Lightning Power upgrade, new skill Soul Fire
Divine Grace Cemetery.
It’s located on the coast in the southeast of Jianghai City.
The area is perennially shrouded in gray mist.
The sky is also a hazy gray.
There’s quite a distance from Mingzhu University to Divine Grace Cemetery.
Lin Xuan found a mount team near the school.
This was a team of seven horse-like magic beasts called Blazing Steeds, organized by two young professionals.
It was Lin Xuan’s first time riding one.
Looking at the magic beast beneath him, with fire spewing from its nostrils, he felt a sense of novelty.
“If I contract a crawling magic beast, does that mean I’ll have a mount before level fifty?”
After Summon Undead leveled up to two, it increased his contract slots by two.
One of them was used to contract a Frost Giant.
Silly Cow and the Frost Giant were both humanoid, unsuitable as mounts.
Now there was one contract slot left.
Professionals unlock the pet function at level thirty, the set equipment function at level forty, and the mount function at level fifty.
Pets generally cannot be used as mounts.
Forcing them to be ridden could even lead to the pet committing suicide.
“Contracted beasts are different; I can command them completely.”
Lin Xuan thought of a movie he had watched in his previous life, starring Nicolas.
Ghost Rider.
Towards the end, there was a fiery steed, which looked very cool.
The Blazing Steed beneath him only had fiery eyes, which wasn’t cool enough.
Lin Xuan felt he could look for one in Divine Grace Cemetery.
“Or, contract a Skeletal Dragon?”
Skeletal Dragons are common in Divine Grace Cemetery.
They can fight, tank, and run.
Lin Xuan was a bit tempted.
While he was still contemplating, the mount team was full and began its journey to Divine Grace Cemetery.
Aside from the two leading professionals, the four other passengers seemed to be a familiar small team.
After a brief greeting with Lin Xuan, they started discussing matters related to Divine Grace Cemetery.
Lin Xuan didn’t join the conversation.
He directly opened his Magic Card panel.
“Decomposed a common Magic Card, obtained 100 Magic Card fragments.”
“Decomposed a common Magic Card, obtained…”
He decomposed all the common Magic Cards he had received that morning.
Lin Xuan obtained a total of one hundred thousand Magic Card fragments.
Next, he first upgraded the purple Epic Magic Card, Lightning Power.
Epic quality ranks fifth from lowest to highest, and the initial cost is five thousand Magic Card fragments.
Subsequent upgrades double the cost.
Lin Xuan directly upgraded Lightning Power to level three.
“Consumed five thousand Magic Card fragments, Magic Card: Lightning Power level +1.”
“Consumed ten thousand Magic Card fragments, Magic Card: Lightning Power level +1.”
“Lightning Power has been upgraded to level three, gaining the special effect: Arc.”
“Arc: When attacking a target, Lightning Power overflows, forming an arc near the target, attacking nearby enemies.”
“It’s just as I thought.”
Lin Xuan was very satisfied to see the Arc special effect.
From now on, the Skeleton Soldiers’ attacks would no longer be limited to single targets.
“Another sixty thousand fragments would max out Lightning Power. I seem to have bought too few.”
Lin Xuan had originally planned to upgrade three purple cards to level three.
Now, seeing this special effect, he felt a bit conflicted.
“Never mind, I have plenty of money now. I’ll upgrade it again when I return tonight.”
For the rest of the time, Lin Xuan upgraded the skill slot Magic Card to level three, gaining two new skill slots.
He also upgraded the newly purchased purple experience Magic Card to level three.
He upgraded lucky revolver to level two.
Finally, with five thousand fragments remaining, he upgraded other attribute Magic Cards on his person.
“Magic Card: Experience.”
“Type: Mysterious.”
“Quality: Epic.”
“Level: Lv3.”
“Effect: When equipped, gaining 15% more experience from killing magic beasts.”
This type of Magic Card effect is simple but very expensive.
Lin Xuan spent ten million gold coins to buy it.
