Chapter 88 - 86: Challenge the Corpse Witch

A sturdy and solid, white-gray building with lofty spires and a slight Gothic cathedral style stands in the center of the ancient courtyard, surrounded by countless bones densely scattered, with a large flock of black crows silently circling above.It bathes in the twilight.

As if undisturbed and unentered for thousands of years.

Always giving a feeling of ancientness, decay, and ominousness.

A few people tense their nerves, ready to face the most critical battle.

"A large number of sleeping undead will awaken at night, then the temple environment will be extremely harsh, so we must kill the Corpse Witch before dark." Hang Yu gestured to the others, "Stand a little farther away."

He rushed forward and kicked open the main door.

A stench of greenish gas was released from inside the door.

Hang Yu anticipated danger, retreated quickly, and avoided it.

"This is a corpse poison trap. If hit, not only will you continually lose health, but all attributes will also decline. The poison can last for an entire day."

There are many similar traps in the Corpse Witch Temple.

But overall, they can be managed.

After the poison mist dissipated, five people walked into the hall, instantly realizing something was wrong.

"Damn it, so many dead coffins, it’s so freaking creepy." Zhang Xiaoqiang looked around, his voice trembling and said, "I’m terrified of these things! What’s inside them?"

"Zombies, all zombies," Hang Yu replied. "Don’t worry, they’re in a sleep state."

The temple hall contains dozens of standing stone coffins.

They are all partly embedded into the thick walls of the hall.

Additionally, there is a horizontal coffin placed in the center of a stone platform, regardless of its size or material, it is more advanced than other standing coffins, constantly exuding a gloomy and eerie aura.

Young Master Cong couldn’t help but say, "I guess the Corpse Witch must be lying in the middle coffin, it looks like the aura of the big boss."

Hang Yu nodded.

Apparently, leaders always stand out from the crowd.

Everyone else is standing, yet it can lie down, receiving special treatment, isn’t it the boss then?

"The Corpse Witch is far superior to the Skeleton Mage, it’s a Golden Elite Monster, you all need to be careful!"

Suffice it to say, Young Master Cong has never seen an Elite Monster before today.

Even Zhao Ming and the others were tremendously shocked.

They had hunted plenty of Elite Monsters, but typically those were Bronze Elites. They never imagined that they would encounter Silver Elites and Golden Elites in one day, suddenly feeling both nervous and excited.

The number of creatures in the Spirit Realm is too vast.

Even with the same level and quality, there are degrees of strength.

Typically, the division of Bronze, Silver, Gold is based on the Spiritual Qi content.

Supposing hunting Bronze Elites generates 10 points of Spiritual Qi, then the same level Silver Elite would be 14-15 points, as for the same level Golden Elite, it would be no less than 30 points.

In most cases, the higher the Spiritual Qi, the more powerful the strength.

Zhao Ming immediately asked, "How should we deal with this Corpse Witch?"

As a Golden Elite, the Corpse Witch is naturally not to be underestimated, possessing four skills, each considerably menacing, namely Death Howl, Ghost Fire Curse, Corpse Explosion, Undead Enslavement.

It’s kind of like an enhanced fusion of Ghoul + Skeleton Mage

Death Howl, like Horror Howl, but stronger, not only trapping people in a fear state but also causing a wide range damage wave, powerful enough to instantly kill ordinary level 4 characters!

Undead Enslavement is a skill controlling the undead, when the Corpse Witch uses this skill, it can flexibly manage undead creatures according to its will; if there’s an excessive number of undead around, it poses a strong threat.

As for Ghost Fire Curse and Corpse Explosion?

Both are rather powerful damage skills.

The Corpse Witch’s output capacity is incredibly strong, except for Hang Yu wearing the Tree Spirit Guard Set, others once faced with the Corpse Witch may be killed in one or two rounds, even Hang Yu would bear considerable pressure.

"The Corpse Witch is strong."

"But not unbeatable."

"Though this battle holds risks, the rewards will be equally remarkable, we absolutely cannot fail!"

After Hang Yu inspired morale once.

He walked towards the central Corpse Witch coffin.

At this time, all five felt the temple hall shaking, low roars seemed to emanate from every direction, and the central coffin suddenly opened.

A black figure shot out, first soared four or five meters high, then lightly landed like a feather,

Worthy of being a boss-level monster.

You see, even the entry style is more classy.

This guy’s physique is not much different from ordinary humans.

It’s not robust and burly like a Ghoul, nor merely skeletal like a Skeleton, strictly speaking, the Corpse Witch is a type of zombie, calling it a zombie mage wouldn’t feel out of place.

The Corpse Witch wears a gray-black hooded robe, surrounded by a faint aura of death, beneath the somber hood gleams a pair of red glowing eyes, and half of a shriveled, dark-blue face.

It holds a long staff, entirely dark gold, inlaid with gemstones, at this moment issued a dry hoarse voice from its throat.

"Intruders... die!"

Jiang Nan widened his eyes, "Is it speaking?!"

Everyone was quite frightened, encountering a talking monster for the first time, though the language used was incomprehensible.

Hang Yu was surprised to find he could understand.

Is this also a perk brought by the Memory of the Great Sage?

The other party is using something like the Wood Elf Language.

"Ignore the trivial things, talking doesn’t necessarily mean intelligence, even if intelligent, it’s no smarter than a gorilla’s low-level wisdom." Hang Yu immediately reminded, "Spread out! Prepare for battle!"

The Corpse Witch didn’t attack immediately.

First, it summoned a raven entirely black.

Though called a raven, it is actually no smaller than an eagle, covered with feather-black flags, eyes glowing red, claws exceedingly sharp, giving a highly aggressive impression.

"This is the Corpse Witch’s summoned Spirit Beast!"

"This Spirit Beast is a level 3 Bronze Elite Bloodthirsty Demon Crow!"

"Its combat power isn’t strong, but when cooperating with the Corpse Witch, it becomes quite tricky, Xiaoqiang, Young Master Cong, it’s up to you!"

The Corpse Witch doesn’t have summoning skills.

The Bloodthirsty Demon Crow isn’t a Summoned Monster.

It’s actually a Spirit Pet contracted with the Corpse Witch.

The primary difference between a Spirit Pet and a Summoned Creature is that Spirit Pets can theoretically continually upgrade and evolve with their owners, while Summoned Creatures cannot be cultivated, and their strength has a direct relation with skills.

How does one acquire a Spirit Pet then?

Through the Spirit Beast Contract, it allows binding a Spirit Pet.

Theoretically, anyone can have Spirit Pets, even an unlimited number, but since cultivating Spirit Pets requires certain resource consumption, unless someone has a collection fetish, generally normal people won’t contract too many Spirit Beasts.

Slaying Elite-tier Spirit Pets has a higher probability of dropping a Spirit Beast Contract!

There’s even a smaller chance of dropping more valuable Spirit Beast Eggs!

The Bloodthirsty Demon Crow is one of Hang Yu’s critical targets on this expedition!

Nonetheless, Hang Yu dared not be careless, despite it being a summoned Spirit Beast, its capabilities are quite formidable, especially when cooperating with the Corpse Witch, an inadvertent mistake could lead to total team annihilation!

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