!

The Floating City's source energy engine erupted with a deafening roar.

The entire city flew toward the rift.

...

The moment the Floating City made contact with the rift.

The Floating City's shield rubbed violently against the edge of the rift.

Hum!

The entire city began to shake violently.

Xu Qin stood on the Watchtower, gripping the railing with both hands.

Prompts popped up one after another on the command panel.

[Warning! Floating City is crossing a spatial rift!]

[Shield durability is being consumed: -2000/second!]

[Current Shield Durability: 998000/1000000]

Dark purple energy surged in from all directions, enveloping the entire Floating City.

The scene outside the shield was completely obscured.

Xu Qin looked down at the small area map on the command panel.

He saw the original terrain information fading rapidly.

Five seconds later.

The entire map turned completely black.

Outside the Floating City, it was once again covered by the fog of war.