The Lich King's arrival, awakening skill mechanism

Awakening Skill: Lich King's Descent

Cooldown: None

Mana Cost: None

Effect: Any attack or summoned creature's death can accumulate Rage, and different Rage progress can transform into different Lich King Forms!

Lich King Form 1: Rage progress 10%, all attributes +100%, damage +10%

Lich King Form 2: Rage progress 30%, all attributes +130%, damage +30%

Lich King Form 3: Rage progress 50%, all attributes +150%, damage +50%, and unlocks frostmourne, unlocks melee skills like Frost Strike

Lich King Form 4: Rage progress 80%, all attributes +180%, damage +80%, and unlocks Crown of Domination, unlocks skills like Dominate Undead

Lich King Form 5: Rage progress 100%, all attributes +200%, damage +100%, unlocks complete Lich King Form!

Complete Lich King Form: All existing skills mutate and gain Frost Domain!

Powerful, invincible!

Lin Xuan could not think of any other words to describe his Awakening Skill.

He did not expect it.

His Awakening Skill was actually a transformation type!

Originally, when he saw those anomalies,

He thought it was a summoning type.

At that time, he was a little displeased.

After all, while fighting monsters now was leisurely,

Leaving everything to summoned creatures always made him feel somewhat redundant.

An Necromancer is not just a Summoner!

He also had a heart for dealing damage!

Now, everything had come true.

As long as he accumulated Rage, he could transform into the Lich King!

"I'll try it now!"

Lin Xuan decided to enter a dungeon right away to test the skill's effects.

Of course, his current level had reached Level 50.

Black Wind Cave could no longer be entered.

And he was unfamiliar with the school's Level 50 dungeons, Lanruo Temple and Mist Forest.

Lin Xuan simply chose the previous Ant Nest.

The Ant Nest had two phases.

Phase two allowed Level 50 to Level 59 professionals to enter.

Arriving before the swirling vortex of the Ant Nest dungeon.

Lin Xuan placed his hand on the crystal ball.

He consumed academic credits to remove the cooldown for the World-Destroying difficulty.

"You have selected the World-Destroying difficulty dungeon · Ant Nest. Do you wish to enter?"

"Current party members: Jun Bujain, Irena, Silly Cow, Stone Xiaoxiao, Golden Giant Crocodile."

"Confirm entry!"

With a flash of white light,

Lin Xuan reappeared in the dark and damp Ant Nest.

However, he was not here for a speed run this time,

But to test his Awakening Skill.

He did not summon Skeleton Soldierss upon entering.

So it was not crowded.

He allocated the upgraded attribute points to his Spirit attribute.

To prevent accidents, Lin Xuan also had Irena and the others return all their contracted beasts to the contract space.

He advanced alone into the Ant Nest.

"I remember some demonic creatures have life-saving skills. I can contract one or two when I go back, or catch something similar to a pet."

"Otherwise, constantly worrying about contracted beasts dying is not a solution."

After unlocking the pet function, many professionals would actually choose complementary types of pets.

For example, mages mostly chose strength-type or tank-type pets.

Warriors, on the other hand, chose some support-type pets that could provide buffs.

As for auxiliary professionals like priests, they basically chose output-type pets to help them fight.

Lin Xuan's own pet was a Skeletal Dragon.

It was a pet egg that dropped when he killed Irena's main body.

It belonged to the output type.

He had many contracted beasts now.

If a contracted beast died, he would lose it forever.

Lin Xuan felt that having an auxiliary pet or contracted beast that could heal and help protect his contracted beasts was an urgent matter.

"I remember in the Monster Compendium, there are quite a few demonic creatures with life-saving skills similar to 'Withered Wood Spring'."

"Tomorrow, I'll check which dungeons in the academy have such bosses."

Since he wanted to contract, Lin Xuan naturally had requirements for quality.

Ordinary demonic beasts were not worth training after being contracted.

It was naturally better to contract a BOSS.

"Or I can go to the ruins to look. BOSSes that appear there are highly likely to be Lord-level."

"An intelligent support-type contracted beast would be more suitable."

While thinking, Lin Xuan had already arrived near the mutated ants.

Upon seeing him, the demonic creatures roared and attacked.

Whoosh—

A ghostly green Soul Fire struck an ant's forehead.

Lin Xuan noticed that in his field of vision,

A faint circular outline appeared.

Holding his breath,

The outline gradually became clearer.

Lin Xuan looked closely, and what was displayed on it was Rage.

And the progress bar had reached one percent.

"One Soul Fire only accumulates one percent progress."

"Wouldn't the complete form require a hundred times?"

"This is a bit of a counter to my talent."

Lin Xuan thought while casting skills.

His skill outputs were all true damage.

And they came with a percentage of true damage bonus based on the target's lost health.

Under normal circumstances, he would kill the opponent without needing a hundred hits.

Soul Fire, Grasp of Death, Bone Cage.

Lin Xuan did not even bother with positioning.

He just fought the demonic creatures like that.

Even Splitting Mount Hua was unleashed by him.

A moment later,

He let out a sigh of relief.

As long as Rage was accumulated, it would not dissipate.

In other words,

He could completely accumulate Rage to one hundred percent before a battle began!

Having understood these mechanics,

Lin Xuan directly accumulated the progress to ten percent.

Then, he unleashed his Awakening Skill.

"Lich King, descend!"

A massive energy fluctuation descended upon him.

Lin Xuan found that his hands and feet were glowing with an eerie blue flame.

But he himself felt no burning sensation.

He raised his death scythe.

The blade at the front also burned with an eerie blue flame.

All attributes increased by one hundred thirty percent!

Don't underestimate it now; this was a noble percentage!

Later, when his level was high and he had more attributes, his Awakening Skill would become even stronger!

Especially with the damage bonus, it was absolutely brutal!

"Grasp of Death!"

The originally faint white spectral hand also had an eerie blue flame effect.

With a single strike of a normal skill, he directly crushed the mutated ant!

"Not bad!" Lin Xuan nodded silently, looking at the Rage progress bar.

From the moment he clicked Lich King's Descent,

The thirty percent progress bar began to slowly decrease.

"Does this mean the stronger the transformation, the longer it lasts?"

Lin Xuan was delighted.

Waiting for the transformation to end, he immediately summoned Skeleton Soldierss.

The skill description mentioned that the death of summoned creatures could also accumulate Rage.

Lin Xuan commanded one of the Skeleton Soldierss to step forward, attack a mutated ant, and then not retaliate.

The World-Destroying difficulty mutated ant killed the Skeleton Soldiers in a few hits.

Lin Xuan noticed that the Rage progress bar had not changed.

"It should be too little, I guess."

"However, since it's the death of summoned creatures, if I make my summoned creatures self-destruct, can that also accumulate Rage?"

Lin Xuan acted on his thought.

This time, he commanded ten Skeleton Soldierss to take two steps forward.

Then, he cast Corpse Explosion.

The progress bar reached one percent.

"Not bad, a hundred would be ten percent."

"Then I'll self-destruct five hundred, let me see frostmourne!"

Rumble—

Lin Xuan Corpse Exploded all the remaining Skeleton Soldierss.

The huge commotion instantly attracted the demonic creatures from deep within.

However, as they advanced,

Crackle, crackle—

A layer of frost began to spread within the Ant Nest.