Fortunately, he had a lot of money now and didn’t feel any pain at all.
After the upgrade, Lin Xuan equipped the Experience Card.
As of now, he had four Epic Magic Cards equipped in his eight empty card slots during the first tier.
With the Magic Card matters settled, Lin Xuan opened his skill panel again.
After upgrading the skill slot Magic Card to level three, he had gained two empty skill slots.
Now it was time to add some offensive abilities.
Lin Xuan had already considered these last night and bought the corresponding skill books.
“Skill: Soul Fire, successfully learned!”
“Skill: Grasp of Death, successfully learned!”
The Soul Fire skill is simple; although its damage is low, it has a true damage effect.
“Skill: Soul Fire Lv1.”
“Cooldown: 10 seconds.”
“Mana Cost: 10.”
“Effect: Releases a ball of soul flame towards the target, dealing damage that touches the soul!”
Damage that touches the soul is true damage.
Combined with Lin Xuan’s talent effect, it’s almost a divine output skill.
“Skill: Grasp of Death Lv1.”
“Cooldown: 100 seconds.”
“Mana Cost: 50.”
“Effect: Released towards the target, deals magical damage and applies a slowing effect within the area!”
Grasp of Death is a crowd control and area damage skill.
After increasing the skill level, it can trigger a stun effect in the later stages.
Soul Fire can even trigger a silence effect, interrupting others’ skills.
Both are classic offensive skills for Necromancers.
They also cost nearly a million.
There was no other way; the skills unlocked by the skill tree after a professional reaches level ten are too random.
“Next, I need to kill ten Death-type BOSSes to remove the restriction on the Summon Undead skill.”
“A level six Summon Undead skill will add Skeleton Crossbowmen, which will be a huge boost to my strength.”
The journey was uneventful, and the Blazing Steed beneath him ran incredibly fast.
As evening approached, everyone arrived at the checkpoint of Divine Grace Cemetery.
A camp had already formed there.
After a simple check and inquiry, Lin Xuan entered the camp.
“Brother, first time here?”
Lin Xuan dismounted.
He was just about to look around the camp when a middle-aged man approached him and greeted him.
“Brother, you’re a newbie, aren’t you? Most people wouldn’t dare come to Divine Grace Cemetery alone,” the man said with a smile.
Lin Xuan glanced at him and nodded slightly.
Upon receiving his confirmation, the man grinned and pulled out a stack of blueprints.
Only then did Lin Xuan understand what the man meant.
“Divine Grace Cemetery outer map, five thousand gold.”
“Divine Grace Cemetery magic beast illustrated guide, two thousand gold.”
“That expensive.” Lin Xuan frowned slightly.
“Brother, the terrain of Divine Grace Cemetery changes periodically. This is the latest June edition map.”
Changing terrain is a characteristic of restricted areas.
Lin Xuan knew this before he came.
“Two maps, five thousand. If you sell them for that, I’ll pay now.”
Hearing Lin Xuan’s offer, the man’s eyes lit up. “Deal.”
Indeed, the art of bargaining still needed practice.
Lin Xuan pouted, taking the map and the illustrated guide.
With the gold coins in hand, the man was very happy and offered a reminder.
“Brother, just a reminder, at night, the gray mist inside the cemetery is so thick you can’t see the road.”
“I suggest you stay at a nearby hotel for the night first.”
“The magic beasts in Divine Grace Cemetery deal high damage. It’s best to recruit two teammates tomorrow before going deeper.”
“Thanks,” Lin Xuan replied.
Following the map, he quickly arrived at the entrance of a hotel.
At this moment, two men and one woman, three professionals, just walked out of the hotel entrance.
“Ruyan, don’t worry. Although an Aura Master is a support profession, many teams at Mingzhu University need them.”
“My brother is in the Mingzhu University branch of the Moon God Guild. When school starts, we can join together.”
“Then I’ll leave everything to Young Master Zhang… Young… Young…”